22nd Annual MIT Sloan CFO Summit Concludes with Innovative, Practical Insights

CFO keynotes from ADP, Kenvue, Moody’s and Nasdaq alongside MIT Faculty and Leading CFOs

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – November 22, 2024 – The MIT Sloan CFO Summit, the premier conference for Chief Financial Officers, which connects more than 400 CFOs, senior financial executives and MIT faculty, concluded its 22 nd annual event. Themed “The Intentional CFO: Innovative and Pragmatic,” the conference offered formal presentations and informal networking. This year’s event featured insights from CFO keynote speakers including ADP, Kenvue, Moody’s, and Nasdaq. In addition to keynote speakers, break-out panels addressed challenges and opportunities across the CFO ecosystem including Smart and Savvy FP&A; M&A: PE, Strategic and other Alternatives; GenAI in Finance; CFO Best Practices; Partnering with Your CTO; and Impact & Opportunity of Changing Interest Rates. The panels were led by CFOs from a range of industries representing emerging to established, public and private, and included Bitsight, Canada Goose, Electric Hydrogen, Extreme Networks, GoDaddy, MassMutual, SponsorUnited, York Space Systems and more. “We know that Chief Financial Officers are looking ahead with new ideas, motivation, and persistence,” said Jeremy Seidman, Executive Chair of the MIT Sloan CFO Summit. “We are so proud that our event draws 400+ results-oriented executives, interested in learning and connecting with like-minded leaders.”

Founded in 2002, the event brings together financial executives from around the world and leading faculty from MIT to learn and discuss high level strategies, practical insights and the integration of knowledge and creativity.

Conference highlights included:

• Fireside chat with Donald Sull, Professor of the Practice, MIT Sloan and Paul Ruh, Chief Financial Officer, Kenvue Inc.
• Special presentation: Practical Strategies for Architecting Success, with author, catalyst, and executive coach Laura Gassner Otting
• Keynote panel featuring Walden Siew, CFO Journal/Wall Street Journal;  Noémie Heuland, Chief Financial Officer, Moody’s; Don McGuire, Chief Financial Officer, ADP; and Sarah Youngwood, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Nasdaq

About the MIT Sloan CFO Summit
The MIT Sloan CFO Summit is the nation’s premier CFO event. Started in 2002, the Summit brings together leading faculty from MIT and financial executives from around the world. The annual event offers a day of practical education, peer networking and thought-provoking discourse on the future of finance, accounting, and business. The day includes presentations, panels, keynote speakers and networking. The Summit is part of the CXO Series produced by the MIT Sloan School of Management, one of the world’s leading academic sources of innovation in management theory and practice, and the MIT Sloan Boston Alumni Association. The annual events, organized by alumni volunteers, promote the MIT philosophy of “mens et manus,” or “mind and hand,” by bringing together the academic research from MIT Sloan with today’s corporate leaders. For more information visit www.mitcfo.com.