Next Generation of CFO/GFDDevelopment Presentation

Mark FreebairnHead CFO PracticeOdgers Berndtson

What will the CFO role look like?

Broader – CFO now the established commercial conscience

Commercial and Strategic – CFO often takes on operational responsibility

Evolving – growth to cost management. And back again? (please!)

External – financing/refinancing/shareholders

International – global marketplace

And what can that lead too……?

Career Objectives

Back to Front – not Opportunistic

Plc/Private Equity

Group/Op Co

Finance/General Management

NED Roles

Positioning Yourselves

Internal/External Applications

The boxes to tick - Operational, Group, IR, M&A, Int’l etc

CEO/Audit Chair/Chairman

External Advisors - Lawyers/Accountants/Brokers

Exposure to the NED’s

Headhunters

Odgers, Spencer Stuart, Heidrick & Struggles, Egon Zehnder, Russell Reynolds, Whitehead Mann, JCA, Zygos, Miles Partnership, MWM Consulting, Korn/Ferry, Inzito

The CFO Practices and how to use them

Networking Events – Lunches/Dinners/Breakfasts