About the Network
CFOs agree that an effective Finance team has never mattered more to commercial success, yet Finance functions often underdeliver. The Global CFO Network exists to help Finance leaders and their teams close that gap.
Offices in Singapore and London, serving the Finance leaders of multinational companies across Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East and Africa.
How we work
Four principles protect the independence and confidentiality that members rely on.
Confidential
Every meeting and consultation is held under the Chatham House Rule.
Member-funded
Our members fund the Network. We accept no sponsorship or commissions.
Vendor-neutral
The Network is not open to consultants or service providers.
Practitioner-led
Run by and for senior Finance leaders, with agendas set by members.
Leadership
Simon Hayes
Managing Director, Singapore
A strategy adviser, leadership consultant and mentor with more than 15 years' experience working with the CFOs of multinationals. Trustee of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs and a Fellow of St George's House, Windsor Castle.
Ee May Khoo
Events Director, Singapore
Leads the team that runs the Network's meetings in Asia and Europe. Previously an event organiser, musician and educator, having lived in three countries.
Balvinder Sidhu
Presenter, Singapore
An award-winning television presenter and reporter who facilitates discussions on geopolitics, leadership and commercial issues. She currently works for BBC News and previously worked for ITV.
Honorary Advisers
Katherine Anderson
London
Former British Army officer and the first female equerry to the British monarch, previously in Downing Street and the Cabinet Office.
Taimur Baig
Singapore
Chief Economist, DBS Group Research, formerly of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Deutsche Bank and the IMF.
Colonel James Greaves
London
A serving British Army officer who commanded 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards from 2020 to 2022, with service in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Savita Iyer
Singapore
CFO for The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia, with a career across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Mary Ann Say
Singapore
Senior Vice President Corporate Development, Jollibee Group, and former Global CFO of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.
Dr Syaza Shukri
Kuala Lumpur
Associate Professor, International Islamic University Malaysia, and Visiting Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.
Talk to us about membership
Every membership begins with a confidential conversation.