阿德纳•弗里德曼正在重返纳斯达克OMX集团（NASDAQ OMX）。三年前，她从首席财务官的职位上离职，担任私募股权公司凯雷投资集团（The Carlyle Group）的首席财务官。如今，她的新职位将是全球企业、信息和科技业务总裁。

    任职凯雷投资期间，弗里德曼在2012年公司首次公开募股中发挥了重大作用。不出所料，凯雷选择在纳斯达克上市。

    眼下这步棋对弗里德曼完全合情合理。它基本上让她参与到了最终执掌纳斯达克的竞争之中，而她竞争凯雷接班人几乎是不可能的（格伦•杨金和新聘的麦克•卡瓦纳显然被视为接班人）。而且，她再次掌管业务集团运营，这也正是她在纳斯达克最终担任CFO前掌管的事务。

    尽管如此，读到这篇公告，我仍大感意外。毕竟，仅仅六周之前，凯雷宣布了一项针对弗里德曼、卡瓦纳和杨金的激励计划。设计这项计划的目的显然是为了让他们共同进退。

    “坦率说，金钱不是推动我选择另外一份工作的动力，”弗里德曼在周一早晨的简短电话通话中表示。“我做决定的依据是，什么能让我在未来十年真正感到兴奋。”

    她补充说，正式的聘用函是上周三纳斯达克董事会之后发出的。

    我还问弗里德曼，她是否把这个职位视为是走上纳斯达克更高职位的踏板，因为凯雷对于她离职发布的声明中有这样的暗示（纳斯达克CEO鲍勃•格雷菲尔德的合约2017年底到期）。而她的回答是：“我来担任联席总裁，我必须在这个职位上证明自己。”

    另外有一条相关的消息，凯雷称，公司首席会计官柯特•巴瑟将担任临时CFO。(财富中文网)

    Adena Friedman is returning to NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. (NDAQ), three years after stepping down as chief financial offer to take on the CFO role at private equity firm The Carlyle Group (CG). Her new role will be as president of global corporate, information and tech solutions business.

    While with Carlyle, Friedman was instrumental in the company's 2012 initial public offering. Not surprisingly, the firm listed on NASDAQ.

    This move makes all sorts of sense for Friedman. It basically puts her in the running to eventually run the show at NASDAQ, which probably wasn't in in the cards at Carlyle (where Glenn Youngkin and new hire Mike Cavanaugh are seen as heirs apparent). Plus, she again gets to run business groups – something she did at Nasdaq before eventually switching to the CFO position.

    That said, I was quite surprised to read the announcement. After all, it was just six weeks agothat Carlyle announced a new incentive program for three senior executives – Friedman, Cavanaugh and Youngkin – that was explicitly designed to keep them in the fold.

    "Honestly, money isn't what drives me to do one job over another," Friedman explained this morning, during a brief phone call. "I make those decisions based on what will make me really excited about the next 10 years."

    She adds that the formal job offer came following as NASDAQ board meeting last Wednesday.

    I also asked Friedman if she viewed this as a stepping stone to an even high position within NASDAQ, given that Carlyle's statement about her departure suggested as much (NASDAQ CEO Bob Greifeld's contract runs through 2017). All she would say about that was: "I'm coming in to be co-president and I must prove myself in that role."

    In related news, Carlyle said that chief accounting officer Curt Buser would serve as interim CFO.