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New York CFO Community

Executive Summit

October 16, 2025 | Conrad New York Downtown

October 16, 2025
Conrad New York Downtown

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Collaborate with your peers

Get together with New York's top CFOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CFOs today:

Driving Strategic Growth Despite Economic Volatility

Accelerating AI Adoption and Automation in Finance

Developing Finance Talent to Transform the Function

New York CFO Governing Body

The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CFOs, For CFOs®.

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Rick Davison

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Managing Director & CFO

Entela Hana

Sompo Holdings
CFO, North America

Guru Ramamurthy

Bayer
Chief Financial Officer and Head of Finance, Bayer Crop Science

Aradhana Sarin

AstraZeneca
CFO and Executive Director

What to Expect

Interactive Sessions

Hear from CFO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.

Community Networking

Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your New York CFO community.

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a private, one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

Agenda

October 16, 2025

morning afternoon

8:00am - 8:30am  Registration & Breakfast

8:30am - 9:15am  Keynote

Charting the Course – Leading Through Change

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Dave Dowrich

SVP & CFO

TIAA

Volatility is the new normal, demanding CFOs lead with agility and vision. Join Dave Dowrich, CFO at TIAA, as he shares proven strategies for driving finance transformation, enabling sustainable enterprise growth and managing large-scale change during uncertainty.

Join this keynote to explore:

  • Building a culture of innovation and growth within finance
  • Leading organizations through disruption and global challenges
  • Developing essential leadership skills for the modern CFO

9:15am - 9:40am  Networking Break

9:40am - 10:25am  Breakout Session

Redefining CFO Leadership

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Guru Ramamurthy

Chief Financial Officer and Head of Finance, Bayer Crop Science

Bayer

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Flavia Landsberg

CFO

Del Monte Foods

The role of Chief Financial Officer is evolving beyond traditional financial oversight into a dynamic leadership position that demands strategic vision and innovation. As strategic partners, CFOs play a pivotal role in shaping company growth strategies, navigating competitive landscapes and driving value creation.

This session will explore:

  • Embracing the prominence and influence of the CFO role
  • Positioning finance at the center of strategic discussions
  • Fostering trust-based relationships throughout the organization

9:40am - 10:25am  Breakout Session

Finance-HR Fluency — CFO & CHRO Collaboration

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Marie-Chantal Gingras

CFO

Banque Nationale

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Brigitte Hébert

Executive Vice-President – Human Experience and Performance

Banque Nationale

CFOs speak in dollar signs and numbers, while CHROs speak in people and talent — creating a language barrier that can lead to friction. Yet, when these leaders learn to speak each other’s language, they break down silos and unlock new opportunities for business growth.

Join this session to hear from a CFO and CHRO as they discuss:

  • Identifying attributes and approaches that forge a powerful CFO-CHRO partnership.
  • Demonstrating how both leaders and their teams collaborate and leverage processes and tools.
  • Showcasing concrete examples of value-added initiatives for the entire business

9:40am - 10:25am  Executive Boardroom

Modernization and Automation as Strategic Advantage

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Kevin Sontgerath

Head of B2B Payments Partnerships

Capital One Trade Credit

Modernizing and streamlining finance processes is now a strategic imperative— enabling enterprise growth, delivering operational efficiencies, improving the customer experience, and ensuring ROI from technology investments. What processes should CFOs prioritize to drive profitable and efficient growth?

Join this session to discuss:

  • Proven frameworks and approaches CFOs are using to modernize and automate finance processes across the enterprise
  • Accounts receivable (AR) as a case study for streamlining operations, reducing risk, and supporting growth initiatives
  • How process modernization and automation frees up finance talent for higher-value, strategic work

10:25am - 11:10am  Networking Break

10:35am - 11:00am  Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

11:10am - 11:55am  Breakout Session

Benchmarking Finance AI Innovation in 2025

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Dennis Gannon

Vice President, Analyst

Gartner

Cautious, yet optimistic, CFOs recognize the potential of AI to drive efficiency and innovation within their function and broader organization. Despite vast enthusiasm around AI, many financial leaders still feel nascent on its potential and eager to uncover successful and specific use cases, with only 16% of CFOs telling Gartner they have seen significant ROI on AI implementation.

