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CFO Focus Live! 4 Under 40 CFOs

CFOs are making a bigger impact every day. And they’re arriving in the C-Suite even earlier. Some even before they’re 40 years old. Join us when CNBC alum Aditi Roy interviews: Hiral Patel, age 37, CAO, Pep Boys Daniel Gabel, age 38, CFO, OSS (NASDAQ: OSS) Peter Preston, age 38, CFO, Paloma Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: PALOU) Mike Chiv, age 35, Managing Partner, Proven Recruiting, who helps build their teams How are they prepared to take on these high pressure jobs? Over 90% of all CFOs are over 40, average age – 53. Join CNBC’s Aditi Roy when she asks “how did you get here so fast?” We’re livestreaming on LinkedIn, YouTube and podcasting on your favorite platforms. Just register for free. You can watch live or listenor at your leisure. Register at www.cfofocus.org This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jlockhart.substack.com [https://jlockhart.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

CFO Focus Live! April 2026

Who's the bio major? That’s Adam Townsend, the former UCLA bio major turned Showtime CFO, turned Vizio CFO, turned Wal-Mart executive. Learn about Adam’s rapid rise on our next CFO Focus Live! with Ravi Kumar. Adam Townsend, CFO at Vizio who took it public during Covid on NYSE and sold to WalMart for billions. Latha Vairavan, new CFO at Arcutis Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ:ARQT) who left Amgen for what was then an unknown biotech startup. Chithra Rajagopalan, Head of Finance at Obsidian Security and a next gen philanthropist in Silicon Valley Host: Ravi Kumar from Connor Group and (along with Adam) one of People Talent Agency’s most sought after moderators and panelists. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jlockhart.substack.com [https://jlockhart.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

CFO Focus Live! February Show

CFO Focus Live! returns for our monthly show featuring Aditi Roy interviewing Peter Cuneo and Joe Garner on their new book "Superhero Leadership" This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jlockhart.substack.com [https://jlockhart.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

CFO Focus Live! with Aditi Roy & Ravi Kumar

CFO Focus Live! – our LinkedIn Live, YouTube and Substack podcast show – kicks Off January 22, 2026 and monthly after that – the Third Thursday of each month.So you can watch or listen from anywhere. Featuring our favorite CFOs from last year and those upcoming for this year, including:Anna Gomez, longtime CFO at ad giant Leo Burnett, now CFO at Inspired Thinking Group (ITG). We met Anna when she was featured at CFO Focus Chicago with Jane Wells last October. She's a five time best selling romance novelist -- as well as a leading CFO!We also have a special segment called India People - focused on Indians and South Asians in the CSuite – co-hosted by Aditi Roy and Ravi Kumar and featuring EnergyX CFO Mayank Sharma and others. Mayank was featured at CFO Focus Austin in November.Peter Cuneo, known worldwide as a leader in turnarounds, helping turn around Marvel Entertainment and selling it to Disney for billions a few years ago. He's also on several public company boards, and the board of the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Peter has a new book out with New York Times best selling author Joe Garner, and he's here to tell us a little more about it. The book is available in pre order now and will be out next month, when Peter will join for a more extensive interview . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jlockhart.substack.com [https://jlockhart.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

ICONS OF LA FIRESIDE CHAT & COMEDY NIGHT

If you missed attending last night’s ICONS OF LA Show featuring Eric Bing Chin, CPA moderating and Van Lai-DuMone Florence Chung Wlodarski and Nancy Gale in the hot seats, tune in to watch this recap or listen to the podcast version on Apple and Spotify. Bonus: the comedians following the amazing interviews with Van, Nancy and Florence #ICONS #LA This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jlockhart.substack.com [https://jlockhart.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]