Why I'm Not a CFO! - A Career Planning Reality Check
By Andy Burrows
[First Published 7th March 2018]
If you’ve read any of my articles, you may well have wondered why I’m not a CFO by now. I presume to talk about the Finance function. I talk as if I know what the Finance function should be, and how it should be run. I’ve had many senior roles in my career in Finance over the last 20 years. So, why am I not a CFO by now?
So, I thought I’d tell you a little of my story.
And as you read, you’ll realise two things:
- I didn’t follow all the advice I gave in my article about how to plot a course to the CFO role you've always wanted, giving tips to plot a career path to be CFO one day. Much of that advice is based on reflecting on what I did, what I should have done, and what I’ve learned from other people. And,
- No one is entirely in control of their own future.
So, the fact that I haven’t attained a CFO position isn’t because I haven’t tried to, didn’t want to, or...
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