Phil Searle, Founder and CEO of Chazey Partners, discusses growing from a CFO to a CEO at the 2016 Financial Leadership Summit by FEI

Chazey Partners, a practitioners-led global management advisory business specializing in Shared Services & Outsourcing, and Business Transformation, was pleased to sponsor the 2016 Financial Leadership Summit by FEI (Finance Executive Institute).  FEI is a leading association for senior level financial executives.

The Financial Leadership Summit provides essential leadership tools for senior-level financial executives, focusing on the daily challenges facing financial executives with an agenda comprised of in-depth presentations, respected speakers and multiple networking opportunities.

Phil Searle, Founder and CEO of Chazey Partners Inc., joined Doug Ferraro, CEO of Bellco Credit Union in a live interview led by J. Mark Myers, Senior Account Manager of CFO Business Strategies, Inc. The session was titled ‘Making the Leap from CFO to CEO’ and focused on how to build on the strengths gained from a career in finance in making this transition. Mr. Searle, a long-time member of FEI, shared his experience in making this challenging leap and provided the attendees with insights and advice to help them make the transition.

Phil is a globally recognized expert in business transformation, Shared Services, offshoring, and outsourcing. Prior to Chazey Partners, he was Group Vice President and CFO of Cendant TDS’s International Markets Division. Before Cendant, he was VP Finance and Corporate Controller at 3Com Corporation, where he headed the Corporate Controller Function and the Worldwide Shared Finance Services team

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About Chazey Partners

Chazey Partners is a practitioners-led global management advisory business.  We bring together a unique wealth of experience, empowering our clients to strive for world class excellence through Business Transformation, Shared Services & Outsourcing, Technology Enablement, Process Enhancement and Corporate Strategy Optimization. We pride ourselves in having built, operated and turned around some of the world’s most highly commended and ground breaking Shared Services Organizations, and for implementing many highly successful multi-sourced (shared services and outsourced) delivery solutions. Over the last 20 years, we have delivered numerous programs globally, in the US, Canada, UK, Continental Europe, Ireland, India, Eastern Europe, South America, Singapore, Australia, China, Middle-East and Africa.

Our experience covers both Private and Public Sectors, providing expertise in a wide spectrum of business functions, including Finance, HR, IT and Procurement.