Date: 28.06.2022
Duration: 13:00h – 18:00h
Deadline application: 21.06.2022
Price: – 60 EUR (Hotel PANORAMIKA SKOPJE – up to 15 participants)
– for the second registered participant from the same institution 50% discount, the third from the same institution comes for free
– members of the Macedonian Banking Association (MBA) receive a 70% discount
– alumni from HEIDELBERG Institute and ABIT receive a 70% discount
Location: Hotel PANORAMIKA SKOPJE / Online by ZOOM (HYBRID)
Contact: +389 70 355 656, +02 2 125 500
A G E N D A
13:00 – 13:05 – Welcoming speech
Prof. Dr. Ronald Gleich
Director at Center for Performance Management & Controlling, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
13:05 – 13:10 – Opening
Sanja Lukarevska
Director of the Public revenue office of the R.N. Macedonia
13:10 – 13:15 – Opening
Slavko Projkoski
CFO at Makedonski Telekom AD
13:15 – 13:20 – Opening
Prof. Dr. Sinisha Naumoski
Director at ABIT & Heidelberg Institute of Skopje and Member of the Board at Central Bank
13:20 – 13:40
SERVITIZATION, A NEW CHALLENGE FOR CONTROLLERS AND CFO’S – LECTURE (INSIGHTS OF ICV THINK THANK RESEARCH)
Prof. Dr. Ronald Gleich
Director at Center for Performance Management & Controlling, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
He was Executive Director of the Strascheg Institute for Innovation, Transformation, & Entrepreneurship (SITE) at EBS Business School since 2007 to 2020. In 1998, he did his doctorate at the University of Stuttgart in the field of Controlling. He completed his Habilitation at the University of Stuttgart on “The System of Performance Measurement” in 2000. From 1998 to 2005, he headed the Stuttgart Office of the management consultancy Horváth & Partners; since 2002 as a partner. He became Professor of Industrial Management at EBS in 2003 and was responsible for various areas: Between 2003 and 2005, he was pro-rector for education and Managing Director at EBS. From 2007 until 2012, Professor Gleich was Managing Director of EBS Executive Education GmbH. Since 2009, he is Head of the Operations Department at EBS (formerly Department Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship).
13:40 – 14:00
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN THE CRISIS PERIOD – INSIGHTS OF THE DEUTSCHE TELEKOM / Makedonski Telekom AD Skopje
Slavko Projkoski
CFO at Makedonski Telekom AD
Mr. Projkoski started his career in Makedonski Telekom in 1995, where he was appointed to several managerial positions mainly in the finance area, Executive Director of the Controlling Area and later on Chief Financial Director. Due to the achieved results in the course of his career in Makedonski Telekom, on 2007 he was appointed in the position of Chief Financial Officer of Makedonski Telekom.
Mr. Projkoski holds a BSc degree in electrical engineering and has an extensive experience in the telecommunications industry. As of 25 February 2010, he holds the position of Chief Financial Officer of Makedonski Telekom.
14:00 – 14:20
AGILE TRANSFORMATION
Aresu Behdjati
Associate Vice President, Siemens Advanta Consulting
She has more than 15 years of experience in Business Agility and has gained her broad expertise in different environments and domains (e.g., Industry, MedTech) through various roles at Siemens (e.g., Head of Research and Development). Since 2019 she has been an Associate Vice President at Siemens Advanta Consulting and is heading the Business Agility practice. In this role, she has been able to support a variety of customers inside and outside Siemens in implementing Scaled Agile for large projects and programs as well as Agile transformation for different organizations.
14:20 – 14:40
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF CFO PROCESSES
Markus Brenner
Principal Horvath
He is Principal and Head of Process and Enterprise Automation at Horváth in Stuttgart. For more than 20 years, he has supported companies in the introduction and further development of process management approaches and the integration of processes into corporate management
14:40 – 14:55 – Break
14:55 – 15:15
COST CONTROLLING IN CRISES AND THE IMPACT ON PLANNING FOR 2022
Milka Rataikoska Joleska
Head of Finance at Sparkasse Bank AD Skopje
Over 20 years of work experience previously in Ohridska banka and now in Sparkasse Bank in many banking processes, but mostly in finance, accounting, controlling and AML. During my career I have been actively involved in many banking projects for the development of reporting system, budgeting system and cost control. As part of AML throughout the period I have direct involvement in the processes of liquidity, currency and interest rate risk management. Over the past 20 years I have had the opportunity to be part of many exceptional challenges such as the sale of Ohridska Banka to Societe Generale, the coordination of the financial consolidation of Ohridska Banka with Societe Generale and the process of acquisition of Ohridska Banka into Sparkasse Bank.
