
CHIEF OF FINANCE 2022
Virtual Event | 19.5.2022
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THE CFO GATHERING OF THE YEAR
The whole world is following The Ukrainian war and whatever the ultimate outcome, the world will never be the same.
In wake of this conflict, companies rush to approach critical challenges and seek to make decisions with confidence, and it’s more clear than ever - that crucial business support and insight is no longer a choice - it’s a necessity for all modern companies.
The rising needs of stakeholders and macro pressures act as a catalyst for CFOs to “digitally elevate” and deliver more real-time, predictive, errorless, always-on support answers to drive profitable and sustainable decisions.
By joining the event you will discover the latest strategies and technologies being implemented by leading companies to transform the role of finance into a business-partner capable of delivering the crucial support and insights necessary for long-term economic success.
Gain strategic guidance on the matters that shape finance just now, company performance and personal effectiveness. Going from one disruption to another, the role of the Finance Leader is evolving dramatically and on a fast-track forward.
Over 1000+ Nordic colleagues will gather and discuss how the ongoing situation is changing your role and the Finance Departments and we'll discuss the concrete steps to protect your business and how to be prepared for the worst-case scenario in the best way possible.
Join 1000 peers - Acquire New Insights, Trends, and Generate Business Growth.
AGENDA 2.0
EVENT 2.0
DATA TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION
SUCCESSFUL TEAMS
SKILLS
TIME BETTER SPENT
ROLES
EXPECTATIONS
BUSINESS ON AUTO PILOT
FASTER, ERRORLESS INSIGHTS
NAVIGATING CRISES
PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES
ESG
NET ZERO
TAXONOMY
EVENT-
TV HYBRID
1000+
PEERS
CHAT & INTERACT
BUILD YOUR
OWN AGENDA
VIRTUAL MEETINGS
CFO 2.0 STUDIO
XTRA MATERIALS INSIGHTS
KEY NOTES
FIRE SIDE
ATTEND & ENGAGE
LEADING FINANCIAL STRATEGY BEYOND A CRISES
CFO’s role in driving long-term economic success
Leading Volatility, ESG, Financial Strategy and Talent
The Future of Financial Functions: Digital, Autonomous, Structures and Talent
THE LARGEST GATHERING OF CFOs IN THE NORDICS
1
DAY
35
SPEAKERS
1000+
15
FINANCE LEADERS
PARTNERS
3K
MEETINGS

ELLA KANNINEN
MODERATORS

PETER NYMAN
CHRISTIAN NILSSON
CFO & GROUP SVP I ABB ELECTRIFICATION BUSINESS
Since his appointment in 2017, Christian has managed ABB Electrification’s ~12 billion in revenues, with six global divisions, 50,000 employees, operations in 100+ countries, and 100+ manufacturing sites. In a career spanning over 24 years, Christian has become a respected global leader, combining business strategy with financial intelligence and people empowerment. Prior to joining ABB, Christian held CFO and senior finance positions at DSM, TE Connectivity, and General Electric, working in China, the USA, the UK, Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland. He holds an MBA from the University of Brussels and a bachelor’s degree in finance from Luther College, USA.


ANNINA SALVéN
CFO I NEXT GAMES
Annina has a Msc. in Finance, specializing in Corporate Finance with a background in both banking and consulting. In 2017 Annina worked on successfully leading the Finance department when listing Next Games as the first mobile games company in Finland.
Annina has a holistic view on the role of Finance for a gaming company, which should be strategically tied into the core of the business, supporting all functions from game development, technology, marketing and analytics.
VILLE JAAKONSALO
GROUP CFO, HEAD OF TRANSFORMATION I PATRIA
Ville has been working for Patria Group as CFO since 2010, including a half-year period as interim CEO in 2019. In addition to the CFO role, he’s been main responsible since 2021 as Head of Transformation for the biggest strategic transformation in Patria’s history. Prior to Patria, he held several positions in Metsä Group including Group Treasurer and CFO of Metsä Fibre. He holds an LL.M. and MBA and is Board member in Norwegian Nammo A.S., Suomen Rahapaja Oy (Mint of Finland) and Millog Oy.


KATRIN KARU
CFO | TV3 GRUPP | ESTONIA
TV3 is the leading media group in the Baltics.
Before Katrin was building up the largest entertainment group in the Baltics, Apollo Entertainment Group. In 10 years, Apollo grew from a small bookstores chain into the largest entertainment group with cinemas, restaurants and cafeterias.
Katrin has also been the CFO of Rautakirja Estonia. She believe that Passion is key to achieving everything and is a trigger for action and motivation and that the Team is ALL!
JARI LEHTO
VP, FINANCE DIGITALIZATION & DEVELOPMENT I STORA ENSO
Responsible for group wide finance strategy development, digitalization agenda and its’ implementation. Heading the introduction of new and emerging technologies, like AI, Robotics, Blockchain, Advanced Analytics to CFO organization.
Project portfolio management lead for automation & development projects.
Also executing a role of a Business Information officer responsible for IT in CFO office.


