Event showcases CFOs from ADP, Aramco, Kenvue, Nasdaq and Moody’s alongside leading MIT faculty
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., September 05, 2024 – The MIT Sloan CFO Summit, the premier one-day conference for CFOs, celebrates its 22nd anniversary connecting financial leaders across a broad mix of business structures, stages and sectors. The nation’s preeminent CFO event, to be held Thursday, November 21, 2024, attracts 400+ CFOs and senior financial executives.
With its theme of “The Intentional CFO: Innovative and Pragmatic,” the conference features panel sessions that include Smart & Savvy FP&A; M&A Strategies; CFO Best Practices; Partnering with Your CTO; GenAI in Finance; and The Impact and Opportunity of Changing Interest Rates.
Jeremy Seidman, Executive Chair of the MIT Sloan CFO Summit noted, “We take great pride in showcasing topics of current interest and speakers with on-point experience. Attendees of the MIT CFO Summit know they not only learn best practices, but also connect with their peers and leading thinkers to review real-world experience.”
This year’s speaker line-up includes CFOs from Amolyt Pharma, Bitsight, Canada Goose, Electric Hydrogen, Exscientia, GoDaddy, Knack, MassMutual, SponsorUnited, Wellhub, York Space Systems and more. Founded in 2002, the event brings together financial executives and leading faculty from MIT to learn and discuss high level strategies, practical insights and the integration of knowledge, experience and innovation.
Conference highlights include:
Morning fireside chat with Donald Sull, Professor of the Practice, MIT Sloan and Paul Ruh, Chief Financial Officer, Kenvue Inc.
Special presentation: Practical Strategies for Architecting Success, with author, catalyst and executive coach Laura Gassner Otting
Keynote panel featuring Walden Siew, Wall Street Journal; Noémie Heuland, Chief Financial Officer, Moody’s; Don McGuire, Chief Financial Officer, ADP; and Sarah Youngwood, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Nasdaq
Closing keynote with Francis O’Sullivan, Director of Research and Analysis, MIT Energy Initiative and Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan in conversation with Ziad Al-Murshed, Chief Financial Officer, Saudi Aramco
About the MIT Sloan CFO Summit
The MIT Sloan CFO Summit is the nation’s premier CFO event. Started in 2002, the Summit brings together leading faculty from MIT and financial executives from around the world. The annual event offers a day of practical education, peer networking and thought-provoking discourse on the future of finance, accounting, and business. The day includes presentations, panels, keynote speakers and networking. The Summit is part of the CXO Series produced by the MIT Sloan School of Management, one of the world’s leading academic sources of innovation in management theory and practice, and the MIT Sloan Boston Alumni Association. The annual events, organized by alumni volunteers, promote the MIT philosophy of “mens et manus,” or “mind and hand,” by bringing together the academic research from MIT Sloan with today’s corporate leaders. For more information and to register, visit www.mitcfo.com.