Of all the individuals in the C-Suite, it is CFOs who are the best placed to be the CEO’s ‘right-hand-man,’ but this does not come automatically. Rather, for this to happen, CFO’s must position themselves as a critical value enabler and thought partner.

At a recent India CFO Forum session in Pune, Manish Bhatnagar, Managing Director of SKF India, shared his view on what CEOs expect from their CFO, and how the latter can step up and rewrite the Finance agenda to contribute at a strategic level. This podcast offers a commentary on the same.