FutureCFO Breakfast Club
The 2022 Thailand CFO Challenge: Making Growth Efficient
A 2021 Gartner survey of CEOs have placed growth as the new objective for the business. CEOs want CFOs to help their organizations drive efficient growth by focusing on profitability as well as cash flow and preservation.
CFOs recognize their organizations will continue to operate under a new post-pandemic normal and see this as an opportunity: 64% of CFOs indicate they will use the COVID-19 and economic crisis as an opportunity to focus on redesigning the business. While this desire to transform is not new, its focus is, as finance teams are using new technologies to transform how finance creates value.
On Fridaay, 15 October 2021, FutureCFO is organizing a virtual breakfast club to answer some of the toughest and most relevant issues facing the CFO and finance leaders in Thailand.
Themed “The 2022 CFO Challenge: Making Growth Efficient”, this interactive breakfast will tackle key issues such as:
- Removing growth anchors while preserving growth ladders
- Redefining your business to build scale, not scope, in the cost structure
- Transforming cost optimization and working capital management routines into
sustainable competitive advantages
Served over breakfast, FutureCFO’s Breakfast Club will arm participants with a clear digitalization language and vision to ensure your teams and stakeholders are aligned to common goals. This is a must-attend event for CFOs and finance leaders who are leading their organization’s digital transformation strategies in Thailand.
Event Rundown
| Time | Agenda |
|---|---|
| 10:00 | Moderator's Welcome Remarks Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY |
| 10:10 |
Fireside Chat: The Finance Landscape 2021-2022
Despite the growth prospects, many businesses in Malaysia are threading on
eggshells as they about their digitalization ambitions. In this fireside chat, we look
at how finance leaders in Malaysia is leading their organisations chart their digital
future, and highlight some of the challenges, opportunities and learnings in their
journey towards sustainable innovation.
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY Interviewee: Peter Cheng, Cluster CFO - Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC |
| 10:30 | Keynote 1: Removing Growth Anchors and Preserving Growth Ladders Gina McNamara, Regional CFO, Asia Pacific & Japan, SAP |
| 10:45 |
Executive Panel 1: Cost Optimization Tactics and Strategies for 2021-2022
COVID-19 may have limited people’s ability to travel but as organizations plan their
return to growth, it is critical that they choose frameworks and tools that are easy to use, powerful, and most of all, adaptable. This session looks at workable best practices in
better managing costs.
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY Panelists: Alvin Liew Voon Siong, CFO, PCS THAILAND Bharat Patel, General Manager Finance & Accounts, THAI ACRYLIC FIBRE (ADITYA BIRLA GROUP) |
| 11:05 | Keynote 2: Rethinking Compliance around Expense Reimbursement: Preparing for a Post-Pandemic Fraud Landscape According to ACFE, 51% of organisations have uncovered more fraud since the onset of the pandemic and 71% expect the level of fraud impacting their organisation to increase over the next year. Given that asset misappropriation is the largest and most frequent type of fraud and 15% to 21% (depending on organisation size) of this fraud type is attributable to expense reimbursement, this is a critical juncture to re-think your organisation’s approach to compliance and risk mitigation. Mark will share how organisations should re-think their compliance strategy around expense reimbursements and the latest anti-fraud technology that is available to help organisations navigate this heightened risk environment. Mark Wilfred, Head of Solutions Consulting, Southeast Asia, SAP CONCUR |
| 11:20 |
Executive Panel 2: How to Keep Your Capital Working to Recover from the Crisis
Companies that have shown better working capital performance typically have more advanced operational management and better focus on key working capital areas such as order to cash, procure to pay and forecast to fulfil (inventory). This session will discuss some best practices in procurement tactics in 2021-2022.
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY Panelists: Wuthivet Vetchabutsakorn, Group Head of Finance, ONYX HOSPITALITY GROUP Pornnipa Charnchaidamrong, Head, SAP INTELLIGENT SPEND & BUSINESS NETWORK, THAILAND Rajeev Chawla, Area Finance Director, APISA, VIRBAC ASIA PACIFIC |
| 11:40 |
ASK ME ANYTHING: CFO’s Guide to Better Digital Transformation Investment
While 18% of CFOs mentioned technology-related priorities among their top five
strategic business priorities for 2020, 32% mentioned it as a priority for 2021 — a 79%
increase. In this casual Ask Me Anything session, our special guest finance leader
candidly answers questions across a broad range of finance issues starting with digital
transformation.
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY Interviewees: Pornnipa Charnchaidamrong, Head, SAP INTELLIGENT SPEND & BUSINESS NETWORK, THAILAND Amit Verma, Regional Sr. Director & Lead, Office and CFO Solutions, Asia Pacific & Japan, SAP Mark Wilfred, Head of Solutions Consulting, Southeast Asia, SAP CONCUR |
| 11:55 | CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY |
| 12:00 | END OF EVENT |
* Agenda is subject to changes
To register for this live virtual event, please fill in the form below:
Date:
15 October 2021, Friday
Time:
10:00AM – 12:00PM (GMT+7)
Who Should Attend:
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