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Budapest, Hungary

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Event Date Mon Oct 10 BST - Thu Oct 13 BST (over 7 years ago)
In your timezone (EDT): Mon Oct 10 12:00am - Thu Oct 13 12:00am
Location Budapest, Hungary
Region EMEA
Details

With the focus on delivering next generation scope through value-add, talent and rapid automation, the 10th Annual Eastern Europe Shared Services Week evaluates how Eastern Europe Service Centres can stay ahead of the competition in regards to talent, digital disruption and harnessing value - the race is now a matter of jumping ahead or lose out to being left behind.

If your objectives are to harness value from your SSC, increase efficiency, align processes, keep costs reduced and acquire and manage your talent base, join 200+ of your peers in October for four days of frank case studies, unique regional specific information sharing sessions and benchmarking exercises.

Speakers

Vodafone
Salvatore Russo
Head of Business Engagement
Vodafone
Liverpool John Moores University
Paul Morrissey
Professor and Analytics Expert
Liverpool John Moores University
Serco
Simon Cunniffe
Shared Services Executive
Serco
Mylan
Gabriella Kokai
Director, European HR Shared Services
Mylan
BT
Gabriella Takács
Former Finance SSC Delivery & Site Lead
BT
Siemens
Pavel Lakatos
Global Shared Services Business Development Controlling
Siemens
Johnson Controls
Balint Bacso
Director of Enterprise HR Operation - APAC & EMEA
Johnson Controls
LEGO Group
David Gyori
Senior CIT T&S - Global Service Desk Manager
LEGO Group
Elopak S.A.
Andżelika Zarudzka
SSC Lead
Elopak S.A.
Getinge
Sywia Falba
Business Area Finance Manager
Getinge
Eaton
Csaba Szende
Head of HR
Eaton
Computacenter Services
Jamie Davies
Finance SSC Manager
Computacenter Services
C.H. Robinson
Wim Feys
Finance Director - Europe
C.H. Robinson
BSH
Aleksandra Nowacka
Catalogue Management Team Leader
BSH
Coca Cola Hellenic
Simona Simion-Popescu
BSO Director
Coca Cola Hellenic
RBS
Roland Pac
Head of Global Finance Services Poland; CFO
RBS
CooperStandard
Wojciech Pandel
Finance Director, Europe
CooperStandard
AGCO Corporation
Emese Szakacs
SSC Director
AGCO Corporation
BT Global Services
Maria Grocz
HR Manager CEE & Russia
BT Global Services
Ingersoll Rand
Małgorzata Lewicka
HRS Leader
Ingersoll Rand
Ingersoll Rand
Francesco Copercini
HR Services Territory Leader Eastern Europe, France & Italy
Ingersoll Rand
BNP Paribas Securities Services SKA Branch in Poland
Marcin Nowakowski
Chief Financial Officer
BNP Paribas Securities Services SKA Branch in Poland
Brady Corp
Mohan Caers
EMEA HR Shared Services Leader
Brady Corp
Grundfos
Zoltan Palyi
Head of Fianancial Information Service Solutions and Site Manager
Grundfos
Citi
Zsolt Akossy
Senior Vice President, Head of EMEA HR Shared Services Citi Service Centre
Citi
London School of Economics and Political Science
Leslie P Willcocks
Professor of Technology Work and Globalisation and Director of the Outsourcing Unit
London School of Economics and Political Science
GSK
Robert Borkiewicz
Capability Lead Global Learning and Development GSF Human Resources
GSK
CBRE
Maciej Piwowarczyk
Head of EMEA Global Business Services
CBRE
Diageo
Gabor Zeisler
Head of Business Service Centre Budapest
Diageo
RSA
Kostas Kizilis
Head of Financial Control
RSA
WeightWatchers
Stephan Kreuzberg
Former General Manager – Switzerland
WeightWatchers
Avis Europe
Szilvia Bogdán
International Region, Project Director HR SSC
Avis Europe
ABB
Devi Kencki
Global Transformation Team Lead - IS Applications
ABB
Societe General
Daniel Hernandez
European Finance Operations Director
Societe General
Philips SSC
PK Sinha
Global Head - Procurement Shared Services Center
Philips SSC
Lloyd’s Register
Gianluca Rubino
P2P Lead EMEA
Lloyd’s Register
Baker & McKenzie
Eric Riego de Dios
Human Resources Director
Baker & McKenzie
Shell
Olga Kortbeek
SBO Krakow HR Lead
Shell
Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company
Sanja Samardzic
BSS Exploitation Function Lead for Finance for Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia
Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company
AVON
Mariusz Szalaj
Director, AVON Global Shared Services / CoE
AVON
Hitachi Data Systems
Tomasz Brzostowski
Director – Global Finance Shared Services
Hitachi Data Systems
Lufthansa Global Business Services
Madhu Kunnampilly Aravindakshan
Head of Operations - Management Reporting
Lufthansa Global Business Services

Errol Williamson
Change and Collaboration Consultant Company
Errol Williamson Ltd
Lexmark
Peter Csucska
General Manager, Budapest Competence Centre
Lexmark

Rob Van den Wijngaard
Manager Finance Shared Service Centre
University Leiden
Western Union
Sarunas Suipis
VP Operations and Managing Director
Western Union
Western Union
Vytis Ciemnolonskis
Director Operations and Business Process Management
Western Union
Amway
Wojciech Kaprinski
Head of Shared Service Center
Amway
Reckitt Benckiser
Dave Marton
Global Director Business Services Group
Reckitt Benckiser
Alsbridge
Paul Donaldson
Advisor and Practice Lead Robotics Process Automation
Alsbridge

Andreas Knopf
Partner
BPI Business Process Integration

Michael Preiss
Partner
BPI - Business Process Integration
Bureau van Dijk
Jolien Heylen
Advisor Compliance Solutions
Bureau van Dijk

Sponsors & Partners

Adra is a leading provider of cloud based solutions for financial controls and automation, with over 25 years’ experience of providing software solutions for the automation of the Financial Close Process.

