We will soon find out who the top corporate financial manager in Hungary will be this year. On 8 October, at our Business and Finance conference which convenes the country's most important financial leaders, we will present the CFO of the Year award by Portfolio and the Credit Management Group. Nominations are open until 30 September. At the event, we will honour the chief financial officer the award committee has found the most capable and successful among those working for Hungarian companies with good financial performance.
Nomination for the CFO of the Year 2020 award is open to the top business and finance managers of all domestic companies (except those active in the finance sector). We are receiving applications at cfooftheyear@portfolio.hu. Upon request, we will send you the application form, which we would kindly ask you to return by 30 September 2020 to the same address. All nominees can attend the event at a 20% discount, while the top eight will receive free admission to the conference on 8 October.
- How long could the effects of the crisis last?
- Will it change the goals of Hungary's economic policy?
- How successful has crisis management been in Hungary?
- Where is Hungary's place in the Europe of the future?
08:40 - 08:50
08:50 - 09:20
A new world after the coronavirus?
What is the global and Hungarian economic outlook? What changes in economic policy can the current pandemic bring?
Speaker: Pernille Henneberg, Analyst, Citibank Global
09:20 - 09:45
Hungarian crisis management and outlook
Speaker: Mihály Varga, Minister for Finance, Ministry of Finance
09:45 - 10:15
How does the pandemic affect Hungarian businesses?
What are their experiences and what lessons have they learned? Will local supplier chains become more important?
Moderator: Zoltán Bán, CEO, Net Média Zrt. (Portfolio Csoport)
Conversation participants:
10:15 - 10:40
What is economic policy doing during the coronavirus crisis?
Speaker: Márton Nagy, gazdaságfejlesztési miniszter, Magyarország Kormánya
10:40 - 10:55
10:55 - 11:25
KPMG CEO Outlook 2020 panel
Moderator: Rezső Rózsai, CEO, KPMG
Conversation participants:
11:25 - 11:40
Coffee break
11:40 - 12:00
What scenarios does the world face after the pandemic?
In what direction could the world move in economic and social terms? What would it take to realise the optimistic scenario?
Speaker: Alan Iny, Partner and Director, Creativity & Scenarios, Boston Consulting Group
12:00 - 12:20
Analyst roundtable on Hungary's economic outlook
Moderator: István Madár, Senior Analyst, Portfolio
Conversation participants:
12:20 - 12:40
12:40 - 13:00
What will the Europe of the future be like?
The future of the EU: the crisis broke important taboos, so can Europe head towards closer integration as a result?
Speaker: Zsolt Darvas, Senior Fellow, Bruegel Institute
13:00 - 13:15
13:15 - 14:00
Lunch break
- What trends could the crisis kick off in Hungary's banking sector?
- Will digitalisation and stronger e-banking become inevitable?
- What role can banks play in post-crisis recovery?
14:00 - 14:20
Situation report from the euro area – looking back and forward from the European Central Bank
Speaker: Dr. Ottó Heinz, Head of the Financial Law Division at European Central Bank
14:20 - 15:10
Bank executive panel
Moderator: Zoltán Bán, CEO, Net Média Zrt. (Portfolio Csoport)
Conversation participants:
15:10 - 15:35
Coffee break
Credit management, a traditional topic at our Business and Finance Summit conference, has been moved to this event this year. The section, co-organised with the Hungarian Credit Management Association, will feature representatives from the domestic credit management profession. The coronavirus pandemic reached part of the corporate sector in the form of a liquidity shock, so evaluating the challenges in claims management and credit management is especially timely.
14:00 - 14:15
Poland & CEE – fragile and uneven recovery
Speaker: Dyrcz Robert, Chairman, Polish Institute of Credit Management
14:15 - 14:30
Economic panorama in the storm of the coronavirus. Over the crisis? - More like in it, unfortunately
Speaker: Dr. Hajnalka Csorbai, Head of Strategy, Opten Kft.
14:30 - 14:45
The key to the successful introduction of digital credit management: Agility
Speaker: Zoltán Sáska, IT manager, Credit Management Group
14:45 - 15:15
How has COVID-19 affected shared services centres? Solutions that work - Focusing on credit/cash collection
Moderator: Klára Boór, Director, Swiss Klass
Conversation participants:
15:15 - 15:35
Coffee break
The other main topic of our cancelled Business and Finance Summit conference this year, the challenges in corporate finance, is also particularly topical in the shadow of the coronavirus. The speakers of the last plenary section will evaluate the effects of expected processes in the second half of 2020, with the participation of chief financial officers from big corporations
15:35 - 15:55
The maturity of the finance sector and the CFO of the future
Speaker: Gábor Balázs, Partner, PwC Hungary
15:55 - 16:10
SME behaviour patterns during the COVID outbreak as seen by banks
Speaker: Sándor Bertalan, középvállalati üzletág ügyvezető igazgató, Magyar Bankholding Zrt.
16:10 - 17:00
CFO panel: corporate finance in the shadow of the coronavirus
Conversation participants:
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