IAFEI Quarterly - 38th Issue

02. LEttEr oF thE ChAIrmAn by Fausto Cosi 03. LEttEr oF thE ChIEF EdItor by Helmut Schnabel 04. tABLE oF ContEntS _______________________________________________________________________ 06. SurvEy oF CFoS ACroSS thE WorLd, For thE 3rd QuArtEr 2017 By IAFEI and a Group of Partners, among which Duke University, Durham, N.C., USA, Duke The Fuqua School of Business, and Grenoble Ecole de Management, France. The Survey was running from August 22 to September 7, 2017 _______________________________________________________________________ 10. EvEnt SummAry 47 th IAFEI WorLd ConGrESS For CFo’S By Débora Soares, Luiz Calado and Priscilla Arroyo, IBEFSP, the Brazilian IAFEI Member Association. _______________________________________________________________________ 14. LAtIn AmErICA And GLoBAL ConnECtIonS: InnovAtIon IS thE EnGInE For dISCovEry oF oPPortunItIES By Luiz Calado – Chairman of the 47th IAFEI World Congress, organized by IBEFSP, the Brazilian IAFEI Member Association. _______________________________________________________________________ 17. “we need A feedbAck-culture” Evonik installs a broader discussion forum – CFO: Integration has an absolute priority – Acquisitions decrease the dependency from animal feed business unit. Interview with Mrs. Ute Wolf, CFO of Evonik Industries AG, from Börsen-Zeitung, Frankfurt amMain, Germany, September 16, 2017, Article provided by GEFIU, the German IAFEI Member Association. _______________________________________________________________________ 23. “the merck-fAmily behAves As A rAtionAl investor” The CFO about balancing the interests between the core-shareholder and the capital market, the advantages of the conglomerate group and the digital challenges. Interview with Dr. Marcus Kuhnert, CFO of Merck Group, Germany, from Börsen-Zeitung, Frankfurt amMain, Germany, August 19, 2017, ArticleprovidedbyGEFIU, theGerman IAFEIMember Association. IAFEI QUARTERLY 38 Th ISSUE, ocTobER 2017 4 tABLE oF ContEntS