Our suite of cloud-based tools enables finance and accounting teams in all types of organisations to do more with less resources while at the same time reduce risk and increase control.

Our suite of tools are used by over 3.000 companies, including large multinationals and SMEs, and our mission is simple - to streamline and standardise accounts departments and give them an overview of a company's key processes at all times, enabling them to work smarter, more quickly and with better control and accuracy.

Want to know more?

Visit Adra today at www.adra.com

Alsbridge
Alsbridge
Website: http://www.alsbridge.com

Alsbridge is a global management consulting firm that helps companies enable their businesses and reduce costs by optimizing their service provider relationships. A trusted advisor to over 40% of the Fortune 500, Alsbridge works with over 200 clients a year on over $11b in spend. Experienced consultants leverage market insight and deep benchmarking databases to help clients align their requirements to the optimal vendor solution, apply best practices, negotiate terms at fair market prices and improve relationship governance. Clients utilize the most cost-effective and value-added sources globally for IT infrastructure services, network carrier services, hardware and software, application support and development, business processes and cloud services.
Atradius Collections
Atradius Collections
Website: www.atradiuscollections.com/ie/

Atradius Collections (a business unit of Atradius Group) provides efficient, quick and flexible solutions to collect domestic and international trade debts. With a global network of collections specialists, lawyers and insolvency practitioners worldwide, Atradius Collections serves over 14,500 customers, supporting them to reduce clients’ trade risks through our efficient Business to Business focused collections service.
BPI Business Process Integration GmbH
BPI Business Process Integration GmbH
Website: www.bpi-gmbh.de

BPI is a leading provider of consulting services and software solutions for SAP financial supply chain management (FSCM).

With EBS Workbench® and AIS Workbench®, BPI offers state-of-the-art add-on solutions for SAP in the area of bank reconciliation and cash application.

Multinational customers take advantage of unmatched process automation and optimization capabilities of BPI’s solution portfolio, serving everything from fully decentralized to shared service center operations.

BPI’s Workbench solutions are innovative concepts transferred into applications. They ensure that client organizations can smoothly achieve a world class cash application process on any scale.

Bureau van Dijk
Bureau van Dijk
Website: www.bvdinfo.com

KYC, DUE DILIGENCE RISK
With information on 200 milion companies Bureau van Dijk is the resource for company data. A key benefit of our information is how simple we make it to compare companies internationally. We have detailed, reliable information for third – party due diligence, AML and KYC compliance which helps you minimise reputation damage and risk exposure. Our solutions help improve efficiency and automation – leaving your analysts to spend time on more complex risk research. We are always looking to enhance our coverage and sourcing new information that can enrich our existing universe of companies.
Lexmark International
Lexmark International
Website: www.lexmark.com

Lexmark International is a global technology leader creating enterprise software, hardware and services that remove the inefficiencies of information silos and disconnected processes.

Lexmark combines our innovative technology with deep industry expertise to automate information-driven processes in retail, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, education, government and more. These solutions bridge crucial gaps between your core systems and the information outside their control—simplifying and completing the processes that run your business.

By applying exceptional customer engagement to understand our customers’ complex challenges, we connect people to the precise information they need at the moment they need it.

Runbook
Runbook
Website: www.runbook.com

Runbook delivers top-of-the-line financial solutions for companies running SAP. We give the world’s largest corporations the tools they need to create and maintain successful Shared Service Centers. With the Runbook OneTM Enhanced Financial Controls and Automation Platform, your company gains a solution that automates, harmonizes, and integrates the full record-to-report process across the globe. Our solutions ensure that Shared Service Centers are optimized, running smoothly, and meet their KPI goals. Runbook solutions, including SMART Close, TRUE Reconciliation, SAFE Controls, and JOURNAL Entry, were named best-in-class by Gartner for companies running SAP because Runbook embeds within the ERP system as well as within financial processes.

Because Runbook is an embedded solution, your system is always available and never off-line to refresh, ensuring that Shared Service Centers have one version of the truth, regardless of their regional location. Runbook delivers clear financials for companies running SAP.

Sovos Compliance
Sovos Compliance
Website: www.sovos.com

Sovos Compliance is a tax technology company with over 20 years’ experience in the international tax environment. In the area of VAT, Sovos provides VAT services and software solutions that help automate and optimise VAT compliance processes.

Tungsten Network
Tungsten Network
Website: http://www.tungsten-network.com

Tungsten Corporation (LSE: TUNG) accelerates global trade by enabling customers to streamline invoice processing, improve cash-flow management and make better buying decisions from their detailed spend data.
Buyer organizations that join Tungsten Network, the world’s largest compliant electronic invoice network, can reduce their invoice-processing costs by 60%. Tungsten offers supply chain financing through Tungsten Bank; and helps buying organizations profit by applying real-time spend analytics to its vast repository of line-level invoice data.

Tungsten serves 56% of the Fortune 500 and 6