Finance Director January 2008

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Here's To The Finance Director When FDE launched 15 years ago, finance professionals were slowly becoming the lynchpins of the corporate environment. Nigel Ash has been with FDE since the start. He looks back at 15 years... > read more

Bright Spark By Jonas Florinus In the tightly controlled European power industry, Vattenfall has proved that a strict strategy is the key to success. Jonas Florinus tells Jim Banks how to meet the future head...

Break Could Make Your Career By Stacey Adams A career break to volunteer in remote parts of the world can give you renewed energy and even a step up in your career. Stacey Adams explains how managers can put their experience to good use...

World-Class Finance By Tom Bangemann Finance directors are facing their greatest challenge yet – balancing cost and quality in an increasingly competitive market. StatoilHydro's Hans Jakob Hegge and The Hackett Group's Tom...

From FSC to SCF By Enrico Camerinelli Banks, corporates and technology developers need to clarify the concepts of financial supply chain and supply chain finance. FDE consultant editor Enrico Camerinelli gives us a crash course in...

Back On Course By Robert MacLeod Just five years ago, Atkins faced financial ruin; yet, today, it is eagerly charting a course for sustained growth. CFO Robert MacLeod tells Steve Coomber how he has redirected the company’s...

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Bespoke Finance
By Hanno Kirner Weekly reporting might sound like a good idea, but if you are not reporting the right KPIs, you may be wasting your time. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars CFO Hanno Kirner tells Nigel Ash how he slimmed...

Casting The Lifeline
By John Allkins Five years ago, MyTravel was sinking under its arrears, but a successful debt to equity conversion recovered its finances. Outgoing group finance director John Allkins tells John Foster about...

Collect Call
By Tony Chanmugam Tony Chanmugam, CFO at BT Retail, has overseen a turnaround in profits during his three years in the role. He tells Barry Mansfield how he reversed the...

Investing In The Future
By Richard Christou Pensions are an executive nightmare, but worrying about them can be more problematic, says Fujitsu's Richard Christou. He tells Nigel Ash that it is much easier to deal with regulations, risks...

Navigate By Numbers
After rolling out a new KPI management system, Strauss Israel has seen growth in almost every sector it operates in. Barak Messa, CFO of supply chain, tells Nigel Ash how to make sure you...

Terrorist Finance-Staying Out Of Trouble
Are you sure that money is not being channelled through your organisation to fund international terrorism? Tim Parkman explains the subtle and sophisticated mechanisms that terrorists use to...

The Hot Seat
By Jerôme Contamine Bound by a crippling €17bn debt, many doubted Veolia Environnement would make it as an independent company in 2000. Eight years on, business is booming. CFO Jerôme Contamine tells Nigel...

The Route Most Travelled
By Soeren Dressler, PhD Despite a predicted slowdown in the growth of offshoring, Soeren Dressler says the trend was not all hype. He explains how offshoring is set to become a standard business strategy for all...