Programme

Day 1 - Thursday 17th September

08:30 Registration and coffee

09:00 Chairman’s opening remarks: Andrew Sawers, Editor, Financial Director

09:15 Economic Keynote: Looking for the recovery - Are we there yet and what it will look like?
Dennis Turner, Chief Economist, HSBC

09.50 Plenary session: Is it safe to take risks yet? Risk management in a post-credit crunch recovery
William Connell, Former FD of industrial products & services, BOC Group

10.35 Morning coffee

10.55 Breakout sessions:

A: Finding the right finance in challenging times
Jonathan Dyer, Regional Managing Director, Santander UK Corporate Banking

B: Remuneration strategies: Incentivising the board to consider risk and reward
• Executive remuneration reform – the Walker Review, changes to the Combined Code and how these redraw the relationship between pay and healthy business risk-taking
• What the changes mean for you, your staff and your board – and how to implement them
Alistair Woodland, Partner, Clifford Chance

C: Audit Quality – What do FD’s think?
• We present the preliminary results of our audit survey 2009
• Discuss the service you get and your auditor needs with other FDs – see where you might be missing a trick
Andrew Sawers, Editor, Financial Director

11.55 Plenary session: What you can learn from insolvency
Tony Lomas, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Neville Kahn, Partner, Deloitte

12.40 Lunch

14:00 Panel discussion: Tax strategy in a competitive global environment
Stuart Bridges, Group Finance Director, Hiscox
John Whiting, Tax Policy Director, Chartered Institute of Taxation

14:45 Breakout sessions:

A: How smaller organisations can cope without the big corporate support structure
Arif Kamal, Group Finance Director, GL Hearn

B: FD Career Masterclass
• Group CFO, CEO, chairman, non-executive director – what are the career options open to FDs beyond recession?
• How FDs can best position themselves for their ideal role
Mark Freebairn, Partner and head of CFO practice, Odgers Berndtson

C: Smart money: restructuring the finance department
• How to merge finance functions and systems, rationalise, slim down and make the merged entity more effective
• The critical 'soft skills' needed to successfully restructure a finance department
Robert Clarkson, Finance Director, Talk Talk

15.45 Closing keynote: The challenge for financial directors – a Chairman’s perspective
David Kappler, Chairman, Premier Foods

16.30 Chairman’s closing remarks: Andrew Sawers, Editor, Financial Director

19.30 Champagne drinks reception

20.00 Gala dinner
After-dinner speaker Lord Norman Lamont

Day 2 - Friday 18th September

08.00 Breakfast

08.50 Opening remarks from the chair: Andrew Sawers, Editor, Financial Director

09.00 Keynote speech: A view from the front line of the credit crunch
Richard Meddings, Group Finance Director, Standard Chartered

09.45 Panel session: Galvanising the finance function and educating the board
Richard Pennycook, Financial Director, Morrisons
Eric Tracey, Senior Independent Director, Chloride Group & Findel Plc

10.30 Morning break

10.50 Breakout sessions

A: Reducing cost and risk in your pensions scheme
• Reducing exposure to pensions volatility, scheme buyouts, longevity swaps
• The demise of DB schemes – the new pensions landscape emerging that FDs must know about
Keith Cochrane, Finance Director, Weir
Kevin Wesbroom, UK Lead for Global Risk Services, Hewitt Associates

B: Taking control of your own money – financing risk in an uncertain world
• Risk financing – the different tools available to FDs and what to be aware of post-recession
• Managing counterparty risk amid record insolvencies and mounting unpaid bills
Mel Carvill, Director, Generali Worldwide

C: Cutting it loose: intelligent approaches to outsourcing
• Knowing where outsourcing can save money and where the risks outweigh the benefits
• Managing outsourced departments and keeping a hold of their costs
Zarin Patel, Chief Financial Officer, BBC

12.35 Closing remarks from the chair: Andrew Sawers, Editor, Financial Director

13.15 Buffet networking lunch

14.00 Summit ends

* Programme subject to change

Programme

08:30 Registration and coffee

09:00 Chairman’s opening remarks: Andrew Sawers, Editor, Financial Director

09:15 Economic Keynote: Looking for the recovery - Are we there yet and what it will look like? Dennis Turner, Chief Economist, HSBC

09.50 Plenary session: Is it safe to take risks yet? Risk management in a post-credit crunch recovery William Connell, Former FD of industrial products & services, BOC Group

10.35 Morning coffee

10.55 Breakout sessions:

A: Finding the right finance in challenging times Jonathan Dyer, Regional Managing Director, Santander UK Corporate Banking

C: Audit Quality – What do FD’s think? • We present the preliminary results of our audit survey 2009 • Discuss the service you get and your auditor needs with other FDs – see where you might be missing a trick Andrew Sawers, Editor, Financial Director

11.55 Plenary session: What you can learn from insolvency Tony Lomas, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Neville Kahn, Partner, Deloitte

