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Listen to CFOradio today as Sheree Williams, CFO of Assurance America Corporation, tells how the support of mentors, a “be curious” attitude and learning to apply analytical skills to all aspects of a process helped her develop into a successful overseer of strategic and financial planning for a large corporation.  Listen as she describes the role of “process” in improving the bottom line.

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Listen to CFOradio today as Renée Pinczes brings her enthusiasm and experiences in the finance sector to life. 

In today’s program, we will learn of Renée’s “untraditional” path to being a CFO and what she learned to apply to be successful in that role. Renée also talks about the mentors and advisors who have helped guide her to optimize her strengths and skills in every position that she has held. In her words, “Moves beget moves.”

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In today’s weekly broadcast of CFOradio (www.CFOradio.com), host Lorraine Chilvers interviews Gareth Young, Principal with Abraxas Business Services, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia (abraxas.biz). Abraxas specializes in business brokerage and mergers & acquisitions for small and middle market companies. The highly experienced M&A and business professionals at Abraxas work with buyers to help them find businesses that meet their criteria, and they also help business owners develop achievable exit strategies, wherever they are in the ownership cycle. 

In this web broadcast, Gareth Young describes his career path and opportunities that led to his current role as the principal with Abaxas Business Services. He also shares some key advice to individuals and companies planning or involved in acquisitions or exit strategies in today’s economy.

Gareth also provides some interesting information to the CFOradio audience about the valuations that business owners preparing to sell need to know. Prior to Abraxas Mr. Young ran finanSight, a firm he founded that provided financial and operational services to start-ups and small businesses, including training, organizational consulting, and assistance with state tax credits. Mr. Young also was Executive Director of Corporate Development for BellSouth Corporation for fifteen years. In that position, he was responsible for developing and executing business expansion strategies for BellSouth through mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, and other transactions. Gareth began his career at Deloitte, where he spent seven years serving diverse clients in industries including banking, retail, paper and printing, and light engineering, as well as being Deloitte’s facilitator for first their UK national training group, regional training director in the U.S.

Gareth is a Chartered Accountant in the UK, has worked as an audit manager in the UK and the U.S., and has received numerous awards, including the Elijah Watt Sells Award for the C.P.A. exam. He is a graduate of Jesus College, Oxford, in the UK, with an M.A. in mathematics. He is also an author, whose first novel was published in 2009.

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Listen as Rebecca Flick, former Vice President and Treasurer of Home Depot,  tells the CFOradio audience why “Cash is king and queen” in today’s economy.  Rebecca explains how cash is the proxy for evaluating shareholder value and how running a business on cash is fundamental to increasing shareholder equity.  Ms. Flick also traces her experience as a former assistant vice president of credit products for Bank of America, and describes the differences in experiences between being a corporate treasurer and a banker.

Having closed approximately 35 acquisitions in 3-4 years, also gave Rebecca some unique insight into the corporate treasurer function. “Often, the lead financial roles in a corporation are referred to as the ones who readily say, ‘No.’  ” Rebecca dispels that myth and tells us how she was able to work with problems and issues to produce successful outcomes. Listen to her valuable tips and perspective.

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