Chris Meyer

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Chartered accountant turned software CEO. Led Excel4apps through its sale to insightsoftware in 2018.

Chris Meyer is a chartered accountant who became a software CEO. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Accountancy from the University of Johannesburg and is a member of both the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and CIMA. In 2009 he joined Excel4apps, whose tools bring Oracle and SAP financial data into Excel for reporting, budgeting and journals, to lead its Americas business. He added the UK and Europe in 2014 and became CEO in 2016. In 2018 he led the company through its acquisition by insightsoftware. At Born Capital he is a partner on the Investment Committee.

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    Why AI Will Not Replace Excel in Finance

    Will AI replace Excel in finance? No. The spreadsheet is where finance checks, adjusts and owns AI output, and where a formula gives the same answer twice.

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