Season 2 • Episode 6

What does it really take to lead at the highest levels of finance? In this compelling CFOIQ conversation, Andrew Zezas sits down with Talia Griep, EVP, Chief Administrative Officer & CFO at Benjamin Moore, and Mila Tartakovsky, Vice President of Finance and Regional CFO, North America at Daiichi Sankyo, for an honest and wide-ranging discussion about what it means to be an effective modern finance leader.

From executive presence, mentorship and sponsorship to navigating family and career, negotiating compensation, managing risk, and confronting imposter syndrome, Talia and Mila offer candid perspectives shaped by decades of leadership experience. They also explore how AI is transforming finance, why tomorrow’s CFO must become a strategic business partner—not simply a steward of the numbers—and why the ability to turn financial data into a compelling business story is becoming an essential leadership skill.

A powerful conversation about the human side of leadership, the future of finance, and what it takes to build a career—and a legacy—that matters.