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Registration & Refreshments
Tuesday, November 19 @ 8:00
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Chair's Opening Remarks
Tuesday, November 19 @ 8:50
chairRohitesh Dhawan, Director of Global Strategy - Eurasia Group |
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![]() Opening Keynote: Treasury Transformation: People, Process and Technology Fred Schacknies, SVP & Treasurer of Hilton, will share the story of rebuilding Hilton’s Treasury function over the last decade, set against the background of the company’s transformative journey through the relocation of its corporate headquarters, an initial public offering and two spin-offs. The session will focus on the development of the three interdependent pillars of people, process and technology, essential for any organization, and highlight principles for aligning the mission of the Treasury team with the corporate objectives of the company. Lastly, having described the growth of Hilton’s Treasury to date, Mr. Schacknies will outline expectations for the road ahead. Key Outcomes & Takeaways:
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Fred Schacknies
SVP & Treasurer
Hilton Worldwide
Opening Keynote: Treasury Transformation: People, Process and Technology![]() Fred Schacknies, SVP & Treasurer of Hilton, will share the story of rebuilding Hilton’s Treasury function over the last decade, set against the background of the company’s transformative journey through the relocation of its corporate headquarters, an initial public offering and two spin-offs. The session will focus on the development of the three interdependent pillars of people, process and technology, essential for any organization, and highlight principles for aligning the mission of the Treasury team with the corporate objectives of the company. Lastly, having described the growth of Hilton’s Treasury to date, Mr. Schacknies will outline expectations for the road ahead. Key Outcomes & Takeaways:
speakersFred Schacknies, SVP & Treasurer - Hilton Worldwide |
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9:30 - 10:30 |
![]() ![]() Keynote Panel Discussion: The Big Debate – Finance in a New World: Beyond Scenario Planning Join our cross-party debate as we explore what the “new normal” will be for the UK post 31st October. Whether it’s a no-deal, deal, or a no-go; scenario planning will be over and businesses in the UK and worldwide will know where they stand. Since the referendum in 2016, companies have been trying to prepare for the changes in different ways without really knowing how their business will be impacted by Brexit. From stockpiling products at Dover to moving HQs abroad, join our panel of speakers as they review the results and share their thoughts about the road ahead. chair![]()
Rohitesh Dhawan
Director of Global Strategy
Eurasia Group
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Lord Dr Michael Hastings CBE
Independent Peer
House of Lords
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Lord Malloch-Brown
Former Deputy Secretary General
United Nations
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Lord Peter Lilley
(Former) Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party
House of Lords
Keynote Panel Discussion: The Big Debate – Finance in a New World: Beyond Scenario Planning![]() ![]() Join our cross-party debate as we explore what the “new normal” will be for the UK post 31st October. Whether it’s a no-deal, deal, or a no-go; scenario planning will be over and businesses in the UK and worldwide will know where they stand. Since the referendum in 2016, companies have been trying to prepare for the changes in different ways without really knowing how their business will be impacted by Brexit. From stockpiling products at Dover to moving HQs abroad, join our panel of speakers as they review the results and share their thoughts about the road ahead. chairRohitesh Dhawan, Director of Global Strategy - Eurasia GrouppanellistsLord Dr Michael Hastings CBE, Independent Peer - House of Lords Lord Malloch-Brown, Former Deputy Secretary General - United Nations Lord Peter Lilley, (Former) Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party - House of Lords |
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10:30 - 10:45 |
![]() Keynote Presentation: Sustainable Finance: The latest trend or a Treasury must do? Sustainable Finance is a topic we’re hearing about more and more often. But is it something we need to take note of from a Treasury perspective? This session is designed to help define Sustainable Finance, examine why it’s more than just a passing trend, and focus on the important role that Treasury professionals can play in balancing financial imperatives with environmental, social and governance priorities. Key Outcomes and Takeaways: • What is Sustainable Finance? speakers![]()
Adrian Sargent
Treasury Operating Officer
Virgin Money
Keynote Presentation: Sustainable Finance: The latest trend or a Treasury must do?![]() Sustainable Finance is a topic we’re hearing about more and more often. But is it something we need to take note of from a Treasury perspective? This session is designed to help define Sustainable Finance, examine why it’s more than just a passing trend, and focus on the important role that Treasury professionals can play in balancing financial imperatives with environmental, social and governance priorities. Key Outcomes and Takeaways: • What is Sustainable Finance? speakersAdrian Sargent, Treasury Operating Officer - Virgin Money |
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10:45 - 11:40 |
MATCH Meetings & Refreshments MATCH meetings are designed to help you with the challenges you’re experiencing in your work place. We talk to you extensively about your current challenges and then MATCH you up with our solution industry experts. Not to mention, you also have full control over your schedule and access to exclusive MATCH benefits on site’ MATCH Meetings & Refreshments
Tuesday, November 19 @ 10:45
