CFO說

T-Systems director of finance, Stephan Hardt

“What I don’t like is to have this very short-term view where we try to improve our results. I always want to be in a situation of thinking beyond the December of a specific year. You have to think about the longer term, this is what I’d like to bring to this organisation. Because most of the problems we see at C-level will need time to analyse, investigate, come up with a solution and to implement the solution so that the risk can be mitigated. That’s why it’s so important that we have this mid-term and this long-term view.”

德國電信旗下的T-Systems是全球領先的ICT解決方案和服務供應商。財務總監Stephan Hardt反復強調預測的重要性，“我不喜歡那種只關注如何提高績效的短期視角。我要時刻思考下一年該如何發展，要思考的是組織長遠發展問題。因為，我們在高管層看到的問題都需要一定的時間去分析、調查，從而制定和實施解決方案，最終降低風險。這就是保持中期和長期發展視角的重要性。”

IBM CFO，Martin Schroeter

IBM CFO Martin Schroeter said that while Watson is a key aspect of their businesses, the future is in the cloud. "Watson as a technology is a silver thread that runs through much of these businesses. But the strategic imperatives in total, which is where we see the enterprises moving, they are moving to cloud. They are moving to more analytics and cognitive solutions and they are moving to mobile and more secure applications."

Watson是IBM推出的認知計算平臺，IBM CFO Martin Schroeter 在談到Watson時表示，雖然Watson是IBM重要的業務單元之一，但IBM未來的發展仍然押注云服務。“Watson是一項技術，貫穿所有的業務。例如，Watson技術已經嵌入安全業務產品。但我們可以看到，企業的戰略需求正在轉向云端，尋求更加成熟的分析和認知解決方案以及更加安全的移動應用。”

Greene King CFO，Kirk Davis

When asked advice for other finance directors. Kirk Davis says,“Always ensure you maintain your personal integrity,” he responds. “As an FD, all you’ve got in the market and the city is your reputation, and if that goes, that’s the end of your career. Occasionally, from time to time, people make the wrong choice or the wrong decisions and I think with personal integrity, ethics - don’t lose sight of what your core values are.”

英國啤酒集團Greene King CFO Kirk Davis 建議財務總監要時刻將個人誠信放在第一位。“作為一名財務總監，你在任何一個市場和城市的最大收獲就是聲譽，如果聲譽丟了，那么你的職業生涯就要結束了。人們有時候難免做出錯誤的選擇或決策，但一定要遵守個人誠信和道德，不要忽視自己的核心價值觀。”