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Vision Search Partners and CBIA Present the First Annual Connecticut CFO Summit

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Vision Search Partners was proud to co-host our first annual Connecticut CFO Summit in partnership with CBIA.

The Summit was sold out, bringing together more than 250 prominent CFOs, CEOs, senior finance executives, and business leaders for an afternoon of thought leadership, insightful discussions, and valuable networking.

The program opened with remarks from CBIA CFO, Alyssa Gorecki and VSP Managing Partner, Bill Bardani. Our Partner, Tom Iacono, served as Master of Ceremonies.

A special thank you to our exceptional speakers, moderators and panelists for sharing their expertise, including:

Economic Update: Guy LeBas (Janney Montgomery Scott LLC)

AI & Finance Transformation panel: Haylee Glassman (PwC), Pedro Lay (Amphenol), Brandon Patrick (Sage), Nadia T. Smith (Accenture) and Rambabu Vallabhajosula (Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG).

M&A Landscape panel: Mrigendra Kumar Mrityunjaya (CFGI), Claudine Cohen (CohnReznick), Marc Mascola (Eldridge Industries) and Paul Witinski (Ironwood Capital).

Fireside Chat: Brian Wenzel (Synchrony) and Jeff Rossi (CBIZ)

A heartfelt thank you to our colleague, Katy Sherlock, for her extraordinary dedication and hard work that went into planning this event.

We also extend our sincere appreciation to our sponsors, whose generous support helped make this event possible:

CBIZ, PwC, DataBlend, Sage, CFGI, KeyBank, Bank of America, CohnReznick, Cross Insurance, Embark, PKF O’Connor Davies, M&T Bank, The Siegfried Group, Aon, JPMorganChase, Wiggin and Dana LLP and Marsh.

Thank you to everyone who participated and contributed to an incredible inaugural event. We are already looking forward to the 2027 CFO Summit!