Treasury Talks podcast series

Standard Chartered: Smarter forecasts with AI

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000

AI is transforming cash flow forecasting, giving treasurers unprecedented visibility into future inflows and outflows to inform their hedging strategies. But rather than reducing the need for humans, as predictive models grow more sophisticated, the treasurer’s role interpreting insights and shaping strategy is becoming even more important. Standard Chartered’s Thomas Kikis, Managing Director and Head of Markets, US and Americas, shares how AI is being used on the trading floor.

Episode 45: Women in Treasury & Finance US Forum 2025

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0000

In our final chapter of this year’s Women in Treasury & Finance tour, the US Forum took place in New York. This featured a sponsored welcome reception and inspiring fireside chat with Standard Chartered, followed by an awards presentation celebrating our 2025 Within Award winners for The Americas and then a lively panel discussion. Listen to some of the highlights here.

Standard Chartered: Tokenised MMFs and stablecoins: how digital assets are powering treasury modernisation

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Digital assets like stablecoins and tokenisation are making treasury faster, smarter and truly global. Standard Chartered’s Jennifer Lassiter explains how a new regulatory and legislative framework is finally giving corporate treasurers the confidence to leap into modernising their treasury infrastructure and grasp these new treasury tools.

Episode 44: Women in Treasury & Finance EMEA Forum 2025

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Our 2025 Women in Treasury & Finance EMEA Forum brought together leading voices from across the region to celebrate excellence, connection and progress in the industry. In this podcast episode, take a walk through the day’s highlights and hear inspiring snippets from our panel discussion.

Episode 43: Women in Treasury & Finance APAC Forum 2025

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Our 2025 Women in Treasury & Finance Forum in July brought together our APAC community to celebrate our Within Award winners and discuss the level of progress in the industry. Listen to some of the key highlights from the panel discussion.

Standard Chartered: Why AI holds the key to treasury metamorphosis

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 08:45:00 +0000

AI is transforming everything from liquidity management to regulatory compliance and making treasury functions more agile and forward-looking. Vibhor Narang, Lead, Structured Solutions, Transaction Banking, at Standard Chartered is supporting the banks’ European clients to combine conventional treasury with the cutting-edge technology to deliver smarter, faster and more secure solutions. In conversation with Treasury Today, Vibhor outlines the stunning potential.

Standard Chartered: Innovation in cross-border payments

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000

The explosive rise in cross-border payments driven by the evolution in e-commerce and new trade corridors has created a new payments landscape characterised by innovations like QR-based payments, FX conversion and multi-currency payments, mobile wallets and account validation. Standard Chartered’s Anand Natarajan and Michael Oskar Kleinsteuber explain the technological and regulatory changes supporting and shaping cross-border payments.

Standard Chartered: How Siemens and Standard Chartered harnessed blockchain to transform payments

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Siemens, a global leading technology company, is using Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) to make payments in dollars and euros. Blockchain is typically associated with bitcoin, but treasury teams can use it to make payments in traditional currencies and harness the benefits or real time payments, programmability and tokenization.

Episode 42: Women in Treasury US Forum 2024

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 09:00:00 +0000

In our final chapter of this year's Women in Treasury tour, the US Forum took place on 12th October in New York. This featured a sponsored welcome reception and inspiring fireside chat with IFC, followed by an awards presentation celebrating our 2024 Within Award winners for The Americas. In the panel discussion, four industry experts shared their career journeys and discussed some of the key issues surrounding mental health, culture and personal power.

Episode 41: Women in Treasury EMEA Forum 2024

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +0000

In September, treasury professionals from across the region gathered for the annual Women in Treasury EMEA Forum to discuss diversity, equity and inclusion and celebrate our 2024 Within Award winners. In the panel discussion, four industry experts share their experiences and discuss the challenge of difficult leadership and dealing with discrimination.

Standard Chartered: AI and transaction banking: workflow maps, data and the human element

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 08:45:00 +0000

AI is set to transform transaction banking staples including cash and liquidity management and trade finance. The best place for treasury to start harnessing the advantages is developing a map of treasury workflows and developing a data strategy, say Standard Chartered’s transaction banking sales team, Executive Director Amy Beninato and Managing Director Karen Hom. They began by discussing the changes AI promises.

Episode 40: Women in Treasury APAC Forum 2024

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Our 2024 Women in Treasury APAC Forum took place in July, with sponsored welcome reception and special fireside chat with MUFG and a presentation celebrating our 2024 APAC Within Award winners. In the panel discussion, four industry experts shared their career journeys and explored topics such as menopause and neurodivergence.

Standard Chartered: MNCs find ways to free trapped cash in their African operations

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Marion Reuter, Standard Chartered’s Regional Head of Transaction Banking Sales UK/Europe, and Desiree Pires, Head of Corporate Sales, Markets also in Europe, outline the steps MNCs can take to reduce the risk of trapped cash.

Citi Smarter Treasury: Trade trends in Asia: seeking diversification and resiliency

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:00:00 +0000

From supplier diversification and ‘China plus’ strategies to unlocking liquidity from the balance sheet, Citi’s Sumanta Panigrahi discusses the latest trade trends in Asia.

Standard Chartered: ISO 20022: understanding the use cases for treasury

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 08:45:00 +0000

Standard Chartered’s Richard Stansbury and Sunday Domingo discuss the industry shift to ISO 20022, the possible use cases corporate treasurers should be looking at, and how companies can prepare for the new standard.

Episode 39: Women in Treasury US Forum 2023

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 09:00:00 +0000

On 12th October, Treasury Today Group concluded their 2023 global Women in Treasury tour with their US Forum, hosted in New York. Our four key industry experts discussed their career paths and offered advice around mentoring and the challenges of career and family life.

Episode 38: Women in Treasury EMEA Forum 2023

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 09:00:00 +0000

On 14th September, Treasury Today Group hosted their eleventh The Women in Treasury EMEA Forum in London. We celebrated our Women of the Year EMEA award winners and presented an exciting panel discussion with four industry experts, discussing equity, leadership and their career paths.

Episode 37: Women in Treasury APAC Forum 2023

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 09:00:00 +0000

The Women in Treasury APAC Forum 2023, held in Singapore on 13th July, saw treasury experts from across the Asia Pacific region gather to champion female achievement. A new format for the event included a guest speaker fire-side chat and a presentation of our Women of the Year Awards for APAC. Our four key speakers on the panel discussed their career stories and shared their thoughts on diversity and inclusion.

ASAA 2022 Episode 20: Judges’ Choice

Thu, 03 Aug 2023 08:30:00 +0000

[01:51] Overall Winner – Olam Group. Their partner Ricky Kaura, Standard Chartered talks about their winning collaboration and solution.

ASAA 2022 Episode 19: Best in Class Regional/Global Treasury Solution

Thu, 15 Jun 2023 08:00:00 +0000

This category looks at how a company has implemented a treasury related solution, or is in the process of being implemented, on a regional basis – a regional solution is defined as five countries or more.

[01:38] Overall Winner – Daniel Teo, Bridgestone Asia with [03:12] Lillian Sim, J.P. Morgan.

[05:16] Highly Commended Winner – BYD Company. Their partner Amy Hu, Citi talks about their winning collaboration and solution.

[08:32] Highly Commended Winner – Garrett Motion. Their partner Clara Wong, J.P. Morgan talks about their winning collaboration and solution.

ASAA 2022 Episode 18: Best Foreign Exchange Solution

Thu, 08 Jun 2023 08:00:00 +0000

This category looks at foreign exchange and could be the use of technology, a new process, change to a hedging strategy or a new FX requirement as a result of entering a new market or dealing with a new currency and/or client/supplier.

[01:28] Overall Winner – Xiaomi Corporation. Their partner Ji Yang, Citi speaks about their winning collaboration and solution.

[04:07] Highly Commended Winner – Kuaishou Technology. Their partner Carol Wong, J.P. Morgan speaks about their winning collaboration and solution.

[07:04] Highly Commended Winner – Nike. Their partner May May Pang, J.P. Morgan speaks about their winning collaboration and solution.

ASAA 2022 Episode 17: Best Digitisation Solution

Thu, 01 Jun 2023 08:00:00 +0000

In this episode, we take a look at the overall and highly commended winners of our best digitisation solution, another new category for 2022 to address the emerging digital solutions. Perhaps the company has reengineered its processes, where digitisation is a key enabler. Perhaps the use of API’s is central to the solution, or maybe the company has deployed a mobile technology solution. We have heard much about Fintech revolution, open banking, artificial intelligence, big data analytics, robotics and RPA, API’s, blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies, but what is really happening with digitisation?

[01:46] Overall Winner – DTOne. Their partner Bob Stark, Kyriba talks about their winning collaboration and solution.

[03:14] Highly Commended Winner – Nitin Sethi, Adani Digital Labs with [06:10] Allan DSilva, Citi.

[10:50] Highly Commended Winner – Chirag Dhoot, Treasury Manager, GSK.

[15:24] Highly Commended Winner – TFG Marine. Their partner Siang Hui, DBS talks about their winning collaboration and solution.

Citi Smarter Treasury: Taking control of liquidity in Asia

Tue, 30 May 2023 09:00:00 +0000

Companies in Asia are looking to increase the efficiency of their liquidity management practices while minimising risk. This requires a combination of intelligent systems, real-time solutions and expert guidance, says Citi’s Sandip Patil, Asia Pacific Liquidity Management Services Head and Digital Assets Lead.

ASAA 2022 Episode 16: Best Sustainable Treasury Solution

Thu, 25 May 2023 08:00:00 +0000

This category looks at sustainability and how corporate treasury can play it’s part in addressing ESG issues, climate change and CO2 emissions.

