Daily Insight
Ex-FD Steve Robinson on being a CEO
Steve Robinson is CEO of M and M Direct, a clothing and sports retailer recently ranked No 2 in a list of private equity-backed companies with the fastest growing profits. A former FD, he speaks about making the transition to CEO and working with private equity firms.
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» Controlling your cash
Extra help eases IFRS transitionThere are many schools of thought on how best to manage the transition to IFRS. Finance directors can hire external help or manage the change in-house with available resources. Aveva Group FD Paul Taylor says the engineering software organisation chose a hybrid option. |
» Corporate finance
Competition regulation "onerous", says DightonG4S chief financial officer Trevor Dighton says tougher competition regulation is becoming an issue because it’s getting harder and harder to gain approval for deals. |
» Communications and IR
How to be the ideal finance directorThe ideal finance director makes it easy for investors, builds relationships and isn’t too possessive, according to Paul Lee from Hermes Private Equity. |
» Risk
Playing the right currency gameIt’s been another tough day for sterling but fluctuations in the currency markets can be turned to a business’s advantage, according to FC Exchange managing director Nick Fullerton. |
» Leading the finance team
Varied experience leads to plum rolesAfter two years as Kidsunlimited’s finance director, Lee Pearson made the jump to the chief executive position. For other young accountants seeking a similar progression, Pearson is clear that a varied a background is crucial. |
» Operations
What finance directors should know about virtualisationThe wonders of virtualisation have stirred up IT departments for the past couple of years, and the technical benefits of the technology have been well-heralded: it simplifies server management, reduces hardware overhead and increases agility. Now, virtualisation is reaching the attention of finance directors. |
Editor's Blog
Incentivising FDs: salaries, bonuses and performance measuresMay 09, 2008 12:39pm GMT
Remuneration plans for finance directors are likely to change this year courtesy of, yes you guessed it, the credit crunch.
Derek Higgs dies suddenlyApril 29, 2008 1:32pm GMT
Some sad news today about Sir Derek Higgs – the chairman of Alliance & Leicester and a corporate governance campaigner – who has died suddenly at the age of 64.
It’s credit crunch week!April 28, 2008 6:07pm GMT
Joining the ranks of breast cancer week, national vegetarian week, enterprise week and tax week comes credit crunch week.
