"CFO Forum" is a quarterly dinner meeting/ discussion forum for corporate and divisional Chief Financial Officers, Vice Presidents of Finance, Treasurers, Controllers and other senior financial executives from area companies generally with annual revenues between $50 million and $2 billion+. The group has been gathering for over 10 years and 250 CFOs having attended, with a growing group of "regulars." A typical dinner discussion group has a CFO leading the discussion on an important topic of interest, with approximately 20 CFOs attending. We also typically issue 2 CPE credits for each meeting.
Value proposition: This exclusive, strictly peer-to-peer, meeting is an excellent forum for CFOs and other corporate financial executives to share experiences and best practices while developing relationships in a convenient, enjoyable and relaxing setting.
Testimonials:
"The CFO forum is a great place for corporate financial executives as it allows you to network with your peers on business issues and get their input and perspective as well as give you other insights into different business issues you may not have encountered yet," Ray Cardonne, CFO, DLB Associates
"I have found ACG NJ's CFO Forum to be a great forum for senior finance people to share ideas and best practices to help manage the challenges that all Finance organizations are faced with in today’s economy," Kevin Kilroy, Head of Business Planning, RBU NA, Linde Group
Attendees: Prior attendees to the CFO Forum include Hercules Angelatos, SVP Administration/Finance, Hapag-Lloyd (America); David Bizzaro, CFO, Tara Minerals Corporation; Bob Bosi, Vice President and CFO, TranSwitch Corporation; Ray Cardonne, CFO, DLB Associates; Bob Dennerlein, CFO, Raritan Computers; Richard Frant, CFO, Genpro; Nic Gaeta, CFO, Siemans Hearing Instruments; Kevin Kilroy, Head of Business Planning, Linde North America; Kevin Price, CFO, Marotta Controls; Mike Roth, CFO, Marcal Manufacturing; Andreas Rothe, SVP & Global Controller, Parsons Brinckerhoff; Rick Surett, Senior Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis, Ports America
The CFO Forum is kindly supported by our Platinum Event Sponsor, Chase, and Event Sponsors, EisnerAmper LLP and Gibbons.
Quarterly Dinner Forum:
May 8, 2024 - 5:30 to 8:30pm
The speaker for this date will be Thomas Castellano, the CFO of Abzena.Thomas Castellano serves as Abzena’s CFO and oversees Abzena’s global finance and fiscal health of the business. Tom has primary responsibility for planning, implementing, and managing all the finance, supply chain, and IT activities at Abzena.
Tom manages the company’s capital investments, investor relations and partnership compliance with Welsh, Carson, Anderson, and Stowe (WCAS), the company’s private equity sponsor.
Tom joined Abzena from Catalent where he most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He has over 20 years of corporate finance and capital market experience having held positions of increasing responsibility including Vice President Finance, Investor Relations and Treasurer and Global Vice President Operational Finance at Catalent. He joined Catalent in 2008 to build out the company’s Financial Planning and Analysis group and played an integral role in the company’s initial public offering (IPO) in July 2014. Under Tom’s leadership, the company raised more than $2 billion in the capital markets and doubled its enterprise value to more than $10 billion. Tom began his career at Cendant Corporation and spent several years with the wall street firm, Lehman Brothers before moving into the CDMO industry.
Tom holds a BS in finance and an MBA, both from Seton Hall University, NJ, USA
2024 Dinner Forums:
September 18, 2024 - 5:30 to 8:30pm
December 4, 2024 - 5:30 to 8:30pm
For Information contact lhalstead@acg.org PLEASE NOTE: If you are qualified to attend this forum, please register via the link in the email invitation or email lhalstead@acg.org. This event is invitation-only and therefore the registration link is not public on the website. Click for Covid Policy/Protocol
INTERESTED IN SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES? Contact Lou Halstead (lhalstead@acg.org) or Diane McLevy (dmclevy@acg.org) to learn more.