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
Executive Vice President & CFO at Microsoft
Focus area:
#Financial strategy#Capital allocation#M&A#AI investment#Cloud economics
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…
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Gina Mastantuono
President & CFO at ServiceNow
Santa Clara, United States
Focus area:
#Financial strategy#AI-native finance#Corporate development#Capital allocation#Enterprise strategy
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…
Colette Kress
Executive Vice President & CFO at NVIDIA
Saratoga, United States
Focus area:
#Technology finance#Financial planning#Capital strategy#Business development#AI growth
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…
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Sarah Friar
Chief Financial Officer at OpenAI
San Francisco, United States
Focus area:
#AI-native finance#Financial strategy#Technology scaling#Capital planning#Fintech
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…
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Susan Li
Chief Financial Officer at Meta
Palo Alto, United States
Focus area:
#Financial planning#Capital allocation#Technology investment#Treasury#AI infrastructure
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…
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Anat Ashkenazi
Senior Vice President & CFO at Alphabet and Google
Mountain View, United States
Focus area:
#Financial strategy#Cost discipline#AI investment#R&D finance#Operational 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…
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Marie Myers
Executive Vice President & CFO at HPE
Houston, United States
Focus area:
#Finance transformation#Agentic AI#Change management#Financial strategy#Technology finance
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…
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Caroline Litchfield
Executive Vice President & CFO at Merck
New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Focus area:
#Global finance#Capital stewardship#Treasury#Commercial finance#Healthcare finance
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…
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Sinead Gorman
Chief Financial Officer at Shell
United Kingdom
Focus area:
#Capital stewardship#Energy finance#Cost leadership#M&A#Capital projects
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…
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Mandy Fields
Senior Vice President & CFO at e.l.f. Beauty
San Francisco, United States
Focus area:
#Retail finance#Growth strategy#Financial literacy#Commercial finance#Marketing-finance partnership
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…
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Sherry House
Chief Financial Officer at Ford Motor Company
Detroit Metropolitan Area, United States
Focus area:
#Automotive finance#Capital markets#Corporate development#Mobility technology#Financial strategy
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…
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Joan Bottarini
Chief Financial Officer at Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Greater Chicago Area, United States
Focus area:
#Hospitality finance#Capital strategy#Asset management#Financial planning#Value creation
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…
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Anna Manz
Executive Vice President & CFO at Nestlé
London, United Kingdom
Focus area:
#Commercial finance#Growth strategy#Capital allocation#Consumer economics#Finance transformation
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…
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Celeste Mellet
Chief Financial Officer at Humana
New York, United States
Focus area:
#Healthcare finance#Enterprise risk#Analytics#Financial strategy#Infrastructure investing
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…
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Hilary Maxson
Chief Financial Officer at Oracle
United States
Focus area:
#Capital allocation#AI infrastructure#Cloud economics#Finance transformation#M&A
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…
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Melanie Kreis
Chief Financial Officer at DHL Group
Cologne/Bonn Region, Germany
Focus area:
#Capital allocation#Cash generation#Finance digitalization#Logistics finance#Sustainable growth
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…
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Selection Methodology
I selected the leaders on this list based on their relevance, demonstrated expertise and impact, professional credibility, and ongoing contributions to the field.
I look for evidence such as leading meaningful initiatives or delivering notable results within their organizations, developing influential ideas or practices, publishing research or educational resources, speaking or teaching, and other contributions that demonstrate impact within their work or the broader field.
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