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Day Two: Tuesday 6th March 2012

8:15 – 9:15

Breakfast

9:15 – 9:30

Chair's Opening Remarks

Andrew-Kakabadse Andrew Kakabadse
Professor of International Management Development
Cranfield University School of Management

9:30 – 10:10

Overcoming Current and Future Challenges of Talent Shortages by Raising Your Game

With the global economic climate showing signs of optimism, companies are refocusing their efforts on pursuing their growth ambitions again. However, CFOs have regarded the lack of an appropriate talent attraction and retention strategy as one of their key inhibitors in doing so.

How can you, as a CFO, ensure you win the war on talent by building loyalty among your staff?
How do you motivate staff within administrative positions to deliver the goods consistently?
Addressing staff mobility challenges through adequate employee engagement initiatives
Being proactive in identifying and supporting your finance leaders of tomorrow

Narin-Ganesh Narin Ganesh
Finance Director - UK, Ireland and Scandinavia
Crown Worldwide

Wim-Van-der-Smissen Wim Van der Smissen
VP Finance Europe
Bemis

10:10 – 10:20

Networking Break

10:20 – 10:50

10:50 – 11:20

Business Meeting

BrainWeave

Business Transformation: Delivering Real Change

Jose Guzman-Bello
Managing Director
Consult Avila

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11:20 – 11:50

11:50 – 12:20

Business Meeting

BrainWeave

Planning for Success - Attracting, Identifying and Retaining Top Talent

Geoff Fawcett
Operations Director
Hays

Andrew Waters
Business Director – Senior Finance
Hays

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12:20 – 13:00

MASTERCLASS

The Evolution of the Market for CPM Software

Corporate Performance Management is a category of software that was first recognised as such almost ten years ago. Currently, the market for CPM software is undergoing a major restructuring. Paul Barber, CEO of Prophix Software, has been working in the CPM space for many years and will share his view of how the market is changing.

What is CPM and how is it going beyond traditional applications?
What is the current state of CPM today and how is the finance department dealing with delivering value while keeping costs low?
What can we learn from recent changes in the CPM market in terms of affordability and wider acceptance?

Paul Barber
CEO
Prophix Software

Planning and Implementing a Successful BPO Strategy

The key to a successful outsourcing strategy lies in the right delivery models. It is up to the CFO to find the right one that is the best fit for the organisation.

Establishing the right KPIs and SLAs
Driving efficiency by focussing your efforts on core business activities
Creating an integrated service delivery approach to outsourcing

carol Carole Murphy
VP
Capgemini

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Head of Finance Services
Sygenta

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13:00 – 14:10

Networking Lunch

14:10 – 14:50

Creating and Maintaining an Optimal Risk Management Strategy

A Key priority for CFOs is to drive consistency in and deliver accurate risk management strategies and improve the systems and processes that go with it. On the other hand, there is a need to ensure that market opportunities are not ignored as a result of rigid processes. This session will take a closer look at Vireo Energy, the Sweden based, renewable energy company on how they plan on tackling this issue

Effectively balancing risk and opportunity, especially in times of rapid expansion
Ensuring your due diligence is holistic
How can CFOs deal with emerging markets and the unique risks they present?

Andreas-Uddman Andreas Uddman
CFO
Vireo Energy

Instigating Change Within the Finance Function and the Larger Organisation and Seeing it Through to Success

In order for CFOs to capitalise on market opportunities quickly, organisational change management needs to be proactive and thorough. When it comes to M&As, finance transformation, capital restructuring, operational models or any other forms of business change, the CFO has to be the change agent driving it to excellence.

Taking a closer look at advanced scenario planning tools to help increase the accuracy of your roadmap
Involving key stakeholders in the change management process
Improving your revenue forecasting processes to reduce inefficiencies in financial planning
Taking a holistic view on finance transformation

Wayne Close
Finance Director
Bupa International

Caroline-Stockmann Caroline Stockman
CFO
Save the Children

14:50 – 15:40

Case Study: Driving Profitability in Shared Services – Taking it to the Next Level

Royal Dutch Shell has been instrumental in using shared services as a key enabler in the transformation of the finance function. This session will, therefore, focus on how shared services, sourced in a branded, captive model, was identified as a key enabler in the finance functional plan and how Shell plans on building on this success for the future.