List of Past CFO Institute Events

View our event photo gallery March 2008 9.9 Finance Leadership Programme, Gurgaon – an interactive leadership programme designed to assist the process of developing the next generation of leaders in finance, by dissemination of learnings from an experienced and senior group of CFOs to high potential members of the fraternity – attended by 25-30 ‘next-in-line’ CFOs and senior finance professionals. April 2008 9.9 Finance Leadership Programme, Mumbai – attended by 25-30 ‘next-in-line’ CFOs and senior finance professionals. May 2008 9.9 Finance Leadership Programme, New Delhi – attended by 25-30 ‘next-in-line’ CFOs and senior finance professionals. June 2008 9.9 Finance Leadership Programme, Bangalore – attended by 25-30 ‘next-in-line’ CFOs and senior finance professionals. August 2008 9.9 Finance Leadership Summit, New Delhi was the first ever, annual roundtable being hosted for the next generation of finance leaders. Spread over two days, the inspiring agenda brought together the region’s senior most finance leaders to share their journeys, insights, tribulations and successes, to set the context and enlighten ‘next in line’ CFOs for the challenges ahead... attended by 65-70 ‘next-in-line’ CFOs, recently appointed CFOs and senior finance professionals October 2008 Briefing Session: Transfer Pricing, New Delhi - shared strategies on examining, structuring, and optimising transfer pricing plans for effective tax risk management - attended by 25 ‘next-in-line’ CFOs and senior finance professionals. November 2008 9.9 Finance Leadership Summit, Mumbai - our second roundtable summit, on November 18, hosted for the next generation of finance leaders - attended by over 50 ‘next-in-line’ CFOs, recently appointed CFOs and senior finance professionals. December 2008 Briefing Session: Cash Management, New Delhi - against a backdrop of the problems emanating from the global financial crisis, weathering the storm and keeping afloat is dependent, primarily, on your company’s ability to manage costs and cash. Mr Shailendra Tandon, CFO, Dabur Pharma discussed issues and methods to effectively cut costs and efficiently handle cash during these trying times - attended by over 25 ‘next-in-line’ CFOs and senior finance professionals. January 2009 Briefing Session: New Dimensions of Corporate Security and Risk - In corporations across the world, the perception of risk - and therefore the need for 'security' is on a sharp rise. But while awareness and concern levels are on the rise, managers are often caught wrong footed because risks are handled in reactive 'silos'. Capt Raghu Raman, CEO, Mahindra Special Services Group, an expert on risk assessment and mitigation discussed the need to adopt a proactive and holistic approach to Corporate Security Risk Management (CSRM) - attended by over 40 CFOs, CEOs and senior finance professionals. March 2009 Young Finance Leaders' Summit, Bangalore - an annual roundtable hosted for the next generation of finance leaders. Weathering the current economic storm and keeping afloat is dependent, primarily, on your company’s ability to manage costs and cash, and maintain vigilant compliance norms. The inspiring agenda brought together the region’s senior most finance leaders to share their journeys, insights, tribulations and successes, to set the context and enlighten ‘next in line’ CFOs for the challenges that lie ahead... - attended by over 40 senior finance professionals. April 2009 Briefing Session: Managing volatility in the foreign exchange markets - The previous year has seen the Indian Rupee behave in a highly volatile manner. It has fluctuated between a high of INR 39/$ in March 2008, and a historic low of INR 52/$ in March 2009. This unprecedented instability has created immense challenges for companies exposed to foreign exchange risks. What makes the situation even more daunting is India’s ambiguous and cautious economic outlook in the year ahead. So what can your company do to protect itself from the risks of volatile currencies? Mr Sandeep Batra, a forex expert and Vice President, Business Development MCX Stock Exchange discussed the events of recent months and guided us on short and long term foreign exchange management strategies - attended by over 25 next-in-line’ CFOs and senior finance professionals. June 2009 CFO Breakfast Roundtable Series - Leading your company through the current economic downturn... a CFO's perspective - Amidst the global financial turmoil, and current economic downturn, there are some companies that have managed to weather the storm and come out winners. Mr Durfee, former chief editor, CFO Asia, set the context and discussed the different kinds of initiatives CFOs around the region are pursuing to make sure that finance is at the forefront of guiding their companies through the crisis. He also shed light on where CFOs see opportunities beyond merely putting out fires. The sessions also included discussions by Rajan Varma, Executive Director and CFO, Dabur India and G Subramanium, Director Finance, Mumbai International Airport, who shared their strategies to succeed during these trying times - attended by over 45 CFOs and Finance Director across New Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai. July 2009 Webinar: Managing Operational Risk for Performance and Competitive Advantage - To date most companies appear to have prioritised credit and market risk over operational risk. However, as some research would highlight – these are times when management needs to take that a more holistic view of Risk Management. As finance professionals, we need to play an active role to ensure that Operational Risk, which is often within the Company’s control, is managed optimally so as to use it as a tool to balance some of the lesser controlled environmental risk factors. 70 finance professionals logged in to participate in the Institute's first webinar.