Join this collaborative session to:

  • Demystify AI through peer benchmarking high-value wins and strategic alignments
  • Leverage AI to simplify routine processes and contribute to long-term strategic planning
  • Investigate integration of AI into existing systems without reinventing the wheel

11:55am - 12:30pm  Lunch Service

1:05pm - 1:30pm  Networking Break

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Breakout Session

Strategic Synergy – Expanding the CFO-CIO Partnership

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Adam Barsky

Executive Vice President & CFO

New York Power Authority

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Robert Piascik

SVP & Chief Information and Technology Officer

New York Power Authority

CFOs and CIOs must collaborate effectively to drive business success and align IT investment strategies with financial goals. This partnership ensures that technology prioritization and integration are not only innovative but also financially viable.

Join this interactive fireside chat to learn:

  • Strategies to forge a valuable partnership between the CFO and CIO
  • Key insights from a novel approach to digital transformation and transition
  • How cross-functional collaboration enhances financial and business outcomes

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Executive Boardroom

Talent Strategy for the Future of Finance

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Azeem Ansari

CFO, PepsiCo North America

PepsiCo

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Richard Hanks

Chief Financial Officer

Strada

CFOs face growing pressure to boost finance team performance and productivity while advancing digital and AI goals in a volatile, cost-constrained environment. Upgrading finance talent is essential for transformation success, requiring talent strategy to be embedded into every finance roadmap.

Join to discuss:

  • Key talent shifts and skills needed for a high-performing finance function
  • Approaches for integrating upskilling and role redesign into finance plans
  • Strategies to attract, develop, and retain top finance talent

2:15pm - 3:00pm  Networking Break

2:25pm - 2:50pm  Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

3:00pm - 3:45pm  Breakout Session

The CFO’s Guide to AI and Automation

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Michael Lelievre

CFO, North America

Havas Media Group

AI has the potential to significantly enhance the strategic impact of finance teams and their productivity — but where should CFOs focus time and resources? Michael Lelievre, CFO for North America Media at Havas, will share learned experiences implementing AI solutions, developing automated workflows and leading finance teams through technology change.

This session will explore:

  • Demystifying AI to develop a team-wide growth mindset and embrace new technology
  • Maximizing utilization of existing solutions within your ERP
  • Tangible AI and automation use-cases to accelerate speed to impact for the finance function

3:00pm - 3:45pm  Executive Boardroom

Leading Beyond Finance

To meet rising stakeholder expectations and business needs beyond core finance, CFOs must evolve into more strategic business leaders. This transformation requires optimizing time allocation and enhancing communication to maximize leadership impact.

Join this discussion to uncover how to:

  • Amplify the finance function's value and leadership effectiveness
  • Communicate effectively with CEOs, boards and stakeholders
  • Expand into strategic domains, including preparing for external board roles

3:45pm - 4:00pm  Networking Break

4:00pm - 4:35pm  Keynote

From KPIs to KPAIs – Strategic Financial Alignment

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Michael Schrage

MIT Sloan Research Fellow

Guest Speaker

With the expansion of AI capabilities transforming business operations, finance leaders have the opportunity to leverage intelligent performance metrics to drive organizational and operational transformation. AI can bridge key gaps between financial indicators and strategic goals, identify and eliminate inefficiencies and create measurable value.

Join MIT Sloan Research Fellow Michael Schrage for this interactive session to explore:

  • Practical approaches to evolve KPI frameworks for strategic impact
  • GenAI solutions that reveal critical and fixable gaps in financial-strategic alignment
  • Actionable methods to enhance your role in allocating capital and advancing corporate objectives

4:35pm - 4:45pm  Closing Comments and Prize Drawing

4:45pm - 6:00pm  Governing Body Reception

Governing Body Reception

Finish the day sharing lessons learned with your peers over light fare and drinks at this closing reception hosted by your governing body members.

October 16, 2025

morning afternoon

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Conrad New York Downtown

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Conrad New York Downtown at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 888-370-1936. Please mention GARTNER2025 to ensure the appropriate room rate.

Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $639 USD (plus tax) is September 23, 2025.

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