Finance data, made clear — on stage or in the boardroom.

Beyond in-house workshops, I speak at conferences, panels, and internal leadership sessions on data analysis, Power BI, and using AI wisely in finance — grounded in 35 years inside finance and 500+ workshops delivered across Malaysia.

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Joanne Kok presenting to a finance team

Keynotes, panels, and working sessions.

Keynote talks

A 30–45 minute talk for a conference or company event, built around one clear idea — most often how finance teams can use AI wisely without losing control of accuracy.

Panel discussions

Practitioner perspective on data, finance technology, or AI adoption panels — grounded in what actually works inside a finance function, not vendor talking points.

Leadership briefings

A shorter, closed-door session for a leadership team or board, translating what Power BI, Excel automation, and AI mean for how the finance function should be resourced.

What I talk about.

  • Using AI Wisely in Finance: A "Verify, Don't Trust" Approach

    Why finance teams cannot afford to take AI output at face value — and a practical framework for verifying it before it reaches a board pack.

  • Power BI for Finance: From Data to Decisions

    How finance teams can move from static, manually built reports to dashboards that update themselves and that leadership actually opens.

  • Turning Numbers into Business Stories

    Why a technically correct report can still fail — and how to design financial communication for the reader's three minutes, not the analyst's forty pages.

  • Building a Modern Finance Function

    What changes when a finance team invests in Excel automation, Power BI, and AI literacy together — told through real before-and-after examples from in-house training engagements.

500+ workshops delivered across Malaysia

Every talk is grounded in the same experience behind the in-house workshops: over 35 years inside finance, including as Head of Finance, and hundreds of sessions training finance teams on the tools covered on this site. I am a Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA) and an HRD Corp accredited trainer.

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