[01:23] Overall Winner – Bee Lin, Senior Manager, Investor Relations, Lendlease Global Commercial REIT with [04:48] Melvin Dineshraj, Citi and [06:07] Mark Yeo, OCBC.

[08:26] Highly Commended Winner – Louis Dreyfus Company. Their partner Ashish Pandey, Citi speaks about their winning collaboration and solution.

[11:54] Highly Commended Winner – Purecircle. Their partner Sean Kim, Bank of America speaks about their winning collaboration and solution.

ASAA 2022 Episode 15: Harnessing the Power of Technology

Wed, 17 May 2023 15:45:00 +0000

Technology is a key component in many of the submissions we receive and is always a hotly contested category. We see projects ranging from the use of APIs and RPA to full-blown treasury technology transformation involving TMS and ERP integration and much more.

[01:17] Overall Winner – Louis Khoo, Director, Kimly Construction Pte Ltd with [04:42] Poh Yee Ng, UOB.

[08:06] Highly Commended Winner – Abbott Malaysia. Their partner Hani Abd Karim, Bank of America speaks about their winning collaboration and solution.

[11:52] Highly Commended Winner – Suki Teh, Senior Finance Transformation Manager, Borneo Motors with [16:35] Ricky Kaura, Standard Chartered.

[20:19] Highly Commended Winner – e-Bullion India Pvt Ltd. Their partner Yogesh Lakhani, DBS speaks about their winning collaboration and solution.

Citi Smarter Treasury: Bolstering champions’ ambitions in the Middle East and Africa

Wed, 17 May 2023 09:00:00 +0000

Local companies growing in the Middle East and Africa need to have the right support in fulfilling their regional – and potentially global – ambitions. Two treasury experts from Citi explain the region’s potential, what the needs of such companies are, and how the bank successfully combines its on-the-ground presence with global knowledge to enable such companies to become emerging market champions.

ASAA 2022 Episode 14: Best Supply Chain Solution

Thu, 11 May 2023 09:00:00 +0000

Trading international can be challenging and the past 12 months or so has really shone a light on supply chains. The buyer seller relationship has never been more important, and we've seen a number of innovative solutions emerge from distributor finance, pre-shipment finance and receivables discounting to forfaiting, factoring and payables finance.

[01:18] Overall Winner – Hindustan Unilever Limited, with Rohan Kamra, C2FO.

[03:06] Highly Commended Winner – HCL Technologies Ltd, with Rajiv Warrier, J.P. Morgan.

[05:33] Highly Commended Winner – Elizabeth Heng, Director, Archipelago Rubber Trading Pte Ltd, with [09:15] Poh Yee Ng, UOB.

ASAA 2022 Episode 13: Best Investing Solution

Thu, 04 May 2023 08:30:00 +0000

This category is extended this year to include short, medium and long term investments that showcase how organisations have optimised and or diversified their investment portfolio, particularly important in a low or negative interest rate environment. We look at how they've addressed the trade-off between the yield, liquidity, cash preservation and counterparty risk, or perhaps consider ESG factors when investing.

[01:28] Overall Winner – Ying Xue, Managing Partner, InnoVen Capital with [05:45] Adrian Ong, UOB.

[07:34] Highly Commended Winner – Royal Enfield (Eicher Motors Ltd), with Manav Khurana, C2FO.

ASAA 2022 Episode 12: Best Transaction Management Solution

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 08:45:00 +0000

This is a new category for 2022 which looks at how companies manage/forecast its cash, working capital and how it makes and receives payments whether in a single or multi-purpose solution.

[01:32] - Highly Commended Winner – Ivan Tan, Managing Director, SP Digital, SP Group with (05:46) Adrian Ong, UOB

[08:40] - Highly Commended Winner – Zhang Lin, Senior Finance Director, Zoetis with (11:43) Lillian Sim, J.P. Morgan

ASAA 2022 Episode 11: Best Cash Pooling Solution

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 09:00:00 +0000

This category covers any cash pooling solution; notional and/or physical. It could be a simple single currency/single country solution or regional/global, multi-entity/multi-currency solution.

[01:37] Overall Winner – Marsh McLennan. Their partner Puja Sherwani, HSBC speaks about their winner collaboration and solution.

[05:12] Highly Commended Winner – Socfin Group. Their partner Adrian Ong, UOB speaks about their winner collaboration and solution.

ASAA 2022 Episode 10: Treasury Today Asia’s Top Treasury Team

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 09:00:00 +0000

Our most prestigious and always fiercely-contested category. Here we recognise a corporate treasury team that has made an outstanding contribution to its organisation over the past 12-18 months.

[01:28] Overall Winner – Sachin Chougule, Associate Vice President, Finance & Treasurer, Infosys Ltd with [06:05] Karandeep Singh Batth, Citi.

[09:25] Highly Commended Winner – Shoko Suzuki, Chief Transformation Officer for Unilever Marketplace (Gro 24/7) and Unilever Asia with [11:10] Jason Kim, J.P. Morgan.

ASAA 2022 Episode 9: Best Risk Management Solution

Thu, 06 Apr 2023 09:00:00 +0000

As risk continues to be top of every treasurer’s agenda; our winners provide their solutions relating to all aspects of risk which arise in the corporate treasury arena. From foreign exchange risk, counterparty risk, commodity risk and interest rate risk to cyber risk, reputational risk and supply chain risk, all are covered here. It feels like corporates have never had more risks to manage, making this an ever-increasing critical responsibility for the treasury function.

[01:28] Highly Commended Winner – Carolyne Maloney, Treasurer, Hypertherm with [03:41] Annie Mao, Bank of America.

Standard Chartered: Tackling working capital challenges with technology

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0000

In our latest podcast with Standard Chartered, Tarek El-Yafi, Regional Head of Cash Management Sales, and Karen Hom, Managing Director of Transaction Banking, discuss working capital solutions, the importance of technology, and what a well-run treasury should look like.

ASAA 2022 Episode 8: Best Card solution

Thu, 30 Mar 2023 08:30:00 +0000

This category covers any aspect of corporate cards on how to achieve increased control and visibility and how they are being used to improve the T&E processes.

[01:28] Highly Commended Winner – Kwek Peck Lin, Director of Planning & Finance, Singapore University of Social Sciences with [03:39] Melvyn Low, OCBC.

ASAA 2022 Episode 7: Best Treasury Transformation Project

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:00:00 +0000

This is a new category for 2022 which recognises the efforts of those companies which have embarked upon a transformation of its treasury function. Perhaps this has been the result of a need to replace outdated technology, the integration of a newly acquired company or simply a need to transform the way things are done.

[01:24] Overall Winner Yinson Holdings – Guillaume François Jest, Group CFO.

[08:51] Highly Commended Winner – BP. Their partner Ricky Kaura, Standard Chartered speaks about their winner collaboration and solution.

[11:45] Highly Commended Winner – Yili Group. Their partner Angela Lam, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited speaks about their winner collaboration and solution.

ASAA 2022 Episode 6: Best in Class In-Country Treasury Solution

Thu, 16 Mar 2023 08:15:00 +0000

This is a new category for 2022 which looks at how company’s have implemented a treasury related solution, or is in the process of being implemented, in a single country or up to 4 countries and the challenges they have faced.

[01:17] Highly Commended Winner – Hariharan Subarmanian, Cognizant Technology Solutions with [03:47] Mahesh Kini, J.P. Morgan

[07:24] Highly Commended Winner – Sinopec. Their partner, Siang Hiu, DBS speaks about their winner collaboration and solution.

[09:08] Highly Commended Winner – Rajani Modi, Fortum India with [14:16] Nishant Kukreja, BNP Paribas

ASAA 2022 Episode 5: Best E-Cash Solution

Thu, 09 Mar 2023 09:00:00 +0000

This category recognises the emerging cash replacement solutions such as e-cash, digital currencies (crypto-currency/bitcoin) and e-wallets.

[01:28] Overall Winner – Capitaland. Their partner Adrian Ong, UOB speaks about their winner collaboration and solution.

ASAA 2022 Episode 4: Best Funding Solution

Thu, 02 Mar 2023 09:00:00 +0000

Many corporates are exploring alternative sources of funding, diversifying and/or refinancing their funding sources. With an increase in M&A activity, we have seen many different types of funding submitted, whether a single transaction, or as part of a company’s overall debt strategy.

[01:38] Overall Winner – ST Engineering. Their partner Benjamin Quek, Bank of America speaks about their winner collaboration and solution.

[04:50] Highly Commended Winner – Victor Zhu, CFO, Goldwind International Holdings (HK) Limited with [09:50] Aron Li, BNP Paribas.

Standard Chartered: Digital assets are not a ‘tomorrow problem’

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 09:00:00 +0000

In the third episode of the Innovation at Standard Chartered podcast, Waqar Chaudry, Executive Director – Innovation, Financing & Securities Services, and Rene Michau, Global Head, Digital Assets, explain why digital assets are a ‘today problem’ that cannot be put off until tomorrow.

ASAA 2022 Episode 3: Special Recognition Award

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 08:30:00 +0000

This award is a first for Treasury Today and we believe it is worthy of this new award. This award goes to Save the Children to recognise their ongoing work in Pakistan.

Overall Winner – Khuram Gondal, Country Director, Save the Children (STC) with Ricky Kaura, Standard Chartered.

