Featured corporate treasurers that led the conversation this year in Vienna

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  Ramón Tolk

  Senior director treasury, Avery Dennison

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  Ramón Tolk

  Senior director treasury, Avery Dennison

  September 22

  • 02:40pm -3:20pm
    Supply chain financing: cost remains the key driver of choice

  Ramón is leading the EMEA Treasury team for Avery Dennison, an US multinational company operating in over 50 countries. Avery Dennison is a global manufacturer and distributor of pressure-sensitive adhesive materials, apparel branding labels and tags, RFID inlays, and specialty medical products.

  In his role, Ramón has led multiple transformational initiatives, including a Global Cash Management implementation project, implementation of a new Treasury Management System, Working Capital Optimization, setting-up Bank Relationship Management, updating the FX hedging strategy and optimization of the intercompany capital structure.

  Prior to joining Avery Dennison, Ramón has held multiple roles at corporates in the area of Treasury and Financial Reporting as well as Treasury consultant and external auditor with a Big 4. Ramón holds a master degree in business economics and is a Chartered Accountant.

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  Kristina Moller

  Treasury director, Spotify

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  Kristina Moller

  Treasury director, Spotify

  September 21

  • 04:00pm -4:40pm
    The resilient treasury: how Spotify and Ericsson are navigating 2022 and preparing for 2023

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  Brian O’Grady

  Assistant treasurer global cash management and banking operations, Bristol-Myers Squibb

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  Brian O’Grady

  Assistant treasurer global cash management and banking operations, Bristol-Myers Squibb

  September 22

  • 02:40pm -3:20pm
    Cash forecasting from pilot to practice

  Brian is the Assistant Treasurer – Global Cash Management & Treasury Operations for Bristol Myers Squibb, leading operations and defining strategic direction for Global Cash Management and treasury technology, innovation and controls, alongside a team of Treasury professionals based in Dublin and New Jersey. Brian has been with Bristol Myers Squibb for 25 years, holding various Treasury and finance roles and was recently the treasury integration lead for the $74B Celgene acquisition, leading Treasury systems and operations integration. He holds a B.Comm. degree from University College Dublin and is a  Irish Chartered Accountant.

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  Winkie Choi

  Treasury, Amazon

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  Winkie Choi

  Treasury, Amazon

  September 22

  • 02:00pm -2:40pm
    So much cash, so little time: what to do with the money

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  Kirsty Craig

  European treasury lead, General Mills

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  Kirsty Craig

  European treasury lead, General Mills

  September 22

  • 04:00pm -4:40pm
    Tomorrow’s treasurers today: finding, retaining and retraining staff

  Kirsty leads the European & Middle Eastern Treasury Operations for General Mills, Inc. (GMI), a global manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer foods sold through retail stores which portfolio includes Cheerios, Betty Crocker & Häagen-Dazs. A Fortune 500 company, GMI is headquartered in Minneapolis, USA and is listed on the NYSE.

  Kirsty’s scope covers Cash & liquidity, In-House Banking, Foreign Exchange hedging & Bank Account management topics. She is also involved in M&A & Treasury optimization initiatives.

  Kirsty is based in Nyon, Switzerland. Prior to this role, she worked on Foreign Exchange Hedging topics at EATON, in Switzerland and in India.

   

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  Mack Makode

  VP, treasurer, Under Armour

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  Mack Makode

  VP, treasurer, Under Armour

  September 22

  • 11:10am -11:50am
    Understanding the new dynamics of global treasury operations function
  • 04:40pm -5:20pm
    Buy, build, co-create

  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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  Mandana Sadigh

  SVP, corporate treasurer, Mattel Inc.

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  Mandana Sadigh

  SVP, corporate treasurer, Mattel Inc.

  September 22

  • 11:10am -11:50am
    Understanding the new dynamics of global treasury operations function

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  Yang Xu

  Senior VP, global finance and treasurer, Kraft Heinz

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  Yang Xu

  Senior VP, global finance and treasurer, Kraft Heinz

  September 21

  • 11:50am -12:30pm
    Women in finance
  • 02:00pm -2:40pm
    Treasury in a crisis

  September 22

  • 02:00pm -3:20pm
    Women in finance breakout session
  • 02:40pm -3:20pm
    Know the business, help the business: treasury working in the business

  Yang Xu has a global background and broad experiences in finance. Born and raised in China, Yang obtained a bachelor’s degree in Finance. She then pursued her master’s degree at HEC Paris and London Business School. Upon graduation, Yang began her career with Whirlpool Corporation in 2004. She held many roles with increasing responsibilities across Treasury, M&A, Strategy, and various Finance functions in U.S., Europe and Asia. Her scope ranged from leading strategic planning, M&A deals, to various businesses CFO in the U.S.; leading commercial finance for 34 countries across EMEA; integrating a major acquisition in China as Sales & Marketing Director; and managing business operations in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Yang returned to Whirlpool’s global headquarters as Senior Director of Treasury in 2016.

