EuroFinance International Treasury Management | Discovery Labs

Agenda: Discovery Labs and The Future of Money Stage

Located right on the exhibition floor, the Discovery Labs will provide an in-depth look at new technologies to help solve your treasury pain points.

Day 1 - Wednesday September 21st
Day 2- Thursday September 22nd

Treasury is generally concerned with the here and now, the practical realities of cash, funding and risk. But money is changing so fast that treasurers today need a firm understanding of cryptocurrencies, tokenisation, central bank digital currencies and how these innovations will affect both the fundamental infrastructure of finance but also their day-to-day operations. And the Board will want to know too.

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Patrick Kunz

MD, Pecunia

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Patrick Kunz

MD, Pecunia

Patrick is managing director of Pecunia Treasury & Finance and Treasury-as-a-service.com. He acts as interim treasurer and treasury consultant for multinationals, SME’s and non-profit organisations. Pecunia offers both treasury consultancy and interim support from junior to senior consultants and also implementation support for TMS or payment hubs and cloud FX trading/international payments. As an interim manager Patrick has been with many companies in his career. Projects he has led include: cash management optimization, corporate (re)financings, FX optimisations, Treasury management system implementations, negotiation of bank costs and tenders. Patrick holds a masters degree in international business and a post-doc degree in Financial Risk Management (FRM). Next to that Patrick is charterholder for the qualified treasurer title.

Discover the emerging technology your bank partners and treasury suppliers are developing in response to the most pressing treasury challenges at Innovation alley, showcasing the latest solutions from payments and FX to supply chain finance, trade, compliance and more.

Much of the recent focus on payments has been on the proliferation of new payments platforms and providers. Less attention has been paid to the fact that traditional rails are not taking the competition lying down. Upgrades to core real-time payments rails, to SWIFT and to the linkages between existing instant payment systems are arguably more important to treasurers than the latest innovation in portable POS terminals or BNPL. Use this lab to see what your banks and traditional payment mechanisms, as well as newer players are doing to make your lives easier.

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Jonathan Williams

Payments specialist, Payment Systems Regulator

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Jonathan Williams

Payments specialist, Payment Systems Regulator

Jonathan is an industry veteran who joined the Payment Systems Regulator in January 2021 as an expert advisor on payments processing, fraud prevention and identity management. He works closely with colleagues in policy development to support the PSR’s three statutory objectives of choice and availability for service users, competition, and innovation and development of payment methods.

He joined the PSR from the independent advisory company Mk2 Consulting which he founded and where he advised a wide range of clients including FS, telco, utilities, public sector and charities. His background in IT, product management and strategy for cybersecurity, telecoms and embedded systems (IoT) gives him a broad and deep appreciation of the challenges faced by businesses, including FinTech and Financial Services. He has advised on open banking, strong customer authentication, data protection, scheme a legal compliance and fraud prevention.

Prior to Mk2, Jonathan led industry strategy and product management for payments at Experian for over ten years, developing the market-leading Experian Payments Gateway, and validation and confirmation of payer solution Bank Wizard for payment data. He has led product management at three start-ups:

Virata Corporation – previously ATM Limited – a provider of chipsets and software in embedded systems for broadband access and high-speed networks which went public in 1999, the largest Cambridge UK IPO until Autonomy,

Content Technologies, the market leader at the time in e-mail antivirus and policy implementation, acquired in 2000 by Baltimore Technologies, and

Eiger Systems, a start-up in data validation and processing of payments, acquired by Experian in 2006.

Jonathan started his career at British Aerospace as an Operations Analyst and was then recruited to work as a college computer officer in the University of Cambridge where he connected the college to the Internet, developed management database applications and promoted access to computing and the Internet for students. He also worked as a database consultant to firms of chartered surveyors and as a business development manager for Fujitsu Telecom Europe Limited.

Jonathan has spoken and moderated discussions at conferences worldwide including EuroFinance, the Association of Corporate Treasurers, FinTech Talents, EBADay, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Sibos and Finextra. He has written articles on payments, identity, money laundering and fraud for publications and solutions providers including The Banker, The Treasurer, Journal of Payments Strategy & Systems, Finextra, Accountancy Age and Financial Director Europe.

He studied both Natural Sciences and Computer Science at the University of Cambridge. He has been an active participant in the UK payments industry, working on initiatives from APACS and the Payments Council such as those on bill payments, misdirected payments and non-standard account numbers, and as part of the Financial Crime, Data and Security working group of the Payment Strategy Forum, creating the proposal for identity guidelines which formed part of the PSF strategy. Jonathan is co-author of BSI PAS499: code of practice for digital identification and strong customer authentication.

The pandemic is still testing firms’ working capital management to the limit. Everyone pays everyone else later so DPOs and DSOs rise. Inventories are volatile – demand for some products falls, others cannot meet demand because of supply chain disruption. The conflict in Ukraine will complicate any return to normal, forcing companies to continue to focus ruthlessly on working capital efficiency.

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Nicholas Franck

EuroFinance Tutor

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Nicholas Franck

EuroFinance Tutor

Nick is a treasury professional with over 30 years’ global experience in Treasury, Banking and Consulting. He studied Engineering at university and specialised in computing during his final year. His earliest jobs were hands-on with technology, building a dealing desk information management system and implementing a treasury management system. His responsibilities have grown since then to include technology strategy and implementation management whilst still remaining hands-on. He has been responsible for buying and implementing treasury technology, designing processes and controls, and maintaining and upgrading all of these over time. Examples include straight-through-processing integration with banks and advanced reporting tools. In addition, Nick has worked on non-treasury projects. These have given him practical knowledge of technology integration across business silos, which is now particularly relevant for cash forecasting, real-time reporting and dashboards. Nick’s combination of Treasury and business expertise, knowledge of technology, and deep interest in the subject make him an ideal tutor for this treasury technology course.

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DBS

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DBS is a leading financial services group in Asia, with over 280 branches across 18 markets. DBS provides a full range of services in consumer, SME and corporate banking, and the bank’s “AA-” and “Aa1” credit ratings are among the highest in the world. The bank is also named as “Global Bank of the Year” by The Banker, “Best Bank in the World” by Global Finance, “World’s Best Digital Bank” by Euromoney and “Safest Bank in Asia” by Global Finance. Being at the forefront of leveraging digital technology to shape the future of banking, DBS has co-created several digital solutions using APIs for corporates in Asia and launched DBS Treasury Prism, the world’s first online simulation platform for treasury and cash management.

The ‘E’ in ESG is driving the most visible changes in corporate behaviour at the moment, and treasury is responding across funding, cash management and investment. But the ‘S’ is becoming more important and will be more difficult to deal with, especially in global organisations. Here are some practical treasury leaders making a difference.

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Christof Nelischer

Group treasurer, S4 Capital

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Christof Nelischer

Group treasurer, S4 Capital

Christof joined S4 Capital plc as Group Treasurer in 2022, having previously served as Head of Treasury at the John Lewis Partnership in London. Prior to that he was Global Group Treasurer at Willis Towers Watson plc based in London from 2010 – December 2018. In this role, Christof led Treasury as well as the insurance function.

Other career stations include Head of Treasury at Fiberweb plc, leading corporate treasury as well as risk management, Group Treasury Manager at Novar plc, where he re-engineered the treasury function, and European Treasurer at Kellogg’s, having set up the European Treasury Centre. He was also Group Treasurer at International Personal Finance plc in 2019/20

Christof holds a dual degree in European Finance and Accounting, and an MBA from Manchester Business School. He qualified with the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

Under Christof’s leadership, John Lewis & Partners received the Highly Commended Award for Best Sustainable Finance Project at this year’s Treasury4Good Awards in 2022. JLP were also shortlisted in the ACT Deals of the Year 2022 Awards in the ESG category.

11:20am -11:40am

Sis ID

A real shield against bank transfer fraud, the My Sis ID solution secures your payments. Available on the web, it allows you to control in real time the bank details of your beneficiaries throughout the payment chain. Easy to use, you get a score: green, orange or red, which guides you throughout your transactions.

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Andreas Passmann

Head of sales, Sis ID
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Andreas Passmann

Head of sales, Sis ID
September 21st 2022

11:20am -11:40am
Sis ID
Andreas has 20 years of professional experience, most of it in the technology and software industry. Start-ups and multinationals have no secrets for him. His experiences as International Business Development Manager for Tibco and Bertin IT, and later as Sales Director for Bertin IT, have led him to work mainly with international groups, but also with human-sized structures throughout Europe. The creation of two structures throughout his experience has enabled him to master the key positions in companies, to understand the needs of structures and to focus on customer support. Maëva Senillou, who will be at the event as well, will be able to do the demo if needed.

11:40am -12:00pm

Calculum

As the physical supply chain deploys ever more sophisticated solutions, Treasury and Procurement can no longer rely on Excel and static data to drive working capital and payment terms optimization in support of their supply chains.

Using AI and predictive analytics, Calculum’s mission is to transform the way we select trading partners, negotiate terms, assess risk, and improve working capital.

Calculum’s ADA platform allows payment terms to be “marked to market” for whichever commodity, industry and region thus helping Corporates manage working capital as an active real time financial asset

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Eugene Buckley

Partner co-founder, Calculum
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Eugene Buckley

Partner co-founder, Calculum
September 21st 2022

11:40am -12:00pm
Calculum
As Chief revenue officer Eugene is responsible for Calculum’s Global client acquisition and support. Prior to founding Calculum Eugene was Global Head Trade Finance Innovation & Alliances at Standard Chartered Bank. Previously Eugene was one of the original founding members and GM Asia Pacific for PrimeRevenue, the leading provider of Supply Chain Finance solutions. Here Eugene was focused on expanding products and services throughout the region and managing all aspects of Asia Pacific operations, including sales, marketing and business development. Eugene has over 20 years’ experience in financial and technology industries including time with Dow Jones Telerate and JP Morgan Chase. Here he spent time within the working capital and transactional division and was chosen to establish and successfully grow the Chase Manhattan JV, Intelisys in Australia. Eugene was instrumental in the establishment and successful growth of Qvalent, a subsidiary of Westpac Bank, delivering accounts receivable outsourcing and procurement solutions.

