C-Engage Convention 2023

Optimise • Accelerate • Transform

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EVENT OVERVIEW

There is no doubt that today’s business leaders are under duress. The past three years have shown that disruption is not only the norm but to be expected. The ongoing uncertainty, inflation, global economic, and geopolitical turbulences have created unprecedented challenges and disruptions in current businesses’ operating environments.

While we are always hopeful that things will eventually become less chaotic, as leaders it is incumbent upon us to build organisations that are resilient to disruption and adaptive to change. CEOs and his/her C-Suite team must forge ahead to meet their strategic business goals and key stakeholders’ expectations through relentless innovations and business transformation amid the changing dynamics.

Running in its fourth year under the theme of “Optimise, Accelerate and Transform” at C-Engage Convention 2023, we ask business, technology, finance, and operations leaders how they are laying out frameworks that will enable them to not only transform the business (and business model) but possibly innovate their way out of current and future crises.

At this year’s flagship event, we will cover:

The essentials to outperform and be agile
The future of work
Managing the margin pressures in an inflationary environment
Leading enterprise in the post digital transformation
Closing the talent hole and managing the AI generation

WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND

C-Engage Convention aims to give insights on driving technological transformation and on addressing pressing concerns to optimize digital investments and business performance to over 400 senior IT and finance leaders from multiple industries in the region.

This one-day event offers the best opportunity to hear from the industry’s leading professionals, contribute questions from the floor, engage in panel discussions, attend hands-on workshops on harnessing the power of disruptive technologies, and witness first-hand best practices in deploying the right technology and strategy to be successful in moving to the next phase of digital transformation and managing the change.

High-Level Industry Speakers

We gather 40+ industry speakers and experts from leading organizations for keynote presentations and incisive discussions so you can tap on their invaluable insights and best practices to your digital transformation journey.

Interactive Discussions

Be part of our interactive panel discussions that address the current hot topics, share ideas and experiences and get the answers to your pressing questions from prominent business leaders on stage.

Networking Opportunities

Meet new business partners, engage and forge new connections with our business leaders, end users, solution providers and many more at our event through luncheons, coffee breaks, one-to-one meetings and informal introductions.

Targeted In-Depth Sessions

8 hours of learning and networking opportunities packed into 10 in-depth sessions. Listen to corporate-driven best practices and case studies sharing that are targeted to your profession through the personalized conferences we crafted for you - FutureCIO and FutureCFO conferences.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

CEOs, COOs, CIOs, CTOs, CMOs, CHROs, CROs, CSOs, CSCOs, CPOs, Directors, Heads, MDs, SVPs, VPs, Leads, involved in:

Information Technology
Finance
Operations
General management
Procurement
Supply Chain
Sustainability
Innovation & Digital Technology
Human Resources
Risk Management

Last year’s event

AGENDA

09.15

PANEL DISCUSSION I: Building Business Resilience through Technology

The recent developments in economic and geopolitical landscapes have transformed the objectives of digital investments. Therefore, CIOs must understand the types of financial and business impacts and the time frame that other key business leaders from the organisation expect IT to deliver. This session will investigate the evolution of the CIO’s role, leadership, and organisational and technology priorities that IT leaders need to lead today and tomorrow.

How IT should be run in the future in the face of volatile markets and unstable geopolitics situation
Supporting business growth targets through business and digital transformation
Improving the quality of IT projects execution and lead time to deliver core IT services
Fostering strong relationships with key partners across the business
Measuring and communicating the value of IT investments to the business

MODERATOR:

Joey Chua

Head of IT

GULF MARINE

PANELISTS:

Evelyn Ooi

Regional Director, Information Technology (CIO)

GEODIS

Jeal Desai

CIO & Digital Leader, SEA

MONDELĒZ INTERNATIONAL

Khang Nguyen Trieu

Group Chief Technology Architect

ACCOR

Rajiv Renganathan

IT Director – Supply Chain Digitization

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC

09.50

KEYNOTE I: Accelerating AI and ML Adoption in Enterprise Business Systems

As organisations accelerate digitalisation with the infusion of AI and ML into their technology landscape, both IT and user organisations are grappling with the many approaches that could be adopted to achieve tangible results. While the attention is focused on front-end sales and customer engagement systems, the opportunity to leverage the vast volumes of quality data in the core enterprise systems is often overlooked. This session examines the proven and in-production use cases in the areas of business planning, financials and HR, to maximise the benefits of enhanced automation and decision-making through AI and ML in the digital core – the enterprise business applications.

