In May 2022, the International FP&A Board restarted its face-to-face meetings in Geneva and Zurich. 

As Gary Hamel, professor and business thinker, quoted: "The problem with the future is that it is different; ​if you cannot think differently, ​the future will always arrive as a surprise."​

That is why the main subject of the discussion was what FP&A learned from the Pandemic to plan for uncertainty.

The main lessons learned are:

•  Scenario Management
   
•  xP&A
   
•  Critical Team Roles
   
•  Digital FP&A

Agenda:

• FP&A for the “Next Normal” 
   
• Top lessons learned from the Pandemic
   
• Practical examples and case studies (interactive discussion)
   
• Small groups work
   
• Conclusions and recommendations

The twelfth Geneva FP&A Board and the eleventh Zurich FP&A Board gathered a wide range of companies, including:

• AstraZeneca
   
• Barry Callebaut
   
• Cartier
   
• ElePandemicneral Mills
   
• JTI
   
• MSC CRUISES
   
• Nestle
   
• Philip Morris International
   
• Sulzer
   
• Swarovski
   
• Takeda
   
• Roche
   
• Zalando

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Figure 1: Geneva FP&A Board Meeting on the 10th of May, 2022

Our Speakers

• "The lessons learned in Takeda during the Pandemic", presented by Karina Recio, Senior Director Global FP&A at Takeda​ - Zurich FP&A Board member
• Practical experience of the lessons learned from the Pandemic, shared by Wojciech Porebski, Vice President of Finance, Grids & Power Quality Solutions at Hitachi Energy​ - Zurich FP&A Board member
• "Digitisation and Visualisation in Oriflame – COVID-19 Effect", presented by Stanislav Stoyanov, Senior Finance Director at Oriflame​ - Geneva FP&A Board member

Our Sponsors

We are very grateful to our partners and sponsors, Wolters Kluwer, IWG plc and Michael Page / PageGroup, for their support.