Katharina Herzog
Senior Vice President, Group Finance and Tax
Katharina Herzog
Senior Vice President, Group Finance and Tax
Katharina has held various positions in the finance department of HUGO BOSS AG since 2007. Since 2014, as Senior Vice President Group Finance & Tax, she is responsible for all finance, tax and treasury functions of the Group. In addition, she has been a member of the Supervisory Board as the representative of senior executives since 2020.
The continuous development of the finance and tax function with a focus on digitization and standardization of processes as well as employee development has been a focus of her work since the beginning.” During her session, she will show you how to nurture and retain your existing team and lay the right foundations to build a weather-resilient function, that remains ready for the next financial shift.
Juan Jose Piedra Galan
Chief Financial Officer, Sandoz Industrial
Juan Jose Piedra Galan
Chief Financial Officer, Sandoz Industrial
Jose is a finance professional with over 25 years of experience in different finance roles of some multinational companies (Honda, Ferrero, Culligan, Firmenich). Currently CFO of Sandoz Industrial Products, part of Novartis Group, where have been working for +10 years in several positions and locations, including their headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. During his session he will guide CFOs on how to lead the CEO and the board on the way to sustainability. Through a team effort with the CEO and the board, the CFO relationship can help the organisation grow and prosper.
Sabrina Maggio
Chief Financial Officer and VP of Finance Global Supply Chain
Sabrina Maggio
Chief Financial Officer and VP of Finance Global Supply Chain
Sabrina is an Italian, living in France since 2019. She holds a degree in Economics, “Business Management” from the University of Economics, in Turin, Italy. She started her career in the FP&A team in Diageo, an international player in the beverage industry. She held several positions in Finance from Lear Corporation, a leader in the automotive technology industry, for 16 years, such as the role of Business Group Chief Financial officer for 10 years. She served as CFO for ENGIE in Italy for 2 years. Sabrina is currently working for BIC as VP of Finance Group Supply Chain, in charge of providing business insights and analysis to support Supply Chain Management on strategic decision-making. During this session, Sabrina will guide you on how to create supply chain value when facing unexpected risks.
Marko Sebastian
Chief Financial Officer, Volkswagen Autoeuropa
Marko Sebastian
Chief Financial Officer, Volkswagen Autoeuropa
Marko started his career at VW Autoeuropa in 2002 where he was responsible for material cost controlling. He headed the VW commercial vehicle plant in Hannover and was the CFO of the VW Poznan in Poland from 2016. He moved to the head quarters of the VW Group in Wolfsburg in 2018 as group controlling for car production worldwide. He is now currently the CFO of VW Autoeuropa and in his session, he will share insights on how CFOs and CEOs can take vast steps to improve their relationship with one another and participate in developing and executing the strategy for the company’s success.
Mitar Mrdic
Chief Financial Officer
Mitar Mrdic
Chief Financial Officer
Mitar has experience in national, regional, and corporate management roles with high-level stakeholder management. He is skilled in the areas of finance and business development with a proven record of optimisation and standardization in finance. He is a tech enthusiast and overall, extremely curious person. During his session he will look at the journey to a digital finance function, how to leverage digital opportunities and explore the world of data and digital futures, to engage with digital projects that will shape the future of the finance department.
Gerhard Lohmann
Chief Operating Officer EMEA, past Chief Financial Officer of International Wealth Management
Gerhard Lohmann
Chief Operating Officer EMEA, past Chief Financial Officer of International Wealth Management
In 2001 Gerhard headed to Credit Suisse as Director, Head Investment Manager. Within a short period of time, he was promoted to Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Asset Management Division. Early 2010 he became Chief Operating Officer of Asset Management, Region EMEA, leading the transformation of the division in EMEA in a post-merger situation. Swiss Re hired Gerhard in 2012 as the Chief Financial Officer Reinsurance where he became a Member of the Executive Committee.
Banking being Gerhard’s heart and soul, he took the role at Credit Suisse as the CFO for International Wealth Management in 2020. In his current role, he has been tasked to newly create and govern the EMEA Region as its Chief Operating Officer, leading region wide initiatives in risk management, legal entity strategy and cross divisional revenue and cost management. During this session, Gerhard will focus on how to analyse and integrate actual and historical financial information to manage risks in a rapidly changing world.
Brian Montgomery
Finance Director
Brian Montgomery
Finance Director
Brian is Finance Director at Workday. He is responsible for the accounting and controllership functions for Workday in EMEA, APJ and Canada. Brian joined Workday in 2008 as part of the Cape Clear acquisition. In the intervening period Workday has grown from a small start up to a large, publicly quoted multinational company. Prior to working in technology, he worked in various finance roles in the food industry.
