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  • 12:00 - 12:30pm BST
    7:00 - 7:30am EDT
    Treasury innovation 2021

    2020 was the great year of improvisation as businesses were disrupted suddenly by the pandemic. That improvisation has given way to operational innovation as businesses adjust to the new environment. Treasury technology innovation is ultimately focussed on real time cash visibility, seeing and knowing the flows in and out and what cash is held, exchanged and invested. From real time payments to AI powered forecasting and eBAM, the aim of technology is to help the treasurer maintain working capital and eradicate liquidity risks. The events of 2020 created imperatives and drivers to ensure that treasury could function remotely and securely away from central office locations via cloud and other connected services. Yet challenges and risk remain, such as the security of systems and data in remote applications. As we move now into a period where operations are returning to some levels of normalcy, what innovative technologies and practices learned in lockdown will treasury take forward? How will innovation in treasury technologies continue to evolve now and what new product developments are we going to see and experience in 2021 and beyond? In this interactive session our expert panel will poll delegates and debate on their priorities for innovation now.

    Sponsored by:
    BNP Paribas

     

     

    Edwin Veenman

    Edwin Veenman, Group CFO, Manning Global

    Edwin Veenman
    Edwin Veenman Manning Global Group CFO

    Mr Veenman is Group CFO of Manning Global, a staffing and managed services company operating in 14 countries headquartered in Munich, Germany. Prior to his Group CFO role at Manning Global Mr Veenman held various senior Treasury positions in globally operating companies for the last 25 years.

    Michael Aandahl

    Michael Aandahl, Head of Digital Treasury, Group Treasury, Ingka Group

    Michael Aandahl
    Michael Aandahl Ingka Group Head of Digital Treasury, Group Treasury

    Sayan Mukherjee

    Sayan Mukherjee, VP, Head Group Treasury & Risk Management, Nexperia Germany GmbH

    Sayan Mukherjee
    Sayan Mukherjee Nexperia Germany GmbH VP, Head Group Treasury & Risk Management

    Sayan Mukherjee is the Group Treasurer for Nexperia, a global semiconductor manufacturer and global leader in Discretes, Logic and MOSFETs devices. The company focuses on efficiency and producing consistently reliable semiconductor components at high volumes (more than 100 billion pieces annually). The Company is headquartered in the Netherlands and has more than 12,000 employees across Asia, Europe and the U.S. supporting customers globally. Sayan is responsible for Liquidity Management, Banking and Financing & Financial Risk Management including Insurance at Nexperia. Prior to this Sayan worked in various finance roles with extensive International experience in large multinational technology companies with a strong focus on value creation. Sayan is an ACA, ACMA, CAIA and an Alumni of London Business School.

    Steven Lenaerts

    Steven Lenaerts, Head of Product Management Global Channels, BNP Paribas Cash Management

    Steven Lenaerts
    Steven Lenaerts BNP Paribas Cash Management Head of Product Management Global Channels

    Steven Lenaerts is Head of Global Channels and Digital Onboarding for BNP Paribas Cash Management, supervising a product portfolio of global connectivity solutions, its associated payments, reporting and treasury services, and the digital onboarding and enablement of corporate clients. Prior to joining cash management over a decade ago, he held various positions in commercial banking, business development, and audit. He holds a master degree in applied computer science from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and an MBA from the Vlerick Business School in Belgium.

  • 12:30 - 12:45pm BST
    7:30 - 7:45am EDT
    Networking break
  • 12:45pm - 7:15pm BST
    7:45am - 2:15pm EDT
    Fintech Showcase

    Each Showcase entry will feature a 10-minute presentation by a fintech, followed by 20 minutes of Q&A and polling.

    Confirmed judges include:

    Franca Aeby

    Franca Aeby, Senior Cash Manager, Roche

    Franca Aeby
    Franca Aeby Roche Senior Cash Manager

    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.

    Han Hoestra

    Han Hoestra, Director Treasury Europe, Prologis

    Han Hoestra
    Han Hoestra Prologis Director Treasury Europe

    Jan Beukes

    Jan Beukes, Group Treasurer, Multichoice SA

    Jan Beukes
    Jan Beukes Multichoice SA Group Treasurer

    As a Global Treasury Executive, Jan has a track record of success managing financial assets to optimize business performance. His expertise includes managing cash flow and capital allocation strategies, ensuring liquidity to support business needs, mitigating risk, and ensuring compliance. Jan is skilled in building forecasting and valuation models that fuel business transparency and improve profitability, and he excels at developing excellent relationships with banks, lenders, and maintaining credit facilities. Additionally, Jan has previous experience in corporate finance, and is well-versed in M&A, JV, and divestiture due diligence.

