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"Compete with yourself every day. Use your head and heart. Deliver executable solutions on ground"

Anand Soni

Group CFO, Corporate Trainer,

Financial consultant In UAE  for 2 decades.

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About Anand Soni

Anand Soni is a Chartered Accountant from India and a US CPA with nearly three decades of leadership experience across the Middle East, including over 20 years in Dubai. He has led finance functions across family-owned conglomerates and diversified business groups spanning real estate, construction, contracting, retail, trading, manufacturing, FMCG, facilities management, and capital markets. Known for combining financial discipline with commercial sharpness, Anand is a strong advocate of the modern “Business CFO” mindset.

Key Impact

The Impact Delivered by Anand Across Complex Enterprises

Led finance leadership across diversified business groups in the UAE for nearly 30 years

Guided businesses through the 2008 financial crisis, COVID disruption, and post-pandemic recovery

Delivered turnaround strategies, cost optimization, and banking negotiations during stressed environments

Built high-performing finance teams and mentored next-generation finance leaders

Enabled growth across multi-entity businesses while balancing risk, profitability, and cash flow

Interview Summary

A Conversation on Leadership, Crisis Management & The Business CFO

When Finance Became Strategic

The CFO role has evolved from reporting and compliance into a business leadership function that influences growth, risk, and commercial outcomes.

The Rise of the Business CFO

Modern CFOs must understand business models, pricing, margins, collections, working capital, and operational levers—not just numbers.

Managing Owners & Boards

Trust is built when CFOs remove ego, communicate simply, listen deeply, and present executable solutions leaders can support.

Leading Through Crisis

During uncertainty, CFOs must stay calm, protect liquidity, communicate difficult truths, and focus on short-term wins that stabilize the enterprise.

The Future CFO

Tomorrow’s CFO will combine technical expertise, business understanding, digital fluency, adaptability, and people leadership.

"A good CFO understands businesses."

Anand Soni

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