CFO AI Summit · by Finance Collective
The CFO network comes together in Munich.
Finance Collective builds and runs the network for Finance Leaders. The CFO AI Summit is the day our community meets in person: CFOs from VC- and PE-backed companies, Mittelstand and established businesses. The agenda speaks to all of them: How AI is reshaping the Finance Function, the Tech Stack and the Role of the modern CFO.
140 places, curated and limited. Exclusively for CFOs and senior finance leaders.
The day (agenda as it stands, subject to change)
08:00 · Registration & breakfast
09:00 · Welcome & kickoff
Simone Rüschenberg
09:15 · Keynote: State of AI, where we really are
Philipp Klöckner
09:55 · Panel: CFO Lens, leading finance in an AI world
Moderator: Ellen Köhler (CFO Verdane Elevate)
Birgit Haderer (CFO & NED, ex CFO Personio, Zalando)
Emmanuel Thomassin (CFO Wise)
Kathrin Nusser (CFO Atolls)
11:05 · Keynote: Building the AI-native finance function & tech stack
Dave Arkell (CFO Black Forest Labs)
12:00 · Lunch & curated matchmaking, moderated roundtables
14:00 · Panel: AI transformation in established finance organisations
Moderator: Sonja Rossteuscher (CFO, HSG)
Stevan Lutz (CFO CSS AG)
Benjamin Reh (Director Financial Projects, Sixt)
Hermann Meerts (CFO Eckes-Granini)
Dr. Lothar Essig (Group CFO, msg)
14:00 · OMR session: the market story of the moment
Noah Leidinger
14:00 · Career-building as a CFO, expanding knowledge and leadership in the era of AI
Veronika von Heise-Rotenburg (Everphone)
14:50 · Breakouts
The Finance Engineer, (Thomas Schenkelberg)
From Corporate to Scale-up: Leadership lessons (Doreen Eugenio, CFO Tradebyte / Zalando, ex P&G)
What AI should and shouldn't do in Treasury (Andre Reimers, Embat)
15:50 · Breakouts
Finance talent strategy in an AI world (Markus Harder, CFO A&O Hostels)
Pricing in an agentic AI era: (Alex Howes, Sequence)
Claude as your co-worker: legal guardrails (Dr. Benedikt Flöter, YPOG)
16:45 · Closing remarks
17:00 · Networking & drinks
17:45 · Close
The right people in the room
Curated lunch roundtables, matched by seniority, funding type and industry.
Breakouts and formats that bring the right people together, from Mittelstand to VC- and PE-backed companies.
Good to know
Registration is reviewed, so request to attend and we'll confirm your spot.
Finance Collective Members get priority access and member pricing. Your ticket covers the full day: breakfast, lunch, an afternoon snack, all-day coffee and drinks at the evening networking.
Staying overnight?
A few hotels within a 5 to 10 minute walk of the venue:
Motel One München Parkstadt Schwabing, ibis München, Novotel München, Elaya München Schwabing
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