    Mario Del Natale

    Mario Del Natale, Treasury Director, Global Treasury Application Processes and Technologies, Johnson Controls

    Mario Del Natale
    Mario Del Natale Johnson Controls Treasury Director, Global Treasury Application Processes and Technologies

    Mario Del Natale is Directory Treasury Operations, Systems and Applications at Johnson Controls International plc., a global diversified technology and multi industrial leader with 130.000 employees operating in more than 150 countries. Mario joined Johnson Controls in 1997. He is based in Brussels where is responsible globally for Treasury Operations and Treasury Applications and processes. As well, Mario provides strategic recommendations on global Treasury IT applications to the VP Corporate Treasurer and to the Treasury’s leadership team. Before joining Johnson Controls, Mario worked for several years in IT solution deliveries at GE Capital and Corporate Sciences Corporation.

    Matthieu Deraedt

    Matthieu Deraedt, Digital Solutions Manager, BNP Paribas Cash Management Fintech Lab

    Matthieu Deraedt
    Matthieu Deraedt BNP Paribas Cash Management Fintech Lab Digital Solutions Manager

    Matthieu Deraedt has almost a decade of experience in the banking industry. This includes heading teams implementing online payment solutions and accounting software in large organisations, advising senior management on business strategy and facilitating partnerships with fintechs. An innovative intrapreneur, Matthieu has created new products and services for the banking sector from design through to implementation. His passion for and deep understanding of technology, user experience and breakthrough innovation is what drives his work today for BNP Paribas as a Digital Solutions Manager. His current mission is to enrich BNP Paribas’s cash management offer by exploring partnerships with start-ups active in the financial industry. Before joining BNP Paribas Matthieu worked in diplomacy as an advisor in EU affairs. He holds a bachelor in Political Sciences and a Master’s in European studies at ULB in Brussels, Belgium.

    Patrick Kunz

    Patrick Kunz, Treasurer a.i., Newcold and MD Pecunia Treasury & Finance B.V.

    Patrick Kunz
    Patrick Kunz Newcold and MD Pecunia Treasury & Finance B.V. Treasurer a.i.

    Ramon Tolk

    Ramon Tolk, Senior Director Treasury, Avery Dennison

    Ramon Tolk
    Ramon Tolk Avery Dennison Senior Director Treasury

    Royston Da Costa

    Royston Da Costa, Assistant Group Treasurer, Ferguson

    Royston Da Costa
    Royston Da Costa Ferguson Assistant Group Treasurer

    Royston Da Costa has over 28 years’ experience working in treasury. He joined Wolseley, now Ferguson Group, in April 2002, and was responsible for managing the large, international group’s daily debt and cash requirements. He also implemented a global multi-currency notional cash pooling structure with BMG in 2010. After being put in charge of treasury systems and development at Ferguson in 2010, Royston helped improve the visibility of Ferguson’s cash around the group using SWIFT MT940s, and in 2015 managed the project to implement a cloud-based treasury management solution called Bellin. He was promoted to assistant group treasurer in November 2016, and is now responsible for the middle office. Internally, he acts as the focal point for Ferguson Group’s business units on operational treasury issues such as payment connectivity, working capital and transactional banking. Externally, he is the main contact for the group’s relationship banks on matters related to payments, regulation and technology. He continues to be responsible for driving forward the group’s strategy on treasury systems. Royston has been interviewed by a number of mainstream Treasury journals like the Treasurer and Treasury Today. He has also had an article on “Cyber Fraud and the impact on Treasury” published by Bellin, a Treasury Management Solution provider. He is a frequent speaker at national conferences (ACT Annual conference) and international conferences (EuroFinance, The Economist, Treasury Innovation, and the Treasurers Exchange in Germany). Royston previously worked at Sky, Gillette, Seagram’s and Vivendi Universal.

