EXECUTIVE DINNER DIALOGUE

Powering Up for Unstoppable Finance

Powering Up for Unstoppable Finance

ABOUT THIS EVENT

Your SAP ERP is your modern digital core. But is your financial close still driven by manual effort, leaving a critical gap between your data and your decisions?

More than 1,200 of the world’s leading companies currently run BlackLine alongside SAP to achieve future-ready finance. Ready to see what’s possible when two industry leaders come together to help their clients?

Themed Powering up for an Unstoppable Finance: A New Era for the Office of the CFO, this Exclusive Dinner Dialogue in Singapore on 4 December 2025, will bring together senior finance leaders in Singapore, to hear from BlackLine, EY, and SAP leaders on how a strategic partnership delivers a complete solution for the modern close, empowering you to close faster and with greater confidence.

Why you should attend this event

  • Hear from the experts — Get insights directly from BlackLine, EY, and SAP leaders in one room.
  • Discover a proven solution — Learn how our combined technologies create a more resilient and intelligent finance operation.
  • Join a strategic conversation — Engage with your peers and our speakers on the future of the Office of the CFO. Create more resilient and intelligent finance operations with combined technologies

Who should attend?

  • CFOs
  • Heads of Finance
  • Finance Directors

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AGENDA

Time Topic
5:00pm Registration
5:30pm Welcome and Housekeeping

Eileen Yu, Editorial Consultant, CXOCIETY
5:45pm Keynote: Budgeting for Transformation: Why Finance Automation is Non-Negotiable

Adrian Rusu, Regional VP, Alliances, BLACKLINE
Ronald Wong, Partner, Financial Accounting Advisory Services, ASEAN and Singapore Leader, EY
6:05pm Keynote

Chirag Gidwani, Regional VP & Head of SAP Finance & Spend Management, SAP SOUTHEAST ASIA, SINGAPORE
6:15pm Panel Discussion: From Vision to Value: The Playbook for an Unstoppable Finance Function
  • Key challenges that CFOs face today
  • Transform finance operations for better efficiencies and smarter workflows
  • Leverage AI to drive finance transformation and value Fireside Chat

Moderator:
Eileen Yu, Editorial Consultant, CXOCIETY

Panelists:
Nikhil Parambath, Regional Vice President, Asia, BLACKLINE
Chirag Gidwani, Regional VP & Head of SAP Finance & Spend Management, SAP SOUTHEAST ASIA, SINGAPORE
Ronald Wong, Partner, Financial Accounting Advisory Services, ASEAN and Singapore Leader, EY
7:05pm Interactive Q&A
7:15pm Closing Remarks
7:20pm Champagne Tasting and Networking
8:00pm End of Event

SPEAKERS

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

Amazon Web Services offers over 200 fully featured services for computing, storage, databases, networking, analytics, robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR), media, and application development, deployment, and management from 84 Availability Zones (AZs) within 26 geographic regions, with announced plans for nine more Availability Zones and three more AWS Regions in Indonesia, Japan, and Spain.

Dataiku is the Universal AI Platform, uniting the technology, teams, and operations needed for companies to build intelligence into their daily operations, from modern analytics to Generative AI. Together, they design, develop and deploy new AI capabilities, at all scales and in all industries. Organizations that use Dataiku enable their people to be extraordinary, creating the AI that will power their company into the future. More than 700 companies worldwide use Dataiku, including leaders across industries including life sciences, logistics, retail, manufacturing, energy, financial services, software, and technology. With a strong focus on the Forbes Global 2000, Dataiku also supports non-profits and academic institutions through its AI-for-Good initiatives.

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