27th – 28th April 2017 | Prague, Czech Republic

CFO Executive Summit 2017FINANCIAL FORUM FOR EMERGING EUROPE

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Unique content that you will find only here:

Exceptional knowledge sharing & learning platform

Business & success storiesof CFOs & CEOs and theirsolutions of challengingsituations

Greatopportunitiesto enhance yourprofessional skillsin various formatsof workshopsessions

Over 12 hours of tailoredpresentations, specific case studiesand interactive discussions

Moderated in-depthroundtable discussionson various topics

Startup Quick PitchCompetition:8 Innovative Business Startup Pitches

Innovative mornings Practical afternoons

More than 8 hours of informal networking

Attendeesrewardedby 14 CPD Points

Omar Saleh from the Portsmouth Business School delivered a though provoking presentation on Dilemmas Facing Executive and Non-Executive Management in Strategic Decisions and Directions. He brough a challenging combination of 3 concepts Strategy / Culture / Change in business management.

Top RatedWorkshop Sessions

of 2016

Robert Verbich, CFO Region Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary & Poland at OSRAM shared his own experience through real business story while presenting on topic CFO as Strategic Decision Maker: From a Vision to Real Action.

Barbara Wright-Avlitis, Managing Partner at the Wright Work Place delivered a compelling interactive session where she highlighted the importance of the “right” corporate environment and outlined the specific actions your organization can take to sustain high performance by creating a working enviroment that promotes resilince at all levels of the company.

Tim Cullen, Director of Oxford Programme on Negotiation of University of Oxford hosted workshop on Strategies for Successful Negotiation Outcomes. He has presented a lot from the essential art of persuasion. Therefore it is not a surprise that our attendees rated this workshop as one of the best.

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Top RatedPresentations

of 2016

The organisation was excellent and the agenda well designed. The Speakers were of high quality and the participants were also very engaged. Overall, a very good event!

It made me challenge myself to changemy perespective of being a CFO.

Mircea GadaleanCFO Wingsrom Flying Quality Products

Tim Cullen, Director of the Oxford Programme onNegotiation SAID Business SchoolUniversity of Oxford

50+Countries

100+Expert

Speakers

Over 90%of Participants

from the CEE Region

6 Yearsof E xc l u s i veCFO ExecutiveSummit Events

SPEAKERS & ADVISORS

Media Partners:Partner:Silver Partner:

Bjarte BogsnesVP, CFO PerformanceManagement & RiskStatoil

Omar SalehSenior Strategy LecturerPortsmouth BusinessSchool Universityof Portsmouth

Ashwin ShanbhagExecutive Vice President - Head of Finance& Controlling KTHOERBIGER

Ladislav JanyikCFOSlovnaft

Boris Ilic CFO & HRGrand Motors

Jan Moser (TBC)CFOLINDE + WIEMANN CZ

Gerard van Kesteren Former CFO Kuehne + NagelInternational

Christophe BorgnisDirecteur FranchiseStarbucks France Starbucks CoffeeCompany International

Mircea VargaCFOTiriac Holdings

Sven RossbachManaging DirectorWMD

Ulf ReinholdDirector Sales EMEAWMD

Marek GruszeckiVice President FinanceQuad/Graphics Europe

Robert VerbichCFO Region Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary & Poland at OSRAM

Lilia HitzCFO Germany & Eastern Europe & SSC EMEASitel

Zuzana Zelinska (TBC)CFO & COONess SoftwareEngineering ServicesNESS KE

Svetlana Boldina (TBC)CFONestle

Ivelin KamburovFinance DirectorCredissimo

Top rated speaker of 2015 & 2016 CFO Executive Summit

CFO of the Year 2016 Bulgaria(Planning and Budgeting Category)

CFO of the Year 2016 Slovakia CFO of the Year 2015 Poland CFO of the Year 2014 Slovakia

Top rated speaker of 2014 CFO Executive Summit

CFO of the Year 2016 Bulgaria(Liquidity and Risk Category)

CFO of the Year 2015 Bulgaria(Control and Reporting Category)

CFO of the Year 2014 Switzerland

Jacek Murawskiformer CFOPGNiG SA

SPEAKERS & ADVISORS

NamePositionCompany

This Could Be YOU!