    Takachida Kuhudzai

    Takachida Kuhudzai, Corporate Treasury Manager, EMEA, Kimberly-Clark

    Takachida Kuhudzai
    Takachida Kuhudzai Kimberly-Clark Corporate Treasury Manager, EMEA

    Takachida Kuhudzai is Corporate Treasury Manager, EMEA for Kimberly- Clark Corporation. Takachida leads strategic treasury activities for business units in Europe, Middle East & Africa covering foreign exchange risk management, capitalisation, funding, cash management and working capital. Takachida is also responsible for managing bank relationships across the EMEA region.

    Tim Van Raemdonck

    Tim Van Raemdonck, Group Treasury Manager, Borealis

    Tim Van Raemdonck
    Tim Van Raemdonck Borealis Group Treasury Manager

    Todd Yoder

    Todd Yoder, Managing Director Corporate Finance and Treasury, Fluor

    Todd Yoder
    Todd Yoder Fluor Managing Director Corporate Finance and Treasury

    Todd Yoder joined Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) in 2011 and currently serves as managing director of strategic corporate finance and treasury. Mr. Yoder serves on finance and hedging committees for Fluor mega-projects and subsidiaries located in Mexico, Canada, and China. Yoder serves as Innovation Catalyst for Fluor’s world headquarters, is an alumnus of Fluor’s Innovation Unwrapped program, has led numerous treasury and finance related technology projects, and monetization projects. Yoder began his career in corporate accounting and treasury followed by progressive roles in banking commercial credit, financial planning and analysis, mergers and acquisitions, and multi-national corporate treasury. Mr. Yoder has been an invited guest speaker at events throughout the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Mr. Yoder’s work has work published by Bloomberg, The Economist, Association for Financial Professionals, Treasury & Risk, Reuters, The Global Treasurer and Treasury Today magazine. Yoder holds three business degrees including his M.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated with academic honors. Yoder is often praised for his down-to-earth communication style effectively delivering complex financial and technological concepts and strategies into easy-to-understand terms. Mr. Yoder is passionate about eradicating hunger and serves on the Board of Directors and Finance Committee of the North Texas Food Bank.

  • 12:45 - 1:15pm BST
    7:45 - 8:15am EDT
    Showcase 1: Multibanking

    Cobase is a single point of access for corporates. Via the Cobase portal and ERP connections, corporates can efficiently manage all their bank accounts and other financial products and services from many banks and financial service providers. Main features of the platform are a central Payment Hub, Cash Management and Treasury modules, all connected to hundreds of banks. More banks can easily be added. Optional modules for In-house banking, Liquidity Forecasting and FX exposure management with auto-hedging have recently been released. Visit our demo and see how Cobase improves cash visibility, control and efficiency!

    Presented by:

    Cobase

     

     

     

    Judges:

    • Royston Da Costa, Assistant group treasurer, Ferguson
    • Tim Van Raemdonck, Group treasury manager, Borealis
    • Matthieu Deraedt, Digital Solutions Manager, BNP Paribas Cash Management Fintech Lab

    Jorge Schafraad

    Jorge Schafraad, CEO, Cobase

    Jorge Schafraad
    Jorge Schafraad Cobase CEO

    Jorge Schafraad is the founder and CEO of Cobase. He has been working in the transaction services domain for more than 20 years with various positions at different banks, mostly in channel management but also working on complex IT and risk management systems and projects and products related to payments and cash management. He has a passion for innovation and is a firm believer in co-creation.

    Paul Nicholson

    Paul Nicholson, Senior Content Producer, EuroFinance

    Paul Nicholson
    Paul Nicholson EuroFinance Senior Content Producer

  • 1:15 - 1:25pm BST
    8:15 - 8:25am EDT
    Networking break
  • 1:25 - 1:55pm BST
    8:25 - 8:55am EDT
    Showcase 2: Investments

    Fixed-Term Funds offer clients a simple, digital way to minimise risk and maximise returns on excess cash holdings, enabling them to invest surplus cash in the same way as the world’s largest treasury teams at the click of a button, without any infrastructure requirements. An FTF operates in the same way as a term deposit, or notice account, offering exposure to a particular issuer, for a fixed-term, ranging from a week to a year. A single onboarding to TreasurySpring’s simple digital platform can be completed within days and provides access to an ever-growing menu of FTFs across three core verticals: Governments, banks and corporations, always of a high credit quality.

