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Thank you to those that attended this year’s event
Economic activity in sub-Saharan Africa is projected to grow at around 4 percent in 2023/24, according to the world bank, as momentum slows amid a downturn in global economic activity and recession or stagnation in the US and Europe. Growth in countries will vary however, this projection is a positive sign of the continent’s resilience and the opportunities for those that know how to overcome the unique challenges and risks of doing business in the region.
At the 10th annual year, this essential one day event brought together senior-level treasurers from leading multinationals, financial service firms and solution providers to focus on how treasurers can optimise treasury operations for growth. More than 120 attendees, including 20 experienced speakers, gathered to share experiences and explore practical solutions to shared challenges.
Exploring the latest innovations and understanding changing developments in this dynamic region
Key topics at a glance:
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The economy
Analysis of current economic data and the trajectories of markets and nations across Africa
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Cash and FX
Strategies for strong dollar and hard currency shortages in local markets
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Liquidity and financing
Managing risks to optimise working capital efficiency
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Payments
The benefits of payments transformation in African treasury operations and how fintechs can help
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Operations
Debate the benefits of different models and practices to managing treasury activity
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Technology
Discuss the unique challenges of digital transformation in the region
Corporate treasurers on the speaker line-up this year included:
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Sidhanth Hota
Assistant treasurer,
Airtel Africa
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Edward Collis
Treasurer,
Save the Children
Edward is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers. His Corporate Treasury career spans over twenty five years including leading treasury teams at Rentokil Initial plc and Virgin Atlantic. In late 2017 Edward made the switch to the not for profit sector to lead the Treasury team at Save the Children International. Last year Save the Children worked in 122 countries reaching 45 million of some of the world’s most disadvantaged children.
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Antti Kyyrö
EMEA treasurer,
Bio-Rad Laboratories
Antti Kyyrö is a treasury, banking and corporate finance specialist with 15 years of experience in building and leading both global and regional treasury functions for large multinational corporations such as Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks and Bio-Rad Laboratories. In addition to his corporate treasury experience, he has worked in banking at Standard Chartered Bank, advising financial institutions and MNCs in their treasury strategy and operations development. During the past 20 years Antti has worked and studied in various countries in Europe and Asia including Finland, the UK, the Netherlands and Singapore. Currently he and his family are based in Zurich, Switzerland. Antti holds an M. Sc. in Financial Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam and a B. Sc. in Economics from the University of Kent.
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Stefano Celada
Head of treasury,
MSC Cruises
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Jan Beukes
Group treasurer,
MultiChoice Group Ltd
Jan Beukes is the Group Treasurer for the MultiChoice Group and also manages the group’s insurance programs. Jan is a qualified Chartered Accountant CA(SA) and holds a master’s degree in forensic accounting. He has close to 9 years multinational group treasury experience and held positions in M&A and internal audit during his 15-year professional career. The MultiChoice Group, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, is Africa’s leading entertainment company, who creates and secures phenomenal content from all over the world across 50 countries. Through Irdeto, they are also a world leader in digital platform security for video entertainment, video games, connected transport and IoT connected industries.”
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Folake Fawibe
Integrated business service lead,
Danone, Southern Africa
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Neiciriany Mata
Head of finance,
Angola Cables
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01:45pm -2:30pmNext generation payment technologies and fintech partnerships
“I am a Leading the Angola Cables Finance department. I have more that 10 years in the finance area, with large experience in payment process and restructure the finance departme.
All over the year I have being developing the ways to pay and to balance the company treasury, by optimizing the process and always working in a proactive way to prevent any future situation.
I have a doble degree in Finance and managment, and also a Master in Strategy of Investment and Internationalization by ISG- Business School in Lisbon.”
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Franca Aeby
Senior cash manager,
Roche
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12:00pm -12:45pmEvolving operational models for regional treasury efficiencies
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04:15pm -5:30pmRegional Roundtables
Franca Aeby has been working at Roche since 2014 where she first joined the Treasury back office department and has since then held various roles of increasing responsibility within Treasury as well as international assignments in Finance business partnering. Since 2017 she is working in Treasury Operations as a Senior Cash Manager, overseeing Middle East & Africa and is responsible for the Group’s short term liquidity planning. Franca Aeby holds a master degree (MSc) in business and economics from the University of Basel, Switzerland.
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Marta de Teresa
Group treasury director,
MAXAM
At the beginning of my professional career, I held different positions at Planning, Controlling and Operations departments. I am currently Group Treasury Director at MAXAM.
As Group Treasurer, and member of the Corporate Financial team, I am involved in the negotiation and allocation of the main Corporate Debt, in the origination or renewal of LT & ST financing facilities, covering Parent Company and subsidiaries’ funding needs, as well as trade financing, derivative & risks management, and cash management solutions together with Bank relationship management. My team also covers the management of the cash position of the subsidiaries and centralizes the back office for Spanish and some other European subsidiaries´ payments. We have undergone efficiency improvement projects (interface automation, RPAs, global communication project, among others)
I hold an Economics and Business Degree by ICADE, an MBA at IDE, PDD by ESADE, and have taken different Treasury and Capital Markets specialization courses at IEB.
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Chigbo Enenmo
Treasury manager,
Nigeria LNG Limited
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03:15pm -3:45pmCase Study: Nigeria LNG Limited
Chigbo Enenmo is a seasoned finance professional with over 20 years of experience covering accounting and financial reporting, auditing, treasury management, planning and budgeting, finance operations, and business/project finance management.
