A look at the newest expert in the boardroom—the digitally-savvy director—and a model for navigating this unique recruiting process.
Audit committee chairmen discuss the role of the board in risk oversight.
The global economic crisis has made financial risk management a top corporate priority, raising the profile of the executive often responsible for managing that risk: the corporate treasurer.
New leadership opportunities for senior finance executives in Central and Eastern Europe.
A detailed account of a Mumbai roundtable discussion involving leading bankers and CFOs discussing the implications of the changing business environment on the traditional lender-borrower relationship.
With more chief financial officers acting as strategists and risk managers, boards should work closely with them and plan their succession.
A look at the challenges CFOs face, the quantitative and qualitative benchmarks that define success and the business and finance experience that is required to be effective given the new demands on CFOs.
The pressures on CFOs are greater than they have ever been. Many businesses have declared a virtual freeze on all recruitment. Paradoxically the market for senior finance executives remains as strong, if not stronger, than ever.
During the first half of 2008 Spencer Stuart interviewed audit committee chairmen from leading FTSE companies across a variety of sectors to determine their views on the quality of audit and risk services within UK public companies.
Everything from insensitive boards to personal liability for financial reports is making CFOs more apt to quit their jobs.
Interviews with Investor relations officers from major UK businesses on the developing nature of the role.