Raghu Prasad

Vice President, Solution Consulting, Asia-Pacific and Japan

WORKDAY

10.15

PANEL DISCUSSION II: Data Privacy and AI Governance: Challenges and Solutions

Transforming real-time data governance with AI
How AI governance and data privacy go hand in hand
How to better align data, AI, governance and business goals
Challenges in achieving data and AI governance
Creating framework to preserve privacy without losing data’s usefulness in AI applications

MODERATOR:

Allan Tan

Group Editor-in-Chief

CXOCIETY

PANELISTS:

Chaitanya Gorrepati

Head of Reliability Engineering (SRE), Core Banking & Payment Hub, Wealth Management

CREDIT SUISSE

Harry Chan

AVP, IT

IHH HEALTHCARE

Raju Chellam

Chairman, Cloud & Data Standards

ITSC (IT STANDARDS COMMITTEE)

Shamal De Silva

Senior Director, IT/IS

REC SOLAR

09.15

PANEL DISCUSSION I: Continuing the Pace of Change: Unlocking Growth Opportunities and Tackling Challenges in 2024

The confluence of rising inflation and interest rate, tensions in geopolitical, regulatory changes, energy security, foreign exchange volatility, supply chain disruptions as well as climate change risk had reshaped CFO’s responsibilities in magnitudes. With things changing rapidly locally and globally, exacerbated by slowing growth, planning for 2024 is certainly not an easy task for finance leaders in Singapore. CFOs are required to drive the necessary transformations, be agile and flexible to capture new opportunities especially with the potential shrinking in customer demands as the world is likely or already in recession.

Doing more with less in the growing volatility, uncertainty complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) environment
Managing the margin pressures: How can finance leaders help accelerate recovery and ensure long-term sustainable growth post-pandemic?
Areas to raise and cut spending in 2024
Keeping pace with sustainable financing and ESG efforts in 2024
Navigating the changing tax landscape in 2024-2025

MODERATOR:

Allan Tan

Group Editor-in-Chief

CXOCIETY

PANELISTS:

Goh Yin Shian

Group Finance Director

GOODPACK

Rangnath Deshpande

CFO ASEAN

DXC TECHNOLOGY

Tay Siang Leng

CFO Asia

QBE

09.50

KEYNOTE I: Future of Finance – Tackling the Fundamentals

Global megatrends such as economic pressures, digital push, evolving customer landscapes and ever-changing regulatory environments drive the need for change and redefine the shape of the Future of Finance. However, many organisations must address fundamental core elements within the finance functions to embark on transformations, such as handling information, people readiness and adequacy, operating model definition, legacy policies and procedures, key data structures and many more. If not done well, these would eventually lead to transformation failures, misaligned expectations, loss of investments and underachieved benefits.

How best to begin your transformation journey
Addressing the fundamentals
Adopting new-age solutions sustainably to reap the maximum benefit and achieve your transformation goals

Karthik Manoharan

Director

CBS CORPORATE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

Lum Wai Leng

Consulting Director

CBS CORPORATE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

10.15

PANEL DISCUSSION II: Digital Transformation and Reality Gap: What’s Next Post Digitalisation?

Digital transformation saved many businesses when the pandemic struck. However, in reality, almost no organisation has finished their digitalisation journey. While most organisations are now more digitally mature and they are in a better position to thrive in the post-pandemic era, what businesses are asking for constantly evolves?

Advancing digitalisation initiatives vs. traditional work environments
Capitalising on digitalisation investment to stay resilient, flexible and efficient amidst escalating costs
Keeping up with digital acceleration while ensuring employee’s continuous engagement
Planning and sequencing finance transformation activities in 2024
Lesson learnt from 2023: What can be done differently in 2024?

