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Roman
Labutin
Chief Financial Officer
WI Harper Group
Roman is a resourceful Chief Financial Officer who thrives in driving transformation and optimizing performance. With a depth of experience in global financial services, he has led international finance teams at Citi Private Bank and Citibank Korea, overseeing ~ $100B in assets and delivering strategic financial insights to drive sustainable growth. His expertise spans financial strategy, and implementing innovative solutions that streamline operations and enhance profitability. Roman is hands-on and collaborative leader, prioritizing operational excellence and measurable results. He believes in rolling up sleeves, connecting strategy to execution, and motivating talent to reach their potential. Key Accomplishments: ✓ Managed the restructure/wind-down of $20B banking retail operations in Korea across 37 branches. Oversaw return of capital and replaced local financial platforms with Citi-wide technology. ✓ Drove a 12% average annual increase in EBITDA at Citi Private Bank through strategic pricing, client acquisition initiatives, and operational efficiency. ✓ Led the finance integration for the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney JV, building financial reporting and efficiency metrics across combined organizations and supporting technology platform consolidation.
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29 October 2026 14:05 - 14:50
Panel - Why finance transformation fails: Lessons from the front line
Finance transformation promises greater efficiency, improved decision-making, and stronger business performance - but many initiatives fail to deliver the expected results. In this panel discussion, experienced finance leaders will share the lessons learned from successful and unsuccessful transformation programmes. Discover why adoption often falls short, how effective change management and data governance underpin lasting success, and what separates high-impact transformations from costly implementations that never achieve their full potential. Key takeaways: - Understand why finance transformations succeed or fail by exploring the organisational, cultural, and leadership factors that matter most. - Learn how to drive adoption across the business through effective change management, stakeholder engagement, and strong data governance. - Gain practical lessons from real-world transformation journeys to avoid common pitfalls and maximise the long-term value of finance transformation initiatives.
29 October 2026 14:30 - 15:00
Building the next gen finance function
Every finance leader has a theory about what AI will change. Almost nobody has actually redrawn their org chart around it yet. This keynote looks at what the finance function actually needs to look like structurally, not just which tools it uses, as decision support, reporting, and analysis increasingly happen without a human doing the first draft: which roles consolidate, which get more senior, and which disappear entirely. Most "future of finance" content stays at the skills level. This goes further, into the actual organizational design choices CFOs are making now, roles, reporting lines, and career paths, before the shape of the function gets decided for them by whoever moves first. Key takeaways: - Which finance roles are already consolidating inside AI-forward organizations, and which are becoming more senior, not less - A framework for redesigning reporting lines and career paths around decision quality rather than headcount - What to change in your org chart in the next 12 months, before the shape of the function gets decided for you