    Presented by:

     

     

     

    Judges:

    • Royston Da Costa, Assistant group treasurer, Ferguson
    • Tim Van Raemdonck, Group treasury manager, Borealis 

    Kevin Cook

    Kevin Cook, CEO and Co-founder, TreasurySpring

    Kevin Cook
    Kevin Cook TreasurySpring CEO and Co-founder

    Kevin is Co-founder and CEO of London-based financial technology company, TreasurySpring. He was previously a Partner and Head of Short-dated Investments at AgFe, a London-based fixed income asset manager that he and his TreasurySpring Co-founders joined in 2013 after selling it their first business, Autumn Capital Partners. Autumn Capital was an FCA-regulated fixed income advisory firm focused on the cash management sector. Kevin started his career in 2002 as a corporate finance lawyer with leading international law firm, Weil before moving on to PCM, a multi-billion dollar hedge fund in 2006. At PCM, Kevin was responsible for structuring and managing short-dated fixed income portfolios, together with his TreasurySpring co-founders. Kevin was named as one of Global Custodian's "30 to Shape the Future" in 2019.

    Paul Nicholson

    Paul Nicholson, Senior Content Producer, EuroFinance

    Paul Nicholson
    Paul Nicholson EuroFinance Senior Content Producer

  • 1:55 - 2:05pm BST
    8:55 - 9:05am EDT
    Networking break
  • 2:05 - 2:35pm BST
    9:05 - 9:35am EDT
    Showcase 3: Cash forecasting automation

    Join Tracey Ferguson Knight, Director-Solution Engineering at HighRadius as she gives you a tour of our AI-based Cash Forecasting solution and explains how Artificial Intelligence generates short-term and long-term bottoms-up cash forecasts by gathering data at a granular level, applying machine learning algorithms, and constantly optimizing the models through variance analysis to achieve 95%+ accuracy.

    Presented by:

    HighRadius

     

     

     

    Judges:

    • Mario Del Natale, Treasury director, global treasury application processes and technologies, Johnson Controls
    • Franca Aeby, Senior cash manager, Roche

    Tracey Ferguson Knight

    Tracey Ferguson Knight, Director - Solution Engineering, HighRadius

    Tracey Ferguson Knight
    Tracey Ferguson Knight HighRadius Director - Solution Engineering

    Tracey Knight evangelizes the benefits of treasury departments’ effective use of technology to raise treasury’s profile and make treasury departments a true strategic partner to the business. Currently at HighRadius, she is excited to be on the cutting edge of treasury technology using artificial intelligence taking cash forecasting to the next level. With over 25 years of treasury experience, she has helped hundreds of companies select and implement technology to transform their treasury departments. Experienced as both a practitioner and vendor, she brings a unique combination of knowledge and skills to truly understand a company’s current state and help them see what their future state can become. She has direct experience in consulting, product demonstrations, implementations, and training across many treasury disciplines including cash forecasting, cash management, risk management, and accounting."

    Paul Nicholson

    Paul Nicholson, Senior Content Producer, EuroFinance

    Paul Nicholson
    Paul Nicholson EuroFinance Senior Content Producer

  • 2:35 - 2:45pm BST
    9:35 - 9:45am EDT
    Networking break
  • 2:45 - 3:15pm BST
    9:45 - 10:15am EDT
    Showcase 4: Payments

    Global PayEX is an AI powered, cloud platform for working capital optimisation in B2B accounts receivable (AR) and accounts payable (AP) deployed globally.

    This demo features the following products from their suite.

    1. FreePay – Electronic invoicing presentment, payment, and straight-through ERP reconciliation for end-to-end AR automation.
    2. AlgoriQ – Automated reconciliation for institutional customers (AR) and vendors (AP) based on machine learning algorithms. Has a native multi-bank capability.
    3. PayEX AP – The AP automation solution enables invoice aggregation, 3 way (or more) matching/reconciliation, pay-out and ERP posting automation.

    Presented by:

    Global Payex

     

     

     

    Judges:

    • Mario Del Natale, Treasury director, global treasury application processes and technologies, Johnson Controls
    • Franca Aeby, Senior cash manager, Roche