2:00pm -2:40pm

The drive for working capital

Recent economic and political disruptions have highlighted not just the importance of working capital management, but also the sector-specific impacts of those disruptions. Lockdowns hit hospitality harder than tech, but chip shortages hit tech harder than hotels. Net working capital days vary widely across sectors for good reason and other measures of working capital efficiency should be taken in a sector-specific context. That said, there are broad lessons to be learned from the experiences of the past two days, and some companies have done much better than others. So in this session, panelists give their advice on building working capital best practice in a post-pandemic world of climate change and Great Power politics.

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Teresa Kelleher

Head of treasury, Musgrave
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Teresa Kelleher

Head of treasury, Musgrave
September 21st 2022

02:00pm -2:40pm
The drive for working capital
Teresa Kelleher is the Head of Group Treasury at Musgrave and has worked in a variety of Treasury and Finance roles for over 20 years. Musgrave is Ireland’s leading food retail and wholesale company with turnover of €4.5 bn.

Teresa joined Musgrave in 2008 as Group Treasury Manager before moving to Head of Business Services (interim) in 2017 and Head of Group Treasury in 2020. During her time with Musgrave Teresa has led multiple initiatives relating to Payment Systems rollout, Supplier Finance, Working Capital Optimisation and Card Acquiring Partnership. In her current role she has responsibility for Bank Partner and Card Acquiring Relationships, Debt Management, Treasury Operations, Working Capital Optimisation and Cash Management Systems.

Prior to joining Musgrave, Teresa held roles with Lucent Technologies and with Apple covering EMEA Treasury Operations. Teresa is a Fellow of the ACCA.
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Mark Troutman

Group head of sales, global transaction services, DBS
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Mark Troutman

Group head of sales, global transaction services, DBS
September 21st 2022

02:00pm -2:40pm
The drive for working capital
Mark Troutman is Group Head of Sales of Global Transaction Services at DBS Bank. Through a team of more than 150 sales managers and advisors in 13 markets, he leads the Bank’s origination and solutioning efforts for complex cash management, documentary trade and open account trade / supply chain improvements with clients in the large and mid-cap corporate/SME segments, bank and non-bank financial institutions sectors, and multi-nationals.

As part of DBS’ digital and advisory propositions, he also leads a Digital Transformation Advisory function which helps companies drive digital adoption, an Engineering Sales team in conjunction with Group Technology, and a Treasury and Working Capital Advisory & Solutioning (TWCAS) practice. Through these propositions, Mark’s team helps companies take advantage of the digital revolution and provides advice to companies navigating their own digital transformation agendas, as well as providing broader customer advisory and solutioning assistance in the creation and delivery of working capital improvement and treasury projects in Asia.

Before joining DBS, Mark was most recently the Global Head of Corporate Sales for HSBC’s Global Liquidity and Cash Management product group in London, where he led the strategy and development of corporate sales across the bank’s Commercial Banking and Global Banking and Markets businesses. Prior to joining HSBC, he held senior roles at JP Morgan and Bank of America in Australia, Singapore and the United States.

Mark graduated from Claremont McKenna College with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.

2:00pm -2:40pm

A digital money deep dive

While they have been confined to the fringes of finance, cryptocurrencies, NFTs and DeFi (decentralised finance) did not require treasurers or CFOs to understand precisely how they work, where they can be used and what the risks might be. That is no longer the case. As major banks, card companies and fintechs embrace these new concepts it is imperative that finance professionals get to grips with the details. How does the blockchain actually work? What are the implications of permissioned and non-permissioned versions? Does tokenisation of an asset confer ownership and what are the tax implications versus, say, derivatives? Are stablecoins really stable? In this session, our expert will address the core products and technologies and explain how they work in the real world. The audience will be able to ask detailed questions relevant to what treasury needs to understand for the future.

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Franck Paniandy

Group treasurer, Maus Freres S.A.
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Franck Paniandy

Group treasurer, Maus Freres S.A.
September 21st 2022

02:00pm -2:40pm
A digital money deep dive
After 10 years working in Corporate & Investment Banking for a major European bank, Franck Paniandy joined as Group Treasurer in 2007 Maus Frères SA, a family-owned company based in Geneva, active in retail in Switzerland (Manor) and internationally with Lacoste, Gant, Aigle and The Kooples. Initially setting up a modern and integrated centralized Treasury department, he has recently been a member of the National Working Group on CHF Libor replacement in Switzerland. He is graduated from the EDHEC Business School in France.

2:00pm -2:40pm

Optimise your balance sheet with ESG-linked financing

When this company looked at a large-scale refinancing of its outstanding bonds, it had a number of objectives. First, it needed to guarantee market access, and outstanding litigation risks complicated that access. Second, it needed to be able to raise around $4 billion cost effectively enough to make a tender offer for those outstanding bonds viable. And third, it needed to be sure that demand in the high-yield market would hold up despite record issuance in the preceding 11 months. The answer to this puzzle was the largest-ever offering of Sustainability-Linked Bonds (SLBs), which was also the first of its kind in the sector that is tied to both climate and access to medicine targets. Demand for the bonds was so strong that the multi-tranche Euro and US Dollar issue was upsized and sold at a yield below initial price talk. Following its successful SLBs offering, and the tailwind it gave to the company’s ESG journey – the company has adopted a more holistic and expansive approach towards linking its financial instruments to ESG targets, subsequently also linking its revolving credit facility (RCF) to annual ESG targets, with the aim to link additional instruments in the near future. In this session, the treasurer explains how the company came to identify the ESG-linked bond market as the key to the success of the refinancing, how it decided on the ESG goals embedded in the bonds and RCF and how they sold the story to investors.

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Stephen Harper

SVP global treasury, risk and insurance, Teva Pharmaceuticals
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Stephen Harper

SVP global treasury, risk and insurance, Teva Pharmaceuticals
September 21st 2022

02:00pm -2:40pm
Optimise your balance sheet with ESG-linked financing
Currently serving as SVP Treasury, Insurance and Enterprise Risk Management for Teva, Steve has worked in Corporate Treasury for over 25 years across 5 continents. Recognised as a senior finance professional with leadership and communication skills across all levels of internal and external stakeholders. Steve is execution driven and familiar with the demands of the manufacturing industry and used to being located within the factory environment. Motivatior and mentor to developing treasury talent with a number of key staff now very successful in their own right in senior global positions. IPO specialist from pre-due diligence through execution to post public compliance. Debt heavy and distressed fund-raising capability, plus the emerging demands of ESG are all core competencies.
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Amit Hazan

Head of corporate finance and banking relations, Teva Pharmaceuticals
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Amit Hazan

Head of corporate finance and banking relations, Teva Pharmaceuticals
September 21st 2022

02:00pm -2:40pm
Optimise your balance sheet with ESG-linked financing
Currently serving as the Head of Corporate Finance and Banking Relations in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, amongst the leading pharmaceutical companies in the world operating in 60 markets.

Amit is responsible for planning, execution and monitoring of optimal financing transactions to support Teva’s strategy and fulfil the company’s liquidity and capital needs.

As the Head of Banking Relations, Amit serves as a main day-to-day contact person for Teva’s banking partners and takes an active role in determining, reshaping and reforming Teva’s banking strategy, operations and business mix. He also manages the relationship with the rating agencies.

Prior to joining Teva Amit spent 5 years at the Israeli branch of KPMG and served as the head of Quantitative Risk Management unit, where he led a variety of audit and advisory projects for various financial institutions.

Amit is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a bachelor degree in Finance and Accounting from Bar Ilan University in Israel and is based at the company’s headquarters in Tel-Aviv, Israel.

2:00pm -2:40pm

Improving the cross-border payments journey

Cross-border payments sit at the heart of the world economy by enabling cross-border trade, but there have been four consistent challenges for companies: transparency, limited access, low speed and high costs. The past few years have brought dynamic change to this world with new players upending traditional approaches. So although SWIFT, for example, is a tried and trusted cross-border payment system that will remain important, today there are many more innovative choices for corporates to improve their payments experience. This panel will look at the priorities that corporate treasurers have: for the beneficiary to receive the amount the payer intended; for funds to move swiftly and accurately with a predictable timescale; and finally, to have end-to-end visibility of funds while the transaction is taking place. Who are they working with now and looking to work with in the future?

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Franca Aeby

Senior cash manager, Roche
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Franca Aeby

Senior cash manager, Roche
September 21st 2022

02:00pm -2:40pm
Improving the cross-border payments journey
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.
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Stefano Celada

Head of treasury, MSC Cruises
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Stefano Celada

Head of treasury, MSC Cruises
September 21st 2022

02:00pm -2:40pm
Improving the cross-border payments journey

2:00pm -2:20pm

Boost Payment Solutions

Legacy B2B payment options are fraught with challenges- Late payments, manual processes, fraud losses, poor customer experience, data errors and more. Virtual cards are quickly becoming the preferred commercial payment method in markets around the world due to their higher level of security, but the process can still be complex and challenging. Boost Payment Solutions is the global leader in B2B payments. Boost Intercept®, our proprietary Straight Through Processing (STP) platform, eliminates manual workflows with secure end-to-end payment and data automation, enabling an Issuer or Buyer to push card payments directly to a Supplier’s acquiring bank.