Eva Stefankova Managing PartnerAtairu

David Udal CFO & Vice Chairmanof the BoardPlzensky Prazdroj& Pivovary Topvar

Daniel Sologon CFOCEMACON

Radka DohnalovaFounder & Managing PartnerAtairu

Katarina LinczFreediver and CoachKatarinaLinczAdventures

Adrian SecolofCFO Romania & MoldovaADAMA Agricurtural Solutions

Luka Cerar CFONovartis

James RitchieCROMemberof The Institutefor Turnaround

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9.40 BUSINESS STORY: Value Creation by the CFO!

10.00 COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING

COFFEE BREAK

Take a chance to broaden your professional connections with our speakersand partners as well as Startupers.

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8.50

REGISTRATION & MORNING NETWORKING

OPENING REMARKS OF THE CFO EXECUTIVE SUMMIT 2017 FROM THE ORGANIZER

Get your event documentation package, grab a cup of coffee and exchange your first business cards.

Terezia WeiserovaConference ProducerEBCG

n A business partner to the operational functionsn How to measure – KPI´s which may have an impactn Management development conceptn Q&A

Gerard van Kesteren Former CFO Kuehne + NagelInternational

Bjarte BogsnesVP, CFO PerformanceManagement & RiskStatoil

More Info

9.40 - 11.30

10.00 - 10.30

BEYOND BUDGETING WORKSHOP

9.00 EXPERT INSIGHTS: Macroeconomic Aspects that Will Influence the CFO Outside the Finance World (TBC)Omar Saleh

Senior Strategy LecturerPortsmouth BusinessSchool Universityof Portsmouth

n Strategic Scenario Planningn Developing the DNA of CFOn Scenarios of the Future n Change Management & Culturen Q&A

SHORT-WORKSHOPSESSIONS

MEET OUR ASPIRING STARTUPERS

10.30 SUCCESS STORY: CFO as a Business Driver for the Organisation

n Unpacking business model - a project that identify savings in the organisation and generates new ideas;n Business analysis team - all marketing projects and campaigns are financially assessed through the business analysis team;n Business model generation - a creativity workshop that encourage new business opportunities and growth. Involving the right people into these actions can drive to amazing results and make from CFO position, a role who’s driving the numbers into the organization.

There are three CFO profiles on the market: CFO with an accounting mindset, CFO as a controller and CFO as a businessdriver. The CFO is probably the most exposed position to the business, knowing all the details from all areas.This combined with a series of techniques can make him a powerful business driver to company growth.

Adrian SecolofCFO Romania & MoldovaADAMA Agricurtural Solutions

CFOof theYear

Top ratedspeaker

of 2015 & 2016CFO Executive

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12.35 LUNCHEON FOLLOWED BY COFFEE & NETWORKING

11.30 A QUICK PITCH COMPETITION WITH SELECTED STARTUPS!

They are young, they are driven, they are innovative, and they think outside the box.Get inspired and explore potential investment opportunities.Enjoy this session and be ready to grill them all by your astonishing questions!

8 competitors 3 minutespresentations

2 minutes of tough Q&A

?Everyone from the audience can be a judge!

Moderator:Renata NemkyovaTechSquare ScoutTechSquare

13.40 CASE STUDY: Practical steps for increasing efficiency and effectivity in your AP document processingSven Rossbach

ManagingDirector, WMD

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n Case study: AP process optimization at Allianz Business Servicesn How to support the AP process in SSC on the application leveln Document automation using OCR and workflow, supported by the WMD Groupn Q&A

Ulf ReinholdDirector SalesEMEA, WMD

13.40 - 15.00

AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP

SHORT- WORKSHOPSESSIONS

Eva Stefankova Managing PartnerAtairu

Radka DohnalovaFounder & ManagingPartner, Atairu

11.00 PLENARY PRESENTATION: Authentic Leadership

n What is the authentic leadershipn How to maintain success that is sustainable and meaningfuln Unleash the full potential in your team through collaborationn Q&A

Get the understanding what guide the leaders on their path towards understandingtheir authenticity and the essence of collaboration.

