Stories by CFO World Staff

Seven West Media’s long-serving group chief financial officer, Peter Lewis, has resigned and will quit his post at the end of April.

Coca-Cola Amatil’s (ASX:CCL) group MD Terry Davis has announced his intention to retire from the beverage company in 2014, ending months of speculation about his future.

The CFO and COO of medical device manufacturer ImpediMed (ASX:IPD) has resigned off the back of a realignment and restructure of the business.

Ansell (ASX:ANN) is on the hunt for a new CFO following the resignation of longstanding finance chief, Rustom Jilla.

The president and CFO of software group Oracle has become the sole CFO and one of two new executive councillors to join policy and political technology CEO network, TechNet.

Businesses are increasingly relying on finance bosses to take a broader organisational view and look not just at the numbers, but also make strategic decisions.

Exploration and mineral development group, Heron Resources (ASX: HHR), has appointed finance executive Charlie Kempson as its new general manager of strategy and business development to lead its push to find a suitable merger or acquisition.

Former Lehman Brothers CFO Erin Callan has joined the work-life balance debate by outlining her own failure at achieving both during her time as an executive.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) has welcomed NSW government treasurer Mike Baird’s new approach to financial reporting, which is expected to put internal agencies under greater scrutiny.

A decision by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) to revise the way loan-loss provisioning is undertaken could have significant ramifications for banks and the financial services market worldwide.

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Leisure and entertainment group Donaco International (ASX: DNA) has recruited Richard Na Chun Wee as its new CFO. The appointment is the latest in a reshuffle of the company’s executive ranks following its rebrand and reinstatement to the ASX.

The Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) is embarking on two new research projects in a bid to better inform debate and policy around liquidity and risk in Australia and worldwide.

Google’s CFO says the search giant is holding on to its cash reserves to pay for potential acquisitions and technology investments.

The BBC is looking to upgrade its complete Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) suite in a bid to improve its business intelligence and operational functionality and lift the UK TV broadcaster out of the dark ages.