CFO Insights
CFO View: Drilling Down into PDO’s Funding Strategy with Haifa Al Khaifi
Haifa Al Khaifi serves as Finance Director of Petroleum Development Oman, LLC. She joined the company in 1995, and currently manages the company’s capital and operational funding strategy. Haifa also serves as a Board Member and Treasurer for the Oman Society for Petroleum Services, and an Advisory Board Director for the Academic Innovation Assistance Program (AIAP) at Sultan Qaboos University.
30 Aug 2016
Fibra Uno CFO Gerardo Vargas on Driving Investment in the Real Estate Sector
With long term growth prospects in the country remaining strong, Mexico’s commercial real estate sector is expected to benefit from increased demand and a boost in capital availability. We speak with Gerardo Vargas, Chief Financial Officer at Fibra Uno about how the company plans to grow its portfolio and adjust its funding strategy to emerging risk factors.
26 Aug 2016
Juan Pablo Newman, CFO, Pemex - Energy Reforms Open Up New Black-Gold Rush
The energy reforms which are currently under implementation are likely to spur private investment in the oil & gas sector in the near-term. We speak with Juan Pablo Newman, CFO, Pemex, about what benefits the reforms will bring to the company, where the oil giant is looking for funding going forward and what risks could be present in the years ahead.
26 Aug 2016
CFO View: Claudio Chamorro, Parque Arauco
Claudio Chamorro currently serves as Chief Financial Officer at Parque Arauco. He previously served as Director of Studies and Financial Analysis of the Superintendency of Banks and Financial Institutions, Chile. He has served as both Market Risk Manager, and later CFO, of Banco CorpBanca, Chile’s third largest bank, and served as Corporate Development Manager at Corpgroup, leading M&A, bond and…
30 Jun 2016
VIDEO: Carlos Adati, CFO, Seara Agronegocios
Carlos speaks about, what Seara Agronegocios's growth strategy is over the coming financial year as well as the financing options available to Brazilian corporates connected to the commodity sector.
1 Jun 2016
CFO View: Eskom’s Anoj Singh on South Africa’s Capital Markets
Anoj Singh currently serves as Chief Financial Officer at Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., where he leads the utility’s financial strategy. Before joining Eskom, Singh served as CFO of Transnet SOC Ltd., a large South African rail, port and pipeline company, and worked for food retail Group Spar and Deloitte & Touche.
3 May 2016
Video: Pieter Henning, CFO, Sibanye
How is gold market volatility impacting mining opportunities in Africa?
19 Apr 2016
Murat Dogan Erden discusses Turkcell’s 10-year US$500mn Eurobond
Against a backdrop of political and economic volatility Turkey’s incumbent mobile telecoms provider Turkcell recently concluded the sale of an oversubscribed 10-year US$500mn Eurobond, with a redemption date of October 15 2025. The transaction was announced with initial price guidance of 6.25%. Following strong interest from European investors in the early hours of book-building, the orderbook…
6 Nov 2015
CFO Perspective: Jose de Jesus Rodriguez, CFO at Gas Natural Mexico
With the creation of laws last year that make it easier for foreign companies to export gas to Mexico and drilling expansion in Texas sending exports skyrocketing, Mexico is currently in the midst of a gas infrastructure boom. This has also resulted in an increased appetite for long-term investment in the region’s energy infrastructure. We spoke with Jose de Jesus Rodriguez, CFO at Gas Natural…
4 Sept 2015
CFO Perspective: Martha Rodríguez Rico, CFO at Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua
Having recently successfully completed the refinancing of Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua’s bank debt we sat down with the company’s CFO Martha Rodríguez Rico to discuss how the deal helped improve the cement specialist’s financial flexibility, and how companies can find the right balance between different debt capital instruments.
4 Sept 2015