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Dean M. Leavitt

CEO, Boost Payment Solutions
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Dean M. Leavitt

CEO, Boost Payment Solutions
September 21st 2022

02:00pm -2:20pm
Boost Payment Solutions
Dean is a well-respected veteran of the electronic payments industry with over 30 years of experience in leadership roles at both public and private companies. Dean founded Boost Payment Solutions in 2009 to meet the untapped needs of the B2B payments industry with technology solutions that seamlessly serves the needs of today’s commercial trading partners. Today, Boost is widely recognized as an industry leader in B2B payments. Dean currently serves as a member of both the Global and European Advisory Boards of Commercial Payments International. Dean previously served two terms on the Board of Directors of the Electronic Transactions Association.

2:20pm -2:40pm

Cobase

Our multibank platform is unique because it combines the services of Payment Hubs, Service Bureaus and Treasury Management Systems all in one solution. A single point of access to all bank accounts and other financial products and services. Cobase is cloud-based and fully serviced leading to a low total cost of ownership. Users and authorisation schemes can be centrally managed, across banks, for all subsidiaries or departments and only one security token is needed for each user. Features such as Liquidity Forecasting, FX Risk Management with Auto Hedging, In-house banking and the most recent Cash Pooling (Target Balancing) module are also available.

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Joost Kevelam

Head of Sales, Cobase
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Joost Kevelam

Head of Sales, Cobase
September 21st 2022

02:20pm -2:40pm
Cobase
As Head of Sales, Joost is a driving force in the growth of Cobase. He gets excited by helping the Cobase-clients thrive, for example by helping them optimize their treasury operations. Joost has fifteen years of experience in consultative sales and leading international sales & advisory teams.

Before joining Cobase, Joost worked in several international positions at ING Financial Markets, most recently as Global Head of eCommerce Sales. Joost is a CFA Charterholder.

2:40pm -3:20pm

Commercial cards remain a key tool

In a world of digitalisation, AI and crypto, commercial cards may seem like yesterday’s news, even virtual ones. But none of the benefits of using commercial cards for B2B payments have gone away. They help make payments more time and cost-efficient; they can help secure the supply chain, improve cash flow and working capital, and they increase the visibility and control of spend to reduce risk of fraud and misuse. However, there are still perceived barriers to commercial card adoption from both buyers and sellers. In this session learn about the process changes required, the different obligations cards create in different jurisdictions and how to overcome resistance among suppliers reluctant to accept card payments.

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Lucy Bryans

Global corporate card programme manager, EY
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Lucy Bryans

Global corporate card programme manager, EY
September 21st 2022

02:40pm -3:20pm
Commercial cards remain a key tool
Lucy Bryans is part of EY’s Supply Chain Services team and manages the global corporate card program for EY which has over 65 markets across all regions and all categories of spend.

With more than 20 years’ experience working across travel and card she is an expert in consulting with business partners to tailor solutions that enable spend while managing risk and compliance, and remains focussed on challenging the status quo both internally and with her card supplier to ensure the products and industry continue to innovate and develop to deliver what EY needs to support their objectives.
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Timothy Batsche

Global head of strategic revenue, American Express International Card Services
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Timothy Batsche

Global head of strategic revenue, American Express International Card Services
September 21st 2022

02:40pm -3:20pm
Commercial cards remain a key tool
Timothy Batsche is the Global Head of Strategic Revenue for American Express International Card Services. He and his team support the commercial customer base by playing a key role in developing net new revenue by defining the account management, product and fintech strategy. The group’s global market reach is supported through a sales and execution specialist team, a strategic data and analytics team, and a partnership management team that combine for a client-centric approach built on delivering measurable value to each side of the transaction – buyer and supplier.

2:40pm -3:20pm

The importance of measurable actions, impact and outcomes

How do the current activities of corporates compare to their projected business profile? Do labelled bonds provide investors with assurances about an issuers ESG credentials? What do investors care about – policies or target setting? Please join this session to delve into the best practices that corporate treasurers should consider, including conventional and green bond issuers. It will also look at climate change scenarios and long-term risks while considering a just transition to net zero.

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Andrew Steel

ESG lead, Sustainable Fitch
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Andrew Steel

ESG lead, Sustainable Fitch
September 21st 2022

02:40pm -3:20pm
The importance of measurable actions, impact and outcomes
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Isard Serra

Corporate finance director, Cellnex
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Isard Serra

Corporate finance director, Cellnex
September 21st 2022

02:40pm -3:20pm
The importance of measurable actions, impact and outcomes
Isard Serra is the Corporate Finance Director of the Cellnex group. He joined Abertis Telecom (now Cellnex Telecom) in 2014 ahead of the IPO and has set up the Finance and Treasury departments. Previously in the Finance Department of Abertis Infraestructuras, he holds a Telecommunications Engineering degree and an MBA from the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS).
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Brian Marcus

GM, commercial and corporate finance, Seplat Energy Plc
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Brian Marcus

GM, commercial and corporate finance, Seplat Energy Plc
September 21st 2022

02:40pm -3:20pm
The importance of measurable actions, impact and outcomes
Mr. Marcus joined Seplat Energy in 2018 and is currently the GM, Commercial & Corporate Finance charged with managing commercial negotiations, corporate funding and treasury matters for Seplat Energy. Mr. Marcus has over 17 years’ experience in the financial sector, primarily focused on emerging markets with extensive experience in structuring energy transactions on the African continent. Prior to joining Seplat, he was an Executive Director in the Energy and Natural Resources Group at Standard Chartered Bank.

2:40pm -3:20pm

Why corporates have to accept crypto - debunking myths & practical guidance next steps

The conversation about whether crypto is good or bad is done and dusted. Digital assets are here and being used in the corporate world (eg. sale of non-fungible tokens – NFTs ). They are growing fast and will only play a larger role in finance going forward. Perhaps as a treasurer you have been asked by the business or the CFO about whether you should be making payments or accepting them in crypto? Again, that is a dated conversation: you should already be prepared and fully conversant now. This session will give you the lowdown on everything you need to know. In this Q&A session, we will debunk myths and in turn will help you learn the practicalities and timescale of introducing crypto to your company. There are too many myths attached to crypto and not enough knowledge about the mechanics of transactions. Are stablecoins the best starting point? How is crypto best accessed, hedged and traded? What are the regulatory, security and accounting hurdles? What opportunities and extras can you expect from using crypto?

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Royston Da Costa

Assistant group treasurer, Ferguson plc.
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Royston Da Costa

Assistant group treasurer, Ferguson plc.
September 21st 2022

02:40pm -3:20pm
Why corporates have to accept crypto - debunking myths & practical guidance next steps
Royston Da Costa has over 34 years’ experience working in treasury. He joined Wolseley, now Ferguson Group, in April 2002, and was responsible for managing the group’s daily debt and cash requirements.

In 2010, Royston was given the responsibility for driving the automation of Treasury’s processes at Ferguson, which led to the implementation of their current treasury management system in 2015, a cloud-based solution by Coupa.

He was promoted to assistant group treasurer in November 2016, and was made responsible for the middle office, and in November 2019 assumed responsibility for the Front Office. He continues to drive forward the group’s strategy on treasury technology.

Today, Ferguson use 13 cloud based solutions and most of their processes are automated.

Royston previously worked at Sky, Gillette, PolyGram, Seagram, and Vivendi Universal.

Ferguson won the 2020 BELLIN (now part of Coupa) Champions Award for “Best Practice”.

Royston also won the Adam Smith award on behalf of Ferguson for the “Best Cyber-Security Solution” in 2019.

Ferguson won the Corporate Recognition Award for “Future proofing Treasury” at the 2018 TMI Awards for Innovation and Excellence.
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Johannes Woolard

Global head of quant-development and head of options, EMEA, B2C2
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Johannes Woolard

Global head of quant-development and head of options, EMEA, B2C2
September 21st 2022

02:40pm -3:20pm
Why corporates have to accept crypto - debunking myths & practical guidance next steps
Johannes joined B2C2 in 2018 to lead automated trading globally from development to implementation. Since early 2021, Johannes has been globally responsible for the development of the firm’s derivatives products and underlying technology. Additionally he heads up the Quantitative Development group at B2C2, which is focussed on research and development across all aspects of risk management and trading.
Previously, Johannes was the CTO at non-bank FX liquidity provider Lucid Markets, and prior to that at Deutsche Bank. He holds a BA in Computer Science from the University of Oxford.

2:40pm -3:00pm

Calastone

It’s time to make short term investments from any treasury system directly with any fund provider. Are you able to make short term investments from your treasury system with any fund provider? Can you bypass third party distributors to save basis points? Find out how Calastone Money Market Services has digitalised the short term investment process to give treasurers convenience, added safety and control. Now you can have instantaneous trading and settlement, reporting delivered directly into your treasury system and a simplified sweeps process at the push of a button.

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James Griffin

Head of money market services – Americas, Calastone
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James Griffin

Head of money market services – Americas, Calastone
September 21st 2022

02:40pm -3:00pm
Calastone
Jim Griffin is Head US Money Market Services at Calastone where he is responsible for developing Calastone’s institutional money market offering so that it continues to meet the needs of local US fund providers, portals and liquidity investors. He has over 30 years experience in asset management, notably in the liquidity investments sector, where he has worked for some of the world’s leading firms. Prior to Calastone, he led the liquidity sales team at Goldman Sachs for over six years. He has also held similar roles at JP Morgan and Bank of America.

2:40pm -3:20pm

Using fintech to bolster corporate fitness

Recent industry trends such as back-office digitisation, time and cost efficiency, and supply chain management strategies have been directly impacted by financial technology (fintech) solutions. This panel of industry thought leaders will discuss how they have leveraged fintech tools to bolster business performance. The panel will look at major trends today (base rate transitions, financial stability etc.) and the specific challenges corporate treasury has been able to overcome using tech and automation. What does treasury look for when investing in fintech? What are the specific metrics or use cases for demonstrating results? Are there pain points that tech cannot solve or are their solutions coming down the pipe that will help address outstanding frustrations in corporate treasury?