Eva StefankovaManaging PartnerAtairu

Radka DohnalovaFounder & ManagingPartner, Atairu

“Those who go the whole way are rewarded with stellar collective performance, individual fulfillment, and strong relationships.”

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15.30 MODERATED ROUNDTABLES ON THE TOPICS OF THE DAY

During the last 15 minutes the moderator of each session will share the outputs of discussion with the whole audience!

Our moderatorswill briefly introduce their topic and point out several crucial

issues. An interactive discussion will follow.

Which one will you choose?

Long - Term Planning – Illusionor a real and sustainable way how

to predict the future?

Part of GBS or SSC? What are the leading indicators that maximize

chances for success?

Finding-Keeping- Loosing Talentin Finance. Identify the next

generation of finance leaders.

Motivation of employees throughcompany benefits. How to get

and keep talented people.

Retail loans portfolio impairment models. Roll-rates,migration analysis, PD’s and LGD’s and much more.

Increasing focus on more aggressive strategies suchas new investments. What is your best practise?

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Jan MoserCFO

LINDE + WIEMANN CZ

Ivelin KamburovFinance DirectorCredissimo

Mircea VargaCFO

Tiriac HoldingsTBA

TBA

14.10 BUSINESS STORY: Developing Robotic ProcessAutomation. How We Develop Business IntelligenceTools such as Tableau & Discovered a Big Data.

Marek GruszeckiVice President FinanceQuad/Graphics Europe

14.40 CASE STUDY: Implementation of ERP. What Steps You Should Take to Succeed?Ladislav JanyikCFOSlovnaft

n Practical case study build on implementation of new solutions within our organizationn Q&A

15.00 COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING Take the opportunity to reach out to the speakers and enjoy the networking time.

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18.00 NETWORKING PARTYWe cordially invite you to our informal networking party. Meet your peers, continue discussions, and enjoy fine snacks with great local beer!

As a new client you’ll get free transport

while in Prague with the UBER app – all it takes is to download the

app for free and use our special promo code when ordering a ride.

If you are an existing client of UBER, we’ll secure a 20% discount

for you!

EXCITINGSIGHTSEEING TOUR!

The unique tour throughthe oldest streets of Prague.

Combine history, art, architectureand enjoy your stay over here.

Under the auspicesof the expert advisor:

17.00 THE OFFICIAL END OF THE DAY 1 OF CFO EXECUTIVE SUMMIT

Official Announcement of Winner of Quick Pitch Competition!

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9.00 OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR

8.30 MORNING COFFEE & NETWORKING

10.00 COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING

SPEED 1 TO 1 NETWORKING

Take the opportunity to reach out to the speakers and enjoy the networking time.

Meet our exclusive speakers who inspired you with their case study and find out more about their journey and enjoy short private conversations.

9.20 PANEL DISCUSSION: New Business Models within Your Organization & Changing Role of CFO

Live discussion with CEOs and CFOs from well-known companies on topics related to partnering and new approches which can bring sustainable growth.

David Udal CFO & Vice Chairman of the BoardPlzensky Prazdroj & Pivovary Topvar

Robert VerbichCFO Region CzechRepublic, Slovakia, Hungary & Poland at OSRAM

Zuzana Zelinska (TBC)CFO & COONess Software Engineering Services NESS KE

10.40 BUSINESS STORY: Role of CFO in Business StrategyAshwin ShanbhagExecutive VicePresident - Headof Finance& Controlling KTHOERBIGER

n How do you write a business strategy?n Let´s have a look how can CFO play a critical rolen Q&A

Top ratedspeaker of 2014CFO Executive

Summit

CFOof theYear

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11.30 PLENARY WORKSHOP SESSION: Hidden Communication of Body Language

Do you know how to read signals of nonverbal communication?How to recognize that people follow your lead?