MODERATOR:

Jeremy Gray

Editorial Consultant

CXOCIETY

PANELISTS:

Karen Lai

Director, Business Control of Global Operations

ASM

Katherine Tan

Group CFO

WEARNES AUTOMOTIVE

Pankaj Kabra

Senior Vice President Finance

TRAVELOKA

Peter Oey

CFO

GRAB

11.20

KEYNOTE II: Banking on the Cloud: Trailblazing the Way Forward with Site Reliability Engineering

Anil Kumar Saha

Senior Vice President, Engineering

DBS BANK

11:45

PANEL DISCUSSION III: Fast-Tracking Application Modernisation and Embracing Agility in Digital Enterprise

Dealing with legacy systems and technology today and in the coming years is complicated and finding the necessary expertise to deal with legacy technology can be challenging. Enterprises with a lot of legacy technology find that legacy systems are a major inhibitor to staying agile and accelerating their digital transformation initiatives. This session will discuss insights into modernisation drivers, challenges, and best practices.

The state of legacy systems in 2024

Application modernisation in the context of digital acceleration
Accelerating application modernisation with platform engineering

Roadblocks facing enterprises in Singapore working to modernise legacy systems into their digital infrastructure

Roadmap for application modernisation for the digital enterprise

MODERATOR:

Alvin Rodrigues

Editorial Consultant

CXOCIETY

PANELISTS:

Bruce Leong

Director, Technology & Strategy

MOUNT ALVERNIA HOSPITAL

Daniel Ong

Director, Solutions Architecture, Asia Pacific

DIGITAL REALTY

Darren Sim

Regional IT Director (APAC Digital & Connected Commerce)

JOHNSON & JOHNSON

Pauline Sng

Senior Director of IT

BD

12:20

FIRESIDE CHAT: CIO Imperatives to Help Businesses Become More Resilient and Sustainable

With digital transformation increasingly vital to businesses, CIOs have been tasked to exploit technology to stave off today’s economic pressures and future unpredictability. Yet, despite digital investments being viewed as necessary, CIOs need to be strategic about the technology innovations they choose to ensure their tech investments pay the digital dividends desired.

The balancing act to manage current pressures while positioning the business for long-term prosperity
Selecting the right digital initiatives to help the business rise above uncertainty
Positioning for quick time to value and long-lasting success

INTERVIEWER:

Alvin Rodrigues

Editorial Consultant

CXOCIETY

INTERVIEWEES:

Casey Kwan

VP and Head of Enterprise Cloud

SAP SOUTHEAST ASIA

Ng Yee Pern

Chief Technology Officer

FAR EAST ORGANIZATION

11:20

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Winning Formula for Integrated FP&A

To adapt to uncertainty and rapid changes, organizations need be agile and quick in decision-making. But organizational agility often faces a considerable barrier: unaligned top-down and bottom-up planning processes. In this session we will discuss the full potential of integrated Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) that creates a more complete picture of an organization and its performance, enabling teams to work smarter, collaborate better, and hit the mark, regardless of uncertainty or headwinds.

Common challenges faced by organizations when implementing their FP&A strategy
Key drivers of a successful FP&A strategy that enable organizations to stay ahead in today’s dynamic business landscape
Importance of people, processes and culture for adoption of integrated financial planning and analysis
Role of technology in the successful implementation of integrated FP&A

INTERVIEWER:

Allan Tan

Group Editor-in-Chief

CXOCIETY

INTERVIEWEE:

Andrew Soon

VP Sales Asia

JEDOX

11:45

PANEL DISCUSSION III: More than Turnover and Profits: Making Finance a Better Strategic Partner to Business

This session will unfold the new expectations for the finance role as a strategic business partner and how to transform the finance function into a strategic business partner, capable of providing critical support and insights to deliver sustained profitable growth and seamless operational excellence.

Rewriting and solidifying the finance function’s roles as the most trusted strategic business partner to capture new opportunities
Evolving transactional finance to value creation and becoming enterprise’s critical enablers
Communicating and engaging with the Board
Up-skilling the finance team to leverage fully on digitalisation and better partner with the business

MODERATOR:

Allan Tan

Group Editor-in-Chief

CXOCIETY

PANELISTS:

Alison Bertholon

APAC Finance Director, Business Control

VOLVO BUS

Karl-Michael Mouantri

Managing Director, CCH Tagetik APAC

WOLTERS KLUWER

Munish Kaushal

CFO APAC

HALEON

12:20

KEYNOTE II: Harnessing AI and ML to Accelerate Finance’s Role as Value Creator

AI and ML are no longer an option when modernizing the finance IT ecosystem—it’s a requirement. Modern finance is fully digital and intelligently automated, embracing AI and ML to process high-volume transactions faster with increased precision and greater accuracy. This session will share an up-close look at practical use cases for AI and ML applications and how to accelerate finance’s role as value creator.

