Treasury strategies for a new economic era
Inflation is running at a 40-year high, interest rates are soaring and recession is looming amid ongoing supply-chain disruption and rocketing energy and commodity prices. For treasurers, this means an urgent to-do list has emerged.
Treasurers need to reassess their priorities as focus shifts to include driving efficiencies in costs, reviewing hedging strategies, analysing investments and strengthening liquidity buffers.
From March 21st to 22nd, join senior-level peers to explore the effect of unprecedented economic volatility on treasury and the measures needed to support the business. Access best-in-class strategic thinking with practical insights from keynote presentations, panel discussions, interactive roundtables and practitioner case studies.
Keynote address: Surviving the economy
Daniel Franklin, Executive editor, The Economist and Nick Bloom, Professor of economics, Stanford University analyze the forces shaping the global economy and their impacts on US growth companies. They also assess how long the current economic situation will last and discuss the potential interventions from the Federal Reserve and other central banks.
Featured corporate treasurers leading the conversation
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Lee-Ann Perkins
Assistant treasurer,
Specialized Bicycle Components
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01:40pm -2:20pmRisk management tools to navigate uncertainty
Lee-Ann Perkins, CTP(CD), FCT is the Assistant Treasurer at Specialized Bicycle Company, a global leader in the high-end bicycle and bicycle components business. Originally from South Africa she received her bachelor’s in Management Accounting before moving to the USA on expat assignment with her husband. She obtained an MBA with honors and due to a continued interest in compliance and governance Lee-Ann completed the inaugural Financial Compliance Certificate through Chicago-Kent Law School in 2016. In 2021 she was awarded the FCT fellow designation with merit from the Association of Corporate Treasurers in the U.K.
Lee-Ann holds the Association of Finance Professionals (AFP) CTP and CTP (CD) Canadian certifications and is recognized as a Subject Matter Expert by the AFP serving on the CTP exam formulation committee since 2008. Lee-Ann has been a member the AFP Treasury Advisory Group since 2017 and current Advisory Board member for NACHA. She has served on the Houston Treasury Management Association Board as President & Chairman and held various other committee roles over the years.
Lee-Ann has been a Treasury practitioner for 18 years and held roles in increasing authority in Publicly traded Oil and Gas and construction industries.
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View profile Rene Bustamante
Staff VP and assistant treasurer, global cash management,
FedEx Corporation
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Rene Bustamante
Staff VP and assistant treasurer, global cash management,
FedEx Corporation
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04:00pm -4:40pmIs it time to review your hedging strategies?
Rene Bustamante is Staff Vice President & Assistant Treasurer, Global Cash Management, in the Treasury Department of FedEx Corporation since 2010. In this position, he is responsible for the development and oversight of the corporation’s global cash management structure and activities. He has oversight for all global cash flow, banking services, short term investments, foreign exchange, derivatives, and Treasury Transformation/Technology.
Prior to this post, Bustamante served as Staff Director of Corporate Finance and held various positions in Finance within the corporation since 1994. Before joining FedEx, he was a management consultant for Stone & Webster Management Consultants in Denver and an Economics Research Analyst for the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. He also served as an Adjunct Instructor of Economics for the University of Memphis for 17 years.
Bustamante is a graduate of the Leadership Memphis Class of 2009, a two-time winner of the Five Star Award at FedEx, and he received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Fogelman College of Business and Economics at the University of Memphis. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Economics from the University of Memphis, and an MBA from the George Washington University. He served as Board President of the Ronald McDonald House of Memphis (2020-2021). He sits on the Boards of Mid-South Latino Chamber of Commerce (Treasurer), Leadership Memphis (Vice-Chair), and the University of Memphis Foundation Board (Finance Committee Chair), and Tennessee State Soccer Association (Executive Vice-President). In addition, he is on the client advisory councils for JP Morgan, Citibank, and Bank of America.
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Arun Batra
VP, treasurer,
Bloom Energy
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11:30am -12:10pmFighting the immediate impact of inflation on treasury
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Debbie Kaya
Senior director of treasury,
Cisco Systems, Inc.
