OPEX Executive Workshop and Summit

The End ofManual.

AI, connected systems and the future of financial reporting and compliance

How Nigeria's leading financial institutions are building reporting and compliance that regulators, boards and partners can trust.

DATEWednesday, 21 October 2026
VENUEThe Wheatbaker, Ikoyi, Lagos
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AI & AUTOMATION
FINANCIAL REPORTING
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
CONNECTED SYSTEMS
RISK & GOVERNANCE
THE FUTURE OF FINANCE
AI & AUTOMATION
FINANCIAL REPORTING
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
CONNECTED SYSTEMS
RISK & GOVERNANCE
THE FUTURE OF FINANCE
THE CONVERSATION

Financial reporting andcompliance have nevercarried higher stakes.

Regulation is changing. Reporting expectations are rising. AI is changing how organisations operate. The systems behind financial information and compliance now have to work harder, faster and with greater accountability.

01 / THE MOMENT

The pressure ismoving upstream.

Boards want clearer information. Regulators want stronger evidence. Investors want greater transparency. Finance and compliance teams are being asked to deliver all of this while operating in an environment that is becoming increasingly complex.

Yet many organisations still rely on fragmented systems, spreadsheets, manual reconciliations and processes that depend on individual knowledge.

The question is no longer simply how to report. It is how to build an operating environment that can support the reporting, controls and decisions that come next.

WHAT WE ARE EXPLORING

Four connectedquestions.

01

Financial reporting

How connected data, consolidation, disclosure and reporting systems can give leadership a more reliable view of performance and reduce the friction between source data and published information.

02

Compliance

How organisations can connect obligations, controls, evidence and ownership so compliance becomes a continuous operating capability rather than a process that accelerates when a deadline arrives.

03

AI & governance

As AI becomes embedded across organisations, leaders need to understand where it is operating, what decisions it influences and how accountability, risk and governance should work around it.

04

Connected systems

What changes when finance, risk, compliance and technology stop operating as separate information environments and begin working from connected data and processes.

02 / THE EXECUTIVE QUESTION

Can the organisationkeep pace?

A reporting deadline can move. A regulation can change. A new requirement can arrive. An AI system can suddenly become part of a critical process.

The organisations that respond well will not simply have more technology. They will have better connections between their data, processes, controls and people.

That is the conversation.

THE NEXT QUESTION

Better information.Better decisions.

The future of reporting and compliance will depend on how well organisations connect the information they have with the decisions they need to make.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

What changes
when manual ends.

A practical executive conversation designed to help leaders understand the risks, opportunities and decisions that come with connected and intelligent reporting.

01

See the risk.

Understand where manual reporting creates regulatory, audit and operational exposure.

02

Connect the data.

See how leading institutions are connecting finance, risk and compliance information.

03

Understand AI.

Get a practical view of what AI can and cannot do in reporting and compliance today.

04

Think continuously.

Explore how reporting changes when systems become connected, intelligent and continuous.

THE OUTCOME

From manual processes to connected,
intelligent reporting.

THE PROGRAMME

Two sessions.
One conversation.

02

Two focused executive conversations exploring how reporting and compliance change when manual processes become connected and intelligent.

01MORNING08:30 — 11:00
FINANCE

Finance
Executive
Workshop

A closed-door working session for finance leaders examining manual reporting, disconnected systems and the practical role of AI.

WHO IT IS FORGroup CFOs, CFOs & senior finance leaders
02AFTERNOON12:00 — 16:00
EXECUTIVE

C-Level
Summit

A broader executive conversation on connected systems, governance, risk and the future of financial reporting and compliance.

WHO IT IS FORCIOs · CTOs · Chief Compliance Officers · Chief Risk Officers · Chief Information Security Officers · Chief Audit Executives · Senior Technology, Risk & Compliance Leaders
03
NETWORKING

Refreshments & Networking

11:30 — 12:00
04
MIDDAY

Lunch

14:00 — 14:30
05
ONE DAY · TWO ROOMS

Join
both.

Morning workshop delegates may register for both sessions.

What changes when reporting becomes connected, intelligent and continuous?

THE QUESTION
01 / 02

Morning workshop places are by invitation. Afternoon nominations are subject to seat availability.

THE AGENDA

One day.
Two conversations.

A focused programme designed around the decisions financial, technology, risk and compliance leaders are making now.

WEDNESDAY21 OCTOBER 2026
08:3011:00
MORNING · BY INVITATION01

Finance Executive Workshop

A closed-door conversation for Group CFOs, CFOs and senior finance leaders on the risks of manual reporting, disconnected data and the practical role of AI in finance.

FORGroup CFOs · CFOs · Senior Finance Leaders
11:3012:00
NETWORKING02

Refreshments & Networking

An informal opportunity for delegates to connect, exchange perspectives and continue the morning conversation.

FORMorning Workshop Delegates
12:0016:00
AFTERNOON · EXECUTIVE03

C-Level Summit

A broader executive conversation exploring connected systems, governance, risk, compliance and what AI means for the future of financial reporting.

FORCIOs · CTOs · Chief Compliance Officers · Chief Risk Officers · Chief Information Security Officers · Chief Audit Executives · Senior Technology, Risk & Compliance Leaders
14:0014:30
MIDDAY04

Executive Lunch

Lunch and continued conversations between senior leaders across finance, technology, risk and compliance.

FORAll Delegates
01 / 02

Morning workshop delegates may register
for both sessions.

WHO'S IN THE ROOM

An exclusive gathering of industry leaders.

Connecting the people shaping the future of operational excellence, financial reporting, compliance, and technology.

Central Bank of Nigeria logo
FCDC logo
Financial Reporting Council logo
NDPC logo
NRS logo
SEC logo
NITDA logo
FirstBank logo
Letshego logo
Moniepoint logo
Smartcash logo
REGTECH365 logo
Access Bank logo
Coronation Bank logo
FCMB logo
Fidelity Bank logo
Greenwich logo
Sterling Bank logo
TeamApt logo

Bringing together the institutions and innovators driving change.

THE VENUE

Meet at
The Wheatbaker.

A private setting in the heart of Ikoyi, Lagos, designed for focused conversations between senior executives.

01

The
Wheatbaker

4 Onitolo Road
Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria

DATEWednesday, 21 October 2026
ACCESSParking available on site
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