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The 3rd Toronto FP&A Board meeting, with senior FP&A practitioners from industry-leading firms in staid industries — such as financial services, retail, manufacturing, mining, hospitality, consumer products, insurance; and, even, technology companies, took place on the 24th of September.

Earlier this month I attended the fourth FP&A Board event in San Francisco focused on trends in driver-based and predictive FP&A. Finance professionals from an array of industries across the Bay Area attended to learn about this timely and important topic.

The fourth Seattle FP&A Board, which was sponsored by SAP and Robert Half, was devoted to the subject of Driver Based and Predictive FP&A. FP&A as a function has for such a long time been a traditional function relying on drivers.

On September 19, 2019, New York welcomed the 6th FP&A Board conference at the Michael Page office in midtown Manhattan. Thirty senior FP&A professionals attended the event sponsored by SAP and Michael Page to discuss and share their experiences on Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB).

The Sydney FP&A Board meeting was held on the 18th of July 2019 at the boardroom of Michael Page’s Sydney offices overlooking the Sydney harbour on a beautiful winter’s day.