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Synopsis: In this episode of Biotech 2050, Alex Martin, CEO of Abcuro, sits down with host Rahul Chaturvedi to share his inspiring journey from aspiring actor to biotech trailblazer. Alex reveals how his unique background shaped his leadership approach as he drives Abcuro's groundbreaking work on Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM), a rare muscle disease with no current treatments. He offers valuable insights for biotech CEOs on navigating the complexities of fundraising, building mission-driven teams, and fostering productive relationships with boards. Tune in to discover how Alex is leading Abcuro to the forefront of biotech innovation and making a profound impact on patient lives. Biography: Alex Martin brings over 30 years of experience building companies and closing transactions in the biopharmaceutical industry. He was most recently Chief Executive Officer of Palladio Biosciences, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company which was acquired by Centessa Pharmaceuticals (CNTA), and previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Realm Therapeutics (RLM) which was acquired by ESSA Pharma (EPIX). He was also Chief Operating Officer of Intercept Pharmaceuticals (ICPT), and Chief Finance Officer of BioXell (BXLN) which was acquired by Cosmo Pharmaceuticals (COPN). He began his career at SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals where he held roles of increasing responsibility in marketing and business development and later joined Novartis as Vice President, Global Business Development & Licensing. Alex is an active coach and mentor to other senior executives, and a guest lecturer at Wharton and Columbia Business School on biotech, entrepreneurship, and raising capital. He holds a BA from Cornell University and an MBA from Harvard.

Chief Finance Officer of the Millennium Development Authority, John Boakye has stated that The Millennium Challenge Corporation despite the prevailing power crisis, has no “immediate plans to work again in Ghana” and has completely closed Ghana's Millennium Challenge Compact.

During the October 7 terrorist attacks, the first and often only line of defense for hours were the southern border communities' Civil Security Squads, many of which were underfunded and underequipped, leading to the tragic and unnecessary loss of lives. Created in the wake of the massacre, Civil Squads of Israel is dedicated to properly equipping the civil defense units on the Gaza and Lebanon border and ensuring that they will be prepared for any more assaults. Host Steven Shalowitz sits down with Nir Alon, Co-founder and Chief Finance Officer of Civil Squads of Israel, to discuss his harrowing October 7 experience, and his determination to prevent another massacre by buying proper tactical gear for those that need it.

