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1057: Building Strategic Value: Inside the Finance Engine Room | Georgy Egorov, CFO, ZeroAvia

CFO Thought Leader

Although the life sciences firms blend of knowledge-driven resources and AI placed it at the forefront of drug discovery innovation, Egorov identified a critical vulnerability: the companys model depended too heavily on a small set of major pharmaceutical customers, leaving its growth in the hands of external decision-makers.

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5 Excel-heavy Pain Points still Dragging down finance teams in 2025

The Finance Weekly

A finance director at a large niche pharmaceutical company told us: “We have a lot of manual processes and inputting and that type of stuff which I am trying to get away from. One company we spoke to–a $110M equipment leasing firm–has been looking for a way out of this Excel mess for three years.

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Members Spotlight: Professor Ian Kruger

CFO Talks

I was appointed at Unisa School for Business Leadership to teach MBL Financial Management in 2008, after that I did my CFO(SA) as it was related. As an investor, since 1969, I had to work through audited financial statements. Share your favorite leadership lesson. Can you share some career highlights and defining moments?

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Driving business value from policy-driven access rights insight

Future CFO

The lack of uniform controls across these applications can result in inconsistent, non-conforming access, time-intensive and error-prone monitoring, increased threats, fraud, and audit deficiencies. Vitasoy group director for internal audit and risk management Terence Chow commented that it's more than just financial data.

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Developing an operational data strategy for an AI-ready, data-centric business

Future CFO

The Accountant-General’s Department handles finances, payroll, claims and internal audits for Singapore Civil Service. This increased the granular analysis that finance staff can undertake and facilitated more targeted and in-depth audits for our client agencies.”.

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5 Excel-heavy Pain Points still Dragging down finance teams in 2024

The Finance Weekly

A finance director at a large niche pharmaceutical company told us: “We have a lot of manual processes and inputting and that type of stuff which I am trying to get away from. One company we spoke to–a $110M equipment leasing firm–has been looking for a way out of this Excel hell for three years.