Cathie Lesjak is executive vice president and chief financial officer of HP, where she is responsible for the company's overall financial activities and leads several departments, including business unit finance, treasury, tax and controllership. A veteran of the company for more than two decades, Lesjak previously was senior vice president and treasurer, responsible for managing the company’s worldwide cash, debt, foreign exchange, capital structure, risk management and benefits plan administration. Lesjak also managed financial operations for Enterprise Marketing and Solutions and the Software Global Business Unit. Before that, she was group controller for HP's Software Solutions Organization covering five divisions with a $400 million research and development budget. Lesjak served as controller and credit manager for the Commercial Customer Organization and also managed HP's global channel credit risk.