Latest Books to the boardroom Podcast Episodes
In Conversation With Guy Griffiths, CFO of PVH Brands Australia
Books To The Boardroom - July 21, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday’s guest is Guy Griffiths, CFO of PVH Brands Australia. Today’s conversation is an interesting insight into someone who has spent much of their career in retail, and working up to becoming a CEO. We talk about how Guy: Flew in and Flew out for over 9 years. Used Chartered Accounting as ...
In Conversation With Rhydian James, CFO of Discova
Books To The Boardroom - July 14, 2021 06:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday’s guest is Rhydian James, CFO of Discova. Working in the tourism industry Rhydian was one of those people affected by Covid and we cover what that looked like in detail. We also discuss: How Rhydian managed to work remotely and get up at 3am each morning. How hard it is when your rev...
In Conversation with Jeremy Stewart, Managing Director and CEO of Trade Tools
Books To The Boardroom - May 26, 2021 06:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode, we are speaking to Jeremy Stewart, CEO and Managing Director at Trade Tools. Jeremy is a very committed individual and has spent most of his working life at Trade Tools. As you know that is quite rare to see these days. We cover: His stint in Film and Television and why he s...
In Conversation with Duncan McHugh, Head Of Finance at Nutrition Warehouse, and Co-Founder of One More Rep
Books To The Boardroom - May 12, 2021 04:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOn this episode we are speaking to Duncan McHugh, Head of Finance at Nutrition Warehouse, and Co-Founder of One More Rep. Duncan’s story is one of loyalty. Having a Dad who worked as a CFO for the theme parks on the Gold Coast for 25 years, Duncan is someone who didn’t find it strange to stay i...
In Conversation With Kylie Sheather, Director Of Finance Business Partnering at Technology One
Books To The Boardroom - April 28, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday we are talking to Kylie Sheather, Director of Finance Business Partnering at Technology One. Kylie’s story is one of trusting your gut, going your own way, and making decisions for yourself. She didn’t go to London like most people on the podcast have done before and doesn’t have an au...
In Conversation With Tanya Cain, CFO of Youi
Books To The Boardroom - April 22, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday our guest is Tanya Cain, CFO of Youi Insurance. Tanya is an accomplished professional who shares plenty of advice. We talk about: What it is like working for such an iconic brand. How the timeliness of information is more important than accuracy. Knowing when it’s time to move on. H...
In Conversation with Keith Bailey, Director of Blueprint Business Solutions
Books To The Boardroom - April 14, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday’s guest is Keith Bailey of Blueprint Business Solutions. Keith is a veteran of Finance, Accounting, and Management. In this episode we discuss: What it is like to have a Portfolio Career. What he learned about converting clients faster when he worked as a consultant. How he started h...
In Conversation with Pierre De Villiers, Partner at CFO On Call
Books To The Boardroom - April 09, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday’s guest is Pierre De Villiers, Partner at CFO on Call, and CEO of Your Profit Xpert. In this episode, we discuss Pierre’s career which included living in South Africa, New Zealand, and now Australia. It is intriguing to hear his perspective on how you can transfer skills across countrie...
In Conversation with Kerri Siggs, CFO of Carter and Spencer Group
Books To The Boardroom - April 01, 2021 02:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday we are speaking to Kerri Siggs, CFO of Carter and Spencer Group. Carter and Spencer is an unusual CFO role that Kerri likens to a live trading market. This is due to working with Fresh Produce, and Kerri details some of the challenges surrounding that. Kerri also speaks about empowerin...
In Conversation with Brent Charlton, CEO and Director of Altitude Advisors
Books To The Boardroom - March 24, 2021 01:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday we are talking to Brent Charlton, Director of Altitude Advisors We talk about how he navigated the GFC in his business, and as an individual. Growing up with 2 parents as business owners, it seems Brent was always destined to become an owner himself and became a director in his late 20’s...
In Conversation with Brad Sheahon, Head of Finance At Cromwell Group
Books To The Boardroom - March 10, 2021 02:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday we are talking to Brad Sheahon, Head Of Finance at Cromwell Property Group. Hailing from New Zealand, he had nomadic parents and went to many different schools when he was young. It was interesting to hear how this set a foundation for the rest of his career. He shares stories around na...
In Conversation With Ian Judson, Owner of JudsonKoman
Books To The Boardroom - March 03, 2021 06:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday’s podcast guest is Ian Judson of JudsonKoman. What an interesting story Ian has. We spoke about so many different aspects of Ian’s life and career. He has life-defining overseas experiences, spent time as a musician, and built himself into a skilled finance professional and business own...
In Conversation With Stuart Dempster, Co-Founder of Changealytics.ai
Books To The Boardroom - February 24, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday we are talking to Stuart Dempster, co-founder of Changealytics.AI Stuart has a fascinating story and was a great guest. He speaks about: - Giving bad news to Richard Branson. - Raising millions of dollars for a business he owned. - Good and Bad examples of leadership AND his persona...
In Conversation with Craig Kurkowski of Helimods
Books To The Boardroom - February 16, 2021 02:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday we are speaking to Craig Kurkowski, Finance and Accounting Lead of Helimods. We talk about how he started his career in hospitality and how that led him to cook for the queen. We discuss Craig's unconventional methods for tracking staff health and he shares an interesting metaphor around...
In Conversation With Chris Mitchell, CFO of Canstar
Books To The Boardroom - February 03, 2021 12:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday we have another great guest on the show, Chris Mitchell, the CFO of Canstar. You have probably heard of Canstar. But it wasn’t always so well known. After being with the company for 13 years, Chris talks to us about how 20% of people recognised the brand when he first started, to now ov...
