Virpy Richter's guest appearances

Virpy Richter

CFO THOUGHT LEADER

Entrepreneur University Podcast

Female Business: Der nushu podcast

The CFO Playbook

Ross Tennenbaum

Ken Goldman

Tom Fencl

Chris Roling

Darrell Cox

Catherine Birkett

Chitra Balasubramanian

Kevin Jacobson

Talita Ferreira

Nitesh Sharan

Anup Singh

Anders Liu-Lindberg

Chris Baker

Bob Feller

Dave Kellogg

OwlTail

Now CFO of affiliate marketing network Awin, Virpy Richter has never been the kind of finance professional who prefers to hide in a corner with her spreadsheets. Not only has she worked all over Europe, for startups and big companies, she’s also held positions in human resources and legal departments.Diving into different cultures has taught Virpy the importance of local knowledge, especially in companies with a global reach. Understanding the similarities and differences between how things work in other countries underscored for her the value of adapting to an environment, while also standardizing frameworks and processes for the sake of efficiency.Far from stymying her financial career, these international insights into workplace culture make Virpy more qualified to hold the CFO spot. As she argues, CFOs today need to think more like business partners than number-crunchers if they want to claim a seat in the C-suite.On this episode of The CFO Playbook, Virpy explains the challenges and benefits of parachuting into a foreign workplace, why CFOs need to embrace technology for the sake of their employees and how Awin is rethinking its approach to work-life balance.Connect with Virpy on LinkedIn.Connect with our host Ross on LinkedIn.If you want a better way to track and control your team’s spend, checkout Soldo.com.

Now CFO of affiliate marketing network Awin, Virpy Richter has never been the kind of finance professional who prefers to hide in a corner with her spreadsheets. Not only has she worked all over Europe, for startups and big companies, she’s also held positions in human resources and legal departments.Diving into different cultures has taught Virpy the importance of local knowledge, especially in companies with a global reach. Understanding the similarities and differences between how things work in other countries underscored for her the value of adapting to an environment, while also standardizing frameworks and processes for the sake of efficiency.Far from stymying her financial career, these international insights into workplace culture make Virpy more qualified to hold the CFO spot. As she argues, CFOs today need to think more like business partners than number-crunchers if they want to claim a seat in the C-suite.On this episode of The CFO Playbook, Virpy explains the challenges and benefits of parachuting into a foreign workplace, why CFOs need to embrace technology for the sake of their employees and how Awin is rethinking its approach to work-life balance.<a href="https://de.linkedin.com/in/virpy-richter-9262a823" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Connect with Virpy on LinkedIn</a>.<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rossamackay/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Connect with our host Ross on LinkedIn.</a>If you want a better way to track and control your team’s spend, checkout <a href="http://www.soldo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Soldo.com</a>.

Awin | With Virpy Richter, CFO

Virpy Richter, CFO des globalen Affiliate Marketing Netzwerks Awin, teilt ihre Insights: Sie hat die Vier-Tage-Woche in ihrem Unternehmen nach dem Bottom-up-Prinzip mit Task Forces aus freiwilligen Mitarbeitenden bereits erfolgreich implementiert, die Pilotphase läuft seit Anfang 2021. In #52 von „Female Business: Der nushu Podcast“ geht es mit nushu founderin Melly um die hot topics.• Vier-Tage-Woche• Wie generiert man Extra-Energie für Change in den Teams?. • Startup vs. Konzern: Wo ist mehr Platz für entrepreneurial spirit?.Was es mit der Awin-Unternehmensstrategie “Vision 2023” auf sich hat und welche Key-Learnings das Pilotprojekt der Vier-Tage-Woche im Unternehmen bis jetzt geliefert hat, erfährst du gleich hier in deinem Lieblingspodcast. ..Falls du weitere spannende Persönlichkeiten kennst, die hier im Podcast unbedingt zu Wort kommen sollten, schicke uns eine Mail an: podcast@teamnushu.de..| Hier findest du Virpy:👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/virpy-richter-9262a823/?originalSubdomain=de👉 https://www.awin.com/de/news-und-events/awin-news/virpy-richter-chief-financial-officer..| Du hast Lust auf noch mehr nushu und Female Business? Dann bewirb dich jetzt auf eine Membership: 👉 https://www.teamnushu.de/mitmachen..| Dir gefällt der nushu podcast? Dann abonniere ihn und lass uns eine 5-Sterne-Bewertung oder eine Rezension da 💪 Verbesserungsvorschläge bitte an podcast@teamnushu.de. Danke!