  In 2018, Yang joined Kraft Heinz as Global Treasurer, a role that focuses on company capital structure, and manages debt, cash, derivatives, insurance and pension. She restructured the company’s debt portfolio and strengthened the balance sheet and liquidity. In June 2020, Yang expanded her scope to further include various global finance functions including procurement, manufacturing, logistics, revenue management, media investment, fixed cost and capital expenditures. Yang also leads Finance Transformation, a strategic agenda for the global finance function for Kraft Heinz.

  Yang is recognized by driving strategic directions through business financial acumen, capital market insights, large cross-functional projects, and global experiences. As a finance leader, Yang is passionate about developing talents and building strong and diverse organizations.

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  Daniel Melski

  VP finance and treasurer, Church and Dwight Co., Inc.

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  Daniel Melski

  VP finance and treasurer, Church and Dwight Co., Inc.

  September 22

  • 04:00pm -5:20pm
    The devil you know or the devil you don’t: how to choose the right technology

  Mr. Melski has been the VP Finance and Corporate Treasurer of Church and Dwight since 2015. Mr. Melski is responsible for capital structure, financial risk management, pension management, liquidity management, working capital management, bank and credit agency relationships and robotics process automation for the Company. Mr. Melski has 20+ years of corporate treasury and finance experience. He joined Church and Dwight in 2012 as Assistant Treasurer, where he was responsible for financial risks, liquidly and credit risk management. Previously, he served in treasury positions at Marsh and McLennan and Johnson and Johnson. Mr. Melski holds an MBA degree from Creighton University and a BA in finance from the University of Nebraska.  Mr. Melski has also earned the right to use the CFA designation.

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  Debbie Kaya

  Senior director of treasury, Cisco Systems, Inc.

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  Debbie Kaya

  Senior director of treasury, Cisco Systems, Inc.

  September 22

  • 10:00am -10:30am
    How to create value during business transitions, while supporting the ESG journey
  • 02:00pm -3:20pm
    Women in finance breakout session

  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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  Tim Husnik

  Senior treasury director, Medtronic

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  Tim Husnik

  Senior treasury director, Medtronic

  September 21

  • 04:00pm -4:40pm
    Living the dream – in FX risk management

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  Sekar Sundaram

  Executive director and assistant treasurer, Parexel

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  Sekar Sundaram

  Executive director and assistant treasurer, Parexel

  September 22

  • 02:00pm -2:40pm
    Caught in a cash trap?

  Sekar is the assistant treasurer of Parexel, a leading global biopharmaceutical services company, that offers a comprehensive suite of clinical research and consulting services to help life science clients transform scientific discoveries into new treatments. He joined the company in 2009 and has held various roles with increasing responsibilities across Parexel’s finance organization, including FP&A, Operations Finance and Treasury. Sekar is in charge of setting the strategic direction for the Treasury group in consultation with the senior finance leadership. He is actively involved in leading capital market transactions, financial risk management programs, debt management, banking relationships, and other treasury process efficiency initiatives.

  Sekar holds a Master of Science in Engineering from The Northern Illinois University and a Master of Business Administration from the Ross School of Business at University of Michigan. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.

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  Victor Pausin

  Treasurer - Americas, Nissan Motors Limited

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  Victor Pausin

  Treasurer - Americas, Nissan Motors Limited

  September 22

  • 04:00pm -4:40pm
    Who’s funding what and how: the fickle world of financing

  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, Slovenian national, 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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  Tony Fargher

  Head of transactional banking, BP Treasury

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  Tony Fargher

  Head of transactional banking, BP Treasury

  September 21

  • 02:00pm -2:40pm
    Treasury central

  Tony started as a Chartered Accountant specializing in corporate and international taxation. Following a move to BP, he has enjoyed a varied career focusing on international structuring, business strategy, operational excellence as well as process transformation through a variety of roles across tax, global business services and now treasury.

  Tony was appointed as BP’s Head of Transactional Banking in May 2019 and, though seemingly confined to working from home more than the office in those three years, has overseen radical investment and transformation of BP’s banking and cash management activities. Most recently he led the creation of a new and independent treasury function for Azule Energy, Angola’s largest independent equity producer of oil and gas.

  Tony’s undergraduate degree was in Banking and International Finance, so he describes his current role as ‘like coming home, albeit the long way’.

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  Rada Djurdjic

  EMEA treasurer, AbbVie

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  Rada Djurdjic

  EMEA treasurer, AbbVie

  September 21

  • 11:50am -12:30pm
    Getting M&A right: a treasury perspective

  In the current role as EMEA Treasurer, Rada is responsible for a wide range of treasury and finance activities including management of EMEA countries’ banking structure, cash liquidity, FX exposure & hedging, and banking relationship management.

  Rada joined Abbott in October of 2001 and held multiple Accounting, Finance, and Treasury positions with increasing responsibilities with Abbott and AbbVie. Most recently Rada was working as a Finance Controller on an international assignment in the Netherlands and since 2018 Rada is leading EMEA Treasury organization. After recent Allergan acquisition, Rada’s role expanded to include the responsibilities of Regional Treasury Integration lead. In this role, Rada is working with cross-functional teams on integrating Allergan business in the AbbVie standard operating model.

