Dhiraj Nayar

Chief Financial Officer Boston Globe Media

Dhiraj has been the CFO of Boston Globe Media Partners (BGMP), New England's leading media company, since April 2018. He brings over two decades of finance, operations and strategy experience to BGMP. Earlier in his career as a management consultant, Dhiraj worked with multi-billion-dollar multinational and Private Equity portfolio companies in Media/Information, Financial, CPG and Telecom sectors and drove efficiencies through transformational/restructuring, and revenue through growth strategy initiatives.  Dhiraj started his management consulting career at A.T. Kearney (New York/Sydney), followed by Opera Solutions (now ElectrifAI) where he was a Partner. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School in New York.

Day Two, Monday, February 24, 2020

8:45 AM Taking Charge of Transformation by Leveraging Analytics, Upskilling Talent and Co-opting Market Disruptions to Your Advantage

Like many industries, traditional media is going through a significant dislocation – the shift from print to digital, changing consumer consumption behavior (social & search), proliferation of “free” information services etc. are severely straining existing business models. These disruptions are resulting in expanded expectation of the role of the CFO. Today’s CFO is
expected to be a leader in the transformation journey for the enterprise helping to maximize near-term profitability, while investing in the future. But how can a CFO lead the transformation journey effectively? In this session, Dhiraj Nayar, CFO will share practical insights from Boston Globe Media’s continuing transformational journey. 

Key topics include:
  • Shaping strategy and building consensus with senior management and ownership/board
  • Developing a transformation strategy and executing against it
  • Exploiting market disruptions to create advantages for your organization

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Dhiraj.

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