Past Sessions

Mitja Sadar on rethinking finance automation, removing low value work, automating rule based tasks, keeping judgement work human, freeing teams for insight.

Pedro Batista, David Atherton, Carolina Einarsson on agentic AI in finance, keeping CFO control, starting small with humans in loop, building trust and value.

Asif Ahmed, Noura Zein, Rajiv Chandra on finance analytics that changes decisions, building from outcomes, trust and data quality, plus storytelling and influence.

Oliver Deacon on making AI a daily habit in finance teams, focusing on safer workflow improvement, building behaviours, and leading adoption through expectations.

Oliver Deacon, Funto Agbeniga and Lubnah Alam on why finance transformation succeeds through people, clear scope, and engaged leadership.

Pauline Babel on becoming an AI ready CFO, closing the belief action gap, starting small in close and forecasting, and building trust with governance.

Rory Choudhuri on decentralised spend control, keeping compliance without slowing teams, using rules based systems for real time visibility and agility.

Piers Linney on moving fast with AI, why waiting is a risk, focusing on revenue, capacity, experience, and using AI now to augment judgement.

Jo Malvern and Chris Naisby on the strategic CFO, leading beyond control with judgement and influence, linking insight to decisions through trust and long term thinking.

Bernie Collins on what finance can learn from F1, building fast, high quality decisions through preparation, alignment, trust, and review.

Josh Hubbert and John Pochribniak on AI and data upskilling, role specific learning, human judgement, trust, governance, and champions that drive adoption.

Alice Phillips on reducing tension in finance teams, stress as structural, spotting pressure patterns, protecting performance and decisions.

Brian Kenny, Victoria Gillespie, Mike Batley, Beth Adamson on embedding sustainable finance into strategy, linking capital, risk, incentives, and long term value.

Donald Ewing on M&A lessons, why value is lost after signing, integration risks, culture, accountability, and finance staying close to decisions.

Rosemary Nunn on using AI strategically, starting with business questions and governance, embedding it into decisions, and defining where it should, and should not, be trusted.

Autumn Coleman on BuzzFeed finance as a growth engine, moving beyond reporting to commercial decision support, adaptable planning, and trusted clarity.

Peter Arnold on the economic outlook, looking beyond headlines to volatility and uneven momentum, helping finance leaders build resilience and stay flexible.

Veronika von Heise Rotenburg on Agile CFO leadership, building trust and speed, shifting from blame to ownership, stronger accountability under pressure.

Joseph Fernandes, Nina Sronipah, Becky Glover, Valerie Elliott on high impact finance teams, control plus judgement, stakeholder planning, safe leadership.

Marco DeBenedictis on sustainable finance beyond ESG, uncovering hidden risks in energy, supply chains, capital allocation, and client exposure.

Wouter Born on how AI will reshape the CFO role, with autonomous finance, real time code driven processes, and more focus on insight, storytelling, and partnership.

Chris Argent, Urmi Dutta Roy, Sue Allan, and Stuart MacLean on becoming CFO, shifting from reporting to influence, commercial insight, tech, mentors.

Olaide Olunloyo and Helen Morgan on evolving finance leadership, moving beyond control to value creation, using tech, trust, and mentoring.