  Rada moved to the U.S. after the war in ex-Yugoslavia. After settling in the U.S., she decided to continue with collegiate studies which she did not have a chance to finish at the Economics University in Croatia before war broke out.

  Rada obtained her Bachelor of Science in Accounting in 2005 from Upper Iowa University and Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from Keller Graduate School in 2012. Rada is Certified Public Accountant (CPA), since 2008.

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  Susana Aristizabal

  Senior manager international treasury, eBay

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  Susana Aristizabal

  Senior manager international treasury, eBay

  September 21

  • 11:50am -12:30pm
    Digging deeper, forecasting better

  Susana joined eBay in 2020 where she leads the Treasury team responsible for Cash Management and Payments for markets outside of the US.  Susana has over 20 years of professional experience in all aspects of Treasury in large multinationals holding leadership positions. She is recognized for process improvements and change management, having implemented several transformation projects in her career.  Besides Corporate Treasury, Susana has also worked as Teacher and Consultant.

  Susana is an International Business graduate from McGill University, an M.B.A from HEC Montreal, and Certified Treasury Professional C.T.P. by the Association of Financial Professionals.

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  Frank Waechter

  Global director treasury and insurance, PUMA SE

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  Frank Waechter

  Global director treasury and insurance, PUMA SE

  September 22

  • 02:40pm -3:20pm
    Developing a cutting edge programme for ESG-linked Finance

  Frank Waechter is responsible for any Treasury and Insurance matters within the PUMA group. Being with PUMA for more than 11 years now, he was involved in any Treasury & Insurance related topic for the Sports Manufacturer from the early establishment of the Group function to today’s full-blown setup serving the needs of a DAX40(R)-corporate. Frank is based at the company’s headquarters in Herzogenaurach near Nuernberg, Germany. Furthermore he is an active member in the German Treasurer’s Association VdT e.V and a member of the “Standards for Sustainable Trade and Trade Finance” Working Group of the International Chamber of Commerce.

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  Kemi Bolarin

  Head of treasury, GXO Europe

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  Kemi Bolarin

  Head of treasury, GXO Europe

  September 22

  • 04:00pm -4:40pm
    The treasurers’ opinion

  Kemi Bolarin is the Head of Treasury Europe at GXO Logistics. She joined GXO in July 2021, previously she was Director, Treasury at GTT Communications and prior to that, Group Treasury Director at Travelport. Kemi is a chartered accountant (ACA) & qualified corporate treasurer (AMCT) with over 25 years experience in the banking and corporate sector, working in various treasury and finance roles. Outside structured work, Kemi is a board member of a multi-academy trust and the Dean of Career Nuggets Academy. She is actively involved in delivering mentoring to schools, coaching young female leaders; and engaged in various initiatives towards inspiring the ‘future’.

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  Antonio Fernandez-Montes

  Head of markets and treasury, Repsol S.A.

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  Antonio Fernandez-Montes

  Head of markets and treasury, Repsol S.A.

  September 21

  • 02:40pm -3:20pm
    Treasury priorities in this uncertain world

  Antonio Fernandez-Montes is the Head of Treasury and Markets within Repsol. He manages the Treasury, FX, Rates, Commodities strategic policy and execution, markets risk, liquidity management as well as financial investments for all the different businesses. He has been at Repsol for over 13 years.

  With a degree in Business Administration from Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Antonio has held positions as proprietary trader and head of portfolio allocation in different national and international institutions such as BBVA, JPMorgan and Proxima Alfa Investments based in Madrid, London and New York. He has been able to dedicate time to teaching in the Financial Markets Master in IEB Madrid during more than 11 years.

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  Viktor Mura

  Head of treasury, tax and investor relations, Wizz Air

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  Viktor Mura

  Head of treasury, tax and investor relations, Wizz Air

  September 22

  • 02:00pm -2:40pm
    What geopolitics, inflation and supply chain disruption mean for corporate ratings: implications for treasury teams

  Viktor Mura is the Head of Treasury, Tax and Investor Relations at Wizz Air, the fastest growing European airline. Viktor is fellow member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and holds a diploma in Treasury Management. He gained his 15 years in the UK, India, and EMEA, holding a number of both local and international positions in group treasury, M&A, commercial finance, technical accounting and external audit. He joined Wizz Air in 2020 when the pandemic just started. Prior to Wizz Air he spent a number of years PwC and Diageo in the UK.

  Wizz Air, the fastest growing European low-cost airline and one of the most sustainable, operates a fleet of 153 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Wizz Air was recently named one of the world’s top ten safest airlines by airlineratings.com, the world’s only safety and product rating agency, and 2020 Airline of the Year by ATW, the most coveted honour an airline or individual can receive, recognizing individuals and organizations that have distinguished themselves through outstanding performance, innovation, and superior service.