In this episode, hosts Tom Gavaghan and Holly McNulty, are joined by Kevin Lammers, former CFO and holding company president, and Dory Malouf, Director of Value Engineering at Kyriba. They talk about Kevin and Dory’s career paths, the evolving role of CFOs, and the impact of technology and AI on finance and treasury functions. Kevin and Dory share their personal experiences, as well as about their time working together, and provide valuable advice on leadership, fostering continuous improvement, and how uncertainty can bring opportunity.
About the guests:
Kevin Lammers, Former CFO
Prior to retiring, Kevin was President, Faurecia USA Holdings, Inc and North America Sr Vice President. In this role, Kevin led the Faurecia North America Board of Management. Previously, he served as Faurecia, North America Chief Financial Officer. Lammers’ career with Faurecia spanned more than 25 years in increasing significant positions with oversight of a region with over $5 billion in sales. Kevin started his career at what is now Ernst & Young. Kevin has more than 30 years leadership experience. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Toledo. He is a CPA in the State of Ohio.
Dory Malouf, Director of Value Engineering at Kyriba
Dory has 20+ years of management treasury practitioner experience at leading fortune 500 companies. His practitioner experience includes multiple digital transformations and value realizations from treasury and finance technology as well as global cash management, capital market strategies, risk management, working capital optimization, economic trend analysis, and M&A. Dory’s accomplishments in treasury and finance digital transformation have been featured in Treasury & Risk Magazine, as well as in case studies by the Association of Financial Professionals (AFP). In his role as Kyriba's Director of Value Engineering, Dory collaborates directly with executives in Treasury and Finance along with their teams, documenting a plan to execute and realize value based on their strategic digitization initiatives.
Kevin:
“I think it comes back to culture. We need to drive culture, so that when people are making decisions, they're making decisions with cash in mind. I mean, cash is too critical to leave it just to finance. Everybody should be driving improved cash. Because again, we go back to, it's the lifeline, it's the blood of an organization, it's how we reward our partners. So it's what we need. We need cash. And, if I could, cash is important both on the downside of an economy and also an upside. On the downside it provides sustainability. It gives you a chance to seize opportunities when they present themselves in good economic times. And opportunities also present themselves in poor economic times. But again, if you have the cash, if you have the resource, it allows you to realize them.”
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