Top 16 Women CFOs to Follow for Insights in 2026
The women CFOs worth following are changing finance leadership—and their public insights can sharpen how you think about strategy, risk, and growth. I follow these leaders because they tackle the same pressures you face: reporting complexity, stakeholder expectations, and shifting priorities. If you want real perspective from finance executives who've been there, this list is where to start.
Top 16 Women CFOs
Below are the profiles of the top women CFOs, covering who they are and the impact they've made in this space.
Amy Hood
Amy Hood is executive vice president and CFO of Microsoft, where she leads worldwide finance and has helped steer the company through major cloud, AI, acquisition, and business-model shifts.
Hood has led…
Amy Hood is executive vice president and CFO of Microsoft, where she leads worldwide finance and has helped steer the company through major cloud, AI, acquisition, and business-model shifts.
Hood has led Microsoft’s finance team since 2013, connecting financial decisions with business strategy. Her work covers planning, acquisitions, investments, treasury, and investor relations, showing how CFOs can support new technology while maintaining long-term financial discipline.
Gina Mastantuono
Gina Mastantuono is president and CFO of ServiceNow, leading finance, corporate strategy, development, and capital allocation as the enterprise software company scales its AI ambitions.
Her role goes beyond traditional finance to…
Gina Mastantuono is president and CFO of ServiceNow, leading finance, corporate strategy, development, and capital allocation as the enterprise software company scales its AI ambitions.
Her role goes beyond traditional finance to include company strategy, acquisitions, venture investing, and AI adoption. She also supports an AI-first finance model, offering useful insights for CFOs using automation and data while maintaining disciplined investments.
Colette Kress
Colette Kress is executive vice president and CFO of NVIDIA, bringing decades of technology-finance experience from NVIDIA, Cisco, Microsoft, and Texas Instruments to her current CFO role.
At NVIDIA, Kress leads finance…
Colette Kress is executive vice president and CFO of NVIDIA, bringing decades of technology-finance experience from NVIDIA, Cisco, Microsoft, and Texas Instruments to her current CFO role.
At NVIDIA, Kress leads finance as the company grows rapidly in accelerated computing and AI. Her experience in financial strategy, planning, reporting, business development, and engineering finance offers CFOs a strong example of leadership in a complex, fast-growing technology company.
Sarah Friar
Sarah Friar is CFO of OpenAI and a former CEO of Nextdoor and CFO of Square, combining finance leadership with operating experience across AI, fintech, and consumer technology companies.
Friar leads finance…
Sarah Friar is CFO of OpenAI and a former CEO of Nextdoor and CFO of Square, combining finance leadership with operating experience across AI, fintech, and consumer technology companies.
Friar leads finance at a company investing heavily in computing, research, products, and global growth. She also shares practical ideas for using AI and automation to improve finance operations, speed up decisions, and manage changing capital needs.
Susan Li
Susan Li is CFO of Meta, where she leads finance and facilities after rising through the company from finance roles spanning business planning and treasury since joining Facebook in 2008.
Li’s tenure…
Susan Li is CFO of Meta, where she leads finance and facilities after rising through the company from finance roles spanning business planning and treasury since joining Facebook in 2008.
Li’s tenure covers Meta’s evolution from Facebook into a global technology company investing heavily in AI and infrastructure. Her work focuses on using capital allocation, financial planning, and long-term investment to guide business strategy, making her a leading voice in technology finance.
Anat Ashkenazi
Anat Ashkenazi is senior vice president and CFO of Alphabet and Google, following more than two decades at Eli Lilly across finance, strategy, operations, research, and manufacturing globally.
Ashkenazi brings cross-industry finance…
Anat Ashkenazi is senior vice president and CFO of Alphabet and Google, following more than two decades at Eli Lilly across finance, strategy, operations, research, and manufacturing globally.
Ashkenazi brings cross-industry finance experience to Alphabet as it balances AI investment, growth, and cost discipline. Her background includes public-company CFO leadership, controllership, R&D finance, and operational roles, giving CFOs a broad view of how finance can steer both innovation and enterprise efficiency.
Marie Myers
Marie Myers is executive vice president and CFO of HPE, with nearly three decades of finance and transformation experience across HPE, HP, and automation software company UiPath and its growth.
Myers combines…
Marie Myers is executive vice president and CFO of HPE, with nearly three decades of finance and transformation experience across HPE, HP, and automation software company UiPath and its growth.
Myers combines financial leadership with business transformation, including Hewlett-Packard’s separation and the use of AI to redesign finance processes at HPE. Her work shows CFOs how better data, improved processes, employee training, and AI tools can modernize finance while helping teams adapt to change.
Caroline Litchfield
Caroline Litchfield is executive vice president and CFO of Merck, where she leads finance, procurement, and real estate after a career in country, regional, and global finance roles.
Litchfield’s Merck career includes…
Caroline Litchfield is executive vice president and CFO of Merck, where she leads finance, procurement, and real estate after a career in country, regional, and global finance roles.
Litchfield’s Merck career includes treasury, tax, investor relations, emerging markets, and finance leadership for the company’s Human Health business. That scope gives her a global view of capital stewardship and commercial finance, while her board role at Verizon adds another perspective on governance and oversight.