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Andrew Farnhill

Business development, Europe, LiquidX
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Andrew Farnhill

Business development, Europe, LiquidX
September 21st 2022

02:40pm -3:20pm
Using fintech to bolster corporate fitness
Andrew Farnhill works in the UK office of LiquidX, a global leader in working capital, trade finance and insurance technology. He manages origination and business development in Europe, developing customer propositions for corporates, banks and non-bank financial institutions.

Andrew has 25 years of experience as a practitioner in Trade Finance and in technology, having worked for international banks, Fintechs and technology firms. He has specialized in trade finance for nearly two decades and has extensive experience building new businesses, launching products and services in new geographies, including within regulated markets.

Within trade and working capital, Andrew has held sales and origination roles, senior product roles and in Trade Risk Distribution. His experience also extends to technology roles where he began his career in applications technology and database development before moving on to business analysis and project management.

Andrew earned a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, a Masters degree in IT from Birmingham University and a Masters in Finance from London Business School.
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Gregg Murphey

Assistant treasurer, Novelis Inc.
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Gregg Murphey

Assistant treasurer, Novelis Inc.
September 21st 2022

02:40pm -3:20pm
Using fintech to bolster corporate fitness
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Iris Hernandez

Sr. director treasury, Flex
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Iris Hernandez

Sr. director treasury, Flex
September 21st 2022

02:40pm -3:20pm
Using fintech to bolster corporate fitness
17 years of experience with extensive finance & administration background, running multiple roles across different areas. Currently, leading Corporate Cash Management and Corporate Finance.

Significant experience and success leading and managing Global Shared Services Centers & Corporate Treasury, with expertise on standardization, process improvements, digital transformation strategy and innovation, cross functional leadership, cash management, payments, supply chain finance, order to cash.

Finance professional with a Master in Controllership

Based in Guadalajara, México.

3:00pm -3:20pm

9th Gear Technologies, inc

Settlement Risk comes up every time FX is discussed and never adequately addressed. This session showcases 9th Gear and how it reduces the time (in real time; seconds not days) it takes to track, clear and settle FX by bringing operational efficiency and risk mitigation to financial markets. Settlement Risk is unnecessary! The current FX markets are plagued by antiquated systems and technology from the 70’s. 9th Gear solves this problem with a platform that provides transparency, reduced risk and drastically lowered cost to participants (we can quantify a 38% cost reduction).

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Maryanne Morrow

Chairman, CEO, 9th Gear Technologies, inc
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Maryanne Morrow

Chairman, CEO, 9th Gear Technologies, inc
September 21st 2022

03:00pm -3:20pm
9th Gear Technologies, inc
Maryanne brings more than 25 years as a corporate veteran in the financial, marketing and advertising industries to her role as Board Chair, CEO and founder of 9th Gear Technologies where she is responsible for leading corporate strategy, scaling the company and investor relations.

She is a capital markets specialist, launching a family of mutual funds and architecting fee-based asset management platforms for banks, broker dealers and insurance firms. Maryanne previously served as CEO of SurgeXLR, a boutique accelerator she founded that focused on faster paths to monetization. She was also involved in two successful exits (to Standard & Poor’s and BNP Paribas) and consulted on the custom content and advertising efforts of many financial forms while working at The Wall Street Journal. Maryanne is an active angel investor and an expert on distributed ledger technology, ICOs and cryptocurrency.

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4:00pm -4:40pm

Optimising worldwide payments and bank connectivity

In 2021, ContourGlobal’s treasury team found themselves managing connectivity across a global network of 60+ banks, 800+ accounts, and 140+ unique entities. They were also tasked with executing thousands of payments every month and controlled a variety of external and intercompany loan agreements, cash pooling structures, and FX-related functions. In order to simplify these tasks, ContourGlobal recognised the need to improve their banking workflows to reduce costs and support additional connectivity options outside of SWIFT. But with a tight nine-month deadline associated with completing this overhaul, how could ContourGlobal approach such a complex and multifaceted project? In this session, ContourGlobal will showcase how their simultaneous implementation of a cloud-based TMS and payment hub solution revolutionised their core banking and payments workflows within record time. They will demonstrate how this new technology stack was integrated globally and what the ensuing benefits and advantages have been.

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Maarten Himpe

VP, group treasurer, ContourGlobal
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Maarten Himpe

VP, group treasurer, ContourGlobal
September 21st 2022

04:00pm -4:40pm
Optimising worldwide payments and bank connectivity
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Jörg Wiemer

Co-Founder and CSO, TIS
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Jörg Wiemer

Co-Founder and CSO, TIS
September 21st 2022

04:00pm -4:40pm
Optimising worldwide payments and bank connectivity
Jörg Wiemer, MBA, is co-founder and CSO of TIS. Jörg draws on more than 20 years of experience in the treasury and corporate finance area, with his most recent previous appointment being Senior Vice President and Head of Global Treasury at SAP AG, where he and his team were responsible for international treasury management.

4:00pm -4:20pm

Avallone

Know-your-customer (KYC) processes have challenged corporations for long enough to now be a part of everyday life for legal, treasury and more. Even so, it’s still a major pain. So what are the best practices and trends? How can technology and software help? This session gives a deeper understanding of why KYC is so important, how KYC looks at its worst, and last but not least, how KYC can be at its best when enabled by technology.

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Anders Meinert Jørgensen

Co-founder and CEO, Avallone
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Anders Meinert Jørgensen

Co-founder and CEO, Avallone
September 21st 2022

04:00pm -4:20pm
Avallone
Anders Meinert Jørgensen has been in corporate banking and leading compliance divisions for +20 years for the largest Nordic banks. Currently, he’s the CEO/Co-founder of Avallone.

4:00pm -4:40pm

Reality check: the crypto treasury panel

You’ve heard from the digital evangelists and pioneers, but what about your peers in traditional firms? To what extent have they been following developments in DeFi and will that change as the pandemic recedes? Will digitalisation, hybrid working and the next wave of economic disruption make adoption of digital currencies and tokens more or less attractive? And how much attention have ‘normal’ companies – companies outside the technology financial sectors – paid to crypto developments so far? In this panel hear the perspectives of experts and treasurers like you and take the opportunity to quiz them about possible first or next steps.

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Phong Le

President and CEO, MicroStrategy
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Phong Le

President and CEO, MicroStrategy
September 21st 2022

04:00pm -4:40pm
Reality check: the crypto treasury panel
Phong Le has served as President & Chief Executive Officer since August 2022, and has previously served in various senior executive positions, including President, President & Chief Financial Officer, and Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer, since joining MicroStrategy in August 2015. Mr. Le has also served as a member of the board of directors of MicroStrategy since August 2022. Prior to joining MicroStrategy, Mr. Le served as the Chief Financial Officer of XO Communications, a privately‐held telecommunications company, from August 2014 to August 2015. From March 2010 to August 2014, Mr. Le held senior positions at NII Holdings, a Nasdaq‐ listed telecommunications company, including Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis, and Vice President of Strategy and Business Operations. Prior to that, Mr. Le worked in the consulting practice at Deloitte from 1998 to 2010. Mr. Le holds a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University and an M.B.A. from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Todd Yoder

MD corporate finance and treasury, Fluor Corporation
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Todd Yoder

MD corporate finance and treasury, Fluor Corporation
September 21st 2022

04:00pm -4:40pm
Reality check: the crypto treasury panel
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.

4:00pm -4:40pm

Building better forecasting

It’s a familiar situation. Because of regional differences, the treasury team uses multiple Excel templates to gather raw data for forecasting and entering, maintaining and then centralising it manually. To improve forecasting, the company needs to be able to aggregate and analyse data from multiple sources and then apply more sophisticated scenario and variance analysis to it. A clear goal, however, not that easy to achieve. Unexpected hurdles to deal both during selecting and implementation, like integrating with existing IT, ensure the tool can cope with current levels of data quality and the level of business need. Here the treasury team explains why selecting a solution took longer than expected, how they coped with data quality issues and what they have learned about prioritising to avoid getting lost in the detail.

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Iain Currie

Director treasury operations, Prologis
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Iain Currie

Director treasury operations, Prologis
September 21st 2022

04:00pm -4:40pm
Building better forecasting
After graduating from the University of Dundee, and working as a Financial Consulatant for a few years, Iain joined Prologis in January 2012. Since joining Prologis he has worked on numerous projects, from the migration to the use SWIFT, to the implementation of Inhouse Bank and a bank account transition project.

Along with a member of the US Treasury team, they have been responsible for the investigation, selection and establishment of the Forecasting Tool project for Prologis.
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Han Hoestra

VP, treasury, Prologis
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Han Hoestra

VP, treasury, Prologis
September 21st 2022

04:00pm -4:40pm
Building better forecasting
Han Hoestra has a background in Treasury Management for over 30 years as Cash Manager, Treasury Consultant and Treasurer, servicing a range of corporates, financial institutions and non-profit organizations. He joined Prologis in 2012 and oversees treasury operations for Europe and Asia. In his role Han was leading or involved in several projects or transitions, like a Pan-European roll-out of new cash management banks, introduction of Inhouse Banking, implementation of FX and interest risk management for Prologis and funds managed.

4:00pm -4:40pm

Rethink how to green your supply chain

Much of the focus on what treasury can do in pushing sustainability through the supply chain has been on green SCF – linking suppliers’ funding costs to their meeting defined ESG KPIs. These indirect measures are a good start and innovation in this space continues. But are there other ways that we can make our supply chain more sustainable? Areas such as energy supply, as well as company and regional infrastructure are starting to be rethought in relation to meeting company sustainability goals. These are predominantly business not treasury decisions, but as companies move towards more meaningful definitions of green supply chains, treasurers will find themselves at the centre of the data and financial complexities such practices entail. What are the risks and what are the rewards? This company has made progressive steps in the push for an alternative approach to greening their supply chain: how will they reap their rewards?

