Corporate treasurers already confirmed to speak

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  James Krikorian

  VP, treasurer

  Krispy Kreme

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  James Krikorian

  VP, treasurer

  Krispy Kreme

  May 29

  • 02:00pm -2:40pm
    Liquidity management in the current rate environment

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  Pamela Potrie

  Latam finance senior director

  PedidosYa / Delivery Hero

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  Pamela Potrie

  Latam finance senior director

  PedidosYa / Delivery Hero

  Pamela is a Sr. Director in PedidosYa Latam finance team. She’s been at the company for almost 4 years, starting as Regional Treasurer and for the last two years leading a broader scope which includes Treasury, Tax Accounting.  PedidosYa is the Latinamerican brand of Delivery Hero; the leading global quick commerce company. She’s Uruguayan and has held global, regional and local roles in companies like Citibank (Uruguay and NYC), Samsung Electronics (Sao Paulo) and Grupo Biotoscana (Latam specialty pharma company headquartered in Uruguay).

  She’s highly committed with furthering the diversity and inclusion agenda that end, and is President and co-founder of PedidosYa´s ERG group for D&I (#HacktheGap)

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  Bruce Edlund

  Group director, assistant treasurer

  Cloud Software Group

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  Bruce Edlund

  Group director, assistant treasurer

  Cloud Software Group

  Bruce Edlund is Senior Director, Assistant Treasurer at Citrix Systems, Inc. based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Mr. Edlund manages a global team of four who are responsible for cash and liquidity management, investments, cash flow and balance sheet hedging, bank relationships and stock buyback. Mr. Edlund has over 14 years of treasury experience as Assistant Treasurer at DIRECTV Latin America, Senior Corporate Treasury Manager at Citrix, Director of Global Cash Management at Walmart Stores, Inc. and returning to Citrix in 2014. His experience in very different-sized companies in different industries has given Mr. Edlund a wealth of experience into different ways of tackling treasury’s challenges. Prior to corporate treasury, Mr. Edlund worked for five years in investment banking in Latin America, primarily at Bank of America. Mr. Edlund has a MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management where he maintains ties and has been a regular guest judge for their FORAD finance competition. He also has B.A. degrees in Economics and French from California State University, Sacramento. After studying, living and/or working in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain and South America, Mr. Edlund speaks French and Spanish. With his work in Latin America along with living in South Florida for 13 years, he is conversant in Spanish.

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  Doug Tropp

  SVP and treasurer

  Booking Holdings Inc.

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  Doug Tropp

  SVP and treasurer

  Booking Holdings Inc.

  Doug attended Syracuse University and graduated with a B.S. in Finance with a minor in Economics. He spent 8-years at the Fuji Bank Ltd. In NYC as a money markets trader. He attended Fordham University graduating with an MBA in Finance & Accounting. Doug joined the Hertz Corporation in 1998 as Manager, Corporate Finance. In 2000, Doug joined IBM treasury. Doug spent seven years with IBM and held roles in capital markets, risk management & foreign exchange. While with IBM, Doug spent two years in Dublin Ireland on an international assignment in the role of Chief Dealer of IBM’s In-house Bank. In 2007, he joined GE Corporate Treasury as a Managing Director. Doug held various roles over his 7-year career at GE Capital. In 2014, Doug joined Booking Holdings as VP, Treasurer. Doug oversees funding, investments, cash management, insurance, risk management, share repurchase and bank relations. Doug was promoted to SVP in February 2020 and is a member of the senior leadership team. Booking Holdings brands include; Booking.com, priceline.com, KAYAK, Agoda.com, rentalcars.com and Open Table.

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  Mack Makode

  VP, treasurer

  Under Armour

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  Mack Makode

  VP, treasurer

  Under Armour

  Mack Makode is Vice President and Treasurer for Under Armour. Mr. Makode was appointed to his current position in April 2018. As Treasurer, Mr. Makode is responsible for capital markets, FX and interest rate risk management, working capital optimization, cash forecasting and treasury operations.

  Prior to joining Under Armour, Mr. Makode worked at Mylan for almost 3 years as Vice President and Asst. Treasurer, and General Electric (GE) for almost 10 years, holding progressive leadership positions including Treasurer of two GE Businesses (combined assets ~$70B) with promotion to Asst. Treasurer of GE’s largest operating units (Industrial businesses) with $250+B assets in >130 countries. In these roles, Mr. Makode was responsible for FX, interest rate and commodity hedging strategies and hedge accounting, liquidity analysis and management, traditional and alternate funding, cash flow and working capital management, M&A evaluation and integration, and cash and bank account management.

  Mr. Makode received his Ph. D. in Structural Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University and MBA in Finance and Marketing from The Wharton Business School. Mr. Makode was a professional badminton player early in his career.

  Mr. Makode lives in Clarkesville, MD with his wife and has two sons.

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  Raul Sanchez

  Director treasury

  Mitel 

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  Raul Sanchez

  Director treasury

  Mitel 

  Raul is an Industrial Engineer, and holds a Masters in Finance. Senior executive with over 15 years experience in Finance, Treasury, and FP&A. Worked in Mexico (GNC), Germany (Bombardier), USA, Venezuela and Canada (GE and Mitel) providing leadership in the development of strategic and operational Treasury and Finance objectives, focus on efficiency and keeping things simple.

  Certified Crossfit Trainer (CF-L3), International Crossfit Judge, Board Member of the Canadian Functional Fitness Federation, and Member of the Technical Officials Committee for the International Functional Fitness Federation.