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How is finance leadership role evolving? Explore how AI, automation, and strategic finance leadership are shaping future finance leaders.

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Nicolas Prokopos, Head of Finance @ Rydoo

Expense fraud is often a hidden threat to companies. Discover the most common fraudulent expenses and how to safeguard your business.

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“Finance, as we know it, no longer exists in the same way it did when I started as an auditor.”

Rita Piçarra
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“With the help of core values and other optimisations, we doubled the EBITDA from 2019 to 2020 to an optimised level of 30%.”

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Sara Portell
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“The CFO is not just a numbers person. They’re co-pilots to the CEO and touch on everything, and that’s the main difference between the modern CFO and the old one.”

Elisabeth Sabin
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