MATCH meetings are designed to help you with the challenges you’re experiencing in your work place. We talk to you extensively about your current challenges and then MATCH you up with our solution industry experts. Not to mention, you also have full control over your schedule and access to exclusive MATCH benefits on site’ |
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11:40 - 12:10 |
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12:10 - 12:40 |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thought Exchange: Creating Powerful Connections through Meaningful Conversations Experiences and knowledge, are our biggest asset. With this in mind, we have created a new and exciting opportunity for our network to collaborate and learn from each other. We have provided a platform for you to have a voice – to challenge the status quo, inspire and innovate. In the lead up to the event you drive the conversation by nominating or voting on a hot topic or key challenge facing the profession. On the day join the conversation on topics such as:
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Ben Walters
Deputy Treasurer
Compass Group PLC
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Ion Sclifos
Head of Treasury & Finance Risk
Orange
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Winny Li
Executive Director – Finance & Treasury
PPD
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Fionn O’Brien
FX Sales UK and Ireland, Global Payments Division
INTL FCStone
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Kevin Cook
CEO & Co-Founder
Treasury Spring
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Philip Wielenga
Director Sales International
Trinity Management Systems GMBH
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Peter Ellemann
Managing Director, Loan Markets
ABN AMRO Bank
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Sally King
Head of Group FP&A and Treasury
Whitbread
Thought Exchange: Creating Powerful Connections through Meaningful Conversations![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Experiences and knowledge, are our biggest asset. With this in mind, we have created a new and exciting opportunity for our network to collaborate and learn from each other. We have provided a platform for you to have a voice – to challenge the status quo, inspire and innovate. In the lead up to the event you drive the conversation by nominating or voting on a hot topic or key challenge facing the profession. On the day join the conversation on topics such as:
speakersBen Walters, Deputy Treasurer - Compass Group PLC Ion Sclifos, Head of Treasury & Finance Risk - Orange Winny Li, Executive Director – Finance & Treasury - PPD Fionn O’Brien, FX Sales UK and Ireland, Global Payments Division - INTL FCStone Kevin Cook, CEO & Co-Founder - Treasury Spring Philip Wielenga, Director Sales International - Trinity Management Systems GMBH Peter Ellemann, Managing Director, Loan Markets - ABN AMRO Bank Sally King, Head of Group FP&A and Treasury - Whitbread |
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2:40 - 3:10 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Keynote Panel Discussion: The Future of Treasury Automation
Strategy and Business Partnering
Key Outcomes and Takeaways:
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Kevin Grant
Chief International Sales Officer
Serrala
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Felix Meyer
Corporate Treasury IT Manager, Treasury Technology Expert - Zurich Branch
ABB
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Bert Heirbaut
Treasury Manager
IHG PLC
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Brenda Schreuder
Treasury Manager
Amgen
Keynote Panel Discussion: The Future of Treasury Automation
Strategy and Business Partnering
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chairKevin Grant, Chief International Sales Officer - SerralapanellistsFelix Meyer, Corporate Treasury IT Manager, Treasury Technology Expert - Zurich Branch - ABB Bert Heirbaut, Treasury Manager - IHG PLC Brenda Schreuder, Treasury Manager - Amgen |
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3:10 - 4:00 |
MATCH Meetings & Refreshments MATCH meetings are designed to help you with the challenges you’re experiencing in your work place. We talk to you extensively about your current challenges and then MATCH you up with our solution industry experts. Not to mention, you also have full control over your schedule and access to exclusive MATCH benefits on site’ MATCH Meetings & Refreshments
Tuesday, November 19 @ 3:10
MATCH meetings are designed to help you with the challenges you’re experiencing in your work place. We talk to you extensively about your current challenges and then MATCH you up with our solution industry experts. Not to mention, you also have full control over your schedule and access to exclusive MATCH benefits on site’ |
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4:00 - 4:30 |
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5:00 - 5:30 |
![]() Closing Keynote Address: Leading Treasury in Challenging Times/Adversity speakers![]()
Christopher Corner
Deputy Group Treasurer
Thomas Cook
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Austin Clark
Managing Editor
The Global Treasurer
Closing Keynote Address: Leading Treasury in Challenging Times/Adversity![]() speakersChristopher Corner, Deputy Group Treasurer - Thomas CookchairAustin Clark, Managing Editor - The Global Treasurer |
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5:30 - 5:35 |
Chair's Closing Remarks
Tuesday, November 19 @ 5:30
chairAustin Clark, Managing Editor - The Global Treasurer |
8:30 - 9:00 |
Networking & Refreshments
Wednesday, November 20 @ 8:30
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9:00 - 9:35 |
![]() ![]() ![]() Opening Keynote Panel Discussion: Digital Transformation in Finance Key Outcomes & Takeaways:
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Terry Dennis
EMEA Cash Management Sales Head, Treasury and Trade Solutions
Citi
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Christof Nelischer