Last time we spoke about Feng Yuxiang and Zhang Zongchang. Both men were born into poverty, rose through the ranks of the military, earning popularity. Feng became known for his integrity and generosity. He played a pivotal role during the Xinhai Revolution and the subsequent warlord era, often switching allegiances opportunistically. Feng embraced Christianity and enforced discipline among his troops, earning the nickname "the Christian General." On the other side of the shoulder, Zhang Zongchang became infamous for his brutality and excesses as the "Dogmeat General." His rule over Shandong was marked by tyranny, corruption, and lavish indulgence. While Feng focused on discipline, education, and infrastructure, Zhang oppressed his subjects, enriching himself and his inner circle. Feng was often portrayed favorably, while Zhang reveled in his notorious reputation. Ultimately, they were emblematic figures of the tumultuous warlord era, shaping the course of Chinese history.   #96 Meet the Southern Warlords   Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. So two episodes back I introduced you all to the Northern Warlords. The father of warlords, Yuan Shikai basically created them all. When Yuan Shikai built his Beiyang Army, many of his best officers became the Northern Warlords after his death. Thus the Northern Faction as its sometimes referred to, really was an elite club of Beiyang Generals who simply were vying for power. They were all scrambling to fund their private armies and whoever at any given time had the strongest force was able to exert control over the Beiyang government located in Beijing. Within this dynamic there was a quasi balance of power going on. For the most part it was dominated by the three largest cliques in the north, the Anhui Clique, Zhili Clique and Fengtian Clique. Yet this really only applied to Northern China. Going back in time somewhat you will remember, when Yuan Shikai stole the presidency, this led to multiple rebellions, notably sprouting in the southern provinces. Dr Sun Yat-Sen stepped down from the provisional presidency, but he had not given up on his dream of a real republic for China. After the assassination of Song Jiaoren in March 1913, many believed Yuan Shikai had ordered the hit. Yuan Shikai proceeded to abuse his power and this led to southern provinces declaring independence. First was Jiangxi, followed by Jiangsu, Anhui, Shanghai, Guangdong, Fujian and so forth. This all culminated with the Second Revolution of 1913. Unfortunately for the rebels, Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army yet again proved their might, achieving a complete victory over their revolutionary uprisings. KMT loyalist politicians still refused to submit to Yuan Shikai, so he simply dissolved parliament and began reorganizing China using loyal military governors in the provinces. The KMT may have been dissolved, but they were not down for the count.  After Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor, Dr. Sun Yat Sun established the Chinese Revolutionary Party on July 8th of 1914, but this time his old friends and colleagues refused to join him such as Huang Xing, Hu Hanmin, Chen Jiongming and Wang Jingwei. They had seen it all before. Everytime they created a movement against Yuan Shikai, he simply crushed them, they wanted no part of it. As a result, Dr Sun Yat-Sen lost the limelight, he went back into exile, biding his time. After Yuan Shikai's death, Dr Sun Yat-Sen returned to China where he formed a military Junta at Guangzhou to oppose the Beiyang government. The military Junta held a vote, electing Dr Sun Yat-Sen as Generalissimo. Wu Tingfang was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tang Shaoyi as Chief Finance Officer, although he did not accept the position, Cheng Biguang became the Chief Navy Officer and Hu Hanmin became the Chief Transportation officer. One of the first actions the Junta took was to denounce Duan Qirui and his colleagues as rebels and vowed they would reunify China in a grand “Northern Expedition”. With this proclamation, the Constitutional Protection War had officially begun. The war or better called a movement for now was basically the KMT's third revolution. It was put simply to defeat the Beiyang Government. However, not everyone saw eye to eye. In late 1917, many officials such as Tang Jiyao, Mo Rongxin, Lu Rongting and Tang Shaoyi convened a meeting with southwestern warlords. The purpose of the meeting was to see if they could recognize the Beiyang government and form a coalition with them, basically they were seeking a compromise with the Northern Warlords. Dr Sun Yat-Sen was outraged when he found out and placed blame on the southwestern warlords who he believed had sabotaged the Junta. He resigned angrily in May of 1918, going yet again into exile in Shanghai.While in Shanghai he found supporters and on October 10th of 1919 resurrected the KMT. After this point Dr Sun Yat-Sen would be in conflict with Southern Warlords, basically vying to control southern provincial bases of power. Initially this would be around Guangzhou and Guangdong. Now as most of you probably already know, while Dr Sun Yat-Sen founded the KMT, it ultimately was inherited by a man named Chiang Kai-Shek. Chiang Kai-Shek was born October 31st in Xikou, Zhejiang. He descended from a family of salt merchants. Early in life he became interested in the military. Now he lived during a rough time, China suffered military defeats, natural disasters, famine, rebellion en masse, unequal treaties and such. In 1906 after  his first visit to Japan he began pursuing a military career. He enlisted in the Baoding Military academy that year and then went to the Tokyo Shinbu Gakko, a preparatory school for the IJA Academy for Chinese students. While there he became a revolutionary seeking to end the Qing Dynasty so a Han led Chinese republic could emerge. In 1908 he befriended Chen Qimei and it was Chen who introduced him into the Tongmenghui. After graduating from the Tokyo Shinbu Gakko, Chiang served in the IJA from 1909-1911.  When Chiang heard of the Wuchang uprising he rushed back to China, intending to serve as an artillery officer. He led a regiment in Shanghai under Chen Qimei. Then in 1912 there was a conflict between Chen Qimei and Tao Chengzhang, a revolutionary alliance leader who opposed Dr Sun Yat-Sen. Historians differ on what exactly happened, but its possible Chiang had a hand to play in the assassination of Tao. Regardless Chiang rose up through the ranks and continued to serve under Chen Qimei. Now Chen Qimei had friends in the underworld, such as the Green Gang led by Du Yuesheng. The Green Gang was a criminal syndicate in Shanghai and again historians differ on the extent, but it seems Chiang brushed shoulders with them often. Chiang Kai-Shek became a founding member of the KMT but found himself on the losing end of the Second Revolution in 1913. He fled to Japan in exile, but also secretly traveled to the Shanghai international settlement. Its said there he began working with underworld groups, like the Green Gang. On May 18th, 1916 Yuan Shikai had Chen Qimei assassinated, prompting Chiang to succeed him as leader of the KMT in Shanghai. In 1917 when Dr Sun Yat-Sen came back, Chiang quickly joined up with him, cultivating a spot as his number 2. Now I don't want to give away future episode content just yet, so I will stop it there for the KMT Clique.  The next clique as you may have guessed is of course the Chinese Communist Party. Now we talked quite a bit about its foundation, but for a refresher. After the May Fourth Movement of 1919, numerous foreign ideologies flooded into China, one was Marxism. The Russian Revolution had a profound impact on China. Hundreds of thousands of laborers during WW1 went over to Russia and found themselves stuck in the civil war. They came back and brought with them what they learnt. Two men in particular were greatly inspired by Marxism, Chen Duxiu and Li Dazaho, they were also the first two prominent Chinese figures to endorse Leninism and for a worldwide revolution to take place. They ushered in the New Culture Movement, then aided the May Fourth Movement, but by 1920 they both became very skeptical about reforming the current political situation of China. In 1921 the CCP was founded with help from the USSR. The founding national congress of the CCP was helped between July 23-30th 1921 with only 50 members, amongst whom were Li Dazho, Chen Duxiu and Mao Zedong. The CCP grew quickly, originally being held in a house in the Shanghai French Concession until they were caught by police. They moved to Jiaxing, Zhejiang, electing Chen Duxiu as their 1st General Secretary. Chen became “China's Lenin” and certainly the CCP continued to ally themselves to the USSR for both had a common enemy, Japan. Again just like with the KMT, while Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao were the initial leaders, Mao Zedong would inherit the leadership.  Mao Zedong was born December 26th of 1893 near Shaoshan in Hunan. His father was an impoverished peasant who grew to be one of the wealthiest farmers in Shaoshan. Mao grew up in rural Hunan and stated in memoirs he was regularly beaten by his father who was a very strict man. His mother, Wen Qimei was a devout buddhist and Mao would follow in her footests trying to become a Buddhist, but ultimately abandoning the path as a teenager. He received a confucian based education and his family arranged a marriage when he was 17 to Luo Yixiu, ultimately to unit their land-owning families. Mao refused to acknowledge the marriage and quickly moved away. The poor Luo was shamed by this and would die in 1910. Mao was a voracious reader, he loved the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margins from a young age and continued to read whatever he could get his hands on. Eventually his reading led him to a political awakening. He began reading Adam Smith, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Charles Darwin, Thomas Huxley, Montequieu and other western works. He was also interested in history, he took a particularly interest to Napoleon Bonaparte and George Washington.  Mao moved to Changsha for middle school education in 1911 where he came into contact with the revolutionary fervor of the time. He was inspired by Dr Sun Yat-Sen, even wrote about how he thought he should become president in a school essay. Mao like many others cut off their queues during the Xinhai Revolution. Mao found himself joining a real army as a private soldier, but never saw any real combat. In 1912 he resigned from being a soldier and discovered socialism from a newspaper. Mao then enrolled in a police academy but dropped out. He then tried a soap-production school, law school, an economics school and a government run middle school, dropping out of all of them. He spent his time in Changsha's library, reading classical liberal works. Once his father figured out he was basically not doing anything but reading, he cut his allowance, forcing Mao to move into a hostel. Mao then tried to become a teacher and enrolled in the 1st normal school of Changsha. While there he befriend professor Yang Changjia who introduced him to the newspaper “the New Youth” by Chen Duxiu. Mao became inspired, and organized a Association for Student Self-Government that formed protests against school rules. He published articles in the New Youth beginning in 1917 and joined the Society of the Study of Wang Fuzhi, a revolutionary group in Changsha. He began reading about WW1, finding solidarity with the stories of soldiers, but also with workers. After graduating in 1919 he immediately moved to Beijing where his mentor Yang Changji had a job at Peking University. Yang got him a job as an assistant librarian to Li Dazhao. From here Mao became more and more influenced by Marxism, reading about the Russian revolution from the New Youth and books written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Mao joined Li Dazhao's study group becoming more and more enthralled with Marxism. He returned to Changsha working at a primary school while also organizing protests and promoting the New Culture movement there. Mao helped organize a general strike in Hunan, before he returned to Beijing to visit the terminally ill Yang Yangji. After this Mao moved to Shanghai where he met with Chen Duxiu and some prominent KMT members. Mao would brush shoulders with these KMT members often and became one of the founding members of the CCP. Again like with the KMT I don't wont to give away too much future events, so I will stop it there for the CCP. The next group was the Yunnan Clique who were born out of the Xinhai Revolution when Cai E declared Yunnan independent. Cai E had been the commander of the 37th Brigade of the New Army. After the Xinhai Revolution, Cai E tossed his lot in with Yuan Shikai, leaving behind Tang Jiyao to govern Yunnan. When Yuan Shikai initiated operation Walrus Emperor, Cai E covertly departed Beijing and returned to Yunnan to get the old gang back together. He was nearly assassinated on November 11th, but managed to flee to Japan and then Yunnan. Once back in Yunnan he established the local National Protection Army to fight Yuan Shikai. Cai E declared Yunnan independent again and quickly invaded southern Sichuan. Yuan Shikai sent his Beiyang Army south, but found this time his army was less than willing to fight. After Yuan Shikai's death, Cai E retained the position of governor-general over Yunnan and governor over Sichuan. The National Protection War bolstered Cai E as a national hero, however disaster struck in 1916 when he died suddenly of tuberculosis. His chief Lt Tang Jiyao inherited the mantle. Tang Jiyao brushed shoulders with Dr Sun Yat-Sen helping him set up his new KMT in Shanghai and would remain a KMT loyalist. Tang Jiyao