CFO ANZ Live April Edition 2021

Overview

Once a month, industry leaders in Finance will be at the Chief Financial Officer Live Series. They are committed to delivering transformation strategies that will build agility, speed, intelligence and innovation. CFO ANZ Live is a hub space for all finance leaders, where you can gain insights, hear about solutions or simply join as a silent observer!

What we will cover

• Global Trends Influencing The CFO Function
• Exploring Strategies, Methods and Possible Outcomes of Automation and Streamlined Workflows
• Effective Business Process Management to Drive Agility And Value In Your Organisation
• Insights Into Better Business Partnering

Speakers

• Gareth Lewis · Content Creator, Factor Creatively driven, strategic thinker, with a passion for story-telling & story-doing. Working to helping business leaders connect through meaningful and engaging experiences.
• Craig Horneman · Chief Financial Officer, Asurion Craig was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Asurion APAC in February 2017. Previously CFO of Asurion Australia, he was instrumental in evolving the Australian business by supporting the business strategically, commercially and operationally. A skilled leader with over 25 years’ experience in the financial services (insurance) and IT industries for large multinational organizations such as HP, in finance, operational and commercial related roles. Craig has extensive experience in growing and building businesses, business and finance transformation along with business information management systems. Before joining Asurion, Craig was Head of Finance and CFO for the Retails Life Business at TAL (formerly TOWER Australia).
• Arun Sebastian · Chief Financial Officer & Company Director, IBM I'm honored to lead IBM New Zealand as its Chief Financial Officer & Board Director. In this role, I assumes a strategic role in the overall management of the company. My team is responsible for planning, implementing, managing and controlling all financial-related activities, sales operations, risk management, procurement, legal, and property management. I joined IBM in 2008 as a university graduate. Prior to joining IBM New Zealand, I've held various finance leadership roles in Boston, New York, and Dubai. I received my BBA in Accounting & Finance from the University of Houston. I'm also a Chartered Member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors.
• Kevin Goh · Chief Financial Officer, Siemens 15+ years in finance and operations executive – strong passion on technology especially the cloud and SaaS business. Joined Siemens in 2018 to embark a new journey as divisional CFO for the Industry software business in ANZ Always passionate about cloud technology and sees real opportunity for business to adopt and create real value.
• Daryl Wang · CFO, PwC South East Asia Consulting, PwC Daryl is currently the Chief Financial Officer for PwC’s Southeast Asia Consulting. He has more than 18 years of relevant finance practitioner experience both in the industry as well as a consultant, within Asia, Australia and the UK. As a management consultant, Daryl specialises in Finance transformation (including design and implementation of target operating models, process redesign and digitalisation). He has substantial experience in delivering large scale projects, including assisting clients to improve operational efficiencies of their Finance departments through operating model re-design, process re-engineering, enhancing key finance controls and implementing financial systems. Prior to joining PwC, he was Head of Finance Shared Services Delivery and Digital Finance for a Temasek subsidiary, where he spearheaded the organisation’s digitalisation efforts for Finance to drive business outcomes, efficiency and data, enabling clients with business insights for better decisions. He had also managed the APAC Change Governance for a MNC Private Bank’s Portfolio of Programs, driving disciplined investment and program execution governance practices that supports the businesses in delivering the Bank’s strategic priorities and financial objectives. In PwC, Daryl undertook projects to assist his clients to improve operational efficiencies of their Finance departments through operating model re-design, process re-engineering, enhancing key finance controls and implementing financial systems.

Partners

• Sage
• Thomson Reuters
• Confirmation Confirmation, part of Thomson Reuters, is the digital platform and global network trusted by audit firms, banks, law firms, and credit managers to quickly and securely verify financial data. Founded in 2000, we invented electronic confirmations and have reshaped and modernized the audit confirmation process. Today, Confirmation helps nearly 1.5 million users across 170 countries confirm more than $1 trillion in financial data every year. Our patented service minimizes fraud and brings efficiency to the confirmation process, plus our guaranteed in-network responses and global team of 200 people in 10 offices worldwide ensure a premium service for our clients.

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