It’s time to ignite the Intelligent Planning revolution.

Marco Limena has developed his career in leading technology corporations and growth-oriented businesses, focusing on B2B software. With a unique international experience, he spent one third of his career in Europe and two thirds in the USA managing global organizations.

Marco spent 5 years at Microsoft in Redmond, as Vice President of the Hosting & Cloud Providers business where he was responsible for the global B2B commercial operations of the company’s cloud services through the partners ecosystem. Prior to Microsoft Marco spent 14 years at HP, during which time he held several roles including Vice President of HP’s Telecoms solutions business based in Palo Alto.

Marco has extensive experience working with leading Private Equity firms such as Vista Equity Partners and Nordic Capital where he has held multiple CEO positions overseeing M&A transactions on both buy and sell side. Marco has been Non-Executive Board Director in private and public companies.

After five years at KPMG as an IT consultant and auditor, Etienne Causse joined Groupe SEB in 2011. Today, he is Head of Technology in the Finance Transformation department and is responsible for the group’s FP&A systems. 

Since 2016, Group SEB has implemented more than 10 different models with the Board Intelligent Planning Platform to tackle various topics in the finance function. From short-term forecasting to long-term strategic planning and reporting, Groupe SEB continues to find new use cases for Board.  

Aside from EPM requirements, the team is also building a finance data lake to support process analysis through data and operational KPI building across multiple systems. More generally, the team supports the data and technology needs of finance community members across the entire group. 

A market leader that is close to consumers, Groupe SEB owns 31 brands such as KRUPS, Mulinex, Tefal in the small household equipment sector and operates in 150 countries around the world. 

Dr. Carsten Bange is the founder and managing director of BARC, a European research and advisory firm that specializes in data & analytics and enterprise software. As a leading expert in data, analytics and corporate performance management Carsten has helped numerous companies in a range of industries transform themselves into data-driven organizations. He is a well-known thought leader, frequent speaker in corporate and public events, and the author of many industry publications and market studies. Hear his “Data Culture Podcast” with episodes in German and English language.

Alessandro Basile is a senior executive manager with more than 20 years of experience in the Banking & Finance sector. An expert in finance, strategy planning & execution, and change & project management, he likes to define himself as “a make it happen guy.” Since 2012, Alessandro has led financial planning & control at Sella Banking Group.

Sella Group is an innovator in the banking industry. Using the Board Intelligent Planning Platform, the company has digitally transformed numerous processes to become a data-driven organization that empowers users with self-service access to the information they need. This shift has driven greater visibility of performance across the group’s 20 companies and aligned financial budgeting and forecasting with the sales network.