Group Treasurer
International Personal Finance Plc
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Prabha Viswanathan
Assistant Group Treasurer
Diageo
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Ian MacTavish
Director of Finance
Save the Children International
Opening Keynote Panel Discussion: Digital Transformation in Finance![]() ![]() ![]() Key Outcomes & Takeaways:
chairTerry Dennis, EMEA Cash Management Sales Head, Treasury and Trade Solutions - CitipanellistsChristof Nelischer, Group Treasurer - International Personal Finance Plc Prabha Viswanathan, Assistant Group Treasurer - Diageo Ian MacTavish, Director of Finance - Save the Children International |
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9:35 - 10:05 |
![]() Keynote Presentation: IBM's Digital Transformation Journey in Finance - Insights and Innovation In this session Naomi will share insights into IBM’s digital transformation journey for Finance and Treasury, from her own personal experience as a C-level finance executive in Europe, North America and Asia.Naomi will describe the technology innovations that enabled the finance transformation and the lessons learnt along the way. Naomi will discuss how she is leveraging this approach and applying the lessons learnt in her current role.Key Outcomes and Takeaways• Focus on empowering employees, enabling simplification and speed of execution • Leverage new technologies for ongoing innovation • Importance of a culture of unwaivering executive ownership and involvement. speakers![]()
Naomi Hill
VP GM Global Financing, Europe
IBM
Keynote Presentation: IBM's Digital Transformation Journey in Finance - Insights and Innovation![]() In this session Naomi will share insights into IBM’s digital transformation journey for Finance and Treasury, from her own personal experience as a C-level finance executive in Europe, North America and Asia.Naomi will describe the technology innovations that enabled the finance transformation and the lessons learnt along the way. Naomi will discuss how she is leveraging this approach and applying the lessons learnt in her current role.Key Outcomes and Takeaways• Focus on empowering employees, enabling simplification and speed of execution • Leverage new technologies for ongoing innovation • Importance of a culture of unwaivering executive ownership and involvement. speakersNaomi Hill, VP GM Global Financing, Europe - IBM |
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10:05 - 11:00 |
MATCH Meetings & Refreshments MATCH meetings are designed to help you with the challenges you’re experiencing in your work place. We talk to you extensively about your current challenges and then MATCH you up with our solution industry experts. Not to mention, you also have full control over your schedule and access to exclusive MATCH benefits on site’ MATCH Meetings & Refreshments
Wednesday, November 20 @ 10:05
MATCH meetings are designed to help you with the challenges you’re experiencing in your work place. We talk to you extensively about your current challenges and then MATCH you up with our solution industry experts. Not to mention, you also have full control over your schedule and access to exclusive MATCH benefits on site’ |
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Lunch
Wednesday, November 20 @ 12:30
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![]() ![]() ![]() Closing Keynote Panel Discussion: Treasury as a Strategic Business Partner
Strategy and Business Partnering
As the treasury function continues to becoming increasingly strategically focused and driven by CFO mandate; it is imperative that treasurers remain agile to strategically address and respond to disruptions impacting their business and broader industry. Key Outcomes and Takeaways:
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Austin Clark
Managing Editor
The Global Treasurer
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Ion Sclifos
Head of Treasury & Finance Risk
Orange
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Ian Kirkpatrick
Treasurer for Group Funding and Risk
London Stock Exchange Group
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Auna Dunlevy
Head of Liquidity & Investments
Royal Mail
Closing Keynote Panel Discussion: Treasury as a Strategic Business Partner
Strategy and Business Partnering
![]() ![]() ![]() As the treasury function continues to becoming increasingly strategically focused and driven by CFO mandate; it is imperative that treasurers remain agile to strategically address and respond to disruptions impacting their business and broader industry. Key Outcomes and Takeaways:
chairAustin Clark, Managing Editor - The Global TreasurerpanellistsIon Sclifos, Head of Treasury & Finance Risk - Orange Ian Kirkpatrick, Treasurer for Group Funding and Risk - London Stock Exchange Group Auna Dunlevy, Head of Liquidity & Investments - Royal Mail |
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2:00 - 2:30 |
![]() Bank Connectivity in Practice: How to Upgrade your Global Payment Process? Life as a treasurer in today‘s uncertain business world can be really demanding. Liquidity, operations and risks often have to be handled with small teams. To gain efficiency and speed, treasurers should harness the power of new technologies. When it comes to payments, solutions to simplify the bank connectivity seem promising. The idea of only ONE central electronic banking tool and fully automated payments even sounds alluring. In this session Sascha Uhlmann, Senior Manager Treasury at HUGO BOSS AG will focus on the questions, how he and his team did the setup of a project to streamline their payment process and how the central treasury of HUGO BOSS AG manages the rollout in a decentralized, global sales organization since 2 years. Key Outcomes and Takeaways:
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Sascha Uhlmann
Treasury Manager
Hugo Boss