    Narayan Ramamoorthy

    Narayan Ramamoorthy, Chief Revenue Officer, Global PayEX

    Narayan Ramamoorthy
    Narayan Ramamoorthy Global PayEX Chief Revenue Officer

    Naru is the Growth Catalyst at B2B fintech Global PayEX that focusses on improving working capital efficiency in order-to-cash & procure-to-pay cycle. A believer in using tech enabled business models that solve customers’ problems, Naru has enabled many market leading growth metrics on revenues and profitability over the last 18 years. His specializations include P&L growth, sales organization setup and scaling, transition/ program management, consulting, change/ transformation, setting up and running large operations. He currently engages early age startups across US, UK, Europe, India, Asia, GCC, Africa and Australia. Naru has held global leadership roles in industries across payments, banking & financial services and retail. He has also led sales, technology and operations at Wipro, Tesco, Finablr, Thomson Financial (now Thomson Reuters) and MphasiS. Naru is an alumnus of IIM Calcutta and VJTI, Mumbai. He is based in UAE. In addition to enabling startups, Naru practices Indian classical and Bollywood music. He enjoys long distance running, basketball and badminton.

    Edwin Veenman

    Edwin Veenman, Group CFO, Manning Global

    Edwin Veenman
    Edwin Veenman Manning Global Group CFO

    Mr Veenman is Group CFO of Manning Global, a staffing and managed services company operating in 14 countries headquartered in Munich, Germany. Prior to his Group CFO role at Manning Global Mr Veenman held various senior Treasury positions in globally operating companies for the last 25 years.

  • 3:15 - 3:25pm BST
    10:15 - 10:25am EDT
    Networking break
  • 3:25 - 3:55pm BST
    10:25 - 10:55am EDT
    Showcase 5: Receivables

    Make smarter, more accurate finance and credit decisions with BlackLine’s newest solution: Cash Application. Powered by AI and built by finance professionals, Cash Application matches customer payments against outstanding invoices to turn payments into cash. View this session on-demand to see how you can modernize cash application with intelligent automation to reduce:

    • Unapplied cash by up to 99%
    • Manual activity by 85%
    • Days sales outstanding by 5-10 days
    • Presented by:

    BlackLine Systems

     

     

     

    Judges:

    • Han Hoestra, Director Treasury Europe, Prologis
    • Patrick Kunz, Treasurer a.i., Newcold & MD Pecunia Treasury & Finance B.V.

    Edwin Veenman

    Edwin Veenman, Group CFO, Manning Global

    Edwin Veenman
    Edwin Veenman Manning Global Group CFO

    Mr Veenman is Group CFO of Manning Global, a staffing and managed services company operating in 14 countries headquartered in Munich, Germany. Prior to his Group CFO role at Manning Global Mr Veenman held various senior Treasury positions in globally operating companies for the last 25 years.

    Brian Morgan

    Brian Morgan, Director Product Marketing AR, BlackLine

    Brian Morgan
    Brian Morgan BlackLine Director Product Marketing AR

    In his role Brian combines his wealth of knowledge and expertise in Accounts Receivable, Credit Management and Shared Services from working across multiple sectors for National and Global organisations sectors for over 25 years. During his career achieved outstanding results which was highlighted in achieving many Industry Awards, most notably when under Brian’s leadership Veolia UK were recognised as Centre of Excellence by the Chartered Institute of Credit Management. Brian’s success is based on his understanding of the Strategic role Credit plays in every business, Debtors is one of the largest assets on the balance sheet of a company. From understanding the risk in granting credit to customers to achieve Revenue growth to the importance of collecting Cash promptly and effectively to ensure that Working Capital and Cashflow targets are regularly met, and the reduction of the Bad Debt provision – all of which are vital Key Performance Indicators to the financial health of a business. As a previous customer and early adopter of BlackLine AR Automation solutions, Brian is able to provide clear understanding of the challenges organisations face and how by partnering with BlackLine AR Automation can drive transformation.

  • 3:55 - 4:05pm BST
    10:55 - 11:05am EDT
    Networking break
  • 4:05 - 4:35pm BST
    11:05 - 11:35am EDT
    Showcase 6: Working capital

    cflox is an internationally certified payment institute that enhances corporate payments with working-capital optimization. Join our demo and learn how cflox pay is helping our clients optimize their payments terms and working capital without involving their suppliers. Gain insights on how cflox pay could instantly provide an additional payment term of 60 days and strengthen your balance sheet KPIs (local GAAP and IFRS). Join our demo about the Future of Corporate Payments.

    Presented by:

    cflox

     

     

     

    Judges:

    • Han Hoestra, Director Treasury Europe, Prologis
    • Patrick Kunz, Treasurer a.i., Newcold & MD Pecunia Treasury & Finance B.V.

