Overview
By Invitation Only
Michael Stephani, VP of Finance & Controller of Panasonic North America, will lead our discussion on his career path, and lessons learned from working with a Fortune Global 500 company as the finance lead for Panasonic in North America. Panasonic North America has 20,000 employees and generates approximately $13 billion in revenue.
Key messages include:
- Able to work and grow within the Japanese culture
- Challenges and competition for a conglomerate
- Collaboration with Tesla and new opportunities
- Expanding and building new factories
- Managing cybersecurity and geopolitical risk
- Lessons learned from COVID, talent and cost management, and acquisitions
- Artificial intelligence and tech transformation
Title: Learn from the experiences of "Managing and transforming a conglomerate company with a unique culture”
Learning Objectives: Learn how a Global Fortune 500 company is moving forward in this ever-changing U.S. business environment
Learning Outcomes:
- Challenges and competition facing a Global Fortune 500 company
- Collaboration, building factories, and other new opportunities
- Lessons learned from COVID, talent and cost management, and acquisitions
- Lean how major companies are working with AI and transforming their technologies
- Reporting for foreign-owned companies, managing outside expectations, and adding value
The CFO Forum is kindly supported by our sponsors, Chase, EisnerAmper and Gibbons P.C.
Hosted by: ACG