Luka Cerar CFONovartis

12.10 LUNCHEON FOLLOWED BY COFFEE & NETWORKING

More Info10.40 - 12.10 STRESS MANAGEMENT

SHORT- WORKSHOP SESSION

Katarina LinczFreediver and CoachKatarinaLincz Adventures

Learn how to recognize if someone lie

Engage people during any meeting

Get new tips & tricks how to show power

11.00 BUSINESS STORY: Crisis Cash Management and Restructuring

n Arresting control of an imminent liquidity crisisn Stabilisation and creating an urgent stakeholder management strategy and roadmapn Early communication and action vs. denial - Executive and stakeholder behaviours when it gets toughn Leading the Board to execute a holistic solution to preserves value

James RitchieCROMemberof The Institutefor Turnaround

13.30 CASE STUDY: IT/Cyber Security

STREAM A STREAM B

Presentation of CIO / CFO of the market leading company.

n Best practises which will show how CFO will play a big role in assessing risks and developing measures to secure cybersecurityn The financial impacts of the security of all datan New requirments for information security and data management

TBA

13.00 CASE STUDY: Finance Transformation

n Business insights into changing finance culturen Brief Statistics and Research Figuresn Q&A

Mircea VargaCFOTiriac Holdings

What should every CFO know about upcoming threatsand how to deal with them more effectively!

14.00 CASE STUDY: Financial instrumentsfor optimisation and retention of capital

n Management of capital in each stage of the business/company life cyclen Raisning capital, investment of capital, optimisation of capital, maximizing capital value and returns for shareholders etc.n Q&A

Ivelin KamburovFinance DirectorCredissimo

14.30 COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING Take the opportunity to reach out to the speakers and enjoy the networking time.

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14.00

13.30

BUSINESS STORY: Drivers to Success of the Best Turnaround Process

BUSINESS STORY: Setting Up a New Modelfrom Scratch and Managing Growth

BUSINESS STORY: Turnaround Management

n From imminent insolvency to sustainable and profitable businessn From old-fashion factory (1969) to a corporative organization operating the latest technology brick plant in Romanian From local player to national competitorn Q&A

n Establishing a new business & frenchise opportunityn O&A

Christophe BorgnisDirecteur Franchise Starbucks France Starbucks Coffee Company International

n How to identify process you need to leaven Goal sharing story which led our company to triple our market sharen Practical examples from business

Boris IlicCFO & HRGrand Automotive Group

Let´s think out of the box! That is the space where magic can happen.

Discussion: How you dealwith these situations?

Daniel Sologon CFOCEMACON

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Contact me atterezia.weiserova@ebcg.com

Contact me ativana.jakubova@ebcg.com

When we are preparing any program, our goal is to make it as engaging and beneficial as possible, which means including issues and insights experienced

by industry leaders. Do you have an interesting case study you want to share?

n How to get more real-time information on performance, cash positions, and prifitability drivers to strengthen strategic decision-making?n What are the risks tied to our forecasts?

n How do I want to contribute to the society?n Turquoise organisations (e.g. Holacracy) - new era of doing businessn Q&A

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15.40

CASE STUDY: Let`s Speak about Priorities for Upcoming Year

BUSINESS INSIGHTS: What is Next After Successful CFO Carrier?

16.00 THE OFFICIAL END OF THE 7TH ANNUAL CFO EXECUTIVE SUMMIT 2017

Evaluation of key learnings from our speakersRecognition of the best conference speaker and partner

Lilia HitzCFO Germany & Eastern Europe & SSC EMEASitel

BUSINESS STORY: Talent Management! n How to deal with “millennium age”n The best practice from the CFO of The Year in Bulgarian Q&A

TBA

Jacek Murawskiformer CFOPGNiG SA

CFOof theYear

SHORT-WORKSHOP SESSIONS

9.40 - 11.30

15.30 -17.00

13.30 - 15.00

BEYOND BUDGETING WORKSHOP: From Command and Control to Empowerand Adapt; the Background, the Philosophy and the 12 principles of Beyond Budgeting

STRESS MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP

AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP: Success That Works For Us