    Dr. Philipp Tillmanns

    Dr. Philipp Tillmanns, Founder & Managing Director, cflox

    Dr. Philipp Tillmanns
    Dr. Philipp Tillmanns cflox Founder & Managing Director

    Dr. Philipp Tillmanns is founder and managing director of cflox GmbH, the market for working capital between companies and their suppliers. Previously, he worked in banking, strategic consulting, and founded the biotech company Phenospex GmbH. Since 2013, the internationally certified payment institution cflox combines the topics of working capital, financing, and payments to develop solutions with high added value for customers.

    Paul Nicholson

    Paul Nicholson, Senior Content Producer, EuroFinance

    Paul Nicholson
    Paul Nicholson EuroFinance Senior Content Producer

  • 4:35 - 4:45pm BST
    11:35 - 11:45am EDT
    Networking break
  • 4:45 - 5:15pm BST
    11:45 - 12:15pm EDT
    Showcase 7: Cryptocurrencies

    Coinbase Institutional is the first choice for sophisticated investors and institutions that want to start investing in digital assets. With the most complete and robust suite of services we offer the trust, security, and performance needed by investors to trade with confidence. Coinbase Prime, our fully integrated prime brokerage solution that provides best-in-class custody, advanced trading, data analytics, and prime services offers clients the services you would expect from a traditional prime broker, built for the specific requirements of digital assets.

    Presented by:

    Coinbase

     

     

     

    Judges:

    • Todd Yoder, Global Treasurer, Corporate Finance, Fluor
    • Ramon Tolk, Senior Director Treasury, Avery Dennison
    • Matthieu Deraedt, Digital Solutions Manager, BNP Paribas Cash Management Fintech Lab

    Brett Tejpaul

    Brett Tejpaul, Head of Sales, Trading, Custody & Prime Services, Coinbase Institutional

    Brett Tejpaul
    Brett Tejpaul Coinbase Institutional Head of Sales, Trading, Custody & Prime Services

    As an experienced business builder and innovator in Financial Services, Brett has accelerated revenue growth with institutional clients and mobilize FinTech companies. At Coinbase, Brett is making connections between finance 1.0 and the crypto economy. Coinbase is focused on the continued institutionalization of crypto. This includes continuing to expand the institutional client base, building out the coverage team, introducing new features and services that institutional investors expect, and continuing to educate the institutional community about crypto as an asset class and its role within a diversified portfolio. As the Global Head of Sales at Barclays, Brett hired and developed large teams while incubating and launching multiple lines of business. Brett pioneered the Digital role across sales & trading adopting new technologies and transforming existing platforms, including the creation of a digital bank prototype.Brett is currently on the Advisory Board of Eightfold.ai. helping them scale their AI based hiring and retention platform for Financial Services.In earlier experience, Brett held leadership roles in sales, trading, and structuring at JP Morgan, innovating credit derivatives and structuring platforms.

    Paul Nicholson

    Paul Nicholson, Senior Content Producer, EuroFinance

    Paul Nicholson
    Paul Nicholson EuroFinance Senior Content Producer

  • 5:15 - 5:25pm BST
    12:15 - 12:25pm EDT
    Networking break
  • 5:25 - 5:55pm BST
    12:25 - 12:55pm EDT
    Showcase 8: Instant treasury

    IMS is a Solution engineered by ECS Fin that closes the information gaps between the internal systems and each bank. This is achieved based on its unique multi-channel, multi-format, and multi-protocol scheme. IMS can be implemented in SaaS, IaaS, or on-premise alternatives. IMS´s adapter allows direct and seamless connection with ERP or TMS, without the need for further development. The IMS MessageHub, CashPlus, and BankHub modules are the core of ECS Fin’s IMS solutions for Corporates. MessageHub is the gateway that allows information to be transformed and processed regardless of format and channel. IMS CashPlus, our treasury module, is designed to complement ERP systems, isolating them from banking connectivity requirements and allowing for standardization of internal processes. IMS BankHub is a Multibank as a Service solution that uses Hybrid Connectivity (Swift, Direct Connections, API, Blockchain, etc) for a cost-efficient, standard, and centralized connection, supporting real-time cash management for corporations in a safe and versatile way.

