Speakers

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Han Hoestra Prologis

Director Treasury Europe
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Michael Aandahl Ingka Group

Head of Digital Treasury, Group Treasury
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!).
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.
Patrick Kunz Newcold and MD Pecunia Treasury & Finance B.V.

Treasurer a.i.
Ramon Tolk Avery Dennison

Senior Director Treasury
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Borealis

Group Treasury Manager
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.
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."