6TH ANNUAL

Pathways Towards Differentiated Success

AGENDA

08.15

Registration & Welcome Coffee

09.00

Conference Chairperson’s Welcome Remarks

Jeremy Gray

Editorial Consultant

CXOCIETY

09.15

Panel Discussion: Balancing CFO’s Strategic Priorities while Delivering Immediate Results

In 2025, CFOs face the challenge of balancing business growth and profitability with fostering innovation and ensuring compliance. As the finance function evolves, how can it add genuine value from the perspective of business stakeholders? This session emphasises the strategic focus and complexities that CFOs will face in 2026.

  • Navigating growth pressures and challenges facing CFOs in 2026
  • Ensuring long-term profitability amidst market changes
  • Cost control as growth strategy
  • Balancing risk and growth
  • Making smart investment decisions

Moderator:

Jeremy Gray

Editorial Consultant

CXOCIETY

Panelists:

Benjamin Chin ECCO
Benjamin Chin

CFO Asia Pacific & Managing Director, SG & MY

ECCO

Murtaza Rangwala OLAM AGRI
Murtaza Rangwala

President & CFO - Food, Freight and Feed

OLAM AGRI

Jerome Foo Onestream
Jerome Foo

Enterprise Account Director

ONESTREAM

Li Chong Jin

Chief Financial Officer

SINGAPORE POOLS

09.50

Keynote: AI in Context: From Hype to a Digital Business Partner that Works

CS Lim

Vice President of Asia

JEDOX

10.15

Fireside Chat: CFO’s Investment Strategies that Drive Growth
  • How we invest: local, regional, or global?
  • Investment strategy that fits emerging markets
  • Key risk mitigation management for strategic investments
  • The need of investment compliance – latest trends and best practices

Interviewer:

Matthew Beaven

Former Regional CFO APAC

GLOBAL EYEWEAR MANUFACTURING

Interviewees:

Mayank Vishnoi CHEMONE
Mayank Vishnoi

Group CFO – Corporate Finance

CHEMONE GROUP

Rain Yang MONSTER ENERGY
Rain Yang

Vice President Finance Asia

MONSTER ENERGY

10.40

Keynote: From Controller to Creator: The Strategic Imperatives of the Modern CFO

The role of the CFO is undergoing a profound transformation. No longer confined to stewardship and control, today’s finance leaders are expected to shape strategy, unlock growth, and act as true partners to the CEO and the board. Against the backdrop of volatility, globalisation, and rapid digitalisation, CFOs need a new framework to lead with confidence and foresight.

  • The four strategic imperatives for modern CFOs
  • How to move from conservative guardianship to bold, future-focused leadership
  • How finance leaders can simplify complexity, accelerate decision-making, and cement their role as creators of strategy and growth

Jonathan Lew Finmo
Jonathan Lew

CFO & COO

FINMO

10.55

Morning Coffee Break

11.20

Executive Interview: Scaling Compliance: Real-World Lessons in Multi-Country E-Invoicing Success

This session will delve into real-world implementation experiences across APAC and globally – providing practical insights into cross-border compliance, digital transformation, future-proofing invoicing processes, and vendor selection and strategic planning

Interviewer:

Raymond Lam Pagero
Raymond Lam

E-invoicing Lead

PAGERO (part of Thomson Reuters)

Interviewee:

Kang Ghee Keong YINSON PRODUCTION OFFSHORE
Kang Ghee Keong

Head of Strategic IT Delivery

YINSON PRODUCTION OFFSHORE

11.45

Panel Discussion: Finance Digital Transformation Check-Up

A McKinsey Global Survey of CFOs in March 2024 reveals that while 98% of CFOs have invested in digitisation and automation within their finance functions, only a quarter of their processes are fully digitised or automated. As we look forward to 2026, finance leaders need to understand the challenges and strategies essential for modernising the finance function in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. How should finance leaders drive their digital transformation efforts while balancing the inherent risks and opportunities of the evolving financial landscape in Asia?