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10:00am -10:50amTreasury strategies to beat the downturn
Debbie is the Global Cash and Operations Director for Cisco Systems, Inc. based in San Jose, California. She is responsible for the Global Cash Management, investment and defined contribution (401k) operations as well as Global Stock Plan Services and M&A Payroll/Stock. Debbie joined Cisco in 1999 and has held various roles throughout Cisco’s Finance Organization. She has worked in Sales Finance FP&A, Supply Chain Finance, and Treasury.
In addition to working at Corporate Head Quarters in San Jose, Debbie worked within the Investment Operations team in Reno, Nevada and was the EMEA Cash Manager and acting APAC Cash Manager based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
She has more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry. Debbie holds a Bachelor of Science from The University of California, Los Angeles and a Masters in Business Administration from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. -
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Zac Nesper
SVP, Global head of treasury,
HP inc.
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10:00am -10:50amTreasury strategies to beat the downturn
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Samuel Vallotton
VP, global treasury,
Salesforce
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12:10pm -12:50pmeBAM build success: a tale of two cities
Samuel Vallotton is the Vice President, Global Treasury at Salesforce. During his 10 years at this dynamic tech company he witnessed a number of changes through the company’s unprecedented growth. The most recent step in that transformative journey is the implementation of the company’s first in-house bank. Prior to his tenure at Salesforce, Samuel was engaged with several global companies at various stages of growth, both in the US and internationally (BAT, Nestlé, Tetra Pak, Sensormatic). His roots go back to Switzerland and UBS bank, where he began his career. In his free time, he will be found on a bike somewhere, breathing fresh air and enjoying the outdoors.
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Jim Scurlock
Senior director, assistant treasurer,
Expedia Group
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02:00pm -2:40pmHow embracing technology can transform your treasury’s future
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11:50am -12:30pmOn time treasury: Do you need it and are you ready?
Jim Scurlock is the Sr. Director and Assistant Treasurer at Expedia Group. He is responsible for Global Treasury Operations which includes Investments, Cash and Liquidity Management, Banking, and Trade Finance. He has more than 20 years of domestic and international Treasury experience. Prior to Expedia, Jim spent the past 14 years as the Head of Global Cash Management at Microsoft managing the Treasury, banking, and M&A activity.
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Jean Furter
Treasurer,
Poly
Jean Furter is the Treasurer at Poly (recently acquired by HP). Prior to Poly, Jean held treasurer positions at Brocade Communications in San Jose CA, Agrokor/Fortenova in Zagreb Croatia and Silicon Graphics in Sunnyvale CA.
In his treasurer roles, Jean has focused on transforming the Company’s treasury organization from a tactical/transactional department to a strategic function, working with CEO/CFO/senior execs on developing a cash business model and managing/driving actions across functions to achieve the targeted model, e.g., setting working capital targets and working with the business owners on actions to meet the targets.
In addition, Jean has driven improvements in the following areas: a) Strategic planning – Treasury to drive long-term cash, debt & equity planning process, fully integrated into the evaluation and decision processes for strategic initiatives; b) Capital structure – Capital allocation strategy, optimize debt and shareholder return; c) Financial risk management – FX and interest rates – manage risks to Company’s risk tolerance; d) Use of new technologies to transform treasury value proposition; e) Best practices and benchmarking.
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Kevin Fay
Associate director, treasury, Zimvie Inc.
Kevin leads the Treasury team at ZimVie (NASDAQ: ZIMV), a global medical device company. Prior to ZimVie, Kevin worked for Arrow Electronics (NYSE: ARW) and Newmont Corporation (NYSE: NEM). Kevin holds an MBA from the University of Notre Dame and a BBA from the University of Portland. Kevin is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
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Jeffrey Cooper
Director, foreign exchange and risk, Magna International
Jeffrey Cooper is the Director of Foreign Exchange & Risk at Magna International Inc., a global automotive parts manufacturer with operations across the globe.
Prior to Magna, Jeffrey worked in Bank of Montreal’s capital markets trading division in both Toronto and Hong Kong as an FX Option trader and structurer for 17 years. He has been involved in a diverse mix of fx and derivative businesses for the past 30 years.