REGINA SIPPEL
SVP, CFO I VEIKKAUS
Bio coming soon
TIINA-LIISA LIUKKONEN
GROUP CFO I OLVI
Tiina-Liisa has worked at Olvi as the CFO since September 2018 and is responsible for the Group’s financial administration, strategy development and digitalisation projects . Liukkonen has extensive experience in financial management. Previously, she has been working as CFO at Osuuskauppa PeeÄssä 2013-2018, as Group Controller and Financial Manager at Normet Group 2008-2013 and as Auditor at Ernst & Young 2005-2008.


MIGUEL VERGARA
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER – FINANCE AND OPERATIONS I ORACLE
Miguel has worked more than 15 years with finance in various big companies like Tieto, H&M, and ICA Gruppen. His main responsibility has been for Management reporting and planning and for two IPOs.
Today he helps companies to address their financial and operational challenges by incorporating new technologies with finance and raising the bar.
ILKKA KOSOLA
CFO I ADVEN GROUP
Ilkka, works as CFO of Adven Group. He has held leading finance positions of global public listed and private equity companies for over twenty years.


JARNO LEHIKOINEN
DIRECTOR SALES & MARKETING I HEEROS
Jarno and his team works directly in customer interface and helps companies to find best financial solutions for their needs. With this hype about AI and automatization, companies still need guidance how to get the most out of those systems. Jarno’s mission is that no company would make unnecessary and too expensive system investments but would choose best solution for their business needs
TARJA JÄRVINEN
DEPUTY CEO, CFO I RAUTE
Bio coming soon
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MAGNUS BERGFORS
GLOBAL BUSINESS DIRECTOR I BASWARE
Magnus Bergfors, currently Director, Global Business at Basware, has an extensive background in the P2P space as an Analyst with Spend Matters and also formerly with Gartner.
SAMI PAKARINEN
DIRECTOR, HEAD OF DATA & RESEARCH I EK
Sami (Ph.D.) has worked as Director at the Confederation of Finnish Industries EK since 2019. He is in charge of the Data & Research department and member of EK’s Management Group.
Prior to EK he worked as chief economist at Rakennusteollisuus RT and at Pellervo Economic Research.


SANNA KURRONEN
ECONOMIST I EVA
Sanna works as a lead economist at Finnish Business and Policy Forum Eva. Her focus area is currently the Finnish economic policy. Before joining the think tank sphere, Sanna collected extensive experience from the financial sector. She also holds a PhD in economics.
PASI KUOPPAMÄKI
CHIEF ECONOMIST I DANSKE BANK (Finland)
Pasi is the Chief Economist of Danske Bank Finland. He has been part of the bank since 2000 as economist and in investor communication- and risk management related roles. He holds a MsC from Helsinki School of Economics. During his career he has also worked as a researcher for Etla and Bank of Finland.


DAVID WOODALL
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT MARKETING I TRINTECH
David is in charge of Trintech Large Enterprise offerings for the future of the Office of Finance. Prior to joining Trintech in 2019, David had several Finance roles, more recently as a Director in the R2R Global Process Owners team at global pharmaceuticals GSK. As part of this role, David helped design a 3-year R2R transformation roadmap utilizing automation and risk-based processes to drive efficiency, increased transparency & and reduction in risks within the R2R operation.
JOHANNA VARIS
HEAD OF EXTERNAL REPORTING I Tietoevry
Johanna is a group financial reporting professional and responsible for Tietoevry Group’s external reporting. She has wide experience in Group consolidation and IFRS. Previously she has been working as Development Manager in Terveystalo (IPO), as Group Financial Controller at Outokumpu and as auditor at Deloitte


JOONAS ALASAARI
SENIOR BUSINESS CONTROLLER I VAASAN
Experienced professional with long history in FMCG, with experience with both Finance and Sales. I have worked for years on how to improve the quality of financial and business planning, automation of planning processes and reporting. My current position in Vaasan, which is part of Lantmannen Group, is focused on the use of data to build sound support for business processes and using analytical tools and automation to find out leads for process improvement.
EXPERTS

PERTTU JÄRVINEN
Group Business Controlling
Stora Enso

SAMI LAHTINEN
Account Manager FIN
OneStream Software

HENRI LIUSKA
Director Products
Heeros Oyj

PETRI SIPOLA
CEO
Intito

RICCARDO NYKOPP
Regional Sales Director
Workiva

MANAV SINGH
Global Head of FP&A,
UNIT4
ANDY KING
Director Product Management
Oracle

VISA LINKIÖ
Data Scientist
Intito

JUHO KOLMONEN
Senior Consultant
Intito

SARI LESKINEN
Senior Consultant
Accountor


PIRITA HEINÄNEN
Account Director,
Accountor
VILLE AAVIKKO
Senior Solution Engineer
Oracle

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Largest Finance gathering Nordics
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Build your own agenda
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30+ speakers & experts
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Live Q&A
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DeepDives, Demos, Cases
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Livechat
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AI based networking
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1000+ colleagues
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Materials, Webinars, Research