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Technology is beginning to impact profoundly on forecast accuracy. We are moving now to Digital FP&A: Predictive, Prescriptive Analytics (PA) and AI/ML. There is no doubt that this will revolutionise the forecasting process.
PA and ML go hand-in-hand. Together, they reduce time spent on non-value-adding activities while promoting the move to real-time planning and reliable forecasts.
The challenge is adopting AI, ML and PA effectively. Check out the recording to hear valuable insights from senior practitioners:
- Vignesh Dumonceau, CFO Flex Switzerland at Flex, Zurich FP&A Board and AI/ML FP&A Committee member
- Patric Somlo, VP, Head of FP&A and M&A at Lonza
- Stefan Spiegel, CFO at Swiss Railway Freight Logistics (SBB Cargo AG), Zurich FP&A Board and AI/ML FP&A Committee member
- Fabrizio Tocchini, Global Head of Innovation at CCH® Tagetik
- Hans Gobin, FP&A Leader and International FP&A Board Ambassador (Discussion Facilitator)
Ahmed Ezzat, FCCA, MBA
Ahmed Ezzat CPA, is a results-driven and agile leader with over 17+ years of finance and commercial management as a qualified senior executive leader, experience at board level across various industries. He is the CFO of MFQ Group in Riyadh. He utilizes visionary, strategic, Risk assessment, Modern Governance, Digital transformation and tactical proficiency that produce financial and commercial strength. He has proven expertise in operations, compliance, regulatory finance, planning & forecasting, investment analysis, audit and control, feasibility study, financial policy development and implementation, resource allocation, cost studies, corporate finance, financial modelling and stakeholder communication, Also he awarded as the logistic CFO of the year 2021 (Acquisition international Magazine.
Hans Gobin, FCCA, MBA
Finance Director with over 20 years of experience in Financial reporting (Internal, External, PLC, Board), FP&A, Performance Management, Systems Implementation, Multinational Project managements, Transformation & Change Management, M&A, BPO & SSC.
Experience working in different company sizes ranging from Start-ups to large PLC and PE backed and experience working in various different sectors including manufacturing, retail, pharmaceutical, FMCG & Practice.
Founder member of the London International FP&A board regularly delivering talks on FP&A related subject matters.
Hans Gobin's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hans-gobin-020118b/
Nevine White
VP Accounting at Hargray Communications Group
Beginning her 30-year career in engineering roles at TCG in New York, Nevine moved on to leading the FP&A function for tw telecom (now Century Link) for two decades. There she championed powerful changes in financial planning that enabled an agile and effective management structure.
Prior to her current role, Nevine worked for Live Future Ready, leveraging her experience to support organizations in their financial transformation efforts across various industries. Recognized for her experience in finance agility and building effective teams, she has been featured at conferences and on podcasts. She joined Hargray in May 2019 as the VP Accounting.
Nevine White's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nevinewhite/
Chris Stiebel
Chris is an FP&A professional with over 10 years of experience within different FP&A roles ranging from junior analyst to Group CFO in a wide variety of industries. Originally a CPA from the US Chris moved to Stockholm, Sweden as a young accountant and immersed himself into the world of FP&A. Early in his career he realized the significance of technology and digitalization and started to develop a very special skillset that would lead him to senior finance roles. Today he works with a finance technology provider called Jedox in hopes of accelerating digitalization within the office of finance.
Anand Joslin
Anand Joslin, is an accomplished finance leader at Accor Hotels with over 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry. Anand has championed the use of dynamic FP&A and forecasting tools in various properties where he has worked enabling the executive committee to rapidly adapt to the changing economic climate. Embracing the core values of innovation and growth, Anand was instrumental in implementing a financial model in the hotels to ensure sustainability during the pandemic.
Anand Joslin
Anand Joslin, is an accomplished finance leader at Accor Hotels with over 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry. Anand has championed the use of dynamic FP&A and forecasting tools in various properties where he has worked enabling the executive committee to rapidly adapt to the changing economic climate. Embracing the core values of innovation and growth, Anand was instrumental in implementing a financial model in the hotels to ensure sustainability during the pandemic.
Andreas Simon
Andreas has over 25 years’ international business development, sales and technical experience, helping companies in their digitalization and automation process. For the past 6 years he has held the position of Sales Director, EMEA at Jedox. Andreas is an expert in Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), as well as other technology areas, and is based in Dubai. Prior to joining Jedox, Andreas held exec positions in companies including Infor, TONBELLER AG, Systems Union and MIS AG.
