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A Strategic Agenda Crafted By Senior Finance Executives

Event Schedule

Take advantage of CPE Credits, Watch 35+ sessions and speakers across various markets, 6 Networking Events & More.


Agenda

Watch 35+ presentations on demand and with lifetime access.

In our 15+ year tenure we’ve connected 1000s of peers across every industry. 

Over 80% of the Fortune 100 attends. 

Paulo Brehmer

Chief Finance Officer, Bayer Group Mexico

Govil Kumar Gopal

Segment Leader Chief Finance Officer

Ranil DeSilva

Chief Financial and Operating Officer

Dawn E. LaDuke

Vice President Supply Chain Finance

James Metzger

Global Chief Finance Officer

Valquir Correa

Vice President of Corporate Finance

Samantha Johnson

Chief Financial Officer

Antinea Reyes

Chief Finance Officer

Jencil Philip

Vice President of Commercial Finance

Dynamics Inc., founded in 2007 by Jeff Mullen, designs and manufactures intelligent battery-powered payment devices and advanced payment platforms. The company won the $1M People's Choice Award at DEMO Fall 2010, four Finovate Best of Show awards, and Best in Show for Personal Electronics at the 2011 International CES show. Dynamics investors include MasterCard, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Adams Capital Management, and Bain Capital Ventures. For more information, visit www.dynamicsinc.com.

Sage Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company committed to developing novel therapies with the potential to transform the lives of people with debilitating disorders of the brain. We are pursuing new pathways with the goal of improving brain health and our depression, neurology and neuropsychiatry franchise programs aim to change how brain disorders are thought about and treated. Our mission is to make medicines that matter so people can get better, sooner. The human brain is the most complex organ of the human body. It is made up of an integrated network of approximately 100 billion nerve cells called neurons, connected in complex electrical circuits to communicate. Brain health and function depend on the interaction of these circuits. Navigating these complex circuits is a challenge, but a welcome opportunity for the teams at Sage as we seek to develop novel medicines. Sage is a place where unconventional thinking to solve problems with new ideas is welcome – and where unconventional thinkers can imagine what’s possible and do big. Read our Community Guidelines: http://bit.ly/2tFyAoj

Gatekeeper is a cloud based contract and supplier management platform that was born in the cloud and works on any device. As a subsidiary of Cinergy Group, a leading global procurement consultancy, our software has been built to provide answers to real work challenges faced by our clients the world over. At Gatekeeper we have a strong focus on collaboration, clear actionable data, obligation and compliance tracking, email alerts and most of all ease of use. We have a ‘zero training’ mantra driving a fanatical focus on usability that results in an application internal stakeholders and suppliers can use effortlessly.

Planful is a financial performance management platform that helps businesses drive peak financial performance, and is used around the globe to streamline business wide planning, consolidations, budgeting, reporting, and analytics. More than 1500 companies use Planful. Planful is a private company backed by Vector Capital, a leading private equity firm,

Maxima AI is the most advanced AI platform for enterprise accounting. Trusted by companies like Rippling, Scale AI, Zip, Glean, Zendesk and Bilt Rewards, Maxima's AI agents do more than just coordinate the work. They pull data from your finance stack, transform transactions to accounting entries, post journal entries with source data, reconcile to the general ledger, detect anomalies, and generate variance explanations to deliver SOX compliant, real-time close Our team brings together top fintech engineers from Google, Apple, Robinhood, Bolt, and Meta with former accountants and auditors from EY, PwC to solve a decades-old problem with agent prepared, human reviewed accounting.

Wolters Kluwer (EURONEXT: WKL) is a global leader in information, software solutions and services for professionals in healthcare; tax and accounting; financial and corporate compliance; legal and regulatory; corporate performance and ESG. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with technology and services. Wolters Kluwer reported 2025 annual revenues of €6.1 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 21,100 people worldwide. Equal Opportunity Employer To ensure we continue to drive innovation that enables us to develop products and services to best serve our customers, we cultivate a workplace culture rooted in mutual respect, bringing forward insights from a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We are also committed to complying with laws requiring equal opportunity in hiring, promotion, and other employment decisions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, transgender status, and sexual orientation), national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law, and we do not tolerate discrimination on any of these bases. Beware of Recruitment Fraud! 🔒 Scammers may pose as Wolters Kluwer, offering fake job opportunities and requesting personal info or payments. Protect yourself: - Apply only via our secure Workday hub on our Careers page. - Our recruiters never ask for banking info or payments. - We don't use public email accounts (e.g., Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail). Report suspected fraud: thirdpartyincident@wolterskluwer.com. If you've made a payment, contact local authorities. Read more here - https://careers.wolterskluwer.com/en/recruitment-fraud-alert