Bank Connectivity in Practice: How to Upgrade your Global Payment Process?![]() Life as a treasurer in today‘s uncertain business world can be really demanding. Liquidity, operations and risks often have to be handled with small teams. To gain efficiency and speed, treasurers should harness the power of new technologies. When it comes to payments, solutions to simplify the bank connectivity seem promising. The idea of only ONE central electronic banking tool and fully automated payments even sounds alluring. In this session Sascha Uhlmann, Senior Manager Treasury at HUGO BOSS AG will focus on the questions, how he and his team did the setup of a project to streamline their payment process and how the central treasury of HUGO BOSS AG manages the rollout in a decentralized, global sales organization since 2 years. Key Outcomes and Takeaways:
speakersSascha Uhlmann, Treasury Manager - Hugo Boss |
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2:30 - 3:00 |
![]() 5 Stepping Stones to Career Success! speakers![]()
Mike Richards
CEO & Founder
The Treasury Recruitment Company
5 Stepping Stones to Career Success!![]() speakersMike Richards, CEO & Founder - The Treasury Recruitment Company |
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3:00 - 3:05 |
Chair’s Closing Remarks
Wednesday, November 20 @ 3:00
chairAustin Clark, Managing Editor - The Global Treasurer |
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Networking & Refreshments
Wednesday, November 20 @ 3:05
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Rohitesh Dhawan is a Global Macro Strategist at Eurasia Group, the world’s premier geopolitical research and analysis firm. He is a noted commentator on critical geopolitical topics, including US-China relations, Brexit and European affairs, Southern Africa, the Middle East and India. He has particular expertise on the implications of geopolitics for financial markets and the Energy & Natural Resources Sector. He is also Eurasia Group’s lead analyst for social, environmental and economic sustainability issues. In this role, he publishes original research on climate change, responsible investing, social development and philanthropy. Rohitesh is a trained Economist and Geographer from the University of Oxford, and is a Senior Faculty member at the Africa Leadership Initiative.
Fred Schacknies is Senior Vice President and Treasurer for Hilton, based in McLean, Virginia. He oversees a team of 28 staff with responsibility for global treasury matters and chairs investment committees for Hilton’s US and UK pension plans. Prior to joining Hilton in 2009, he held various treasury roles with Constellation Energy and Lucent Technologies.
Fred currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) and has served on Client Advisory Boards for Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan. He has presented at events hosted by the AFP, the Financial Times, the Economist, EuroFinance, the US Chamber of Commerce and other groups. His teams have been recognized with an AFP Pinnacle Grand Prize, an Adam Smith Award and four Alexander Hamilton Awards for various treasury projects in financial risk and liquidity management.
Fred holds a BA in international relations and economics from Brown University and an MBA in finance from New York University. He has lived in Egypt and Saudi Arabia and traveled extensively in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He currently resides in Ellicott City, Maryland with his wife and three children.
Lord Dr (Michael) Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE, began his career as a teacher moving into government service in 1986 supporting policy initiatives to bring employment and development to Britain’s inner cities.
In 1990 he started working for TVAM on education programming and then GMTV as its Chief Political Correspondent. In 1994 Michael moved to the BBC as a presenter on the weekly Around Westminster programme before joining its Corporate Affairs division. In 1996 he became the BBC’s head of Public Affairs and then its first head of Corporate Social Responsibility in 2003.
Michael is a Trustee of the Vodafone Group Foundation and a Vice President of UNICEF UK and Tearfund. He is also a Patron of Free the Children and a Director of Junior Achievement Worldwide. In 2014, Michael was conferred with a Doctorate in Civil Law from the University of Kent, Canterbury in recognition for his leadership and for his work in international development and corporate responsibility. In 2017 Michael was installed as the Chancellor of Regent’s University London.
Lord Mark Malloch‐Brown is a former number two in the United Nations as well as having served in the British Cabinet and Foreign Office. He is active both in business and in the non-profit world, and also remains deeply involved in international affairs.
He serves on a number of commercial boards for business with global markets. He also chairs Best For Britain, an advocacy group engaged in the debate about Britain’s relations with the EU.
He served as Deputy Secretary‐General and Chief of Staff of the UN under Kofi Annan. For six years before that he was Administrator of the UNDP, leading the UN’s development efforts around the world. He was later Minister of State in the Foreign Office, covering Africa and Asia, and was a member of Gordon Brown’s cabinet. Other positions have included vice-chairman of George Soros’s Investment Funds, as well as his Open Society Institute, a Vice‐President at the World Bank and the lead international partner in a political consulting firm. He also has served as Vice-Chairman of the World Economic Forum. He began his career as a journalist at The Economist.
He chairs or is on the Board of a number of non-profit boards including the International Crisis Group and the Open Society Foundation.
Lord Malloch-Brown is also a Distinguished Practitioner of the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University and an adjunct fellow at the Queen Elizabeth Programme at Chatham House. He was formerly a visiting distinguished fellow at the Yale Centre for the Study of Globalisation. He has a number of honorary degrees. He was knighted in 2007 for his contribution to international affairs.
