Cfo Thought Leader

We are nearly at the end of our talk with CFO Tracy Curley when she mentions her two adult children.“I’m really blessed that they knew how important my career was to me when I was raising them,” remarks Curley, who recalls that during their younger years, it was not unusual for the children to find their mother in bed late at night answering emails on her laptop.Suddenly, the questions populating the margins of our handwritten notes no longer seem to nag at us.Why did she work for KPMG as long as she did (6 years)? Why did she move to Honolulu? Why did she not arrive in the CFO office sooner?Certainly, Curley is not the only finance leader and parent who has confessed to us a woeful email habit. However, she may be the first to allow us to witness the habit through the eyes of children.  With one stray comment, the career path that we’ve been discussing for 40 minutes comes more sharply into view.Like many of the women finance leaders with whom we’ve spoken, Curley has taken longer to reach the CFO offic