12.40 Lunch

14:00 Panel discussion: Tax strategy in a competitive global environment Stuart Bridges, Group Finance Director, Hiscox John Whiting, Tax Policy Director, Chartered Institute of Taxation

14:45 Breakout sessions:

A: How smaller organisations can cope without the big corporate support structure Arif Kamal, Group Finance Director, GL Hearn

B: FD Career Masterclass • Group CFO, CEO, chairman, non-executive director – what are the career options open to FDs beyond recession? • How FDs can best position themselves for their ideal role Mark Freebairn, Partner and head of CFO practice, Odgers Berndtson

C: Smart money: restructuring the finance department • How to merge finance functions and systems, rationalise, slim down and make the merged entity more effective • The critical 'soft skills' needed to successfully restructure a finance department Robert Clarkson, Finance Director, Talk Talk

15.45 Closing keynote: The challenge for financial directors – a Chairman’s perspective David Kappler, Chairman, Premier Foods

16.30 Chairman’s closing remarks: Andrew Sawers, Editor, Financial Director

19.30 Champagne drinks reception

20.00 Gala dinner After-dinner speaker Lord Norman Lamont

08.00 Breakfast

08.50 Opening remarks from the chair: Andrew Sawers, Editor, Financial Director

09.00 Keynote speech: A view from the front line of the credit crunch Richard Meddings, Group Finance Director, Standard Chartered

09.45 Panel session: Galvanising the finance function and educating the board Richard Pennycook, Financial Director, Morrisons Eric Tracey, Senior Independent Director, Chloride Group & Findel Plc

10.30 Morning break

10.50 Breakout sessions

B: Taking control of your own money – financing risk in an uncertain world • Risk financing – the different tools available to FDs and what to be aware of post-recession • Managing counterparty risk amid record insolvencies and mounting unpaid bills Mel Carvill, Director, Generali Worldwide

C: Cutting it loose: intelligent approaches to outsourcing • Knowing where outsourcing can save money and where the risks outweigh the benefits • Managing outsourced departments and keeping a hold of their costs Zarin Patel, Chief Financial Officer, BBC

12.35 Closing remarks from the chair: Andrew Sawers, Editor, Financial Director

13.15 Buffet networking lunch

14.00 Summit ends

09:15 Economic Keynote: Looking for the recovery - Are we there yet and what it will look like?
Dennis Turner, Chief Economist, HSBC

09.50 Plenary session: Is it safe to take risks yet? Risk management in a post-credit crunch recovery
William Connell, Former FD of industrial products & services, BOC Group

A: Finding the right finance in challenging times
Jonathan Dyer, Regional Managing Director, Santander UK Corporate Banking

C: Audit Quality – What do FD’s think?
• We present the preliminary results of our audit survey 2009
• Discuss the service you get and your auditor needs with other FDs – see where you might be missing a trick
Andrew Sawers, Editor, Financial Director

11.55 Plenary session: What you can learn from insolvency
Tony Lomas, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Neville Kahn, Partner, Deloitte

14:00 Panel discussion: Tax strategy in a competitive global environment
Stuart Bridges, Group Finance Director, Hiscox
John Whiting, Tax Policy Director, Chartered Institute of Taxation

A: How smaller organisations can cope without the big corporate support structure
Arif Kamal, Group Finance Director, GL Hearn

B: FD Career Masterclass
• Group CFO, CEO, chairman, non-executive director – what are the career options open to FDs beyond recession?
• How FDs can best position themselves for their ideal role
Mark Freebairn, Partner and head of CFO practice, Odgers Berndtson

C: Smart money: restructuring the finance department
• How to merge finance functions and systems, rationalise, slim down and make the merged entity more effective
• The critical 'soft skills' needed to successfully restructure a finance department
Robert Clarkson, Finance Director, Talk Talk

15.45 Closing keynote: The challenge for financial directors – a Chairman’s perspective
David Kappler, Chairman, Premier Foods

20.00 Gala dinner
After-dinner speaker Lord Norman Lamont

09.00 Keynote speech: A view from the front line of the credit crunch
Richard Meddings, Group Finance Director, Standard Chartered

09.45 Panel session: Galvanising the finance function and educating the board
Richard Pennycook, Financial Director, Morrisons
Eric Tracey, Senior Independent Director, Chloride Group & Findel Plc

B: Taking control of your own money – financing risk in an uncertain world
• Risk financing – the different tools available to FDs and what to be aware of post-recession
• Managing counterparty risk amid record insolvencies and mounting unpaid bills
Mel Carvill, Director, Generali Worldwide

C: Cutting it loose: intelligent approaches to outsourcing
• Knowing where outsourcing can save money and where the risks outweigh the benefits
• Managing outsourced departments and keeping a hold of their costs
Zarin Patel, Chief Financial Officer, BBC