Redefining CFO Leadership in the Digital Enterprise

Peter Hind, Principal Research Analyst at ADAPT leads this panel discussion with David Walker, Group Chief Technology Officer of Westpac and DBS Bank, Samantha Randall, CFO ANZ at Accenture and JB Naudet, CFO at the Australian Red Cross. They examine how CFO leadership must evolve to meet the demands of digital transformation, noting that recent Australian research shows CEOs rank digital transformation as the number one issue keeping them awake at night. Yet, ADAPT data from the event reveals only 22% of CFOs see themselves as leading transformation, 42% view it as a joint effort with CEOs and CIOs, and around a third adopt a more passive role. David, JB and Samantha agree that the CFO’s role is essential: financial stewardship, economic framing of digital value, and ownership of business cases all sit at the heart of effective transformation.

David stresses the CFO’s responsibility for quantifying economic outcomes, explaining how,…