Nilly Essaides is the Managing Director of Groups, Research & Insight at NeuGroup.

In the past, she was the Senior Research Director of Finance/EPM/FinOps Advisory at The Hackett Group. In that capacity, she devised quantitative surveys, analysed findings, built models, authored research reports, blogs, delivered webcasts, presentations and facilitated peer-to-peer exchange.

Ms. Essaides has nearly 30 years of experience researching, writing, and speaking about finance topics, with a focus on the way finance adds value to the enterprise through excellence in financial management and planning processes. Previously she led the FP&A practice at The Association for Financial Professionals.

Ms. Essaides is often quoted in the Wall Street Journal and other publications. She’s a prolific blogger with thousands of LinkedIn followers, and writes for external publications such as Digitalist Magazine. In addition, she co-authored a book about the internal transfer of best practices, If Only We Knew What We Know (Simon & Schuster, 1998).