EUROPE'S PREMIER INVITATION-ONLY EVENT FOR FINANCE EXECUTIVES

19 - 20 October 2026 | Leonardo Royal Hotel Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Saad Lahlou

Division CFO Hermès

Agenda Day 1

2:00 PM THINK TANK D: FP&A Transformation: From Reporting to Decision Intelligence

FP&A is evolving from a function focused on reporting what has happened and forecasting what might happen, towards one that

actively helps the business decide what to do next. In this interactive think tank, Saad Lahlou, Divisional CFO, will open with a real-world

example from Hermès, exploring how FP&A can use data, AI and demand-driven planning to move beyond traditional production-led

planning and support better commercial and operational decisions. Saad will introduce the challenge of planning inventory and product

allocation across a global luxury retail network and share how at Hermès, the approach has increasingly shifted towards understanding patterns

of consumption by store, city and country. Join us to discover how using data, AI and planning technology, FP&A can help reverse the planning

logic, starting with demand and then assessing production capacity, inventory and cash-flow implications.

The session will then open into a peer discussion, inviting participants to share how they are transforming their own FP&A models and where they

are seeing the greatest barriers.

We will focus on the below questions:

• From reporting to decision-making: How much of FP&A capacity is still consumed by gathering data, producing PowerPoint slides and explaining historical performance? What can and should be automated?

• From forecasts to scenarios: Are FP&A teams spending enough time on scenario modelling? How quickly can your organisation move from a change in assumption to an actionable scenario?

• From supply-led planning to demand-driven planning: Are organisations planning around what they can produce or what customers actually want? How do demand insights translate into decisions around capacity, inventory and cash?

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Saad.

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