Jeffrey graduated from Western University in London, Ontario, Canada and is a CFA charter holder as well as a holder of the Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF).
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Elizabeth Kwong
VP treasurer,
Autodesk
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11:30am -12:10pmFighting the immediate impact of inflation on treasury
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Gain new approaches and strategies to manage a volatile economic environment. Important topics include:
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Inflation
Fighting the immediate impact of inflation on treasury
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FX hedging
Is it time to review your hedging strategies?
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Liquidity management
Strategies for safeguarding liquidity as inflation expands in markets
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Cash management and forecasting
How to ensure visibility and accuracy
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Investment
Preservation or a search for yield?
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Payments
The benefits of real-time payments systems
Reasons to attend
- Equip yourself with the tools to lead in uncertain times, beat the downturn and support business growth
- From cash forecasting to hedging, review your treasury processes and understand strategies for a high-inflationary environment
- Discover how the latest technology is benefiting treasury teams, and learn about the challenges of transformation projects
- Discuss the critical issues you face with leading practitioners. Join interactive roundtable discussions on topics including ESG, FX and hedging risk and payments
- Hear from more than 70 influential treasury leaders from various industries, providing expert insight into different treasury models and practices
- Stay ahead of future trends to identify opportunities and risks in the dedicated “Future of treasury” track
- Build relationships with senior-level peers and business partners, empowering you to navigate change and add value to your business
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65 %
of attendees in leadership roles (Group treasurer, c-level, director, head)
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88 %
likely or extremely likely to recommend to colleagues
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70 %
of the corporate audience met new tech and/or banking partners at the 2022 event
Sponsors
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Official sponsors
View profile XBank of America is one of the world’s largest financial institutions, serving large corporations, small- and middle-market businesses and individual consumers in more than 150 countries with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. Bank of America is a global leader in corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. The company provides, through various banking and broker-dealer affiliates, M&A advice, equity and debt capital raising solutions, lending, risk management, treasury, liquidity, and payments management. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
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View profile XJ.P. Morgan’s Wholesale Payments business combines the firm’s treasury services, trade, commercial card and merchant services capabilities to help clients pay anyone, in any currency, anywhere in the world. Focused on helping treasury and payments clients navigate changing environments, digital transformation and evolving customer expectations, J.P. Morgan processes $6 trillion payments daily, is the top USD clearer and was the first to offer real-time payment capabilities across USD, GBP and EUR.
With the payments landscape is transforming faster than ever, businesses increasingly feel the pressure to digitize their treasury and payments or be left behind. It may seem overwhelming, but you don’t have to go it alone. That’s where J.P. Morgan fits in. We offer digital-first solutions supported by experts who guide clients in any industry, anywhere in the world. We bring the scale of a global bank and the agility of a fintech to transform your treasury.
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Technology sponsors
View profile XChatham Financial is the largest independent financial risk management advisory and technology firm. A leader in debt and derivative solutions, Chatham provides clients with access to in-depth knowledge, innovative tools, and an incomparable team of over 600 employees to help mitigate risks associated with interest rate, foreign currency, and commodity exposures. Founded in 1991, Chatham serves more than 3,000 companies across a wide range of industries — handling over $750 billion in transaction volume annually and helping businesses maximize their value in the capital markets, every day.
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Technology sponsors
View profile XTranscard makes frictionless payments a reality with comprehensive global payment solutions designed for banks, fintechs, and businesses of any size and in any industry. Transcard delivers solutions for business-to-business (B2B) payments, consumer-to-business (C2B) payments, business-to-business-to-consumer (B2B2C) payments, account-to-account automation, and Banking as a Service (BaaS). Our solutions combine unmatched multi-rail capabilities, embedded workflows, best-in-class integration, effortless reconciliation, and bank-grade security. These are some of the reasons that 550 businesses and more than 200 banks trust Transcard with their payments.
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Technology sponsors
View profile XVisa is the world’s leader in digital payments. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, reliable and secure payment network – enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive. The company’s relentless focus on innovation is a catalyst for the rapid growth of digital commerce on any device, for everyone, everywhere. As the world moves from analog to digital, Visa is applying our brand, products, people, network and scale to reshape the future of commerce.
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