Featured speakers

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  Rebecca Hirschboeck

  Treasury director, The Kraft Heinz Company

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  Rebecca Hirschboeck

  Treasury director, The Kraft Heinz Company

  May 24

  • 09:45am -10:30am
    Treasury talent

  Rebecca joined The Kraft Heinz Company in 2020 as Director of International Treasury and is responsible for leading treasury teams across foreign exchange, international operations and pension. Prior to joining Kraft Heinz, Rebecca held treasury roles at Whirlpool Corporation and Mettler Toledo International Inc. She has spent a majority of her career in finance and treasury functions with broad experience across capital markets, cash and liquidity management, international operations, foreign exchange and commodities and pension. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and both a master’s in Accounting and master’s in Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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  Andrea Vigo

  Senior global funding director, corporate treasury, Dow Chemical

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  Andrea Vigo

  Senior global funding director, corporate treasury, Dow Chemical

  May 26

  • 09:45am -10:30am
    Making a difference

  Andrea joined his current role in early 2021, and he is responsible for all the corporate finance activities, including all the global capital market initiatives, leases, working capital programs, LCs, line of credits as well as in charge of managing the relationship with more than 40 banks globally. He returned to corporate after 3y in Equate, Dow second largest JV based in Kuwait, where he was the Corporate Treasurer, with global responsibility for credit and financial risk management, operations and back office, insurance, planning, corporate finance and investors relation. 

  Before this role, Andrea spent 4 years in Saudi Arabia working in Sadara Petrochemical as Assistant Treasurer. In this role he was instrumental in developing the Treasury Department organization, strategy, and operational processes to support Sadara moving from a construction to an operational phase.  As Corporate Risk Director Andrea was responsible for managing the credit risk, financial risk (interest rate and FX) and the insurance program for the company.

  Andrea joined Dow in 2005 in the Customer Financial Services group within Treasury as a Credit Manager.  In January 2009, Andrea joined the Corporate Risk Group as Financial Risk Manager in the Treasury Department, and was responsible for managing the daily global liquidity, FX exposure and the hedging strategy.  In November 2011 Andrea assumed the role of Director in the Corporate M&A Group. He was responsible for supporting the Dow Corporate strategy and portfolio optimization via acquisition, divestiture and JV. 

  Prior joining DOW, Andrea worked as Management Strategy Consultant in various firms in Italy.

  Andrea holds a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from Michigan State University, Broad Graduate School of Management, and a Master of Science in Business and Management Engineering from the Politecnico of Milan, Italy.

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  Victor Pausin

  Treasurer - Americas, Nissan Motors Limited

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  Victor Pausin

  Treasurer - Americas, Nissan Motors Limited

  May 24

  • 12:15pm -1:00pm
    Prepping liquidity for difficult markets

  Victor Pausin is a senior Finance executive with twenty years of experience in Treasury, Corporate Finance, and C-Suite Advisory for global manufacturing and auto financing companies.

  He currently holds dual leadership roles in Treasury at Nissan and NMAC; Nissan’s Sales Finance Organization.

  Since joining the $90 billion Japanese Automaker in 2019, his global impact has been centered around driving financial strategies that positioned NMAC among the Top 3 most cost-effective US Auto Captive companies. He is a recognized thought leader in free cashflow generation and received Nissan’s Global CEO Award for securing optimal liquidity during Covid-19 when major competitors had to tap into their backstop revolving credit facilities.Prior to Nissan, Pausin grew his career at Goodyear in FP&A and several other leadership roles in Treasury and Global Finance & Strategy across Latin America, Europe and the United States.

  In addition to leading currency risk management, he was instrumental in designing and implementing global funding, capital allocation and cash repatriation strategies that increased the stock price by 77%.Pausin, a first-generation American and native of Venezuela, is based in Nashville, Tennessee. He is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese and a recent graduate from Harvard Business School in Boston, MA. He holds additional bachelors and masters degrees in Business Administration, Finance and Engineering.

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  Joseph Bramuchi

  SVP & global treasurer, Marriott Vacations Worldwide

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  Joseph Bramuchi

  SVP & global treasurer, Marriott Vacations Worldwide

  May 24

  • 12:15pm -1:00pm
    Prepping liquidity for difficult markets

  Joseph Bramuchi is Senior Vice President and Treasurer for Marriott Vacations Worldwide (“MVW”) (NYSE: VAC) overseeing departments responsible for all treasury, capital markets and insurance related activities for the company worldwide. Mr. Bramuchi’s responsibilities include managing MVW’s bank and ratings agency relationships, structuring of corporate credit facilities, corporate debt issuance, cash management and investment, interest rate and foreign exchange risk management, consumer lending policy, loan securitizations, credit card processing, and insurance risk management (property & casualty, general liability, corporate D&O, cyber liability, environmental coverage and surety bonding), including coverage for over 120 timeshare condominium owners’ associations globally.

  Joseph began his career with Motorola Paging Products Group where he worked for five years holding management positions in credit, finance, and strategic development. Subsequent to his time with Motorola and prior to joining MVW in 2001, Mr. Bramuchi spent over five years in management positions with mid-size and startup companies specializing in structured finance, real estate, information and internet services.

  Mr. Bramuchi earned a B.S. in Finance from the University of Florida and a M.B.A. with concentration in real estate and mathematics from the University of Mississippi. He holds the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst as administered through the CFA Institute and he has successfully completed all four examinations required for the CPA.

