AFP’s North America, Asia-Pacific (APAC), Middle East and Africa (MEA) Financial Planning and Analysis Advisory Councils (FPAACs) help AFP deliver insightful, relevant and timely content to our membership and the FP&A community worldwide.

“I look for the advisory councils to give me insight on the day-to-day activities of practitioners, provide thought leadership and promote the good work we do here at AFP,” said Bryan Lapidus, FPAC, AFP’s Director, FP&A Practice. “They make everything we deliver to the FP&A community relevant, approachable and impactful.”

In 2024, the FPAACs contributed to numerous resources, including:

• The AFP FP&A Maturity Model Version 3.0
• The 2025 AFP FP&A Benchmarking Survey Report: Technology & Data
• The AFP FP&A Guide to AI-Powered Finance
• The AFP FP&A Guide to What Is Financial Analysis

FPAAC members also helped plan the FP&A track at the annual AFP Conference and the AFP FP&A Forum, March 17-19, 2025, in Austin, TX.

The FPAAC members represent a broad cross-section of industries, organizational sizes and ownership structures. They were selected based on their contributions to the FP&A practice, expertise in specific areas and desire to contribute to the advancement of their peers.

North America FP&A Advisory Council

Outgoing chair of the North America FP&A Advisory Council, Nikita Miller, FPAC, is succeeded by Jesse Todd, Director, Cross-Industry Finance Transformation, Microsoft. “I am humbled and excited to serve as FPAAC chair for 2025. From my first experience with AFP at FinNext in 2019, I’ve felt at home in the community, filled with ‘my people’ who are connected by a passion for increasing impact as FP&A professionals,” he said. “The FPAAC is a dynamic, diverse and engaging group and I’m looking forward to working together to leverage our collective expertise to strengthen and empower the broader FP&A community.”

New members joining the North America FPAAC in 2025:

• Dawn Collins-Vitale, FPAC, Yield Manager, TOTE Maritime
• Oscar Garcia, FPAC, Chief Analytics Officer, BorrowWorks
• Kara Masterson, FPAC, Managing Director of FP&A and Investor Relations, OneAmerica
• Cassie McCombs, FPAC, VP, FP&A, Ultradent Products
• Antonio Morales, Executive Partner, Gartner
• Steve Saah, Executive Director, Finance & Accounting, Robert Half
• Kavin Soni, Financial Analyst, Ads, Google
• Haresh Vayal, CFO, Woodrow Wilson Center
• Cassie Wang, Head of Finance, Lightship Security

Continuing their service this year:

• Lisa Bartko, Senior Finance Manager, Uline
• Majid Darvishan, Clinical Assistant Professor, Kelly School of Business, Indiana University
• Ilana Esterrich, CFO, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
• Marcus Gadson, FPAC, Senior Finance Director, Wellpath
• Amy Johnson, FPAC, Director at Large and Board Member, National Assistance League and Bassett Unified School District
• Parth Kulkarni, Director, FP&A, Adobe
• Justin Kuzma, FPAC, Senior Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, United States Steel Corporation
• Rosemary Linden, President, Momentum CFO
• Lawrence Maisel, President, DecisionVu Group
• Jessica Martin, FPAC, Finance Manager, Seurat Technologies
• Ashley Merritt, FPAC, R&D Portfolio Finance Manager, W. L. Gore & Associates
• Philip Peck, Vice President - Finance Transformation & Advisory Services, Peloton Consulting Group
• Jermaine Stanislaus, FPAC, Senior Financial Analyst - Media, Bloomberg
• Jesse Todd, 2025 Chair, Director, Cross-Industry Finance Transformation, Microsoft
• Alina Traistaru, Director of Finance, Perceptive, Inc.
• Tyler Vonderheide, Senior Manager, FP&A Product Enablement, Southwest Airlines
• Melissa Wong, CFO, Bain Capital – Tech Opportunities

We would also like to offer our thanks to the following individuals who are stepping down from the North America FPAAC this year:

• Nikita M. Miller, FPAC, Former Chair, Director, Facilities and FP&A, The Kresge Foundation
• Scott Corvey, FPAC, Former Chair, Vice President, Finance – Investment Manager Solutions, Consero Global
• Kayla Davis, Former Chair, CFO, Icon Parking
• Jaime Dzerve, FPAC, Senior Director, FP&A, Verizon Business
• Mario Vasquez, FPAC, AFP Board Member, Senior Director, Finance, The E.W. Scripps Company
• William Washington III, AFP Board Member, Global CFO, Baker McKenzie

Asia-Pacific FP&A Advisory Council

Narayanan Alaghappan, Country Controller and FP&A Lead, Shell, joins the APAC FPAAC in 2025.

