CFO ANZ Summit 2012

The Theme for the 2012 New Zealand CFO Summit is: Making the most of now – The disciplined road to long term growth.

In today’s increasingly challenging and volatile macro world, the role of the CFO has evolved significantly. The uneven pace of recovery worldwide has made it more challenging for many companies. CFOs are increasingly playing a more critical role in shaping their company’s strategies today, especially in light of the highly uncertain macroeconomic environments, where managing financial volatilities is becoming a centrepiece for many company’s strategies

A snapshot of some of the topics across the Summit:
• Life in a volatile world - coping with the volatility
• Insurance and risk management – the road to accepting a great level of risk
• Impact and influence of Centro, Feltex and Nathan’s Finance
• Lessons from the last 18 months – exit, innovate, diversify
• FMA and New Zealand’s financial regulatory system
• Evaluating innovation spend within a strategy
• The indicators of success or failure during strategy execution
• Making the call around fund allocation
• Prioritisation of expenditure – where the CFO can help
• Ultra Fast Broadband (UFB) - how will it influence future business models
• Enterprise Systems – where are we headed?
• The CFO as a people leader – from cost-cutting to retention
• Hedging and financing
• Trends in corporate costs
• Working capital & cash management strategies - opportunities beyond the low hanging fruit