Finance Magazine Names Winners Of CFO Excellence Competition

CFO Magazine has named the winners of its CFO Excellence competition, rewarding those CFOs who have demonstrated "a thorough command of the traditional finance disciplines," leadership ability, creativity and a broad understanding of the business.

The winners, named in the magazine's September edition, are:

• Robert Blakely of Tenneco for Capital Structure Management
• Basil L. Anderson of Campbell Soup for Cost Optimization
• Thomas J. Wilson of Allstate for Developing an Efficient Finance Function
• Alan B. Graf Jr. of FDX for Revenue Growth
• Robert Ripp of AMP for Information/ Knowledge Management
• Larry Kellner of Continental Airlines for Managing External Stakeholders
• Scott Sullivan of WorldCom for Mergers & Acquisitions
• Thomas Meredith of Dell Computer for Performance Measurement and for Risk Management
• Dennis Dammerman of General Electric for Training/Building a Finance Team

Winners were chosen by a panel of judges convened by CFO magazine and Arthur Andersen LLP. Judges included Paul R. Charron, CEO of Liz Claiborne Inc.; Douglas McCorkindale, president of Gannett Co.; Nell Minow, principal of LENS Inc.; Michael E. Murphy, vice chairman (retired) of Sara Lee Corp.; Thomas J. Neff, chairman of SpencerStuart U.S.; Jerome B. York, vice chairman of Tracinda Corp.; and Julia Homer, editor of CFO. Out of 118 applicant, 39 finalists were judged in 10 categories.