In-Person

New York CFO Community

Executive Summit

October 2026 | Location Coming Soon

October 2026
Location Coming Soon

Collaborate with your peers

Get together with New York's top CFOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CFOs today:

Prioritizing Cost Optimization and Resource Allocation

Driving AI Impact Despite Challenges and Risks

Closing the Digital Talent Gap to Promote Finance Transformation

New York CFO Governing Body

The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit 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

What to Expect

Interactive Sessions

Hear from CFO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.

Community Networking

Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your New York CFO community.

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a private, one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

Agenda

Coming Soon

The CFO Executive Summit agendas are driven by the mission-critical priorities identified among the community. Each agenda is uniquely crafted By CFOs, For CFOs®, and will be available closer to the gathering. All topics and sessions will be inspired by the following themes.

Prioritizing Cost Optimization and Resource Allocation

CFOs are prioritizing enterprise-wide cost optimization with a strong focus on cost transparency and ownership. They must act as “capital activists,” making sharper trade-offs and rapidly reallocating resources away from underperforming areas to balance short-term cost pressures with long-term investment priorities.

Driving AI Impact Despite Challenges and Risks

CFOs lack certainty and confidence in achieving meaningful enterprise outcomes from AI investments, especially in the finance function. Accelerating AI maturity requires a dual-path approach—leveraging embedded AI for immediate gains while building the necessary culture, governance, skills, and data capabilities for sustainable value creation.

Closing the Digital Talent Gap to promote Finance Transformation

Hiring and retaining digital talent in finance is a major concern. CFOs need to reconceive finance roles and structures, linking transformation goals to digital talent ambitions and promoting modern, agile management practices to close the digital skills gap and support ongoing digitalization efforts.

We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming in-person gathering

Gartner cares about the health and safety of our community. If you are feeling unwell, please refrain from attending the conference. At this time, Gartner does not have any health-related requirements in place for attendance. Should this change, we will follow up with updated guidance.

Location

Coming Soon

Venue information will be available shortly.

Community Program Manager

For inquiries related to this community, please reach out to your dedicated contact.

Lauren Parker Santee

Community Program Manager

lauren.parkersantee@gartner.com