Ahmed Ezzat
Ahmed is results-driven and agile leader with over 16+ years of finance and commercial management experience at board level across various industries. He is the CFO of MFQ Group in Riyadh, Board member of directors at IMA RIYADH CHAPTER . He utilizes visionary, strategic, and tactical proficiency that produce financial and commercial strength. He has proven expertise in operations, compliance, regulatory finance, planning & forecasting, investment analysis, audit and control, feasibility study, financial policy development and implementation, resource allocation, cost studies, corporate finance, financial modelling and stakeholder communication.
Vignesh Dumonceau
Vignesh Dumonceau is Chief Financial Officer, Head of Finance at Flex Switzerland a subsidiary of Flex. (NASDAQ: FLEX). Flex is the Sketch-to-Scale® solutions provider that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world. With approximately 200,000 professionals across 30 countries, Flex provides innovative design, engineering, manufacturing, real-time supply chain insight and logistics services to companies of all sizes in various industries and end-markets.
Prior to this appointment, Mr. Dumonceau was Global Finance Business Process and Merger Integration Lead at Syngenta (NYSE: SYT). He has also served as Country Cluster CFO for Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH), CareFusion (NYSE: CFN) Switzerland & Austria. Mr. Dumonceau previously worked for Baxter Healthcare(NYSE: BAX) as Site Controller Principle and is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA, US), a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA, US) and Six Sigma Black Belt.
Mr. Dumonceau areas of research and practice are mainly: Strategic Management, BusinessTransformation, Artificial Intelligence.
Mr. Dumonceau holds a Bachelor and Master-s Degree in Business Administration, Accounting & Controlling from SKEMA Lille Business Graduate School of Management.
Fabrizio Tocchini
Fabrizio works in CCH Tagetik since 2006. During his career he covered several roles: consultant, service manager, global presale coordinator, Tagetik ambassador for international expansion.
From 2015 till 2019 he joined the local operations CCH Tagetik Benelux and CCH Tagetik Nordic, becoming General Manager of both.
Since January 1st, 2020 Fabrizio is Head of Innovation for CCH Tagetik and Head of Global Presale service.
Stefan Spiegel
Stefan Spiegel is currently CFO at the logistics and Rail Freight company SBB Cargo. He is a creative thinker and innovative leader, who brings in more than 20 years of experience across diverse industries as logistics, retail, wholesale, insurance, asset management, maintenance, production, transportation or energy.
As physicist and MBA graduate with additional educations in organizational development and Machine Learning, Stefan Spiegel is passionate about the development of new steering systems and organizational structures to improve overall profitability. For that he combines methods of operational research and predictive analytics with aspects of leadership behavior and organizational self-steering to transform a financial organization from a classical descriptive role towards a predictive, decision generating business driver.
Patric Somlo
Patric Somlo is VP, Head of FP&A and M&A with 15 years of experience in Financial Planning, Digital Finance, M&A, Strategy and IT. He has worked in industries such as Consulting and Private Equity. His areas of interest include Predictive, Machine Learning and advanced analytics. Previous companies: BLR Partners, Jacobs Holding, Bain & Company, Goldman Sachs, Siemens, ETH Zürich.
Vignesh Dumonceau
Vignesh Dumonceau is Chief Financial Officer, Head of Finance at Flex Switzerland a subsidiary of Flex. (NASDAQ: FLEX). Flex is the Sketch-to-Scale® solutions provider that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world. With approximately 200,000 professionals across 30 countries, Flex provides innovative design, engineering, manufacturing, real-time supply chain insight and logistics services to companies of all sizes in various industries and end-markets.
Prior to this appointment, Mr. Dumonceau was Global Finance Business Process and Merger Integration Lead at Syngenta (NYSE: SYT). He has also served as Country Cluster CFO for Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH), CareFusion (NYSE: CFN) Switzerland & Austria. Mr. Dumonceau previously worked for Baxter Healthcare(NYSE: BAX) as Site Controller Principle and is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA, US), a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA, US) and Six Sigma Black Belt.
Mr. Dumonceau areas of research and practice are mainly: Strategic Management, BusinessTransformation, Artificial Intelligence.
Mr. Dumonceau holds a Bachelor and Master-s Degree in Business Administration, Accounting & Controlling from SKEMA Lille Business Graduate School of Management.
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