also brushed shoulders with the Green Gang who helped him set up an opium trade in Yunnan. Opium grew exceptionally well in Yunnan, its climate was perfect for the plant. Like most of the cliques I will soon be talking about, events unfolded in Northern China that led southern provinces to feel another government was required. A few rival governments would come and go, but the first significant one would be established in Guangzhou and Tang Jiyao joined its committee. Within this government a political war was fought amongst numerous cliques, including Dr Sun Yat-Sen's KMT. As for those other Cliques that would do political battle, one would be the Guizhou Clique. The Guizhou Clique was founded by Liu Xianshi who was born in Xingyi Guizhou. Liu was born into a landlord family who were heavily involved in leading local militias during the late 19th century. He alongside his cousin Liu Xianqian were military men, like their father before them Liu Guanli, who was a regimental commander who helped suppress a Hui uprising. Liu Guanli bolstered his family name to the point the family became heavily dominant within the military forces of Guizhou. During the Wuchang Uprising, Guizhou was tossed into a panic. Li Xianshi went to the capital to help suppress the revolution. Meanwhile, Zhang Bailin, a Tongmenghui leader in Guizhou alongside others stormed the capital and forced the governor, Shen Yuqing to step down. On November 4th, they declared Guizhou independent. However the wannabe revolutionaries failed to take measures to protect their gains and soon Shen Yuqing was fighting back. Liu Xianshi found himself appointed as the Chief of Staff of the Privy Council of a provisional government. Thus emerged a battle between the revolutionaries and counter-revolutionaries. The counter revolutionaries sought assistance and turned to the recently emerged strongman, Cai E of Yunnan. They asked him to invade Guizhou to stop the crisis. Cai E dispatched Tang Jiyao with some troops who entered Guizhou rather peacefully and began to organize proper governance. Then Cai E received panic messages from Tongmenghui Guizhou members asking him to not meddle in Guizhou affairs, and with Sichuan looking more appetizing he backed off. Cai E ordered Tang Jiyao to divert his forces and march into Sichuan. However Tang Jiyao complained that in order to comply he had to take a route through Guizhou and this resulted in his army being chased by revolutionary forces. Well that's one way of stating the story, the other is Tang Jiyao simply sought to conquer Guizhou. Regardless, Liu Xianshi helped Tang Jiyao launch a successful coup against the current Guizhou Junta. Thus Tang Jiyao became the military governor of Guizhou on March 4th of 1912 and Yuan Shikai recognized this a few months later. For his role, Liu Xianshi was appointed Minister of War. Tang Jiyao did what all decent dictators do, he massacred all revolutionary forces he could catch in the province. While Tang Jiyao was at the head, Liu Xianshi used his new political power to begin placing family members in prominent positions. In the meantime Tang Jiyao treated Guizhou like a fiefdom, forbidding modernization efforts and prevented any development of the KMT. It goes without saying Tang Jiyao was not beloved in Guizhou. In November of 1913, Cai E was placed under house arrest and stripped of his rank, so Tang Jiyao ran back to Yunnan to grab his position as governor. This left the mantle of Guizhou to fall into the hands of Liu Xianshi. When Yuan Shikai declared himself Emperor, Liu Xianshi initially kept Guizhou neutral, but as the situation looked more and more dire for Yuan Shikai, he bandwagoned and declared independence on January 27th, 1916. Liu Xianshi sent forces to fight in the National Protection War, then after Yuan Shikai's death, the Beiyang government appointed Liu Xianshi as the military governor over Guizhou. From there Liu Xianshi had pretty much dictatorial power and he soon went to work forming his own Guizhou clique. To make matters even more complicated, within the Guizhou clique were the Xingyi clique, of the Liu family because they came from Xingyi and the Tongzi clique led by Zhou Xicheng. Basically two families and others fought for dominance, leading to a cycle of assassinations followed by seizure of power. Now we come to the Old and New Guangxi Cliques. The Old Guangxi Clique came about after Governor Chen Bingkun declared Guangxi independ during the Wuchang uprising. After the rebellion, Yuan Shikai installed Lu Rongting as the military governor of Guangxi and during the second revolution Lu remained loyal. Yet when Yuan Shikai went Walrus emperor mode, Lu bandwagoned with Cai E and Tang Jiyao. Meanwhile Long Jiguang proclaimed Guangdong independent and after Yuan Shikai's death, Guangxi and Guangdong found themselves at war. The war largely came about when Dr Sun Yat-Sen split from the Guangzhou government, he dispatched a subordinate, Chen Jiongming to seize Guangzhou and effectively get rid of the Guangxi warlords. Both Long Jiguang and Chen Jiongming were KMT loyalists, thus this led Lu Rongting into a bitter war with Guangdong and even Yunnan got involved, and the whole mess saw the Old Guangxi clique beaten severely. Again I don't want to tell to much as it will be covered in future podcasts, but a hell of a mess, lot of backstabbing.  After the Guangxi-Guangdong wars, yes plural, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and Huang Shaohong formed the New Guangxi clique alongside a brand new Guangxi Army. Li Zongren was its commander in chief, Huang Shaohong deputy commander and Bai Chongxi chief of staff. They all worked together to kick Guangdong forces out of Guangxi and Li Zongren emerged the military governor over Guangxi. The New Guangxi clique came about during the formation of a new coalition I can't get into here. While both the old and new Guangxi cliques were on the smaller side, they would take part in the reunification of China. Next, although we spoke already a bit about them was the Guangdong Clique. Long Jiguang would die in 1918 leaving the mantle to fall onto Chen Jiongming. Cheng Jiongming had joined the Tongmenghui in 1906 and participated in a coup attempt in 1910 in Guangzhou. During the Xinhai revolution Chen Jiongming was part of another uprising in Guangzhou. After this Chen Jiongming received the post as commander in chief of the Guangdong Army and fought for the KMT. He did however butt heads with Dr Sun Yat-Sen, particularly over the direction of reform the KMT should take. Dr Sun Yat-Sen sought to unify China by force and institute change through a centralized government based on a one party system. Chen Jiongming sought a multiparty federalist system with Guangdong being the model province and hoped for a peaceful reunification of China. There would be a split between the two men and it would be quite violent. The Guangdong clique like the old and new Guangxi clique was again a small part of something bigger cooking in the south. The next is the Sichuan Clique which consisted of a loose group of smaller warlords each with their own regions within Sichuan. Each had their own defensive zone, with their own police, political and economic bases. There were not many large conflicts, it mostly came down to coalitions dismantling a disgruntled warlord. As I already mentioned, Yunnan invaded Sichuan during the Yuan Shikai days, and the local Sichuan warlords initially welcomed the Yunnanese, siding with them to declare independence. But as you can imagine, the Yunnanese soon were seen as overbearing and a lot of soured feelings erupted. This was only further soured when troops from Guizhou came into Sichuan. In 1916, the Sichuan troops were led by General Liu Cunhou who quickly established a ceasefire with the Guizhou and Yunnanese forces. Because of her geography, Sichuan was always relatively isolated from the rest of China, thus she turned inwards instead of outwards. For the majority of the warlord period Sichuan was split into half a dozen districts under military rule. During the late 1920s even into the 1930's 5 Sichuan warlords dominated the scene, Yang Sen, Liu Wenhui, Deng Xihou, Tian Songyao and Liu Xiang. Neither had enough power to take all the others on, thus there was a real balance of power at play. In a true game of thrones like fashion, the Sichuan scene was that of warlords forming secret alliance, pitting one against another, but no one ever truly dominated the province. Of the 5 Sichuan warlords, Liu Xiang would be the most influential. Liu Xiang dominated Chongqing and its surrounding areas. His territory straddled the Yangtze River, thus rich in maritime trade, in essence he wielded significant control over Sichuan's economy. By the 1930's Sichuan was ruled by Liu Xiang in the east; Liu Cunhou in the northeast adjoining Shaanxi; Tian Songyao in the north adjoining Gansu; Deng Xihou in the northwest adjoining Qinghai and Liu Wenhui in the southwest adjoining Xikang and Yunnan. Within a small central enclave was also Yang Sen.  After Yuan Shikai's death the province fell into quite a lot of disorder. All the district governors fought each other and quite often at that, but they rarely ever crossed the Sichuan border. The common people of Sichuan lived in despair and fear nicknamed their warlords as Rotten Melons or Crystal Monkey's. Liu Xiang was born in 1889 to a modest family, received a decent education and joined the military. He rose quickly and saw a lot of warfare. By 1926 he had established a strong base in Chongqing and he held onto it until his death. Now the standard troops of Sichuan were lesser than other parts of China. The Sichuan armies were funded largely by taxes levied on grain, salt and opium. Holding Chongqing along the Yangtze, Liu Xiang had an enormous economic base and thus managed to enrich himself and funded a large army. He enforced strict military discipline, though he was known to turn a blind eye to his officers' rackets. Despite this Liu Xiang's army had a lot of problems facing bandits in the rural areas. One of the other Sichuan Warlords, Yang Sen was quite flamboyant. His nickname was rat face because he had a small mouth. Yang Sen had a small enclave, but it consisted of Chengdu which he tried to clean up. He paved streets with flagstone to help increase rickshaw traffic, a rather new concept for many there. Chengdu happened to have a commodity all warlords wanted, an arsenal, so Yang Sen was by no means a poor warlord. While Sichuan seemed to always be in a state of decline, Chengdu in comparison was quite opulent and luxurious. Now again, and I keep saying it, I don't want to give up too much of the later stories, but Sichuan like many other southern provinces would join the Northern Expedition and help reunify China. Now despite the warlord era being technically ended in 1928 when China was reunified, in reality the warlords were around well into WW2. The Sichuan Clique would brush shoulders a lot with Chiang Kai Shek. During the Second Sino-Japanese War Liu Xiang led the Sichuan 15th Army during the battle of Shanghai and the 23rd Army Group during the battle of Nanjing. Later in 1938 he took 100,000 soldiers out of Sichuan to fight the Japanese, showcasing how far he had come as a commander as well as a warlord. Last there was the Hunan Warlords, a similar situation to that of Sichuan, just a lot more autonomous warlords. The first prominent Hunan Clique member was Tan Yankai, a member of the KMT who became the military governor of Hunan. Tan Yankai had connections amongst Guanxi warlords allowing him loose control over his province. He tried to arouse the people of Hunan to take active opposition to the Northern Warlords, but this prompted Duan Qirui to toss a Hunan born commander, Fu Liangzuo to come take his job. Tan Yankai was forced to take the job as civil governor while Fu became the warlord. Tan Yankai appealed to his Guangxi buddies for help. Even Tang Jiyao of Yunnan asked if he could invade Hunan to help, air quotes on help, but it never came about. Unfortunately for Tan Yankai, Hunan was right beside the Zhili Clique and thus got engulfed in the Northern wars. Hunan basically as a result of geography was stuck in the middle of bigger players and would be tossed around like a ragdoll. Tan Yankai would be backstabbed by a subordinate who favored the Zhili, then later another KMT member would simply grab up Hunan during the Northern expedition. Honestly to call Hunan a Clique is a bit of a stretch as it was more of just an area that had overlaps with other cliques all fighting for territory. Now that basically covers the southern cliques, theres actually more, but if I talk about them we would get lost in the weeds as they say. What is important to know going forward, the North-South divide would see two distinct theaters at play. In the North the Anhu, Zhili and Fengtian Cliques would fight for dominance over Beijing. In the South, many KMT oriented, Communist Orient and independent warlords would fight for dominance over Guangzhou, and later in history other rival southern governments. Typically the Warlord Era is taught North to South and I think that will be the case with us because its simply more cohesive. As Samuel Jackson playing Ray Arnold in Jurassic Park once said, “hold onto your butts” because the warlord Era about to begin.  I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. So we talked about the Northern Warlords and now the Southern Warlords. Time to put the Game of Thrones intro music on, as we are soon going to jump into a world of cutthroat backstabbing, secret alliance, little fingers and megalomaniac figures who will all fight to reunify China under their own image. As for the Chinese common people, as usual they will suffer tremendously, continuing the Century of Humiliation. 