ASAA 2022 Episode 2: Woman of the Year 2022

Thu, 16 Feb 2023 09:00:00 +0000

Our Woman of the Year category recognises a leading corporate treasury woman who demonstrates real innovation and professional achievement. Typifying the essence of Treasury Today Asia’s Women in Treasury initiative, this award goes to those who, alongside their career journey, also dedicate themselves to inspire others, giving back and using their privilege and access to help other professionals along their journey, opening up the profession to more diverse talent.

Highly Commended Winner – Anne Kow, Head of Treasury South East Asia, Mercedes-Benz Group

ASAA 2022 Episode 1: A Rising Star

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 08:00:00 +0000

This category recognises unique talent that is rising up the corporate treasury ranks. The individual may have excelled in a professional qualification and whose trajectory is impressive, with a bright and impactful professional future ahead of them. Perhaps a future Group Treasurer, Finance Director or CFO is identified here.

Overall Winner – Gwendolyn Ng, Treasury Manager, Asia Pacific and Middle East Team, Danone.

Episode 36: Women in Treasury APAC Forum 2022

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 09:00:00 +0000

On 25th November 2022, senior financial professionals from across the Asia Pacific region gathered at Raffles hotel in Singapore for the ninth Women in Treasury APAC Forum. As well as celebrating women in the world of treasury, the annual event has also become a powerful voice in furthering diversity and inclusion.

Citi: Healthy technology

Wed, 18 Jan 2023 09:00:00 +0000

We are joined by Citi’s Lorraine Donnelly, EMEA Industry Sales Head, Healthcare & Consumer Goods Clients, Treasury & Trade Solutions and Laura Fogarty, Healthcare Industry Head to discuss the latest developments at Citi surrounding the intersection of technology and healthcare as industry sectors and how the bank categorises these different supergroups.

ASA 2022 Episode 18: Best Treasury Transformation Solution

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Overall Winner – Hiroyuki Ishiguro, General Manager, Treasury Section, Finance Dept HQ Japan, Gurmeet Jhita, General Manager, Head of Accounting, UK and Terry Vouvoudakis, Assistant Director, New York, Sony Group Corporation with Hirofumi Karata, Citi, Molly Walsh, J.P. Morgan and Lauren Koekkoek, Zanders.

Highly Commended Winner – Palle Dedenroth, Assistant Group Treasurer, Danfoss A/S with Rebecca Bjuvling, Citi.

Highly Commended Winner – Roberta Eiseman, President, Comcast Capital Corporation with Gaetan Okias J.P. Morgan and Damien McMahon, PwC.

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Episode 35: Women in Treasury US Forum 2022

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 09:00:00 +0000

On 19th October, senior financial professionals from across the United States gathered at the Manhattan Midtown Loft and Terrace for the seventh Women in Treasury New York Forum. Our four key speakers discussed their career paths, shared their thoughts on diversity and inclusion and offering advice from overcoming cultural differences, mentoring and the challenges of career and family life.

ASA 2022 Episode 17: Best Cash Pooling Solution

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 09:00:00 +0000

This category covers any cash pooling solution; notional and/or physical. It could be a simple single currency/single country solution or regional/global, multi-entity/multi-currency solution.

Overall Winner – Rene Bustamante, Staff Vice President & Assistant Treasurer, FedEx with Lori Schwartz, J.P. Morgan

Highly Commended Winner – DS Smith. Their partner Vivek Chikballapur, J.P. Morgan speaks about their winner collaboration and solution

ASA 2022 Episode 16: Best Card/e-Cash Solution

Thu, 24 Nov 2022 08:30:00 +0000

This category not only encompasses cards but recognises the emerging cash replacement solutions such as e-cash, digital currencies (crypto-currency/bitcoin) and e-wallets. The winning solution, including virtual cards, could cover any aspect of corporate cards and how they are being used to improve the T&E processes.

Overall Winner – Werner Flaig, Group CFO, Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group.

Highly Commended Winner – Careem Egypt for Smart Networks. Their partner Navin Bhatija, Citi speaks about their winner collaboration and solution.

Highly Commended Winner – Waste Management. Their partner Jacqueline English, J.P. Morgan speaks about their winner collaboration and solution.

ASA 2022 Episode 15: Best in Class Regional/Global Treasury Solution

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 08:30:00 +0000

This is another new category this year and looks at how a company has implemented a treasury related solution, or is in the process of being implemented, on a regional basis – a regional solution is defined as five countries or more.

Overall Winner – Andrew Grant, Assistant Treasurer, Neptune Energy Group Limited with Priyanka Rath, J.P. Morgan.

Highly Commended Winner – Antoine Lebrun, Global Treasury Director and Lorena Gil, Global Treasury Manager, Glovo with Ross McEwan, Citi.

Highly Commended Winner – Roshun Tulkens, Treasury, Mantrac SE with Suleman Jafrani, Citi.

ASA 2022 Episode 14: Best Funding Solution

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 08:45:00 +0000

Overall Winner – Liam Ó Caoimh, VP Treasury, The Adecco Group.

Highly Commended Winner – Mustafa Koçar, CFO and Nihal Yuksel, PF Director, Kalyon Holding, with Nazli Atilgan, J.P. Morgan.

ASA 2022 Episode 13: Best Sustainable Treasury Solution

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 08:00:00 +0000

This is a new category for 2022 which looks at sustainability and how corporate treasury can play it’s part in addressing ESG issues, climate change and CO2 emissions.

Overall Winner – Alex Ashby, Head of Treasury, Tesco.

Highly Commended Winner – Page Group. Their partner Karl Adams, ICD speaks about their winner collaboration and solution.

Highly Commended Winner – David Hanhart, Senior Director, Treasury, TEVA Pharmaceuticals.

Episode 34: Women in Treasury EMEA Forum 2022

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 09:00:00 +0000

This is the tenth year of our Women in Treasury EMEA Forum and our four experts discussed their career journeys and shared insights on how they have shaped their own leadership style. They also spoke about the efficacy of quotas and some of the enduring challenges for women in treasury including the stigma of maternity leave in the US, and concerns about returning to work after a break.

ASA 2022 Episode 12: Best in Class In-Country Treasury Solution

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 08:45:00 +0000

Overall Winner – Greenlight Planet Kenya Ltd. Their partner Ferndinand Zaumu, Citi speaks about their winner collaboration and solution.

Highly Commended Winner – Franca Aeby, Cash Manager, Roche Finanz AG.

Highly Commended Winner – Henkel Algeria. Their partner Ouiza Zerka, Citi speaks about their winner collaboration and solution.

ASA 2022 Episode 11: Best Digitisation Solution

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 09:00:00 +0000

This is a new category for 2022 which looks at how companies address the emerging digital solutions.

Overall Winner – Malcolm Grant, Chief of Treasury and Theresa de Gouveia, Senior Project Officer, International Organization for Migration.

Highly Commended Winner – Alexander Van den Heuvel, Group Cash Manager, Richard Erven, Dealer Front Office and Ernst Janssen, Digital Treasury Manager, Royal DSM.

Effective risk management: time to make volatility a friend

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Standard Chartered’s Head of Client Analytics Oksana Pidkuyko explains how companies can navigate today’s heightened risks by developing hedging strategies that turn volatility into a friend rather than a foe.

ASA 2022 Episode 10: Best Transaction Management Solution

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 09:00:00 +0000

This is a new category for 2022 which looks at how companies manage/forecast its cash, working capital and how it makes and receives payments whether in a single or multi-purpose solution.

Overall Winner – Magnus Attoff, Head of Digital Transformation & Risk Management, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson with Raymond Pereira, Citi.

Highly Commended Winner – Marc Parenteau, VP Treasury North America and Jodi Fountain VP ecommerce and Marketplace, L’Oreal USA (SalonCentric) with Manish Jain, J.P. Morgan.

ASA 2022 Episode 9: Best Foreign Exchange Solution

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Overall Winner – Karen Kong, Treasurer, Broadcom inc with Jason Li, J.P. Morgan.

Highly Commended Winner – Jennifer Chisholm, Business Program Manager and Tasha Westinghouse, Business Program Manager, Microsoft.

Coupa podcast: Gender equality and inclusion

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 08:45:00 +0000

Treasury Today’s women in treasury initiative continues to go from strength to strength with the platform recognised in the 2021 Global Diversity List and now this year with our physical forums returning. We were excited to partner with Coupa on this special podcast episode to speak about the issues around gender equality and to discuss inclusion across the board. We also hear from Yang Xu, Global Head of Corporate Development of Kraft Heinz who has been a vociferous advocate for gender equality and has been an active and key supporter of our Women in Treasury initiative.

ASA 2022 Episode 8: Woman of the Year 2022

Thu, 29 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Our Woman of the Year category recognises a leading corporate treasury woman who demonstrates real innovation and professional achievement. Typifying the essence of Treasury Today’s Women in Treasury initiative, this award goes to those who, alongside their career journey, also dedicate themselves to inspire others, giving back and using their privilege and access to help other professionals along their journey, opening up the profession to more diverse talent.

Overall Winner – Lisa Chan, Director of Global Treasury, Airbnb.

Highly Commended Winner – Jayna Bundy, General Manager, Microsoft.

ASA 2022 Episode 7: Best Supply Chain Solution

Thu, 22 Sep 2022 08:45:00 +0000

Trading internationally can be challenging and the past 12 months or so have really shone the light on supply chains. The buyer/seller relationship has never been more important and we have seen a number of innovative solutions emerge from distributor finance, pre-shipment finance and receivables discounting to forfaiting, factoring and payables finance.

Overall Winner – Alan Chitty, Director of Group Treasury, Tax and Risk, Pepco Group in partnership with Mehwish Jangda at Citi.

ASA 2022 Episode 6: Harnessing the Power of Technology

Thu, 15 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Overall Winner – Nike. Their partner J.P. Morgan speaks about their winner collaboration and solution.

