1. 10th CFO Forum Review
On 1 June 2011 KPMG in Greece hosted its 10th CFO Forum and 7th IT Forum in
parallel on the same day at the Athenaeum Intercontinental Hotel.
By combining the events, participants – Finance executives and
IT executives – had the opportunity to meet, exchange opinions
about current common issues and to share their experiences
and best practices. “
The CFO’s fine balance between today and
tomorrow”.
On 1 June 2011 KPMG in Greece hosted its 10th CFO Forum and 7th IT Forum in
parallel on the same day at the Athenaeum Intercontinental Hotel.
By combining the events, participants – Finance executives and IT executives – had
the opportunity to meet, exchange opinions about current common issues and to
share their experiences and best practices. “
The discussion moderator was Christos Balaskas, General Manager of EPA Attikis
(Natural Gas Distribution Company) and participants were the following:
• Dimitrios Delonas, CFO, Nireus Group
• Vassilis Andrikopoulos, Finance Director Greece & South Europe, Diageo
• Vicky D. Kefala, Head Project Finance, Aktor Concessions
• Christos Papalabros, Finance - Administration Director, SAP Hellas

2. During the discussion, participants discussed the difficulties faced by the Greek
business environment due to the major difficulties of financing businesses and
increasing taxation, and reached the conclusion that the CFO has become the link
between business strategy and execution.
Therefore, the role of the CFO is to cooperate effectively with other departments and
external entities, and not just to be limited to financial reports.