The Spend Strategy Luncheon
Join Us for an Exclusive Executive Luncheon & Discussion
Rewriting the Rules of Spend: Building Smarter, Leaner, and Risk-Ready Enterprises
The Ortus Club and SAP invite senior Finance, HR, and IT leaders in Kuala Lumpur to a closed-door roundtable luncheon at Nobu Kuala Lumpur. Over a curated lunch in one of the city's finest private dining rooms, a small group of peers will come together for an honest, off-the-record conversation about one of the most pressing leadership challenges in the enterprise today: getting spend under control without slowing the business down.
This is an invitation-only session, moderated by an industry expert and designed to surface the kind of candid insight that only emerges when the right people are in the room.
Rewriting the Rules of Spend: Building Smarter, Leaner, and Risk-Ready Enterprises
As AI adoption accelerates across the enterprise, employee spend has become a leadership issue — not an operational one. CFOs and CIOs are being asked to move faster, enforce tighter controls, and reduce exposure, all while enabling a workforce that expects flexibility and autonomy. The pressure is real, and the margin for error is shrinking.
The uncomfortable reality is that employee-driven spend remains fragmented across systems, policies, and teams. That fragmentation creates blind spots — where risk hides, controls weaken, and decisions slow. Finance leaders are increasingly aware of the problem, but the tools and governance frameworks to address it at scale have often lagged behind the ambition.
AI and automation are now changing the equation. Not by replacing finance teams, but by embedding policy, governance, and intelligence directly into how employees spend. The question is no longer whether this shift will happen — it is who will lead it, and who will absorb the cost of lagging behind. This roundtable brings together senior leaders to examine how organisations are using intelligent spend management to strengthen governance, increase decision confidence, and future-proof their finance operations in an AI-driven world.
Discussion themes include:
Where does employee spend create the greatest unseen risk today?
How can AI improve control and compliance without slowing the business?
What does strong AI-led spend governance look like at the executive level?
The Afternoon
11:30 AM — Arrival of guests and reception
12:00 PM — Welcome address by The Ortus Club
12:10 PM — Short address by SAP
12:20 PM — Discussion instigated by the moderator and continued by the group over lunch
1:20 PM — Discussion brought to a close; guests encouraged to continue networking
Who Should Be in the Room
This session is designed for senior leaders who are actively grappling with the complexity of enterprise spend — whether from a finance, technology, or people perspective. Attendees will be peers navigating the same governance pressures, exploring AI-driven transformation, and looking to turn spend management from a fragmented operational challenge into a strategic advantage.
Job titles may include CFOs, CIOs, CHROs, VPs, Heads, and Directors of Finance, IT, HR, and Technology, and other senior decision-makers.
How to Join
Attendance is by invitation only and complimentary. To request a seat at the table, click the button above or reach out to The Ortus Club directly. If you have already received an invitation, your calendar invite and full event details will follow by email.
The Host
SAP is a global leader in enterprise application software, helping organisations run smarter and more sustainably. In the context of spend management, SAP's intelligent solutions enable finance and HR leaders to gain real-time visibility, enforce policy at scale, and embed AI-driven governance directly into employee purchasing decisions — turning spend from a liability into a strategic lever.
The Organisers
The Ortus Club runs executive knowledge-sharing events worldwide, bringing senior leaders together for curated, off-the-record discussions in a relaxed, peer-to-peer setting.