Lee Thong Tan

CFO Practice Lead, Asia

WORKDAY

13.45

KEYNOTE III: The Path to Net Zero: Managing the Physical to Digital Journey through Effective Governance, Technology and Culture

This session will discuss how organisations can secure, digitise and unlock value from their information and data in order to set the foundations for true digital transformation. Also, it will explore how IT leaders can drive sustainability and meet ESG goals through an ecosystem lifecycle approach to:

Capture, structure, comply and reduce risk through the Information Management Lifecycle
Achieve productivity gains by unlocking value and automate workflows
Discover better ways of working as you transform operations and workplace expenditure

Wei Ping Ong

Digital Commercial Regional Head, Asia Pacific

IRON MOUNTAIN

14.10

PANEL DISCUSSION IV: Optimising Work Everywhere: The Future of Work in the Era of Flexibility

Workplaces in 2024 will be more diverse, flexible and distributed than ever before. As enterprises in Asia adapt to the new way of working, to cater to the shifting employees’ expectations, IT leaders in Singapore need to find ways to ensure productivity across the organisation while keeping employees happy and engaged in the hybrid working world.

CIO’s changing role in managing the next generation of work
Workforce and operations issues in the future enterprise
The rise of the metaverse and how it affects the future of work
Fundamentals in making hybrid-first strategy work
Maximising employee engagement with automation and digital intelligence
Empowering the workforce to work seamlessly with digital labours

MODERATOR:

Alvin Rodrigues

Editorial Consultant

CXOCIETY

PANELISTS:

Annie Chong

Global IT Director – Manufacturing and Head of IT Singapore Hub

ILLUMINA

Gary Ng

Divisional Director and CIO

SENTOSA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Irwan Yulianto

Head of APAC Enterprise Infrastructure, Security and Smart Innovation

PANASONIC ASIA PACIFIC

Kevin Lew

VP Global IT HR Systems

DHL EXPRESS

14.45

KEYNOTE IV: Enabling a Data-Driven Organisation: A Pragmatic Approach to Enterprise Data Platform Architecture

Accelerating the creation of data products which can be monetised with data mesh & fabric architecture
Supporting regulatory reporting and analytics and achieving modern data science with data lake and warehouse (LakeHouse) architecture
Data platform architecture patterns, data mesh architecture topologies and principles for achieving excellence in data platform architecture

Balamurugan Jegatheesan

Executive Director, Head Architect, Digital Channels and Data Analytics

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

13.45

FIRESIDE CHAT I: Sustainability – Delivering a Single Source of Truth for ESG and Beyond

Organisations across the globe are increasingly making environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) initiatives a top business priority. Measuring and reporting on ESG goals against plans is complex as it requires data collection from multiple systems and formats.

To address these challenges, operational leaders can apply a unified solution across their business to plan, manage, and report on sustainability initiatives. This session will share how CFOs can bring data together and align cross-function ESG planning processes effectively — integrating financial and non-financial data to fulfil not just reporting requirements, but also to plan and manage ESG practices.

INTERVIEWER:

Alex Jee

Director – Finance Transformation

ORACLE

INTERVIEWEES:

Adrian Teng

Group CFO & Group COO

CLIFFORD CAPITAL HOLDINGS

Prof. Roy Ling

CEO & Founder

FOLLOWTRADE

14.10

FIRESIDE CHAT II: Collaboration between Finance and Procurement: Enhancing Value and Performance

CFO’s role is pivotal in bridging the gap between finance and procurement within the organisation. CFOs need to unlock these two key functions’ full potential for the business’s overall success. This session will delve into the crucial topic of collaboration between finance and procurement teams and its impact on driving value, optimising spend and aligning strategic objectives within organisations.

The various aspects of effective collaboration between finance and procurement
Understanding the intersection
Identifying the shared goals and objectives of finance and procurement
The intertwining roles of finance and procurement in the Source-to-Pay process: Opportunities for alignment and cooperation.