He is the author of “The Unfinished Global Revolution” that casts an autobiographical lens on the state of the world. In 2005 Time Magazine put him on its list of the 100 most influential people in the world. He continues to write, broadcast and lecture about international issues.
Adrian Is a Chartered Accountant (ICAS) with a career in Treasury spanning over 20 years. He has held senior Treasury roles at a number of financial services companies (Morgan Stanley, HBOS, Tesco Bank, BlackRock, Virgin Money) and has extensive experience in building and developing Treasury capability. He has a passion for Sustainable Finance and its growing relevance in a Treasury context, which was ignited when researching his dissertation topic on Sustainable Bond Issuance for the ACT’s Advanced Diploma in Treasury Management.
Director of Finance Transformation in Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), leading the Finance Strategic Initiatives team. Primarily focused on large scale change management and transformational programs, driving increased efficiency and effectiveness enabling the Finance function to become a more customer centric focused business partner. This has included the set-up of an In-House Shared Service Centre (SSC) in Bulgaria along with an FP&A Reporting & Analytics Centre of Expertise (CoE). Currently leading a major transformation across the whole Enterprise, focusing on Enterprise Performance Reporting, touching Commercial, Supply Chain and supporting functions, the goal of which is to standardise, simplify and automate management reporting to drive increased business performance, adding value to the end-2-end processes across the organisation. Prior to joining CCEP, Daniel held a number of Commercial Finance roles across a number of sectors including Telecommunications, Financial Services and IT for EE, Avaya, Citigroup, 3Com and Fujitsu. Daniel is married and has 2 children, Hannah (13) and Kara (3).
Winny graduated from the University of Cambridge with an MPhil Distinction in Management Studies. She started her finance career with professional accountancy firms, including Arthur Andersen and Deloitte, where she completed her ACA training. This provided valuable experience, leading Winny to working for the Global Media Enterprise, Viacom, where she travelled extensively, accumulating further expertise whilst working in different business environments and cultural settings.
Almost twelve years ago, Winny joined the fast growing pharmaceuticals company PPD, where she contributed to the significant growth of the company. She took on further professional training with ACT and helped PPD set up its current global treasury function. PPD is now a leading global contract research organization providing comprehensive, integrated drug development, laboratory and life cycle management services. PPD has 20,000 employees and operates in 100 + countries.
In a recent interview, Winny was described as ‘[having] a willingness to up sticks and move to where the action is, plus a strong commitment to the treasury discipline, Winny Li’s career has all the hallmarks of the exemplary 21st-century treasurer.
A global leader in Finance, Guillaume de Pommereau excels in driving business value at enterprise level and leading financial organizations across complex multinational environments.In leadership roles with Hitachi Europe, Takeda Pharmaceuticals Europe, Newell, and Dell Computer, he has delivered significant value while developing strong business partnership and maintaining the highest standards of compliance.Leading a team of 70finance expertsat Hitachi Europe, he focuses as much on the revenue side as on the cost side, with a view that Finance is at the heart of a company’s performance ability. Guillaume started his career in audit in PwCin Paris 26 years ago. He worked in France, Germany and is now based in the UK.His experience covers the technology sector at Dell and KPNQwest, the consumer goods sector with Parker Pen, Waterman, Papermate, the health sector with Takeda Pharma and Alliance Healthcare and the industry sector with Hitachi.Guillaume is a graduate from EM Lyon Business School and holds a Master in Econometrics from Paris University. In 2009, he graduated from TRIUM, a Global Executive MBA delivered by NYU Stern School of Business, HEC Paris and London School of Economics.
Mike Richards is the CEO & Founder of the Treasury Recruitment Company.
Established in 2002, The Treasury Recruitment Company is the only truly Global Treasury Recruitment firm in the world. They recruit at all levels within Corporate Treasury from Treasury Analyst to Treasury Director for multinational corporates, consultancies and a range of financial institutions.
Mike regularly speaks at Treasury Recruitment conferences around the world such as the EuroFinance International Treasurers Conference, the Windy City Summit – Chicago and AFP USA Treasurers Conference, discussing a range of topics relating to the world of Treasury and Treasury Recruitment.
Mike is also a regular blogger and podcaster, and runs a very popular podcast www.TreasuryCareerCorner.com where he interviews treasury professionals across the globe about their treasury careers and their views on key topics relating to the treasury industry as a whole.
Their company website is www.TreasuryRecruitment.com
As Head of Client Relations and Marketing, Kaufmann leads sales and marketing for Fides, including customer relations and partnerships. Kaufmann has more than 18 years of experience in banking, including a combined 11 years with Credit Suisse and Fides. Simon joined Fides as a client relationship manager in 2014. In 2017, Fides formed a new department designed to improve and extend customer service under Kaufmann’s leadership. Simon holds besides a comprehensive banking background a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from HWZ, University of Applied Sciences Zurich, Switzerland.
