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Dai
Shi
Development Committee Chair, Former CFO
The Washington Ballet
Dai Shi is a seasoned finance executive with three decades of experience as both a public-company business line CFO and enterprise CFO. Her career spans insurance, banking, and investment advisory, where she has led organizations through complex M&A, IPO readiness, large-scale transformations, and disciplined growth initiatives. Dai is known for bringing clarity, rigor, and sound judgment to high-stakes strategic decisions across global markets. She has played pivotal roles in landmark transactions, including helping launch the largest IPO in the financial services sector in 2018 and leading the finance workstream for a $485 million cross-border M&A transaction in Asia. Her leadership has been recognized with honors such as being named one of the 50 Outstanding Asian Americans in Business and a Top 50 Woman on Boards. Driven by a strong commitment to service, Dai currently chairs the Development Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee, applying the same strategic discipline to mission-driven organizations as she did throughout her corporate career.
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06 June 2026 13:00 - 13:45
Moderated roundtable discussions
Six discussions will run in parallel, each focused on a challenge CFOs are actively navigating right now. Choose the table most relevant to you and join a candid, peer-led conversation with CFOs facing the same pressure and trade-offs. Each table is moderated by a senior finance leader to keep the discussion grounded, practical, and relevant, with no presentations and no passive listening. Come prepared to challenge assumptions, compare approaches, and share what is actually working in your organisation. A snapshot of this year’s roundtable themes: 1. Building finance teams that think, challenge, and lead, not just report with Rachael Methal, Somos 2. Pressure-testing growth signals before capital is committed with Dai Shi, The Washington Ballet 3. Decision guardrails that accelerate the business without increasing risk with Caroline McAuliffe, Fannie Mae 4. AI with intent: where CFOs invest, where they pause, and why 5. Maintaining confidence when assumptions keep breaking 6. Influence without formal authority Connect with peers carrying the same accountability, benchmark decisions candidly, and leave with perspectives you can apply immediately in your own organisation.