New York CFO Community
Inner Circle
May 7, 2026 | Riverpark
May 7, 2026
Riverpark
Collaborate with your peers
Join New York's top CFOs for an intimate networking dinner and facilitated discussion on key business challenges. Enjoy a relaxed evening of dinner and drinks with your peers to share best practices, make new connections and build professional relationships.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CFOs today:
Driving strategic insights and measurable value through technology investments
Establishing yourself as a catalyst for enterprise agility and resilience.
Building future-ready finance teams
New York CFO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the discussion topics and agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CFOs, For CFOs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs
Rick Davison
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
CFO, Americas
Dave Denton
Pfizer
CFO
Entela Hana
Sompo Holdings
CFO, North America
Guru Ramamurthy
Bayer
Chief Financial Officer and Head of Finance, Bayer Crop Science
Aradhana Sarin
AstraZeneca
Group CFO & Executive Director
Agenda
May 7, 2026
4:30pm - 5:30pm Executive Networking Reception
5:30pm - 6:30pm Discussion Topics
Accelerating Finance Transformation – Strategies for Resilience and Impact
As the boundaries of the finance function expand, digital acceleration and AI adoption have become central to the CFO agenda. With 84% of finance teams in planning or deployment with AI as of 2025, today’s finance leaders are uniquely positioned to drive cost-efficient growth and build resilient, future-ready teams. However, they must do so while balancing enterprise cost discipline and accelerating strategic investments amid persistent economic headwinds, regulatory shifts, and technological evolution.
The challenge: making every investment count, accelerating transformation with limited technology budgets, and ensuring finance remains the engine of strategic insight and innovation.
6:30pm - 7:00pm Networking Break
7:00pm - 8:00pm Summary Discussion & Dinner
8:00pm - 9:00pm Social Hour
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the New York CFO Community Inner Circle.
Gartner facilitates exclusive, C-level communities by personally qualifying and understanding the priorities, challenges and interests of each member.
Our selective approach maintains the high quality of the network and ensures top-level discussions with peers from the world’s leading organizations.
Each application will be reviewed, and once your participation is confirmed, you will have access to year-round community programs.
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