Economist Impact webinar summary report | Future-proofing financial leadership: Planning for the unknown

Finance leaders today must navigate dynamic trade conditions, geopolitical conflict, regulatory changes, supply chain disruptions, and shifting consumer and investor expectations. These factors undermine entrenched forecasting methods, leaving finance departments to look for new tools and strategies. Nearly 30% are already using AI in forecasting to identify patterns, enhance scenario planning, detect fraud and simplify compliance.

This Economist Impact webinar, “Future-proofing financial leadership: planning for the unknown”, sponsored by Wolters Kluwer CCH Tagetik, explores how finance leaders can use technology and data-driven insights to navigate financial and geopolitical headwinds, and plan for the future of their business.

Topics covered included: 

• As market volatility persists, how can CFOs and finance leaders adapt financial and operational plans in real time?
• How can finance leaders navigate uncertainty with better planning, budgeting and forecasting?
• What are the risks of continuing to rely on legacy systems in a highly dynamic market?
• How can finance leaders overcome strategic paralysis and employ data, analytics and AI to facilitate planning and decision making? What are some of the use cases?
• What are the biggest challenges in AI implementation?
• How can businesses evaluate returns on their investments in AI and data analytics?

Panellists included: [link to their LinkedIn profiles included]

• Sidra Iqbal, Global Finance Transformation Director, Danone
• Mathew Pearce, Chief Financial Officer, HSBC Commercial Banking
• Johan Olsson, Head of Commercial Finance, Volvo
• Alexander Hermes, Solutions Director for Northern Europe, CCH Tagetik, Wolters Kluwer
• Melanie Noronha, Principal, Policy & Insights, Economist Impact

The webinar originally aired here

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