Belal has 16 years of strategic & operational finance experience with a successful track record in leading corporate finance functions with turnover up to $400m and late-stage startups with total funding of $160m across the MENA region with exposure to different Finance & Business Transformation projects in the Technology sector with a primary focus on new FinTech Innovation, Digital Finance & Operational efficiency.

Michael Zimmel is an accomplished executive leader and licensed CPA. His work centres on analysing and communicating how financial leadership principles can be applied to create value. He is committed to helping improve the work and value-add of finance departments. Michael is a great believer in developing people and teaches financial modelling and other corporate finance-related topics.

Darsh is an upcoming Analyst at Citi’s FP&A division in India. Having an academic major in Finance as well as Computer Science, gives him a good understanding of not just the use of the Analytical tools, but also the application of the same in the area of Finance. This has made him an enthusiast in the FP&A function, and he looks to learn the most about it in these early stages of his career.

Agile & result-oriented Finance Executive with over 20 years of increasing leadership experience in Pharma, FMCG, Retail & Fashion with international public and private companies.

Resourceful and problem solver, known for: project management, implementing and enforcing financial accountabilities, ERP, systems and processes. Key visionary and strategic player, a strong ability to make decisions and able to deliver growth and streamline the operations to increase profitability.

IBP enthusiast with 15 years of experience in planning. Integrated Business Planning, Sales and Operations Planning, Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE), Supply Chain Planning, Process Development, and Business Transformation.

Experience working in multinational matrix organisations in corporate and regional roles, balancing the needs of different functions, business units and organisational levels from strategy to execution. Part-time senior researcher in academic IBP project. Member of the board of STO.

A multifaceted senior finance professional with 25 years of diverse international experience in financial management & control, strategic development, business partnering, and transformational projects.

Michael Nudelmann is the Director Controlling / Head of Corporate Financial Planning and Analytics at SWAROVSKI.

He is a strong finance leader with deep experience in all performance management cycle areas. Michael is a Zurich FP&A Board member.

Currently responsible for the financial planning process of the Swarovski Group (strategic target setting, mid-term plan, rolling forecasts and annual target setting), including reporting to the Executive as well as Supervisory Board.

Wai Yee is a Senior FP&A Consultant with over 15 years of FP&A experience across asset management and other financial services, including Blackrock, Invesco and Barclays. 

Ashvin Sood is currently the Operations Finance Manager at George Weston Foods New Zealand, where he has been for seven years.

Ole Lauritsen has multiple years of experience leading Finance teams locally and in different geographical locations, with a constant focus on the efficient delivery of reliable and timely reporting. Further, he has extensive experience with the design of strong and efficient Finance processes and internal financial controls, as well as Business Partnering with stakeholders in different functions of the business.