6 Essential Lessons for Modern CFOs with Sacha Herrmann from Soldo

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Strategic leader, collaborator, innovator, and communicator – the role of a modern CFO encompasses all of these and more. CFOs today are tasked with balancing financial expertise with creativity, guiding businesses through uncertainty, and building trust across their organisations. But what does all of that look like in practice? For this special episode of The CFO Playbook, we're joined by CFO of Soldo, Sacha Herrmann to discuss 6 lessons we have learned from world-class CFOs, finance leaders, and founders from some of the fastest-growing companies. Hear highlights of interviews with - Baron Anyngwe , Finance Director at We Are Fulfillmeant, shares his experience balancing risk and reward. Giles Andrews OBE , co-founder of the world's first peer-to-peer lending business, Zopa, who invested heavily in machine learning. Richard Dana , CEO of Tembo Money, shares the story of his first business venture in the volatile travel industry. The experience was harsh but valuable. Huiming Chen , CFO at American biotechnology company Illumina, describes the ideal CFO as someone who operates seamlessly between strategy and operations, acting as a co-pilot to the CEO.