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Serving as a corporate finance executive for an organization on the perilous journey from \u201csmall and private\u201d to \u201clarge, publicly listed, and thriving\u201d taught Catalant CFO Anitha Gopalan what to hone in on as a finance chief. That experience and others like it also sharpened her gambling chops. She says that her Silicon Valley start-up experience showed her \u201chow important and relevant it is to completely understand the company story and strategy\u201d along with \u201cthe drivers that create value for shareholders.\u201d Aligning corporate finance\u2019s activities with that plan and its related plot points enables CFOs, she adds, to \u201coptimize everything you do depending on what you are betting on and where you are doubling down.\u201d The 20-year corporate finance veteran is now betting on her dynamic leadership skills to help Catalant to accelerate and scale its mission of enabling client companies to revolutionize\xa0their human capital strategy.