08:30 - 09:15
ARRIVAL, REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST NETWORKING
09:15 - 09:25
INTRODUCTION FROM THE NETWORK GROUP & CHAIRPERSON
Sarah Watson, Director of Finance and Technology, Make A Wish Foundation
09:25 - 10:05
WHAT DOES THE CURRENT RATE OF INFLATION MEAN FOR YOU AS A CFO?: UNDERSTAND HOW INFLATION WILL IMPACT GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES AND LEARN WHAT CAN BE DONE AND HOW YOU CAN SECURE FUTURE SUSTAINED GROWTH
- What effect has inflation had on businesses and the finance departments in general?
- How to counteract rising operating expenses with improved pricing
- Strategies to develop responsible growth as opposed to growth at any cost
Herman Weber, Controller EMEA, Diversey
10:05 - 10:45
THINKING & ACTING STRATEGICALLY AS A LEADER
- Approaches to improve strategic thinking at senior levels
- Discussions among attendees around leadership priorities for CFOs
- Wrap-up session to share finding from discussion groups
Catherine Clark, Director, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
10:45 - 11:00
COFFEE BREAK AND NETWORKING
11:00 - 11:25
Workshop 1
Top 3 challenges that keep the CFO awake at night
John Brooks, Director, Solutions Engineering, insightsoftware
Morton Geppert, Account Executive, insightsoftware
11:25 - 11:50
Networking
11:50 - 12:15
Workshop 2
Want to take control of your distributed workforce… Find out how using the right travel & expense technology can do this & save your business time & money!
Julia Jansen, Vice President, Finance EMEA, TripActions
Lauren Brennan, Product Marketing Manager EMEA, TripActions
12:15 - 12:40
Networking
12:40 - 13:05
Workshop 3
Using expense management technologies to build a finance function that drives business strategy & growth
Guy Sear, Commercial Lead UK/I, Payhawk
11:00 – 13:05
One-to-One meetings
Intelligently matched one-to-one meetings:
- Risk management
- Business reporting
- Cyber security
- Performance management
- Big data & analytics
- ERP
- BPO/BPM
- HCM
- Management information systems
- Supply chain optimisation
- Invoicing financing & e-invoicing
- Process automation
13:05 - 14:00
Networking Lunch
Hosted by insightsoftware
14:00 - 14:35
ACHIEVING OPERATIONAL RESILIENCE IN AN UNCERTAIN AGE
- Embracing resilience and how to avoid taking the wrong actions in a downturn
- Lessons learnt in resilience & agility as a result of global disruption & economic turmoil
- Is your organisation agile enough to stay ahead of the continued pace of change and uncertainty particularly with the current global situation including escalating food and energy prices, Ongoing COVID measures and the war in Ukraine?
Sarah Watson, Director of Finance and Technology, Make A Wish Foundation
14:35 - 15:10
HYBRID WORKING TRENDS: EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE DATA, INTEGRATED DELIVERY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE WORKPLACE
- Sharing the latest trends in flexible working and staff attitudes towards the workplace
- Using data to inform hybrid working policies in response to changing demands for workplaces in 2023 and beyond
Nicola Gillen, Head, Total Workplace, EMEA, Cushman & Wakefield
15:10 - 15:25
COFFEE BREAK AND NETWORKING
15:25 - 15:50
Workshop 4
Finance transformation in turbulent times
Nick Bacon, Partner, EVR
15:50 - 16:15
Networking
16:15 - 16:40
Workshop 5
Transform finance & save the planet… FP&A, xP&A & ESG!
Martin Watson, Director of Key Accounts, CCH Tagetik
16:40 - 17:05
Networking
15:25 – 17:05
One-to-One meetings
Intelligently matched one-to-one meetings:
- Risk management
- Business reporting
- Cyber security
- Performance management
- Big data & analytics
- ERP
- BPO/BPM
- HCM
- Management information systems
- Supply chain optimisation
- Invoicing financing & e-invoicing
- Process automation
17:05 - 17:50
PANEL DISCUSSION: RECRUITING AND RETAINING THE RIGHT TALENT
- Aligning an individual’s capabilities and expertise with not only the situational demands of the role but also the expectations, constraints and culture of the organisation.
- What skill sets should you be hiring for now?
- Understanding how CFOs can show data based value from good and bad hiring processes to drive decision making
- Differentiating between which functions are better to hire in house vs outsource
Tatiana Suvorova, Senior Director Sales and Education, UK & Ireland, Wella
Fabio Pesenti, Commercial Finance Director, Zimmer Biomet
Ewelina Wojtowicz, Global Head of Finance Data & Tech, Danone
Neil Morling, CFO, Handley House
17:50 - 17:55
Chairperson’s closing remarks
A short reflection on today’s discussions, & thank you to our audience & speakers.
19:00
Networking dinner & drinks reception
08:30 - 09:00
MORNING REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST
Informal networking over breakfast.
09:00 - 09:05
Opening remarks from the Chairperson
A welcome from the Chairperson.
09:05 - 10:15
Roundtable discussions
Join group discussions with your peers on some of the most challenging & significant finance topics — please confirm attendance prior to the session. Each host will facilitate the discussion & give a short presentation of key findings in a wrap-up session.
Roundtable 1: RETAINING YOUR BEST TALENT
Roundtable 3: MANAGING NEW WORKING MODELS
Victoria Goodings, Director, Workplace Strategy, BNP Paribas
Roundtable 2: EXPENSE REDUCTION
Mark van den Ouweland, Head of Finance – Digital Transformation, Philips Domestic Appliances
Roundtable 4: ADAPTING & ADJUSTING RISK APPETITE
Laura Savio Foster, Finance Director – Operations, DP World Tour
10:15 - 10:45
ROUNDTABLE WRAP-UP BY THE CHAIRPERSON
Each host gives a short overview of key findings from their discussion & creates an ideas board to be distributed post event with the presentations.
10:45 - 11:00
COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING
11:00 - 11:25
Workshop 6
xP&A: The Pathway to Intelligent Planning
Michael Judd, Senior Director, Office of Finance, Board
11:25 - 11:50
Networking
11:50 - 12:15
Open Forum Think Tank
Risk management
12:15 - 12:40
Networking
12:40 - 13:05
Open Forum Think Tank
Cyber security
11:00 – 13:05
One-to-One meetings
Intelligently matched one-to-one meetings:
- Risk management
- Business reporting
- Cyber security
- Performance management
- Big data & analytics
- ERP
- BPO/BPM
- HCM
- Management information systems
- Supply chain optimisation
- Invoicing financing & e-invoicing
- Process automation
13:05 - 14:00
Networking Lunch hosted by Payhawk
14:00 - 14:40
MAKING BETTER DECISIONS WITH MORE RELIABLE AND MORE ACCESSIBLE DATA
- Investing in accurate data collection and manipulation as an opportunity for growth and competitive advantage
- Using analytics for better decision making
- Operating synergistically with your IT and data
Ewelina Wojtowicz, Global Head of Finance Data & Tech, Danone
14:40 - 15:20
FUTURE-PROOF YOUR FINANCE TEAM: STRUCTURING FOR SUCCESS
- Best practice in change management & how to manage culture in a disrupted environment
- How would you structure a finance team from scratch? How to create a collaborative environment internationally?
- What’s the ideal mix of skills on the finance team, & how is digitalisation transforming this make-up?
Deji Adeyelure, CFO, United Bank for Africa
15:20-15:25
Closing remarks from the Chairperson