This year we're celebrating International Women's Day by shining a light on the experiences of incredible women across the industry.  In this second installment of Inspiring Inclusion, we uncover the personal stories of our guests and the inspirational people who have influenced their journeys. From creating safe spaces to the power of putting words into action, this incredible lineup share their insights and perspectives on the role of firms and their leaders in inspiring inclusion.  We're so grateful to hear from Julie Chodos, Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer at Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider, Sandria Lherisse, Director of Marketing and Business Development at Groom Law Group, Emily McKeown, Business Development Director at Godfrey and Kahn, Sarah Short, Business Development & Marketing Manager at McLennan Ross, Angela Quinn, Chief Client Officer at Husch Blackwell, Christie Cáceres, Chief Business Development and Marketing Officer at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, Sarah Kempsey, Chief Marketing Officer at Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads, Laura Long, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Finance Officer at Hanson Bridgett, Liz Bigham, Chief Marketing Officer at Burford Capital, Marianne Talbot, Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer at Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Gina Connell, Chief Marketing Officer at BP Collins, Diana Courson, Chief Marketing Officer at Wiley Rein, Nicole Miles, Chief Marketing Officer at Dentons, and Despina Kartson, Chief Marketing Officer at Baker Hostetler.  

At tonight's full council meeting (29th February), councillors are being asked to approve a balanced budget with a proposed increase of £5.00 per annum on a current Band D property.  Shine Radio spoke to Cllr Charles Louisson, Portfolio Holder for Finance and Matthew Tiller, EHDC's Chief Finance Officer, prior to budget meeting.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“The purpose of SAP is to make the world run better— It's designed to improve every business process”. This week, Gareth is joined by a leader from one of the biggest software companies on the planet, SAP. Renaud Heyd, CFO of the software powerhouse in the UK, tells us all about his 25 years working for SAP and how they've shaped him into the tech leader that he is today. Renaud joined SAP straight after completing his MSc in Finance, and for the last 25 years, hasn't looked back since. He attributes his longevity at SAP to the ability to be his authentic self in a company that fosters growth and the ability to seize opportunities. With a customer base that generates 87% of total global commerce, Renaud's role as CFO is no small task. This episode is overflowing with stellar leadership advice and expert insight into the journey to CFO, as Renaud's workplace mantra of “you can either change roles or change the role itself” has resulted in his success at the 3rd largest software company worldwide. Time stamps What good leadership means to Renaud (02:20) The journey to CFO (04:02) Evolving the role of a CFO (09:09) The benefits of SAP cloud migration (14:35) SAP's influence in developing nations (21:55) How ready are SAP customers for AI capability? (23:49) Renaud's view on the future of AI (31:19) How to make it big in the finance industry (32:50) SAP's new sustainable tech (38:44) Renaud's advice to his 21-year-old self (42:52) 

Accrol Group Chief Executive Officer, Gareth Jenkins and Chief Finance Officer, Chris Welsh present Half Year Results for the six months ended 31 October 2023, followed by Q&A. Gareth Jenkins, Chief Executive Officer 00:16 - Introduction 02:56 - H1 24 performance summary Chris Welsh, Chief Finance Officer 04:50 - H1 24 Financial summary 06:31 - EBITDA summary 07:12 - Financial overview 08:43 - Net Debt Gareth Jenkins, Chief Executive Officer 09:59 - Commercial highlights 13:27 - Operational highlights 14:28 - M&A strategy 15:49 - Severn Delta acquisition 16:59 - Outlook 18:23 - Q&A Accrol Group Holdings plc is a leading tissue converter and supplier of toilet tissues, kitchen rolls, facial tissues, and wet wipes to many of the UK's leading discounters and grocery retailers across the UK. The Group now operates from five manufacturing sites suppling the UK tissue wet wipes market valued at c£2.7bn at retail sales value. For more information, please visit www.accrol.co.uk.

The fashion industry is continuing to undergo crucial transformations. With the environmental toll of fast fashion evident, consumers are demanding more from the brands they love: top-notch quality, enduring designs, and an unwavering commitment to sustainability.Rothy's, a direct-to-consumer shoes and accessories brand, is leader in this shift. At the heart of Rothy's success is a revolutionary approach to sustainability that combines innovative materials, a zero-waste factory, and no-waste manufacturing practices. Each pair of shoes is crafted not only for style and comfort but designed to minimize its ecological footprint. Rothy's takes it a step further by prioritizing longevity, ensuring their products are designed for long-term use. For products that do reach their end-of-life point, Rothy's encourages a sustainable life cycle through a recycling program, using well-worn shoes to create new products.We invited Dayna Quanbeck, President of Rothy's—but Chief Operating Officer and Chief Finance Officer at the time of recording—to explain how the company is helping consumers understand the harmony between fashion and environmental responsibility. As we step into a future that demands both, Rothy's will continue the way with style and sustainability.Listen for insights on:Revolutionizing the use of unconventional materials like plastic bottles and algaeChallenging consumer perceptions of eco-friendly materialsMaking consumers your product championsIncorporating advocacy into a company's impactResources + Links:Dayna Quanbeck's LinkedInHow Rothy's Makes Its ShoesHow Rothy's Calculates Its Sustainability ImpactGive a Dime About PlasticRothy's Recycling Program (00:00) - Welcome to Purpose 360 (00:13) - Rothy's (01:18) - Dayna's Backstory (05:45) - Shifting Toward Stylish and Comfortable (07:04) - Three Pillars of Sustainability (11:11) - Production Journey (13:59) - Learning from Feedback (14:54) - Programs (17:24) - Give a Dime About Plastic (19:27) - Plastic Innovation (20:56) - Sustainability Council (21:48) - Future of Circular Fashion (22:58) - Customer Stories (26:08) - Recommendations (27:52) - Wrap Up

