Ron is a University of Toronto graduate & business professional with extensive senior-level FP&A experience mainly in the CPG industry.

His experience includes working for public companies such as Hitachi, Kraft, Campbell’s & Kruger, a start-up telecommunications company, and a private entrepreneurial beverage manufacturing company.

Ron also frequently does guest lectures at Colleges and Universities and recently taught a course at Humber College in Toronto.

Massimo has 30+ years of international experience in the engineering, chemical and FMCG industries. From 2014 to 2023, he was the Director of Finance and Administration of Storck Deutschland KG. Before, he was responsible for full P&L in the Baltic States and Iceland and was a CFO at Storck Danmark A/S and Storck Sverige AB.

Specialities: Turnaround and performance improvement processes (analysis, financial modelling, execution), Cost reduction, M&A and business development.

Diana is a finance professional with more than 20 years of international experience in Controlling, Planning, Reporting and Analytics, as well as Transformation and Integration projects. Diana is experienced in setting up the FP&A organisation and developing the FP&A team as an efficient and valuable business partner. In her career, Diana was also a strong contributor to the implementation of multiple reporting and analytics tools, efficiently changing the landscape of data alignment, utilisation and presentation.

Jay Mehta, FCA, MBA

Ramchander Tumuluru is a Chartered Accountant, a Company Secretary in India and an associate member of CIMA.

For eight years until June 2021, Ram was CFO and Board Member of a European fibreglass producer. Before this, he had been in finance leadership roles for over three decades in FMCG / Pharma and diversified sectors in various geographies – EU, Middle East, Africa and India.

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.