Dave Hughes

Lead Global Business Services OQ

Dave has over 20 years’ experience designing and operating world class Global Business Services operations. Dave joined OQ Energy Oman, Middle East in May 2020 with the purpose to establish Global Business Services across 18 group companies in 16 countries, as part a major business integration programme. OQ plans to invest £28bn over the next 10 years and GBS will be a driving force to maximise agility, efficiency and process excellence across the whole organisation. Prior to joining OQ, Dave setup and managed the award wining ENGIE Shared Service Centre in the UK – this was the first SSC in the UK to be accredited by the Institute of Customer Service and achieved world class performance benchmarks across all key success metrics. In his early career he worked with a number of large utility companies to implement shared services and major system transformations.

Day One

11:00 AM Panel Discussion: Creating an Intelligent, Holistic & Competitive Digital Finance Function

No doubt you’ve taken some steps towards digitally transforming your finance function. Whether it is automating the P2P process, implementing a supplier portal or using some spend analytics. But how do you go from a finance department with digital add-ons to a truly integrated, intelligent and holistic finance function. This session discusses this, focusing in on:

  • Creating a right-fit digital strategy that is inclusive of your needs (rather than ad-hoc automation)
  • Assessing the plethora of digital tools at your fingertips: Which are worth your time and money?
  • The quickest path for implementation and integration