Dangote Industries has completed its listing of the firm's N200bn series 1 and 2 Bonds on Nigerian Exchange Limited. The Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Industries Limited, Mr Olakunle Alake, speaking at the closing-gong ceremony to commemorate the listing of the bond held at the Exchange on Wednesday, expressed delight after the listing. Alake, who was represented by the Group's Chief Finance Officer, Mustapha Ibrahim further noted that the listing of the bond recorded participation from a wide range of investors including domestic pension funds, asset managers and insurance companies and further demonstrates investors' confidence in Nigeria's credit reality. The listing is the largest aggregate local currency bond issued in the capital market so far, within the year.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4090160/advertisement

GUEST: Stefan Krause, CEO, B-ONABOUT THIS EPISODEStefan Krause returns to Ride: The Urban Mobility Podcast for a more in-depth discussion about B-ON, the challenges and opportunities of last mile delivery and fleet electrification, and the importance on zero emission strategies of regional policy such as Europe's regulation on combustion engines, and the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).B-ON has over 20,000 vehicles on the road, delivering everything from milk and groceries, to post and packages - and it has a fascinating backstory, growing out of dedicated electric last mile delivery vehicle maker StreetScooter.ABOUT THIS EPISODE'S GUESTStefan Krause's CV includes seven years at BMW, where he was Chief Finance Officer, and a driving force behind the launch of BMW's all electric i3, and eight years at Deutsche Bank, where he was the global Chief Finance Officer and a member of the board of management. He's also been CFO and COO of Faraday Future; CEO of Canoo, a company he founded; and President and COO of Fisker.Connect with Stefan on LinkedInYou can subscribe to Ride: The Urban Mobility Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Feel free to share it, like it, give it a rating, sign up to the Ride LinkedIn page, and check out our website, ridemobilitypodcast.com.

In this episode, guest speaker Kent Stroman speaks with Andrea Kihlstedt about how to get your development and finance staff on the same page even if they aren't talking the same language.

This interview with El Paso County's Chief Finance Officer, Nikki Simmons, was recorded on January 3, 2023. In this episode we discuss the 2023 El Paso County Budget, how it comes together, and what it means for El Paso County residents. If you are interested in learning more about how El Paso County is communicating with its residents, please visit https://www.elpasoco.com/. If you are interested in stories about organizations and projects in the community that are putting America Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant funding to good use, please visit https://admin.elpasoco.com/el-paso-county-arpa-stories/ and stay tuned to future episodes of this podcast.

Somewhat plagued by delays, at last here's a new episode of Something Who. And after a run of episodes brimming with voices, here's a pared down chat from Richard, Giles and Paul about a couple of stories from middle of the second millennium: 5th Doctor story The Visitation, from Season 19, and 10th Doctor story The Shakespeare code from Series 3. As per recent convention, this episode is the first half of that conversation and features The Visitation. Please like or share our podcast with people who will enjoy it, so we can build our listener base high for happiness. You can rate us directly on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser.com Giles' book A History of the Universe in 21 Stars: (and 3 Imposters) can be found in all good bookshops and also here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Universe-21-Stars-Imposters/dp/1787394654/ Paul is one half of Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast https://missingepisodes.podbean.com/. And head over to https://www.bigfinish.com/, where we all love Paul's stories, especially The Prints of Denmark https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-companion-chronicles-the-second-doctor-volume-03-1826. Richard has another podcast with co-host Emily, called "If It's Hurting, It's not Working" and it's a fun and informative look at work - why we work, how we work, and what makes a great job. And also what makes a great workplace, how to turn things round when we're not enjoying our work and, in the end, how we can all make our work better. Go to https://ifhurtnotwork.podbean.com/ and https://ifhurtnot.work for more. Episode 10 is a chat with Sean West, who, amongst other things, work as a Chief Finance Officer.

Anthony Nitsos is the Founder and Lead Guru at SaaS Gurus, which provides Finance, Accounting, HR, Equity, Legal, and Admin best practices and systems for Founders and CEOs of SaaS Start-Ups in the Post Revenue, Pre-Seed to Pre-B phases of the investment. Previously, he served as the Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer at SkySync, the Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer at LLamasoft, and the Senior Director of Finance and Accounting at Duo Security. Besides SaaS Gurus, Anthony is also a Partner at Ascendeus. In this episode, he shares his experience helping SaaS companies scale quickly and set themselves up for success. In this episode, we discuss: - Managing ERP implementation - About Saas Gurus - The science behind rapid scaling For more interviews from the CFO Weekly podcast, check us out on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player! Presented by Personiv https://insights.personiv.com/cfo-weekly

Host Luisa Lyons chats with Christian Tiu and Bianca Lao all about the student theatre group Ateneo Blue Repertory in Manila, and how they managed to make theatre through COVID,  political upheaval, and whilst getting a college education. Topics include the challenges and joys of creating student theatre, and how Blue Ateneo Rep created a hybrid in-person/filmed version of the musical First Date.Follow Ateneo Blue Rep on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. Follow Christian Tiu on Twitter.Christian Tiu is currently a senior from the Ateneo de Manila University taking up a degree in BS Psychology. His first experience with musical theater was developing a massive crush on Emmy Rossum from the Phantom of the Opera (2004). He has been a part of the Ateneo Blue Repertory for the past three years and has worked in several positions such as a Front of House Head for Next to Normal (2020), Production Manager for f(r)iction (2021), Chief Finance Officer for We Aren't Kids Anymore (2021), and Assistant Director for First Date (2022).Bianca Lao (Production Manager) is currently a third-year student taking up AB Communication and a minor in BFA Theater Arts under the Performing Track. She is presently the Artistic Director of the 30th Season Company Core. She played cheerleader Kylar in her newbie production of Bring It On (2019) and has done production work as MUCH head for Party Worth Crashing (2021), and eventually became Assistant Production Designer in f(r)iction (2021).Filmed Live Musicals is the most comprehensive online searchable database for musicals that have been filmed live on stage. Visit www.filmedlivemusicals.com to learn more. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. You can also support the site at Patreon. Patrons get early access to content, bonus content in the weekly newsletter, and exclusive access to the streaming calendar, no matter how much you pledge. Become a Patron today! Filmed Live Musicals is created by Luisa Lyons. Luisa is an Australian actor, writer, and musician. She holds a Masters in Music Theatre from London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and now lives, works, and plays in New York. Learn more at www.luisalyons.com or follow on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Support the show

FP&A is an acronym all finance professionals know about. But mastering it and supporting businesses is another story. In this episode, Paul Barnhurst, Founder of The FP&A Guy, will share his top secrets and insights on becoming an FP&A specialist. Paul is a finance professional with twelve-plus years of finance and FP&A experience. He possesses a strong background in budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, financial modeling, report building, and business partnering. His experience includes the US government travel services, finance automotive, cyber security, eCommerce, and more. In this episode, we discuss: - FP&A role and value - The FP&A Guy - FP&A tools and techs For more interviews from the CFO Weekly podcast, check us out on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player! Presented by Personiv https://insights.personiv.com/cfo-weekly

What is AP automation? Why should CFOs automate financial processes? These are questions that modern financial professionals should look at and give some good answers to. But if automation sounds new to you, we got you covered. Sarah Spoja, Chief Financial Officer at Tipalti, shares some benefits and solutions of automating accounts payable. Sarah is an experienced director with a demonstrated history of working in the Fintech and Retail industries. She is skilled in financial modeling, operations, pricing strategy, management, mergers & acquisitions, corporate development, and payments. Before Tipalti, Sarah was a director at KKR Capstone for eight years, where she worked with portfolio companies in the Financial Services, technology, and Retail Sectors. In this episode, we discuss: - Automating the AP and payment management processes - The implications of Tipalti software for finance professionals - What does the modern CFO look like? - The benefits of automating payables For more interviews from the CFO Weekly podcast, check us out on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player! Presented by Personiv https://insights.personiv.com/cfo-weekly

