Egor Lyasko is Head of FP&A, Northern Europe at The Kraft Heinz Company, encompassing some of the world’s most loved brands including Heinz ketchup, Philadelphia Cream Cheese and Lunchables. After gaining a master’s degree in biochemistry from the University of Oxford, Egor started at Kraft Heinz as a trainee rising rapidly in six years to Head of FP&A, Northern Europe.
What we covered in this episode:
- His rapid career rise at Kraft Heinz attracted by the ketchup maker’s “culture of ownership.”
- The principles of finance transformation and the core lessons learnt
- How Kraft Heinz manages its annual budget cycle (and what he would do differently next time)
- The role of integrated business planning at the world’s fifth-largest food and beverage conglomerate
- The importance of being a “mini CFO’ in a sales finance partnership role
- FP&A as Guardians of the P&L
- Why he doesn’t have an ambition to become a CFO
- His perfect retirement dream
- His favorite Excel function
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