CompaniesChanticleerChanticleerTelstra’s second-in-command proves the modern CFO is a co-pilot, not a bean counter.Think chief financial officers are just for numbers? Put yourself in Telstra number cruncher Michael Ackland’s shoes.With his boss Vicki Brady away, and faced with a national network outage, he fronted the press pack at short notice in his hometown Melbourne, and did it on his ear.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Latest In Financial servicesFetching latest articles