Darren is a Partner and Head of Mercer’s Covenant Consulting Group. Darren transferred from Kroll’s Corporate Advisory and Restructuring Group to Mercer in 2006 to establish Mercer’s covenant capabilities.
He is a chartered accountant and former insolvency practitioner.
Darren advises trustees and corporate sponsors on all aspects of employer covenant, providing quantitative analysis and strategic advice for input into scheme funding discussions under the statutory funding regime and in respect of corporate transactions and major scheme events.
Darren has developed a number of tools and processes that integrate covenant ratings into Mercer’s actuarial standards, providing a direct link between employer covenant strength, the setting of Technical Provisions, the establishment of affordable Recovery Plans, and establishing tolerance for investment risk.
Darren represents Mercer on the Employer Covenant Practitioners Association, a professional body set-up to promote the covenant industry and to publish best practice guidance on covenant work, liaising as appropriate with the actuarial and legal professions and pensions regulatory bodies.
Tim is dedicated to providing advice to corporate sponsors of UK pension schemes. He is the lead adviser to a number of UK and overseas pension scheme sponsors with asset sizes ranging from £50M to £2BN.
Prior to joining Mercer, Tim spent almost a decade at Aon Hewitt where he was a member of the M&A team, providing due diligence and integration advice to a range of clients. During this time, he was the lead advisor to a number of corporate sponsors in relation to non-M&A advice.
Tim advises clients on their strategic direction with a clear focus on turning this into positive actions. His particular areas of interest include funding and investment negotiations, strategic decisions regarding the future direction of DB schemes, corporate accounting, benefit reviews and M&A advice.
Examples of projects in recent years include:
Tim is a member of Mercer’s corporate advisory group and leads the Defined Benefit Pensions team in Bristol within Mercer’s Wealth business. He also contributes to a number of internal working groups responsible for leading Mercer’s UK Wealth business.
Outside of the office, the majority of Tim’s time is spent entertaining his three young daughters. He is also a keen cyclist and triathlete.
John is a Principal and Actuary in London and a core member of Mercer’s Efficient Financing team. He has been with Mercer for seven years having spent ten years in a Big 4 professional services firm, focusing on providing corporate advice to finance DB pension plans in the most efficient way to increase shareholder value.
John’s approach to financing DB pension plans is to view it as a business issue, not just a pensions issue in isolation. By viewing pensions through the businesses’ lens, he is able to find solutions that reduce cost for the Company, whilst still being positive for the security of members’ benefits and therefore more acceptable to the Trustees.
John’s experience covers the full range of pensions advice from the corporate perspective, including accounting; M&A; Trustee negotiations; and SPVs, escrow accounts and other non-cash funding solutions.
Recent projects include:
Ben Walters is currently deputy treasurer at Compass Group PLC, the world’s largest caterer and a FTSE25 constituent. Having had two spells as acting Group Treasurer and being part of a lean Group function, he has over the years gained exposure to the whole host of issues a multinational of this size deals with. Ben completed his MCT qualification in 2012, gaining distinctions in each element of the course and resulting in him being named ACT student of the year. He has had several articles published in the professional press covering his ideas about value measurement, hurdles rates, and the enormous potential for financial analysis to support and challenge corporate strategy.
He passionately believes the Treasurer can lead the charge into new areas of financial innovation.
He can be contacted on [email protected]
Ion Sclifos, Head of Treasury & Financial risk of Orange Romania (covering five entities), the domestic subsidiary of the Orange group (leader of the Romanian telecommunication market), passed fourteen years of experience in the area of corporate finance ( treasury, financing), business development and controlling in the telecommunication sector.
Fionn O’Brien serves as an FX Sales executive for the UK and Ireland at INTL FCStone Ltd’s Global Payments Division. His primary responsibilities include managing and developing relationships with multi-national Corporations, international aid and developments organizations, NGO’s and financial institution customers. Mr. O’Brien is a passionate advocate for the local currency funding model in cross border business and has a keen understanding of the many foreign exchange challenges facing the modern Treasurer.
Kevin is a co-founder and the CEO of TreasurySpring.
He started his career in 2002 as a lawyer with international law firm, Weil, working as a corporate finance lawyer in the firm’s London and New York offices.
In 2006, he joined Pentagon Capital Management Plc, a multi-billion dollar hedge fund, where he met his TreasurySpring co-founders and went on to become co-General Counsel and a member of the firm’s investment committee.
In 2010, Kevin and his co-founders established Autumn Capital, an FCA-regulated advisory firm where they advised on more than $10 Billion of short-dated assets before selling the business to AgFe, a European fixed income specialist, which they joined as Partners, in late 2013.
Kevin led the short-dated investments group at AgFe from 2014 until he departed to establish TreasurySpring in 2016.
