‘Global best practices in finance transformation’ by SLASSCOM and ACCA today

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA – Sri Lanka) and the Sri Lanka Association of Software and Service Companies (SLASSCOM) will conduct a best practice sharing forum of national importance addressing the opportunities and best practices relevant to finance business partners in light of global development in technology, data analytics and global business development strategies .

It will be held at The Stables, Park Street News, Colombo 2 from 7.30 a.m. to 12.00 noon.

Vinod Bidarkoppa, Director (Group IT) and Chief Information Officer, Tesco HSC, Bangalore will share his insights on ‘Financial Transformation and Business model innovation – A case Study of Tesco’.

Vinod brings over 20 years of global experience in diverse operational and strategic executive IT leadership roles with global Fortune 100 companies across different verticals including Retail, Airlines, Banking and Manufacturing. Vinod has lived and worked in various geographies internationally. 

At Tesco HSC, Vinod is responsible for all aspects of Information Technology including Retail Applications, Digital Commerce (Tesco.com and Mobile) and Infrastructure to UK, US, Central and Eastern Europe and Asia operations of Tesco. Prior to joining Tesco, Vinod served as the Director and Country Head for the Applications, Industry and BPO divisions, including Consulting and Systems Integration for Hewlett Packard (HP), India region, responsible for managing the Country P&L. Previously, Vinod led the Travel, Transportation and Logistics Applications Business for Asia Pacific region for Hewlett Packard based out of Singapore. Prior to this, Vinod worked in various senior leadership roles in the areas of Industry Consulting, Strategic Account Management, Product Development and Service Delivery with EDS based out of the US. 

Vinod has an MBA degree from Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University (Texas, USA) and MS degree in Computer Science from Texas Tech University (Texas, USA). He received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology (REC Nagpur) India. Vinod has published thought leadership in CIO magazines in areas of IT transformation and has delivered key note addresses on technology in multiple forums.

The event will also feature Sanjay Patel, Managing Director, GBS Finance Services, Rio Tinto, Rajaram Natarajan Global Delivery Lead - Healthcare, Concentrix, India as well as local experts from the Shared Services and Outsourcing sector. Dr. Arul Sivagananathan, Managing Director, Hayleys Industrial solutions and Director HSBI, Chandima Cooray, Chief Process Officer, Hemas holdings PLC,FadhilJiffry, Chief Financial officer, MillieniumIT and Hariharan Padmanaban, Director, Business Development, H-Connect will share insights on how finance transformation and business model innovation will drive sustainable competitiveness in local industries bringing in the global context of their operations where relevant.

The event partners include some of the key players in their respective industries in Sri Lanka, with Orion City as the Platinum Sponsor,Millenium IT as the Strategic Partner, SAKS Global as the Gold Sponsor, HNB PLC as the official bank and IFS as the Technology Partner. LMD has come on board as the Official business magazine and Daily FT is the Exclusive print media partner for the event. Contact [email protected] to register for the event.