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The First Digital Middle Eastern and African FP&A Board: FP&A of the Future: Adapting to the "New Normal"
The First Digital Middle Eastern and African FP&A Board is proudly sponsored by:
The business landscape has changed fundamentally; tomorrow’s environment will be different, but no less rich in possibilities for those who are prepared” (Ian Davis, former MD at McKinsey)
The current business and economic environment are now fundamentally. As organisations continue to adapt to the world of "Unknown Unknowns", FP&A’s role has become increasingly more important:
The current world is full of outdated budgets and less forecasts.
Quick and flexible Scenario Planning and on-demand re-forecasting have become a "new norm" at this time of extreme uncertainty.
Financial Planning and Analysis teams are adapting quickly and developing new "playbooks" to prepare for the future.
The first Middle Eastern and AfricanFP&A Board will be held online on the 28 September from5:00 PM to 6:30 PM GST. Join our experienced and international panel of experts to learn how to adapt FP&A to the "New Normal".
With the help of modern technology, we will make this digital meeting interactive by incorporating polling questions, Q&A sessions, and a survey. We will also have case studies and panel discussions.
What is International FP&A Board?
The International FP&A Boardwas created in London (UK) in 2013 to guide the development and promotion of the best practices in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A). Since then, the Board chapters have been successfully established in 27 cities and 16 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and North America. They aim to identify and support new global trends, valued skill sets and leadership practices in modern corporate Financial Planning & Analysis.
In the Middle East, we have a chapter in Dubai. We are also looking forward to inviting guests from other parts of the Middle East where FP&A Board is not geographically established yet.
Participation Information
The FP&A Board is exclusive to finance practitioners only.
The meeting is complimentary, vendor-agnostic and by-invitation-only.
All participants should registeronline to secure their place. The meeting recording and the presentation will be available for the registered participants only. If you are not able to join the live meeting, you can review the recording later.
Participation in the Digital FP&A Board events is complimentary and by invitation only.
The forum is vendor-agnostic and exclusive to finance practitioners only.
We will not be able to confirm places for vendors, salespeople, and consultants.
Hans Gobin, FCCA, MBA
Finance Director with over 20 years of experience in Financial reporting (Internal, External, PLC, Board), FP&A, Performance Management, Systems Implementation, Multinational Project managements, Transformation & Change Management, M&A, BPO & SSC.
Experience working in different company sizes ranging from Start-ups to large PLC and PE backed and experience working in various different sectors including manufacturing, retail, pharmaceutical, FMCG & Practice.
Founder member of the London International FP&A board regularly delivering talks on FP&A related subject matters.
George Kapitelli joined Abu Dhabi Health Services (SEHA) as the Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in January 2019.
He began his career in 1987 as a 20-year-old graduate with General Motors Australian subsidiary – GM Holden. He enjoyed a 26-year career with GM, half of which was in international operations where he gained significant experience in establishing and turning start-up national operations (China Joint Ventures & GM Thailand) into successful long-term ventures and restructuring mature operations (GM Europe & GM Indonesia) into leaner entities better aligned for long-term sustainable success. He returned to Australia in 2012 as the GM Holden CFO and worked through the restructure of the local manufacturing and engineering operations as part of the closure of the Australian automotive industry.
All set for a new challenge, George joined the health sector in 2014 as the Chief Financial Officer at the Melbourne Health. This major health system included the Royal Melbourne Hospital, North West Mental Health and Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Library. The move to public health proved very satisfying and confirmed that high quality finance skills are transferable across very different industries and certainly contributed in creating a sustainable business model while still delivering high quality care.
George is a proven leader of Finance teams across a wide variety of cultures displaying both adaptability and agility and proven commercial acumen.
Flavio Caruso
Flavio Caruso is the Chief Financial Officer of Cluster Europe at Sandoz, a Novartis division and global leader in generic pharmaceuticals. In his 20 years’ experience, he had increasing responsibilities in Finance & Management of Multinational Companies such as Barilla, LVMH, MSD, Bialetti and Whirlpool EMEA. His expertise covers various industries sectors e.g. Luxury, FMCG, and Pharma. He helds a Master of Business Administration cum laude with a major in corporate finance from La Sapienza University in Rome. Further Flavio is adjunct professor at LUISS Business School in Rome and teaches at the Bocconi University as well as at the Politecnico in Milan.
Together with his wife and two girls, Flavio is resident near Zurich, Switzerland.
Clara Hoon
Clara Hoon is the International Media Finance Leader at Nielsen, covering all markets outside of the US. In her 20 years’ experience, Clara has held various Finance roles in Finance / Strategy functions, including FP&A, Controllership and Corporate Strategy. She has worked in multinational companies across different industries like Retail (Timberland), Pharma (Baxter), FMCG (Cerebos, Cadbury, Kraft, Burger King) and Services (Nielsen).
She started her career in Singapore, focusing on Asia Pacific and in the past decade, expanded geographically to international markets in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Latin America. She is currently based in Dubai, UAE.
Clara is a proven Finance Leader with international experience, having led teams through organisational / system changes and a trusted partner to the various international / regional commercial leaders she works with.
Himashi Soriano
Himashi Soriano is Managing Director, APAC, for the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) based outside of Washington, D.C. in the United States. Soriano leads AFP's Asia division, building customer relationships and developing partnerships within the Asia-Pacific region. Soriano has been an integral part of helping treasury and finance practitioners achieve their career goals through its training and Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) and Certified Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Professional programs for over 15 years at AFP. Soriano holds an MBA from Johns Hopkins University and previously served as Director of Business Development and Director of Sales, Strategy and Operations.
Devanjali Rishi
As Associate Director, Devanjali manages the Finance team and the Secretarial & Support team for the PageGroup, Middle East. She covers mid level Finance and Accounting roles across the industry. During her tenure within the Group, she has specialised in key hires for both local and MNC organisations. Her sector coverage includes, but is not limited to: Retail, Hospitality Engineering. Manufacturing, Shipping, Mining. Consultancies and Business Services.
Devanjali has over five years of specific Middle East Finance experience and joined PageGroup in January 2013 as a Graduate Trainee and was then promoted to Associate Consultant in April, Consultant in October 2013 and Managing Consultant in 2014.
She graduated from Symbiosis University, India in 2012 with Masters of Business Administration.
Shyam Rajendran
Shyam is the Managing Director of Planafin, an independent consulting firm, purely focused on Enterprise Planning & Performance management solutions, with presence in the UAE, UK and India. He is also an investor and member of the board at Tea Trails - India's leading chain of tea outlets.
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