Optimizing Corporate Portfolio Management: Aligning Investment Proposals with Organizational Strategy

By: Anand Sanwal with a foreword by Gary Crittenden, former CFO of American Express and current CFO, Citigroup

Anand Sanwal
Vice President, American Express
Co-founder, Corporate Portfolio Management Association (CPMA)
CPMA site - http://www.corporateportfoliomanagement.org.
Book on Amazon - http://www.amazon.com




Book description:
A necessary resource for anyone involved with managing or supervising their organization’s discretionary investments. C-level executives as well as finance, IT, marketing, R&D and business managers serious about maximizing and realizing their financial and strategic objectives will benefit from the practical guidance in Optimizing Corporate Portfolio Management. With comprehensive coverage, author Anand Sanwal – a leading authority on corporate portfolio management (CPM) – shares a pragmatic and proven framework for building a robust CPM capability within an organization. The book has been recognized by thought leaders at Google, HP, American Express, Intel, the Wharton School, the CFO Executive Board, and AIG amongst others.

This crucial resource offers a guide to enabling CPM within an organization by focusing on the behavioral and process dimensions vital to making CPM a success. Starting with a Foreword by Gary L. Crittenden, former CFO of American Express and current CFO of Citigroup, this book avoids a simplistic “one-size fits all” approach to the evaluation of an organization’s investments, and instead recognizes that every organization varies in their view on investments, priorities, risk tolerance, strategy, and financial goals. Case studies demonstrating the power of CPM are provided for a diverse array of organizations including American Express, TransUnion, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco Systems and the State of Oregon Department of Human Services.

Filled with proven strategies and examples, this jargon free and pragmatic guide shows progressive organizations how to have a more holistic view of their company’s investment portfolio to ultimately enable greater transparency, accountability and improved performance.

WHEN:
Wedneday, September 19, 2007
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

WHERE:
JH Cohn LLP
1212 Avenue of the Americas
15th Floor
Between 47th and 48th

COST:
$30 Members
$50 Non-members

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