Author: Adri Fuhri

Adri Führi, Group CFO at Fintech specialist e4, says that while diversity is a proven component of robust leadership and strategic commercial growth, much more can be done to ensure equality and innovation in the industry in the face of rapid, complex and ongoing change.  The IT industry culture in general is still playing catch up when it comes to promoting women.  Often, women need to work twice as hard to be taken seriously and are generally less likely to self-promote and speak up at meetings. Because of this, it’s important for women to understand the differences between men and women, embrace…

The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and the rate of technological change presents a unique challenge for CFOs who have the complex task of ensuring alignment between finance and the entire organisation on the road to digital transformation. There has been much talk about the role 4IR will play in digital transformation. In these necessary conversations it is vital that leadership teams do not lose sight of their organisation’s overall transformation objectives. Ultimately, 4IR technologies are tools that should be considered as one part of the transformation journey and not all technological advances are necessarily useful for all businesses. Amidst the…