What boards really expect - from a CFO and Executive who isn’t coaching from the sidelines

Peter McKenzie, GM at a Blackstone portfolio company, professor at IESE Business School, and speaker at 50+ conferences across the world, talks frankly about executive presence for finance professionals, developed through 25+ years of C-suite experience   He coaches FP&A teams and CFOs on what exactly separates the executives who get recognised from the ones who don't (Communicate with influence, not just authority and focus on strategy and what boards actually want).  In this episode What the board reads (and skips) in a board deck  What “business partnership” actually means  What knowing the numbers means  How to draw a narrative “red line”  Now that AI writes a competent narrative, what's the role for finance?