THE UK'S PREMIER INVITATION-ONLY EVENT FOR FINANCE EXECUTIVES
Future of Finance Exchange - Day 2
7:45 am - 8:30 am
Event Registration & Breakfast
8:30 am - 8:40 am
Exchange Day Two Welcome and Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
8:40 am - 9:10 am
Keynote Panel - From Reactive Reporting to Predictive Finance – The Future of Forecasting & Analytics
Akash Jalan -
Global Finance Transformation Leader (Former Executive Director, FP&A, JLL),
Private
Yoav Narkys - Executive Director, Head of Business FP&A, Lonza
Cristian-Stefan Straluciuc - Senior Finance Lead, On Location
John Hall - COO & Global Finance Transformation Lead, Bunzl UK and Ireland
Darren Joffe - Value-Creation Finance Director (Former Senior Finance Director, Financial Times, Financial Times
How advanced analytics and agile planning unlock clarity in an uncertain world
Akash Jalan
Global Finance Transformation Leader (Former Executive Director, FP&A, JLL)Private
Darren Joffe
Value-Creation Finance Director (Former Senior Finance Director, Financial TimesFinancial Times
9:10 am - 9:55 am
Keynote Panel - The Strategic CFO – Influence, Resilience, and Leadership in the Age of Constraints
Billie O'Connor -
CFO,
Mulberry
Sharon Naidoo - Chief Financial Officer - UK and Europe, TransUnion
Vivek Patankar - Divisional CFO, ConvaTec
Dennis Sasse - Group Finance Director, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Roche
John Hall - COO & Global Finance Transformation Lead, Bunzl UK and Ireland
The CFO role has shifted decisively from financial steward to strategic co-pilot of growth. Today’s finance leaders must deliver more with fewer resources, balance permanent uncertainty with long-term value creation, and lead teams through cultural and technological transformation. Drawing on perspectives from Advisory Board members, this panel explores how CFOs are building influence across the C-suite and beyond, developing the leadership skills that matter most, and preparing finance organisations for the next decade.
Discussion themes:
• CFO as co-pilot: Building trust and influence with the CEO, board, and executive peers
• Doing more with less: Leading with credibility under budget, talent, and technology constraints
• Always-on crisis mode: Balancing short-term performance with courageous long-term investments
• CFO as coach: Inspiring teams, modelling behaviours, and embedding growth mindset cultures
• Stakeholder management excellence: Leading across IT, operations, and business units
• Trust and values-driven leadership: Meeting ESG and regulatory expectations while maintaining investor and employee confidence
• Leadership development: Soft skills, resilience, and communication as differentiators for CFOs preparing for CEO-level roles
10:00 am - 10:30 am One-to-one Business Meetings | Peer-to-peer Networking
10:35 am - 11:05 am One-to-one Business Meetings | Peer-to-peer Networking
Koula Achillea - Financial Director - Marella Cruises, Tui
Daria Fomenko - Senior Finance Director, Global Vaccines, GSK
The finance function is evolving faster than ever, as automation is reshaping workflows, AI is redefining analytical capabilities, and teams are being asked to do more with less. Yet amid this transformation, one truth remains: people are still the greatest source of competitive advantage.
This session explores how women in senior finance roles are leading this evolution, not through quotas or policy statements, but by redefining what effective leadership looks like in an era of continuous change. From developing talent when traditional pathways are disappearing to creating inclusive, high-performance cultures where diverse perspectives thrive, we’ll examine the new human capital playbook for finance leaders.
Key Discussion Points:
• Human capital in the AI era: How finance leaders build skills, confidence, and purpose when automation removes traditional training grounds.
• Future leadership capabilities: Which mindsets, behaviours, and emotional intelligence traits define successful leaders in the next decade.
• Inclusive leadership in action: How diversity of thought drives better decision-making and resilience during transformation.
• Talent and capability development: Building advancement pathways in leaner, flatter finance organisations.
• Culture as a growth driver: Creating psychologically safe, performance-driven environments that attract and retain the best talent.
• Personal leadership evolution: How senior women are navigating influence, visibility, and impact at the board level.
This discussion moves beyond representation to explore how finance leaders - particularly women - are redefining leadership, human capital, and culture for a new era of transformation.
