Doug Axon, former GHS graduate and son of Rosalie and Randall Axon, was one of the top three Company Financial Officers (CFO) selected for large privately owned companies in Kansas City.
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To identify this year’ honorees, the Kansas City Business Journal solicited nominations of CFOs for their outstanding performance as corporate financial stewards
Three outstanding CFOs were recognized in each of six categories. The program included an awards luncheon on June 21 at the Sheraton Overland Park.
Axon is CFO of Country Club Bank, a $985.3 million-asset bank based in Kansas City, according to a write-up in "CFO of the Year," the June 25 Supplement to the Kansas City Business Journal. He received his bachelor’s in accounting from Missouri Western University.
Axon started his career as an internal auditor at Ameribank in St. Joseph. He then took a job as senior bank auditor for an auditing firm owned by BKD LLP. He became a controller and then CFO of Mid-America Bancorp in Topeka. The company was acquired by Mercantile Bank, where he then served as CFO. Mercantile was acquired by Cincinnati-based Firstar Bank, which is now U.S. Bank. Axon stayed on as CFO of its community banking division for about five years before accepting a job as CFO of Country Club Bank.
Axon told the Kansas City Business Journal that a key advantage for him was growing up in the small community of Gallatin, which helped him learn to interact with people of all social classes. He turned that knowledge into an ability to effectively convey information.
"I learned to listen to what people are saying to you and deal with their problems no matter what level of employee they are in order to have everyone on the same page and building the best organization possible," Axon said.