Highly Commended Winner – Kellogg’s. Their partner Citi speaks about their winner collaboration and solution.

Highly Commended Winner – Kitopi. Their partner HSBC speaks about their winner collaboration and solution.

Highly Commended Winner – Nigeria LNG, Chigbo Enenmo, Head of Treasury in partnership with J.P. Morgan Asset Management.

ASA 2022 Episode 5: Treasury Today’s Top Treasury Team 2022

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Our most prestigious and always fiercely-contested category. Here we recognise a corporate treasury team that has made an outstanding contribution to its organisation over the past 12-18 months.

Overall Winner – AstraZeneca, Jonathan Slade, Group Treasurer.

Highly Commended Winner – Prudential Financial, Nandini Mongia, Senior Vice President & Treasurer.

Real-time payments: key driver for real-time treasury in Southeast Asia

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0000

As real-time payments become a norm in Southeast Asia, corporate treasurers are revamping their financial processes to stay competitive.

ASA 2022 Episode 4: Best Risk Management Solution

Thu, 01 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Overall Winner – DEME, Geert Wouters, Head of Finance & Treasury along with their partner PwC.

Highly Commended Winner – Microsoft Ireland Operation Ltd, Jatin Mohanty, Senior Manager Finance.

ASA 2022 Episode 3: Best Investing Solution

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Here we recognise how these winners have optimised and/or diversified their short, medium and long-term investment portfolio whilst addressing the trade-off between yield, liquidity, cash preservation and counterparty risk. Looking at alternative investment vehicles and how they have overcome the challenges of low/negative interest rates and new regulations in the world of liquidity/money market funds (MMFs).

Overall Winner – General Electric. Their partner Citi speaks about their winner collaboration and solution.

Highly Commended Winner – Christopher Berris, Hunting Plc.

ASA 2022 Episode 2: Judges’ Choice

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 09:00:00 +0000

This is awarded to a company which is that little bit different, doesn’t quite fit one of the other categories and is recognised by our judges as a result of the specific field in which the company operates, the particular solution it has implemented or simply because it stands out as being different. This year’s Judges’ Choice award goes to the first company to allow investors to buy and trade shares in multi-million-dollar masterpieces created by world-renowned artists. The company has implemented a solution which manages the underlying transactions and reconciliations of the aforementioned investors.

Overall Winner – Masterworks, Francisco Meyo, Controller, Investment Vehicles and Jason Papadopoulos, Business Intelligence Manager.

ASA 2022 Episode 1: Corporate Treasurer of the Year

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Here we recognise an individual corporate treasurer who has made a real difference to their organisation. The person has demonstrated real innovation, achievement, leadership qualities, and someone who is a real inspiration to others. Our winner in 2022 has built a ‘best-in-class’ treasury function at his organisation during a career spanning over a decade of contribution across a broad range of treasury responsibilities.

Overall Winner – Toby Shore, Senior Director, Group Treasury, Risk & Insurance, Emirates Global Aluminium.

Episode 33: Treasury adapts to strong jobs market; WFH and irresistible job opportunities

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Employers offering full remote working have the competitive edge in today’s struggle for talent. Candidates with tech and AI skills are most in demand but movement across senior treasury positions is still slow. Mike Richards from The Treasury Recruitment Company talks to Sarah Rundell.

Episode 32: SPECIAL EPISODE – Adam Smith Awards Asia 2022 – A winners’ guide (part three of three)

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 08:00:00 +0000

In this final episode we explain the criteria for entry, some tips to help you prepare your nominations and what our judges look for when making their decisions.

Nominate now: https://treasurytoday.com/adam-smith-awards-asia

Standard Chartered: How SC Ventures is powering modern treasury through new business models

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 09:00:00 +0000

By combining banking, technology and innovation, SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s innovation, investment and ventures arm, is creating new business models that are solving treasury’s most pressing challenges.

Episode 31: SPECIAL EPISODE – Adam Smith Awards Asia 2022 – A winners’ guide (part two of three)

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 09:00:00 +0000

In this episode, Sophie Jackson, Publisher & Head of Strategic Content, explains the new and exciting award categories we have added this year. A full list of our categories and descriptions is on our website here: treasurytoday.com/adam-smith-awards-asia/categories

Episode 30: MMF reform: where next?

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 07:00:00 +0000

The Ukraine crisis, inflation and rising interest rates are all affecting the investment landscape. At the same time, money market fund reform is once again on the horizon in the US and Europe. We hear from industry experts Whitbread Group, HSBC Asset Management and BlackRock to find out more about the factors shaping today’s MMF landscape and the possible impact of future reform.

ASAA 2021 Episode 24: First Class Relationship Management

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0000

This category incorporates any relationship (internal as well as external) managed by the treasury function, such as investor relations, employee relations, ratings agencies and procurement, in addition to the core bank and service provider relationships. Economic turmoil and the coronavirus pandemic have certainly focused minds on the value of relationships.

Overll Winner – Hologic. Their partner Bank of America speaks about their winning collaboration and solution.

Highly Commended Winner – QuEST Global. Their partner Citi speaks about their winning collaboration and solution.

Highly Commended Winner – Sinotruk Finance Co. Ltd, Zhen Huang, General Manager, in partnership with Standard Chartered.

Episode 29: SPECIAL EPISODE – Adam Smith Awards Asia 2022 – A winners’ guide (part one of three)

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0000

We are delighted to begin our Adam Smith Awards Asia 2022 – A Winners’ Guide podcast series. In this first episode, Sophie Jackson, Publisher & Head of Strategic Content, explains what the Adam Smith Awards Asia are, why you should consider nominating and the key dates for your diary. Nominations are now open and will close on September 5th.

ASAA 2021 Episode 23: Treasury Today Asia’s Top Treasury Team

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 08:15:00 +0000

Our most prestigious and always fiercely-contested category, here we recognise any corporate treasury team that has made an outstanding contribution to its organisation over the past 12-18 months. This could be purely the treasury team, or a broader team effort involving many disciplines across the enterprise.

Overall Winner – Shell Treasury Centre East Pte Ltd, Teo Yian Ping, Regional Treasurer – Asia Pacific, in partnership with Standard Chartered and Citi.

Highly Commended Winner – Danone, Zurab Abutidze, Regional Treasury Director, in partnership with Citi and Kyriba.

Highly Commended Winner – General Electric, Manu Taneja, Executive – GE APAC Treasury, in partnership with Citi.

ASAA 2021 Episode 22: Best AP/AR Solution

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Payments and receipts are key to any business. How do companies negotiate improved payment terms with their suppliers? We have seen an increase in the use of shared service centres and payment factories in recent years and Payment-on-Behalf-of (POBO) structures are a lot more common now. We also look at how companies manage their collections, including reconciliation and, as with payments, we are now seeing Collection-on-Behalf-of or COBO structures emerging.

Best AP/AR Solution Overall Winner – Watson Pharma Pvt Ltd, Vivek Saraf, Treasurer – India and China, in partnership with J.P. Morgan.

Best AP/AR Solution Highly Commended Winner – IDP Education India Pvt Ltd, Jaswinder Singh, Finance Controller, in partnership with HSBC.

Best AR Solution Highly Commended Winner – Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan Ltd. Their partner Standard Chartered speaks about their winning collaboration and solution.

Best AP Solution Highly Commended Winner – PTT Global Chemical Public Company, Prapan Shotiyanantawong, VP Accounting Policy & Tax Strategy, in partnership with Standard Chartered.

ASAA 2021 Episode 21: Best New Technology Solution

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0000

This new category addresses the emergence of digitisation. We have heard much about the fintech revolution, open banking, artificial intelligence, big data analytics, robotics, APIs, blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies. We look at companies which have moved beyond the ‘proof of concept’ stage and are now using one or more of these emerging fintech/digital solutions.

Overall Winner – Alibaba Group, Randy Ou, Group Treasury VP, in partnership with Citi.

Highly Commended Winner – Satin Creditcare Network Ltd, HP Singh, Chairman & Managing Director, in partnership with HSBC.

Highly Commended Winner – Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (Singtel). Their partner Citi speaks about their winning collaboration and solution.

ASAA 2021 Episode 20: Best Funding Solution

Thu, 26 May 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Overall Winner – Government of Malaysia. Their partner J.P. Morgan speaks about their winning collaboration and solution.

Highly Commended Winner – Qantas Airways Limited, Filip Kidon, Head of Investor Relations, in partnership with J.P. Morgan.

ASAA 2021 Episode 19: Best ESG Solution

Thu, 19 May 2022 09:00:00 +0000

This category looks across the range of the E, the S and the G. We focus on sustainable projects including the finance related to the mitigation of and/or adaptation to climate change/CO2 emissions as well as investment strategies which incorporate ESG/CSR factors and solutions which relate to the achievement of sustainability-linked KPIs.

Overall Winner – Inditex Group. Their partner DBS speaks about their winning collaboration and solution.

Highly Commended Winner – Avery Dennison, Leo Weng, Treasury Director Asia Pacific, in partnership with Bank of America.

ASAA 2021 Episode 18: Best Foreign Exchange Solution

Thu, 12 May 2022 09:00:00 +0000

This category looks at foreign exchange and solutions corporates are deploying to tackle the continuing challenges of currency volatility. From technology to new processes, change to a hedging strategy or a new FX requirement as a result of entering a new market or dealing with a new currency and/or client or supplier could drive the solutions here.

Overall Winner – Olam International Ltd., Amit Kansal, Vice President-Treasury and Head of Origination, Trade and Structured Finance and Shivram Ramakrishnan, Vice President-IT, in partnership with Fourth Signal.

