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Aswin

Saravanan

VP, Finance

Qualtrics

Aswin Saravanan is a strategic finance executive with over a decade of experience driving impact across technology companies at every stage, from early growth to global scale. He specializes in connecting strategy to execution, ensuring finance plays a pivotal role in shaping business outcomes. Aswin is known for his close partnership with C-suite leaders (CEO, COO, CPO and beyond), aligning financial insights with operational strategy to accelerate both topline and bottomline growth. With deep expertise in financial planning and analysis, he’s led key rhythms like long-range planning, forecasting, and performance management—always with a focus on clarity, accountability, and collaboration. Currently, Aswin serves as Head of FP&A at Qualtrics, where he brings global leadership experience across corporate, product, and GTM finance. His past roles at Microsoft and HubSpot have sharpened his ability to deliver proactive, strategic value through finance. Aswin holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.om the National University of Singapore, and is a former CFA charterholder.

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26 February 2026 15:30 - 16:00

Vision, culture and trust: Driving strategic impact in a world powered by AI

In a world that is being rapidly transformed by AI, the ultimate competitive advantage isn't a better model or more data but a finance function that the business trusts enough to follow into the unknown. In this session, Aswin Saravanan, VP of Finance at Qualtrics, explores what it really takes for CFOs to drive their teams to move from data to action by building trust as the foundation of strategic finance. Drawing on leadership experience across Qualtrics, HubSpot, and Microsoft, he shares how a clear vision and intentional culture on top of a solid financial foundation enables finance leaders to connect strategy to execution and drive meaningful business outcomes. Key takeaways: - An actionable framework for converting data into measurable business impact at scale - How AI is reshaping the role of finance from data steward to strategic business pilots - The ingredients for establishing trust required to lead and influence the business at scale - Leveraging vision and culture as the foundation for building trust and accelerating strategic outcomes - Immediate next steps for finance leaders to activate their strategic transformation today