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Finance to Leadership Breakfast with Jennie Yamamoto

We kicked off the second series of our [F2L] program with the brilliant Jennie Yamamoto, Senior Finance Manager for Stockland. Jennie discussed her career with the group, from her time at KPMG to her secondment to London and how she transitioned from the Big 4 to industry including the transition from Group Finance to Commercial….

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CFO Incubator with Anita Hoskins, CFO Carnival Australia

by Greg O’Shea We were thrilled to have Anita Hoskins, CFO Carnival Australia, join us for our second breakfast presentation as part of our CFO Incubator series. Anita gave an open and honest account of her journey to CFO. One of her strengths that she highlighted was resilience or as she put it “the ability…

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Are you an accountant stuck in the dark ages?

Artificial Intelligence: the capability of a machine to imitate intelligent human behaviour In case you have not noticed, the workforce is changing at a rapid rate and AI is a key driver in this change. For a comprehensive picture the ‘World Economic Forum – Future of Jobs’ report is a good starting point with an…

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CFO Incubator Breakfast with David Marr, CFO Woolworths

by Hazel M Bennett Season Four of The CFO Incubator was launched by David Marr, the CFO for The Woolworths Group. David described to the attendees his ”relatively non-standard path to CFO” which commenced in the Big 4 and progressed into roles with Goodman Fielder, Southcorp Limited and Australian Pharmaceutical Industries, in Australia and Tesco…

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Executive Onboarding. Is it in the too hard basket for most organisations?

by Ty Wiggins One of the questions I am asking leaders during my doctorate research is “was there a formal onboarding process in your current role?” Disappointingly the common response is no (74% thus far). Many of the leaders interviewed laughed when I asked the question. I then ask if they were happy with how they were onboarded and 68%…

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Navigating from Finance to Leadership

by Abe Batavia Navigating your career from being “just an accountant” into being a leader can be fraught with ambiguity, uncertainty and, at times, very little support.  In response to this, we have organised our series the Finance To Leadership (F2L) program, which is designed to assist talented finance professionals successfully navigate their careers and…

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