Balancing trade-offs as a CFO leadership skill

Aryaka CFO Brad Kinnish uses hard-won communication skills to help colleagues, board members and investors weigh competing priorities.

By Robert Freedman • Feb. 9, 2021

Hershey's CFO: Stay-at-home mandates 'played to our strengths'

When 2020 showed "just how precious" family rituals and traditions are, classic Hershey's products reaped the benefits, CFO Steve Voskuil said.

By Jane Thier • Feb. 8, 2021

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Digital transformation, one smart step at a time

As pricing pressures tighten margins and technologies like artificial intelligence evolve, finance chiefs are more closely scrutinizing the cost and returns of the tech tools they implement.

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Procurement and finance, it's time to cast your tensions aside

The finance team's input and expertise can help complex procurement activities, laying the building blocks for collaboration.

By Rich Weissman • Feb. 8, 2021

Big-company CFO departures spiked amid COVID-19

CFOs who have left their post are not in a hurry to jump into another big-company CFO role, a Wall Street Journal analysis found.

By Robert Freedman • Feb. 8, 2021

Chipotle remains 'impressive' despite share price drop, CFO says

Despite the pandemic, in no region has Chipotle’s digital business dropped below 40%, which is CFO Jack Hartung’s "rough floor" for online sales, he told Barron’s.

By Jane Thier • Feb. 7, 2021

CFO's pricing metric helped SaaS company get through COVID-19

Smart pricing allowed process management software provider Cherwell to get the most from its subscribers while new business languished.

By Robert Freedman • Feb. 4, 2021

L Brands CFO of 14 years to retire; Victoria's Secret sale could be next

Stuart Burgdoerfer will oversee the separation of the retail giant's lingerie business from Bath & Body Works before he leaves in August, the company said.

By Daphne Howland • Feb. 4, 2021

Merck CFO promoted to CEO

Frazier, who's retiring after a three-decade career at Merck, will hand the reins to CFO Robert Davis at the end of June.

By Ned Pagliarulo • Feb. 4, 2021

Amazon CFO allays investor concerns regarding Bezos, Jassy

On an earnings call Tuesday, Brian Olsavsky assured investors CEO Jeff Bezos is "not leaving" the company, and will maintain his hand in decision-making as executive board chairman.

By Jane Thier • Feb. 3, 2021

Diverse CFOs could be heading into board-seat golden age

As companies try to meet ESG measures, and a likely Nasdaq rule, efforts to add women and minorities to boards are moving from talk to action, opening opportunities for finance executives. 

By Robert Freedman • Feb. 2, 2021

JPMorgan controller named corporate and investment bank CFO

With Nicole Giles' appointment, the firm's two largest divisions will be led by female CFOs, according to an internal company memo obtained by CFO Dive. 

By Jane Thier • Feb. 2, 2021

ESG, SPAC trends converge with AppHarvest capital raise

Following its entrance to the public market on Monday, former Impossible Foods CFO David Lee says the agricultural tech company has no intentions of being a "precious small player."

By Jane Thier • Feb. 1, 2021

How a venture capital CFO balances potential with reality

For Kairos Ventures CFO-COO Todd Thomson, maintaining profitability requires a precise mix of optimism and conservatism. 

By Jane Thier • Jan. 29, 2021

COVID-19 driving PE investment in life sciences

Faster diagnostic and treatment development and more value-driven reimbursement methods point to robust opportunities, and valuations, for next several years.

By Robert Freedman • Jan. 29, 2021

CFO dual-tracked IPO, SPAC during pandemic

CuriosityStream settled on a SPAC deal that helped capitalize the Netflix competitor at more than $500M without debt.

By Robert Freedman • Jan. 28, 2021

CFO of National Republican Congressional Committee resigns

Robert Jentgens, who had led finance at the NRCC for nearly a decade, resigned after House lawmakers voted against certifying the presidential election and failed to condemn the insurrection, a source told CNN.

By Jane Thier • Jan. 28, 2021

Post-$50M raise, Hippeas hires former Essentia CFO

Alongside C-suite veteran Greg Buscher, the chickpea-based snack brand added investor and former PepsiCo and Mondelez executive César Melo to its board.

By Jessi Devenyns • Jan. 27, 2021

Moving toward an IPO, German mobile bank N26 hires CFO

Dr. Jan Kemper was behind the IPO of one of Europe's most successful start-ups, online retailer Zalando, in 2014. 

By Jane Thier • Jan. 26, 2021

For Spirit Airlines' CFO, it all comes back to math

The pandemic was uniquely cruel to airlines, but Scott Haralson says the discount carrier is well positioned to get through the tough times. 

By Jane Thier • Jan. 25, 2021

Survey: 42% of retail CFOs expect to restructure as industry revenue declines persist

While struggles and distress abound, many retail CFOs are investing in e-commerce and other channels as the pandemic reshapes the industry, a BDO survey found. 

By Ben Unglesbee • Jan. 25, 2021

Ahead of SPAC deal closure, David Lee says AppHarvest 'will not miss a beat'

Lee, who spent five years as CFO of Impossible Foods, moved to the venture-backed agricultural tech startup shortly after its $28 million Series C round. 

By Jane Thier • Jan. 21, 2021

Weis Markets picks K-VA-T executive as new CFO

Michael T. Lockard, who has also worked as a financial executive at Walmart and UPS, will join the company in March. 

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Jan. 21, 2021

Yellen: Small business, COVID-19 aid more important than deficits right now

The Biden Administration wants to amend rather than repeal the 2017 tax law by eliminating some benefits to large companies and the highest-income taxpayers, the Treasury nominee said during her confirmation hearing.

By Jim Tyson • Jan. 20, 2021

Diageo North America finance chief promoted to CFO

Lavanya Chandrashekar will start as global CFO of London-based liquor company behind Johnnie Walker, Ketel One and Guinness on July 1. 

By Jane Thier • Jan. 18, 2021

Payments company CFO: We won't work with partners 'not aligned with our values'

Affirm went public on Wednesday, a week after the insurrection that has spurred many platforms to reassert their values.

By Jane Thier • Jan. 14, 2021