22sep4:00 pm6:00 pmThe RTP CFO Forum meets Thursday, September 22, 2022 (AFTERNOON IN-PERSON MEETING)
The RTP CFO Forum will hold its next monthly meeting on Thursday, September 22, 2022 The Forum provides a peer-to-peer networking opportunity for approximately
The RTP CFO Forum will hold its next monthly meeting on Thursday, September 22, 2022
The Forum provides a peer-to-peer networking opportunity for approximately 250 CFOs and similar senior financial executives to learn practical solutions to the challenges they face.
PLEASE NOTE: We have resumed meeting in person with an afternoon time!
Please RSVP to Jessica Smith by Wednesday, September 21, at 919.232.5991 or email rsvp@rtpcfos.com
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Networking
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Program
5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Networking
Meeting Location: Hughes Pittman & Gupton, LLP • 1500 Sunday Dr. • Suite 300 • Raleigh
Topic: Building Shelter, where People work, live and play
Program Objective: The speaker will talk about the CEO’s journey of forming a new company, as well as the critical aspects of the CEO-CFO relationship to the public market and all stakeholders.
Speaker: James Metcalf, Chairman & CEO of Cornerstone Building Brands
Please join the RTP CFO Forum and James Metcalf for an afternoon discussion on the CEO’s Journey of forming a new company. In 2018, James Metcalf merged 5 companies, forming the largest exterior building products company in the US, with over 21,000 associates. He will also discuss the critical aspects of the CEO-CFO relationship to the public market and all stakeholders.
James (Jim) Metcalf led the merger of NCI Inc. (NYSE) with Ply Gem to form Cornerstone Building Brands (NYSE) in 2018. Cornerstone is the largest exterior building products company operating in the U.S., Mexico & Canada. CNR has an expansive product offering of windows, doors, siding, and commercial buildings with more than 100 locations and 22,000 employees. Since the merger, Jim has lead an additional 9 transactions of acquisitions & divestitures growing revenue to over $6.7 billion.
Jim established the introduction of core values, mission and vision as well as renaming the company to Cornerstone utilizing input from employees, the Board and an outside consultant. The merger led to synergies and cost reductions amounting to over $240 million as well as 8 consecutive quarters of margin expansion.
EXPERIENCE
Over 40 years of leadership experience in both public and private companies spanning various industries from building products, automation and medical. Metcalf successfully de-leveraged the balance sheet through cost reduction, portfolio rebalancing, and operational excellence as well as growth through innovation and M&A.
About the RTP CFO Forum:
The RTP CFO Forum serves approximately 250 CFOs and similar senior financial executives in the greater Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill region. The Forum provides interactive networking and discussion of technical and strategic topics in a secure environment created exclusively for senior-level peers, sparking new ideas and practical solutions to pressing issues. The combination of relevant speakers and topics with opportunities to build professional networks enables its members to grow and thrive. CPE is provided on select topics. To learn more, visit http://www.rtpcfos.com/.
Please note that the RTP CFO Forum is typically scheduled for the third Thursday of every month from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Attendance is limited to CFOs or senior financial professionals in similar positions.
The RTP CFO Forum is sponsored by Hughes Pittman & Gupton, LLP. For more information, please contact us.
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September 22, 2022 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm(GMT-11:00)
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