ASAA 2021 Episode 17: Best Working Capital Management Solution

Thu, 05 May 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Efficient working capital is a key challenge for corporates of all shapes and sizes. This is all about improving key performance indicators (KPIs) of DPO, DSO, DIO, DWC and the cash conversion cycle.

Overall Winner – SAIC International Finance Ltd. Their partner Standard Chartered speaks about their winning collaboration and solution.

Highly Commended Winner – SRF Limited, Sugandha Singhal, Global Treasury Head, in partnership with Citi.

ASAA 2021 Episode 16: Best Cash Management Solution

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Any solution which demonstrates how the company manages or forecasts its cash is recognised here. At the heart of treasury sits cash management and “Cash is King” is a frequently used phrase. This is therefore a consistently popular category amongst our nominees.

Overall Winner – Beigene, Cecilia Li, Head of Global Treasury, in partnership with J.P. Morgan.

Highly Commended Winner – Eaton Corporation, Wayne Ren, Head of APAC Treasury and Kathy Xie, APAC Treasury Manager, in partnership with Citi.

Highly Commended Winner – Brink’s, Barrett Belair, Assistant Global Treasurer, in partnership with Bank of America.

ASAA 2021 Episode 12: Best Card/e-Cash Solution – J. P. Morgan

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0000

ASAA 2021 Episode 12: Best Card/e-Cash Solution – J. P. Morgan

Citi Digital Dialogues Episode 4: Trade finance and data security

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0000

In the fourth Digital Dialogues podcast episode, Citi’s Kanika Thakur speaks about trade finance trends in APAC, while Nanyang Technological University’s Kwok-Yan Lam shares his views on developments in data security.

ASAA 2021 Episode 15: Best Trade Solution

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0000

This category acknowledges the special relationship between buyer and seller. Letters of credit, guarantees and open account trading are common. We are now seeing much greater use of automation in traditionally paper-based processes. Blockchain is also seeing some traction in the trade space.

Overall Winner – Cummins Technologies India Pvt Ltd, Keirobium Dasan, ABO Treasury, in partnership with Bank of America.

Highly Commended Winner – Vale Malaysia Minerals, Vera Chin da Silva, Senior Manager, Trade Finance/International Accounts Receivable, in partnership with Standard Chartered.

NatWest: Treasury’s role in a year of shortages

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0000

From lockdowns to rising inflation, the last two years have brought multiple challenges for global supply chains – and disruption and uncertainty are set to continue. How can treasurers help their companies navigate this challenging landscape? Andrew Blincoe, Head of Corporates & Institutions at NatWest Group, and Peter Bolstorff, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development at The Association of Supply Chain Management, share their views.

ASAA 2021 Episode 14: Best in Class Treasury Solution in India

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Treasury solutions implemented, or in the process of being implemented, in India are showcased here.

Overall Winner – Jörg Bermüller, VP, Group Treasury, Head of Cash and Risk Management – Merck KGaA, in partnership with Deutsche Bank.

Highly Commended Winner – Yiyong Wu, Group Treasury Head – Xiaomi Corporation, in partnership with Citi.

Highly Commended Winner – Jai Shukla, India Treasurer – ATC India, in partnership with J.P. Morgan.

ASAA 2021 Episode 13: Best in Class Treasury Solution in the PRC

Thu, 07 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Here we showcase treasury solutions implemented, or in the process of being implemented, in the PRC.

Winner - Vitesco Technologies Holding China Co. Ltd., Jeremy Zhu, Head of Central Finance and Controlling, in partnership with J.P. Morgan.

Highly Commended – Aihuishou International Company Ltd. Their partner Kyriba speaks about their winning solution and collaboration.

Highly Commended – Starbucks. Their partner J.P. Morgan speaks about their winning solution and collaboration.

Episode 28: Singapore Airlines treasury strategy: Liquidity, hedging and sustainability

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Balagopal Kunduvara, Divisional Vice President Financial Services at Singapore Airlines talks about his treasury priorities during the pandemic and his key focus for the company in the year ahead.

ASAA 2021 Episode 12: Best Card/e-Cash Solution

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 09:00:00 +0000

This is another new category in 2021 to not only encompass cards but to recognise the emerging cash replacement solutions such as e-cash, digital currencies (crypto-currency/bitcoin) and e-wallets. The winning solution, including virtual cards, could cover any aspect of corporate cards and how they are being used to improve the T&E processes.

Best e-Cash Solution Overall Winner – Deutsche Post DHL, Carola Schmitz-Becker, Vice President – Corporate Treasury, in partnership with Standard Chartered.

Best Card Solution Overall Winner – Agoda Company Pte Ltd, Ekkaphap Thengtrirat, Senior Banking Solutions Manager, in partnership with J.P. Morgan.

Best Card Solution Highly Commended Winner – Edelman Singapore Pte Ltd, Lionel Ang, Treasury Manager, in partnership with HSBC.

ASAA 2021 Episode 11: Best Liquidity Solution

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Here we look at liquidity solutions such as cash pooling structures. Some are single country/single currency, single entity whilst some corporates have implemented multi-country/multi-currency/multi entity and even cross-currency arrangements which “follow the sun”.

Overall Winner – Goodyear, Jane Hua, Treasury – Global Cash Management, in partnership with J.P. Morgan.

Highly Commended Winner – Qualcomm, Matt Post, Assistant Treasurer, in partnership with Bank of America.

Citi Digital Dialogues Episode 3: Geopolitical risk and the need for resilience

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 09:00:00 +0000

In the third Digital Dialogues podcast episode, we hear from Philip Summerton, CEO of Cambridge Econometrics, together with Sandip Patil and Kanika Thakur from Citi, about geopolitical risk and the broader world trends shaping treasury in 2022.

ASAA 2021 Episode 10: Best Supply Chain Finance Solution

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 08:00:00 +0000

Overall Winner – Henkel, Sophie Yang, APAC Regional Treasurer, Asia Pacific, in partnership with Citi.

Highly Commended Winner – Syngenta Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, Lim, Mui Lai, Asia Pacific Treasurer, Lukas Krattinger, APAC Head of Financial Solutions and Business Development and Carlos Parra Santos, Global Finance Business Partner, Direct Procurement, in partnership with Citi.

Highly Commended Winner – Flipkart Group, Vipin Garg, Head of Treasury, in partnership with HSBC.

ASAA 2021 Episode 9: Best in Class Treasury Solution in ASEAN

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 09:00:00 +0000

A new category in 2021 and here we explore treasury solutions implemented, or in the process of being implemented, in any of the ten member countries that make up the ASEAN nations. This could be a single country solution or regional ASEAN solution.

Overall Winner – Goodyear, James Ho, Regional Treasury Manager, in partnership with Citi.

Highly Commended Winner – China Duty Free International. Their partner Bank of China speaks about their winning solution and collaboration.

Highly Commended Winner – Asahi Beverages, Michael Ewison, Group Treasurer.

Episode 27: SPECIAL EPISODE – Adam Smith Awards 2022 – A winners’ guide (part three of three)

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 09:00:00 +0000

We are delighted to continue our Adam Smith Awards 2022 – A Winners’ Guide podcast series. In this third and final episode, John Nicholas, Senior Advisor, talks through the criteria for submissions and gives some helpful tips on what our judges will be looking for. Nominations are now open and will close on 11th April.

ASAA 2021 Episode 8: Harnessing the Power of Technology

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Highly Commended Winner – SF Holding. Their partner Bank of China (Hong Kong) speaks about their winning solution and collaboration.

Highly Commended Winner – Globe Telecom, Ma. Fatima Cinco, Director – Debt Management, Projects, Systems & Compliance, Treasury Division, in partnership with J.P. Morgan.

ASAA 2021 Episode 7: Judges’ Choice

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 09:00:00 +0000

This is awarded by our judges to recognise a project or solution that demonstrates something particularly special, outside of our defined categories. It could be something not seen previously or, as is the case this year, our judges were impressed with a ‘Smart Treasury’ solution having been developed entirely in-house.

Overall Winner – Flex, Yvione Zhou, Regional Treasury Director.

Episode 26: Women in Treasury US Forum 2021

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:00:00 +0000

In our 2021 Women in Treasury US Forum, our five experts discuss their career paths, share their experiences and highlight the importance of gender equality, representation and visibility within our community whilst offering advice on what we should keep in mind when looking ahead to the future.

ASAA 2021 Episode 6: Best SME/MME Treasury Solution

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:00:00 +0000

Overall Winner – Cell Signaling Technology, Jane Zhao,

You do not need to be a large, major multinational or conglomerate to qualify, as our new category Best SME/MME Treasury Solution illustrates perfectly. Many of the solutions we see being deployed by the larger organisations are now filtering down to the SME/MME sectors. For the purposes of this category a SME is defined as employing over 100 employees and an annual sales turnover of more than $100m and a MME is defined as employing over 250 employees and an annual sales turnover of more than $500m. Our winner this year employs over 250 with an annual sales turnover of more than $500m in China.

Episode 25: SPECIAL EPISODE – Adam Smith Awards 2022 – A winners’ guide (part two of three)

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 09:00:00 +0000

We are delighted to continue our Adam Smith Awards 2022 – A Winners’ Guide podcast series. In this second short episode our Publisher and Head of Operations, Meg Coates, talks through the new and enhanced categories for this year and hear from some of last year’s individual category winners. Nominations are now open and will close on 11th April.

Find out more: https://treasurytoday.com/adam-smith-awards

ASAA 2021 Episode 5: Best Risk Management Solution

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 09:00:00 +0000

here. It feels like corporates have never had more risks to manage, making this an ever- increasing critical responsibility for the treasury function.

