The Daily CSX: What’s Life Like for an Industry-Switching CFO?

By David McCann, CFO.com; April 5, 2018

Count Fredrik Eliasson as one who thinks CFO skills are highly transportable across industries.

Not everyone agrees. Indeed, it’s fairly common for finance executives to stay in a single industry for their entire careers. For others, the time comes when they just want a change.

Eliasson, 46, is among the latter. After 20 years with railroad company CSX, he switched industries in a big way by signing on in March to run finance at Change Healthcare. The firm provides software, analytics, network solutions, and other technology-enabled services for health-care payers and providers.

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