EVENT OVERVIEW
This exclusive roundtable, hosted in partnership with SAGE, brings together visionary finance and business leaders from across the UAE to explore the transformative power of intelligent, cloud-first finance solutions. As the role of the CFO continues to evolve beyond traditional boundaries, this event offers a platform to discuss strategic innovation, operational agility, and the future of financial leadership.
Through keynote insights, interactive panels, and live demonstrations, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how SAGE Intacct empowers organizations to unlock real-time financial visibility, streamline operations, and drive growth.
Event Objectives
Showcase how SAGE Intacct delivers real-time financial insights and operational efficiency.
Explore the evolving role of finance leaders in driving strategic transformation.
Engage with top-tier finance professionals and decision-makers in the UAE.
Demonstrate the value of cloud-first finance solutions in enabling agility and scalability.
Foster meaningful connections through networking and peer-to-peer learning.
About Sage
Sage exists to knock down barriers so everyone can thrive, starting with the millions of small and mid-sized businesses served by us, our partners and accountants. Customers trust our finance, HR and payroll software to make work and money flow. By digitising business processes and relationships with customers, suppliers, employees, banks and governments, the Sage network connects SMBs, removing friction and delivering insights. Knocking down barriers also means we use our time, technology and experience to tackle digital inequality, economic inequality and the climate crisis.
Ideal Attendee Profiles
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Chief Operations Officer (COO)
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
VP Finance
Finance Director
Finance Manager
Dynamic Investors
Finance Professionals
About The Speakers
JORDAAN BURGER
Managing Director : Africa & Middle East
Sage
Jordaan Burger was appointed to the role in 2025 and is responsible for driving sustainable growth, strengthening Sage’s presence across the region, and ensuring customers and partners continue to receive exceptional value. With a strong commercial focus and deep understanding of the technology landscape, he has a proven track record of optimising financial performance to fuel innovation and growth, while maintaining sound financial principles.
Previously he has served as Financial Director at MWR InfoSecurity (now F-Secure) in South Africa, overseeing finance operations in New York, Singapore, and Poland. Earlier in his career, he gained international investment banking experience with RBC Capital Markets in London, before returning to South Africa as an audit partner at TAG Incorporated (now PKF Pretoria).
GERHARD HARTMAN
Regional Vice President, Medium Business, Africa & Middle East
Sage
With his unwavering commitment and extensive expertise, Gerhard plays a pivotal role in steering Sage's growth in the region. In his capacity, Gerhard has been entrusted with the mission to expand Sage's portfolio of accounting, payroll, HR, and finance solutions.
Gerhard's leadership extends across the vast landscape of Africa and the Middle East, where he diligently oversees the strategic expansion of Sage's accounting, HR, and payroll services.
RAJESH MATHRANI
Vice President
Redington
After around 8 years of experience in India, Rajesh Mathrani joined Redington in Saudi in 2008. He has been instrumental in setting up and growing the Enterprise IT business for Redington in KSA and then moved to UAE to replicate the success across the Middle East region. With a strong knowledge across the Enterprise IT domain and well known with vendors and partners across the ME region, he has managed to expand Redington sales multi fold.
TASNEEM DAJEE
Manager Presales, Medium Segment, Africa & Middle East
Sage
Tasneem Dajee is a Technical Financial Accountant (ICB) and Presales Manager for Sage AME, leading the regional team that showcases Sage’s cloud financial management solutions as well as HR and Payroll to prospective customers and partners. She bridges financial expertise, technology, and business strategy, helping organisations understand how Sage can solve their financial, operational, and reporting challenges.
She represents Sage in external forums on topics like digital transformation of finance, cloud migration, and artificial intelligence (AI) in finance.