Chief of Finance

20.10.2026 | hybridi: Clarion Hotel Helsinki, Helsinki

Program

Tuesday 20.10.

08:00

We open the doors - Welcome

09:00

Opening remarks by our moderator

Peter Nyman
Peter Nyman Journalist, TV-host
09:10
Keynote

Rethinking AI and how Agents Impact Business and Humanity

Daniel Hulme
Daniel Hulme Chief AI Officer, WPP | CEO, Satalia and Conscium | AI Strategist and Visionary Technologist (UK)
    • Clarifying what AI truly is—and what it isn’t—beyond the buzzwords
    • Understanding how autonomous agents are reshaping business models and workflows
    • Applying a practical AI adoption framework that avoids hype and delivers value
    • Positioning AI as a tool to amplify human judgment, creativity and strategic thinking
09:45

Strategic decision-making under uncertainty

Kristiina Kujala
Kristiina Kujala CEO and Group CFO
Mia Tuomaala
Mia Tuomaala Senior Managing Consultant, Midagon
    • Waiting kills growth and direction
    • Capital allocation under uncertainty
    • From scenario planning to action: How to pre-commit decisions?
    • Leadership under uncertainty: How to build culture to act without certainty?
10:10

Networking Break

10:45

Capital Discipline in the Age of Uncertainty

    • How leading CFOs decide between liquidity, investment, and risk management
    • Designing capital allocation strategies that flex with market volatility
    • Interpreting contradictory signals from financial markets and the real economy
    • Timing is everything: when to double down and when to hold your position
11:10

AI‑Led Finance Transformation

Toby Davidson
Toby Davidson Chief Product Officer, Pacera
    • Building a finance-led AI roadmap that scales beyond siloed experiments
    • Restructuring teams and capabilities to enable responsible AI adoption
    • Identifying use cases with measurable ROI, from forecasting to real-time decisioning
    • Establishing the data, governance and risk foundations for AI at scale
    • Positioning the CFO to lead AI-driven transformation with credibility and impact
11:35

Lunch Break & Networking

12:35

From Static to Streaming – The Real-Time Finance Function

    • Unlocking the true business value of real-time financial visibility
    • Replacing static models with scenario-based, dynamic steering
    • Where automation ends and judgment begins – the CFO’s role in safeguarding decision quality
13:00

Regulatory Fragmentation - Control, Compliance & Competitive Advantage

    • Navigating diverging global regulatory regimes without slowing strategic execution
    • Turning regulatory complexity into structured control rather than reactive compliance
    • Building governance models that support agility instead of bureaucracy
    • Balancing transparency, reporting obligations and competitive sensitivity
    • Preparing finance for continuous regulatory change instead of one-off implementation projects
13:25

Networking Break

14:00

What the CFO Organization Needs to Win in 2027

    • The CFO as architect of future-ready, strategically relevant finance teams
    • Which roles and capabilities are shifting – and which must be built from scratch
    • Attracting and retaining finance talent with both analytical depth and business acumen
14:25

Future proofed CFO - boards view

Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae
Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae Board professional, MSc (Econ.)
15:00

Closing Summary by our Moderator

Peter Nyman
Peter Nyman Journalist, TV-host