She’s One of Only 8% of Women Who Occupy the Role of Chief Financial Officer at a Fortune 1,000 Company
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She’s one of only 8% of women who occupy the role of chief financial officer at a Fortune 1,000 company. A former navigation officer with the French Navy, Céline Dufétel has developed strategies for charting waters that are overwhelmingly managed by men.
During the hour, Céline will...
She’s one of only 8% of women who occupy the role of chief financial officer at a Fortune 1,000 company. A former navigation officer with the French Navy, Céline Dufétel has developed strategies for charting waters that are overwhelmingly managed by men.
During the hour, Céline will share:
- The top three pitfalls she sees women make
- Lessons learned on her way to the C-suite
Meet The Speaker
As CFO, Céline provides global leadership and oversight for all financial activities of the firm, as well as manages the various functions within the CFO Group, including the Controllers Group, Financial Planning & Analysis, Risk, Audit, Corporate Real Estate & Workplace Services, Enterprise Change Office, Global Investment Operations, Procurement, and Global Tax. She also has responsibility for the Corporate Strategy team and leads the firm’s relationships with analysts and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., stockholders. Before joining T. Rowe Price, Céline worked for Neuberger Berman as global head of client service. A native of France, Céline spent part of her childhood in Bethesda, Maryland, returning to Paris to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees in applied mathematics and economics from École Polytechnique. She also served as a navigation officer in the French Navy aboard an oil tanker while in college. Céline returned to the United States in 2003 and earned a master’s degree in finance from Princeton University in 2004.
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Male dominant fields like finance or IT
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