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Welcome back to __Hypatia Onboards: The Mini-Series__ where I practice pitching my new firm’s capabilities and share insights from our fantastic team at Leathwaite! Next up on the faculty front are Kaila (Malone) Rakin and Helen Parker, two stellar Consultants in our CFO practice. Helen has been with us for seven years and has worked in both our London and New York offices and specializes in both financial services and private equity portfolio companies. Kaila joined us eight years ago and has a specialization in CFOs as well as other executive roles in financial services and corporate roles in private equity. Kaila and Helen’s article (👇) highlights the latest in Financial Officer leadership as we enter the second half of 2024: - default elevation of the CFO role is having impact on other financial officers; - CFO profiles have decidedly changed (only one of the 20 new Fortune 100 CFOs in 2023 has a CPA), creating larger technical and leadership gaps in the accounting and tax functions; - As a consequence, the roles of the Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Tax Officer are on the ascendancy with higher expectations for their own transformative impact; - These pressures are driving a looming succession crisis in senior tax leadership across the sector; - Technology debt is felt acutely in finance organizations, and those orgs who automated early and often (for example big tech companies) are winning the talent wars; - Diversity amongst financial officers has shown incremental improvement and yet the risks of “glass cliffs” remain real. Read more and learn more (like I am!) below as I continue onboarding at Leathwaite! #Leadership #Innovation #Transformation #FinancialServices

Earlier this month we co-hosted a discussion with Gatehouse Advisory Partners bringing together banking risk and compliance leaders to explore the evolving threats geopolitics poses. The pressure on the Executive Committee to inform and lead against these threats is only increasing. Here’s what we discussed #geopolitics #riskleaders #complianceleaders Sara Swisher-Anderson Lisa Zonino Nick Greenstock Jack Lambert Gatehouse Leathwaite

Really enjoyed co-hosting the latest Leathwaite Chief Talent Officers roundtable this morning with Sage's Jorge Aisa Dreyfus at the Shard. We explored how to create high performing teams - it's a journey that requires consistency, clarity, commitment and collaboration. We then challenged the concept of 'a new breed of leadership’ highlighting the importance of psychological capital when selecting leaders - resilience, EQ, curiosity, learning ability and integrity that will create the right environment for success. Until recently, great leadership has been about building and skippering the fastest boat for plain sailing, and when rough water hits, battening down the hatches. That no longer works as a strategy. What we need from leaders now is expert white-water rafters! Building a sustainably high performing business requires this from our leaders. And for many, that is a big shift developmentally. Thanks to all who attended and contributed Jorge Aisa Dreyfus David Clarke Rachel Laws Tom Shaw Jon Balshaw Natalie Thwaite Emily Morgan Nicola Robinson Chris Howarth Anna Tomkins Caroline Vanovermeire Neil Andrew Jagrity Singh Anna Lees Chris Smith Mary Driscoll #Leadership #highperformance #chieftalentofficer #executivesearch

How will the chief auditor role evolve in the coming years? We interviewed audit leaders to predict what the next 12 – 18 months have in store….   Technology, productivity, and succession planning were revealed as the top areas of focus. We found that with nearly half of the audit leaders expecting unchanged investment levels, the focus shifts towards achieving more with existing resources, underscoring the importance of innovation and efficiency in driving growth and modernisation efforts amidst potential budget constraints.    You can read the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/djydpjUQ   It would be great to hear your views and hear if you’ve found the same.   #Audit #Leadership #risk #ExecutiveSearch

🙌 A lovely moment for Balance the Board yesterday when the Financial Times interviewed us about cross sector mentoring and its benefits. It evolved out of our speed mentoring sessions, and it’s just entered its second year🙌 Read it here - https://lnkd.in/epF-nC4B. Helping more women into board positions has always been at the heart of what we do, and we couldn’t have done it without our amazing mentors, who give their time to support the next gen. Want to see what we do in action? Then join our conference you can book here 👉👉👉👉https://lnkd.in/eYq3pfxh Holly Addison