INTERVIEWER:

Allan Tan

Group Editor-in-Chief

CXOCIETY

INTERVIEWEES:

Ching Terk Ming

Director, Management Consulting

KMPG

Derrick Sun

Business Development Director

ESKER ASIA

14:35

PANEL DISCUSSION IV: Ensuring Financial Resiliency in the Face of a Potential Economic Downturn

Pritika Bhattacharjee, Vice President, Research in the Gartner Finance Practice says: “CFOs are telling their FP&A leaders that they need to improve the flexibility of budgeting and forecasting, enable faster capital reallocation, and updated financial models to reflect rapidly changing business realities”. With economic activity slowing down, optimising sales is often a challenge for many businesses. As businesses enter into low-growth and high-cost settings, securing collections has become difficult and cash flows get increasingly difficult to predict.

Improving working capital and cash flow amidst high-interest rate and squeezing credit to ensure business continuity
Transforming cost structures to operate efficiently and balance fluctuations
Creating more agile, scalable and flexible FP&A
Optimising business decisions and cash flows with AI/ML-driven scenario planning
Rolling forecasts and scenario planning to protect free cash flows and reserves

MODERATOR:

Jeremy Gray

Editorial Consultant

CXOCIETY

PANELISTS:

Alexander Joramsa

CFO Asia Pacific

TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS

Gabriel Low

Managing Director (Asia)/CFO (APAC)

THEBEN ASIA

Neeraj Singhal

Chief Finance Officer, Asia Pacific

BCD TRAVEL

15:45

C-SUITE FIRESIDE CHAT: Powering through the Uncertainty with Finance Transformation: In Conversation with Dialog Axiata PLC

While today’s business landscape is changing at breakneck speed, the economic instability, inflation and recession has made planning for the future even more difficult for business and finance leaders.To overcome these challenges, organisations need to be armed with agile insights, streamlined processes, and real-time data to remain resilient.

This session will delve into how Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s largest mobile network operator is staying ahead of the curve by driving business performance through digitalisation of its finance processes.

INTERVIEWER:

Thomas Palmer

Managing Director, APAC

ONESTREAM SOFTWARE

INTERVIEWEES:

Wong Hong Zhou

Group CFO

DIALOG AXIATA PLC

Darshana Sanghavi

Managing Director APAC

AMCO SOLUTIONS

16:10

C-SUITE PANEL DISCUSSION I: The Agile C-Suite: The CXO’s Agenda in Mastering the Essentials to Outperform

New research shows that innovating leaders are rapidly ascending beyond their peers by comprehensively committing themselves to deliver net new growth at scale. Leaders who prioritize growth and innovations during crises tend to outperform their competitors over the years.

Creating and testing operating models to win amidst changing dynamics
Collaboration: The organizations’ role in supporting the business
Mitigating risk while accelerating transformation and growth
Embracing tech enablement and capabilities necessary to innovate quickly and repeatedly
Scaling digital and innovation capabilities across the organization

MODERATOR:

Carol Fong

RVP Sales

ANAPLAN

PANELISTS:

Abhi Sharma

CFO

CODA PAYMENTS

Balaji Uppili

Region CIO

GE HEALTHCARE

Lee Siew Kit

Vice President (Technology & IT)

SINGAPORE CRUISE CENTER

16:45

C-SUITE PANEL DISCUSSION II: Innovation Matters: Overcoming Human Barriers to Innovation

Creating a culture that accounts for the human side of innovation, including worries about failure, criticism and the impact of a career that holds back people from embracing innovation. As innovation is a critical factor in driving growth, this session aims to explore the fundamentals that leaders need to know to tap opportunities for growth through innovation.

Preparing for an era of innovation without borders
The correlation between culture, employee experience, leadership style and success rate of innovating
Tackling the internal and external resistance to innovation and change
Creating a sustained culture of innovation
Advice for business leaders facing difficult transformation challenges

MODERATOR:

Allan Tan

Group Editor-in-Chief

CXOCIETY

PANELISTS:

Arvind Mathur

CIO – AMEA

KELLOGG COMPANY

Benjamin Chin Fook Chuan

APAC Finance Director and Managing Director SG/MY

ECCO SHOES

Max Tiong

VP and Head of Innovation

INCOME INSURANCE

Muhammad Khalil Bin Shaiful Bahari

Deputy Director, Group Technology Office

BOUSTEAD PROJECTS LIMITED

17:20

CLOSING KEYNOTE: Generative AI for Business in 2024

Excitement around Generative AI (GenAI) is palpable, and executives rightfully want to move ahead with thoughtful and intentional speed. In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, the focus on cutting-edge GenAI is dominating the conversation. However, it is important to remember that GenAI is not a silver bullet, and it is not always the right tool for the job. It can be easy to forget the role and value that “traditional AI” and legacy tech products that enterprises already have and continue to provide for the business.

