All I'm there is someone internally who can act CFO? Good governance entails that every role should have someone to act in the event of a departure. I'll be keen to find out if the Board has any Succession Planning in place?
Regards *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *AHK & Associates* Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, Chiromo Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 8:50 AM John Walu <[email protected]> wrote: > I stand corrected and reminded. > > From a governance perspective. Its better for the board to keep the two > roles (CEO/ CFO/Finance Director) separate - both functionally and > Individually (physical human being ;-) > > walu. > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 10:21 PM Owen DeLong <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Walu, >> >> That would be a very bad idea since the CFO is a key part of the check >> and balance system to keep the CEO honest. >> >> I’m not staying or implying anything about anyone, but structurally and >> optically, the CEO should never also perform the role of CFO. >> >> Owen >> >> >> On Jun 17, 2019, at 16:34, John Walu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> @Sander >> >> Maybe Patrisse Deesse can multi-task? >> >> As in be the Interim CEO while still overseeing Finance? Eventually, when >> the substantive CEO is recruited, Patrisse can go back 100% to his regular >> role. Unless he ofcourse becomes confirmed as CEO, in which case then his >> former role can be formally advertised and filled. >> >> I think this is the standard practice for interim positions...unless I am >> missing something. >> >> walu >> >> On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 3:52 PM Sander Steffann <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> > Op 16 jun. 2019, om 21:37 heeft Sander Steffann <[email protected]> >>> het volgende geschreven: >>> > >>> >> As Community are aware, Mr Alan Peter Barrett, the Chief Executive >>> Officer of AFRINIC, submitted his resignation on 27 April 2019 with effect >>> from 26 July 2019. >>> >> >>> >> At its meeting of 14 June 2019, the Board appointed Mr Patrisse >>> Deesse, the Finance Director, as Interim Chief Executive Officer with >>> effect from 27 July 2019 until a new Chief Executive Officer assumes >>> AFRINIC duties. Mr Deesse and Mr Barret will work together between 1 July >>> 2019 and 26 July 2019 and finalise the handing over process. >>> > >>> > Out of curiosity, who will take over the CFO role from Mr Deesse? >>> >>> Replying to myself to make sure that all relevant information is shared >>> fairly within this community: one of the board members has informed me >>> off-list that nobody will take over the CFO role, and there will therefore >>> not be a CFO while Mr Deesse takes the role of interim CEO. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Sander >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Community-Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Community-Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss >> >> _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss >
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