In Conversation With Rod Facey, CFO of REIQ
Books To The Boardroom - January 19, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday we are talking to Rod Facey, CFO of REIQ. Rod talks us through his career and life and how he handled all the challenges that came at him with integrity. A natural leader, Rod got a chance at leadership at an age much younger than most. He talks about how he handled a redundancy with di...
In Conversation with David Muir, MD and CEO of DS Energy
Books To The Boardroom - January 08, 2021 06:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday we have another great guest, David Muir. David is currently the MD of DS Energy. However his career has been varied and not without challenges. He speaks about interesting events in his life such as breaking his neck, what happens when you love rugby but also work in it, and the strang...
In Conversation With Petra Corcoran, Director of Finance and Corporate Services at Emesent
Books To The Boardroom - December 16, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday we are talking to Petra Corcoran, Director of Finance & Corporate Services at Emesent. Petra is an accomplished professional with a fascinating background. Strong in her conviction from a young age, we speak about the importance of sticking to your ethical principles, toxic cultures, an...
In Conversation with Andrew Job, CEO of PlotLogic
Books To The Boardroom - December 07, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWe have another great guest on the podcast today, Andrew Job, the CEO of PlotLogic. A veteran of the mining industry, Andrew is an accomplished professional, and now a high growth business owner. Andrew talks us through his career in which he got into leadership positions at an age much young...
In Conversation with Andrew Gray, Finance Director of QTectic
Books To The Boardroom - November 30, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday we speak to Andrew Gray, Finance Director of Qtectic. He describes himself as the Accidental Accountant. Starting his career in Audit, he has worked in Mining, Rail, and various infrastructure related companies. Having worked across a number of industries, Andrew is a wealth of knowledg...
In Conversation with Thomas Sparks, CEO of Infinity 22
Books To The Boardroom - November 18, 2020 06:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday’s guest is Thomas Sparks, CEO of Infinity 22. It was a pleasure to hear how Thomas built such a successful business at a young age. Having worked locally and overseas in Hong Kong, Thomas’s experience covers many disciplines and countries. Now as he focuses on helping E-Commerce busines...
In Conversations with Thomas Sparks, CEO of Infinity 22
Books To The Boardroom - November 18, 2020 06:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday’s guest is Thomas Sparks, CEO of Infinity 22. It was a pleasure to hear how Thomas built such a successful business at a young age. Having worked locally and overseas in Hong Kong, Thomas’s experience covers many disciplines and countries. Now as he focuses on helping E-Commerce busines...
In Conversation with Jag Olak, MD of Allevi8HQ
Books To The Boardroom - November 11, 2020 04:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOur guest on today's episode is Jag Olak, MD of Allevi8HQ. With a strong background in Finance and CFO positions, Jag was a wealth of knowledge. He has run his own pizza businesses and introduced us to the concept of a Chief Restructuring Officer. As always, leadership was a popular topic of ...
In Conversation with Gary Oliver, A Veteran Of Finance
Books To The Boardroom - November 03, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsToday our guest is Gary Oliver, a Veteran of Finance. We were fortunate to speak to Gary on the day he retired at the end of a 45-year career. Gary takes us through his career that involved working in mining, large corporates, and even discuss what it was like writing a strategic paper with n...
In Conversation With Chris Lowndes, CFO of HopgoodGanim Lawyers
Books To The Boardroom - October 23, 2020 05:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode we speak to Chris Lowndes, Group CFO of HopgoodGanim Lawyers. What a story. This podcast was a lot of fun! Chris has had a varied career. He talks about working at companies such as Woolworths, Doughnut Time, and his current company, HopgoodGanim. We talk about good and bad le...
In Conversation with Richard Jacobitz, CFO of STG Global
Books To The Boardroom - October 13, 2020 01:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOur guest today is Richard Jacobitz, CFO of STG Global. Richard brought a unique perspective to the podcast around data and insight. Often we hear people talking about not having enough data, or enough insight. Richard actually discusses why he thinks too much data and insight is a bad thing an...
In Conversation With Damien Hicks, CFO of Entag Group
Books To The Boardroom - October 01, 2020 04:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn this episode Brisca Managing Director Sumith Dissanayake speaks to Damien Hicks, CFO of Entag Group. It was an enjoyable conversation with a talented individual. We discuss Damien’s early life as a water polo player, and how an unfortunate rugby incident at university affected him. Damien ...
In Conversation With Robert Easton, CFO of Oncore
Books To The Boardroom - September 21, 2020 03:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOur guest today is Robert Easton, CFO of Oncore. We discuss Robert’s career all the way from England where he had a short stint selling insurance premiums through to working as a Management Accountant at a Kitchen Manufacturing Business, and for a Cinema business. Robert talks about the differ...
In Conversation with Scott Richardson, CFO at Burrana
Books To The Boardroom - September 10, 2020 04:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOur guest today is Scott Richardson, CFO of Burrana. In this episode we discuss what Scott believes makes a CFO effective. We also talk about how Accounting professionals often approach a fork in their career where they have to decide to become a manager of people, or dedicate themselves to bec...
In Conversation with Brett McCallum, CEO of Virtech
Books To The Boardroom - August 29, 2020 05:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsOur guest today is Brett McCallum, CEO of Virtech. Having spent just a single day at University, Brett didn’t take the usual path. Now running a global business, Brett credits his success to being able to stay in his lane. We talk about being burned by business partners, dealing with failure,...
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