Thank you for confirming your availability for the Built for Excellence Breakfast Seminar. We are pleased to share the official invitation and programme details below.
In today’s boardroom, CFOs and CPOs are expected to deliver more than compliance - they’re expected to drive measurable value, mitigate enterprise risk, and demonstrate strategic leadership.
The executives who advance are those who can demonstrate:
- Quantifiable cost savings that protect margins in volatile markets
- Risk mitigation that keeps the organisation out of headlines
- Data-driven insights that inform C-suite and board decisions
- Operational resilience that ensures business continuity
Built for Excellence is a closed-door executive breakfast designed to equip finance and procurement leaders with the strategies, insights, and frameworks needed to exceed KPIs, strengthen board confidence, and position yourself as strategic value creator.
Why This Session Matters to You
Deliver Measurable Impact
Learn how leading CFOs and CPOs are using spend intelligence and procurement analytics to identify 7-15% cost optimisation opportunities, the kind of savings that get noticed at the board level and directly impact your performance metrics.
De-Risk Your Organisation (and Your Role)
Procurement and cyber vulnerabilities are increasingly on the CEO and Board agenda. Discover practical frameworks to strengthen governance, protect supplier ecosystems, and demonstrate you’re ahead of emerging risks - not reacting to them. Transform Your
Function from Cost Centre to Strategic Enabler
Position procurement and finance as growth enablers, not just back-office functions. Walk away with strategies to present data-driven insights that inform strategic decisions and earn you a seat at the leadership table.
Meet (and Exceed) Your KPIs
Whether your targets are cost reduction, process efficiency, risk mitigation, or digital transformation, this session provides actionable approaches that translate directly into measurable outcomes your leadership team values.
This Session is for you if:
- You’re measured on cost optimisation, efficiency gains, or risk reduction KPIs
- You need to demonstrate strategic value beyond day-to-day operations
- You want to strengthen your credibility with C-suite and board stakeholders
- You’re looking for practical frameworks that deliver measurable outcomes
- You’re navigating digital transformation, ESG reporting, or governance enhancements
- You want to position your function as a competitive advantage, not a cost centre
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Rachael Bah |
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Steve Harrison |
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Tom Collins |
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Jonathan Cheung |
Agenda |
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8:00 am |
Registration & Executive Breakfast Network with fellow CFOs and CPOs over breakfast |
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8:30 am |
Opening: The New Role of Finance & Procurement Leadership How procurement and finance leaders are redefining their value proposition in the boardroom Opening Remarks by Rachel Bah, Principal Advisory, BDO Singapore |
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8:40 am |
Masterclass: Spend Intelligence for Strategic Decision-Making How to transform spend data into board-ready insights that drive confident, defensible decisions across complex organisational structures Presented by Anvil Analytics |
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9:10 am |
Building Enterprise-Grade Governance at Scale Strengthening procurement standards, ethics, and professional capability to support global operations and board expectations Presented by Jonathan Cheung of CIPS Asia |
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9:35 am |
Executive Fireside: Leading Through Complexity A candid conversation on delivering results, building leadership confidence, protecting digital ecosystems, and positioning your function for strategic impact Moderated by Rachael Bah, BDO Singapore featuring Tom Collins & Steve Harrison from |
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10:05 am |
Executive Fireside: Leading Through Complexity A candid conversation on delivering results, building leadership confidence, protecting digital ecosystems, and positioning your function for strategic impact Moderated by Rachael Bah, BDO Singapore featuring Tom Collins & Steve Harrison from |
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10:50 am |
Executive Networking Continue conversations and build relationships with peers. |
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11:30 am |
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Event Details
Date: 27 January 2026
Time: 8:00 am to 11:30 am (breakfast from 8:00 am)
Fee: Complimentary
Venue: BDO Singapore, 600 North Bridge Road, #17-01, Parkview Square, Singapore 188778
We would be pleased to welcome you to this closed-door discussion. Please confirm your attendance by 23 Jan 2026.
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The organiser reserves the right to change the date, time and programme due to circumstances outside our control. You will receive the confirmation note via email (nearer the date) when your registration is confirmed.