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Executive Interviews

CFO Corner: Ron Bain, Vaalcro Energy

Ron Bain is CFO of Vaalco Energy, a Houston-based upstream oil and gas company with a strong presence in Africa and Canada. Founded in 1985, Vaalco is dual-listed on the New York and London stock exchanges.

Executive Interviews

Grave New World: Q&A with Brian Coulton of Fitch Ratings

Fitch Ratings Chief Economist Brian Coulton discusses with Global Finance how tariffs, inflation, disrupted supply chains, and renewed regionalism are reshaping trade amid prolonged protectionist policies.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

AE Industrial’s ‘Captain’ Kirk Konert On Firefly Beating Musk’s SpaceX, PE Space Race

Global Finance: Congrats on Firefly’s Blue Ghost, which completed its lunar mission in March. Kirk Konert: It was a little...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CFO Corner With SCHOTT Pharma’s Almuth Steinkühler

Global Finance: What has been the biggest challenge of your tenure as financial head of SCHOTT Pharma, given its new...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

The Wind Shifts For Energy: Q&A With Marcia Hook And Ty’Meka Reeves-Sobers Of Clifford Chance

Global Finance: How has the outlook for the energy industry shifted under the new US administration? Marcia Hook: Under the...

Banking

Making Record Profits: Emirates NBD Group CEO Shayne Nelson Q&A

Shayne Nelson, group CEO of Emirates NBD, Dubai’s government-owned bank and one of the largest banks in the Middle East...

Banking

Tapping Growth Potential: NBK CEO-Kuwait Salah Al Fulaij

Salah Al Fulaij, CEO-Kuwait at National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), discusses Kuwait’s path toward economic and banking reform and NBK’s...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Driving Economic Stability: Q&A With Union of Arab Banks’ Wissam Fattouh

Wissam Fattouh, secretary general of the Union of Arab Banks (UAB) and the World Union of Arab Bankers, talks about...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

How CFOs Are Managing Geostrategic Risks

Global Finance: What are some of the most pressing geostrategic risk factors that companies should be concerned about in the...

Insurance

Aflac’s Brad Dyslin On Japan’s Investment Shifts, Tariffs, And Insurance M&As

Dyslin, Global CIO and President of Global Investments, discusses managing yen exposure, the role of private investments in the insurance...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Wilbur Ross On How Trump’s Tariffs Impact CFOs And Key US Trade Partners: Part 2

In the second part of Global Finance’s conversation with former US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross—who served during President Trump’s...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Wilbur Ross on Tariffs, Trump, and Navigating US Trade Policy: Part 1

Taking a break from promoting his new book, Risks and Returns, former US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross—who served during...