HPE turns finance into the front line of enterprise AI

Good morning. At Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), the finance function isn’t just reporting results—it’s redefining how an enterprise works in the age of AI.

Until 2025, HPE’s finance team lived by a Monday ritual: a 90‑minute operational review powered by a 100‑page PowerPoint and hundreds of hours of manual prep. That weekly effort held the company’s heartbeat but left little time to focus on what mattered most—making faster, smarter decisions. CFO Marie Myers decided to change that.