    Presented by:

    ECSFin

     

     

     

    Judges:

    • Todd Yoder, Global Treasurer, Corporate Finance, Fluor
    • Ramon Tolk, Senior Director Treasury, Avery Dennison

    Gustavo Gomez Rujeles

    Gustavo Gomez Rujeles, Regional Director, ECSFin

    Gustavo Gomez Rujeles
    Gustavo Gomez Rujeles ECSFin Regional Director

    Gustavo Gomez Rujeles, Fintech regional director and entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience as strategic leader for tech companies in US, Latam, EMEA and APAC. He joined ECS Fin in 2012 as founding partner of ECS Fin LATAM. Gustavo orchestrated the development of IMS solutions for corporate market and banks, as well as the creation and growth of ECS´s own banking network, BankHub. After graduating from Los Andes University, he began his career as consultant member in OAS (organization of Americas States) developing and overseeing the implementation of policies, aiming to increase the sustainable growth of agro-industrial chains. This consultancy approach has accompanied him in all his new endeavors. Then, he decided to move to New York, where he started working within the Fintech industry.

    Paul Nicholson

    Paul Nicholson, Senior Content Producer, EuroFinance

    Paul Nicholson
    Paul Nicholson EuroFinance Senior Content Producer

  • 5:55 - 6:05pm BST
    12:55 - 1:05pm EDT
    Networking break
  • 6:05 - 6:35pm BST
    1:05 - 1:35pm EDT
    Showcase 9: Workflow automation

    Symphony presentation showcasing various use cases Corporate Treasurers utilise on Symphony. The presentation will cover how to collaborate more effectively with persistent chat rooms including secure file sharing. Assigning tasks, prioritising messages and responding rapidly to urgent requests with custom notifications. We will also be going over the aggregation of information by tagging specific projects and prioritisation using #hashtags. Finally, this presentation will conclude with a brief overview on how you can automate processes using Bots and integrations on Symphony.

    Presented by:

    Symphony

     

     

     

    Judges:

    • Jan Beukes, Group Treasurer, Multichoice SA
    • Takachida Kuhudzai, Corporate Treasury Manager, EMEA, Kimberly-Clark

    Stephen Hulse

    Stephen Hulse, Senior Relationship Manager, Symphony

    Stephen Hulse
    Stephen Hulse Symphony Senior Relationship Manager

    Steve has spent 23+ years within Financial Services technology, Infrastructure and data solutions, working for diverse vendors including Thomson Financial, NYSE Technologies. During his time at Symphony Steve has spent time working with multiple Corporate Desks to service corporate clients more efficiently whilst providing increased collaboration and enhanced solutions to their clients.

    Paul Nicholson

    Paul Nicholson, Senior Content Producer, EuroFinance

    Paul Nicholson
    Paul Nicholson EuroFinance Senior Content Producer

  • 6:35 - 6:45pm BST
    1:35 - 1:45pm EDT
    Networking break
  • 6:45 - 7:15pm BST
    1:45 - 2:15pm EDT
    Showcase 10: Order-to-cash

    If global events of the last 18 months have taught us anything it is that flexibility and agility are key including roles undertaken across Finance.

    As Treasurers, you are all too aware that ensuring a controlled and predictable cash flow, is the life blood of any business. An obvious/low risk source is through the Sales Ledger(s). By ensuring visibility/control/compliance when dealing with debtors, businesses are able to free the value of sales quickly, to aid future investment.

    Today, we will show how a partnership with Sidetrade will release cash and empower users/customers, through SaaS and AI.

    Welcome to Sidetrade. Welcome to AiMie…

    Presented by:

    Sidetrade

     

     

     

    Judges:

    • Jan Beukes, Group Treasurer, Multichoice SA
    • Takachida Kuhudzai, Corporate Treasury Manager, EMEA, Kimberly-Clark

    Naomi Smith

    Naomi Smith, Area Vice President Presales UK, Sidetrade

    Naomi Smith
    Naomi Smith Sidetrade Area Vice President Presales UK

    Naomi joined Sidetrade 2 years ago as AVP of Pre-Sales after spending 11 years working in the B2B payments and O2C space, working in both northern & southern hemispheres. She has a passion for helping organisations solve complex business problems using software solutions (specifically utilising AI & Machine Learning). From a personal point of view, Naomi enjoys training Muay Thai, Yoga, Running & singing (while on mute!).

    Paul Nicholson

    Paul Nicholson, Senior Content Producer, EuroFinance

    Paul Nicholson
    Paul Nicholson EuroFinance Senior Content Producer

  • 7:15pm BST
    2:15pm EDT
    Closing remarks & conference concludes