Lance is a leading financial modelling expert, fractional CFO and fintech expert along with being the founder of Model Citizn and Chief Excel Officer and EXL Cloud.

25+ years in finance across PwC, KPMG, Investec Bank, NAB, and multiple fintech CFO roles. Built models for property, banking, infrastructure, and private equity.

Co-authored the CA ANZ study guide on financial modelling. Certified trainer of the Financial Modeling Institute. Judge at the world's first Financial Modeling Innovation Awards and Power BI Global Summit presenter.

Founded the Future of Finance Lab, a community helping accountants cut through AI hype and build real skills. "Everyone's doing AI first and forgetting the foundations. That's a big problem."

Becoming AI-Powered doesn't mean forgetting Excel, & data skills; in fact, those skills are even more important.

Those who stand to gain the most from AI already have strong foundations upon which they augment & enhance with AI.

Mark Zanetich is the Director & Founder of AIGEUS, an Australian technology risk, compliance, and operational resilience consultancy.

With 20+ years as a senior IT executive — including delivery leadership at Westpac —

Mark specialises in GRC frameworks, cyber risk profiling, and phishing defence for boards and executive teams.