Balancing Current Challenges with Future Opportunities
In today’s uncertain business climate, there is a focus on cost containment to weather the storm, but also a need for executives position their organizations for future growth. The CNBC @Work CFO Spotlight will examine how top finance leaders are successfully striking this balance. We’ll discuss: lessons learned during the current crisis that can be applied permanently; the strategies, data and automation tools that can be leveraged to help manage uncertainty and lead to a stronger post-crisis posture; how to effectively engage employees, customers, and investors; and much more.
SPEAKERS
AGENDA
Agenda subject to change
11:45 am EDT
DOORS OPEN
12:00 pm EDT
PROGRAM START
A Rulebook for the New Reality
That businesses will continue to face economic and social headwinds is certain. Less certain is how these headwinds will manifest and play out. Hear tactics from leading executives on building and executing a game plan amid uncertainty, while remaining nimble enough to adapt to change as it comes.
Matthew Schuyler, CHRO, Hilton
Harmit Singh, EVP and CFO, Levi Strauss & Co.
Interviewer: Jon Fortt, “Squawk Alley” Co-Anchor, CNBC
Strategy Session: What are the Odds?
Bolster your decision-making tools to achieve successful business outcomes by using strategies from the world of high-stakes poker.
Annie Duke, Decision Strategist and Poker Champion
Interviewer: Dom Chu, Senior Correspondent, CNBC
Concurrent Sessions
Silver Linings: Learnings From COVID and the New Finance Imperative
Sponsored Session
The Covid-19 pandemic was an eye-opener for many CFOs. While it exposed fault lines in the office of Finance’s current operating model, it also proved that bold change can happen quickly and effectively. Examine ways where finance is using this opportunity to reemerge as a more agile and digitally enabled function.
Christa Davies, CFO and EVP, Global Finance, Aon plc
Robynne Sisco, President and CFO, Workday
Interviewer: Shibani Joshi, Business Journalist
The Finance/Tech Collaboration: A CFOs Role in a Digital Agenda
The onset of the pandemic forced companies across industries to accelerate or re-prioritize their digitization efforts. How do CFOs best coordinate with tech leadership to execute successful, evolving digital strategies while avoiding undue financial strain? Explore solutions with an executive who sat in the seats of both CIO and CFO during his tenure at Goldman Sachs.
R. Martin Chavez, Fmr. CIO and CFO, Goldman Sachs
Interviewer: Jon Fortt, “Squawk Alley” Co-Anchor, CNBC
Leading with Empathy: Balancing the Needs of a Company and its People
A top priority for CFOs in today’s uncertain environment is financial stability, but there are two sides to every decision: where the money flows and where it doesn’t. Sometimes the tough calls have broad and potentially lasting workforce impacts. How do finance leaders navigate these tough waters while positioning for solid footing and seizing opportunities for future growth?
Kathy Waller, Fmr. CFO, Coca-Cola Company
Robin Washington, Fmr. CFO, Gilead
Interviewer: Sharon Epperson, Senior Personal Finance Correspondent, CNBC
A Workforce-First Agenda
Our COVID-19 reality took work-life balance and thrust it head-on into a world of ongoing work-life integration. However, this new reality has the potential to substantially impact an employee’s productivity… and affect an organization’s ability to thrive. Hear how top leadership at one company successfully met this challenge and adopted sustainable changes to get through these tough times and beyond.
Margaret Keane, CEO, Synchrony
Brian Wenzel, EVP and CFO, Synchrony
Interviewer: Tyler Mathisen, Co-anchor, “Power Lunch”; Vice President, Events Strategy, CNBC
1:30 pm EDT
PROGRAM CONCLUDES
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