
CFO THOUGHT LEADER is a podcast featuring firsthand accounts of finance leaders who are driving change within their organizations. We share the career journey of our spotlighted CFO guest: What do they struggle with? How do they persevere? What makes them successful CFOs? CFO THOUGHT LEADER is all about inspiring finance professionals to take a leadership leap. We know that by hearing about the su... more
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 1188 | Founded | 12 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | BusinessCareers | |||

When Jaylene Kunze was asked to help rebuild a struggling subsidiary in the United Kingdom, she packed up her family and moved overseas with her nine-month-old daughter. The assignment was one more example of the type of challenge that would come to ... more
A conversation from years earlier still stands out to Bruno Annicq. While working at AOL, he was supporting business leaders and helping tell the story of the business through data and analytics. Then a senior executive, Holly Hess, approached him wi... more
Kevin Hettrich walked into a conference room with a whiteboard full of numbers and a problem no one had fully articulated. QuantumScape’s leadership team was discussing how to scale an expensive R&D tool used to produce early battery materials. Hettr... more
In early 2009, Paolo Poma found himself navigating what he recalls as a “really tough” period. At the time, he was helping steer Ducati through a leveraged buyout negotiated before the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Debt obligations had arrived just as... more
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extremely insightful episode. very practical advice and interesting to learn about planet fitness. great guest!
extremely insightful episode. very practical advice and interesting to learn about planet fitness. great guest!
I am a finance professional going through an overseas assignment, navigating through my day to day work and making career decisions so this is my go to podcast! It’s full of nuggets of wisdom from so many CFOs that I would not have a chance to meet and get his/ her insights with such a thoughtful structure! You get the experience in the beginning, book recommendations at the end, I love the question about “what is your unique feature that people know you about?”
I am looking forward for more wom... more
Hello Jack,
I love your show and lot to learn from other professionals’ experiences.
Is there a way to search by a topic? I am interested in the AEC industry episodes.
Thank You
Gowri
It’s hard to listen to the host, especially the advertisements. His tone is incredibly obnoxious that I cringe at times. Still good material to listen to if you’re in accounting or finance.
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The program centers on finance leaders who are driving transformation inside their organizations, often sharing the arc of their CFO journey, the challenges they faced, and the leadership tactics that helped them succeed. Episodes frequently explore topics like AI adoption in finance, data-driven decision making, scaling finance during growth, and practical lessons from mergers, acquisitions, and complex transformations. A notable strength is the emphasis on real-world storytelling and actionable takeaways, from KPI dashboards and ROI framing to governance and cross-functional partnering. Listeners can expect in-depth interviews with senior finance executives from tech, SaaS, and manufacturing, plus occasional industry-specific angles and C... more
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Recent guests on CFO THOUGHT LEADER include:
1. Kevin Hettrich
2. Paolo Poma
3. Alex Chun
4. Adam Goldbruch
5. Sarah Riley
6. Rick Hasselman
7. Macrina Kgil
8. Aaron Harris
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