  • Identifying roadblocks in finance transformation
  • Modernising legacy processes
  • Maximising efficiency in finance function
  • Aligning people and technology for effective transformation
  • Measuring ROI of finance transformation initiatives

Moderator:

Lee Thong Tan

Director

KLARITYWORKS

Panelists:

Parul Aggarwal

Finance Director - APAC Lead, Enterprise Finance S/4 Transformation

JOHNSON & JOHNSON

Lin Nah Tan

Group Chief Financial Officer

LUXASIA

Stanley Liu

Director, Corporate Finance

OM HOLDINGS LIMITED

Amit Khandelwal UiPath
Amit Khandelwal

Regional Vice President and Managing Director, Enterprise Sales Southeast Asia

UIPATH

12.20

Keynote: One Source, Total Clarity: Powering Strategy Through Unified Data

As the pace of change accelerates, CFOs are under pressure to deliver faster insights, ensure compliance, and guide strategic decision-making—all while managing risk and volatility. In this session, we will explore how finance leaders can move from historical and reactive reporting to supercharging strategy proactively, using a suite of integrated & automated solutions.

  • Simplifying complex financial processes, improving collaboration, and unlocking the full potential of your data in a rapidly evolving landscape
  • Building a future-ready finance function with enhanced data workflows using automation and data transparency
  • Empowering strategic decision-making and facilitating cross-departmental collaboration with the transformative power of AI

Bryan Wong Lucanet
Bryan Wong

Senior Solution Engineer

LUCANET

12.45

Networking Lunch

13.45

Keynote: Empowering Finance: How CFOs Can Build a Data-Driven, People-Centric Function

The role of CFO is no longer limited to financial oversight. Today’s finance leaders must lead the charge in using technology to transform operations and outcomes. But tools alone aren’t enough—organisational data must be clean, accessible, and actionable. The finance function, as the data powerhouse of any organisation, is uniquely positioned to pioneer these advancements by collaborating closely with IT to design and implement innovative tools. This session will share how leveraging cutting-edge technologies such as agentic AI can enhance financial operations, empower decision-making, and improve business outcomes.

  • Discovering the importance of accessible, organised, and actionable data with data democratisation
  • Strategies to build a future-ready finance function through data, automation, and people
  • Driving real business impact with agentic AI

Ho Ket Hyun SAP
Ho Ket Hyun

Head of CFO Advisory for SEA and Greater China

SAP

14.10

Panel Discussion: Revolutionising Finance with Artificial Intelligence

As we approach 2026, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in finance is becoming a pivotal focus for CFOs across Asia. Gartner predicts that by 2026, 90% of finance functions will implement at least one AI-enabled technology solution. Notably, 44% of finance professionals are already leveraging AI for intelligent process automation, enhancing information processing and anomaly detection.

With AI's potential to transform decision-making and operational efficiency, how can finance leaders harness this technology effectively?

  • The impact of AI on finance in 2026
  • Initiating AI innovations in finance
  • Collaborating with IT Leaders for AI deployment
  • Evaluating AI tools for finance
  • Use cases of AI application to finance activities

Moderator:

Jeremy Gray

Editorial Consultant

CXOCIETY

Panelists:

Mckenzie Mathieson AIRIA
Mckenzie Mathieson

Regional Sales Manager - Asia

AIRIA

Steffen Schick GSK
Steffen Schick

Senior Finance Director – Global Planning & Forecasting/FP&A

GSK

Sunil Golecha Palo Alto Networks
Sunil Golecha

CFO, Japan & Asia Pacific

PALO ALTO NETWORKS

14.40

Executive Interview: Treasury as a Strategic Finance Function for CFOs
  • The difference between operational and strategic role of treasury
  • How treasury can create value for organisations
  • The evolution of treasury
  • Use cases of treasury transformation

Interviewer:

Allan Tan

Group Editor-in-Chief

CXOCIETY

Interviewee:

Pulat Yunusmetov ZANDERS SINGAPORE
Pulat Yunusmetov

Director

ZANDERS SINGAPORE

15:05

Quick Survey: Becoming a Future Ready CFO

Marcel Ewals

Regional Director

INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS (IMA®) ASIA PACIFIC

15.15

Afternoon Coffee Break

C-ENGAGE CONVENTION PLENARY

The CFO & CIO Alliance

15.40

Conference Chairperson’s Welcome Remarks

Allan Tan

Group Editor-in-Chief

CXOCIETY

15:45

C-Suite Panel Discussion: AI Action Plans for 2026

Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat shared a preview of Singapore’s plans for research, innovation and enterprise (RIE) by 2030 and said both initiatives on large-scale applied AI push, and cross-sector research will be among wider efforts, including major investments, to secure Singapore’s future amid quickening economic and geopolitical shifts.

