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FD insight: interviews on the role of the modern FD

Wednesday, November 24, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Financing , Thought Leadership | Tags: Grant Thornton, report, survey, CEO, data, video, interview, FD, CFO, Directorbank, analysis, finance director, Swag Mukerji, John Pearce, Roger Matthews

Finance directors aren’t normally the face of the company but they are playing an increasingly critical role in its success, as our recent What makes an outstanding FD? report, researched in conjunction with Directorbank, shows. Here, we interview three business leaders – including Directorbank’s MD John Pearce (below) about the growing importance of the FD .

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What makes an outstanding FD?

Thursday, October 14, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Financing , Thought Leadership | Tags: business, statistics, finance, research, report, survey, growth, talent, FD, Directorbank, finance director, competition, people, communication, director, recruitment,

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Grant Thornton has been working with the Directorbank Group to answer this very question. We asked nearly 350 directors, chairmen, chief executives and executive directors to nominate the best finance directors (FD) they’ve worked with. We then interviewed a final 25 on what it takes to get to the top - and asked what advice they have for their peers in the current economy…

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