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Takachida Kuhudzai

Corporate treasury manager EMEA, Kimberly-Clark Corporation
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Takachida Kuhudzai

Corporate treasury manager EMEA, Kimberly-Clark Corporation
September 21st 2022

04:00pm -4:40pm
Rethink how to green your supply chain
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.

4:20pm -4:40pm

Kantox - Digitisation of the FX hedging policy and cost savings without losing control of the exposure - How does that work?

In the context of inflation, rising interest rates and increased market volatility it has become even more challenging for Treasurers to take hedging decisions. We will discuss how Kantox’ software based hedging approach can help Treasurers and CFOs achieve cost savings and stronger risk management while maintaining control over their exposure and execution.

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Yannic Schwendener

Sales team manager DACH, Kantox
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Yannic Schwendener

Sales team manager DACH, Kantox
September 21st 2022

04:20pm -4:40pm
Kantox - Digitisation of the FX hedging policy and cost savings without losing control of the exposure - How does that work?

4:40pm -5:20pm

The case for digitization of debt capital markets

In August 2018, the World Bank issued bond-I, the world’s first bond to be created, allocated, transferred, and managed through its life cycle using distributed ledger technology (DLT). In the years, since, other issuers have joined the fray. Continued improvements in technology and the exploration by central banks of digital currencies (CBDC) hold the potential to transform payments and debt capital markets. Furthermore, these changes can serve as a template for emerging markets to leapfrog developments in capital markets infrastructure and broaden access to finance for the masses. So why is it taking so long to move from POC to BAU? What opportunities and risks do they introduce for users of capital markets and payment rails? And what do treasurers and other financial professionals need to know about them to use them?

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Akinchan Jain

Head of asset and liability operations, World Bank Treasury
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Akinchan Jain

Head of asset and liability operations, World Bank Treasury
September 21st 2022

04:40pm -5:20pm
The case for digitization of debt capital markets
Akinchan (Aki) Jain is Manager and Head of Asset and Liability Operations at the World Bank Treasury. In this role, Aki leads a global team responsible for a range of middle office functions for a large, fixed income and derivatives portfolio. This includes approx.$250bn in outstanding debt issuance and $650bn in derivatives for the World Bank, and$185 billion in assets under management for the World Bank and 60+ clients including central banks and official institutions. As part of his responsibilities, Aki leads large business and technology projects and manages relationships with clients, market counter parts, custodians, paying agents, and technology vendors.

Previously, as Senior Financial Officer in the Structured Finance and Derivatives team at the World Bank Treasury, Aki played a key role in managing the $60 billion funding and derivatives program for the World Bank’s IBRD and IDA entities. Aki designed, structured, and executed customized and innovative capital markets solutions to support the needs of World Bank’s investors and clients. Aki has worked on several landmark transactions and initiatives, including the World Bank’s first catastrophe bond, the first global pandemic bond, the first bond linked to the achievement of the Sustainable development Goals, a social impact bond to incentivize the reduction of carbon emissions, and a guarantees and blended finance facility to help countries affected by the refugee crisis. In previous roles, Aki led the middle and back-office teams supporting the capital markets business.

Aki’s areas of interest include fintech, central bank digital currencies (CBDC), ESG investments, climate finance, impact bonds, and insurance-linked securities.

Aki holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from SRCC in Delhi University and an MBA in Finance from American University.

4:40pm -5:20pm

A digital cash and risk optimisation programme

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Unido) is a UN agency assisting countries in economic and industrial development. It recently embarked on a far-reaching optimisation programme with a payment factory that utilises RPA. Unido were able to restructure their bank relationships and accounts, reducing significantly the number of banks from 31 to 6. It also achieved faster account opening and better global coverage. A revised payments and cash policy and a move towards centralized FX has reduced risk and increased control and transparency. In this session the treasurer will outline the programme and its treasury digitalisation as well as detail their achievements so far and the challenges to come.

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Zuzana Fanning

Head of treasury, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
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Zuzana Fanning

Head of treasury, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
September 21st 2022

04:40pm -5:20pm
A digital cash and risk optimisation programme
Zuzana is the Head of Treasury at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), based in Vienna, Austria. With over 24 years of experience in Treasury, Cash Management, Corporate Banking, Sales, Risk and Project Management, Zuzana has a passion for innovation and development of people and processes leading to more profitable and effective businesses.

In her current role, she is leading the UNIDO global treasury responsible for 49 local offices and projects in 150 countries world-wide. She is responsible for payments and liquidity management, investments, foreign exchange and contributions management, as well as bank relationship management. Zuzana joined UNIDO in 2010 and since then, she has lead the design, planning and implementation of SAP system, treasury, investment and payments and cash management policies, introduced new treasury processes, as well as implemented the first Robotic processing automation projects.

Prior to her role at UNIDO, Zuzana has worked at ING Bank Netherlands and Belgium, as Head of Cash Management Sales Switzerland, USA and Nordic region and various other positions in risk management, credit analysis and relationship management.

Zuzana is a Certified Payments and Cash Management Specialist with the Association of Corporate Treasurers and has Master’s Degree in International Business.

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Jonathan Williams

Payments specialist, Payment Systems Regulator

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Jonathan Williams

Payments specialist, Payment Systems Regulator

Jonathan is an industry veteran who joined the Payment Systems Regulator in January 2021 as an expert advisor on payments processing, fraud prevention and identity management. He works closely with colleagues in policy development to support the PSR’s three statutory objectives of choice and availability for service users, competition, and innovation and development of payment methods.

He joined the PSR from the independent advisory company Mk2 Consulting which he founded and where he advised a wide range of clients including FS, telco, utilities, public sector and charities. His background in IT, product management and strategy for cybersecurity, telecoms and embedded systems (IoT) gives him a broad and deep appreciation of the challenges faced by businesses, including FinTech and Financial Services. He has advised on open banking, strong customer authentication, data protection, scheme a legal compliance and fraud prevention.

Prior to Mk2, Jonathan led industry strategy and product management for payments at Experian for over ten years, developing the market-leading Experian Payments Gateway, and validation and confirmation of payer solution Bank Wizard for payment data. He has led product management at three start-ups:

Virata Corporation – previously ATM Limited – a provider of chipsets and software in embedded systems for broadband access and high-speed networks which went public in 1999, the largest Cambridge UK IPO until Autonomy,

Content Technologies, the market leader at the time in e-mail antivirus and policy implementation, acquired in 2000 by Baltimore Technologies, and

Eiger Systems, a start-up in data validation and processing of payments, acquired by Experian in 2006.

Jonathan started his career at British Aerospace as an Operations Analyst and was then recruited to work as a college computer officer in the University of Cambridge where he connected the college to the Internet, developed management database applications and promoted access to computing and the Internet for students. He also worked as a database consultant to firms of chartered surveyors and as a business development manager for Fujitsu Telecom Europe Limited.

Jonathan has spoken and moderated discussions at conferences worldwide including EuroFinance, the Association of Corporate Treasurers, FinTech Talents, EBADay, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Sibos and Finextra. He has written articles on payments, identity, money laundering and fraud for publications and solutions providers including The Banker, The Treasurer, Journal of Payments Strategy & Systems, Finextra, Accountancy Age and Financial Director Europe.

He studied both Natural Sciences and Computer Science at the University of Cambridge. He has been an active participant in the UK payments industry, working on initiatives from APACS and the Payments Council such as those on bill payments, misdirected payments and non-standard account numbers, and as part of the Financial Crime, Data and Security working group of the Payment Strategy Forum, creating the proposal for identity guidelines which formed part of the PSF strategy. Jonathan is co-author of BSI PAS499: code of practice for digital identification and strong customer authentication.

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DBS

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DBS is a leading financial services group in Asia, with over 280 branches across 18 markets. DBS provides a full range of services in consumer, SME and corporate banking, and the bank’s “AA-” and “Aa1” credit ratings are among the highest in the world. The bank is also named as “Global Bank of the Year” by The Banker, “Best Bank in the World” by Global Finance, “World’s Best Digital Bank” by Euromoney and “Safest Bank in Asia” by Global Finance. Being at the forefront of leveraging digital technology to shape the future of banking, DBS has co-created several digital solutions using APIs for corporates in Asia and launched DBS Treasury Prism, the world’s first online simulation platform for treasury and cash management.

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Christof Nelischer

Group treasurer, S4 Capital

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Christof Nelischer

Group treasurer, S4 Capital

Christof joined S4 Capital plc as Group Treasurer in 2022, having previously served as Head of Treasury at the John Lewis Partnership in London. Prior to that he was Global Group Treasurer at Willis Towers Watson plc based in London from 2010 – December 2018. In this role, Christof led Treasury as well as the insurance function.

Other career stations include Head of Treasury at Fiberweb plc, leading corporate treasury as well as risk management, Group Treasury Manager at Novar plc, where he re-engineered the treasury function, and European Treasurer at Kellogg’s, having set up the European Treasury Centre. He was also Group Treasurer at International Personal Finance plc in 2019/20

Christof holds a dual degree in European Finance and Accounting, and an MBA from Manchester Business School. He qualified with the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

Under Christof’s leadership, John Lewis & Partners received the Highly Commended Award for Best Sustainable Finance Project at this year’s Treasury4Good Awards in 2022. JLP were also shortlisted in the ACT Deals of the Year 2022 Awards in the ESG category.

2:00pm -3:20pm

Women in finance breakout session

Continue the conversation with our fantastic panellists over some coffee, traditional Austrian nibbles, and a cocktail or two! Take this opportunity to network with your peers and share insights from initiatives and groups that you are a part of while developing ideas that you are interested in exploring further. Taking place in the ‘future of money stage’, on the exhibition floor, we will have an informal set up for you to be able to come and gain insight and ask any questions about diversity, inclusion and equality.

