An outsider’s advantage got Andrew Bonfield the CFO job at Caterpillar, despite the industrial giant’s tradition of hiring insiders. Seven years later, a committee of his peers named Bonfield CFO of the Year. Here’s why.
“If service is below you, then leadership is beyond you,” decorated U.S. Army officer LTC Oakland McCulloch told CFO Leadership Conference attendees.
‘Every week these models will compete and get better, and it’s impossible to predict who will outdo the other,’ says Tata Consultancy’s Ashok Krish.
In terms of protection and earnings, ‘no one ever thinks about cash—cash is the forgotten asset,’ says Ampersand CEO Kelly Brown.
OBBA is an opportunity ‘to reassess stalled investments and evaluate new ones under more favorable tax conditions,’ says one CFO.
In SaaS, “there’s a greater willingness to experiment with customers, prove the product and validate the hypothesis,” says Reltio CFO James Redfern.
