From Disruption to Direction: Navigating Geopolitics and Geoeconomics into 2026 and Beyond

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Tue, 16-Jun-2026

Course Description

This course features highlights of the ISCA Conference 2025 held on 12 November 2025.

The global economic landscape is undergoing profound shifts driven by the crumbling rules-based trading system, sustainability concerns, geopolitical tensions, and rapid technological disruption. For CFOs, understanding and managing these macrotrends is essential for steering organisations through uncertainty toward sustainable growth.

This session delves into the key forces shaping financial leadership in 2026 and beyond, including:

  • The changing dynamics of global trade and supply chains amid geopolitical risks
  • Tax reform aimed at facilitating equitable growth
  • Emerging technology disruptions transforming business models and finance functions
  • Strategies for proactive crisis management and resilience building in volatile markets
  • How CFOs can leverage insights on macrotrends to inform strategic planning, risk mitigation, and capital allocation
  • Practical frameworks to navigate complexity while driving innovation and stakeholder confidence

Join us for a forward-looking discussion that equips CFOs with the tools and perspectives needed to convert disruption into strategic direction and lead with confidence in an uncertain world.

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Sidharta Sircar

Sid is a Partner in PwC’s International Growth practice, helping organisations navigate disruption and uncertainty by rebalancing their global footprintHe advises leadership teams on practical marketentry strategies, supplychain realignment and the establishment of talent hubs, integrating commercial, regulatory and talent considerations to deliver executable outcomes. Sid helps translate geopolitical and economic shifts into pragmatic growth and riskmitigation plans that strengthen resilience and accelerate sustainable expansion across the region and beyond.
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Frank Debets

Frank is PwC Singapore’s Asia Pacific trade and customs consulting network leader. He is the project and client relationship manager for some of PwC's largest clients in the customs and trade space, both globally and in the Asia-Pacific region. On top of his managing and coordinating role, Frank advises companies on all aspects of the cross-border movement of products, from a tax regulatory as well as logistics perspective.Frank has worked with many major multinationals to analyze and improve their trade risk management profile and maximize benefits from trade regulatory opportunities. His background is in supply chain management, and he combines in his customs and trade work logistical considerations as well as tax and transfer pricing regulations. His focus is on customs valuation, preferential trading rules and export controls.​Frank is the editor of C&T's bimonthly “Trade Intelligence - Asia” publication. He chairs the Custom and Trade Committee of the EU-ASEAN Business Council. Frank previously chaired EuroCham’s Regional Trade Committee and was an invited member of Singapore’s Customs Advisory Council.
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Tomas Varga

Tomas is a TP Partner in PwC Singapore. He has more than thirteen years of experience in TP, having worked in Singapore, the United States and Europe. Tomas also leads European Tax desk in Singapore focused on European MNCs investing and doing business in Asia.
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