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Abbey National's Nathan Bostock beats Alliance & Leicester's Chris Rhodes to group FD role

Alliance & Leicester FD and Abbey National CFO discover the newly merged bank isn’t big enough for the both of them

28 Oct 2008

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Santander – who is behind the world's 5th most profitable bank?

Emilio Botín has turned what was a virtually unknown Spanish bank into one of the world’s most profitable financial institutions

27 Oct 2008

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Griffiths takes FD role off ITV COO’s hands

Media finance veteran Ian Griffiths has confirmed his rumoured move to troubled media group ITV as group finance director, to assist completion of its turnaround plan.

21 Sep 2008

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M&S lifer switches to Drax

Marks & Spencer’s former director of finance Tony Quinlan started work as the finance director at coal-fired power generator Drax Group on 1 September.

21 Sep 2008

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3i’s Wilson doubles FTSE-100 female FD count

Julia Wilson’s promotion at 3i from deputy to group finance director sees her take on all the ‘traditional aspects’ of finance

21 Sep 2008

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Kheraj takes JPMorgan Cazenove big chair

Ex-Barclays finance director Naguib Kheraj has been made chief executive of investment bank JPMorgan Cazenove, having returned to his first love – investment banking

24 Aug 2008

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Tesco Retail Services appoints CEO

As head of Tesco Retail Services, FD Andy Higginson could be destined for the number one job at the supermarket giant

24 Aug 2008

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Looking forward to 2008?

In our annual round-up of opinions of the FDs we interviewed in 2007, we find broad agreement that 2008 is going to be a tougher year. But the trick will be to not talk ourselves into recession

03 Jan 2008

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UK finance professionals work fewer hours

Finance professionals in the UK rank 13th out of 17 when it comes to the number of hours they spend at work

24 Sep 2007

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Uh-oh-seven

Bedding down IFRS, preparing for an onslaught of regulation and a US economic slowdown are just some of the challenges facing finance directors in 2007. At least they expect the FTSE to perform well

04 Jan 2007

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The Finance Directors' Forum: What's next?

The ninth Richmond Events Finance Directors’ Forum set sail on 1-4 November with more than 230 FDs on board. They discussed topics from corporate governance to personal development

28 Nov 2006

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NatWest three: tip of the iceberg?

The case of the NatWest three is not the only extradition case involving UK executives - around 20 others are in the pipeline. Finance directors must assess their exposure to the long arm of America

31 Aug 2006

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What's going on at iSoft

Healthcare software vendor iSoft was on a roll since its £12m buyout from KPMG. But the City's delight is now shattered by news of accounting and finance problems.

31 Aug 2006

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Bull run ensures CEOs stay in the saddle

Despite the incidence of high-profile boardroom departures, research by the online financial broadcaster Cantos revealed that the average tenure of FTSE-100 chief executives has risen to 4.7 years over the past 12 months, up from 4.6 years.

31 Aug 2006

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Insight: FDs look to the future

Financial Director spoke to several of last year's interviewees about the year ahead. Compliance will figure highly on most FDs’ agenda in 2006, not least implementing and making sense of IFRS. They will also be keeping an eye on rising oil prices and a general slowdown of the world economy

05 Jan 2006

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Business' best friend

Finance people must be the critical friend of business, writes CIMA's John Windle

Cutting electronic systems down to size

To be more competitive, we need far less management in companies, government and our electronic systems

Markets are too addicted to repeated doses of cheap cash

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Practical implications of a GAAR

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