Kevin is admitted as a Solicitor in England & Wales and holds a law degree from the University of Manchester and a Legal Practice Certificate from Nottingham law school.
Philip Wielenga is a certified ex-treasurer with 15 years of hands-on experience, working at international companies. During the last 8 years, Philip worked together with Trinity and helped many corporate clients with the streamlining of their treasury- and payment processes.
Sally has over 18 years’ experience within multinational retail businesses, currently Head of Group FP&A and Treasury at Whitbread, a FTSE 50 best known for its Costa and Premier Inn brands. Her role gives a unique view across the organisations’ business planning along with the funding of the group world wide. In recent years, she has raised £1.6bn of debt through USPP’s, Public Bond and RCFs, whilst implementing Whitbread’s Treasury Operating Model including a new TMS. Across her 14 years at Whitbread she has been promoted from key operational business partnering finance roles focussing on challenge and delivery of targets, to more strategic roles streamlining planning processes, driving capital allocation decisions and adding value through clear insights. Whilst qualifying as a Management Accountant, she worked in the pricing and treasury functions at Volkswagen Financial Service (UK) before moving to Scottish & Newcastle Retail as a Finance Manager for three years.
Kevin is responsible for designing and executing the sales and go-to-market strategy in EMEA and the US. In his role, he develops new clients and market areas, and focuses on regions with high growth rates.
Kevin has a proven track record in international business development in the financial technology sector. At Serrala, he helps clients to adopt intelligent automation solutions for their financial processes as he implements Serrala’s international sales strategy.
Before joining Serrala, Kevin held senior positions in a number of leading companies. Most notably, he was CEO of IT2, a global treasury solutions provider. In addition, Kevin was recognized as one of the ‘100 Most Influential People in Finance’ as published by Treasury & Risk magazine. Kevin holds a BSc in Computer Studies as well as an MBA in Project Management and Finance from Henley Business School, Oxfordshire, UK.
After working as an asset liability manager in a small Swiss bank, Felix Meyer’s background in Treasury started as a financial consultant implementing Treasury management solutions for large corporate clients at the solution provider Trema Treasury Management Systems (now ION/WallStreetSystems). This experience led him to join the corporate Treasury department of the Swiss/Swedish corporate ABB, where he was responsible for both technical and business sides of the treasury management solution. His skillset expanded into project management, where he led several successful upgrades of the treasury management system.
In his latest position as IS Business Engagement Manager for Treasury, he served as the senior product manager of treasury solutions (areas include insurance/captive/trade finance/pensions/treasury operations) as well as head of the Treasury IS organization.
His background includes certifications in Treasury (ACT), project management (PMP), product management (certified scrum product owner) and technical areas ( SQL server administration). Felix is currently adding to his skillset by pursuing a cyber security certification; he is currently seeking his next challenge in the treasury/IT space.
After initially starting my professional career in the UK in credit control for 6 years, I moved into the IHG Business Service Centre looking after cash management for EMEA. I then had to opportunity to join the IHG Front Office team as a Treasury Analyst 13 years ago, and now run the IHG Front Office team as Group Treasury Manager. In this role I am responsible for all aspects of treasury including liquidity management, Fx, risk as well as the strategic element of cash management for IHG PLC. IHG is one of the world’s leading hotel companies with 5795 hotels worldwide, with well-loved brands such as InterContinental, Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn, a world-class loyalty programme, and a purpose to provide True Hospitality for everyone.
Brenda Schreuder, currently working as Treasury Manager for Amgen for 6.5 years in the Netherlands, mostly occupied with Treasury projects involving payment automation, global expansion, SAP Treasury projects including SAP IHC and SAP Money Market, intercompany processes, and global cash positioning and forecasting. Before Amgen I have held several other Treasury positions in BearingPoint and Aon. Outside of my treasury activities, I am a busy mother with 4 kids and have a lovely husband from Venezuela
Nick is the Founder and Chairman of CheckRisk, a RiskTech firm that advises on over £80bn of pension, insurance, and fund management assets globally.
Nick was educated at Haileybury College & ISC and the George Washington University in Washington DC. He was an individual member of the London Stock Exchange with Kitcat and Aitken and Scrimgeour Vickers.
He was then director in charge of International Equity and US Equity sales with James Capel Pacific in Tokyo. Nick then worked at Goldman Sachs on the US Equity desk in London. In 1990, he joined TIR and as President managed its expansion until it was sold to E*TRADE. Nick was Chairman and headed the risk management committee of Investor Select Advisors (ISA), a fund of funds, and headed the sale of that business to Duet Group in London.
He was a non-executive director for risk at Zurich Bank and Dunbar Bank both part of the Zurich Insurance Group. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (FCSI).
Nick is a guest speaker on risk at the University of Bath as well as being an external reviewer for the Applied Psychology and Economic Behaviour course at the University. He is also a regular contributor on Newstalk Ireland, Reuters, Bloomberg, The Sunday Business Post, and CNN. Nick has published a short paper with Dr. Richard Fairchild on emotional finance, a study of behavioural economics.
