Close & Control
From month-end marathons to continuous close
AI for reconciliations, close automation, audit readiness and controls that run themselves.
Global Executive Excellence
Summit & Awards
Elevating finance in the age of AI. Recognising finance leaders who turn intelligent enterprise into measurable business value.
12 January 2027 · Holiday Inn Aerocity, New Delhi NCR
Holiday Inn Aerocity
Holiday Inn Aerocity
200+CFOs & senior finance leaders
100%Invite-only and screened
12 JanHoliday Inn Aerocity, New Delhi NCR
25CFO AI award categories
Why now
Finance is next in line for AI. The CFO decides how fast.
Finance is where AI meets its hardest tests: accuracy, auditability, controls and regulation. This summit is built around real use cases, honest numbers and peer conversations — not vendor pitches.
Forecast & Decide
From backward-looking reports to forward-looking decisions
AI-driven FP&A, scenario planning, cash forecasting and treasury intelligence.
Govern & Trust
From experiments to accountable AI
ROI discipline, risk, compliance, data governance — and how CFOs fund and measure AI.
The voices in the room
Meet the speakers
Senior finance leaders from India's most recognised enterprises — each one bringing a real AI story from the close, the forecast or the boardroom.
More speakers
to be announced
CFO Ascend 2027
More speakers to be announced
CFO Ascend 2027
The day
A working agenda for finance leaders
9:00 AM–6:00 PM · Agenda is indicative and may change.
Registration & welcome tea
Opening address — CXO Lanes
Keynote: What AI should do for finance
Close & Control — the end of the month-end marathon
Forecasting with AI — what's real, what's hype
Forecast & Decide — AI in FP&A and treasury
Networking lunch & partner conversations
Closed-door CFO roundtables
Govern & Trust — funding, measuring and governing AI
Fireside: The CFO as Chief AI Officer?
CFO Ascend AI Excellence Awards 2027
Networking high tea
Join the summit
Become a Delegate
Join CFOs and senior finance leaders for conversations on AI, finance transformation and measurable business value.
Build your CFO network
Connect with finance leaders across industries during networking lunch, high tea and peer conversations.
Find practical AI use cases
Explore applications in reconciliations, close automation, FP&A and treasury to identify opportunities for your team.
Learn from peer experience
Exchange perspectives in CFO roundtables on implementation challenges, lessons learned and what works in practice.
Sharpen financial decisions
Explore AI-driven forecasting and scenario planning to inform your approach to budgets, cash flow and working capital.
Strengthen governance
Discuss risk, compliance, audit readiness and responsible AI to balance innovation with financial control.
Focus on measurable value
Build perspective on evaluating AI investments, prioritising initiatives and aligning finance transformation with business outcomes.
CFO Ascend AI Excellence Awards 2027
Not who talked about AI. Who made it pay.
25 award categories — 15 for individual finance leaders and 10 for finance teams and organisations.
Nominate nowIndividual Awards
15 categories- 01AI-First CFO of the Year
- 02Young CFO AI Leader of the Year
- 03Women Finance Leader in AI
- 04Lifetime Achievement in Finance AI
- 05Startup CFO Excellence in AI
- 06AI Finance Transformation Leader
- 07AI Excellence in FP&A & Forecasting
- 08AI Excellence in Close & Controls
- 09AI Excellence in Treasury & Working Capital
- 10AI Excellence in Tax & Compliance
- 11AI Excellence in Investor Relations
- 12AI Excellence in Risk & Internal Audit
- 13AI Governance & Responsible AI Champion
- 14AI Excellence in Board Decision Support
- 15AI Sustainability Reporting Champion
Corporate & Team Awards
10 categories- 01AI Finance Transformation of the Year
- 02Best AI-Powered FP&A Program
- 03AI Excellence in Automation & Cost
- 04AI Excellence in Risk, Audit & Compliance
- 05AI Excellence in Supply Chain Finance
- 06Best AI Governance Framework
- 07AI Excellence in Revenue & Collections
- 08Best Finance Data & AI Foundation
- 09Best AI-Powered ESG Reporting
- 10Finance AI Team of the Year
Award Jury
The jury will be announced soon.
An independent panel of distinguished CFOs, board leaders and AI governance experts will evaluate every eligible nomination.
To be announced
Venue
Holiday Inn Aerocity
Holiday Inn Aerocity, New Delhi NCR
12 January 2027 · 9:00 AM–6:00 PM
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Our partners
The organisations behind CFO Ascend — the network convening finance leaders, the strategic partner shaping the agenda and the knowledge partner bringing AI research into the room.
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Our event legacy
Bringing leaders together. Time and again.
CFO Ascend builds on CXO Lanes’ experience convening leaders for conversations, connections and recognition. A look back at our AIM Summit gatherings in Bengaluru and Delhi.
