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Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - 2. Invest the time in individual growth that adds to team success

Joining us from Wichita, Kansas today is Victor Ojeleye to discuss one of his 10 Reflections on Leadership. The second reflection I want to ask you about is Invest the Time In Individual Growth That Adds To Team Success. What does that mean to you and would you share a couple examples with us?

Victor Ojeleye
Business Group FP&A Planning & Reporting Manager at Cargill Protein North America

Steve Rosvold
Founder and Chief Learning Officer at CFO.University

Without Change, the M&A Boom Will Stunt Economic Growth: M&A is a statistical failure. Tune in for 3 ideas on how to improve the rationale for doing acquisitions as well as improve success rates. - Grant Jones, Investment Banker & Operations/ Finance Executive
Grant Jones
Investment Banker & Operations/ Finance Executive

Gustavo’s Corner: AI News for CFOs - #6: This edition highlights how quickly the AI landscape is accelerating across consumer platforms, enterprise tools, and workforce analytics. From major model upgrades to new regulatory-ready data controls and emerging AI-driven shopping behaviors, the developments covered here signal meaningful shifts in how organizations will operate, compete, and allocate resources.
Gustavo Porporato Daher
Corporate Financial Consultant & Professor / former CFO

Ravi Bhardwaj

Ravi Bhardwaj the CEO and Co-founder of Kosh.ai. He is a serial entrepreneur who has worked in multiple industries and geographies. With Kosh.ai, he is building a comprehensive platform to automatically manage financial operations and payments reconciliation. He is deeply passionate about solving complicated solutions using technology. He holds a bachelor degree and a masters degree in engineering and an MBA.

Yiannis Papadopoulos
CFO

Fractional CFO | Founder of Quantro | Startup Mentor | Early Stage Investor.

Assisting start-ups and small businesses to set-up their own in house finance department.

Moved to London for a Masters Degree in Financial Management and continued helping start-ups through a VC backed company and then moved to a FTSE 250 real estate company.

Continued his entrepreneur spirit and commercial finance attitude as the CFO at Ladder. Recently founded Quantro to help business owners accelerate growth, improve profitability, and grow equity as a Fractional CFO.

Governance & Controls – structure and controls.

Transaction Recording – systems, transaction processing and closing the books.

Reporting - efficient, timely and accurate information for decision making and meeting compliance requirements.

Business Planning - provide the financial roadmap for the company with supporting analytics.

Financial Forecasting - integrate the company’s current performance relative to budget with the real-time business environment.

Investment Analysis - the framework to analyze new opportunities as they present themselves.

Cash Management - the discipline to ensure cash is available to operate the business normally.

Funding - Planning for and raising funds to meet the needs of the business.

Risk Management – Identification and mitigation of key business risks.

Self-Awareness - Internal.

Team Building - External.

Strategy & Culture – Motivate people to follow you.

Four Pillars of Executive Expertise

CFO.University is built around the Four Pillars of CFO Success. These Pillars are supported with Core Competencies. Our framework allows you to master your role as a senior financial officer. The Four Pillars are made up of:

Accounting – Governance & Controls, Transaction Recording and Reporting

Finance – Business Planning, Financial Forecasting and Investment Analysis

Treasury – Cash Management, Funding (Capital Raising) and Risk Management

Leadership – Self Awareness, Team Building and Strategy & Culture

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