International financial markets recently grew robustly on scale and complexity, especially in the Asia-Pacific region, as a result of opener government policies, relaxing regulation environments, more internationalized capital markets, more globalized business operations and supply chains, higher requirements for transparency and corporate governance, and increasing needs of M&A, integration, and consolidation.
Therefore, financial executives, including CFOs, have the urgent needs and motivations to transforming themselves from their traditional role merely as cashiers / auditors into multi-functioned professionals with multi tasks and strategic perspectives.
View the urgent needs of financial executives in the Asia Pacific region, Financial Executives Institute (FEI) Chinese Taiwan, with full supports from International Association of Financial Executives Institutes (IAFEI), is going to host the “Asia Pacific IAFEI CFO Summit 2008”. The Summit position itself as a learning place of updated expertise and knowledge as well as a platform for idea exchanges and for social purpose
近年來，國際資本市場之活動規模迅速成長，金融商品推陳出新，金融證券、公司治理及會計審計等法規環境快速變遷，企業全球化程度提高，這些現象在亞太地區新興市場特別明顯。另一方面，由於股東對於公司營運的期望不斷拉高，以及企業變遷過程中，財務的功能也逐漸加重，這些現象已經使最高財務主管（CFO）的功能與角色面臨更嚴峻的挑戰。
為使產、官、學各界財經相關專業人士、企業財務長及高階主管，即時掌握國際及亞洲市場脈動以及強化重要財經知識，本協會在國際財務主持人協會協助之下，特別舉辦「2008亞太財務長高峰會」，以期建立議題討論的平台，讓國內外的財務專家交流及分享，增加彼此對財務新知的吸收機會，進而提升整體企業財務管理之水準。