Frederic Peeters

VP Group Finance & GBS Bekaert

Frederic acts as the VP Group Business Services Finance at Bekaert as of July 2023, leading both the Group Finance team (IFRS technical accounting, external reporting, consolidation) and the Global Business Services (GBS) organization (captive & outsourced SSC network, Advanced Reporting Center, and Financial Controlling). He has more than 15 years of financial and strategic experience across various industries, combining business and consulting experience having worked in 10 countries throughout his career. After joining Bekaert in 2018 as the Head of Business Performance (FP&A), he became the VP Finance for Steel Wire Solutions. Prior to that, he was 3 years at EY Consulting focusing on finance transformation and M&A projects. He also spent 8 years at GE taking on a broad variety of finance roles and leadership positions. With his wife and 2 sons, he lives in the northern part of Belgium.

Pre-Conference Focus Days: May 14th, 2024

9:00 AM Exploring the Potential of Generative AI to Disrupt the GBS Industry

You might have been living under a rock if you have yet to hear about Generative AI. A vital topic, but, how important it is for the GBS transformation remains to be unanswered. We have assembled a panel of pioneers to share their thoughts and insights:

·       What are the potential use cases for Generative Ai in the GBS space?

·       Exploring various generative AI tools to align with potential functional areas and objectives

·       Integrating generative AI tools with existing technology systems

Conference Day Two: May 15th, 2024

12:30 PM Panel Discussion: Value from Intelligent Operations – (How) Does GBS Deliver?

As process mining is adopted by more GBS organisations, significant improvements have been made to the technology. This means that not only is it easier to implement, but the application possibilities have exploded. In this session we discuss:

·       How has process mining evolved?

·       Process mining in the age of Chat GPT, AI and machine learning

·       New applications for process mining: what processes are getting the best results

·       What’s next? The future for process mining and intelligence  

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

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