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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 22nd 2022

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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Priti Kartik

Senior director of treasury, CrowdStrike
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Priti Kartik

Senior director of treasury, CrowdStrike
September 22nd 2022

02:00pm -3:20pm
Women in finance breakout session
Priti Kartik joined CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity technology company, in late 2020. With more than 20 years of progressive experience in high growth companies and diverse industries, Priti brings deep experience to various areas of treasury. She has managed teams across geographies in Americas, Europe and Asia and has built the treasury function from ground up multiple times. Prior to CrowdStrike, Priti was Group Treasurer at Logitech, where she also oversaw the Credit and Collections functions. Priti served as Vice President and President of the Silicon Valley AFP (formerly PTMA) in 2009-2011 and is a committee member of San Francisco Treasury symposium and Women in Treasury (WIT). Priti holds a Graduate Diploma in Finance from Australian National University and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Mumbai, India. She is CTP certified.
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Bruce Edlund

Senior director, assistant treasurer, Citrix Systems Inc
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Bruce Edlund

Senior director, assistant treasurer, Citrix Systems Inc
September 22nd 2022

02:00pm -3:20pm
Women in finance breakout session
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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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 22nd 2022

02:00pm -3:20pm
Women in finance breakout session
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.

2:00pm -2:20pm

Instimatch

Instimatch offers a cash management platform for institutions across industries and geographies to interconnect. Currently, opaque markets, fragmented venues and tedious price discovery with limited counterparties result in suboptimal outcomes with deals negotiated over traditional onerous methods such as chat, e-mails, or phone. Instimatch addresses these issues by providing an unsecured money market platform with instant price discovery, transparent markets and standardized workflows to negotiate deals, thus saving time and optimizing returns for market participants. Borrowers and lenders quote their interest in the marketplace over the Grid or RFQ and trade on mutually beneficial terms via digital deal negotiation tools.

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Elliot Nordström

Head of sales Germany, Insitmatch
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Elliot Nordström

Head of sales Germany, Insitmatch
September 22nd 2022

02:00pm -2:20pm
Instimatch
Elliot Nordström is an optimistic and enthusiastic sales professional with nearly 6 years of experience in the financial sector. Before joining Instimatch as Head of Sales Germany, Elliot was Deputy Head of Sales Operations at 360t. His unique curiosity has enabled him to work in several areas throughout his career including Sales, Projects and as Automation Manager. Through his work experience and studies at Goethe University, he manages to leverage his knowledge of people, business, and aspiring presentation skills to create exceptional value for his clients. Elliot is passionate about developing and maintaining strong relationships centered on trust and integrity with each of his customers. Besides his youthful but strong professional background, Elliot is fluent in English, German and Swedish and enjoys programming. He appreciates challenges at work as well as on the sports field. Elliot cherishes time with family and friends and loves to play football, read and travel.

2:00pm -2:40pm

ESG banking panel

Sustainability is a now a core stakeholder concern – one with huge implications for treasurers across data, reporting, funding, cash management and risk management. Banks are critical providers in this context and the ability of key relationship institutions to deliver green / social financing and other services, as well as their own broader ESG posture, will increasingly determine their position in companies’ relationship groups. Banks must be able to demonstrate that ESG is embedded in their operations so that perceptions of their stance do not damage their clients. In addition, banks must continue to develop new sustainable versions of trade and supply chain finance, and they must work with new technologies, such as DLT, to implement these new products and services. It is a huge task and in this panel, three of the leaders in this field will explain their current initiatives and examine how treasurers can expect ESG-related banking to develop over the next three years and how treasurers can benefit.

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Kai Fehr

Global head, trade and working capital, Standard Chartered
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Kai Fehr

Global head, trade and working capital, Standard Chartered
September 22nd 2022

02:00pm -2:40pm
ESG banking panel
Kai Fehr is Standard Chartered’s Global Head of Trade & Working Capital, and a member of the Transaction Banking Management Team based in Singapore.

In this role, Kai is globally responsible for the strategic positioning of the business, including the development and delivery of products across traditional trade, open account, correspondent banking trade, and digital solutions for corporate and financial institutions.

Kai joined the Bank from Wells Fargo, where he transformed the global trade finance business as Global Head of International Trade Services.

In a trade finance career spanning more than two decades, Kai has spent the majority in Asia with roles including APAC Head of Trade and Working Capital for Barclays. He started his career in Structured Trade and Export Finance for DZ Bank in Frankfurt. Kai was the chair of the Banking Environmental Initiative (BEI) working group that helped create the sustainable shipment letter of credit. He is currently a member of The Bankers Association for Finance and Trade’s Global Trade Industry Council.

Kai holds a master’s degree in Law and bachelor’s degree in Economics, Business Administration and Management.
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Baris Kalay

Head of corporate sales, GTS, Bank of America
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Baris Kalay

Head of corporate sales, GTS, Bank of America
September 22nd 2022

02:00pm -2:40pm
ESG banking panel
Baris Kalay is head of Corporate Sales, Global Transaction Services (GTS) for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He leads a team across the region focused on delivering cash management, working capital, trade, liquidity, commercial card and transactional FX solutions to a portfolio of EMEA headquartered corporate clients.

Baris joined Bank of America in 2011 as a director in trade sales covering Turkey and Israel and was most recently the head of Trade and Supply Chain Finance for GTS EMEA. He began his banking career at Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi AS in 1999 and has also held roles at various financial institutions in Turkey, the Netherlands and Russia.

He holds a degree in Economics from the Middle East Technical University, Turkey, and an MBA from Koc University, also in Turkey. Baris is based in London.
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Aurelia Normand

Head of transaction banking EMEA, BNP Paribas
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Aurelia Normand

Head of transaction banking EMEA, BNP Paribas
September 22nd 2022

02:00pm -2:40pm
ESG banking panel
Aurélia Normand is Head of Transaction Banking CIB EMEA and Head of CIB global Transaction Banking filière at BNP Paribas. With over 15 years of experience in digital and financial industries, Aurélia joined BNP Paribas CIB in 2007 and has since held a number of senior positions in strategic marketing and communications in Global Markets. More recently, she was Chief Digital Officer for BNP Paribas CIB. Aurélia is an alumna of HEC Paris and prior to joining BNP Paribas, has held different positions in the digital space, notably for AOL and Voyages-SNCF.com.

2:00pm -2:40pm

Who really needs instant payments?

Consumers love instant payments: they want mortgage payments to reduce interest immediately; they want their pay and other cash to be spendable as soon as it’s sent. And in theory instant payments are good for treasurers too: faster payments frees up working capital and allows finer-tuning of the cash conversion cycle; the risk of customers failing to pay is reduced and collection alerts can be more accurate; and, although fraud can be executed faster, it can also be identified faster. But treasurers say there are negatives too. Faster payments can create additional complexity and reduced visibility unless additional technology is used. Instant payments are the answer to a number of their traditional pain points, but only in conjunction with other changes to treasury technology and mindset.

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Joanne Fraser

TB cash product head, UK and Europe, Standard Chartered Bank
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Joanne Fraser

TB cash product head, UK and Europe, Standard Chartered Bank
September 22nd 2022

02:00pm -2:40pm
Who really needs instant payments?
Joanne joined Standard Chartered in December 2021 where she holds the position of Managing Director, Regional Head of Cash Product Europe. She is responsible for the overall Cash product management for Financial Institution and Corporate clients in Europe, which covers currency clearing, payables, receivables, and liquidity solutions.

Joanne has undertaken several leadership roles across Transaction Banking, and her career spans more than 20 years in financial services. Her previous role was with HSBC where she spent 7 years, firstly as Senior Business Manager for the Global Head of Global Liquidity and Cash Management (GLCM), and more latterly as GLCM Regional Head of Payments and Cards Product for UK & Europe. She has led the rollout in Europe of instant payments, virtual accounts, commercial cards, and regulatory changes for example: UK cheque imaging; PSD2; and Euroclearing build out and migration as part of Brexit. Prior to that, Joanne spent 14 years at RBS in a variety of leadership roles in product management, transformation, change delivery, retail banking, and customer experience strategy for the Retail and Commercial banks.

Joanne serves on the Bank of England Strategic Advisory Forum for RTGS / CHAPs, and previously was a member of the European Payments Council (EPC) Board for SEPA participants driving SEPA strategy and adoption. She has managed large infrastructure and industry developments, regulatory changes and member bank scheme compliance and attestations, for UK and Europe, across clearing schemes and payment bodies.

Joanne is a keen mentor for junior talent, managing business internships and graduate programmes. She currently mentors in the Standard Chartered RISE programme supporting talent from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds to thrive, and to guide young people towards sustained and meaningful employment.

Originally from Edinburgh in Scotland, Jo lives in London with her beloved 1 year old daughter. Outside work she loves to spend time with her daughter, friends, and family. She enjoys walking and being outdoors and has done a few challenges over the years including walking the Inca trail, 100km through the Costa Rican rainforest, and successfully summiting Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa. She loves to travel and experience new places. More recently, she has embarked upon DIY and home improvements, and has enjoyed creating a beautiful home.
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Mila Harger

Head of digitisation, BAT
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Mila Harger

Head of digitisation, BAT
September 22nd 2022

02:00pm -2:40pm
Who really needs instant payments?

2:00pm -2:40pm

Caught in a cash trap?

Trapped cash comes in many flavours. Some of it is locked up in highly regulated jurisdictions with strict capital controls. Some is simply stuck in places or structures where there is no tax-efficient way to repatriate it. And increasingly, given today’s geopolitical situation, some of it is trapped by sanctions against individuals, companies and companies that do business with sanctioned entities. What to do about cash that is nominally owned by companies but is not operationally available is one of the thorniest problems in treasury and most situations require a bespoke solution. That said, there are a number of broad approaches to the problem and in many cases new technology can be applied to these approaches to make them more efficient. In this session we will be looking at the latest challenges in trapped cash, including sanctions, and will deep-dive into the legal, regulatory, banking and technology solutions around them.