These days, investors are increasingly applying Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors as part of their analysis process to identify material risks and growth opportunities. ESG might be a new subject for many CFOs, considering it's a non-financial criterion. But they should absolutely do a little research on the topic to continue to attract top investors to their businesses. To better understand ESG, we invited John Truzzolino, Director of Business Development at Donnelley Financial Solutions onto the show. John is responsible for coordinating research, development, and publications around evolving global compliance, focusing on Environmental, Social, and Governance issues. He has more than two decades of experience following SEC compliance changes, publishes research articles, and speaks at leading governance organizations' events. In this episode, we discuss: - The role of ESG in the financial services industry - How to monetize ESG? - What is the role of a CFO in building the ESG strategy? - How to build an effective ESG strategy? For more interviews from the CFO Weekly podcast, check us out on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player! Presented by Personiv https://insights.personiv.com/cfo-weekly

Elise del Rosario is currently Chief Finance Officer of her family's One Small Step Forward Foundation which aims to equip elementary public-school children with after school training in mathematics. The first Asian and first woman IFORS Fellow, she served from 2007 to 2009 as the first woman and second Asian President of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS). Prior to this, she was IFORS Vice President-at-large (2001-2003) and Association of Asia Pacific OR Societies President (2005-2007). She started getting involved with IFORS as head of its Developing Countries Committee and has organized conferences on this area in Manila, Tunisia, Catalonia Spain, Rome, India, Brazil, Scotland, UK, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Poland, Canada, Madrid Spain, and online! As IFORS President, she was passionate about communication with and among members and thus saw to the development of the IFORS website and newsletter. She served as editor of the IFORS News from 2010 until 2017. Elise was an OR analyst at the San Miguel Corporation (SMC). Later, with her as its Manager, the OR Department of SMC garnered the 1992 Operations Research Society of America (ORSA) Prize for outstanding and ongoing use of Operations Research in organizational decision-making. It was during her SMC years in 1987 that she spearheaded the formation of the Operations Research Society of the Philippines (ORSP) which was later accepted into IFORS. Upon retirement from the San Miguel Corporation as Vice President, Elise went into consulting, a major part of which was spent on pro-bono work with the Philippine government, in her capacity as Chairperson of the Operations Research Society of the Philippines Committee on OR for Public Service (ORSP Corps). An active OR practitioner, she maintains links with the academe - keynoting national conferences, as well as publishing papers, acting as referee, and serving in the editorial boards of several international OR journals. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of the Philippines, graduate degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok and was an International Research Fellow at the Stanford Research Institute in California. She taught at the Graduate School of Engineering at the University of the Philippines and did financial analysis work.

Interviews – CFO – Chief Finance Officer. Wie denkt er? Wie sieht er die Welt? Welche Erfolgsfaktoren machen einen guten CFO aus? Mit welchen besonderen Herausforderungen sieht er sich konfrontiert und wie kann er sie lösen? Dr. Christoph teilt in dieser wie bereits in der letzten Folge sein Wissen und seine persönliche Erfahrung: Was ist die typische Haltung, also das Mindset im Finanzbereich ? Wie denkt oder tickt ein typischer CFO bzw. Finanzer? Wie sieht er bzw. sie die Welt? Was sind die 3 typischen Eigenschaften von CFOs? Thema: steigender Transformationsdruck im Finanzbereich – unternehmensintern und extern - Wie sieht das konkret aus? Was sind die Herausforderungen bis 2030? Was kann ein CFO tun, um die Herausforderungen zu meistern? Der ideale CFO? – was sind seine Erfolgsfaktoren, was macht ihn aus? 3 wesentlichen Tipps für CFOs und Finanzexperten. Aus dieser Folge werden Sie mitnehmen, welche Herausforderungen auf aktuelle und zukünftige CFOs bzw. Finanzer warten und wie Sie sie anpacken. Dr. Christoph von Blomberg ist Leiter Group Planning und Controlling bei Festo. In seinem Podcast "On the Way to Effective Finance" geht er der Frage nach, was erfolgreiche CFOs und effektive Finanzbereiche auszeichnet. Link zu seinem Podcast und LinkedIn Profil: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christoph-von-blomberg/ https://open.spotify.com/show/3KOooU6W4tE5yu4n41usVT _________________________ Links zur Folge: #110 – erster Teil der Interviewreihe mit Dr. von Blomberg Sie stecken in einer ähnlichen Situation fest und kommen nicht weiter? Schreiben Sie mir eine Mail: info@galileo-institut.de oder vereinbaren Sie gerne ein Strategiegespräch mit mir: https://gudrunhappich-strategiegespraech.youcanbook.me Sie sind neu an der Unternehmensspitze oder kämpfen bereits mit scheinbar unlösbaren Herausforderungen? Vielleicht läuft sogar alles gut und Sie sind dennoch unzufrieden? In meinem kostenfreien Onlinecoaching zeige ich Ihnen Lösungen für diese Herausforderungen.

Interviews – CFO – Chief Finance Officer. Wie denkt er? Wie sieht er die Welt? Welche Erfolgsfaktoren machen einen guten CFO aus? Mit welchen besonderen Herausforderungen sieht er sich konfrontiert und wie kann er sie lösen? Dr. Christoph von Blomberg teilt in dieser und der nächsten Folge sein Wissen und seine persönliche Erfahrung: Was ist die typische Haltung, also das Mindset im Finanzbereich? Wie denkt oder tickt ein typischer CFO bzw. Finanzer? Wie sieht er bzw. sie die Welt? Was sind die 3 typischen Eigenschaften von CFOs? Thema: steigender Transformationsdruck im Finanzbereich – unternehmensintern und extern - Wie sieht das konkret aus? Was sind die Herausforderungen bis 2030? Was kann ein CFO tun, um die Herausforderungen zu meistern? Der ideale CFO? – was sind seine Erfolgsfaktoren, was macht ihn aus? 3 wesentlichen Tipps für CFOs und Finanzexperten. Aus dieser Folge werden Sie mitnehmen, welche Herausforderungen auf aktuelle und zukünftige CFOs bzw. Finanzer warten und wie Sie sie anpacken. Dr. Christoph von Blomberg ist Leiter Group Planning und Controlling bei Festo. In seinem Podcast "On the Way to Effective Finance" geht er der Frage nach, was erfolgreiche CFOs und effektive Finanzbereiche auszeichnet. Link zu seinem Podcast und LinkedIn Profil: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christoph-von-blomberg/ https://open.spotify.com/show/3KOooU6W4tE5yu4n41usVT _________________________ Sie stecken in einer ähnlichen Situation fest und kommen nicht weiter? Schreiben Sie mir eine Mail: info@galileo-institut.de oder vereinbaren Sie gerne ein Strategiegespräch mit mir: https://gudrunhappich-strategiegespraech.youcanbook.me Sie sind neu an der Unternehmensspitze oder kämpfen bereits mit scheinbar unlösbaren Herausforderungen? Vielleicht läuft sogar alles gut und Sie sind dennoch unzufrieden? In meinem kostenfreien Onlinecoaching zeige ich Ihnen Lösungen für diese Herausforderungen.

The Bank of Ghana has been urged to increase interest rates in the country to help stop the free fall of the Ghana cedi. According to the Chief Finance Officer of the Valley View University, Dr. Williams Peprah, increasing interest yield will entice investors to purchase more government securities and help slow down the depreciation of the cedi, despite the difficulty it will bring to the economy.

