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11th & 12th September 2012 The Westin Kuala Lumpur
Platinum Sponsor
www.asianworldsummit.com
Event Overview
The fundamental of business is about seizing growth and managing risks. Fresh from the impact of crisis, most companies are busy cutting cost and toning down their expansion. Many businesses are also rethinking their business models and begining to reposition for a changed market in order for them to sustain growth. This is where CFOs step in to take the responsibility of preserving the value of business while catalysing growth and controlling risks. With the threats evolving in the West; how are Asian CFOs coping with the financial solemnness? Have companies managed to expand in these risky times and how have CFOs been a catalyst for the growth? CFO Thought Leadership Roundtable aims to find answers to these questions by fostering the sharing of experience from award winning and expert speakers from across continents and interactive roundtable discussions which will stimulate revelation on the best practices to achieve growth while minimising risks. Take away with you skills and strategies on: Remodelling the finance function to get going in times of trouble Delivering value for internal and external stakeholders Ensuring sufficient liquidity by improving working capital management Offsetting lost profits through cost cutting Balancing between growth and risks
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Chief Executive Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Directors and Heads of Finance, Treasury, and Financial Controllers
(Hughes is the winner of the National Public Sector Financial Manager of the Year Award by CFO DealBook Awards 2011 and 2008 WS Lonnie Award for Chief Financial Officer of the Year)
(Axiata has won the Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Award for Best Telecom Group for four consecutive years in a row, and is the only Malaysian company included in the Forbes Asias Fab 50 List 2011)
Index 2011 Award & was the top winner in the Consumer Markets segment at KPMG Shareholder Value Award 2011)
Marc Seiler Executive Director Finance & Control Nestl (Malaysia) Berhad (Nestl received the Distinction Award & Best Corporate Social Responsibility Award at Malaysian Corporate Governance Koo Nguang Siah Senior Vice President & Group Financial Controller Cerebos Pacific Limited
(In an inaugural Governance & Transparency Index by Business Times in 2009, Cerebos was ranked a commendable 26th best out of the 676 companies ranked for good corporate governance)
S.V.Padmanabhan (SVP) Head & Senior Vice President -Product (Finance and Accounts), Olam International Limited & Chief Financial Officer, Invenio Holdings Pte Ltd
(Olam International was voted as the Most Transparent Company by SIAS Investors Choice Awards since 2006 till date. Most recently, Olam was awarded the Medium Cap Corporate of the Year by Asiamoney)
Nurhisham Hussein Vice President Economic Research Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad Dr. Lau Chee Kwong Associate Professor of Accounting, Nottingham University Business School, Malaysia Member of the Issues Committee, Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (MASB) John Wong Managing Director Group Head of Transaction Banking, Global Wholesale Banking Malayan Banking Berhad Girish Ramachandran Executive Director RSM Strategic Business Advisors Sdn Bhd Lex Lee Director -Risk Consulting Deloitte & Touche Enterprise Risk Services
09:30
10:00
Format of Roundtable Discussion The participants will be divided into smaller groups. For the first 15 minutes, the speaker of the roundtable session will share his/ her thoughts on the topic and will throw out some points that can be discussed by the participants. The participants will then discuss the topic among themselves in their respective groups for 45-minutes. The session ends with the speaker summarizing the discussion. The objective of the session is to allow free interaction among the attendees to promote sharing and exchange of ideas.