How GenAI is reshaping innovation
The benefits and limitations of GenAI
Best practices in matching the right tech tools to the problem/opportunity

Andrew Beasley

Regional Best Delivery Director APAC

CLIFFORD CHANCE

SPEAKERS

Abhi Sharma

CFO

CODA PAYMENTS

Adrian Teng

Group CFO & Group COO

CLIFFORD CAPITAL HOLDINGS

Alex Jee

Director – Finance Transformation

ORACLE

Alexander Joramsa

CFO Asia Pacific

TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS

Alison Bertholon

APAC Finance Director, Business Control

VOLVO BUS

Allan Tan

Group Editor-in-Chief

CXOCIETY

Alvin Rodrigues

Editorial Consultant

CXOCIETY

Andrew Beasley

Regional Best Delivery Director APAC

CLIFFORD CHANCE

Andrew Soon

VP Sales Asia

JEDOX

Anil Kumar Saha

Senior Vice President, Engineering

DBS BANK

Annie Chong

Global IT Director - Manufacturing and Head of IT Singapore Hub

ILLUMINA

Arvind Mathur

CIO - AMEA

KELLOGG COMPANY

Balaji Uppili

Region CIO

GE HEALTHCARE

Balamurugan Jegatheesan

Executive Director, Head Architect, Digital Channels and Data Analytics

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

Benjamin Chin Fook Chuan

APAC Finance Director and Managing Director SG/MY

ECCO SHOES

Bruce Leong

Director, Technology & Strategy

MOUNT ALVERNIA HOSPITAL

Carol Fong

RVP Sales

ANAPLAN

Casey Kwan

VP and Head of Enterprise Cloud

SAP SOUTHEAST ASIA

Chaitanya Gorrepati

Head of Reliability Engineering (SRE), Core Banking & Payment Hub, Wealth Management

CREDIT SUISSE

Ching Terk Ming

Director, Management Consulting

KMPG

Daniel Ong

Director, Solutions Architecture, Asia Pacific

DIGITAL REALTY

Darren Sim

Regional IT Director (APAC Digital & Connected Commerce)

JOHNSON & JOHNSON

Darshana Sanghavi

Managing Director APAC

AMCO SOLUTIONS

Derrick Sun

Business Development Director

ESKER ASIA

Evelyn Ooi

Regional Director, Information Technology (CIO)

GEODIS

Gabriel Low

Managing Director (Asia)/CFO (APAC)

THEBEN ASIA

Gary Ng

Divisional Director and CIO

SENTOSA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Goh Yin Shian

Group Finance Director

GOODPACK

Harry Chan

AVP, IT

IHH HEALTHCARE

Irwan Yulianto

Head of APAC Enterprise Infrastructure, Security and Smart Innovation

PANASONIC ASIA PACIFIC

Jeal Desai

CIO & Digital Leader, SEA

MONDELĒZ INTERNATIONAL

Jeremy Gray

Editorial Consultant

CXOCIETY

Joey Chua

Head of IT

GULF MARINE

Karen Lai

Director, Business Control of Global Operations

ASM

Karl-Michael Mouantri

Managing Director, CCH Tagetik APAC

WOLTERS KLUWER

Karthik Manoharan

Director

CBS CORPORATE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

Katherine Tan

Group CFO

WEARNES AUTOMOTIVE

Kevin Lew

VP Global IT HR Systems

DHL EXPRESS

Khang Nguyen Trieu

Group Chief Technology Architect

ACCOR

Lee Siew Kit

Vice President (Technology & IT)

