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June 29, 2023 | London, UK

Technology Transformation & The Strategic C-Suite

Chief financial officers need to change if they want to succeed. In a business environment marked by market disruption, geopolitical uncertainty and faster technological advances, CFOs now must drive business outcomes as well as assess financial positions. This Bloomberg Transformation Roadshow will take a deep dive into the ways finance executives can reinvent themselves and their departments from simple gatekeepers of funds and manager of budgets to critical strategic players embedded in every area of an organization’s business. The goal: to apply their data expertise to guiding critical decision-making and effective allocation of resources.

In short, CFOs must embrace the transformation mindset – a new focus on the processes, data, people and technologies that drive the entirety of a company’s operations. To succeed, CFOs must:

Enable effective integration between finance and non-finance data to meet the demands of an evolving technology landscape.
Leverage vast amounts of data—and not just financial data– to derive insights into business operations.
Engage other department heads, alliance partners and key stakeholders to encourage alignment on a shared vision.
Embrace a new management style that enables operational excellence throughout the organization.

The business and IT executives gathered for this live and virtual briefing will share their strategies for pairing a transformational mindset with the tools needed to create robust, efficient and effective outcomes throughout an organization.

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June 29 - Thursday

4:30 pm

Technology Transformation & The Strategic C-Suite - London

4:00 PM BST – Registration and Networking

4:30 PM BST – Welcome Remarks

  • Mallika Kapur, Deputy Global Editor, Bloomberg Live Experiences

4:35 PM BST – Opening Remarks

  • Jonathan Wright, Global Managing Partner, IBM

4:40 PM BST – Harnessing a Data Explosion

Companies manage many types of data such as employee, customer, vendor, supply chain, marketing, sales, product and financial. Today, artificial intelligence, hybrid cloud computing and other new technologies are driving a whole new wave of external data. In this panel, finance and operating executives will discuss how they have leveraged their unique insight into data flow to win support for an expanded role within their organizations.

  • Rudolf Basson, Chief Financial Officer, Digital Industries, Siemens
  • Ed Briggs, Chief Financial Officer, Digital, BT Group
  • Bruno Corasolla, Global Head of Digital Trains, Hitachi Rail
  • Moderator: Mallika Kapur, Deputy Global Editor, Bloomberg Live Experiences

5:05 PM BST – IBM Sponsor Spotlight: Closing the gap on OPEX Optimization and Overhead Reductions Within the Finance Function

Today’s finance operators face pressures caused by inflation and a pending recession, while they strive for effective post-pandemic business recovery. Some have resorted to downsizing – and yet they’re still expected to provide robust decision support, conduct efficient Finance operations and close the books on an accelerated timeline. They must improve their cash position, reduce variances that impact their P&L, and increase the accuracy of their forecasting, while providing actionable analysis. However, several fail to see that rapid finance transformation is an imperative that can create added business value. Targeted efforts to review, reinvent and modernize their finance processes can be implemented iteratively. Collaborating on a tactical approach to streamlining and optimizing certain finance workstreams will offer quick wins like improving working capital, and reducing SG&A in the short term. Tactical transformation will lead to tangible value.

  • Jennifer Kested, Associate Partner, Global Finance Transformation, EMEA Lead, IBM
  • Sachin Kumar, EMEA FSCT Consulting & BPO Leader, IBM

5:15 PM BST – Case Study: Using Data to Drive Growth

How can organizations explore new digital and alternative data opportunities? In this one-on-one conversation with Bloomberg’s Ruth David, Dun & Bradstreet’s Gary Kotovets will share his experience at harnessing data to increase revenues and embrace new strategic opportunities.

  • Gary Kotovets, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Dun & Bradstreet
  • Moderator: Ruth David, London Bureau Chief, Bloomberg

5:35 PM BST – Focused on the Future

Consuming and managing the increase in data has been a consistent challenge for C-Suite officers. That challenge is growing more urgent as organizations adopt advanced technologies, including enterprise artificial intelligence, that substantially increase data flow. In this panel, executives will drill down on how to use data effectively to define strategic development projects that meet client needs and offer a strategic marketplace advantage.

  • Storm Fagan, Chief Product Officer, BBC
  • Tim Gude, Senior Vice President, Digital Finance & Finance Strategy, Volkswagen
  • Jo Riseborough, Group Data Management Director, Lloyds Banking Group
  • Moderator: Amy Thomson, Technology Team Leader, EMEA,  Bloomberg

6:00 PM BST – Closing Remarks, Networking Reception Begins

Sponsor

IBM is a leading global hybrid cloud and AI, and business services provider. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Nearly 3,000 government and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and business services deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM’s legendary commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity and service.