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In this episode of CFO 4.0, Hannah talks to Robert Brooker, Head of Fraud and Forensics at PKF GM. Robert is a leading industry figure, with more than 20 years of experience in prevention and detection of loss, and investigation of online fraud.

Before he became the Head of Fraud and Forensics at PKF, he was Head of Fraud at Transport for London where he managed a team of investigators.

What's covered in this episode?

• Different types of fraud that can occur within a business
• Is fraud on the rise at this moment in time?
• Is there a lack of awareness of the impact fraud can have on a business?
• Why does fraud happen?
• Red flags we might notice and how to introduce them into our everyday lives
• What are the reasons people may commit fraud?
• The two types of fraud and how to prevent it

Links mentioned in this episode:
Raise your Game with Sage Intacct
Robert's LinkedIn
PKF GM Website
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In this latest episode of CFO 4.0, Hannah Munro chats to Chris Walker. Chris is CEO of Refine Labs, which is a demand accelerator for B2B SaaS companies. 

Chris also runs his own podcast, State of Demand Gen. Chris talks innovative strategy, advice and tactics that works best for marketers, along with interviewing the top experts within the marketing industry.

This episode covers:

• How has marketing changed in the last few years?
• Why the MQL is no longer a good way to measure marketing impact?
• How do fast growing businesses measure marketing success?
• What you should be focussing on in terms of measurement?
• What is brand and what sort of activities would fall underneath it?
• Buyers process and their journey
• Signs for CFOs that their brand is working
• What questions should a CFO be asking their CMO?
• Support CFOs should give to a CMO to enable success?
• How long until you start to see an impact to generate leads?

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In this weeks episode of CFO 4.0, we welcome back Jack McCullough, President of The CFO Leadership Council.


This episode covers:

• The definition of a psychopath
• The impact of working with a psychopathic CEO
• Celebrities who display traits of psychopathy
• Is it common to have psychopathic CEOs?
• Signs that you could be working for a psychopathic CEO
• How to protect yourself from a psychopathic CEO?

Links referenced within this episode:
Jack's LinkedIn
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In this new episode of CFO 4.0, join Hannah Munro, as she chats to Aarish Shah, founder of EmergeONE. Aarish helps founders, start-ups, and people grow.

In this episode, they discuss:

• Portfolio CFO vs Part-Time CFO
• Do you have what it takes to be a portfolio CFO?
• Why do it? What are the benefits?
• What are the downsides?
• Picking the right portfolio to work with.

Links referenced in this episode:
EmergeONE Website
Aarish's LinkedIn
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In this episode of CFO 4.0, Hannah Munro interviews Gethin Nadin. Gethin is an Award-Winning Psychologist who's published in The Financial Times. 

This episode covers: 

• Is employee wellbeing a new fad or just something we have renamed?
• What matters to employees when it comes to wellbeing?
• How do we measure current levels of wellbeing?
• Importance of employee wellbeing to the bottom line
• Shifting from reactive to proactive wellbeing
• Employee wellbeing and your investors

Links referenced in this episode:
Gethin's LinkedIn
Deloitte Report
Raise your game with Sage Intacct
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Hannah chats to Claire Bodanis, the UK leading authority on corporate reporting. Claire is also the Author of "Trust Me, I'm Listed". Claire is also the Founder and Director of Falcon Windsor.

In this episode, Hannah and Claire cover:

• Challenges currently faced today with producing the annual report 
• How to produce a report that is engaging and valuable to investors
• Balancing the increase in regulatory requirements with what investors need to hear
• Communicating challenging news in your Annual Report
• Common mistakes businesses make when writing their annual report
• What is changing in the world of annual reporting

Links referenced in this episode:
Claire's LinkedIn
Falcon Windsor
Monthly Reporting Webinars
Book: Trust Me, I'm Listed
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In this latest episode of CFO 4.0, Hannah interviews Aneel Delawalla, Managing Director and Partner at Accenture. They discuss the research Aneel and his team have regarding the top 17% of CFOs and what they're doing differently compared to other CFOs, and how COVID may have accelerated or slowed trends.

This episode answers the following:

• At a top level, what shifts and trends did the report identify in terms of what businesses need from their CFO?
• Has COVID accelerated or slowed these trends?
• What are the top 17% CFOs doing differently?
• What is the impact on businesses for those that had CFOs that model those behaviours?
• What can CFOs do today, to start their journey towards this shift?

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In this episode, Hannah Munro chats to Shauna Moran. Shauna is the founder of Operate Remote - an accredited and award-winning executive coaching agency that empowers CEO's and their remote teams to create and build more emotionally-healthy, engaged and sustainable organisations- so they can scale and grow with confidence, regardless of locations.

This episode covers:

• What can we do to help combat the work from home fatigue that's happening at the moment?
• How can you change the way you communicate to support remote working?
• How can we maintain flexibility and work life balance but still ensure good communication and productivity?
• Managing boundaries and work life balance in a remote world
• How to build a culture that allows people to thrive working remotely

Links referenced in this episode:
Operate Remote Website
Shauna's LinkedIn
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In this episode of CFO 4.0, Hannah Munro, MD of itas, interviews Martin Spiller, an experienced CFO, who has worked with a number of high growth SAAS businesses. 

Questions answered in this episode:

• What are funders looking for in a CFO?
• What are the top mistakes businesses make when applying for funding?
• What about a Start-up vs Scaleup? How does it vary from seed to series A&B?
• How to go about finding the right funding partner
• Can you ever have too much funding?
• Top tips for getting funded

Martin's LinkedIn
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Dr Vanessa Marcié is a Humour & Leadership expert, international speaker and a pioneer of theories of driving change through humour. She has given over 100 presentations to global audiences of more than 30 countries.

 What to listen out for in this episode:

• What is the benefit of using humour for both finance transformation and within your finance team?
• What are the different types of humour and how do you use them effectively
• How do men and women approach humour differently?
• How to use humour with your direct reports and with the senior leadership?
• Top tips on starting to incorporate humour into your leadership style

 Links referenced in this episode:

• Leading with Humour Website
• Quiz
• Vanessa's LinkedIn
• Leading With Humour LinkedIn
• Facebook
• Instagram
• The animation video
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