Continuing their service this year:

• Jason Ang, Vice President, Finance Transformation, Singapore Post Ltd
• Raymond Cheung, Regional FP&A Transformation Lead, Inchscape plc
• Benjamin Chin, Managing Director, Singapore & Malaysia, ECCO
• Kelvin Chu, FPAC, Group Financial Controller, Sanford Limited
• Connagh Hopkins, Head of Business Planning and Reporting, Western Power
• Pankaj Kabra, Senior Vice President Finance, Traveloka
• Puneeta Kapoor, FPAC, Finance Business Partner, Edith Cowan University
• Claire Lu, FPAC, Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, Hologic, Inc.
• Danny Shiu, FPAC, CTP, Sr. Financial Analyst, Kinder’s Premium Quality Seasonings & Sauces
• Johan Van Zyl, FPAC, Data & Technology Leader (Strategic Insights Group), Marsh McLennan
• Kelvin Wong, Director of Finance, APAC, Blue Bottle Coffee
• Jeff Zielinski, CFO, Buyandship

We would also like to offer our thanks to the following individuals who are stepping down from the APAC FPAAC this year:

• Peggy Ang, Senior FP&A Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific
• Xin Gan, China M&A and Strategic Planning Director, Valeo
• Sai Giridhar, Finance Director, Shell Energy India
• Martha Sierra, Regional Finance Director – East Asia Region, British Council
• Siang Leng Tay, CFO Asia, QBE Asia
• Douglas Yeung, PhD Candidate, Singapore Management University
• Weng Hong, Executive Director, MindForward Alliance Singapore

Middle East and Africa FP&A Advisory Council

New members joining the MEA FPAAC in 2025:

• Sarah Badaway, FPAC, FP&A Team Leader, Jameel Finance
• Barry Huisman, FPAC, Chief Financial Officer RPI, OQ
• Syed Zeeshan Pervez, Group Chief Financial Officer – KSA, Bahrain & UAE, FLOW Progressive Logistics
• Srinivasa Raghavan, Head Opex Budget and Asset Management Lead, QatarEnergy
• Omar Shahawy, FPAC, CTP, Financial Planning and Analysis Senior Manager, Ora Developers Egypt

Continuing their service this year:

• Wesam Alayyad, Head of Financial Reporting and Analysis, Jedco KSA
• Tamer Alsayed, Chief Financial Officer, FII Institute
• Mohamed ELRouby, Associate Vice President Global Commercial Finance, Pharmanovia
• Hakam Kadour, Managing Partner, Title Trust
• Alex Mbuthia Karuri, FPAC, Group Finance Manager, Dutco Group
• Hesham Mokhiemer, FPAC, CTP, Head of Finance
• Philip Muchaba, Senior Manager – Finance Business Partner Financial Services (M-PESA), Safaricom PLC
• Sultan Mujallid, FPAC, FP&A Director, Saudi Air Navigation Services
• Syed Nadeem, Director Budgeting and Cost Management, Zain KSA
• Mina Nasif, Managing Director, Partnerships, MEA, Beacon FinTrain
• Reda Shousha, FPAC, Chief Financial Officer, Tnahi Investment
• Shehab Salah, Global Head of Finance, Noon – The Social Learning Platform

We would also like to offer our thanks to the following individuals who are stepping down from the MEA FPAAC this year:

• Aly El Azzazy, MBC Group, Business Planning Manager
• Yasser Elsafadi, Group CFO, Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co.
• Mohamed Fakhry Kamal, Country Finance Controller, DHL
• Ishmael Opande, Financial Director, Knights Energy Limited