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The data directive: Focus on the CFO - A summary paper

April 29, 2013

Global

April 29, 2013

Global
Charles Ross

Asia editorial director

Charles Ross is Principal of Policy and Insights in Asia-Pacific and leads the region's technology and society practice. Prior to this role, he was editorial director for The Economist Intelligence Unit overseeing all thought leadership research in Asia. Charles combines a deep understanding of how technology trends are reshaping business and society with excellent research and editorial skills, to create impactful and award-winning research programmes for clients. Charles is currently based in Australia and has led many projects analysing the implications for business of new technology trends such as blockchain, fintech, smart cities, cloud computing, sustainability and the internet of things, for Google, Stripe, SAP, Telstra, Microsoft, Prudential, Westpac and the Singapore government. He is a contributing industry expert to the UN Science Policy and Business Forum on the Environment and a frequent speaker at finance and technology events across the region. Charles holds a master of business administration, focusing on strategy and organisational change, from the University of Oxford and a certificate in public policy analysis from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Focus on the CFO The data directive:

Focus on the CFO is an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) summary paper, commissioned by Wipro. It seeks to explore the degree to which the ongoing data revolution within business is delivering truly strategic change amongst CFOs and the finance function, as opposed to more incremental optimisation gains. It draws from research done for the main Data directive white paper, focusing specifically on the results from among CFO respondents to the survey (20% of the total). In addition, it draw on interviews with the following CFOs (listed alphabetically by company): Jan Siegmund, chief financial officer, ADP Antoine Genier, deputy group chief financial officer, Altran Group Peter Kelly, executive vice president and chief financial officer, NXP Michel Allé, chief financial officer, SNCB Holding Chief financial officer, Fortune 100 chemicals business Chief financial officer, Fortune 500 retail business

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