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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 22nd 2022

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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Juliette Yim

Head of MNC regional cash management sales APAC, Deutsche Bank
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Juliette Yim

Head of MNC regional cash management sales APAC, Deutsche Bank
September 22nd 2022

02:00pm -2:40pm
Caught in a cash trap?
As the Head of MNC Regional Cash Management Sales APAC, Juliette Yim is responsible for driving the inbound sales strategy across various client segments, industries and geographies. She leads a team providing treasury advisory to Deutsche Bank’s Multinational Corporates looking to grow their cash management footprint in Asia Pacific. The Cash Management landscape in the region is a dynamic one and the team is responsible for helping clients navigate complexities by sharing insights on the latest trends, regulations and best practices.

Juliette has over 11 years of experience in Cash Management with Deutsche Bank Singapore, covering mid-caps, multinational corporates, government agencies and non-bank financial institutions. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Juliette started the first 2 years of her career as a Talent Management specialist with Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation in Singapore and completed a short assignment in Shanghai before making a career switch to join the Transaction Banking Sales team for the next 3 years.

She has a keen interest in developing junior talent within the bank and is a member of the Early Careers Advisory Board. Juliette holds a B.Arts (First Class Honours) from the University of New South Wales

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Darrell Thomas

Former VP and treasurer, Harley-Davidson, Inc.

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Darrell Thomas

Former VP and treasurer, Harley-Davidson, Inc.

Darrell Thomas is a non-executive director of the Main Board of British American Tobacco p.l.c. Darrell serves on the Audit (financial expert) and Nominations Committees.

Darrell is an independent director of Dorman Products, Inc. Darrell serves on the Audit (financial expert), Compensation and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees.

Darrell is a non-executive director of Scotia Holdings (US) Inc. Darrell serves on the Risk Committee.

Darrell joined Harley-Davidson, Inc., Milwaukee, WI in June 2010 as VP and Treasurer. During the 12 years as Treasurer, Darrell also served as Interim Chief Financial Officer for Harley-Davidson, Inc. and served as Chief Financial Officer of Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc., Chicago, IL and Eaglemark Savings Bank. Darrell also worked closely with the Harley-Davidson board of directors to develop shareholder return policies, completing strategic reviews of business units and overall risk mitigation strategies. Darrell also led or was a member of key management committees including Finance, Retirement Plans and International Credit.

Prior to Harley-Davidson, Darrell was with PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY. During the almost 7 years, Darrell served as VP and Assistant Treasurer and Director Capital Markets. During his tenure at PepsiCo, Darrell led and worked on teams developing treasury and tax strategies. Darrell was a member of teams evaluating and executing multi-billion dollar M&A transactions. Darrell served on key committees overseeing global pension assets and managing global commodity exposures.

Prior to joining PepsiCo, Darrell had a nineteen-year career in banking (15 years with Citibank) where he helped develop corporate finance and capital markets solutions for Fortune 500 companies including companies in the following industries: transportation, technology and financial services.

Darrell serves on the board of the Sojourner Family Peace Center whose mission is to reduce the societal impacts of domestic violence, the investment committee for the United Way of Milwaukee and formerly served on the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee whose mission is to provide mentoring and support for at-risk youth.

Darrell has an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School and a BA degree in Economics from Tufts University.

2:20pm -2:40pm

Delega Treasury AG

Come and check how Delega has found a new and unique approach to solve the very well known problem of signatory management between corporate and banks. Delega created a “shared workflow engine logic”, where the front end is the key to the platform’s adoption and ease of use. Major corporates and banks are taking part to the launch of the pilot as result of 18 months of cooperation and co-creation within an established working group.

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Riccardo Balsamo

CEO, Delega Treasury AG
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Riccardo Balsamo

CEO, Delega Treasury AG
September 22nd 2022

02:20pm -2:40pm
Delega Treasury AG
An ex- consultant who stumbled into banking by chance 10 years ago. Riccardo decided to create Delega after hearing extensive feedback from corporates that despite the evolution of technology and innovation in the financial sector, some elements of basic service and customer experience are still inefficient, costly and paper-based. Delega is the answer to one of the most known major pain points for corporate treasurers: signatory management! and Riccardo has asked some of the subject matter experts he has met in his career to help him solve this problem for the financial industry…once and for all!

2:40pm -3:20pm

Developing a cutting edge programme for ESG-linked Finance

While many companies have understandably focused on surviving the pandemic, some have had the breathing space to develop cutting-edge ESG programmes. In the most advanced examples these begin with an explicit, top-down commitment to net zero targets and other objectives around waste, environment and the supply chain. These then translate into specific policies and governance frameworks which in turn drive specific changes across different departments. In the case of treasury these will include re-vamps of loan and bond financing programmes, evaluation of sustainability choices and financing for suppliers, changes to risk management programmes as a result of these choices (e.g. renewable energy, carbon trading), and a host of due diligence and reporting actions. It also affects how cash is managed and how corporate pensions are invested.

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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 22nd 2022

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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Christian Nickels-Teske

Senior vice president, head of treasury Europe & capital markets, Prologis
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Christian Nickels-Teske

Senior vice president, head of treasury Europe & capital markets, Prologis
September 22nd 2022

02:40pm -3:20pm
Developing a cutting edge programme for ESG-linked Finance
As Head of Treasury Europe & Capital Markets, Christian Nickels-Teske is responsible for the negotiation and structuring of secured and unsecured financings for Prologis and its joint venture partnerships in Europe. In addition, Christian is arranging public capital market offerings, Bond issuances as well as executing derivative hedging instruments on behalf of the company.

Christian has extensive experience in structuring Mergers & Acquisitions as well as development and mezzanine financings, portfolio and cross-border (Pan-European) facility structuring.

2:40pm -3:20pm

Supply chain financing: cost remains the key driver of choice

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the pandemic caused a huge spike in supply chain financing for SMEs struggling to survive the multiple shocks to the economy seen over the past two years. Banks, development banks and non-bank funders have stepped up to meet this demand, and so large companies who wish to put SCF programmes in place for their supply chains have no shortage of solutions and providers to choose from. While funding cost will remain the key driver of this choice, firms should look at others. Receivables sellers require rapid turnaround not weeks of onboarding delays and the burden of risk managing lenders. Lenders want to invest in high-quality SCF deals with as much asset visibility for due diligence as they can get with automated risk monitoring tools and fraud prevention features. And the companies setting up SCF programmes for their suppliers want control over the funding universe for those programmes. Technology is the answer on all sides. See how the modern SCF industry is providing sophisticated solutions to all these needs and concerns.

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Helena Ramos

Head of treasury and credit risk, Impresa
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Helena Ramos

Head of treasury and credit risk, Impresa
September 22nd 2022

02:40pm -3:20pm
Supply chain financing: cost remains the key driver of choice
Helena is the Director of Treasury & Credit Risk for Impresa, the biggest Portuguese Media Group.

She is responsible for Global Cash & liquidity, banking relationships and capital planning. She manages senior debt, optimize working capital and cover foreign exchange risk management.

Responsible for the AP, AR & Credit Risk teams.

Prior to this role she was the Head of Treasury for the Iberian Consummer Healthcare of the Iberian Glaxo SmithKline.

Helena holds a Master´s Degree in Accounting from the Oporto University and a Master´s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Lisbon.
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Ramón Tolk

Senior director treasury, Avery Dennison
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Ramón Tolk

Senior director treasury, Avery Dennison
September 22nd 2022

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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Darrell Thomas

Former VP and treasurer, Harley-Davidson, Inc.

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Darrell Thomas

Former VP and treasurer, Harley-Davidson, Inc.

Darrell Thomas is a non-executive director of the Main Board of British American Tobacco p.l.c. Darrell serves on the Audit (financial expert) and Nominations Committees.

Darrell is an independent director of Dorman Products, Inc. Darrell serves on the Audit (financial expert), Compensation and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees.

Darrell is a non-executive director of Scotia Holdings (US) Inc. Darrell serves on the Risk Committee.

Darrell joined Harley-Davidson, Inc., Milwaukee, WI in June 2010 as VP and Treasurer. During the 12 years as Treasurer, Darrell also served as Interim Chief Financial Officer for Harley-Davidson, Inc. and served as Chief Financial Officer of Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc., Chicago, IL and Eaglemark Savings Bank. Darrell also worked closely with the Harley-Davidson board of directors to develop shareholder return policies, completing strategic reviews of business units and overall risk mitigation strategies. Darrell also led or was a member of key management committees including Finance, Retirement Plans and International Credit.

Prior to Harley-Davidson, Darrell was with PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY. During the almost 7 years, Darrell served as VP and Assistant Treasurer and Director Capital Markets. During his tenure at PepsiCo, Darrell led and worked on teams developing treasury and tax strategies. Darrell was a member of teams evaluating and executing multi-billion dollar M&A transactions. Darrell served on key committees overseeing global pension assets and managing global commodity exposures.

Prior to joining PepsiCo, Darrell had a nineteen-year career in banking (15 years with Citibank) where he helped develop corporate finance and capital markets solutions for Fortune 500 companies including companies in the following industries: transportation, technology and financial services.

Darrell serves on the board of the Sojourner Family Peace Center whose mission is to reduce the societal impacts of domestic violence, the investment committee for the United Way of Milwaukee and formerly served on the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee whose mission is to provide mentoring and support for at-risk youth.

Darrell has an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School and a BA degree in Economics from Tufts University.

2:40pm -3:00pm

DVS

In the course of business many companies by nature handle numerous guarantees through banks and sureties. In the end they find themselves with a messy distribution of a significant number of outstanding guarantees physically held across a wide range of counterparts. What if you could simply connect to many different guarantors, for all type of guarantees, easily standardize and digitize all your incoming and outgoing guarantees, and have real-time access to the latest status? This is now possible with Guarantee Vault, the leading European market initiative for digitizing guarantee processes and multi-guarantor connectivity.

