Word: cfo
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...million Worth in 1997 of former Enron CFO Andrew Fastow and wife Lea, a former Enron assistant treasurer...
...yoga enthusiast, Richards, 54, joins the board of real estate and travel giant Cendant to serve on its audit committee. In the wake of recent financial scandals, firms are hiring more independent directors who can expertly read the text and subtexts of financial reports. And Cendant believes that Richards, CFO of the Bermuda subsidiary of the Swiss bank Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch, fills the bill...
When she joined Lucasfilm as CFO in 1991, Chau, 50, brought order to the movie-magic empire built by Star Wars creator George Lucas. The company has grown into a $1.5 billion special-effects, production and computer-game powerhouse. Recently promoted to COO, Chau will work to turn Lucasfilm's disparate units into an ensemble cast--encouraging the movie-effects team at Industrial Light & Magic, say, to collaborate more closely with online game designers. A native of Singapore, Chau's favorite Star Wars hero is Yoda...
...first place. Search firms are aggressively steering nominating committees into new territory. Peter Crist, vice chairman of Korn/Ferry International, goes so far as to call the prototypical director, the distinguished elder statesman sitting on four or five boards, "an anachronism." The new ideal, Crist says, is a CFO 45 to 50 years old and very often a first-time director...
...directors are less willing to sit on the board of any company whose product or service they don't understand. Kilberg says she recently agreed to join a local bank's board but turned down a small software firm. "It just wasn't worth it," she says. Robert Edwards, CFO of Imation, a maker of magnetic and optical data-storage discs based in Oakdale, Minn., joined the board of glass manufacturer Apogee Enterprises in October. It is his first stint on the board of a company other than his own, and he says, "One of the key requirements...