ASA 2021 Episode 23: Best New Technology Solution

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 08:30:00 +0000

LAST EPISODE IN THE SERIES: This new category for 2021 addresses the emergence of digitisation. We have heard much about the fintech revolution, open banking, artificial intelligence, big data analytics, robotics, APIs, blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies. We look at companies which have moved beyond the ‘proof of concept’ stage and are now using one or more of these emerging fintech/digital solutions.

Winner – TriNet Group, Inc., Ryan Yeager, Executive Director & Assistant Treasurer.

Highly Commended – ACCO Brands, Agata Przezdziecka, AR Manager, in partnership with Bank of America.

Highly Commended – Norsk Hydro ASA, Per Christian Lindgård, Head of Cash Management and Erik Snersrud, Manager Cash Management, in partnership with J.P. Morgan.

ASAA 2021 Episode 4: Best Investing Solution

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 09:00:00 +0000

This category is extended to include short, medium and long-term investments to showcase how organisations have optimised and/or diversified their investment portfolio, particularly important in a low/negative interest rate environment. We look at how they have addressed the trade-off between yield, liquidity, cash preservation and counterparty risk or perhaps considered ESG factors when investing.

Overall Winner – Takeda Pharmaceuticals Co., Miho Kumazawa, Lead Treasury Operations APAC and Japan, in partnership with Citi and Amundi.

Standard Chartered: Sustainable finance: what does it mean for treasury?

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Standard Chartered’s Simon Derrick and Robert Newell discuss the key types of sustainable finance that treasurers should be aware of, the workload and risks to consider when embarking on sustainable finance initiatives, and the extent to which developments vary between different markets.

ASA 2021 Episode 22: Best in Class Treasury Solution in the Middle East

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Any company that has implemented a treasury solution, or is in the process of being implemented, in the Middle East and/or UAE qualified, including Shariah compliant/Islamic banking solutions. This could be a single country solution or span several countries across the region.

Overall Winner – International Company for Water and Power Projects ACWA Power, Abdul Majid Syed, VP Financial Reporting, Controls and System, in partnership with J.P. Morgan.

Highly Commended Winner – Delivery Hero, Christian Schmahl, Director Treasury, Gerald Taylor, Senior Treasury Manager and Khaled Al Faqsh, CFO.

ASAA 2021 Episode 3: Best Crisis Management Solution

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 09:00:00 +0000

This new category recognises the challenges specifically posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. We wanted to showcase the Herculean efforts that have been demonstrated as corporates respond to the demands of the new normal. There have been some extraordinary demonstrations of best practice that we feel deserve special recognition.

Overall Winner – Balagopal Kunduvara, Divisional VP, Financial Services, Singapore Airlines Ltd, in partnership with DBS.

Highly Commended Winner – Zheng Yu, Treasury Leader APAC, Philips (China) Investment Co Ltd, in partnership with C2FO.

ASA 2021 Episode 21: Best Supply Chain Finance Solution

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Overall Winner – Bridgestone, Julle Pedersen, Treasury Director for Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMIA).

Highly Commended Winner – Tetra Pak International, Fabrice d’Agostino, Director Business Control Supply Management, in partnership with Citi.

Highly Commended Winner – Halliburton, Richard Whiles, Assistant Treasurer, in partnership with Citi.

ASAA 2021 Episode 2: A Rising Star 2021

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Overall Winner – Mithun Gole, Vice President – Corporate Finance & Treasury, Apraava Energy Pvt Ltd

ASA 2021 Episode 20: Best in Class Treasury Solution in the Americas

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:00:00 +0000

In this new category we showcase any treasury solution across our broad range of mainstream categories that has been implemented, or is in the process of being implemented in the Americas. This could be a US or Canada only solution or perhaps involve Central America, Latin America or the Caribbean.

Overall Winner – Marathon Petroleum Co, Kevin Kachur, Treasury Operations Supervisor and Jon Martin, Treasury – Cash & Banking, Adv. Financial Analyst.

Highly Commended Winner – Baker Hughes Company, Varun Wadhwa, Deputy Treasurer, in partnership with Bank of America.

Episode 24: SPECIAL EPISODE – Adam Smith Awards 2022 – A winners’ guide (part one of three)

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:00:00 +0000

We are delighted to launch our Adam Smith Awards 2022 – A Winners’ Guide podcast series. In this first short episode I will explain what the Adam Smith Awards are, why you should consider nominating and the key dates for your diaries. Nominations open on 31st January and will close on 11th April.

ASAA 2021 Episode 1: Treasury Today Asia Woman of the Year 2021

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Overall Winner – Preet Dhupar, CFO, Ikea India Pvt. Ltd.

ASA 2021 Episode 19: Treasury Today’s Top Treasury Team 2021

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 09:00:00 +0000

Our most prestigious and always fiercely-contested category. Here we recognise a corporate treasury team that has made an outstanding contribution to its organisation over the past 12-18 months.

Highly Commended Winner – NTT Data, Meredith Vance, Senior Vice President Treasurer

BlackRock: Liquidity, returns and diversification and why cash segmentation could be the answer

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Treasury teams should explore cash segmentation strategies to balance their liquidity and working capital needs alongside investing for higher returns and diversification. BlackRock’s James Morek and Brett Davis explain.

ASA 2021 Harnessing the Power of Technology

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Overall Winner – HCSC Blue Cross Blue Shield, David Deranek, CTP – Director, Enterprise Treasury Operations and Julie Qualiato, CTP – Senior Director, Enterprise Treasury Operations.

Highly Commended Winner – Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Stacy Liparidis, Associate Director, Treasury, in partnership with ICD.

Highly Commended Winner – Unilever Finance International AG, Gerard Tuinenberg, Director Systems, Innovations and Transactional Banking.

ASA 2021 First Class Relationship Management

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Overall Winner - Elanco Animal Health, David Pugh, Treasurer, in partnership with J.P. Morgan.

Highly Commended Winner – Tesco plc, Pritesh Vadolia, Head of Treasury – Risk.

ASA 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 09:00:00 +0000

In the 14 years the Adam Smith Awards programme has been running, we have presented just one previous Lifetime Achievement Award. This award, recognised by Treasury Today Group, is therefore a pretty rare occurrence. This year we are recognising someone who has made a huge contribution to one of the largest companies in the world. Very many congratulations on this most prestigious accolade.

Overall Winner – George Zinn

ASA 2021 Best Cash Management Solution

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Overall Winner – Dana Inc., Michael Lenaerts, Senior Manager of Finance, in partnership with J.P. Morgan.

Highly Commended Winner – Cooke Seafood, Rob MacNeil, Group Treasurer.

BlackRock: Building a sustainable investment strategy

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Enno Dykmann, Treasurer of Alliander, and Geeta Sharma, Director, Portfolio Manager at BlackRock’s International Cash Business, discuss how treasurers can invest cash in a sustainable way, and how asset managers are incorporating ESG considerations into their processes.

ASA 2021 Best Crisis Management Solution

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 09:00:00 +0000

This new category recognises the challenges specifically posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. We wanted to showcase the Herculean efforts that have been demonstrated in response to the demands of the new normal. There have been some extraordinary examples of best practice that we feel deserve special recognition this year.

Overall Winner – Avis Budget Group, David Calabria, Treasurer and SVP of Corporate Finance and Tina Daroszewski, Assistant Treasurer, in partnership with J.P. Morgan.

Highly Commended Winner – Microsoft Corporation, Neil Doyle, Group Finance Manager, in partnership with Accenture.

Highly Commended Winner – Kimberly-Clark Brazil, Denilson Da Silva, Credits & Collections Manager Brazil, in partnership with Citi.

Episode 23: Women in Treasury EMEA Forum 2021

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 09:00:00 +0000

In this year’s EMEA Forum, four experts discussed their career journeys and shared their insights on how to make the right decisions, take risks and switch between different disciplines. They also spoke about the importance of mentorship and sponsorship, and what hybrid working means for gender equality.

ASA 2021 Harnessing the Power of Technology - ICD version

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 08:00:00 +0000

ASA 2021 Harnessing the Power of Technology - ICD version

ASA 2021 Best in Class Treasury Solution in Africa

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 07:30:00 +0000

Any company that has implemented a treasury solution, or is in the process of being implemented, in Africa qualified for this award. This might be a single country solution or perhaps span several countries across the Continent.

Over Winner – MultiChoice Group Ltd, Jan Beukes, Group Treasurer, in partnership with Citi and Finastra.

Highly Commended Winner – Microsoft Corporation, Rahul Daswani, Group Manager, GTFS.

ASA 2021 Treasury Today Woman of the Year 2021

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 08:00:00 +0000

Overall Winner – Phung Ngo-Burns, Chief Accounting Officer & Treasurer, NexTier Completion Solutions. Highly Commended Winner – Nandini Mongia, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Prudential Financial, Inc. Our Woman of the Year category recognises a leading corporate treasury woman who demonstrates real innovation and professional achievement. Typifying the essence of Treasury Today’s Women in Treasury initiative, this award goes to those who, alongside their career journey, also dedicate themselves to inspire others, giving back and using their privilege and access to help other professionals along their journey, opening up the profession to more diverse talent.

ASA 2021 Best Card/e-Cash Solution

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Overall Winner – NexTier Completion Solutions, Bernie Liu, Treasury Manager, in partnership with Citi. Highly Commended – Royal Palace Furniture, Suman Ghosh, CFO. This is another new category in 2021 to not only encompass cards but to recognise the emerging cash replacement solutions such as e-cash, digital currencies (crypto-currency/bitcoin) and e-wallets. Winning solutions, including virtual cards, can cover any aspect of corporate cards and how they are being used to improve the T&E processes.

