Create More Value Fortuna Advisors LLC

With Anna Catalano’s extensive experience as a board director across many industries and as a former executive in energy, she shares insights that are useful to anyone in a business leadership role. Her thoughts on how companies can avoid being disrupted, and the board’s important role in this, are very helpful. She also covers risk management, innovation, and career advice for women, and throughout, she fills the discussion with well thought out advice to all.

Scott Morrison recently stepped down from being CFO of Ball Corporation, the longest running user of EVA, which is economic value added. Over his tenure, Ball has delivered about eight times the total shareholder return of the market, a very impressive result. Scott explains how EVA has helped management and employees deliver such outstanding results, with commentary on planning, capital allocation, investment decisions and corporate culture.

Pamela Savino, CEO and founder of Live Authentically, says “There's nothing more magnetic than a leader who's in touch with who they truly are,” but she concedes that, “inauthentic behaviors are pretty prevalent, mainly because our society isn't set up to promote authenticity.” She blends her corporate experience with the concept of authenticity and shows executives how they can attract more in all areas of life and business. Organizations who invest in authentic leadership will create more v...

Gary Bischoping, a partner at private equity firm Hellman & Friedman and former CFO of Finastra and Varian Medical Systems, explains how “operationalizing value creation” can be a “superpower.” Indeed, at Varian, Gary championed a focus on explicit value management, both at corporate and in operations, that redirected their capital allocation priorities, reignited profitable growth, and dramatically increased the share price. Gary refers to himself as a “corporate finance junky,” and he e...

Investing in small and mid-cap public companies can be tricky, but Glenn Welling, founder and chief investment officer of Engaged Capital, has made a name for himself in the industry. About being an activist, he said, “When we arrive, nobody ever wants us there… [but] once we’ve been there for 90 days, nobody wants us to leave.”. With a background in investment banking and strategy consulting, Glenn brings valuable skills to each company he invests in. Glenn shared what Engaged Capital looks ...

Paul Clancy successfully engaged with activist investors for more than a decade as CFO of Biogen, then Alexion. A stalwart believer in value-based management, Paul was recognized in the top three biotech CFOs by Institutional Investor from 2011-2020. He was awarded the number five Top CFO by the Wall Street Journal, across all industries. Now he sits on four biotech boards, teaches at Cornell’s business school, and is an executive in residence at Harvard Business School. We discuss the unique...