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Atif
Hafeez
Global CFO & Board Advisor
A seasoned business administrator and board member, he possesses a distinguished blend of global acumen in financial leadership, business strategy, and corporate governance. Throughout his career, Atif has held senior leadership roles at some of the world’s most esteemed organisations. His most notable affiliations include Quantanite (a pioneering PE-styled Service-as-Software enterprise), Ibex Limited (formerly LSE-listed, now NASDAQ-listed), The Resource Group (TRG; PSE-listed), Hino Motors Limited (a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation; NYSE, LSE & PSE-listed), and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). A firm advocate of cross-functional, multigenerational, and digitally augmented workspaces, he champions their seamless integration to enhance organisational adaptability and strategic agility. He has led and developed an expansive portfolio of business functions, serving in diverse executive capacities. Beyond his executive career, Atif serves on multiple non-executive boards in the Third Sector and contributes insights on emerging strategic leadership through speaking and writing engagements. Atif stands at the evolving frontier where human intelligence meets artificial thought, shaping the architecture of capital, culture, and consequence. Atif has secured various academic and professional credentials in management sciences and philosophy.
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20 May 2026 11:30 - 12:00
Designing the AI-native office of the CFO
AI is changing more than finance tools; it is changing the architecture of the Finance Function itself. In this session, Atif Hafeez explores how the Office of the CFO can redesign workflows, controls, decision rights and talent models so AI accelerates insight without eroding judgement. The result is an AI-native Finance Function that serves the c-suite better, gives the board greater confidence, and turns finance from process executor into enterprise decision engine. A practical session on how CFOs can redesign the Finance Function for AI so speed, control and human judgement improve together. Key takeaways: A practical framework for redesigning finance workflows around AI. A decision-rights map showing where AI should draft, recommend, escalate or decide. A board-ready governance lens covering controls, data lineage, explainability and trust.