Virpy Richter, CFO des globalen Affiliate Marketing Netzwerks Awin, teilt ihre Insights: Sie hat die Vier-Tage-Woche in ihrem Unternehmen nach dem Bottom-up-Prinzip mit Task Forces aus freiwilligen Mitarbeitenden bereits erfolgreich implementiert, die Pilotphase läuft seit Anfang 2021. In #52 von „Female Business: Der nushu Podcast“ geht es mit nushu founderin Melly um die hot topics . • Vier-Tage-Woche • Wie generiert man Extra-Energie für Change in den Teams?. • Startup vs. Konzern: Wo ist mehr Platz für entrepreneurial spirit? . Was es mit der Awin-Unternehmensstrategie “Vision 2023” auf sich hat und welche Key-Learnings das Pilotprojekt der Vier-Tage-Woche im Unternehmen bis jetzt geliefert hat, erfährst du gleich hier in deinem Lieblingspodcast. . . Falls du weitere spannende Persönlichkeiten kennst, die hier im Podcast unbedingt zu Wort kommen sollten, schicke uns eine Mail an: podcast@teamnushu.de . . | Hier findest du Virpy: 👉 <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/virpy-richter-9262a823/?originalSubdomain=de" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/virpy-richter-9262a823/?originalSubdomain=de</a> 👉 <a href="https://www.awin.com/de/news-und-events/awin-news/virpy-richter-chief-financial-officer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.awin.com/de/news-und-events/awin-news/virpy-richter-chief-financial-officer</a> . . | Du hast Lust auf noch mehr nushu und Female Business? Dann bewirb dich jetzt auf eine Membership: 👉 <a href="https://www.teamnushu.de/mitmachen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.teamnushu.de/mitmachen</a> . . | Dir gefällt der nushu podcast? Dann abonniere ihn und lass uns eine 5-Sterne-Bewertung oder eine Rezension da 💪 Verbesserungsvorschläge bitte an podcast@teamnushu.de. Danke!

Change strategisch implementieren – Task Force: Vier-Tage-Woche - Virpy Richter

It was supposed to be the type of introduction that would help to break the ice between a new business leader and her direct reports. However, the words spoken by the managing director (MD) became frozen in time. Or at least this was the case for Virpy Richter, who at the age of 27 had only recently relocated from Germany after having accepted a promotion to oversee the finances of her company’s Dutch operating unit. “This is the German girl from our central unit. Be nice to her. She is just visiting us,” Richter recalls the MD saying, as her 25 direct reports curiously stared back at her.   In retrospect, the MD might even be commended for having had language skills sufficient to so thoroughly and completely undermine a colleague in the space of a few short sentences, which was no small feat considering that he was able to reference Richter’s youth, gender, and nationality while at the same time even summoning doubts about the permanence of her position. While these words remain frozen in time for Richter, the lesson that she would carry forth from this role involved more their aftermath.   “This was my first leadership role, so my response was much more intuitive because at that age I had not taken any leadership seminars and didn’t have any past experiences on which to draw,” explains Richter, who says that her intuition told her to be a good listener. “Listen to the people—listen to their expectations and let them help you to understand,” she explains. Fast-forward a number of years, and Richter is once more crossing borders—this time into Russia, where she is working as a senior finance professional for myToys, a large German e-commerce retailer. Says Richter: “I had three months to set up the Russian entity, recruit the people, and make the goods available because we wanted to be operating by Christmas.” Today, Richter resides in Germany, where as CFO of Awin Global she applies her cross-border lessons to Awin’s quickly expanding operations. –Jack Sweeney

It was supposed to be the type of introduction that would help to break the ice between a new business leader and her direct reports. However, the words spoken by the managing director (MD) became frozen in time. Or at least this was the case for Virpy Richter, who at the age of 27 had only recently relocated from Germany after having accepted a promotion to oversee the finances of her company’s Dutch operating unit. “This is the German girl from our central unit. Be nice to her. She is just visiting us,” Richter recalls the MD saying, as her 25 direct reports curiously stared back at her.   In retrospect, the MD might even be commended for having had language skills sufficient to so thoroughly and completely undermine a colleague in the space of a few short sentences, which was no small feat considering that he was able to reference Richter’s youth, gender, and nationality while at the same time even summoning doubts about the permanence of her position. While these words remain frozen in time for Richter, the lesson that she would carry forth from this role involved more their aftermath.   “This was my first leadership role, so my response was much more intuitive because at that age I had not taken any leadership seminars and didn’t have any past experiences on which to draw,” explains Richter, who says that her intuition told her to be a good listener. “Listen to the people—listen to their expectations and let them help you to understand,” she explains. Fast-forward a number of years, and Richter is once more crossing borders—this time into Russia, where she is working as a senior finance professional for myToys, a large German e-commerce retailer. Says Richter: “I had three months to set up the Russian entity, recruit the people, and make the goods available because we wanted to be operating by Christmas.” Today, Richter resides in Germany, where as CFO of Awin Global she applies her cross-border lessons to Awin’s quickly expanding operations. –Jack Sweeney

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