We have with us Yaw Benneh Amponsah, a successful investor from Ghana who will shed light on the do's and don'ts to provide you with that required extra-edge in the world of entrepreneurship. Based out of Ghana, Yaw Benneh Amponsah who has led Merson Capital since the start has previously worked as the Chief Finance Officer at Geodrill Limited. He is also a transaction advisor and serial entrepreneur is also the Executive Director of Personnel Practice. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tbcy/support

In this episode, Nathan Wilson speaks to Gareth Dyson, Chief Finance Officer at Redstor about how to keep a laser focus on the bottom line and ensure profitability.  We will cover:  Pricing strategies and how value -based pricing helps you   Considering Customer Lifetime Value  Monthly Recurring Revenue   For even more tips on growing your MSP business, check out our Ultimate MSP Growth guide. Find out more about Redstor - www.redstor.com 

Tune in as we hear from Inder Singh, Chief Finance Officer at Arm, one of the UK's most successful technology companies on the value of a data driven culture in business and the power of Arm based technology. Inder also shares his thoughts on the increasing importance of having a sense of governance and ethics around the use of data as companies increasingly embrace it.

Welcome to the Careers Wiki! A new initiative by EntryLevel to bring more transparency to the workforce. How can you know what role you want to do without exploring it first? Here's a way to explore dozens of careers through the eyes of someone who has been there and done it. Here are some of the questions we cover: What does a day/week in your job look like? What are the units of work? What do you actually need to do as part of your role? What are the best parts of the job? What are the worst parts of the job? What kind of traits do successful people in this role have? Are qualifications necessary? Any advice for people looking to get into this role? Let us know what you think! If you want to learn more about what we do at EntryLevel and how we can help land your next job, visit our website: https://entrylevel.net

In this episode, Mark Chidgey, Chief Finance Officer at Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group, talks about the challenges and opportunities facing finance in the NHS at the moment, and we get an insight into how keeping things simple can make a big difference.

Andrew Warner on how Marketing and the Chief Finance Officer can work together - MAF258 This week my guest is Andrew Warner. We chat about how he helps marketers develop better relationships with their finance colleagues. Just how should the Marketing Department work better with the Chief Finance Officer? Welcome to episode 258 of the Marketing and Finance Podcast. We chat about: Why teams and finance teams sometimes clash Using strategy to improve communications between marketing and finance Talking about results rather than colours and creatives Goals, data and marketing communications activity How marketing and finance can learn each other’s language Who is Andrew Warner? Andrew is a virtual CFO for marketing agencies and e-commerce stores. His unique mix of experience in both finance and marketing allows him to help companies get a better handle on their numbers while not forgetting marketing best practices. Links and Show Notes. For links to the books and apps mentioned, please visit http://rogeredwards.co.uk/MAF (http://rogeredwards.co.uk/MAF)or the show notes. What is the Marketing and Finance (MAF) Podcast? The podcast for ideas and inspiration on marketing your business and growing your business, and for discussing topics on all things finance. I’m Roger Edwards, a marketing guy and keynote speaker from Edinburgh. Talk to me if you want to cut the BS and complexity from your marketing strategy. The MAF Podcast is a 30-minute radio show you download from http://rogeredwards.co.uk/MAF (http://rogeredwards.co.uk/MAF), iTunes or Spotify. Each week you'll hear interviews with business experts, marketers, entrepreneurs and journalists. Interviews to listen to in the car, on the train or on the treadmill. Or even in the bath! We talk about: How you can grow your business using content marketing and social media How you can keep your Marketing strategy and communications simple Topics, issues, products and business models from the world of finance You’ll take away one or two big ideas that you can apply to your business. So, you can keep marketing your business to keep growing your business. Please subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes and I’d be grateful if you would leave a review. http://rogeredwards.co.uk/itunes (http://rogeredwards.co.uk/itunes). Fancy Appearing on the Show? Would you be interested in appearing on the MAF Podcast? Have you an exciting marketing or finance story to tell? Do you fancy drawing out some inspirational ideas that MAF listeners can take away to use in their own businesses? Do please contact me if you want to get involved. http://rogeredwards.co.uk/ (http://rogeredwards.co.uk)

Air New Zealand chief commercial and customer officer Cam Wallace has resigned. The airline says his role will not immediately be replaced, and the company's chief executive, Greg Foran, will take over his responsibilities. Kathryn Ryan speaks with aviation correspondent Irene King.

In this week's episode I interview Royston Cumberbatch and we discuss his journey from Grenada, depression, his 20+ years of experience and the Coronavirus. Royston grew up very poor, living with his single mother and with no support from his absentee father. Sometimes there was little or no food in the home where he lived with his Mother and Grandmother on the Caribbean island of Grenada (the spice Isle). Even clothing and shelter were sometimes a problem for the family. Under these challenging conditions, Royston learnt to work hard from a young age (it was the way of life and necessary for survival) and became very determined to improve life for himself and family in the future. Royston acquired a good grounding in business from the age of 10, sourcing materials, producing and selling fudges and sugar cakes in primary school. Also did farming and landscaping jobs throughout his secondary school and college years (ages 11 to 18) to help pay for books, school uniforms, meals and travel cost. Being a boy scout from the age of 8, he learnt and developed character skills like toughness, creativity, and determination; employability skills such as leadership, teamwork and problem solving; and other practical life and survival skills like cooking, swimming, climbing and first aid. Royston was a cadet and militia (during the Grenada Revolution) at the age of 13/14. Despite a tough upbringing and having to juggle school and farming, and failing to excel in secondary school during his years as a militia, through dedication, focus and strong self-belief he emerged valedictorian of his graduating class at secondary school and achieved A' Level passes in Maths, Physics, Accounting and Business Management. After finishing college, Royston started working in the hotel industry as an Accounts Clerk, with the remit to master various finance roles, to enable him to cover for colleagues on leave of absence. (This was an excellent opportunity for him to obtain insight into the end to end financial operations of a business). Being very ambitious, he saved up monies from his first job and followed his friend to Canada (where Royston's dad lived), with the hope of furthering his education. However, after meeting his dad who said sorry my son, I cannot help you, he became depressed and eventually had to return to Grenada feeling very deflated. So, by age 24, he had experienced what it is like to succeed and what it is like to fail. He then turned his hands to farming some very bushy land (owned by his Grandmother) and got a part-time job teaching evening classes in accounting and principles of business to adults. He used the money earnt to buy building materials to help improve the family home. Within a year, he got a job at another hotel as Cost Controller where he got inspired to become a qualified Accountant. Royston approached a local firm of accountants (Pannell Kerr Foster) who provided registration forms for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) which he filled and shortly after began studying on his own in Preparation for exams. The Managing Partner of the accounting firm recommended Royston for an accounting job at his brother's bakery business (one of the biggest on the island at the time). As the bakery Accountant, Royston automated finance systems, implemented robust financial controls, reduced operational costs, enhanced processes for sales forecasting and production scheduling, and improved profit by 200%, and eventually became Chief Finance Officer. With the support of his Mother and Grandmother, Royston took a student loan and travelled to the UK in 1997 to complete his professional studies in Accountancy (ACCA). He qualified within three years (while working in menial part-time jobs) and landed his first job as a qualified accountant for an Insurance Company located on Fenchurch Street (City of London) in January 2001 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-10kmonth-podcast/message

In this weeks episode I talk to Dwengster Bulaclac, Chief Finance Officer for HAPI - the humanist organisation in the Philippines.We talk about how he has been a sceptic his whole life & when he experienced his Heureka moment. We talk about HAPIs advocacy work and how social media can be used to reach out to people.HAPI - Humanist Alliance Philippines International: https://hapihumanist.org/Support Babelfish on: https://babelfish.10er.dk/or https://www.patreon.com/babelfish Find Babelfish on:Facebook: www.facebook.com/babelfishthepodcast/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/babelfishthepodcast/Twitter: https://twitter.com/BabelfishthepodSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/babelfish)

Sat down with the Chief Finance Officer of Colgate Palmolive to discuss how we can get promoted at our jobs. In this interview, Richmond Chua shares his three secret recipes to promotion. One of the most insightful interview I had.