With Singapore’s plans in pushing on with artificial intelligence (AI) applications on a large scale in key sectors, as well as launching major research and development (R&D) programmes that cut across different fields in an effort to drive economic growth that creates good jobs, how should business leaders in Singapore redefine their strategy in their AI roadmap for the coming years?

Moderator:

Allan Tan

Group Editor-in-Chief

CXOCIETY

Panelists:

Laurence Liew AI SINGAPORE
Laurence Liew

Director for AI Innovation

AI SINGAPORE

Gaurav Chhiber IBM APAC
Gaurav Chhiber

VP Data Platform

IBM APAC

Yeow Loye Siew

Chief Information Officer

MANDAI WILDLIFE GROUP

16:15

C-Suite Keynote: Usher in the Future of Work with AI Agents Built for the Enterprise

Among organisations that have adopted generative AI, only 33% report implementing generative AI into functional processes (IBV). For enterprises to seize productivity gains from AI, it needs to be easier for the people using it day-to-day. For many, that means better integration with the many workforce tools employees already use.

  • How companies are developing AI agents that act with greater autonomy
  • Scaling AI agents across diverse environments to deliver impact across the business
  • How to manage AI assistants and agents in a more unified, adaptable experience that safeguards both current and future investments

Vinod Khader IBM
Vinod Khader

Director, watsonx Orchestrate Engineering

IBM

16:30

Masterclass Programs

Elizabeth Lee

Data and AI Marketing Leader

IBM ASEAN

16:35

Masterclasses
1. Agentic AI is reinventing business operations… Are you ready?2. Is your data ready for the age of Agentic AI?3. Agentic AI and Integration – Will Agents replace traditional integration?

Agentic AI is transforming how businesses work, moving beyond task automation to intelligent systems that can reason, adapt, and autonomously. This interactive workshop will include:

  • A hands-on use case mapping activity
  • Identifying key opportunities in your organization to harness the next wave of AI
  • Practical steps to scale agentic AI responsibly

Generative AI is only as powerful as the data behind it. But many organizations struggle with fragmented, inaccessible, or untrusted data. This interactive session will include:

  • A live assessment of your data maturity and readiness
  • Discussions on key data challenges affecting Gen AI success and how to address gaps
  • Strategies to build a trusted, scalable data foundation for enterprise-grade AI and innovation

Agentic AI will redefine how organizations approach integration—shifting from static, pre-defined workflows to intelligent agents that can autonomously connect systems, adapt, and optimize performance in real-time. This interactive session will include:

  • How AI agents can address integration challenges
  • Hands-on demo and how to identify your top integration priorities
  • Practical strategies on how to design your own AI-powered integration roadmap

17:15

Masterclasses
4. How governance and securing your AI will define the agentic age 5. Accelerate AI infrastructure with modern storage solution 6. Generative AI in IT Operations – Move from Siloed Observability to 360 degrees Resilience
As AI agents become more autonomous and embedded across enterprise workflows, governance and security are often seen as constraints—but they can be powerful enablers of innovation. This interactive session will include:
  • Hands-on Risk Atlas activity to assess your organization’s risk posture
  • Discussion that challenges traditional views on governance and security
  • Strategies to turn compliance into a competitive advantage by leveraging robust governance frameworks
The speed and scale at which AI delivers value depends heavily on having the right storage architecture in place. This session will cover:
  • How AI-optimised storage can speed insights and support high-performance workloads
  • Ensuring data is always accessible, secure, and ready for action
  • How to align storage strategies with AI goals for quicker, smarter results
IT operations today struggle with fragmented observability tools and data siloes that limit visibility and slow incident resolution. This interactive session will include:
  • How organizations can move from siloed monitoring to a 360° resilience model that predicts, prevents, and rapidly resolves issues
  • How AI-driven automation can help ITOps teams to detect anomalies faster and optimise operational costs
  • How Gen AI unifies insights across infrastructure and applications – for telemetry to be transformed into actionable intelligence

17:55

Closing remarks

18:00

End of Event