The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA – Sri Lanka) and the Sri Lanka Association of Software and Service Companies (SLASSCOM) will conduct a unique thought leadership forum addressing the opportunities and best practices relevant to finance business partners in light of global development in technology, data analytics and global business development strategies on 14^th May 2015 at The Stables, Park Street Mews from 7:30 am to 12 noon. 

This event will enable sharing of actionable insights on the importance of finance transformation and business model innovation in business. How globally renowned organizations facilitate such transformation and innovation to drive sustainable competitive advantage will be discussed by Sanjay Patel, Managing Director, GBS Finance Services, Rio Tinto, Vinod Bidarkoppa, Director- Group IT and Chief Information Officer- Tesco HSC and Rajaram Natarajan, Global Delivery Lead- Healthcare, Concentrix- India. These industry experts will share global best practices that enable Sri Lankan business leaders to optimize their approach and focus towards the finance transformation and global business model innovation through practical and actionable insights.

The event will also feature local experts from the Shared Services and Outsourcing sector. Dr. Arul Sivagananathan, Managing Director, Hayleys Industrial Solutions and Director HBSI, Chandima Cooray, Chief Process Officer, Hemas Holdings PLC, Fadhil Jiffry, Chief Financial Officer, MillenniumIT and Hariharan Padmanaban, Director, Business Development, H-Connect who will share insights on how finance transformation and business model innovation will drive sustainable competitiveness for local industries.

The event partners include some of the key players in their respective industries in Sri Lanka, with Orion City as the Platinum Sponsor, MillenniumIT as the Strategic Partner, SAKS Global as the Gold Sponsor, IFS as the Technology Partner and LMD as the Business Magazine Partner.

For more information and registrations, please contact Usaith Uwize on usaith@slasscom.lk

Photo caption: (From left) Rajaram Natarajan, Sanjay Patel and Vinod Bidarkoppa