BNP Paribas: Navigating the liquidity conundrum

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0000

The pandemic has left some companies with too much liquidity and others with too little. BNP Paribas’ Krishna Sampath, Head of Corporate Deposits Line argues real time service solutions are key. Elsewhere he suggests corporates wanting to park excess liquidity use MMFs, and those needing more align borrowing with ESG goals.

ASA 2021 Best Cyber-Security Solution

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Cyber-security continues to be a major issue for companies of all shapes and sizes, with most household names having been victims of cyber-crime past, present and future. We look here at how organisations are mitigating the threat of a cyber-attack.

Overall Winner – Hyundai Motor Europe GmbH, Heeyong Kwon, Regional Treasurer, in partnership with Citi.

Highly Commended Winner – TÜRKİYE ŞİŞE ve CAM FABRİKALARI A.Ş., Baris Gokalp, Global Head of Treasury and Cihan Catakli, Corporate Finance Specialist

ASA 2021 Best Investing Solution

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Best Investing Solution

This category is extended this year to include short, medium and long-term investments to showcase how organisations have optimised and/or diversified their investment portfolio, particularly important in a low/negative interest rate environment. We look at how they have addressed the trade-off between yield, liquidity, cash preservation and counterparty risk or perhaps considered ESG factors when investing.

Winner – Farfetch, Alexander Krenitskiy, Group Treasury Manager, in partnership with J.P. Morgan Asset Management.

Highly Commended – International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Malcolm Grant, Head of Treasury and Marion Barré, Senior Treasury Officer.

Highly Commended – Whitbread Group, Becki Carroll, Front Office Treasury Dealer, in partnership with Goldman Sachs Asset Management and ION.

ASA 2021 Best Risk Management Solution

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Risk continues to be top of every treasurer’s agenda. From foreign exchange risk, counterparty risk, commodity risk and interest rate risk to cyber risk, reputational risk and supply chain risk, all are covered here. It feels like corporates have never had more risks to manage, making this an ever- increasing critical responsibility for the treasury function.

Overall Winner - Wärtsilä, Jarmo Nurmi, Corporate Treasurer and Erik Snersrud, Manager Cash Management.

Highly Commended Winner – Microsoft, Priya Shenoy, Senior Finance Manager.

Standard Chartered: M&A, hedging and sustainability

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Standard Chartered Bank’s Stuart Keelan and Desiree Pires discuss how navigating inflation risk, hedging and sustainability are key themes for treasury teams coming out of the pandemic.

BlackRock podcast: From fax machines to cloud solutions, what’s next for cash management technology?

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Cash management technology has an increasingly important role to play as treasurers look for ways to free up time and manage risk more effectively. James Capps and Tricia Turner of BlackRock explain the value they see in technology in today’s market and share their thoughts on how this space could develop in the years ahead.

ASA 2021 Best Working Capital Management Solution

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 08:45:00 +0000

Efficient working capital is a key challenge for corporates of all shapes and sizes. This is all about improving key performance indicators (KPIs) of DPO, DSO, DIO, DWC and the cash conversion cycle.

Overall Winner – RHI Magnesita, Felix Warmuth, Head of Treasury and Rodrigo Guerra, Head of Corporate Treasury, in partnership with Bank of America.

Highly Commended Winner – Medtronic, John Murray, Director Americas Enterprise Excellence & Business Transformation.

Highly Commended Winner – Atlas Copco, Dilan Narin, Business Controller, in partnership with Citi.

Citi Digital Dialogues Episode 2: Emerging new business models

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 09:00:00 +0000

In 2021 Treasury Today Group and Citi bring you a new series dedicated to the topics of the moment. This audio centred content series brings together leading voices from across Asia Pacific. From academics to corporate treasurers to financial leaders, we will focus on the issues affecting corporate decision makers against a backdrop of the pandemic and global risk.

ASA 2021 Best Foreign Exchange Solution

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 08:00:00 +0000

This category looks at the foreign exchange solutions that corporates are deploying to tackle the continuing challenges of currency volatility. From technology to new processes, change to a hedging strategy or a new FX requirement as a result of entering a new market, or dealing with a new currency and/or client or supplier could drive the solutions here.

Episode 22: Chip maker Infineon talks treasury strategy

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Alexander Foltin, treasurer at European chip maker Infineon talks about his treasury priorities against the backdrop of challenges in the global semiconductor industry.

ASA 2021 Best AP/AR Solution

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Overall Winner – Dubai Municipality, Lubna Khamis Almazrouie, Senior Accountant, Finance Department – General Budget Section.

Highly Commended Winner, Best AP Solution – The Hut Group, Ian Armstrong, Group Treasurer, in partnership with Citi.

Highly Commended Winner, Best AR Solution – CDK Global LLC, Kirti Talwar, Senior Director, Finance Shared Services.

ASA 2021 Best Funding Solution

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Winner – Phoenix, Hana Harrison, Assistant Treasurer & Head of Funding. Highly Commended – Rolls-Royce plc, Ed Prince, Head of Corporate Finance, in partnership with Citi. Many corporates are exploring alternative sources of funding, diversifying and/or refinancing their funding sources. With an increase in M&A activity, we have seen many different types of funding submitted, whether a single transaction, or as part of a company’s overall debt strategy.

Citi Digital Dialogues Episode 1: Treasury Digitisation: innovation and advancement

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 09:00:00 +0000

In our first audio episode with Jason Han of Nanyang Technological University and Citi’s own Sandip Patil, we explored the most exciting digital innovations of the past decade, outlining the scope of our upcoming episodes throughout the course of this year’s series and focusing on both their experiences and insights.

ASA 2021 Best ESG Solution

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Here we look at sustainable projects including the finance related to the mitigation of and/or adaptation to climate change/CO2 emissions as well as investment strategies which incorporate ESG/CSR factors.

Overall Winner – Etihad Aviation Group, Daniel Tromans, Group Treasurer.

Highly Commended Winner – Holcim, Nicolas Vaniet, Head Financing & Treasury Front Office.

Highly Commended Winner – Royal Schiphol Group, Tom Gerritsen, Head of Treasury and M&A, in partnership with BlackRock.

Highly Commended Winner - Dürr AG, Christian Aue, VP Corporate Finance.

Episode 21: SPECIAL EPISODE – Adam Smith Awards Asia 2021 – A winners guide podcast series (part three of three)

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 09:00:00 +0000

In this Episode, we explain the criteria for entry, some tips to aide your submissions and what our judges look for when making their decisions. Nominations are now open and will close on September 6th 2021.

ASA 2021 Episode 2: Corporate Treasurer of the Year

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 09:00:00 +0000

We have created this new category to recognise an individual corporate treasurer who has made a real difference to their organisation, who demonstrates innovation and achievement and who is an inspiration in their current role.

Overall Winner – Martin Schlageter, Head of Treasury Operations, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

ASA 2021 Episode 1: A Rising Star

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 09:00:00 +0000

This category recognises talent coming through the corporate treasury ranks. The individual may have excelled in a professional qualification or may be a future Finance Director or CFO.

The participant is:

Overall Winner – Angela Brown, Assistant Treasurer, Continental Tire the Americas, LLC

Episode 20: Women in Treasury APAC Forum 2021

Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:00:00 +0000

In this year’s APAC WiT forum, expert panellists reflect on how they progressed their careers in finance and share their key advice. Elsewhere the conversation talked about the damaging impact of the pandemic to gender equality and the role of men in supporting equality.

ASA 2020 Best Short Term Investing Solution - ICD special version

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 09:00:00 +0000

ASA 2020 Best Short Term Investing Solution - ICD special version

Episode 19: SPECIAL EPISODE – Adam Smith Awards Asia 2021 – A winners guide podcast series (part two of three)

Mon, 02 Aug 2021 09:00:00 +0000

In this Episode, we explore the new categories we have added this year. A full list of categories can be found online at treasurytoday.com. Nominations are now open and will close on 6th September 2021.

Episode 18: SPECIAL EPISODE – Adam Smith Awards Asia 2021 – A winners guide podcast series (part one of three)

Wed, 07 Jul 2021 09:00:00 +0000

We are delighted to launch our Adam Smith Awards Asia 2021 – A Winner’s Guide podcast series. In this first short episode I will explain what the Adam Smith Awards Asia are, why you should consider nominating and the key dates for your diaries. Nominations opened on 7th June and will close on 6th September 2021.

ASAA Episode 23: Treasury Today Asia’s Top Treasury Team 2020

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 09:00:00 +0000

This is our most prestigious and competitive award. Here we recognise any corporate treasury team that has made an outstanding contribution to its organisation over the past 12-18 months. This could be purely the treasury team, comprising several team members, or a broader team effort, involving many disciplines across the enterprise.

Overall Winner – Olam International Ltd., Jayant Parande, in partnership with Citi, DBS, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan and Standard Chartered.

Highly Commended Winner – Grab Holdings Inc., Wilson Koh, in partnership with Kyriba and UOB.

Highly Commended Winner – HCL India, Vineet Sood, in partnership with Citi.

ASAA Episode 22: Best in Class Treasury Solution in India

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 08:00:00 +0000

To acknowledge the specific challenges of operating in this dynamic country, here we showcase treasuries in India that have implemented, or are in the process of implementing, a cash/liquidity management, card, trade/SCF, WCM/AP/AR, funding/ESG, FX, risk and/or technology/cyber security/fintech solution.

Overall Winner – Sanofi India, Somak Ghosh, in partnership with J.P. Morgan.

