Gala dinner with Award ceremony “CFO of the Year ... - CFO Insight
Gala dinner with Award ceremony “CFO of the Year ... - CFO Insight
Gala dinner with Award ceremony “CFO of the Year ... - CFO Insight
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
Welcome<br />
Bastian Frien,<br />
Editor in Chief,<br />
FINANCE Emerging Europe<br />
Steven Arons,<br />
Managing Editor,<br />
FINANCE Emerging Europe<br />
Dear Guests <strong>of</strong> our 2 nd <strong>CFO</strong> Summit Emerging<br />
Europe & CIS,<br />
What initially began as a financial crisis has mushroomed into a fullblown<br />
global recession. Emerging Europe has been unable to insulate<br />
itself from <strong>the</strong> impact. The region is facing challenges that were<br />
virtually inconceivable just a year ago. Credit lines have dried up, currency<br />
depreciation has lifted interest payments on foreign-denominated<br />
loans to dangerous levels, and customers are increasingly defaulting on<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir bills. Liquidity, in o<strong>the</strong>r words, has become a scarce commodity.<br />
This brings momentous changes to <strong>CFO</strong>s. As access to capital is an<br />
ever more critical issue, <strong>the</strong>y are forced to play an increasingly<br />
important role in steering <strong>the</strong>ir companies through <strong>the</strong> storm. Quick<br />
and competent decisions are crucial in avoiding wreckage – decisions<br />
that combine expertise <strong>with</strong> instinct, and resolve <strong>with</strong> knowledge.<br />
Cultivation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se qualities is a learning process, and most <strong>of</strong> it<br />
is learning from peers. More than anything else, it requires dialogue and<br />
discussion.<br />
This, in a nutshell, is, what <strong>the</strong> <strong>CFO</strong> Summit Emerging Europe & CIS<br />
is designed to achieve: By bringing toge<strong>the</strong>r fellow <strong>CFO</strong>s from across <strong>the</strong><br />
region, it creates a unique meeting point for you and o<strong>the</strong>r elite<br />
managers to facilitate an intensive exchange <strong>of</strong> experience and <strong>the</strong><br />
discussion <strong>of</strong> crisis strategies, market conditions and new growth<br />
opportunities.<br />
The unique format <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> event ensures that this exchange can take<br />
place at four complementary levels: keynotes by prominent <strong>CFO</strong>s and<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r market leaders, expert panel discussions, focussed workshops<br />
including Q&A sessions and, <strong>of</strong> course, ample time in between for<br />
personal contacts.<br />
We are <strong>the</strong>refore proud to present <strong>the</strong> programme for <strong>the</strong> 2 nd <strong>CFO</strong><br />
Summit. The range <strong>of</strong> issues covered by its workshops – from equity<br />
solutions to communication strategies – aims at satisfying <strong>the</strong> broadest<br />
information needs <strong>of</strong> any <strong>CFO</strong>.<br />
But we are aware that even though business comes first, it does not<br />
come alone: <strong>the</strong>re will also be time to relax and enjoy a luxurious<br />
<strong>dinner</strong> during <strong>the</strong> <strong>Award</strong> <strong>ceremony</strong> for <strong>the</strong> <strong>“<strong>CFO</strong></strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Year</strong> 2009” at<br />
one <strong>of</strong> Vienna’s finest locations exclusively reserved for our guests.<br />
We are delighted to welcome you to <strong>the</strong> 2 nd <strong>CFO</strong> Summit Emerging<br />
Europe & CIS in Vienna.<br />
Best regards,<br />
Bastian Frien Steven Arons<br />
<strong>CFO</strong>-Summit<br />
1
Change language