Bjarte BogsnesVP, CFO PerformanceManagement & Risk

Statoil

Time: 80 minutes

Time: 90 minutes

Time: 90 minutes

Number of Attendees: 30

Number of Attendees: 30

Number of Attendees: 30

n The seven balanced scorecard pitfallsn Individual bonus, a challenging way of motivatingn The need for Finance-HR cooperation

n Beyond Budgeting and Agilen Implementation experiences and advice

n 68 % of participants said that it was one of the most beneficial leadership programs they have attendedn 95 % of participants saw improvement in their ability to deal with stress, difficult situations or situations when under pressuren 89 % of participants saw improvement in their ability to lead and engage othersn 95 % of participants felt calmer, more balanced and satisfied both at work and personal life

n How to create sustainable success that also works for us – not against usn How to become successful and happy at the same time

Bjarte is the Chairman of Beyond Budgeting Round Table Europe (BBRT) and winner of a Harvard Business Review/McKinsey Management Innovation award. He is the author of “Implementing Beyond Budgeting - Unlocking the Performance Potential”, where he writes about his implementation experiences.

You know, that too much stress has a negative impact on your physical and psychological health. Stress management workshop is here for you to understand the difference between stress and pressure. Certain amount of pressure in our live help us achieve better results and prepare us for our performance.

What will I do in this programme?This workshop is unique. We will show you how to recognize stress and its cause on the very basic, instinctive level. Our attentions isn´t on outcome of your stress but on the cause of your stress on the first place. We will also show you how to recognize it, understand it and deal with it.

You will know how it looks when a freediver is diving to 90m depth on the single breath of air and how he is dealing with stress and concentration. We will teach you breathing exercises, relax-ation techniques and mental control techniques that are used by professional freedivers. We will also teach you how to apply those techniques in daily life and work. Those techniques will help you to create your own individual stress management plan.

We will guide you through an eye-opening element of authentic leadership: the victim and leader attitude.Revealing this parallel will show possibilities of choice in any difficult situation!

KatarinaLincz

Freediver and CoachKatarinaLincz

Adventures

The Beyond Budgeting Roundtable Discussion

You will learn about flow that can be created through natural talent.

HBR/ McKinsey

Award Winner

Traineris certifiedby British

Psychological Society!

Discoverthe power

of authenticity!

Impact of Atairu Authentic Leadership Program

The workshop will focus on discovering approaches:

Eva StefankovaManaging Partner

Atairu

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Radka DohnalovaFounder & Managing

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At TechSquare, we believe that small, agile companies have immense potential to enhance businesses of large enterprises. That is why we help corporations, startups and academia to combine their unique skills and cooperate on specific projects. Simply put, we enable corporations and startups to join forces and thrive!

Quik Pitch Competition Partner

Moderator:Renata NemkyovaTechSquare ScoutTechSquare

STARTUP QUICK-PITCH COMPETITION

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We are currently in the process of selecting great new Startups!

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ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the global body for professional accountants. It aims to offer business-relevant, firstchoice qualifications to people of application, ability and ambition around the world who seek a rewarding career in accountancy, finance and management.

The Club of Chief Financial Officers „CFO Club“ is an association of top financial executives in Slovakia. Founded in 2013, the CFO Club aims to be the leading platform for knowledge transfer, professional education and the establishment of informal relationships. The CFO Club Slovakia, as an upcoming IAFEI member (The International Association of Financial Executives Institutes, currently in registration process), is cooperating closely with all financial associations worldwide.

As a new client get a free transport to or from our event with the UBERtaxi application – all it takes is to download the app for free,use a special promo code when ordering a taxi.

About WMD – Workflow Management and Document ConsultingWMD solutions simplify and centralize document management processes within and beyond SAP. Firmly established as software developer and provider of market-leading ECM systems, WMD provides project installation and sharedservices support. WMD’s xSuite provides workflow-supported archiving, invoice, PO and mailroom processing, management of personnel files and contracts, and more. SAP Silver and PE Build Partner WMD offers deep expertise in workflow and archiving. WMD’s xSuite 5.1 is “SAP Certified – Powered by SAP NetWeaver”. Based in Germany, WMD has subsidiaries in Denmark, Benelux, Singapore, Slovakia, and the U.S.A., and offices in England and Spain.