At SAP, our purpose is to help the world run better and improve people’s lives. Our promise is to innovate to help our customers run at their best. SAP is committed to helping every customer become a best-run business. We engineer solutions to fuel innovation, foster equality, and spread opportunity across borders and cultures. Together, with our customers and partners, we can transform industries, grow economies, lift up societies, and sustain our environment. #TheBestRun

Rippling is a workforce management system that eliminates the friction from running a business. Today, most companies struggle with everything from routine tasks, like running payroll, to cross-functional planning, like aligning on headcount. That’s because all their data related to people, processes, and systems is scattered in a hundred places. Rippling has every application you need to run your business—from applicant tracking and payroll to IT and expenses—in one place. But unlike other systems, Rippling sits on top of a unified platform. Data flows dynamically between Rippling’s applications, giving every team a shared source of truth, the power to automate processes, and access to the insights they need. This allows your business to execute better, faster. Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.2B from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock. Get help: rippling.com/contact Licensing details: https://app.rippling.com/licensing

Welcome Remarks

Redesigning the Finance Function for an AI-Enabled Future

AI in Finance: What's Real, What's Ready, and What's Next

Welcome Cocktail Reception

Breakfast & Keynote: When Intelligence Becomes the Operating Model

Decision Intelligence: Rebuilding Forecasting for a Volatile World

Business Meetings

Boardroom: ERP and Core Systems: Modernizing Without Breaking the Business

Boardroom: Data Trust as a Competitive Advantage

From Scorekeeper to Strategist: The Modern CFO Mandate

Keynote Networking Lunch: What CFOs Would Do Differently: Hard Lessons from Finance System Overhauls

Boardroom: Unlocking Cash: Working Capital, Liquidity, and Finance-Led Productivity

Risk, Resilience, and the CFO's Growing Portfolio

Networking Dinner

Breakfast

The CFO as Capital Markets Strategist: Navigating Investors, Lenders, and the Story Behind the Numbers

Building the Finance Team for What's Next

Closing Remarks

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We ‘re proud to work with the best in the business. By learning about your projects up front, we match you for 1-on-1 meetings with those best-suited to tackle the challenge.

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Solution Providers

Dumitrache Martinez

CFO, VP Strategy & Transformation

Carla Aranda

SVP, Finance

Amit Singhi

CFO LATAM

Abi Adeoti

Senior Director, Head of Finance

Global CFO

VP, Commerical Finance - Pharma Services Group

VP of Corporate Finance

SPEAKERS

Network and learn from the peers driving innovation in Finance.

Melissa Hall

SVP Tax

Hamira Riaz

VP, Strategic Leadership

Carla Carillo

LATM & Caribbean CFO

CFO Bayer Group Mexico

Cassie Lee

 SVP & Chief Audit Executive

Doug Chambers

EVP, CFO & Treasurer

Mahsa Salarvand

, Former Head of Global Business Office

Daniel Echeverri

Executive Director of FP&A

Sondra Dryer

Former Head of Employer Brand, Amazon Stores

Amit Sinha

CTO - SMB & Scale

Natasha Rathee

SVP & Head of Finance

Jason Hamelin

Director of Financial Planning & Analysis

Cora Buel

SVP, Finance & Treasury

FRANÇOIS VESTJENS

VP Finance Europe & APAC

Mark Alvarado

Director of Cyber Security & IT Compliance

Sarah Watson

Director of Finance & Technology

Miguel Mendieta

Senior Director - International Tax

Dan Adams

VP Information Technology

Peter Berry

SVP AOD Infrastructure & Cyber Security

Michael Mills

Director of Finance - Strategy & Sustainability

Bob Kolodgy

EVP & CFO

Dr. Aamir Rehman

Senior Fellow & Adjunct Faculty

Casey Dial

Regional Sales Director

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