Gala dinner with Award ceremony “CFO of the Year ... - CFO Insight
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<strong>CFO</strong>-Summit<br />
6<br />
Plenum 7 OCTOBER Großer Redoutensaal<br />
Panel Discussion I 2.30 p.m.-3.30 p.m.<br />
Reframing <strong>the</strong> Business Model – Lessons from <strong>the</strong> Crisis<br />
SPEAKERS<br />
MODERATOR<br />
Dr. Andre Carls, CEO, Commerzbank Central and Eastern<br />
Europe Holding, Frankfurt/Main, Germany<br />
Dr. Carls is responsible for <strong>the</strong> CEE activities <strong>of</strong> Commerzbank.<br />
Having studied business economics and completed a<br />
doctorate, he joined Commerzbank in 1990, <strong>with</strong> various<br />
positions in corporate finance and capital markets. Until<br />
2008 he was Member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Board <strong>of</strong> Managing Directors <strong>of</strong><br />
comdirect bank, since 2004 CEO <strong>of</strong> comdirect group.<br />
Lauri Veijalainen, <strong>CFO</strong>, IKEA Russia and CIS, Moscow, Russia<br />
Mr. Veijalainen has been <strong>CFO</strong> for IKEA Russia and CIS since<br />
2003. He has participated and been responsible for financial<br />
issues in <strong>the</strong> company’s extensive expansion schedule from<br />
two to twelve IKEA stores as well as for twelve Mega Malls<br />
located in Russian main cities and regions. Prior to IKEA,<br />
Mr. Veijalainen worked as <strong>the</strong> Finance and Administrative<br />
Director <strong>of</strong> Skanska in Moscow. Altoge<strong>the</strong>r he has worked in<br />
<strong>the</strong> CIS region for fourteen years.<br />
Bastian Frien, FINANCE Emerging Europe<br />
Martin Novak, <strong>CFO</strong>, CEZ, a.s., Prague, Czech Republic<br />
Mr. Novak has been working for CEZ, a.s. as Chief Accounting<br />
Officer since March 2006. As <strong>of</strong> 2008 he became <strong>CFO</strong> and<br />
Member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Board. Prior to joining CEZ, a.s., Mr. Novak<br />
worked for ConocoPhillips in Houston, London and Prague, in<br />
<strong>the</strong> years 2002 and 2006 as Financial Director for central and<br />
eastern Europe. He started his career as a Tax Advisor at<br />
PricewaterhouseCoopers.<br />
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