Brian holds a BA in Economics and Politics and an MBA from University College Dublin. He is also a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
Martti Nurminen
Chief Financial Officer
Martti Nurminen
Chief Financial Officer
With nearly 20 years in the finance field, Martti is a proven CFO committed to the business and his team. Laser-focused on delivering value to all stakeholders, he strikes the right balance of business insight and interpersonal skills. Martti joined Basware and the Executive Team in 2019 as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he served as CFO in Nordic, publicly listed IT services and software companies, Solteq and Affecto. Prior to these CFO roles, he spent more than a decade in various finance leadership positions at IBM and Johnson Controls. In this session Martti will advise you on the E-invoicing mandate the importance of adapting your internal processes and controls and ways to prepare for these regulations.
Fabio Pesenti
Regional Chief Financial Officer for North Europe
Fabio Pesenti
Regional Chief Financial Officer for North Europe
Italian born, Fabio brings international work experience in leading Healthcare and FMCG companies which include Procter & Gamble, GSK and more recently Zimmer Biomet where he joined as Regional CFO for the North Europe region, UK, Ireland & Nordics. He is now focusing on UK&I to co-pilot the company business turnaround and company re-organisation. Fabio lived in Singapore, UK, Italy. His passion for people development is the engine of business performance. Fabio is regarded as an influential business partner who brings solid combination of financial and business acumen. Experienced in managing complexity to set & execute business strategies while creating a safe control, compliance, and governance work environment. In his session he will show you how to forge a relationship with the CEO and board based on trust, collaboration, and a shared view on how to move the company forward.
Konstantin Dzhengozov
Chief Financial Officer and Co-founder
Konstantin Dzhengozov
Chief Financial Officer and Co-founder
Konstantin is the Co-founder of Payhawk. He has developed Payhawks spend management; with their solution offering an integrated tool for managing business credit and debit card payments, expenses, and cash. Businesses from 32 countries actively use Payhawk debit and credit cards and AP management solutions to save time and money managing their company expenses. Konstantin is a seasoned finance and investment professional with a strong tech industry and management consulting background, Konstantin was recently recognised as CFO of the Year in EY’s annual business awards. During his session, he will demonstrate how to take advantage of opportunities, delve into the realm of automation, and showcase finance projects that will shape the future of the finance department.
Mohamed ELRouby
CFO Middle East Africa and Global Commercial Finance Lead
Mohamed ELRouby
CFO Middle East Africa and Global Commercial Finance Lead
Mohamed is a global finance leader, with 20 years of experience in global multinational companies ; J&J, Novartis, Allergan, Takeda, and Energizer.
Mohamed has handled multiple international senior finance roles across Middle East, Africa, India, Turkey and Southwest Asia. As well as this he is an international finance speaker with a CGMA Chartered Global Management Accountant from CIMA Chartered Institute of Management Accountant, UK, FPAC Certified Corporate FP&A professional, from AFP Association for Financial Professional, USA and a MBA in Finance & Investment.
David Wray
President
David Wray
President
David is the Global Accounting & Reporting Director at a Fortune 500 company. He is also the President for DFCG and chairs the ESG working group for the International CFO Alliance Group. During his session he will focus on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and ESG reporting focusing on how businesses can comply with the reporting rules to ensure that sustainability information complies with the certification standards.
Armand Angeli
Vice-President International
Armand Angeli
Vice-President International
Armand is a recognised expert in RPA (Robotic Process Automation), Intelligent Automation, Shared Services and Outsourcing and International Business Development.
Armand leads the RPA/Intelligent Automation /Shared Services and Outsourcing Committee of DFCG, the French CFO network with 3 000+ Finance Executives. He is also the Vice-President of the International Group of DFCG. He leads the Finance Digital Transformation working group of the International CFO Alliance, the Federation of EMEA Financial Institutes. He is the Founder of CFO Automation Experience (CFOAX), an international community of CFO’s, Automation Center of Expertise leaders, Auditors, Automation experts, etc. exchanging and sharing experience between peers.
Alexis Kricorian
Chief Executive Officer
Alexis Kricorian
Chief Executive Officer
Alexis worked as Director of Digital Corporate Finance at SEBA Bank, primarily leading internal strategic projects such as fundraising (CHF110m Series C) and corporate development projects and engaging with investors. His secondary responsibilities focused on business development for tokenization solutions, selling investment products, exploring partnership opportunities and supporting innovation projects. Prior to joining SEBA in Switzerland, worked for over 8 years as an M&A investment banker, lastly at Goldman Sachs, as well as a corporate development professional and principal investor in the UK. In recent years, Alexis has turned his attention to the digital assets and blockchain world, studying the technology and its applications. Alexis has developed a keen interest in the potential of digital assets and blockchain technology to revolutionize many aspects of finance, from automating accounting and payments to providing enhanced security and accuracy for financial transactions. During his session, he will explore how the Central Bank’s Digital Currencies (CBDC) and crypto will work together in a fast-changing economic landscape.
Marion Carr
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Marion Carr
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Marion Carr is a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Workday. Marion is a passionate product marketeer with 15+ years of experience in product and tech marketing, helping customers solve problems and drive growth through innovative technology. Her career for the last 11+ years has been focused on B2B tech and Cloud Accounting solutions. At Workday, she drives our product marketing activities across EMEA for Workday Financial Management solutions.