15:15 – 15:35
VALUE CHAIN CONTROLLING IN TIMES OF CRISIS: INSIGHTS FROM A FRANKFURT SCHOOL STUDY
Dr. Holger Schober
CEO Hiteco / China and Partner of Frankfurt School
Dr. Holger Schober is an expert in global sourcing and supply chain performance management. He has an industry, consulting and academic background and is living in Asia since 2008 (China, India). His current home base is Shanghai (China) where he is working as VP Sales for a Chinese company called Hiteco, a supplier for custom-made parts and components. Earlier this year, Dr. Schober became an external project advisor to the Centre for Performance Management & Controlling (CPMC) to bring in all his expertise and experiences with local and global supply chains.
15:35 – 15:50 – INSIGHT
- “CONTROLLING / MANAGING AN ACCOUNTING ORGANIZATION OF DECENTRALIZED UNITS”, new study of our partners from the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management in Germany
– Presentation of use cases of results of new study
Prof. Dr. Ronald Gleich
Director, Center for Performance Management & Controlling at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
PhD c. Nils Gimpl
Researcher, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
15:50 – 16:00 – Break
16:00 – 17:00 – PANEL
- NEW BUSINESS MODELS – REORGANIZATION OF CONTROLLING & FUTURE CORPORATE MANAGEMENT
Moderator:
PhD c. Nils Gimpl
Researcher, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Professional career
Research Assistent / PhD Student, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management; Working Student CFO Strategy & Organization, Horváth; Bachelor Thesis Controlling Processes & IT, Robert Bosch GmbH; Intern Business Unit Controlling, Bosch Japan; Working Student Purchase Controlling, Robert Bosch GmbH; Intern Plant Controlling, Robert Bosch GmbH, Working Student Strategic Purchasing, Siemens AG
Project experience/research areas:
Development of study designs and surveys; Evaluation and analysis of studies; Preparation and implementation of conferences, meetings and working groups; Further development of strategic workforce planning at a large German insurance company; Further development of personnel controlling at a large German insurance company
Additional courses and course credits:
Data Science Nanodegree, Udacity; Data Science Specialization, The Johns Hopkins University; Machine Learning, Stanford University; Financial Markets, Yale University; Statistics with Python, University of Michigan, Python Programming, University of Michigan.
Speakers:
Dr. Holger Schober
CEO Hiteco / China and Partner of Frankfurt School
Dr. Holger Schober is an expert in global sourcing and supply chain performance management. He has an industry, consulting and academic background and is living in Asia since 2008 (China, India). His current home base is Shanghai (China) where he is working as VP Sales for a Chinese company called Hiteco, a supplier for custom-made parts and components. Earlier this year, Dr. Schober became an external project advisor to the Centre for Performance Management & Controlling (CPMC) to bring in all his expertise and experiences with local and global supply chains.
Hristina Nasevska
Director of Finance, Accounting and Controlling in Croatia osiguruvanje AD Skopje
Graduated economist with 22 years of work experience, of which 16 years in financial institutions in the field of finance, accounting and controlling.
Active participation in leading projects for the establishment and implementation of regulations, automation and increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of operations by finding new solutions, improving operational processes.
Certified Accountant, participant in several seminars in the field of finance and control.
Dragan Ilievski
CFO at FILA GRUPA doo Skopje / ABIT Controlling trainer
Professional with 22 years of experience, of which 1 year in Forwarding Company, more than 20 years in Sparkasse Bank Makedonija and 1 year in FILA Grupa Skopje.Currently Chief Financial Officer in FILA Grupa with ownership of 10 companies, 7 based in Macedonia and 3 in Serbia. Main activities of the companies are: Real estate management, Wholesale of electro materials, Retail – Doing yourself concept, Car sales (KIA and Volvo), Logistic and Insurance brokerage. Previously Head of Finance in Sparkasse Bank with main responsibility in Accounting, Controlling, Reporting and Assets Liabilities Management – ALM.