Sinead Gorman
Sinead Gorman is CFO of Shell, where more than two decades of finance leadership have taken her through trading, M&A, treasury, upstream, projects, technology, and new energy businesses.
Gorman’s experience includes capital-intensive…
Sinead Gorman is CFO of Shell, where more than two decades of finance leadership have taken her through trading, M&A, treasury, upstream, projects, technology, and new energy businesses.
Gorman’s experience includes capital-intensive businesses, international finance roles, new business development, and major projects. Her focus on cost leadership, commercial judgment, and capital stewardship makes her work particularly relevant to CFOs balancing investment, resilience, and long-term energy transition decisions.
Mandy Fields
Mandy Fields is senior vice president and CFO of e.l.f. Beauty, bringing retail finance experience from BevMo! and Albertsons to a consumer brand known for rapid growth and disruption globally.
Fields combines…
Mandy Fields is senior vice president and CFO of e.l.f. Beauty, bringing retail finance experience from BevMo! and Albertsons to a consumer brand known for rapid growth and disruption globally.
Fields combines financial leadership with a strong focus on business growth. She works closely with marketing and supports financial education, showing how CFOs can shape brand investment, growth strategy, and decisions across a consumer company.
Sherry House
Sherry House is CFO of Ford Motor Company, with finance, engineering, strategy, venture, and capital-markets experience across Ford, Lucid Motors, Waymo, General Motors, and investing globally.
House oversees Ford’s finance functions and…
Sherry House is CFO of Ford Motor Company, with finance, engineering, strategy, venture, and capital-markets experience across Ford, Lucid Motors, Waymo, General Motors, and investing globally.
House oversees Ford’s finance functions and Ford Credit, bringing an unusually technical background to the CFO role. She previously helped take Lucid public and held finance and corporate-development roles at Waymo, giving her experience across established automotive operations, electric vehicles, and emerging mobility technology.
Joan Bottarini
Joan Bottarini is CFO of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, leading its global finance function after a long Hyatt career spanning hotel finance, strategic planning, and regional finance leadership.
Bottarini helps shape Hyatt’s long-term…
Joan Bottarini is CFO of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, leading its global finance function after a long Hyatt career spanning hotel finance, strategic planning, and regional finance leadership.
Bottarini helps shape Hyatt’s long-term performance and value creation across financial reporting, planning, treasury, tax, investor relations, audit, asset management, and procurement. Her career across corporate and hotel finance gives CFOs a strong example of linking capital strategy to an operating business with global assets and brands.
Anna Manz
Anna Manz is executive vice president and CFO of Nestlé, with prior CFO roles at London Stock Exchange Group and Johnson Matthey and senior finance and strategy leadership at Diageo globally.
Manz…
Anna Manz is executive vice president and CFO of Nestlé, with prior CFO roles at London Stock Exchange Group and Johnson Matthey and senior finance and strategy leadership at Diageo globally.
Manz has experience across consumer goods, financial infrastructure, industrials, and global markets. At Nestlé, she treats finance as a partner in business growth, balancing careful investment with brand and customer value. Her experience also includes treasury, strategy, business transformation, and board leadership.
Celeste Mellet
Celeste Mellet is CFO of Humana, overseeing finance, accounting, actuarial, analytics, audit, investor relations, risk, tax, and treasury.
Mellet has more than 25 years of leadership experience across healthcare, infrastructure investing, and…
Celeste Mellet is CFO of Humana, overseeing finance, accounting, actuarial, analytics, audit, investor relations, risk, tax, and treasury.
Mellet has more than 25 years of leadership experience across healthcare, infrastructure investing, and financial services. Her remit at Humana combines core finance with actuarial, analytics, and enterprise risk, giving CFOs a useful example of financial leadership in a highly regulated, data-intensive business.
Hilary Maxson
Hilary Maxson is CFO of Oracle, where she leads global finance and financial strategy after senior finance roles at Schneider Electric and AES across infrastructure, industrials, and software.
Maxson joined Oracle as…
Hilary Maxson is CFO of Oracle, where she leads global finance and financial strategy after senior finance roles at Schneider Electric and AES across infrastructure, industrials, and software.
Maxson joined Oracle as demand for cloud and AI infrastructure drove major investment needs. Her experience includes capital allocation, business transformation, strategy, and acquisitions across industrial, infrastructure, and software companies. This gives her a strong understanding of funding growth, making careful investments, and scaling technology.
Melanie Kreis
Melanie Kreis leads finance on DHL Group’s Board of Management, after more than two decades at the logistics company and earlier experience at McKinsey and private-equity investor Apax Partners.
Kreis oversees finance…
Melanie Kreis leads finance on DHL Group’s Board of Management, after more than two decades at the logistics company and earlier experience at McKinsey and private-equity investor Apax Partners.
Kreis oversees finance across DHL’s global divisions, with a strategy centered on capital allocation, cash generation, efficiency, digitalization, and sustainable growth. Her long tenure across controlling, HR, and finance offers a broad operating view of how finance supports performance in a complex global logistics network.
Selection Methodology
We selected the leaders on this list based on their relevance, demonstrated expertise and impact, professional credibility, and ongoing contributions to the field.
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