Nick holds an Airline Transport Pilot’s licence and has flown the Atlantic solo six times.
Dipl.-Kaufmann Jörg Wiemer, MBA, is co-founder and CEO of TIS. Jörg draws on more than 20 years of experience in the treasury and corporate finance area, with his most recent previous appointment being Senior Vice President and Head of Global Treasury at SAP AG, where he and his team were responsible for international treasury management.
Christof joined International Personal Finance plc in 2019.
He was Global Group Treasurer at Willis Towers Watson plc based in London from 2010 – December 2018. In his role, Christof led treasury as well as the insurance function. Earlier positions include Head of Treasury at Fiberweb plc, leading corporate treasury as well as risk management, Group Treasury Manager at Novar plc, where he re-engineered the treasury function, and European Treasurer at Kellogg’s, having set up the European Treasury Centre.
Christof holds a dual degree in European Finance and Accounting, and an MBA from Manchester Business School. He qualified with the Association of Corporate Treasurers.
Willis Towers Watson plc was the winner of TMI’s 2017 Corporate Finance and Funding Award under Christof’s leadership, and were shortlisted in the 2018 Treasurer’s Deals of the Year Awards in the category of Large EMEA Treasury Team of the Year.
Yemi Jackson is a solutions-focused Senior Executive and dynamic leader with more than 20 years of success in finance, across retail, logistics, housing and property, commercial, and education industries. Areas of expertise include accounting, change management, performance management, business process improvement, and project management. A member of the Association of Chartered Management Accountants (ACMA) professional body and completing an Exec MBA from Warwick Business School, London. As a seasoned team leader and finance executive, Yemi has worked extensively with executive teams to optimise sustainable business solutions.
Yemi is now CEO and Founder of Engage Transform a recruitment and talent developing company assisting organisations in increasing the diversity of talents they attract, developing these talents and optimising output. As a female BAME with children she has first-hand experience of gender and race equality issues at senior management level in Finance departments of major corporations. Tenacious and relentless she refused to take a lower grade role as a working mother and rose in her professional career to CFO in multi-national company. This wealth of life and professional experience has made Yemi a voice amongst Finance and Treasury professionals, challenging them to transition from back to the front office working in partnership with rest of business to optimise organisations objectives.
Hilary is part of the Sheffield University Management School lead research consortium for “Next-Gen Services” which is one of the first wave programmes to be funded by Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) within the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. This project seeks to understand and address the challenges facing mid-sized professional services firms in law and accountancy in adopting and implementing AI technologies. Focused on addressing the needs of mid-size accounting and law firms to deliver high value client-focused professional services, the project uses a ‘design thinking’ approach to identify and develop strategies for evaluating, adopting and implementing AI.
Hilary has worked within professional services for over 15 years having been a former Chartered Surveyor and Member of ATT. Often with a lens of the West Midlands, Hilary has had extensive involvement in consulting with accountancy sector on matters of growth, productivity, economic policy and more recently industrial strategy for West Midlands Combined Authority and Greater Birmingham & Solihull LEP. Her areas of interest include innovation, skills, diversity and inclusion as well as championing the sector and region more broadly.
Klaas Springer is Global Director Treasury at Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. Treasury is responsible for financing, cash management, financial risk management (incl. insurance) and bank relationships. Klaas Springer has a Ph.D. in Economics and has earlier held various treasury positions at Royal Friesland Foods, Royal Ahold, ING Investment Management, the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) and Robeco Group.
With more than a decade of experience in the banking sector, having held a number of cash management and foreign exchange technology focused roles at Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) and Morgan Stanley, James has all the knowhow to help you understand what next generation financial services innovation can mean to your business.
Andrew joined Graff Diamonds 7 years ago as Group Director of Finance. One of the first decisions he made was to implement Kyriba. Prior to that he had qualified as ACMA with Diageo plc which also allowed him to work overseas in Miami and Cape Town before finishing as Commercial Director for Guinness in Continental Europe. Prior to that he was the European CFO for 4 years at Hudson, a US quoted staffing business.
Ian Kirkpatrick joined the London Stock Exchange Group in 2010 and has worked exclusively as part of the Group’s Treasury team since 2014. He is responsible for managing the operations and relationships associated with the Group’s funding, foreign exchange, interest rate and credit risks, as well as cashflow management for the Group. Born in South Africa, Mr. Kirkpatrick has 12 years of industry experience, holds a Business Science degree, is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.
Auna Dunlevy is Head of Front Office for Royal Mail based at their Treasury Department in Chesterfield.
On a daily basis she is responsible for management of the overall liquidity of the Group as well as the mitigation of the key business risk arising from its exposure to FX and commodity pricing.
After joining Royal Mail in 1998 Auna has worked in various roles within the Treasury team including working on the privatisation of Royal Mail.
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