Sponsorship Portfolio
Two summits. One audience of senior Finance leaders from across North America.
Featured Speakers
Year after year, the portfolio brings Finance leaders from the world's largest organizations to the front of the room.
Michelle Stewart is Corporate Officer and Chief Accounting Officer at Eastman Chemical
Company (NYSE: EMN), a $9.1B+ global leader in the chemical industry. In her role, she
provides strategic financial expertise and governance across global accounting, SEC
reporting, M&A, financial consolidations, enterprise risk management, and finance
technology enablement. Michelle has led M&A finance activities including two global
divestitures valued at $2B and served as auditor for acquisitions totaling $7.5B. She
transformed the Controllers organization, reducing the monthly close to 3 days through
automation and moving approximately 60% of activities to low-cost locations. She serves
on Eastman’s Disclosure Team, ensuring regulatory compliance and transparent
stakeholder communication, and has improved the reporting process — filing the 10Q the
day of the press release (~20 days) and the 10K the day of Board approval (~45 days). A CPA
with a Master of Accounting from Virginia Tech and an Advanced Management Program
graduate of Wharton, she also serves on the board of Barter Theatre and previously served
as Audit Chair for Greater Kingsport United Way. Outside of work, Michelle is an avid
runner and recently achieved her family’s goal of visiting all 50 states together.
Michelle Stewart
VP, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
Eastman
Bob joined Cencora in 2021 through Cencora’s acquisition of FirstView Financial where he served as President & CEO. Upon joining FirstView in 2017, Bob transformed the business from a consumer prepaid debt card manager and processor into a healthcare fintech business focused on addressing affordability barriers patients face at the point of dispense or administration. Now he is focused on developing innovative claims processing and omni-channel payment solutions for pharmaceutical manufacturers, patient support services, and healthcare providers to mitigate the financial barriers that disrupt the drug channel.
Prior to joining FirstView, Bob was the Chief Financial Officer of PSKW orchestrating the sale of PSKW to Genstar and then the subsequent combination of PSKW and PDR to become ConnectiveRx. Bob also served as Group CIO of Cardinal Health’s Pharmaceutical Technology and Services Group (prior to the formation of Catalent) where he had responsibility for global technology strategy for soft gel, solid dose, and packaging facilities. Bob’s 30-year career in finance and technology spans pharmaceutical services, financial services, and information services. He has launched and scaled two successful start-ups and ked multiple transactions totaling over $400 million in enterprise value.
Bob earned his BS in Business and Economics from Lehigh University.
Bob Raffo
SVP, Financial Services
Cencora, Pharma solutions
Aaron Ashdown is Vice President of Technical Accounting at CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm. He brings nearly two decades of accounting experience spanning public practice and industry, with a career built on solving complex financial reporting challenges across a wide range of businesses and sectors. Before joining CBRE, Aaron spent 13 years in KPMG’s audit practice where he worked with clients ranging from small private companies to large public entities across a diverse mix of industries, developing expertise in U.S. GAAP, financial statement reporting, and technical accounting research. In his four-plus years at CBRE, Aaron has led the company’s technical accounting function, advising on complex transactions and working closely with various functions across the organization to find practical solutions to complex transactions while maintaining appropriate financial statement integrity.
Aaron Ashdown
VP, Technical Accounting
CBRE
Pallav Patni
VP and CFO, Integration Management Office
Kimberly-Clark
Delegate Snapshot
A sample of the Finance leaders who attend across the portfolio. Every delegate is director level or above, vetted before they're seated.
Director, Technical Accounting
Chief Accounting Officer
Director, Internal Reporting
Financial Controls Manager
Director, Corporate Accounting
Director, Revenue Operations
Senior Director, Cost Accounting
EVP, Corporate Finance
VP of Finance
Regional PFS Director
Finance Manager
VP, Strategic Finance
Senior VP, Finance & Strategy
CFO
Director of Finance
Nominee for Chief Financial Officer
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