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There is no denying that the traditional role of FDs and CFOs is changing. As a finance professional, you will appreciate that the finance function is becoming an increasingly multi-faceted profession with responsibilities expanding into ever more varied aspects of the business – and this is particularly true for those working within the UK’s SMEs.

On the 15th-16th May 2019 at the prestigious London Montcalm Marble Arch, the Finance Leaders’ Summit offers a unique conference dedicated to finance professionals with an SME-focused agenda. The speakers will delve into the challenges and issues facing finance leaders and their increasing role diversity with a focus on ‘Leading the Finance Function through Change and Innovation’.

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Following on from the success of our pilot festival in New York last December, DATAx is proud to present the next instalment of our global series of data-driven festivals, DATAx Singapore, offering 4 stages, 50 speakers & 450 Innovators. As one of the leading players in smart city technology, with autonomous vehicles, smart sensor platforms and applications of artificial intelligence (AI), it’s a rarity that the city-estate doesn’t make headlines in technology news regularly.

Global consulting group McKinsey estimates that 70% of businesses are expected to rely on AI to automate functions by 2030, adding $13 trillion growth to the global economy. Contrary to popular belief, the World Economic Forum has stated that the shifting dynamics between machines and humans will add an estimated 133 million new roles to the workforce.

The total impact of AI for business remains a looming question for many companies; DATAx aims to remedy this uncertainty by preparing business leaders to address topics like machine learning, analytics, data talent and big data.

With a worldwide community feeding into the series, DATAx remains dedicated to connecting delegates with the latest research, cutting-edge technology and the hottest startups to share highlights and breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) and data science reshaping the world.

Luke Bilton, Managing Director of Innovation Enterprise, commented: “While AI has now become a real opportunity, it also brings real 'survival of the fittest' challenges – only fast-moving businesses are most likely to succeed.

“DATAx is a new style of event, designed to arm early adopters with the tools they need to move fast. We are excited to welcome the world's most innovative brands and partners to build something unique.”

In less than 2 weeks’ time, over 500 data leaders, from tech giants, financial innovators, emerging startups, government bodies and many more will gather at DATAx Singapore. Confirmed speakers from leading brands include American Express, Citi Bank, Visa, Boston Consultant Group, IBM, Netflix, Oracle, AIA, Axiata, Dyson, Singapore Exchange Limited, Google and many more.

The agenda features 50+ speakers covering Asia's critical data solutions in business practice. Grasp the chance to access to the unparalleled learning opportunities and get the latest AI and Machine Learning applications in Technology, Finance, Marketing, Smart Cities, across 5 stages.

SESSION HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE

• ‘Omnichannel Personalisation Like You've Never Seen’, Client Team and Global E-commerce/Data Lead, WPP
• 'Leveraging analytics for more efficient media attribution and allocation', Group VP, Head of Analytics, Axiata
• 'Combining human and artificial intelligence: how creatives and data scientists work in concert at Netflix to craft a personalized experience.' Senior Data Scientist, Netflix
• 'Creating a data-driving go-to-market strategy', Head of Applied Data Science, Dyson
• 'Deep learning and computational grapy techniques for derivatives pricing and analytics', Head of Data Science and Visualisation at Singapore Exchanged Limited
• 'Ready or not: does your organization have a sound data strategy to run successful AI projects?', Big Data & Analytics, ASEAN, Oracle
• 'Organizational cultural changes required for success in Artificial Intelligence', CDO, Head of Science, Visa
• 'Machine learning and AI in American Express risk management', VP, Fraud Risk Decision Science, American Express

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The CFO Agenda will return to London on 1st June. Ahead of this year’s event the team reached out to 150+ CFO’s and FD’s from across Europe to understand the key opportunities for their businesses across the next year.

The CFO team have polled leading CFOs and finance leaders from across the UK and Europe on their priorities, concerns and plans for the future. The responses gathered reveal insights on the changing nature of the finance profession and the CFO role, immediate and long-term risks facing the business, the level of financial uncertainty affecting the business and the biggest opportunities over the coming years.

It is clear from the survey that CFOs are heavily impacted by the macro-environment and face an uncertain future trading in a volatile environment. Digitalisation is becoming increasingly more integrated within the finance function and is slowly being accepted as an opportunity for smart, evidence-based decision-making, but we still have a way to go to convince finance of the ROI on expensive new technologies. The changing nature of the CFO role is an opportunity for driven finance professionals to lead change and transformation within their organisation and prepare robust strategy and finance models for the future. The skills shortage across roles and industries is widening the talent gap and finance has a responsibility to create innovative strategy to prepare for the future of work and a new generation of workers. Change affects us all and with change comes exciting new opportunities for the future. It is not all doom and gloom; growth and internationalisation is still high on the agenda for CFOs and we hope to see a steady rise in the economy as we learn to accept our situation and grow in new markets and geographies.

Opportunities for business in 2017

 

 

Launching into New Geographies

With all the uncertainty and doubt surrounding the UK economy, launching in overseas markets can add valuable extra sales (and profits) which in turn can help generate economies of scale on the existing cost base. This appears easier than it is, but customers are always on the lookout for something different and so a clear and unique proposition that is well marketed can help you stand out from the competition.

Staff Engagement

It’s no surprise that successful companies tend to have highly engaged teams that seem to be able to achieve things other businesses can only dream of. Furthermore, the most engaged teams tend to be aligned with one another making it far easier to continually achieve business goals and objectives which can be an enormous contributor to productivity throughout a business. In this time of competing priorities and deadlines, it’s never as easy as it seems to get everyone engaged so it’s a case of regularly trying new ideas and methods.

Technology and Innovation

Nowadays IT is a fundamental part of almost every business and most businesses have a long list of improvements they would like to make to their IT infrastructure, each of which could improve some part of the business. The challenge for CFOs is to work out which of these improvements is really going to deliver sizeable benefits and give them a competitive edge. Once identified, it’s then a matter of getting it in on time and on budget.

(Paul O’Leary, CFO, Boden)

 

Technology and Innovation will be a core focus at this year’s CFO Agenda 2017, as we welcome Steve Dixon, VP Future Finance, Unilever to discuss how finance can embrace the digital world and unlock value across the business.

Steve’s session will explore the importance of setting a clearly defined and unified digital strategy and will identify best practice on how technology can strengthen the role of finance and the impact the CFO can have on the organisation.

 

For more information on the programme, please visit www.TheCFOAgenda.com/programme-2017.

To find out more about the event, please visit www.TheCFOAgenda.com.

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