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Eslinda Hamzah, Managing Director, Diligent APAC Board Services Pte Ltd

Partha Sen, Regional Director, BOARD Asia Pacific

Asia’s Deepening Inflation Woes are CFO’s biggest concern for 2011-2012.

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  • 61% of the polled CFOs expressed deep concern over Asia’s deepening Inflation woes, which is pushing interest rates upwards.

Insights

While growth is on the cards for Asia in 2012, inflation is putting a dampener. ADB estimates that inflation in Asia is expected to quicken to an average 5.3 percent in 2011, and 4.6 percent in 2012. As policymakers implement cooling measures, higher interest rates, artificial depression of consumer prices, and even a lessening cash value is the scenario facing CFOs in Asia who will need to strategize to address higher funding costs and debt payment, and falling margins.

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Key themes for the 3rd Annual CFO Asia Summit:

  • Financial Risk Management – Formulating strategies to minimize investment financial risks and generate higher returns on investments
  • Working Capital & Cash Management – Ensuring healthy cash flow and effective management of cash conversion cycle to achieve efficient level of working capital
  • Finance Talent Management – Developing strategies to effectively manage talents and build a motivated team in the finance function
  • Shared Services & Outsourcing – Understand how you can make shared services & outsourcing decisions that reduce cost and support organizational growth
  • Strengthening internal control – Identifying ways to achieve continuity and standardization of operating procedures
  • Investor relations management – Engaging existing and potential investors effectively through relationship management skills
  • Raising funds through Asian capital markets – Examining CFO’s key considerations about fund raising channels.

The 3rd Annual CFO Asia Summit is more than an annual summit; it is a forum for year long discussion among CFOs and senior-level finance executives from across all organizations and all sectors to explore opportunities and address challenges in the Asian market.

Join us at Asia's largest gathering of CFOs this year at the 3rd Annual CFO Asia Summit!

What Our Past Attendees Say

“Well organized, well executed. Opportunity to learn and interact was an icing on the cake. Compliments to the team (on-screen, off-screen) that pulled it off!”
– B Suryanarayanan, Group CFO, Mindtrac
“I enjoyed the sessions and was good to connect with so many fellow’s of my profession. Thanks a lot for making this happen.”
– Manish Dugar, CFO, Wipro Technologies
“It was really a very interesting well organized event”
– Gabriel Low, CFO Southeast Asia, Westfalia Separator
“Thank you very much for extending the inviting me. The discussions at the summit were extremely interesting, and am glad that I took up your offer. Happy to oblige in future! “
– Amarjeet Kaur, Group CFO, EON Bank Group
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