Chris Liddell
Chris Liddell
Christopher P. Liddell CNZMis a New Zealand businessman. He was the Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officerof General Motors. Liddell joined GM in January 2010, and led the company’s global finance operations until March 2011, including the $23billion GM IPO, at the time the largest ever...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth24 April 1958
CountryUnited States of America
gym morning normally work
My day, normally speaking, is: I go the gym in the morning, I go and work for 10 or 12 hours, I have dinner, I go to sleep.
drinks people sort takes
So, what genetic disposition do you need to be a CFO? Essentially, you need to be miserable, you need to be the sort of person who takes drinks away from people at the end of a party.
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A lot of that inherent growth in Australia, and strength in the economy, has helped keep those housing volumes up, but we would say by the end of this year or the beginning of next year, all other things being equal, for it to come off slightly.
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see more of a ramp-up throughout the course of the year.
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Our market share remains broadly where it was in the last few quarters, ... It's a monetization issue, and that is something we're going to have to reverse in the future.
achieve finding role
Each of my career decisions has been very much about doing what I wanted to achieve in the role and then finding another challenge.
switch
I switch on and off very easily; I'm inherently lucky in that sense. I sleep well.
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confidence about the future performance of the company.
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Revenue growth of 29% in the business group that have had recent product launches demonstrates our ability to choose the right places to focus our innovation efforts and make investments.
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As we moves closer to the launch on Office 12 we expect corporate customers to increasingly prefer annuity licensing programs when they evaluate purchases.
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Our search advertising revenue has not been as strong as we'd like,
expecting launch spike
The analysts were expecting more of a launch spike than we were,
expect generally tolerance
I don't have a tolerance for long meetings. I generally expect to get things over with quickly.
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The growth in our core businesses was healthy during the quarter driven by strength in Server and Tools, and the success of our Windows Client products in a robust PC market.