An ITWeb Executive Forum brought to you in partnership with Sage
The future of finance starts right now
As CFOs look to the future, the evolving landscape of 2025 presents both challenges and unprecedented opportunities. The roadmap to success is now guided by artificial intelligence (AI), which empowers financial leaders to make smarter, data-driven decisions, automate routine tasks, and enhance operational efficiency. By leveraging AI technologies, CFOs can uncover deeper insights, improve financial forecasting, and drive business growth while staying agile in an increasingly complex environment.
"Navigating 2025: The CFO’s Roadmap to Opportunity" explores how AI can be a transformative force, helping finance leaders unlock new levels of strategic value and navigate the next wave of financial innovation.
Keynote speaker
Ndumiso (Hadebe) Kubheka - award-winning Economist
Kickstart your day at this exclusive breakfast event, featuring none other than the acclaimed, Ndumiso (Hadebe) Kubheka — our award-winning economist and visionary thought leader. Get ready to dive deep into the hottest Business Trends for 2025 as Ndumiso shares cutting-edge insights and strategies that will reshape your approach to the ever-evolving business landscape.
Why should you attend?
Gain Insights on Future Trends
The session will provide valuable insights into the evolving financial landscape of 2025, helping CFOs stay ahead of emerging trends and anticipate the challenges and opportunities on the horizon.
Leverage AI for Financial Transformation
Learn how AI technologies, such as Sage Intacct, are transforming financial management. Discover how AI can enhance decision-making, improve forecasting, and drive operational efficiency within your organisation.
Networking with Peers
This is an exclusive opportunity to connect with other senior finance leaders, share best practices, and discuss common challenges in a collaborative environment, fostering new relationships and partnerships.
Practical Strategies for Growth
Gain actionable strategies that can be implemented immediately to optimize financial processes, increase profitability, and prepare for the future with greater agility.
Exclusive Access to Experts
Engage directly with AI and finance technology experts who can offer insights tailored to your organisation's needs, helping you understand how to integrate AI into your financial operations effectively.
Drive Organisational Innovation
By attending, you’ll be at the forefront of how AI can drive financial innovation, ensuring your organisation remains competitive, adaptable, and prepared for rapid changes in the business environment.
Enhance Strategic Leadership
Equip yourself with the tools and knowledge to evolve into a more strategic finance leader, capable of guiding your company through the complex financial decisions that will define success in 2025 and beyond.
Who should attend?
If you are a senior financial decision maker in the General Business, Financial Services, Education, Insurance, Hospitality, Professional Services, Healthcare, Discrete Manufacturing and Not for Profit sectors, this event is for you!
Including:
Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Finance Director, Head of Finance, Finance manager
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Agenda
Welcome and opening remarks
James Francis, Writer and ITWeb Brainstorm Contributor
Pieter Bensch, Executive Vice President & Managing Director, Africa & Middle East, Sage
Keynote presentation
Jordaan Burger, Vice President Finance: Africa, Middle East & Asia Pacific, Sage
Gerhard Hartman, Regional Vice President, Medium Business, Africa & Middle East, Sage
Revolutionizing Finance Efficiency with Sage: Streamlining Operations and Firming up your finances to address possible challenges in the Future
Mohammed Mosam, Regional Product Marketing Director, Africa & Middle East, Sage AME - (Sage Intacct)
Michael Britz, Senior Solutions Engineer, Sage AME - Sage Intacct
Fireside chat
James Francis, Writer and ITWeb Brainstorm Contributor
Mohammed Mosam, Regional Product Marketing Director, Africa & Middle East, Sage AME - (Sage Intacct)
Erika More, Sage Intacct Director, Africa & Middle East, Sage
Pieter Bensch, Executive Vice President & Managing Director, Africa & Middle East, Sage
Venue
Four Seasons Hotel, The Westcliff, Johannesburg
67 Jan Smuts Avenue, P.O. Box 2700, Saxonwold 2132, Johannesburg, SA
011 481 6000
High up on the rocky Witwatersrand is where you’ll find us. Despite being in the middle of South Africa’s largest city, our Westcliff Hotel feels like a chic hillside village, with nine sun-splashed villas woven with courtyards, fountains and gardens. Take a ride up our glass elevator to meet friends for seasonally inspired dishes at Flames, visit our destination day spa that captures the serenity of the region with its nature-inspired treatments, or simply step out onto your room’s balcony to enjoy a quiet moment as you admire the endless treetops that stretch out before you.
Event Sponsor
About Sage
Sage is the market leader for integrated accounting, payroll, and payment systems, supporting the ambition of the world’s entrepreneurs.
Like many of the businesses we serve, Sage began as a small business and has grown beyond what seemed imaginable. Today over 11,000 colleagues now support millions of entrepreneurs across more than 20 countries as they power the global economy.
We help drive today’s business builders with a new generation of solutions to manage everything from money to people.
Our social and mobile technology provides live information so you can make fast, informed decisions anytime, anywhere in the world. We support our business builders for life by offering choice, support, expertise, and innovation. We champion your causes and provide world-leading advice and support when you need it most.
For more information, visit www.sage.com/en-za
