The event for finance leaders who want to go AI-native

Pauline Bellée-Babel is the Chief Financial Officer at Spendesk, where she leads strategic and operational finance to drive the company’s next phase of sustainable growth. A graduate of EM Lyon Business School, Pauline began her career at EY before holding senior finance roles at Parrot, Forvia, and Aviv (SeLoger, MeilleursAgents). At Aviv, she scaled MeilleursAgents to profitability and double-digit growth, then successfully integrated it with SeLoger, France’s largest real estate marketplace. With deep expertise in scaling high-growth SaaS businesses and a strong focus on customer needs, Pauline brings both transformational finance leadership and firsthand insight as a former Spendesk customer.

Zeno de Cock is Director of Accounting Systems at SoundCloud, where he bridges financial precision and cutting-edge technology. With nearly two decades of experience at firms like Deloitte and Lanxess, he has spent nine years scaling financial infrastructure for a platform with a massive global footprint and a lean team. At the CFO.Connect AI Summit, Zeno brings a pragmatic perspective on AI: his work focuses on perfecting the foundational data layer so finance teams can shift from manual data entry toward high-value strategy.

Drey is the CEO and Founder of Crediflow AI, an AI-powered credit infrastructure platform transforming how commercial lenders underwrite and deploy capital. With over a decade of experience leading credit portfolios at Ford Credit Bank, DF Capital Bank, and Advance Global Capital, he has built deep expertise across banking, commercial lending, and structured finance. Before founding Crediflow, Drey established a structured finance firm focused on closing the funding gap for underserved businesses. That experience exposed the inefficiencies of traditional credit processes and inspired the creation of Crediflow. Today, Crediflow enables banks and commercial lenders to automate underwriting, accelerate deal flow, and make faster, more informed credit decisions. Drey's vision is to build the AI infrastructure that modernises commercial lending and expands access to capital for businesses worldwide.

Tom Kelly is the Sr. Director Product Marketing/Management for the Oracle NetSuite Global Business Unit, responsible for Global Cloud Financials. Before joining Oracle NetSuite, Tom founded T-Edward, a strategic and operational cloud consultancy providing cloud expertise and CXO services from companies in the Fortune 500 to start-ups. Prior to T-Edward, Tom held a variety of executive financial and technology related positions with large cap companies including PepsiCo, eFunds and Deluxe Corporation, as well as small cap, privately held entities such as FullContact and PeopleNet Communications.

Lucile is a Partner at Eight Roads Ventures, which is a $11bn AUM global VC platform with offices in Europe, Asia and the US. Eight Roads invests at Series A to Series C in sectors including consumer, B2B SaaS, healthcare and fintech. Its portfolio companies include HiBob, Neo4j, Appsflyer, Fireblocks, Fever, Funnnel, Tibber, Juro, Raft, 7Bridges, Spendesk and Owkin. Lucile is a French native, and focuses on software and vertical SaaS. She joined Eight Roads in 2015 from Summit Partners.

Ervin Alliu is the Founder and Managing Director of Mrava, an AI platform building autonomous finance operations. He has led finance and strategy at high-growth companies, including Isar Aerospace and Gorillas, scaled finance teams across 9+ countries, and delivered global ERP transformations. He now focuses on how AI agents are reshaping the CFO function and the future finance operating model.