Chris Liddell
Chris Liddell
Christopher P. Liddell CNZMis a New Zealand businessman. He was the Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officerof General Motors. Liddell joined GM in January 2010, and led the company’s global finance operations until March 2011, including the $23billion GM IPO, at the time the largest ever...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth24 April 1958
CountryUnited States of America
I don't sit down and relax very much. I don't desire to.
expect generally tolerance
I don't have a tolerance for long meetings. I generally expect to get things over with quickly.
ability business choose efforts focus group growth innovation places product recent revenue
Revenue growth of 29% in the business group that have had recent product launches demonstrates our ability to choose the right places to focus our innovation efforts and make investments.
gym morning normally work
My day, normally speaking, is: I go the gym in the morning, I go and work for 10 or 12 hours, I have dinner, I go to sleep.
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This will be the first time since calendar year 1995 that we have had simultaneous launches of these two flagship products and we will make a considerable marketing and sales investment for these launches and, to a lesser extent, for the launch of Exchange 12.
company good start year
We've had a good start to an important year for the company.
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confidence about the future performance of the company.
achieve finding role
Each of my career decisions has been very much about doing what I wanted to achieve in the role and then finding another challenge.
clearly financial happy overall
We were clearly happy with the overall financial performance.
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We remain confident in our growth prospects and have an exciting product line-up, which includes major releases like Xbox 360, SQL Server 2005, Office 12 and Windows Vista.
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We're still talking about Vista launching in the second half of this year, so no change there.
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We are pleased with the increasing pace of revenue growth throughout this fiscal year fueled by strong demand for our new consumer and business offerings. We are now accelerating our investments in the business to drive future growth, which is reflected in our financial guidance. We believe next fiscal year will deliver even stronger double-digit revenue growth than this year.
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We've also maintained our focus on working capital, reducing it by NZ$202 million over the last 12 months
expecting next number trend
We are not expecting the trend to significantly weaken from that, but expect that moderating number to be more like what we expect for next year.