SINGAPORE CRUISE CENTER

Lee Thong Tan

CFO Practice Lead, Asia

WORKDAY

Lum Wai Leng

Consulting Director

CBS CORPORATE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

Max Tiong

VP and Head of Innovation

INCOME INSURANCE

Muhammad Khalil Bin Shaiful Bahari

Deputy Director, Group Technology Office

BOUSTEAD PROJECTS LIMITED

Munish Kaushal

CFO APAC

HALEON

Neeraj Singhal

Chief Finance Officer, Asia Pacific

BCD TRAVEL

Ng Yee Pern

Chief Technology Officer

FAR EAST ORGANIZATION

Pankaj Kabra

Senior Vice President Finance

TRAVELOKA

Pauline Sng

Senior Director of IT

BD

Peter Oey

CFO

GRAB

Prof. Roy Ling

CEO & Founder

FOLLOWTRADE

Raghu Prasad

Vice President, Solution Consulting, Asia-Pacific and Japan

WORKDAY

Rajiv Renganathan

IT Director – Supply Chain Digitization

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC

Raju Chellam

Chairman, Cloud & Data Standards

ITSC (IT STANDARDS COMMITTEE)

Rangnath Deshpande

CFO ASEAN

DXC TECHNOLOGY

Shamal De Silva

Senior Director, IT/IS

REC SOLAR

Tay Siang Leng

CFO Asia

QBE

Thomas Palmer

Managing Director, APAC

ONESTREAM SOFTWARE

Wei Ping Ong

Digital Commercial Regional Head, Asia Pacific

IRON MOUNTAIN

Wong Hong Zhou

Group CFO

DIALOG AXIATA PLC

2021 SPEAKERS

Allan Tan

Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY

Group Editor-in-Chief

CXOCIETY

Ross Mackay

Group Head of Global Shared Services and Finance Process Optimisation, INTERNATIONAL SOS

Group Head of Global Shared Services and Finance Process Optimisation

INTERNATIONAL SOS

Head of Reliability Engineering (SRE), Core Banking & Payment Hub, Wealth Management

CREDIT SUISSE

David Tay

CIO Asia

LENDLEASE

Sumeet Puri

Chief Technology Solutions Officer, SOLACE

Deepak Sanadhya

Sales Director Asia, JEDOX

James Lee

Director of Finance, SOFITEL

Munish Kaushal

Vice President Finance – Global Categories, Marketing & R&D, GSK

CFO APAC

HALEON

Leonard Ong

Region CISO, APAC, GE HEALTHCARE

Lim Shih Hsien

Lim Shih Hsien, Head of Technology Masterplanning and Security, CISO, CSO, CERTIS

Ronald Wong

Assurance Partner, EY

Financial Accounting Advisory Services Leader and Partner

EY

Nam Soon Liew

ASEAN Managing Partner, EY

Niels Maerkedahl

Global Technology Lead, CIO for Business Banking, STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

CIO for Business Banking and CTO for Digital Platforms

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

Brent Wong

CISO, SEPHORA ASIA

Germaine Tan

Director of Analysis, APAC, DARKTRACE

Leonzon Poh

VP, Revenue, RGP

Bernard L’Allier

Managing Director, South Asia, RACKSPACE TECHNOLOGY

Richard Hayler

CFO, NUTRITION TECHNOLOGIES

Vincent Lim

CFO Asia Pacific, DATALOGIC

Yann Alain Hamon

Managing Director, WHY INNOVATION!

Juvanus Tjandra

Digital Finance Partner, KPMG SINGAPORE

Sachin Shah

Regional VP and Head of APAC Digital Services, RGP

Pulat Yunusmetov

Treasury Manager, DANONE

Ee Khoon Oon

Vice President, Asia Pacific, KYRIBA

Zakir Ahmed

Senior Vice President & GM, Asia Pacific & Japan, KOFAX

Daniel Viertel

Business Director, New Entry Market, CCH Tagetik, WOLTERS KLUWER

Business Director, New Entry Market, CCH Tagetik APAC,

WOLTERS KLUWER

Melissa Chua

Senior Editor, CXOCIETY

Mohamed Hardi

Director & CIO, NATIONAL HERITAGE BOARD

Director & CIO

NATIONAL HERITAGE BOARD

Ng Lai Yee

Managing Partner & Country Leader, IBM CONSULTING, SINGAPORE

Managing Partner & Country Leader, Singapore

IBM CONSULTING

Indradeep Das

Head of Finance, HILTI FAR EAST

Rain Yang

Head of Finance, YEO HIAP SENG (YEO’S)