Chigbo holds a first-class Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from University of Nigeria; a Master of Science degree in Environmental and Resource Economics from University College London; and an MBA from Imperial College London. He is also a Chartered Accountant, with professional qualifications from ICAN Nigeria, ACCA UK, and CIMA UK.
He started his career at KPMG as an Auditor in 2001 before moving to PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2003. He later joined TotalEnergies in 2003, where he worked as a Budget Analyst. In 2006, Chigbo joined Shell, where he has held various roles including Senior Regional Reporting Accountant at Shell EP Africa from 2006 to 2009; Head of Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable at Shell SNEPCO Nigeria from 2009 to 2011; Group Reporting Analyst at Shell Netherlands from 2012 to 2013; and Finance Manager (Wells/Exploration) and Finance Manager (Corporate) at Shell SPDC Nigeria between 2013 to 2019.
He was appointed Treasury Manager NLNG in 2019 at Nigeria LNG Limited as a secondee from Shell. He holds this position to date.
Chigbo is a two-time winner of the Treasury Today Adam Smith Award (2020 and 2022) for leading and delivering world-class business improvement projects.
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Adenike Emiloju
Director, treasury,
IHS Towers
Adenike Emiloju is the Director of Treasury in IHS Towers Nigeria. In her current role, she is responsible for overseeing that the day to day Treasury activities and ensuring that Treasury function forms an effective and efficient partnership with the business to facilitate the achievement of the business objectives, and by so doing help the business better navigate turbulent macro-economic environment. In her role, she is responsible for structuring debts (long term and short term) , FX and Interest rates risk mitigation, cash forecasting and Treasury Operations.
Prior to joining IHS Towers, she held the role of Head of Treasury at Coca-Cola Hellenic Nigeria and in addition to Treasury Operations and Liquidity Management, she led a business transformation initiative that led to the automation of many Treasury activities improving the processing time and reliability of core Treasury Processes such as Cash Forecasting, Liquidity Management, FX Management, Payments, Bank Reconciliation and also transforming the Credit Control Management and Order to Cash Processes through the delivery of scheduled intra-day MT940 statements to achieve automatic and close to real time update of customers’ payment information and timely release of goods and services.
She holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Lagos, Nigeria and also has an MBA from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. She is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accounts, United Kingdom (ACCA). She lives in Lagos with her husband and has two sons.
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Natalia Martynova
Head of treasury for Americas and Sub-Saharan Africa
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Moruf Bello
Treasury operations manager,
Nigerian Breweries
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Kathleen Wyns
Cash manager for Africa,
Equinor
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12:00pm -12:45pmEvolving operational models for regional treasury efficiencies
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Why attend?
- Understand the measures your peers are taking to hedge and mitigate ongoing currency risks
- Assess the latest tools to help you effectively measure, monitor and manage liquidity in a rising rate environment
- Discover the latest developments in treasury and payment technologies and learn how your peers are digitising systems and process to drive efficiency and improve visibility
- Debate the pros and cons of different operational models and practices to managing treasury activity in the region
- Connect with key banks operating in the region and solutions providers at the forefront of treasury innovation
- Delivered by EuroFinance, part of Economist Impact, with more than 30 years of experience in developing leading treasury events worldwide
2023 Sponsors
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Official sponsor
View profile XCiti, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. Citi’s Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) enables our clients’ success by providing an integrated suite of innovative and tailored cash management and trade finance services to multinational corporations, financial institutions and public sector organizations across the globe. Based on the foundation of the industry’s largest proprietary network with banking licenses in over 90 countries and globally integrated technology platforms, TTS continues to lead the way in offering the industry’s most comprehensive range of digitally enabled treasury, trade and liquidity management solutions.
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Official sponsor
View profile XWe are a leading international banking group, with a presence in 60 of the world’s most dynamic markets, and serving clients in a further 85. Our purpose is to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, and our heritage and values are expressed in our brand promise, Here for good. Standard Chartered PLC is listed on the London and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges as well as the Bombay and National Stock Exchanges in India. For more stories and expert opinions please visit Insights at sc.com. Follow Standard Chartered on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
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Exhibitors
View profile XVerto is a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to access enterprise grade cross-border payments, FX and banking solutions via our advanced platform or API. Businesses can accept payments and send payouts globally in one single platform. Verto seamlessly connects any business, anywhere.
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Exhibitors
View profile XCeviant provides superior treasury and trade solutions including cash management, payments, risk management, FX and working capital solutions to a diverse client base, ensuring higher levels of liquidity and visibility.
We understand that managing corporate treasuries is complex and time consuming; however, at Ceviant, we strive to make it easy, efficient and cost-effective.
Headquartered in London with offices in Bucharest and Lagos, we are a member of the SWIFT partner programme and are ISO accredited. Ceviant currently operates in Nigeria and is expanding to other countries in Africa and UAE.
Built for CFOs and Treasurers, we offer one easy dashboard to see your cash positions and make better financial decisions. Explore our solutions at ceviant.co.
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“The event was very fruitful and I learnt a lot from each industry leader on their strategic plans to overcome this unprecedented time.”
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“Great event with a diverse range of speakers that presented up to date information on global topics.”
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“Thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to learn from the pro’s” Varsha Maharaj, Treasury Manager, Oceana Group
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