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Boards: What's Your Max?

Directorships have much to offer CFOs, but companies are increasingly putting restrictions on these opportunities.

July 6, 2010

Darlene Deptula-Hicks's retirement plan entails doing extra work now, on top of her day job as CFO of medical-imaging software maker iCad. About six years ago, she began actively pursuing directorships to gain experience she can use later, when it's time to move beyond the 9-to-5 grind. "You get to keep your hand in the business world and have more flexibility in your life," she says of her hoped-for future as a busy corporate board director. Read more...

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