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13th Feb 2017

283: From CFO to CEO: The Longest Mile | Ken Østreng, CFO, Confirmit

As a CFO, Ken Østreng has been highly visible across his Nordic-based firm’s multinational operations. Whether he was identifying international acquisition targets or new incentives to help drive sales, he became one of Confirmit’s “go-to” leaders, and in the minds of management the natural successor to Confirmit’s CEO Henning Hansen. And, so when Henning recently announced he would this spring  be ending his 12-year-tenure as Confimit’s CEO, there was little surprise when it was announced that Østreng would be garnering the top spot.

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CFO THOUGHT LEADER is a podcast featuring firsthand accounts of finance leaders who are driving change within their organizations.
We share the career journey of our spotlighted CFO guest: What do they struggle with? How do they persevere? What makes them successful CFOs? CFO THOUGHT LEADER is all about inspiring finance professionals to take a leadership leap. We know that by hearing about the successes — (and yes, also the failures) — of others, today’s CFOs can more confidently chart their own leadership paths across the enterprise and take inspired action.

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