This episode features an interview with Ann Dennison, EVP and CFO of Nasdaq, the global electronic marketplace for securities. 

Ann has more than 20 years of experience in corporate finance and financial reporting and analysis.  At Nasdaq, she’s responsible for accounting, FP&A, budgeting, planning and procurement.  Prior to joining Nasdaq in 2015, Ann was a managing director and head of financial reporting at Goldman Sachs.

On this episode, Ann discusses market resiliency, cutting-edge topics like ESG and the digital asset space, and the transformation of the CFO from a numbers person to a strategic advisor.

Quotes

“There’s a lot of power in sitting on a ton of data at the corporate level in finance. So how can we harness that power to help provide information to the businesses to make the best possible decisions?”

Time Stamps:

[0:22] Intro

[1:31] Interview begins

[1:56] Career path to CFO

[7:36] Cash liquidity challenges amid the pandemic

[11:40] IPO listings grow despite pandemic

[14:00] Post pandemic hybrid work

[17:43] How to be strategically impactful as CFO

[20:02] Managing risk and weighing investments

[22:27] Tech tools to lean on as CFO

[23:51] Harnessing the power of data

[31:16] The CFO of the future

[34:05] Emerging hot topics in finance

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