Your Plan Was Right. Then Conditions Changed.

Sarbajit Sen is the Head of Consulting at Keansa, where he leads EPM and planning transformation engagements for enterprise clients across finance, supply chain, and operations. With more than 20 years of experience implementing planning, budgeting, and forecasting solutions, he has worked with organizations across manufacturing, CPG, retail, and energy to connect financial and operational planning into a single, agile process. His work focuses on helping finance and operations leaders move beyond static, calendar-driven planning toward continuous, outside-in decision-making.

Nigel Ephraums has more than 25 years of experience helping organisations improve planning, forecasting, and decision-making. He works with enterprises across Australia, New Zealand, and ASEAN to move from inside-out to outside-in planning, using economic, industry, geopolitical, and environmental signals to anticipate business impact. His expertise spans finance, sales, operations, workforce, supply chain planning, AI, and decision intelligence. At Board, Nigel helps executives connect strategy with execution by combining intelligence, enterprise data, business expertise, and governed AI to create trusted decision systems that enable organisations to respond faster and plan with confidence.

S. Srinivasa Sivakumar serves as Senior Frontier Advisor for Frontier Company of Microsoft. With more than 35 years of experience in the IT industry, Srini is a futurist and dedicated technologist. He has co-authored more than 15 books and 50 articles and has presented at numerous conferences. His areas of expertise include strategy, advisory services, envisioning, and large-scale platform implementation. At Microsoft, Srini works with businesses and governments to leverage technology in creating business and social value. He also serves as a Global Panel Member for MIT Technology Review, a member of the CII Smart Manufacturing Council in India, and a Founding Member of Leaders Excellence at Harvard Square.