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“Achieve sustained high performance by developing empowered and adaptive management models”

This carefully researched and innovatively produced summit will explore the Beyond Budgeting management model through inspiring case studies and insights presented by leading practitioners and from the academe. The Beyond Budgeting management model enables organizations to build lean, adaptive and ethical enterprises that can sustain superior competitive performance.

The conference aims at executives and managers of large and mid-sized organizations. It is of particular interest for persons in General Management, Finance and HR positions.

The summit is organized together with the Beyond Budgeting Institute (BBI) whose purpose is to help organizations achieve sustained high performance, also under turbulent conditions, by developing their management models from command & control towards empower & adapt.

Please watch this video testimonial about how managers and directors from various industries say about the benefit of Beyond Budgeting.

Media Collaboration and Registration Enquiries:
enquiry@neo-edge.com
Eugene Azucena, Senior Marketing Manager – ENERGY & Strategic Management
Phone: +65 6557 9185
Fax: +65 6557 9188

Conference Agenda

For full agenda, please contact:
Eugene Azucena – Senior Marketing Manager
+65 6557 9185; eugene@neo-edge.com.

Meet our Expert Speakers

Bjarte Bogsnes (Norway)
Vice President Performance Management Development, Statoil and Chairman of the Beyond Budgeting Institute

Bjarte Bogsnes has a long international career, both in Finance and HR. He is currently heading up the Beyond Budgeting implementation at Statoil, Scandinavia’s largest company with operations in 36 countries and a turnover of 130 bn USD. On Fortune 500, the company was recently ranked #1 on Social responsibility and #7 on Innovation. Transparency International has named Statoil the most transparent listed company globally.

Bjarte is Chairman of Beyond Budgeting Institute, and is a popular international business speaker and winner of a Harvard Business Review/McKinsey Management Innovation award. He is the author of “Implementing Beyond Budgeting – Unlocking the Performance Potential”, where he writes about his implementation experiences. Statoil realized that traditional leadership and management practices no longer work in today’s competence organizations operating in business environments more complex, dynamic and unpredictable than ever. The company implemented innovative alternatives to traditional management, like abolishing traditional budgets and calendar-based management in favor of more decentralized, agile and human processes

Winnie O’Grady (New Zealand)
Professor, Auckland University

Winnie joined the Department of Accounting and Finance at the Auckland University in 2000. She was previously employed at Massey University as a lecturer in Accounting Information Systems and Management Accounting. She currently lectures in management control and strategic management accounting. Her areas of expertise are: Management control systems and viable system approaches to performance management. Winnie is a great supporter of the Beyond Budgeting ideas and principles which are taught at the university. Winnie has written several articles about this and related subjects.

Takashi Shimizu (Japan)
Professor, Waseda University

Professor Takashi Shimizu has authored many books and articles on strategic management systems and strategic performance systems and consults on the introduction of Japanese management accounting practices into Europe and the US. His areas of research are: Strategic Performance Management including Balanced Scorecard and Beyond Budgeting as well as Cost Accounting. Takashi Shimizu and his team at Waseda University have translated several of the Beyond Budgeting network’s books to Japanese.

Fazlur Rahman Zainuddin (Malaysia)
Chief Financial Officer, Tenaga Nasional Berhad

Fazlur was appointed as Tenaga Nasional Berhad (“TNB”) Chief Financial Officer / Vice President (Group Finance) in 2012. Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Naza Group. Prior to joining the Naza Group in 2010, Fazlur was with Telekom Malaysia Berhad (“TM”) in several capacities since 2005, with his last position as Vice President – Business Development. He served for 10 years, from 1995, with Shell Malaysia in various financial management and corporate roles. Prior to that he served for 4 years in public accounting practices including almost 3 years in Price Waterhouse, Kuala Lumpur as a tax consultant. Fazlur also sits in the Board of Directors of Integrax Berhad, a Malaysian public listed port operations company, and various TNB subsidiaries. Fazlur pursued his accounting qualifications in Nottingham Trent University, UK and finished off his final professional papers at Emile Woolf College of Accountancy in London. He is a professional accountant by training, a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), UK, and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).

Anders Olesen (Denmark)
Managing Director, Beyond Budgeting Institute

In addition to his role as Managing Director of the international Beyond Budgeting network, Anders Olesen is a Partner in Basico, a Danish consulting company specializing in helping private companies improve their financial management practices. Since 2013, Basico is the official Beyond Budgeting Partner in Denmark following many years as an active member of the European BBRT network. Before joining Basico, Anders worked 15 years in various finance and management positions in several international industrial companies. Anders’ career started in Arthur Andersen where he earned a degree as State Authorized Public Accountant (similar to CPA). Anders holds a master in business economics and auditing from Copenhagen Business School and an executive master in business administration from IMD in Switzerland. Anders regularly publishes case studies documenting the successful implementation of the beyond budgeting principles.

For full agenda, please contact:
Eugene Azucena – Senior Marketing Manager
+65 6557 9185; eugene@neo-edge.com

The summit aims at executives and managers of large and mid-sized organizations. It is of particular interest for persons in General Management, Finance, Planning and Human Relations (HR) positions.

Relevant Job Titles include, but not limited to:

• Chief Executive Officers
• Chief Financial Officers
• Managing Directors
• General Managers
• Managers
• Financial Accountants & Controllers
• Management Accountants
• Finance Directors & Managers
• Business Analysts & Managers
• Business Finance Managers
• Forecasting Analysts
• Budgeting Directors and Managers
• Planning Managers
• HR Managers

To reserve a slot in the Conference, please contact:
Eugene Azucena – Senior Marketing Manager
+65 6557 9185; eugene@neo-edge.com

Please contact us at enquiry@neo-edge.com or customer service hotline at +65 6557 9166 for details.

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For Sponsorship Opportunities on this Conference, please get in touch with:

Mr. Nelson Zhu
Business Development Director
Tel: +65 6557 9160
Fax: +65 6557 9188
Email: nelson.zhu@neo-edge.com

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Media Collaboration and Early Registration Enquiries:
eugene@neo-edge.com
Eugene Azucena, Senior Marketing Manager
Phone: +65 6557 9185
Fax: +65 6557 9188

The course fee does not include accommodation or travel costs. It is recommended to book the hotel rooms early as there are only limited rooms available at discounted corporate rate. Kindly contact the following for reservation:

The Royale Chulan Kuala Lumpur
No.5, Jalan Conlay, 50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Siti Sapiah Harun
Assistant Director of Sales
Tel: +60 3 26889688
DID: +60 3 26889258
Fax: +60 3 2166-6101
E-Mail: siti.sales@theroyalechulan.com.my

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