From Data Confidence to Finance Performance: The Power of Intelligent Workflows
September 10, 2026
ROUND TABLE

From Data Confidence
to Finance Performance
W Hotel Kuala Lumpur
The Power of Intelligent Workflows
Thursday, September 10th at 9:30am

The CFO's Solution Platform
CFO's are Expected to Deliver Faster Insights While Maintaining Accuracy, Compliance and Control
As organisations navigate economic uncertainty, increasing complexity, and growing stakeholder expectations. Success depends on having trusted financial data and the ability to turn that data into actionable intelligence.
On Discover how finance leaders can leverage AI-powered automation, integrated financial processes, and trusted data to accelerate the financial close, improve planning and forecasting, and drive more confident business decisions. Learn how modern finance teams are reducing manual effort, increasing transparency, and enabling strategic growth through a connected Office of the CFO.
In this session, you will learn how to:
Harness AI-driven automation to streamline financial close, consolidation, and reporting processes while improving speed and accuracy
Strengthen data quality, governance, and compliance with a single source of truth across finance operations
Enhance planning, forecasting, and performance management through trusted data and intelligent insights
Drive greater confidence in decision-making with real-time visibility into financial and operational performance
Meet the Speakers
Kevin Smith
Chief Technology Officer | Lucanet
Seasoned technologist, experienced both as an individual contributor software engineer, an architect and building and leading high performing engineering teams. He spent 8+ years at Microsoft mostly in software engineering roles where he worked on the first version of the .NET Framework, and shipped the first three versions of BizTalk Server. He spent more than 10 years leading Front Office engineering teams at Investment Banks building global derivatives trading platforms. More recently, he was the CTO at Fastmarkets where he led their digital transformation before joining Hg Capital as a Portfolio CTO. He holds 6 software design patterns for his inventions.




Rui Yuan
Regional Head , ASEAN | Lucanet
Graduated in Information Science and Risk Management at the Zhejiang University in China and obtained an MBA degree from IESE Business School. Prior to Lucanet, she worked in the fields of Project Finance and Structured Finance in North and Latin America. At Lucanet, Rui has managed a variety of projects in different companies, from international listed companies to agile startups. Rui Yuan has extensive knowledge in business, finance and IT and is also a certified CFA with professional project management skills. Her specialty is designing efficient digital transformation projects, business development, and strategic planning.
Schedule
09:30 - 10:00am: Registration with Snacks & Refreshments
10:00 - 10:30am: Executive Welcome by Lucanet
10:30 - 11:00am: AI in action: Preview of the latest Lucanet AI innovations and agents
11:00 - 11:30am: Mastering complex consolidation processes with Lucanet
11:30- 01:00pm: Lunch & Networking
W Kuala Lumpur
VENUE
121, Jln Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, 50450 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


