Valerie is a dynamic financial leader and trusted partner with 20+ years of experience supporting executives and teams through digital and business model transformations. In addition, she has specific expertise and deep experience with sales and marketing teams in go-to-market readiness, channel and partnership programs, and building new processes and teams from the bottom up.

She leverages her expertise and pragmatic thinking to develop financial budgets and performance forecasts that enable outstanding business results.

Tom Hood, CPA, CITP, CGMA, is currently the CEO of the Business Learning Institute and the Maryland Association of CPAs (US). He is also one of LinkedIn's Top 100 Influencers, with a following of over 700,000.

He leads the Business Learning Institute to create learning strategies and curriculums for finance and accounting to upskill and reskill their teams. As a former CFO, he is passionate about helping Management Accountants and Finance Professionals be even more future-ready for these exponential times.

Thomas Lundell is an experienced finance and business executive with expertise in Finance, FP&A and Sales Operations. He built a strong foundation early in his career, working for multinationals like Unilever and Electrolux. He has spent 15+ years with NetApp in a fast-paced Silicon Valley environment. During his tenure at Netapp, he has held several (Sr.) Director positions through NetApp’s scale-up phase to becoming a well-established Fortune 500 company and its recent transformation to a global cloud-led, data-centric software company.

Takeshi Murakami, who worked as a finance professional in various global companies, is highly motivated and passionate, with a proven record of strong financial and business acumen and cross-functional leadership.

Takeshi is an experienced Finance professional with a demonstrated history of working in the IT hardware and software industry.

Strong finance professional skilled in Business Planning, Cross-functional leadership, and Management Analytical Skills.

Svenja Amrhein is the Global Head of Finance, Pharma Research & Early Development at Roche. Roche is the world’s largest biotech company and a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics focused on advancing science to improve people’s lives. The combined strengths of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics under one roof have made Roche the leader in personalised healthcare – a strategy that aims to fit the right treatment to each patient in the best way possible.

Steve Benham is Co-Founder and Director at Profit& Ltd.

Steve's passion is to help finance departments become genuine business partners, transforming them from corporate historians into fortune tellers so that CFOs become relied upon for insights into the effect of decisions on future profitability. Steve qualified as an accountant with PwC and spent 15 years of his early career in CFO roles before forging a career in cost management consulting, spanning over 20 years.

Stefan Spiegel is Vice President Finance & Controlling at ETH Zürich, Zurich FP&A Board Ambassador, and an AI/ML FP&A Committee member.

Sebastian Poduch is Head of FP&A at Royal Schiphol Group. Commercially focused Finance Executive Leader, a compelling change driver with over 15 years of professional background in multinational companies, and a track record in diverse business models across different regional and cultural setups (country, regional and global roles).

He brings relevant experience in growth scenarios, financial and business strategy, and supervision of finance operations.

Ruben is a senior finance professional, CIMA qualified, with 15+ years of experience in FP&A, Controllership and Accounting in Major Media US Corporations; very interested in Digital Businesses and Startups.

Ronald Huamán Hilario is a senior executive professional with more than 15 years of financial reporting experience for large, forward-thinking organisations across Latin America. Exceptional capabilities in IFRS advisory, corporate accounting, SOX, and auditing and deeply committed to his clients through diverse cultures and achieving value propositions with best practices in mining and industrial manufacturing sectors.