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The New CFO Mandate

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Global research from the Oliver Wyman Forum and NYSE shows 89% of CFOs are increasing AI investment, yet only 6% say AI is their organisation’s most significant realised value driver. Sandra Villars, Partner for Financial Services at Oliver Wyman, explains why CFOs are now responsible for proving whether AI investments actually deliver commercial value — especially in South Africa’s low-growth, high-unemployment environment. She reflects on her own leadership journey, the pressures facing finance executives, and what Women’s Month means to her as a woman leading in global financial services.
13 Aug English South Africa Business

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