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Global CFO Excellence Awards

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About The Award

Acquisition International is happy to announce the return of the Global CFO Excellence Awards. Now in the seventh year, this annual awards programme aims to highlight and celebrate the leading CFOs worldwide. The role of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has undergone a significant transformation in recent years. Today's CFOs are expected to play a vital role in driving innovation and developing strategies for long-term success. Improving organisational structure, enhancing employee relations, and embracing technology are now the primary objectives of the modern CFO. This shift has transformed the CFO role from a primarily finance-focused position to one that is more diverse and inclusive, providing opportunities for individuals from a wide range of backgrounds to enter the C-Suite. As a result, the traditional path to becoming a CFO is no longer the only option, creating a more diversified and dynamic CFO role. In the current global economic climate, many industries are facing unprecedented financial difficulties, which can have devastating consequences. As a result, the role of the CFO has become more challenging than ever before. The job is no longer just about number crunching, but it now requires a strategic and holistic approach to assess organisational dynamics. CFOs are now expected to play a critical role in policy formulation, strategic development, and implementation, in addition to their traditional responsibilities. This new paradigm demands that CFOs are adept at navigating unexpected changes, developing innovative solutions, and leading their organisations to success. The CFO plays an undeniably crucial role in assessing a company's policies and strategies from a grander perspective, which is equally important as the CEO. In today's dynamic business environment, CFOs must assertively anticipate emerging trends and assess how their companies can harness these developments for success. They must leverage every emerging trend to strengthen their organisation’s position and overcome potential issues. Therefore, the CFO's role is now focused on strategic development. They must assess how industries will change and how their company can adapt and ultimately benefit from these changes. The CFO must have an assertive forward-looking perspective and a deep understanding of the business environment to ensure the company's sustained growth and success. These individuals work tirelessly to manage the finances of their companies, making strategic decisions that can greatly impact the success or failure of the business. Their hard work, expertise, and dedication deserve recognition and celebration, as they are instrumental in driving the growth and prosperity of their organisations. Therefore, it is essential to acknowledge and commend the CFOs for their exceptional work and contributions towards building a thriving and sustainable business. The Global CFO Excellence Awards 2024 accepts nominations from individuals and third parties. Our experienced professionals evaluate all nominees based on their achievements and dedication. The selection process is fair and impartial, ensuring that all candidates are objectively evaluated based on merit. If you know of an individual worthy of recognition for their successes, please feel free to submit a nomination. We wish all the nominees the best of luck!

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Our Approach

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Nominees are gained via our online nomination form from magazine subscribers, online visitors, social media following, clients and our wider circulation.

Those putting forward nominees are welcome to nominate their own firm or colleagues within their firm as well as third party businesses.

Acquisition International is part of the publishing house AI Global Media, the publishers also put forward nominees for consideration.

All those who formally accept their nomination will be asked if they would like to submit material for further consideration as supporting evidence.

We consider materials supplied by nominees, information on those nominated businesses available online and any information supplied with the original nomination.

Our research team who are highlighted below will assess all information presented when it comes to determining winners.

The team gather information independently from a number of publicly available sources, they will assess the material supplied by the nominees and by those who put them forward originally.

They will cast their final judgment based on various criteria including client dedication, innovation, business growth, longevity, online reputation, client feedback and business performance.

Once winners have been determined each winner will be contacted directly.

Details of those winners will be embargoed until Acquisition International formally announce the winners publicly via the website and award winners' magazine.

We encourage all of our winners to publicly announce their win independently.

Announcements via company websites, social media channels, via publicly released press releases, and through local and national press are a great way of really maximising the exposure gained from such an amazing achievement.

How long has Acquisition International been in circulation for?

Acquisition International has been running for nine years and in that time the publication has grown substantially, now having a circulation of 85,000 readers in over 170 countries. AI is a monthly magazine that seeks to inform, entertain, influence, and shape the global corporate conversation. We aim to achieve this through a combination of high quality editorial, rigorous research and an experienced worldwide network of dedicated advisors, experts and contributors. Acquisition International is one of the many publications by AI Global Media, a UK based publisher which has over 200 issues to its name since 2010.

Where did the nomination come from?

In the interest of maintaining high response rates, we do not ask nominees to reveal their personal identity. As per the methodology, we frequently nominate candidates ourselves and, when it comes to the process of voting, if you didn’t cast a vote by self-submission it is likely to have been cast via a colleague or client who has received one of our direct invitations. One of the main mantras of our awards system is that your ability to succeed is not linked to the number of votes received. This means that your award will be received purely on merit. However, we do track unusual behaviour on our website to identify repeat votes and cyber-threats.

What happens if I agree to shortlist?

In the interest of focusing our efforts on relevant candidates, we ask all nominees to accept their position on the shortlist. This also gives people complete control in their decision on whether they would like to move forward with the award. Nominees who accept will be subject to our rigorous internal vetting procedure. They have an opportunity to present their own data which gets considered alongside the information collated by our research team. It can take up to 8 weeks for research to be completed.

Who makes the final decision?

We employ an entirely impartial panel of 5 individuals to conduct all of the research to our high standards. At the helm, the panel is led by a veteran academic leader with international academic and training experience and is well versed in research, fact-checking and mediation. We believe this method is the most efficient in determining which individuals and companies are most deserving in winning an award and has brought us much success and commendation throughout its use.

Is there a winner’s ceremony/award dinner and if so, when does it take place?

We do not focus our efforts on a celebratory event, despite being an enjoyable occasion, it doesn’t support our group’s philosophy of cost-effective marketing. As well as the lack of cost efficiency, AI is a company who runs awards worldwide and we believe it would be logistically difficult for some of our winners to attend an awards ceremony. We follow the belief that any of the optional costs involved with the award would be more beneficial in a year’s worth of online marketing for a winner, rather than spending it all on a ceremonial evening. All of our press announcements are made digitally, online and across our network to enforce our position as digital publishers. We aim to arm you with the tools (both digital and physical) to generate real-world value.

What happens if I am deemed successful?

There is a short press embargo in place where we ask you not to make the news public. During this period the programme manager will liaise with you to agree on the most appropriate coverage. Our main coverage takes the form of a digital celebratory magazine, but we also offer physical trophies, wall mounted and digital certificates, web-based advertisements and generic press releases which are bespoke to you or your company.

Are there any costs involved?

As previously mentioned there are no compulsory costs in accepting a nomination or winning an Acquisition International award. We do offer a variety of paid additional benefits for our winners, but these are completely optional. To demonstrate our commitment to no mandatory fees, all our winners are offered a free of charge promotional package. Our company policy will always remain: regardless of budget, our clients should always be able to garner the full value of the award and our seal of approval. We offer a variety of promotional opportunities to our winners. as we have an extensive network and we know, more than anyone, the wider business benefits from promoting industry awards.

Why does your email domain differ from your website domain?

Because we send a large volume of emails, we separate our campaign email sends from our transactional ones. This structure helps to ensure a prompt and thorough response from one of our diligent team members. The sending email address will always be recognisable but please contact us via the address on this page if you have any concerns.

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