Swiss Re CFO Reinsurance to Keynote AFP FP&A Leadership Summit in Amsterdam

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Inaugural event convenes finance executives for candid discussions on business planning during uneven global economic recovery

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Feb 11, 2015, 06:10 ET

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Gerhard Lohmann, Chief Financial Officer Reinsurance of Swiss Re, will provide the keynote address at the inaugural FP&A Leadership Summit on 19-20 May at the Sofitel Legend The Grand hotel in Amsterdam, the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) announced today.

Lohmann will speak on the topic 'Molding an Elite FP&A Team: A CFO's Holistic Approach,' examining ways that finance leaders can develop and deploy their FP&A teams at a time when their companies are experiencing rapid change in an economic environment that is experiencing uneven recovery across regions.

The AFP event will convene finance executives, FP&A professionals and corporate controllers from around the world who will gather to discuss how an ecosystem of business planning, targeting, forecasting, measurement and reporting can be optimized to produce best corporate financial performance in the future. In candid discussions among peers, they also will delve into the best way to position this forward-looking finance function within an organization.

Delegates may choose among a wide selection of roundtable discussion topics, facilitated by senior-level finance experts, including:

The Power of Visual and Advanced Data Analysis - Andreas Schertzinger, Head Reinsurance FP&A, Managing Director, Swiss Re
Increasing Value Creation Through FP&A - Marc Lloyd, Head of Business Partnering – Manufacturing and Servicing, Legal & General Investment Management
Planning Cycles/Budget Process/Rolling Forecasts - Anders Olesen, Director, Beyond Budgeting Institute, Partner, Basico
Communicating FP&A's Story - Jokim Pluijmers, Head of Planning & Control, Consolidation & Reporting, ING Nederland
Leadership in FP&A Practice - Ash Sharma, Head of FP&A, Boots Alliance
Changing Trends in FP&A - Matthijs Schot, Performance and Analysis, A.P. Møller Maersk Group Copenhagen Area, Capital Region, Denmark Financial Services

The AFP Leadership Summit includes only sessions that are selected and facilitated by a high-level group of seasoned corporate finance executives, and no sessions are influenced by any vendors or sponsors. Sessions are eligible for Certified FP&A Professional^® continuing education credits. To register or learn more, visit www.afponline.org/Leadership/ Register by 1 May to save $100.

ABOUT AFP Headquartered outside Washington, D.C., the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) is the professional society that represents finance executives globally. AFP established and administers the Certified Treasury Professional and Certified Corporate FP&A Professional credentials, which set standards of excellence in finance. The quarterly AFP Corporate Cash Indicators serve as a bellwether of economic growth. The AFP Annual Conference is the largest networking event for corporate finance professionals in the world.

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