The healthcare industry has always been a challenging sector with rules, regulations, guidelines and a complex financial environment. In this podcast episode we will uncover; What are the five top challenges for your healthcare service? How do you approach these challenges and is there pressure to move away from the competition and towards a collaborative and co-operative partnership? What role does the department play, especially in the choice of Public versus Private? How can the finance professionals in the industry prepare for the ageing population and the limited resources? Host: Gloria Sleaby FCPA, Non-Executive Director, DPV Health, Advisory Committees MHCC & Eastern Health, MAICD, MIML, AGIA Guests: Louise O'Connor, Executive Director, Epworth Eastern - Epworth HealthCare, Lisa Shaw-Stuart, Program Director Mental Health, Eastern Health and Jenny Zahara CPA, Chief Finance Officer, Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria

People leave their corporate jobs for all sorts of reasons. And sometimes the choice is either to go for the ultimate top job of CEO in a large corporation or get off the hamster wheel altogether. Talita Ferreira was Chief Finance Officer and Chief HR Officer of BMW UK and BMW Financial Services until about 2 years ago. The next step, if she had decided to stay on her career trajectory, would have been CEO. But instead she decided to go it alone. In our interview we talk about the first third of her career working in finance, her discovery of the power of people and how that discovery changed her life. Today she helps companies create more authentic, inclusive cultures and to help individuals bring more of their true selves to everything they do. Talita shares the lessons she's learned since leaving her high powered role and how she's carved a path for herself outside of the corporate world. We discuss: Understand who you are Finding your purpose Changing your thoughts Who your target audience is Lessons learned on the journey to self-employment so far Attitudes towards money and how those change Authenticity Burn out Leaving a senior role at the height of your success Talita's story so far shows us how much this journey changes who you are, how much you learn about yourself that you simply couldn't have known if you'd have stayed in a job you were comfortable with. You can find out more about Talita's work on her website or follow her on Twitter. If you're thinking of leaving your job to do something you love for a living, don't have sleepless nights worrying whether you've forgotten to do something important. This checklist covers everything you need to d and questions you need to resolve before you leap. Head over to the website to get your FREE Checklist now. Stay in touch with us on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, the Corporate Escapees Facebook Group and of course, the website.

The role of a Chief Finance Officer in a business is very important. In this episode, Ronster chats with Addi Guevarra, CFO of Advance. Addi will share his experiences as a Finance professional that prepared him to be a CFO in his own startup. He also shares why they chose to solve the problem of helping employees bridge their cashflow problems through Advance. Addi will also share key tips on how to manage your money as a startup and as an individual in this enlightening episode.

Elizabeth Ramey is the Chief Finance Officer of My Journey which is an organizing that works professionally alongside citizens of the state of New Mexico with special needs. More from Religica at https://religica.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Religica.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/religica YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPuwufds6gAu2u6xmm8SBuw Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-religica Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3CZwIO4uGP1voqiVpYdMas?si=0k2-TSmwTkuTQC2rgdGObQ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/religica/id1448005061?mt=2 Religica is a comprehensive online platform at the axis of religion and society that provides non-sectarian, coherent, integrated and accessible awareness about the role of religion in society, with a focus on strengthening local communities.

Executive Development with Derek Draper Derek Draper is a leadership consultant in the field of executive development. Working through his company CDP, Derek uses psychology to help develop people. Either individually or with teams. And sometimes with whole organisations. CDP do a lot of assessments. They write reports recommending hire/don't hire or at least think of this. Even the people who come for an assessment, where they are going for a job or promotion love the whole experience. In fact, Derek says that CDP have 100% of the people who go through the experience love the experience. Executive Development Assessments Typically a CEO might bring in Derek and his team because they want to develop a particular individual. They might want a new Chief Finance Officer and they want to get it right. They do this and then the CEO thinks that that went well, and he has a good understanding with the new CFO, and this leads to wider engagements for the whole executive team to be assessed and developed. It might be that the executives are not moving job or role, but the CEO benefits from having an in depth understanding of the team's development. Executive coaching flows on from that. Many times, companies will separate executive coaching and executive assessor roles in the field of executive development. Nonetheless, CDP will always do a mini-assessment at the beginning of the coaching, to ensure they understand WHO you are coaching. Team executive development, usually about internal dynamics. Sometimes teams are LESS than the sum of the parts. CDP:  cdp.consulting What is YOUR first memory? http://thenext100days.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Assessments.mp4 Graham's first memory? Being chased by a dog. And my brother saving the day. ...but don't tell Derek... Why does Derek deep dive into your distant memories? To establish what is motivating your behaviours. The fundamental development area a person has is almost certainly NOT related to what has happened recently at work. Fundamental reasons go back a long way. Your character and values all stem from these early memories and experiences. Just how much does Derek really know? http://thenext100days.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Arsonist.mp4   Graham's Legal Representative says:  "Graham is not an arsonist now or has been at any time in the past." Derek can spend an hour or so doing this deep dive. They've done 100s of these. He knows quite a bit about you once you've told him about your career, the highlights and lowlights. University. Your options. What did you want to do? 4 or 5 strengths or development areas. The report is co-creative. It is an intense process. The person will always see the report later. People find this useful. IQ and EQ Most of the analysis is done through interview. But to provide some rigour to their work, and independent objectivity, they use other tests: IQ EQ They will provide the overwhelming evidence you need. Probably, 90% of the decision. The tests are benchmarked to about 1000 people. He doesn't look at the test results until half way through the assessment. Derek prefers to get his first impression of them. Usually tests align with your thinking, if it doesn't the tests may be wrong 1 in 10 times. Derek will refer back to the interviewee and ask them why a difference exists between his impression and the test results. Large businesses only? Lessons for small businesses too? Derek has worked for small and large companies. However, his market is usually the FTSE 350. When he is called into the business to audit, they often don't know what goes on in their businesses. Create Space Find Derek's book Create Space here: https://profilebooks.com/create-space.html Robert Peston: Derek Draper will help you take back control. Ian King: Grab this now and get reading. The theory behind Create Space is that we, in terms of evolution, since we emerged,

How do you ask your manager if you can work from home? Do you trust your employees or team to be working when they’re not in the office? In this podcast episode, junior staff right through to business owners can learn how working remotely will help retain talent and increase the productivity of a team or organisation. You’ll also find tips on how to speak to your manager about working flexibly, and some of the barriers to implementing flexible work practices. Join Phu Nguyen, Chief Finance Officer, City of Melbourne, and Corey Hale, Director Corporate Services from Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group for their thoughts on this topic. Facilitated by Mel Yates, Director, Reporting and Red Tape Reduction, ACNC Corporate Services at Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission. 

In this episode Andy Davis talks to Graeme McDermott, Chief Data Officer at Addison Lee. On the show they discuss how the CDO fits into the C-suite. Andy asks Graeme how a Chief Data Officer can collaborate with a Chief Finance Officer. They also chat about how best to align Data with the goals of your business. Graeme tells Andy how he manages the different personalities in his Data team Show Notes: 1.06 How do we determine whether a company needs a CDO. 4.34 Defining the role of a CDO more closely and the evolution of a CDO. 7.29 The goals of your business have a significant impact on the role of a CDO. 10.38 Is there a skill in being able to align the capabilities of data with the goals of your business. 12.31 There’s not enough time in the day be the both technical and a manager. 13.47 What were the team dynamics like when you were progressing through your career. 19.07 Having the ability to get things done. 20.05 Managing the different motivations of your team. 23.51 It’s important for people to work on things they’re passionate about. 25.25 How the CDO role aligns with the C-suite. 30.20 The CDO collaborating with the CFO. 33.09 From your experiences what advice would you give new people entering the CDO role.

One problem which can affect the outcome of your finance request is your credit score. In this Bulletin we look at findings from a recent survey carried out by Ratesetter Business Finance which reveals how many business owners have never checked their score. Don’t be one of them. Business optimism appears to be on the up again. That the finding from the latest Deloitte’s quarterly Chief Finance Officer’s survey. However, a good number are still less than rosy. What factors are driving down the level of optimism? Since the government’s Start Up Loan Co was launched in 2012 how exactly has it helped boost start ups? The British Business Bank has undertaken a review of its effectiveness and we look at how both starts ups and the overall economy have benefited from the support provided by the Start Up Loan Company.