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Synergy Group CFO Advisory Executive Director, Doug Tyler, discusses contemporary Finance Business Partners and the Challenges Facing CFOs in finding these "Unicorns"

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A new era in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) defence and deterrence is emerging with the threat landscape in Europe. Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation treaties promised peace to the citizen across the world.

Australia faces significant public policy challenges that require dynamic, bold and defensible solutions. Just over a year ago, Synergy Law was founded to practice law with the freedom and flexibility to challenge the norm. Today, the Synergy Law team has grown to include twenty curious, iterative, and bold people who have used their knowledge and skills to uplift the capability and capacity of the clients they have worked with.

Corporate interest in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) space is nothing new – it’s been well documented for over a decade now. Methods to embed corporate environmental responsibility and transparency are increasingly being built into company objects and directors’ duties. Both shareholders and the public demand broader and deeper reporting on corporate environmental decisions and their impact, pressing executives to mitigate the ecological and economic risks posed by climate change.

Although the policies and programs of Budget 2022-23 will not be known until Tuesday night, the direction of the Government is well established. A combined $1.3 billion worth of spending cuts were promised during the election, with the PBO Report outlining that $500 million worth of savings would be found from cutting expenditure on external labour for hire and consultants. Given internal legal budgets will not be expanded, we must ask ourselves, how can we find uplift?