Gaby Deussen

Corporate Vice President of Finance at Henkel,
Global Head of Regional Finance

Gaby has more than 20 years experience in Finance, covering a broad range of roles andleadership positions.She is on the Board of Directors in several affiliates of the Henkel Group.

She started her Financecareer in the global headquarters of Henkel in Düsseldorf followed by various managerial positions in Germany, Austria, Slovakia, and Mexico. She established the Henkel Shared ServiceCenter in Bratislava, assumed a leading position in Internal Audit, and managed the regionalteams for Controlling and Accounting in Eastern Europe.

Gaby holds a master’s degree in Economics from the University Essen, Germany and hascompleted executive programs from various institutions including the Harvard BusinessSchool.We asked Gaby to share her perspective on the following questions:

• What investments do you plan to make in the next 2 years in automation/digital transformation?
• Which technologies are your best bets for driving zero touch processing for your organisation?
• What are your best success stories in digital transformation?
• What has been your learning from not-so-successful digital transformation effort?
• Your advice for CFOs looking to make finance and accounting touchless