11:10 am - 11:40 am
Plenary - The CFO–CEO Partnership: Driving Enterprise Transformation from Consolidation to Resilient Growth
Carl Rogberg -
Group CFO,
Oriflame Cosmetics
For CFOs steering companies through major transitions, transformation is rarely linear. After external shocks reshape markets, the path from stabilisation to growth demands patience, clarity, and partnership at the highest level. This session explores how the CFO and CEO partnership can redefine an organisation’s future, rebuilding financial resilience, restoring credibility, and preparing the foundations for renewed growth. This session will examine how finance can lead from the front during consolidation, align boards and teams around a shared direction, and sustain momentum when transformation proves slower and harder than expected.
Key Takeaways:
• Building alignment with CEOs and Boards during multi-year transformation and recovery cycles
• Translating financial stability into a platform for sustainable growth and renewed confidence
• Balancing cost discipline with targeted investment in future value drivers
• Managing the realities of transformation fatigue while keeping teams focused and engaged
• Strengthening finance’s strategic role as both stabiliser and growth catalyst
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
Plenary: Finance at Game Time – Managing Reporting, Forecasting & Cross-Border Complexity When Deadlines Don’t Move
Cristian-Stefan Straluciuc -
Senior Finance Lead,
On Location
In global sport and entertainment, finance operates where revenues are volatile, operations span jurisdictions, and deadlines are immovable. When a major event goes live, reporting cannot slip and forecasts must adapt in real time.
Drawing on experience within a complex, multi-entity organisation, this session explores how finance leaders manage cross-border reporting, dynamic forecasting, and capital discipline under constant pressure. It demonstrates how strong data foundations, governance, and scenario-led planning enable finance to deliver clarity, control, and strategic value when there is zero margin for delay.
Key Takeaways
• Managing multi-entity, cross-border reporting complexity under shifting regulatory demands
• Building dynamic forecasting models that adapt to event-driven revenue volatility
• Maintaining control, governance, and data integrity in high-pressure environments
• Strengthening liquidity oversight and capital allocation when priorities change rapidly
• Translating event-driven finance discipline into practical lessons for any global organisation
For CFOs, transformation success is measured not in milestones but in measurable business outcomes. This session explores how finance can move beyond optimisation to become a true engine of enterprise value creation. Drawing on his experiences leading transformation programmes that delivered over £3bn in P&L benefits, this session explores how transformation can be both disciplined and daring, combining strategic alignment, cultural change, and executional excellence to deliver sustainable growth at scale.
Key Takeaways:
• Designing finance transformation programmes that deliver measurable enterprise value
• Aligning commercial, operations, and finance teams behind shared growth objectives
• Sustaining pace and confidence through multi-year transformation cycles
• Balancing governance and agility to ensure results translate to the bottom line
• Building credibility and influence by leading transformation that speaks in P&L terms
Ilya Selivanov
Finance & Transformation Lead, Senior Advisor Private Equity, former SVP ReckittReckitt
12:50 pm - 1:50 pm
Networking Lunch Day 2
Nearly there! Get Ready for the Final Stretch of the Exchange with our Last Keynotes and Roundtables This Evening.
Brainstorming Session:
Help Us Shape the Next CIO Exchange
Joanna Edwards, Event Director, Future of Finance & CFO Exchange
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Plenary Panel - Beyond Compliance – ESG as Strategic Value and ROI in Uncertain Times
Kai Zinn -
Senior Vice President of Sustainability Management,
Merck KGaA
Armand Angeli - Vice-President, Digital Transformation and AI Group, DFCG
As ESG expectations evolve, finance leaders are shifting from compliance to value creation, turning sustainability into a driver of resilience, capital efficiency, and competitive advantage. This session examines how leading organisations are integrating ESG into core strategy, linking sustainability outcomes to measurable ROI, and aligning financial planning with long-term stakeholder value.
Updated Discussion Themes:
• Year one of CSRD: Lessons learned from reporting, assurance, and audit reviews
• Building the ROI case: Quantifying ESG-linked risk, opportunity, and capital allocation
• From compliance to performance: embedding ESG into budgeting, forecasting, and investment models
• Customer-driven sustainability: How demand across the value chain reshapes finance priorities
• Avoiding the credibility gap: managing greenwashing and greenhushing risks
• Integrating ESG data with financial and operational KPIs
• Investor and lender perspectives: how finance can lead credible, performance-linked ESG narratives
• What “good” looks like: peer insights on effective ESG governance and resource allocation
THE CFO ACTION-SETTERS:
Group A
3:00 pm - 3:45 pm The CFO Action SettersYour final opportunity to go off-script.
Join your fellow delegates for a peer-led discussion session to close out the Exchange — no set agenda, no presentations. Just an open floor to tackle the conversations that matter most.
Find your table, meet your new peers, and open your envelope to get started.
The goal: leave this room with at least one idea you can act on from Monday morning.
