Finance and Operations Under the leadership of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), during the fiscal year 2024-25, the Forum significantly strengthened processes and governance across all its finance operations. Partnership and membership revenue stood at CHF 287 million, representing a 5.7% year-on-year increase. During the fiscal year 2024-25, the Forum enhanced end-to-end accounting processes with robust data-validation routines and expanded analytics capabilities, improving efficiency and accelerating the month-end close. Direct funding processes have also been enhanced with reporting dashboards and forecasting models to add value. Planning and forecasting processes, workflows and automation tools were implemented to improve budget monitoring and analysis, as well as improve timeliness of management reporting to facilitate strategic decision-making. These process and control improvements have been documented to ensure comprehensive compliance and operational clarity. The Forum continued to build out the treasury and investment risk-management framework amid a persistently challenging macroeconomic environment, realigning policy limits and stress-testing protocols to safeguard assets and optimize portfolio resilience. In response to a volatile foreign exchange environment, the Forum reduced its US-dollar exposure by avoiding large US-dollar cash balances and better-matching holdings to current US-dollar -denominated expenditures, thereby mitigating foreign exchange risks and optimizing its treasury. Fiscal year 2024-25 was a year of building strong financial foundations for the Forum, laying the groundwork for efficiency and operational excellence. These efforts mark the first phase of a multi-year transformation, and the Forum will continue to enhance processes, technology and governance. Annual Report 2024-2025 Our Organization55

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