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C-suite Communication As we enter the third decade of the 21st Century, the rate of technological change in the world of business continues at pace. Within this context, the CFO’s role is pivotal to their organisation’s success and ability to respond to – and thrive during – this change. As things stand, organisations are simply not acting fast enough to keep up with the rate of technology innovation or benefit from real-time information.

In the aftermath of PwC’s review on M&C Saatchi’s financial report, the advertising agency has seen its shares plunge. For the new financial director – Mickey Kalifa – appointed by the company last year and who officially started working for the company in January 2019, this is clearly bad news! In August, M&C Saatchi discovered accounting errors which put the group in a difficult financial situation, where it uncovered a £6.4m irregular charge.

Business leaders, particularly those involved in R&D and innovation, have much work to do to prepare for an imminent increase in workload, according to a study which shows that pressure from global governments will cause R&D activity to increase in the next three years.