ARRIVAL, REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST NETWORKING
INTRODUCTION FROM THE NETWORK GROUP & CHAIRPERSON
Sarah Watson, Director of Finance and Technology, Make A Wish Foundation
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
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
COFFEE BREAK AND NETWORKING
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
Networking Lunch
Hosted by insightsoftware

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
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
COFFEE BREAK AND 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
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
Chairperson’s closing remarks
A short reflection on today’s discussions, & thank you to our audience & speakers.
MORNING REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST
Informal networking over breakfast.
Opening remarks from the Chairperson
A welcome from the Chairperson.
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.
Victoria Goodings, Director, Workplace Strategy, BNP Paribas
Mark van den Ouweland, Head of Finance – Digital Transformation, Philips Domestic Appliances
Laura Savio Foster, Finance Director – Operations, DP World Tour
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.
COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING
Open Forum Think Tank
Risk management
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
Networking Lunch hosted by Payhawk

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
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