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Robert
Shaw
ex- Nexus Circular, McDermott International & Ranger Energy Services
Robert Shaw is an accomplished finance executive with extensive experience in international capital markets, corporate transformation, and strategic leadership. Throughout his career, he has raised more than $3 billion in equity and over $6 billion in debt across public and private markets, including leading a successful IPO. Known for his ability to drive change and deliver results in complex environments, Robert has led major restructuring and turnaround initiatives across a range of industries. Among his most notable achievements are restructuring the balance sheet of a global oilfield services company in just six weeks by raising $1 billion in equity and $2.5 billion in debt, and leading the IPO and turnaround of a private equity-backed manufacturing business. His expertise spans Treasury, Investor Relations, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Mergers & Acquisitions, Operational Finance, Risk Management, and Human Resources. He has held senior leadership roles in both public and private equity-backed companies across the engineering, oilfield services, chemicals, and manufacturing sectors, supporting organizations ranging from start-ups to global enterprises with revenues exceeding $14 billion. Widely recognized for his ability to bring clarity and structure to challenging situations, Robert combines strategic thinking with decisive leadership to guide organizations through periods of growth, transformation, and change.
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24 June 2026 16:45 - 17:00
Closing remarks
We’ll wrap up an engaging day of insights with final reflections from our chairperson, highlighting the key takeaways and themes that defined the summit.
24 June 2026 11:10 - 11:55
Panel - The CFO as enterprise value architect: Orchestrating capital, risk, and investor confidence
The modern CFO is no longer just reporting performance to investors. They are actively shaping how the company is valued, how risk is priced, and how capital is deployed across the business. This panel focuses on how CFOs translate strategy into a credible value story across equity holders, lenders, rating agencies, and boards, while balancing growth investment with resilience. The discussion will get into capital allocation trade-offs, how macro risk and geopolitical exposure are being priced into strategy, and how CFOs maintain investor confidence during periods of transformation, M&A, or volatility. Expect a candid look at where value is created or quietly destroyed long before it shows up in reported numbers. Key takeaways: - Balancing growth investment vs capital preservation in uncertain markets - Aligning internal strategy with external investor expectations and market signals - Where capital strategy fails when risk is treated as a compliance exercise
24 June 2026 13:55 - 14:40
The Four CFO Archetypes
In this hands-on, interactive experience, you’ll dive into the four core CFO archetypes, identify your dominant working style, and explore how it shapes the way you lead, influence and make decisions. You’ll move through two breakout rounds: - First, connecting with peers who share your archetype to compare strengths and patterns - Then joining a mixed group of contrasting archetypes to uncover collaboration gaps, challenge assumptions and learn from perspectives radically different from your own. The four CFO archetypes: 1. The Strategic CFO (AKA The CEO’s Strategic Partner): A future-focused business architect who blends financial rigor with enterprise strategy, helping shape markets, models and long-term direction. 2. The Transformation CFO (AKA The Change Agent): A reinvention-driven leader who modernizes systems, processes and structures while managing the people side of change to deliver sustainable evolution. 3. The Digital CFO (AKA The Tech-Forward Pioneer): A technology-enabled strategist who uses automation, AI and real-time data to accelerate insights, improve decisions and transform how finance operates. 4. The Operational CFO (AKA The Process Optimizer): A hands-on efficiency expert who relentlessly improves processes, strengthens controls and enhances daily operational performance across the business.
24 June 2026 16:45 - 17:00
Closing remarks
We’ll wrap up an engaging day of insights with final reflections from our chairperson, highlighting the key takeaways and themes that defined the summit.
24 June 2026 09:00 - 09:10
Welcome and opening remarks
Join this short intro to FP&A Summit from our chairperson as they share an overview of the day’s objectives and a brief introduction to the speakers and key topics.