CFO Connect Qatar 2024 | Great Minds Event Management | 12 May 2024 | InterContinental Doha Beach & Spa, an IHG Hotel, Bldg. No. 25, Zone, 61 Street 900, Doha, Qatar

Navigating the Evolving Finance Landscape for Actionable Business Transformation

As businesses emerge from the challenges posed by the last recent disruptions in the region and world at large, CFOs are once again facing a critical role in steering the path to recovery and addressing a dynamic array of issues. Restoring capital amidst impairments and adjusting risk capacities in regulated sectors, alongside managing asset price fluctuations and narrowed profit margins, necessitates a strategic emphasis on cost-efficiency.

Investors and board members now seek sustained double-digit return-on-equity, stable credit evaluations, and heightened clarity on risk exposures to optimize shareholder value. Concurrently, regulators are intensifying their focus on real-time oversight of organizational operations and disclosures, with a slate of new initiatives planned for 2024, including an increased emphasis on sustainability and ESG factors.

Adding complexity, business divisions are demanding enhanced actionable insights and immediate analytics, while customers are advocating for personalized self-service experiences powered by digital platforms and resources. Amidst the persistent ‘war on talent,’ the challenge of recruiting and retaining skilled professionals and adopting new ways of working has become a reality across the market.

To discuss these issues and explore solutions, we invite you to join us, as we bring together some of the best and finest minds in finance from Qatar and the region, from different industries to discuss these challenges. And share insights and strategies on how latest tools and solutions can help the office of the finance evolve and rise up to be able to meet the new reality of todays business to drive growth and profitability in the new digital economy.

Key Topics:
• Overview of 2024 Finance Trends in Today’s Changing World
• CFO of the Future: the changing role of the CFO
• Navigating Inflation Challenges in the Current Economic Environment
• Digital Transformation in the Office of the Finance
• Data Driven Finance Transformation – Exploring the role of data analytics in transforming finance
• Evolution of FP&A to XP&A
• Emergence of the Sustainability Driven CFO – How to define, operationalize and integrate the ESG strategy in Finance
• Finance Automation and Cashflow Management
• Finance and Digital Technology: How can emerging technologies such as AI and ML be leveraged to enhance the effectiveness of XP&A?
• Payment Process Transformation to Reduce Workload on Finance Teams

2024 Speakers

CHAIRMAN:

Ahmed Moussa
Managing Director & Founder, CFO Consulting

MODERATORS:

Mohammed Fahim, CFA
Financial Expert

Antoine Boustany
Country Finance Director, Hilton Qatar

Oscar Sanz-Paris
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, CQUR Bank

ADVISORY BOARD:

Yousef Barkawie
Partner, Middle East AI & Data Leader, Deloitte

Ahmed Dawoud
CFO - GCC & Levant, PepsiCo Saudi Arabia

Tamil Selvan Ramadoss
Group Finance & Business Transformation Officer, RMB Holdings

PANELISTS:

Amit Kashyap
Chief Financial Officer, Qatari Diar

Ashraf Ghaly
Head, Financial Accounting (QEI), Financial Business Operations, Qatar Energy

Mohamed Farhan
Acting Chief Financial Officer, The Commercial Bank Qatar

Ahmed Hadid
Corporate Finance Director, Al Jaber Engineering

Paras Banthia
Chief Financial Officer, HSBC Qatar

Sikandar Ladha
Chief Financial Officer, QNB Financial Services

Saifullah Khan
Chief Financial Officer, Baladna Food Industries

Asem A. Alnaser
Chief Audit & Risk Management Executive, Alghanim Industries

Ahmad Nassar
Chief Financial Officer, AlFardan Group

Rami Soussou
Chief Financial Officer, Alijarah Holding

Madhurr Vinay Jain
Head of Finance, Sharq Insurance

Muhammad Khurram Ashraf
Group CFO, Al Mirqab Capital

Ali Al Sawaf
Chief Financial Officer, UCC Holding

Joseph Al Hamod
Finance Director, Mowasalat Qatar

Mark Freeman
Director, Strategic Partnership and Alliances, Thomson Reuters

SPEAKERS:

Omer Baysal
Senior Manager- Technology and Digital Consulting Services, Mazars

Karthick Balasundaram Raju
Manager - Technology and Digital Consulting Services, Mazars

Vishal Parekh
Head of Corporates, Thomson Reuters

Anique Hakkim
Senior Sales Engineer, Alteryx

2024 Sponsors and Partners

OFFICIAL ADVISORY PARTNER:
• Deloitte

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Mazars
• Thomson Reuters

FINANCE TRANSFORMATION PARTNER:
• Alteryx