Looking back at 75 years of change.

Financial Executive, November, 2006

The past 75 years have seen the most tumultuous changes in history, and Financial Executives International has evolved with those changes. From a meeting of eight corporate controllers in New York City back at the end of 1931, FEI has grown into an international organization with more than 15,000 members that serves as the voice of the corporate finance profession. In the process, it has changed its name twice and added a panoply of professional services and functions.

Of course, the finance function has changed enormously as well. Recent generations have seen the evolution of a chief financial officer, tremendous growth of computerization and automation, and the transformation of the top finance role from purely financial control to one that involves strategic...

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