Coworking with Graison Dangor

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Coworking is a weekly segment where we talk to CFOs and other leaders in the finance space about their experiences, their companies, and the larger economy. This week, we’re featuring one of our own! Let us know if you are—or you know—a CFO we should interview.

Graison Dangor recently joined the CFO Brew team. Since readers will be hearing a lot from this New York-based reporter in the coming days, we’d like to introduce him to you.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

What’s your business reporting background?

I’ve reported business stories for outlets including Forbes, NPR, and the main newspaper in my home state, the Minneapolis Star Tribune. In that time, I’ve enjoyed covering everything from local businesses to startups raising capital to large-cap corporate earnings. The business of healthcare has been a theme in my coverage, but I enjoy diving into everything.

What are the CFO Brew beats you’re most excited to cover?

It would be easier to answer what I’m not excited to cover! I see a lot of potential supply chain stories, especially as CFOs take on greater roles managing them. How are CFOs managing risks from destabilizing events, foremost among them two wars and evermore extreme weather fueled by climate change? What are they doing to ensure compliance with new robust measures that governments are taking to ensure human rights are protected along the supply chain?

What do you see as the most significant trends impacting our audience in 2024?

While the US economy’s soft landing has allowed CFOs to exhale a little—call it a soft exhale—the rest of the world is still giving them plenty of risk to manage. Apart from the impacts of war and the climate crisis, decision-makers will no doubt be planning for vastly different versions of 2025 depending on the outcome of the presidential election. The slower recovery of growth in the rest of the global economy, including China, will continue to be a challenge for demand forecasting. Oh, and what roundup would be complete without mentioning AI? Both its promise for more efficient operations and its risks for deploying a technology that’s developing faster than anyone can anticipate.

What are you reading now?

I just finished Fuzz by Mary Roach, which is about the different, often very odd, ways that people manage conflicts with wildlife. I love a writer who can break down complex topics —especially things that are unprecedented —with humanity and humor. I take a lot of inspiration from her approach, even if I don’t plan to report on the US military’s attempts to control albatross populations.

Where are you spending a free afternoon in New York City?

If it’s an afternoon with the unusually cold weather we’ve been having, I’m probably trying out a new recipe in my apartment. But if it’s nice out, I love taking my dog to Prospect Park and just enjoying the green space.