CFO / COO at Xovis
Zurich FP&A Board Ambassador

Denis Ranke brings 15+ years of experience in Technology and Corporate Finance in public, private and PE-owned businesses. He spent most of his career at eBay in Germany and the EU Headquarters in Switzerland as CFO for emerging markets, marketing, and B2B. He is used to applying the essentials of FP&A either as a Business Operator or project-based in the areas of M&A and Business Transformation.

Balachander Ramachandran is a seasoned finance professional with 12+ years of professional experience, a solid background in investment banking and extensive experience in financial planning, business analysis, and corporate finance. He has demonstrated expertise in executing high-value deals, managing investor relations, and driving financial performance in the GCC healthcare industry.

Professor Monte Swain is the Deloitte Professor at the BYU School of Accountancy. Professor Swain has researched and taught management accounting at Brigham Young University since 1991. He has been published in a number of scholarly and practitioner journals. In addition, he is an author of cases and textbooks in management accounting, and writes and consults on the effective use of strategic measurement systems in organisations. In 2016, the Institute of Management Accountants recognised him with the IMA Brummet Distinguished Award for Management Accounting Educators.

Abbas is a seasoned finance professional with 24+ years of diverse experience spanning FMCG, tech and healthcare across the Middle East and Pakistan. Holding degrees from Wharton and MIT Sloan, he’s adept at financial planning, analysis, and function setup. His expertise includes advising on finance strategies, finance function transformations, policy development, and outsourcing analytical work.

Laure de Saint Germain is a seasoned professional with over a decade of experience in the world of finance and technology. Having witnessed the tech evolution over the past decade, Laure is passionate about the transformative value technology brings to work dynamics and how it has enabled teams to feel confident with their decision-making process.

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.