Mahesh Joshi

Senior Director, Cloud Insight & Strategy , ORACLE JAPAC

Azuhar Mohammed

Head of Global Solution Center – Expertise & Innovation, SANOFI

Jimmy Ong

EY Technology Consulting Leader, Partner, EY ADVISORY

Frederic Giron

VP, Research Director, FORRESTER RESEARCH

Ion Mudreac

Director DevOps and Cloud Development, SINGTEL

Rajiv Biswas

Executive Director and Asia-Pacific Chief Economist, IHS MARKIT

Arjun Jolly

General Manager, Finance Operations, Downstream & Trading Reporting & Analysis, SHELL

Jeremy Gray

Editorial Consultant, CXOCIETY

Editorial Consultant

CXOCIETY

Siraj Iqbal

Assistant Director, e-Invoice Project Office, IMDA

Justin Ong

IT General Manager, PANASONIC ASIA PACIFIC

Christiaan van Es

Regional Vice President – Revenue Southeast Asia & India, RGP

Goh Yin Shian

Finance Director, TECKWAH INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION

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AT THE CONVENTION

“It was a wonderful experience being in a joint CFO and CIO conference with over 350 leaders across functions… I enjoyed this format better than only CIOs on the panel. Digital transformation is a collaborative effort across functions driving business outcomes and not a responsibility of IT alone.”

"Thank you very much! …. We all were very impressed by the number and quality of the participants!"

“…I was a delegate attending two very futuristic and informative conferences. The idea was to move away from .ppt to .exe meeting real-time IT leaders and exchange ideas and thoughts on today's fast-paced digital world. The C-Engage Convention talked about building strong CFO-CIO relationships to address the cutting edge technology developments, strategies in driving tech transformation across companies as well as addressing pressing concerns to optimize digital investments and business performance."

Optimise • Accelerate • Transform

EVENT OVERVIEW

WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND

High-Level Industry Speakers

Interactive Discussions

Networking Opportunities

Targeted In-Depth Sessions

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Last year’s event

AGENDA

Registration & Welcome Coffee

Conference Chairperson’s Welcome Remarks

PANEL DISCUSSION I: Building Business Resilience through Technology

KEYNOTE I: Accelerating AI and ML Adoption in Enterprise Business Systems

PANEL DISCUSSION II: Data Privacy and AI Governance: Challenges and Solutions

Conference Chairperson’s Welcome Remarks

PANEL DISCUSSION I: Continuing the Pace of Change: Unlocking Growth Opportunities and Tackling Challenges in 2024

KEYNOTE I: Future of Finance – Tackling the Fundamentals

PANEL DISCUSSION II: Digital Transformation and Reality Gap: What’s Next Post Digitalisation?

Morning Coffee Break

KEYNOTE II: Banking on the Cloud: Trailblazing the Way Forward with Site Reliability Engineering

PANEL DISCUSSION III: Fast-Tracking Application Modernisation and Embracing Agility in Digital Enterprise

FIRESIDE CHAT: CIO Imperatives to Help Businesses Become More Resilient and Sustainable

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Winning Formula for Integrated FP&A

PANEL DISCUSSION III: More than Turnover and Profits: Making Finance a Better Strategic Partner to Business

KEYNOTE II: Harnessing AI and ML to Accelerate Finance’s Role as Value Creator

Lunch

KEYNOTE III: The Path to Net Zero: Managing the Physical to Digital Journey through Effective Governance, Technology and Culture

PANEL DISCUSSION IV: Optimising Work Everywhere: The Future of Work in the Era of Flexibility

KEYNOTE IV: Enabling a Data-Driven Organisation: A Pragmatic Approach to Enterprise Data Platform Architecture

FIRESIDE CHAT I: Sustainability – Delivering a Single Source of Truth for ESG and Beyond

FIRESIDE CHAT II: Collaboration between Finance and Procurement: Enhancing Value and Performance

PANEL DISCUSSION IV: Ensuring Financial Resiliency in the Face of a Potential Economic Downturn

Afternoon Coffee Break

C-ENGAGE CONVENTION PLENARY

CONFERENCE CHAIRPERSON’S WELCOME REMARKS

C-SUITE FIRESIDE CHAT: Powering through the Uncertainty with Finance Transformation: In Conversation with Dialog Axiata PLC

C-SUITE PANEL DISCUSSION I: The Agile C-Suite: The CXO’s Agenda in Mastering the Essentials to Outperform

C-SUITE PANEL DISCUSSION II: Innovation Matters: Overcoming Human Barriers to Innovation

CLOSING KEYNOTE: Generative AI for Business in 2024

Closing Remarks

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