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The Future of Finance: Leading the AI-Powered Enterprise

Name: The Future of Finance: Leading the AI-Powered Enterprise
Start: 2026-11-17T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-11-17T21:00:00-05:00
Location: New York City, TBD

Join Blend, KPMG LLP and SAP for an exclusive executive dinner exploring the future of finance in the AI-powered enterprise. Connect with senior finance leaders to discuss AI readiness, trusted decision-making, workforce transformation and how the CFO role is evolving to become a more strategic driver of enterprise growth.

New York City, TBD

November 17, 2026

to November 17, 2026

6:00 pm

- 9:00 pm

About this event

For decades, finance has served as the organization’s scorekeeper – tracking performance, managing compliance, and supporting strategic decision-making. Today, that role is rapidly evolving. As AI becomes embedded across enterprise operations, finance leaders have an opportunity to move beyond reporting the business to actively shaping it.

This transformation extends far beyond automation. The finance function is becoming smaller, smarter, and more connected as AI reshapes everything from forecasting and planning to risk management, workforce strategy, procurement, and operational decision-making. At the same time, CFOs are increasingly responsible for establishing the governance, data foundations, and organizational readiness required to scale AI responsibly across the enterprise.

Join Blend, KPMG, and SAP for an executive dinner exploring how finance leaders are preparing for this next chapter. Through candid peer discussion, we’ll examine how organizations are modernizing the finance function by advancing AI capabilities, and how they are creating a connected operating model that positions finance as a strategic business driver.

Our speakers

Dan Nagle

Head of Finance Transformation, Americas | SAP

Dan Nagle is a 20-year finance veteran at SAP with deep experience spanning financial planning and analysis, process optimization, business partnership, and organizational transformation. Throughout his career, he has focused on helping teams make better, faster decisions through trusted data, operational clarity, and strong cross functional collaboration. Dan is passionate about building future ready finance organizations that balance accountability, adaptability, and continuous learning. He enjoys simplifying complex challenges, connecting strategy to execution, and helping teams navigate change in a way that feels both thoughtful and actionable.

Outside of work, Dan enjoys coaching youth baseball, cooking, home improvement, music, and spending time with his wife and two kids.

Joe Moawad

Principal | KPMG

Joe is a Principal in the Corporate Services practice. With over 18 years of experience, Joe specializes in providing enterprises with management consulting, with an emphasis on assisting large global corporations with their finance transformation initiatives. He has distinctive competencies in finance operating model development, enterprise performance management, and process optimization.

Kristin Thorne

Event Host & Moderator | Blend

Kristin Thorne is a 5x-Emmy-winning investigative journalist and host of Uncovered with Kristin Thorne – a true crime show produced in collaboration with Us Weekly magazine. She appears in several true crime shows on Hulu, Netflix, and Prime Video. She is a freelance anchor with CBS News and was a reporter for 15 years with ABC and CBS.

Mike Golz

Managing Director and CTO | KPMG

Mike serves as CTO, SAP Advisory for KPMG US and plays a critical role in the firm’s SAP Advisory business, including managing the innovation portfolio, expanding delivery capabilities, and engaging with clients in SAP transformations. He is a senior executive with core competencies in global business transformation, information technology, and operations, with a focus on SAP solutions and platforms. With more than 30 years of experience, Mike is a visionary, truly global leader focused on business results with a strong background in software and services industries.

Most recently, he served as SAP’s leader of Customer Advisory North America which included industry, value, architecture and solution advisory. Prior to this role, Mike was their CIO Americas leading IT transformations and enterprise-wide business initiatives through people, processes, and technology. Engaging with CxO peers and showcasing transformation experiences elevated IT to be a strategic asset and sales enabler for customer success.

Spandan Das

Managing Director | KPMG

Spandan has management consulting and systems implementation experience and learnings from implementing large and complex SAP-led business transformation projects in the Life Sciences and Industrial Manufacturing industries. As a business solution architect, he helps map industry leading processes, technology and metrics to your business models. As a proficient engagement manager, he regularly helps clients deliver the program.

Key themes & discussion topics

The Evolving Role of Finance
How AI is shifting finance from a traditional reporting and control function to a more strategic role, influencing real-time decision-making and enterprise performance.

Building an AI-Ready Finance Organization
The data foundations, operating models, cultural changes and capabilities finance leaders need to successfully adopt and scale AI.

Governance, Trust & AI-Powered Decision-Making
How finance leaders can establish the right governance, controls and transparency to ensure AI-generated insights are trusted and explainable.

The CFO & Finance Workforce of the Future
How automation and AI are reshaping finance skills, responsibilities and leadership—and what will define the next generation of CFOs and finance teams.

Event agenda

Cocktails & networking

6:00 – 6:30 PM

Opening remarks & panel discussion

6:30 – 7:15 PM

Dinner & guided discussion

7:15 – 8:45 PM

Event wrap-up & group reflection

8:45 – 9:00 PM

Why should you attend?

Hear how senior finance leaders are approaching AI adoption, modernizing their finance functions and preparing for new AI-enabled operating models.

Explore the practical foundations needed to advance AI capabilities, from trusted enterprise data and governance to workforce readiness and cross-functional collaboration.

Discover how finance can move beyond reporting to play a more proactive role in shaping strategy, operations and enterprise-wide decision-making.

Connect with fellow senior finance leaders in an intimate setting, exchanging perspectives and practical approaches to building a future-ready finance function.

Who should attend

This dinner is designed for senior finance leaders responsible for shaping the future of the finance function. The discussion will be particularly valuable for leaders preparing their organizations for AI-enabled operating models while balancing governance, workforce transformation, and enterprise growth.

Venue

New York City, TBD

New York
United States

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