Speakers

Guru brings wide-ranging global finance and leadership experience across different businesses and countries.  He has a strong track record of enabling business turnaround and expansion and driving functional transformation. Guru has worked with Bayer in a range of roles over the past 20 years. He recently served as Chief Financial Officer of AskBio from March 2021 to July 2023. He was previously the Global Finance Lead for the Oncology franchise from January 2020 until February 2021; CFO of the North American business at Bayer Consumer Health from 2016 to 2019; and CFO of the Bayer Medical Care Division from 2013 to 2016. Prior to that, he held various finance roles in Germany (Berlin, Wuppertal); Italy; Japan; and Berkeley, California. Before Bayer, his career was focused on finance, audit, and accounting roles at various companies, including Siemens, Citibank, and PWC.

Guru holds an Executive Master of Business Administration degree from INSEAD, France, and a bachelor’s degree in commerce with emphasis in accounting and tax from St. Xavier’s College, India. He is an Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) and Graduate Cost and Works Accountant (Grad CWA), both internationally recognized professional accounting degrees.

Rebecca is a senior financial executive with over 25 years of experience helping multinational organizations in different industries.

Rebecca is Baker Hughes’ SVP Controller & Chief Accounting Officer responsible for the global controllership function, from Baker Hughes’ global close process, consolidation and regulatory reporting to country-level statutory reporting obligations.

Rebecca started her career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Australia and then London, providing audit and assurance services to companies in the mining, extractive and utilities sectors. She has held a variety of finance roles in the Mining and Metals sector, including roles in both London and Brazil for Anglo American, SVP CFO position with China Molybdenum (covering international operations in Australia, Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo) and roles with Newmont Corporation as South American regional CFO and Head of the Financial Planning and Analysis function.

Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Western Australia and is a chartered accountant, registered in Australia.

She is married with a 15-year-old stepdaughter and resides in Houston, Texas.

Monica is the Chief Financial Officer at Yahoo. She oversees all finance operations for the global business, including Controllership, Financial Planning and Analysis, Treasury, Internal Audit, Tax, Real Estate and Workplace Services, and Analytics & Research.

Seasoned finance executive currently serving as CFO Central Amercia, Caribbean and Venezuela at Diageo. Based in Miami, he brings a wealth of expertise in financial planning, performance management, and change leadership across Latin America and the Caribbean.

In his role at Diageo, Roberto leads financial strategy, forecasting, and analysis to drive sustainable growth in a complex, high-growth regional business. He has a proven track record of translating strategic vision into actionable financial plans while creating and developing high performing teams, enabling Diageo to navigate market volatility, optimize resource allocation, and scale operations.

Clara Sun is a strategic business partner that brings financial expertise to the table along with broad global and portfolio perspective. She is known for pinpointing levers and identifying opportunities to drive business growth and deliver results. Clara prides herself on being a genuine people manager that cares and develops team.