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  Patrick Baumann

  VP treasurer, Tupperware Brands Corporation

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  Patrick Baumann

  VP treasurer, Tupperware Brands Corporation

  May 24

  • 04:15pm -5:00pm
    Walking the FX tightrope

  Patrick is the Vice President and Treasurer at Tupperware. He joined the firm in December 2021. In this role Patrick provides strategic guidance and best execution with capital market activities. He is responsible for debt issuance, banking relationship, derivatives and foreign exchange management. Patrick has been in the capital markets industry for over 20 years. He holds an MBA from City University and a CFA charter. He is a member of the Tampa CFA Society.

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  Craig Mondschein

  Senior director treasury, Tishman Speyer

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  Craig Mondschein

  Senior director treasury, Tishman Speyer

  May 24

  • 03:00pm -3:45pm
    Taking cyber seriously

  Craig Mondschein is the Senior Director of Treasury at Tishman Speyer. Tishman Speyer is one of the leading owners, developers, investment managers, and operators of first class real estate in the world.  Craig is responsible for Cash Management, Banking, Foreign Exchange, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable.  Prior to joining Tishman Speyer, Craig was Assistant Treasurer at World Fuel Services and Director of Global Banking and Cash Management at Honeywell.  Craig has a BA and an MBA from the University of Rochester.

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  Fred Schacknies

  VP & treasurer, TechnipFMC

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  Fred Schacknies

  VP & treasurer, TechnipFMC

  May 24

  • 04:15pm -5:00pm
    Walking the FX tightrope

  May 25

  • 11:00am -11:45am
    Visibility = Technology plus Culture

  Fred has over 20 years’ experience in global treasury management across various industries. He is currently VP & Treasurer at TechnipFMC, based in Houston, where he is responsible for treasury, insurance and pension investments. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP). Prior to joining TechnipFMC in 2020, he was treasurer at Hilton and held various treasury roles at Constellation Energy and Lucent Technologies. Over the years, Fred and his teams have received multiple awards for treasury projects, including an AFP Pinnacle Award Grand Prize, an Adam Smith award and several Alexander Hamilton awards. Fred holds an MBA in finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business and a BA in economics and international relations from Brown University.

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  Amy Lainge

  VP, head of global liquidity & treasury operations, Warner Bros. Discovery

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  Amy Lainge

  VP, head of global liquidity & treasury operations, Warner Bros. Discovery

  May 24

  • 09:45am -10:30am
    Treasury talent

  Amy has been providing her expertise in global treasury operations for more than 15 years across many industries.  She is currently the Vice-President, Head of Global Liquidity & Treasury Operations at Warner Bros. Discovery in Knoxville, TN.  She manages the global liquidity and treasury operational needs for the organization including liquidity structures, short-term funding, cash positioning, investments, debt administration, cash forecasting and bank relationships.  Amy holds an MBA from the University of Phoenix and a Bachelor of Accounting from the University of Cincinnati.  She earned the Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) credential in 2007 and has been a volunteer member of the AFP Certification Committee since 2011.  In 2022, Amy became the Chairperson of the Certification Committee for the Association of Financial Professionals.

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  Mike Giakoumatos

  VP of treasury, Perry Ellis International

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  Mike Giakoumatos

  VP of treasury, Perry Ellis International

  May 24

  • 04:15pm -5:00pm
    Digital treasury – a practical playbook

  Mr. Mike Giakoumatos began his finance\treasury career when he joined Corporate Treasury at Sensormatic Electronics in the late 1990’s where he was involved in managing the company’s financial risk (FX, and interest rate).  Following the acquisition of Sensormatic by Tyco International, he continued in various treasury positions at Tyco Safety Products and then at corporate treasury as Sr. Manager of Treasury of Tyco International in Princeton, NJ  where he managed the treasury operations for the Americas region. With the split of Tyco International, Mr. Giakoumatos joined the separated company ADT as Director of Global Liquidly where he provided strategic planning and technical direction/management on all treasury issues, including treasury policies and procedures, treasury systems and operations, corporate cash management, and cash forecasting. Currently is the VP of Treasury at Perry Ellis International where as head of treasury manages the strategic direction for banking and cash management, debt and credit facility oversight, compliance, and capital strategies.

  Mr. Giakoumatos holds an M.A. in Economics and an M.B.A. in Finance from Florida Atlantic University.

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  Todd Yoder

  MD corporate finance & treasury, Fluor Corporation

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  Todd Yoder

  MD corporate finance & treasury, Fluor Corporation

  May 25

  • 09:45am -10:30am
    Debate: Should treasury be afraid of digital currencies?

  Todd Yoder is Managing Director Global Finance and Treasury at Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) and serves on finance committees for mega-projects and Fluor subsidiaries. Yoder began his career in corporate accounting followed by progressive roles in banking commercial credit, corporate financial planning and analysis and multi-national corporate treasury. Mr. Yoder has been an invited guest speaker for events throughout the U.S. and Europe; and has worked published by Bloomberg, Association for Financial Professionals, Corporate Executive Board, Reuters and Treasury Today magazine. Yoder serves as Innovation Catalyst for Fluor’s world headquarters, is an alumnus of Fluor’s Innovation Unwrapped program, and has led numerous treasury and finance related technology projects.  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 that effectively delivers complex financial and macroeconomic concepts and strategies into easy-to-understand terms. Mr. Yoder is passionate about eradicating hunger and serves on the North Texas Food Bank Board of Directors.