The Evolving Role of Healthcare CFOs in a Changing Healthcare Landscape
The role of CFO is evolving in the complex healthcare sector. Such leaders are not just leaving budgets and bookkeeping; they must bring strategic agility, operational acumen, and people-focused thinking to their tasks. This redefined era shows how CFOs can adapt to the new realities of the industry and its transformation from the protectors into…
How Public Sector Finance Leaders Are Navigating Economic Challenges and Driving Change
In the global arena, public-sector finance practitioners are caught in a perfect storm of financial pressure, talent shortages, and increasing demands, all of which they are striving to meet while maintaining essential services for billions of citizens. The pressures are tangible, continuous, and growing due to shrinking budgets and changes in technology. However, in these…
The End of Reactive Finance: Data, Liquidity and FX Power
Today’s finance executives in New York, London, Sydney and Singapore are subjected to a new brutal reality; the old way of looking at history and predicting the next period is no longer enough to support business needs. Over the last few years, expectations of stability have been shattered as inflation has persisted, geopolitical tensions remain…
How Finance Leaders Are Rewriting Financial Inclusion for the Underserved
As digital adoption and purposeful strategy accelerate, the concept of financial inclusion is becoming more measurable, and some of the world’s most influential finance leaders are reimagining business models to focus on one of the most unaddressed customer groups: the underserved. Whether it’s a major global bank or a nimble fintech, these entities and institutions…
Yemen’s Mukalla Crisis and the Emerging Gulf Power Struggle
A Saudi-led coalition airstruck a port city in southern Yemen, the port of Mukalla, on 30 December, hitting a transport of arms destined for the southern separatists, but a delicate peace in the Gulf was rattled. Riyadh said the weapons and supplies were for the Southern Transitional Council (STC) and they were fired from Emirati…
Rajesh Exports Case: SEBI’s Allegations and the Man Behind It
India has quite a complicated relationship with frauds & scandals. In 1992, Harshad Mehta, the “Big Bull”, shook the nation with an INR 4,000 crore scam and even before them, the Telgi stamp paper fraud. More recently, the Adani-Hindenburg storm kept the investors on edge for months. Now, a new name is making headlines, Rajesh…
Leadership Lessons from Mohammad Alabbar’s Success Story
Mohammad Alabbar, founder of Emaar Properties and the visionary behind Noon, is one of the primary investors in the real estate, retail, digital banking, and consumer services sectors. He has plugged some of the major holes in regional and world markets where dreams of economic development have outpaced entrepreneurial ability. He came in and made…
Emiratisation and the Future of Talent Leadership in the UAE
Emiratisation is a national initiative in the UAE that is reshaping the workforce, strategy and leadership of the UAE, from compliance-focused to a strategic approach of developing talent, embedding culture and driving national development plans. Emiratisation is not just a policy, it is a shift in mindset, a transformation in thinking, and an approach that…
World Environment Day: Our Last Chance to Fix the Planet
Are you also fed up with all the heat nowadays? It’s as if the so-called Super El Niño has opened the doors to hell, and we all have been engulfed in the flames. However, the reason for this scorching heat is much more than just a weather phenomenon that occurs every now and then. It’s…