FP&A Digital Transformation: Insights from the Pan-Asian FP&A Board
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Artificial intelligence and machine learning are becoming the most revolutionary technologies that enhance the FP&A decision support role.
 
While automation has eliminated many repetitive tasks and unnecessary human intervention, the next step for FP&A is to develop advanced analytics capabilities to deliver business value through actionable recommendations.
 
If you are considering the digitalization of your FP&A processes, listen to case studies from Sandoz and Sanofi and insights from senior finance professionals from other leading organizations

The Panel of Experts

Larysa Melnychuk

Larysa Melnychuk is a passionate Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) professional and influencer who has held senior FP&A roles at leading organisations before setting up the International FP&A Board in 2013. The Board is a global and well-recognised professional think-tank that aims to bring together the knowledge and experience of senior FP&A professionals and aid the development of best practice in the profession.

In the last three years, she successfully expanded the Board into 27 chapters in 16 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and North America.

Larysa is also the founder and CEO at the FP&A Trends Group (fpa-trends.com), the leading online resource for FP&A professionals. She chairs the Global AI FP&A Committee and runs a number of high-profile initiatives in the area of modern financial analytics.

Larysa holds a Master of Science degree in physics of materials and is a qualified chartered management accountant (CIMA), chartered global management accountant (CGMA) and is a holder of an FP&A certification. She is also a member of the exam content writing team for the Association of Finance Professionals (AFP) FP&A certification.

Larysa is also a passionate conference speaker and writes articles on various FP&A-related subjects.

Flavio Caruso

Flavio Caruso is the Chief Financial Officer of Cluster Europe at Sandoz, a Novartis division and global leader in generic pharmaceuticals. In his 20 years’ experience, he had increasing responsibilities in Finance & Management of Multinational Companies such as Barilla, LVMH, MSD, Bialetti and Whirlpool EMEA. His expertise covers various industries sectors e.g. Luxury, FMCG, and Pharma. He helds a Master of Business Administration cum laude with a major in corporate finance from La Sapienza University in Rome. Further Flavio is adjunct professor at LUISS Business School in Rome and teaches at the Bocconi University as well as at the Politecnico in Milan.

Together with his wife and two girls, Flavio is resident near Zurich, Switzerland.

Bryan Lapidus

Bryan is the FP&A staff subject matter expert at the Association for Financial Professionals, a global not-for-profit focused on the success of the finance professional. AFP produces leading content through its conferences, certification, research guides, training, and networking.

Bryan creates and curates content to keep members current on developing topics and keep an eye on the future of the profession. He also manages the FP&A Advisory Council that acts as a voice to align AFP with the needs of the profession.

Bryan has more than 20 years of experience in the corporate FP&A and treasury space working at organizations like American Express, Fannie Mae and private equity-owned companies. He is also on the Global Advisory Board for The CFO Alliance. Bryan lives in suburban Washington, DC with his wife and two daughters.

Khaled Chowdhury

Khaled Chowdhury is the Director of Analytics & BI at CMC Materials, a global provider speciality products Semi-conductor and Oil & Gas industry. In his career progression through business Analysis and FP&A, always focused on creating value for the business, which evolved him into a Finance & Analytics hybrid leader.

He is passionate about driving actionable insight, and right now plays the role of an Analytics Culture Change Catalyst.

Eugenia Ng

Eugenia joined Michael Page in 2010 and heads up the Finance & Accounting and Healthcare & Life Sciences practices here in Singapore.

Having joined the company in 2010, Eugenia has since carved out a successful track record in regional controllership, director and CFO positions. She started her career in Silicon Valley with a blue-chip technology company, providing inhouse strategic consultancy and gaining exposure to Holland, Japan and China. With her global work experience and a strong client and candidate network, she has been a strong partner with her clients in identifying top talents and best fit to the needs of her client’s expansion plans in the region.

She holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Chemical Engineering and a Management Science & Engineering Graduate Certificate at Stanford University.

Manish Sharma

Manish heads Servicetrace in the Asia Pacific. He is responsible for the company’s strategy, implementation of partner programs and execution of sales through the partner channels in the region.

Manish oversees the growth of the channel business in the region and takes ownership for strengthening the company’s commitment to its Asian partners and their long-term success and profitability. He joined Servicetrace in January 2020.

Prior to his current position, Manish was the Vice President of partner sales across Asia for companies like Citrix and NComputing.

Based in Singapore, Manish is a results-oriented sales professional. He is an industry veteran and has 30 years experience in channel sales and business across the Asian region. He has also worked in and travelled to every country in the region and brings with him a strong understanding of the operating environments in each market. Manish had led partner consortiums and teams of experienced sales professionals to bid and win sales contracts of IT hardware, software and services across major verticals.

Manish holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from University of Lucknow.

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