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Wouter van Schaik

Head of product and API, DVS
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Wouter van Schaik

Head of product and API, DVS
September 22nd 2022

02:40pm -3:00pm
DVS
Within DVS, Wouter is responsible for the product strategy, proposition development and customer integrations to hyper scale the product solutions. Together with his team they focus on working closely and pragmatically together with customers and prospects to deliver solutions that make the difference in their day-to-day business.

2:40pm -3:20pm

The internet of things (that can pay)

Connected devices are no longer a novelty. A new car is part web, part API and part people carrier. The fridge that knows it needs more milk is a reality. But the next stage is embedding payment functionality into these devices so that their users, or the device itself, can make payments instantly. Pay with your car, with a voice-enabled assistant or perhaps just let that fridge both order and pay for the milk it needs. This happens to be one of the many ways in which card companies are reinventing themselves, as well as entering the BNPL market and creating online portals for connectivity with fintechs. And card-related payments aren’t going away: yes you can use digital wallets to circumvent card networks but consumers tend to load cards into those wallets and to use their cards as the payment method inside platforms like PayPal. In this session learn about how the traditional card brands have become anything but traditional.

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Eckart Reiche

VP sales and business development, Getnet
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Eckart Reiche

VP sales and business development, Getnet
September 22nd 2022

02:40pm -3:20pm
The internet of things (that can pay)
Eckart Reiche is the Vice President of Sales & Business Development at Getnet Europe.

Getnet Europe is part of PagoNxt, a Banco Santander company, and offers merchants customized and personalized payment solutions. Eckart joined Getnet from Wirecard where he held the position of Vice President of Sales Airlines.

His career spans more than 30 years in the transport and financial technology industry. He worked in several leadership roles at Sabre and American Airlines in Europe and the United States.

Eckart served on the European Board of Sabre Holding Germany GmbH and holds a degree in business administration.
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Ankur Kanwar

Regional head of cash management, ASEAN, global head of structured solutions development, Standard Chartered
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Ankur Kanwar

Regional head of cash management, ASEAN, global head of structured solutions development, Standard Chartered
September 22nd 2022

02:40pm -3:20pm
The internet of things (that can pay)
20 years of experience in Transaction Banking, Treasury and Finance across markets in Asia and USA.

Ankur leads strategy and execution for the Cash Management business across ASEAN region. He also leads Structured Solutions Development team globally for Cash management. He is deeply entrenched in new client solutions, regulatory changes as well as emerging trends across ASEAN. He leads a global team of seasoned professionals from treasury and finance industry, building new and innovative structured cash management solutions.

Since joining Standard Chartered, he has worked with a number of large corporate clients on enhancing efficiency of their cash and treasury management operations. He has also been instrumental in launching a variety of innovative digital solutions and is a key influencer of new technology adoption in the industry. He is a regular speaker in various industry events and has also authored a number of thought leadership articles in broadsheets and reputed industry journals.

Prior to joining Standard Chartered Bank, Ankur worked for JP Morgan Chase in Singapore and New York. He led product management function for Transaction Banking regulatory products as well as worked extensively with large corporate clients streamlining their liquidity management structures.

Ankur also has expertise in Treasury management leading Balance sheet hedging, funding strategies, engagement with capital and funding divisions as well as assessments for clients on regulatory changes.

He is Chartered Accountant from India and also holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) qualification.

3:00pm -3:20pm

Komgo Sa

10 minutes is more than enough to present our TRAKK Solution. Don’t miss the opportunity to discover why and how a lot of banks, corporates, inspections companies and retailers have decided to protect their documents against fraud thanks to TRAKK. We are Komgo, we specialized in making your documents more secured. Meet us and see by yourself what solution we can bring to your company.

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Aliette Clarke

Trakk Sales, Komgo Sa
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Aliette Clarke

Trakk Sales, Komgo Sa
September 22nd 2022

03:00pm -3:20pm
Komgo Sa
10 years of experience in the Soft Commodities Trading business as a Financial Controller. Aliette is seeking now optimization and transparency in the Finance world. She is contributing to the digitalization of Trade Finance by creating smarter and faster processes. She is always eager to learn from others and is very interested in solving problems.

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Deft Softwares Europe

DeftHedge is a reporting & decision making tool to manage fx & commodities risk. Our 25 clients (large corp.) generated 30 M€ of fx gain in 2021. The 3 modules : – REPORTING : by uploading data (forecasts, invoices, settlements and hedges), DeftHedge allows to monitor exposure and the hedges portfolio and delivers an accurate reporting => you have a clear vision on the risk – FX MANAGEMENT : the hedging methodology consists of framing the risk with a favorable and unfavorable scenario. The pricer allows to build a strategy by modeling the hedges that could be dealt. That helps in the decision-making process => you get serenity before calling the fx desk – FX IMPACT & IFRS : DeftHedge calculates the fx impacts it also provides full IFRS reporting with OCI impact, MTM and IFRS writing.

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Olivier Lechevalier

Chief executive officer - CEO, Deft Softwares Europe
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Olivier Lechevalier

Chief executive officer - CEO, Deft Softwares Europe
September 22nd 2022

04:00pm -4:20pm
Deft Softwares Europe
DeftHedge is proud to present two of these experts. Olivier Lechevalier and Alexandre Brossollet each have 20 years of experience in bank and consulting firms, specialized in Fx and commodities Risk. Aside Olivier is a cereal and sugar producer and Alexandre board member of a hockey club.
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Alexandre Brossollet

Director of operations, Deft Softwares
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Alexandre Brossollet

Director of operations, Deft Softwares
September 22nd 2022

04:00pm -4:20pm
Deft Softwares Europe

4:00pm -4:40pm

The treasurers’ opinion

It’s important to keep up with the big picture in payments, but day-to-day, treasurers are less concerned with the cutting edge and more with the complexity of their current banking arrangements and the knock-on effects on efficiency visibility, fraud and security. They may not be as interested in faster payments as they are in the efficient scheduling of payments – matching them to cashflows or timings linked to working capital requirements. Or they may be more interested continuing to eliminate manual processes and better exploit their existing ERP and TMS technology. To find out what your peers really care about in payments, this panel brings together treasurers to describe where they are putting time and resources in the payments space.

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Kiera Agnew

Assistant treasurer, Kellogg Company
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Kiera Agnew

Assistant treasurer, Kellogg Company
September 22nd 2022

04:00pm -4:40pm
The treasurers’ opinion
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Kemi Bolarin

Head of treasury, GXO Europe
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Kemi Bolarin

Head of treasury, GXO Europe
September 22nd 2022

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’.

4:20pm -4:40pm

Mitigram

Mitigram is the leading digital platform in global trade financing. Already used by over 300 multinational corporations, leading commodity traders and financial institutions, Mitigram enables assessment of real-time risks, capacity and pricing from partner banks, while leveraging SWIFT connectivity, APIs and Fast-Learning AI to deliver the best possible financing access and execution, regardless of instrument, bank, format or channel. Since its commercial launch in 2016, Mitigram has enabled over $90bn+ in trade financed flows, facilitated trade in over 100 markets and covered risks on over 1000 financial institutions worldwide.

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Marjon Wohlén

Chief Product Officer, Mitigram
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Marjon Wohlén

Chief Product Officer, Mitigram
September 22nd 2022

04:20pm -4:40pm
Mitigram
Marjon founded Mitigram in 2014, where she is now leading product strategy and implementation as Chief Product Officer. Marjon envisioned a more digitalised Trade Finance having 20 years of experience in a number of leading FinTech companies and a proven track record of streamlining corporate treasuries’ business processes through software solutions.
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Simon de Monte

Executive director, Mitigram
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Simon de Monte

Executive director, Mitigram
September 22nd 2022

04:20pm -4:40pm
Mitigram
Simon joined Mitigram in June 2021 as Executive Director. Responsible for driving continued global Corporate and FI adoption of the platform’s solutions, Simon has a 25-year-strong trade and commodity finance background spanning origination, structuring and risk distribution. Prior to joining Mitigram, he spent 16 years at Bank ABC and has also held roles at London Forfaiting Company and ABN AMRO Bank.

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Patrick Kunz

Patrick Kunz

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Jonathan Williams

Jonathan Williams

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Nicholas Franck

Nicholas Franck

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DBS

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Christof Nelischer

Christof Nelischer

Sis ID

Andreas Passmann

Andreas Passmann

Calculum

Eugene Buckley

Eugene Buckley

The drive for working capital

Teresa Kelleher

Teresa Kelleher

Mark Troutman

Mark Troutman

A digital money deep dive

Franck Paniandy

Franck Paniandy

Optimise your balance sheet with ESG-linked financing

Stephen Harper

Stephen Harper

Amit Hazan

Amit Hazan

Improving the cross-border payments journey

Franca Aeby

Franca Aeby

Stefano Celada

Stefano Celada

Boost Payment Solutions

Dean M. Leavitt

Dean M. Leavitt

Cobase

Joost Kevelam

Joost Kevelam

Commercial cards remain a key tool

Lucy Bryans

Lucy Bryans

Timothy Batsche

Timothy Batsche

The importance of measurable actions, impact and outcomes

Andrew Steel

Andrew Steel

Isard Serra

Isard Serra

Brian Marcus

Brian Marcus

Why corporates have to accept crypto - debunking myths & practical guidance next steps

Royston Da Costa

Royston Da Costa

Johannes Woolard

Johannes Woolard

Calastone

James Griffin

James Griffin

Using fintech to bolster corporate fitness

Andrew Farnhill

Andrew Farnhill

Gregg Murphey

Gregg Murphey

Iris Hernandez

Iris Hernandez

9th Gear Technologies, inc

Maryanne Morrow

Maryanne Morrow

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Refreshment break

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Optimising worldwide payments and bank connectivity

Maarten Himpe