Matthew Gaunt
regional commercial manager, Asda Ltd (part of the Wal-Mart Group), UK
Matthew's career began with the MFI furniture Group in 1985 and has included spells with PepsiCo, Tesco and his current position with Asda which became part of the US-based Wal-Mart Group in 1999.
In Matthew's view, the main quality required of the modern finance professional is, above all, integrity.
'What this means is having the ability to challenge the organisation you work for, either to prevent wrongdoing, or to drive it on to higher levels of achievement.'
'But what's also important is the ability to strike a commercial balance in evaluating the risks and opportunities in any given situation.'