DCFO Spotlight
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Singapore, December 12, 2025 – In today’s fast-shifting global economy, where regulatory complexity grows alongside the accelerating rise of Asia and the Middle East, corporate leaders are confronted with an urgent recalibration. Few understand this inflection point more intimately than Lennard Yong, Group CEO of Ascentium, who has spent more…
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Singapore, November 12, 2025 — Payments used to sit quietly in the back office. In Southeast Asia today, they sit at the heart of strategy. For Ben Wong, General Manager, SEA & HK at Adyen, payments have become the hidden operating system of modern commerce, capable of either weighing businesses…
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Singapore, October 30, 2025 — Henrik Bertelsen, Head of Business Information, Asia Pacific at Coface, has navigated a career that spans geographies. His journey reveals how leadership transforms when crossing borders—becoming attuned to culture, grounded in trust, and sharpened by strategy. Lessons from Denmark to Japan: Leadership Across Borders Henrik’s…
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Singapore, October 10, 2025 — In a career that spans more than two decades across Oracle, SunGard, Salesforce, and now BlackLine, Nikhil Parambath, Regional Vice President for Enterprise Accounts, has seen finance evolve from manually-intensive processes to cloud-first ecosystems powered by artificial intelligence. His journey is both personal and professional:…
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Singapore, August 28, 2025 — At Zenith Live 2025, Zscaler showcased more than new products and technical launches. The conference became a platform for dialogue on how enterprises must rethink trust, resilience, and innovation in the digital age. Three voices stood out: Stephen Singh, Phil Tee, and Dhawal Sharma offered…
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This week in Asia Pacific
Singapore, December 10, 2025 — Despite global economic uncertainty, entrepreneurship is accelerating and small businesses in Singapore are entering 2026 with resilience and agility. Artificial intelligence is emerging as their competitive edge, helping them punch above their weight against larger rivals, according to LinkedIn’s…
Read MoreAlerts about Multi-channel and AI-powered scamsThe reduced rate of fraudulent ads is a result of Hong Kong’s regulated market framework. Hong Kong, November 28, 2025 — In recognition of International Fraud Awareness Week, Jobsdb by SEEK released new insights into employment fraud trends across the operating…
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Insights from the Top
In the fast-paced world of food and beverage (F&B), where consumer preferences shift as quickly as market conditions, financial leadership…
Read MoreThe world of finance is evolving beyond number-crunching and balance sheets. Today’s CFOs must be strategic enablers, strong collaborators, and…
Read MoreNavigating the complexities of the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region requires more than just financial acumen—it demands a strategic mindset,…
Read MoreIn a world of constant change, the role of finance has transformed from a traditionally behind-the-scenes function to a driving…
Read MoreCFO Events
Singapore, 6 November 2025 — Taking place at the Grand Hyatt Singapore, the DigitalHR Asia Singapore Conference 2025 convened leading HR professionals,…
MoreSingapore, October 23, 2025 — The 4th DigitalCFO Asia Malaysia Symposium 2025 brought together Malaysia’s most influential finance and business leaders for…
MoreSingapore, 29 September 2025 – The 4th DigitalCFO Asia Thailand Symposium 2025 brought together senior finance leaders, strategists, and transformation experts for…
MoreSingapore, 17 July 2025 – The 3rd DigitalCFO Asia Philippines Symposium 2025 gathered more than senior finance leaders, digital strategists, and transformation…
MoreSingapore, 29 May, 2025 —The 4th edition of the DigitalCFO Asia Singapore Symposium took place on 22 May 2025 at Sofitel Singapore…
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CFO Insights
Study by Milieu Insight identifies diverging spending patterns across key SEA markets in 2025, highlighting shifts in household budgets, digital payments, and price sensitivity. Singapore, November 17, 2025 – Southeast…
Read MoreSingapore, November 14, 2025 — In today’s digital economy, embedded finance is emerging as a transformative force, particularly for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the Asia Pacific region. This…
Read MoreSingapore, September 16, 2025 — Three in four Singaporeans cannot identify deepfakes. This shocking statistic from a survey by the Cyber Security Agency (CSA) should cause grave concern, especially as…
Read MoreWhile everyday AI use grows, concerns about misinformation and deepfakes reveal trust gaps that still need to be bridged. Singapore, September 12, 2025 — With the rise of deepfakes and the…
Read MoreSingapore, September 12, 2025 — Tenable® (NASDAQ: TENB), the exposure management company, today announced the appointment of Matthew Brown as Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Brown succeeds Steve Vintz, who recently was appointed as…
Read MoreSingapore, 27 June 2025 – UiPath (NYSE: PATH), a global leader in agentic automation, has completed a milestone internal transformation of its enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, collaborating with Deloitte,…
Read MoreSingapore, 10 June 2025 – As global macroeconomic instability continues to challenge business leaders, a new survey by International Workplace Group (IWG) reveals that C-suite executives are increasingly leaning on…
Read MoreAs digital transformation accelerates in financial services, cloud workloads—spanning containers, applications, databases, and serverless environments—have become central to business operations. With this evolution, however, comes rising complexity and exposure. Today’s…
Read MoreACCA’s Global Talent Trends 2025 survey highlights shifting ambitions, AI anxieties, and sustainability surges among finance professionals Singapore, 23 May 2025 – More than half (52%) of finance professionals in…
Read MoreView Post Singapore – May 16, 2025 – Asia Pacific continues to assert its dominance in global travel, with Mastercard’s Economics Institute revealing that eight out of the world’s top…
Read MoreThe automotive industry is undergoing a seismic transformation, particularly in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, where innovation is accelerating faster than ever before. As the CFO of Inchcape APAC, I have…
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