
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar wants to end the month-end close for good, building a function that reconciles the books in real-time while keeping judgment human

Stefan Premer, Senior Director of Sustainability Consulting at Sphera explains why transition plans are not just a compliance task & should be top priority

Model ML, an AI start-up based in London raises over US$100m as HSBC Asset Management join the pool of investors among PwC, Deloitte and EY
Finance
This week, Finance Chief covered news from HSBC, Palantir, Crunchbase and HumanX, Safeguard Global and an exclusive Q&A Patrick Sunday, CAO of Bottomline
Operations
Caterpillar shares jumped 12% under CEO Joe Creed, backlog at a record US$72bn as the data-centre boom makes the old-economy giant a capital-cycle winner
Videos
Fresha’s Sharee Campbell and Kiran Taylor on HR transformation, reshaping talent and why culture is a strategic operating system
Capital Markets
After 14 quarters of net selling, Greg Abel is deploying Berkshire's cash, from a US$10bn Alphabet stake to its biggest buyback since 2021
People & Skills
Car giant Ford announces its latest CFO appointment for New Zealand and Australia, Murray Naismith, returning to the company after two decades
Events
Technology
Konstantin Dzhengozov, CFO and Co-Founder of Payhawk, speaks to Finance Chief about business intelligence, AI and the longevity of the dashboard
Sustainability
Sustainable financing giant ING notes that resilient issuance lead growth in 2026, but the ingredients to a ‘sustainable debt cocktail’ change with speed