M-r Zivko Dimovski
CFO /Head of Finance and Administration of KOSTAL Macedonia, part of the German family owned KOSTAL Group – global leader in design and manufacturing of advanced electronics and mechatronics products for the automotive industry.
He is an internationally educated and cross-culturally experienced leader who is continuously supporting the development of KOSTAL Macedonia into a highly productive company within the KOSTAL Group. Holding International Degree in Executive MBA studies, Mr. Dimovski began his professional career at KPMG within the audit and assurance team in Macedonia and Bulgaria, continued with Grant Thornton in Macedonia and Kosovo and then moved to the manufacturing industry at Wabtec Corporation prior to joining KOSTAL Macedonia. In his current role, he has successfully built up and internalized Finance and Controlling, as well as showing outstanding performance in managing Purchasing, IT and Sales Administration.
Marina Veselinska, ACCA, M.A.
Manger of Planning and Analysis Department at Makpetrol AD Skopje
Throughout the years she has gained significant experience and knowledge of business operations, controlling, finance, accounting and auditing. She has significant experience in auditing of both financial and non-financial institutions. Marina holds a Master’s degree in Accounting and Controlling and is a Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
17:00 – 17:15 Q / A
17:15 – 18:00 CASE STUDIES
A: USE MACHINE LEARNING SUCCESSFULLY FOR STRATEGY AND FORECASTING
Jasna Stoimirovska Velichkov
Founder and CEO at AREL NEUROMARKETING
With over a decade of experience in neuromarketing research, she is a the pioneer in the application of neuroscience to marketing in our region. As a member of the international neuromarketing business association NMSBA, her goal is to transform the domestic marketing industry with the use of innovative technology and AI. Her experience in market research comes from the long term career at the Nielsen company in Oxford, UK followed by practical knowledge related to the neuromarketing methodology gained in Denmark and Netherlands. Today she use advanced biometric technology and AI to gain insight into customer behavior based on scientific principles. What we once only assumed or intuitively believed to be true, now we can accurately measure.
In addition to helping companies understand the role of their brands in the life of consumer, she is actively involved in the family business AGRAR Ko where she is in charge of international food sales.
Dusko Todevski
Data scientist and scrum master, Banzae Dooel
Professional experience and proven expertise in many data science and AI corporate projects. Also a key influencer in implementation of various business intelligence solutions.
Research interest focused on neural networks, reinforcement learning, econometrics and statistics.
Current engagement – doctoral student business economy UGD Shtip
Data scientist and scrum master @ Banzae Dooel
Lecturer in Business intelligence and Big data @ Heidelberg institute
Previous relevant experience – Data scientist @ YAGEO – KEMET Corporation
Publications and papers – Numerous papers involving machine learning, AI, econometrics and statistics with business application
B: CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS (KPIs) FOR THE INCREASE PERFORMANCE IN MACEDONIAN STARTUP’S
Ivana Stankovich
Strategic Advisor at Fund for Innovations and Technology Development
She is a financial expert with 14+ years of experience in the private and the government sector.
Currently she is engaged as an adviser at the Fund for Innovations and Technology in North Macedonia, a leading government organization responsible for the development of the Macedonian startup ecosystem. At the Fund, she has been instrumental in developing of the organization’s new portfolio of products, including the Corporate Innovation Program, the National Startup Council, the National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (in development), and the government’s first ever Investment Fund.
Previously she held the position of Special Adviser at the Ministry of Finance where she provided advice and expertise on matters related to financial system and macroeconomics, international finance, and public debt management, as well as overall public finance management. She was responsible for communication with major international financial institutions related to public debt and providing financing for capital investments and other projects. She organized and supported the process of passing legislation for several laws in the field of public finance management. From 2015-2019 she was an Investment Manager at South Central Ventures, a VC fund with 40 million EUR of assets under management focused on tech companies in the Balkan region. There, she was responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the Skopje office as well as the business development for the Macedonian, Kosovo, and Albanian markets. She led 5 investment processes in companies, ranging from 100,000 to 500,000 EUR initial investment each, from the initial stage of deal sourcing to closing and monitoring of the investment. One of the companies went on to raise over 30 million EUR later on and is one of the most successful ones in the portfolio.
She holds a Graduate degree in Financial Management from the University Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, North Macedonia and has passed Level I of the CFA Program provided by the CFA Institute.
18:00 – 18:15 Q / A
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