Highly Commended Winner – Visteon Electronics India Pvt Ltd, Jessica Cao and Ramalingam Rajasekar, in partnership with Bank of America.

Highly Commended – Herbalife International India Pvt Ltd, Ajay Khanna, Uday Prakash and Vivek MP, in partnership with DBS.

ASAA Episode 21: Best Card Solution

Wed, 26 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Overall Winner – Worley. Their partner HSBC speaks about their winning solution and collaboration.

Highly Commended – New South Wales State Government. Their partner Citi speaks about their winning solution and collaboration.

Cards are no longer just a piece of plastic; corporate cards have become an integral part of the cash management set-up. Here we see how cards, including virtual cards, are being used to improve the T&E processes.

Treasury Talks Episode 17: Talking sustainability, supply chain finance and the role of treasury with Minna Helppi, Group Treasury at Metso Qutotec

Mon, 24 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000

In this episode, we speak to Minna Helppi, Group Treasurer, at Metso Outotec about the role treasury played during their merger, the companies supply chain finance programme and how she is introducing sustainability in treasury.

ASAA Episode 20: Best Crisis Management Solution

Wed, 19 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000

This was a new category in 2020 to respond specifically to the challenges faced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We wanted to recognise the Herculean efforts that have been demonstrated as you respond to the demands of the new normal. There have been some extraordinary demonstrations of best practice that we feel deserve special recognition, this year including one company which switched its entire production facility in response to the crisis and another which deployed a QR code to help swab testing.

Overall Winner – ST Telemedia, Darren Chua, in partnership with Citi.

Highly Commended Winner – KPJ Healthcare Berhad, Norhaizam Mohammad, in partnership with HSBC.

Highly Commended Winner – Radico Khaitan, Dilip Banthiya, in partnership with DBS.

Highly Commended Winner – Samsonite China. Their partner J.P. Morgan speaks about their winning solution and collaboration.

Standard Chartered: Digital transformation

Mon, 17 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000

In the first of a series of three podcasts, Standard Chartered’s Steve Pairman, Head of Cash Product, UK and Marion Reuter, Regional Head of Transaction Banking Sales, Europe discuss the transformational role of digitisation and the key aspects treasury teams need to get right.

Bottomline TreasuryXpress: Technology innovation for an evolving treasurer

Mon, 17 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000

How is technology supporting the evolving role of the treasurer? And how can treasurers tap into everything from AI and data analytics to AML solutions as they take on a more strategic position within their organisations? In a recent virtual roundtable held by Treasury Today and the Bottomline TreasuryXpress team, industry experts discussed the latest developments in this podcast.

ASAA Episode 19: Judges’ Choice

Wed, 12 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Overall Winner – Hetero Labs Limited, Dr. Vamsi Krishna Bandi, in partnership with Standard Chartered.

This is awarded by our judges to recognise a project or solution that demonstrates something particularly special, outside of our defined categories. It could be something not seen previously or, as is the case this year, an innovative response to the specific challenges posed by the global COVID-19 pandemic. The response was quick, direct and urgently needed.

ASA Asia Episode 18: Best ESG Solution

Wed, 05 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000

BNY Mellon: Introduction to responsible investing for treasurers

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0000

What does responsible investment mean to treasurers? Which factors are driving change in this area? And what sort of terminology should treasurers be aware of? Joshua Kendall, Head of Responsible Investment Research and Stewardship at Insight Investment, shares his views in the first of a series of three podcasts.

ASAA Episode 17: Best Working Capital Management Solution

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Efficient working capital is a key challenge for corporates of all shapes and sizes. This is all about improving key performance indicators of DPO, DSO, DIO, DWC and the cash conversion cycle.

Overall Winner – PTT Exploration & Production Public Co. Ltd., Anutra Bunnag, in partnership with Bank of America.

Highly Commended Winner – Sanofi S.A., Jackson Xu, in partnership with Citi.

Highly Commended Winner - PLDT Group. Their partner DBS speaks with us about their winning solution and collaboration.

ASAA Episode 16: Harnessing the Power of Technology

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Technology is a key component in many of the submissions we receive and this is always a hotly contested category. We see projects ranging from the use of APIs and RPA to full-blown treasury technology transformation involving TMS/ERP integration and much more.

Winner – Alibaba.com, Issac Chen, in partnership with J. P. Morgan.

Highly Commended – Dairy Farm, Leslie Chan and May Lee, in partnership with ION Group.

Highly Commended – AMS Sensors Holdings Asia Pte Ltd, Arno Gruner, in partnership with Deutsche Bank.

Highly Commended – Microsoft, David Meunier.

ASAA Episode 15: Best AP/AR Solution

Wed, 14 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Payables are key to any business. How do companies negotiate improved payment terms with their suppliers? We have seen an increase in the use of shared service centres and payment factories in recent years, and Payment-on-Behalf-of structures are a lot more common now. We also look at how companies manage their accounts receivables, including reconciliation. As with payments, we are now seeing Collection-on-Behalf-of structures emerging.

Winner – Microsoft, Fanny Niu.

Highly Commended – Chubb Insurance Australia Ltd, Gerard Sitaramayya.

Highly Commended – Pontian Pei Chun Chinese Schools. Their partner UOB speaks with us about their winning solution and collaboration.

ASAA Episode 14: Best Risk Management Solution

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Risk continues to be top of every treasurer’s agenda, from foreign exchange risk, counterparty risk, commodity risk and interest rate risk to cyber risk, reputational risk and supply chain risk. It feels like corporates have never had more risks to manage, making this an ever- increasing critical responsibility for the treasury function.

ASAA Episode 13: Best Liquidity Management Solution

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 08:00:00 +0000

Here we look at liquidity solutions such as cash pooling structures. Some are single country/single currency, whilst some corporates have implemented multi-country/multi-currency and even cross-currency arrangements which “follow the sun”, and one which goes ‘against the sun’ yet still respects value dating across time-zones.

ASAA Episode 12: Best Cyber-Security Solution

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 07:00:00 +0000

Cyber-security continues to be a major issue for companies of all shapes and sizes with most household names having been victims of cyber-crime past, present and future. We look here at how an organisation is mitigating the threat of a cyber-attack.

ASAA Episode 11: Best Foreign Exchange Solution

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 07:30:00 +0000

This category looks at foreign exchange and solutions that have responded to the ever-evolving challenges this area poses to corporate finance professionals. From technology to new processes, change to a hedging strategy or a new FX requirement as a result of entering a new market or dealing with a new currency and/or client/supplier.

Treasury Talks Episode 9: Making homeworking work

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000

How can treasurers forced to work from home during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic ensure they remain safe, secure and effective? In this Treasury Today podcast we explore the options in the company of Actualize Consulting’s Kerry Wekelo, COO, and Priscila Nagalli, Director, Treasury Practice Group.

Treasury Talks Episode 8: Expedia Group’s successful journey

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000

For any corporate treasurer, cash and investment management will always be high up on the business agenda. This is truly apparent for the international travel giant Expedia Group – a business operating in over 70 different countries. In this latest podcast with Treasury Today, Expedia Group explains how the company managed to build a comprehensive solution to give it enhanced portfolio visibility across its 40+ currencies.

Treasury Talks Episode 7: Talking female representation with Westpac

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Female representation is currently one of the biggest topics in the global corporate world. Treasury Talks discusses the current situation, what companies can do, and our hopes for the future.

Treasury Talks Episode 6: Shell opens up new opportunities

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Managing over 30,000 FX spot, forward, and swap transactions worth over US$1trn a year, Shell’s existing FX management system was in desperate need of an upgrade. In the latest podcast with Treasury Today, Shell explains how a successful partnership with Bloomberg has resulted in a best-of-breed FX solution which helps manage its FX transactions.

Treasury Talks Episode 5: Talking sustainability with HSBC and the Republic of Seychelles

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000

In recent years, the focus on sustainability has been growing in popularity across the globe. With treasurers facing increasing pressure to imbed sustainability principles to support and drive their corporate’s strategy, the sustainability agenda sees no sign of abating. In the latest podcast with Treasury Today, we caught up with two pioneers leading the sustainability charge - HSBC and the Republic of Seychelles.

Treasury Talks Episode 4: Women in Treasury Study

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000

In this special Women in Treasury podcast in our Treasury Talks series, we are joined by Meg Coates, Joint Publisher & Head of Operations at Treasury Today, Frances Hinden, VP Treasury Operations at Shell, and Yeng Butler, Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Cash Business at State Street Global Advisors, as they discuss the Women in Treasury 2018 Annual Global Study results.

Treasury Talks Episode 3: Talking technology with Royston Da Costa, Assistant Group Treasurer at Ferguson

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Treasury Talks sits down with Royston Da Costa, Assistant Group Treasurer at Ferguson to talk about the technological revolution in treasury. Royston candidly shares his views on the impact that technology is having on his treasury department and what technology he wants to see develop and come into treasury departments in the near-future.

Treasury Talks Episode 2: The impact of the global financial crisis on treasury

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000

In our second instalment of the Treasury Talks podcast series, we revisit the global financial crisis of 2007/2008 and hear from Roman Kozhan, Professor of Finance at Warwick Business School on why the crisis happened. Then, Jim Colby, Assistant Treasurer at Honeywell and Fred Schacknies, ‎SVP & Treasurer at ‎Hilton Worldwide detail their experiences during the crisis, document the impact it has had on how corporate treasury departments operate and ponder whether something similar will happen again.

Treasury Talks Episode 1: Defining the modern treasury professional

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000

In this, our first edition of the Treasury Talks podcast created in partnership with the Singapore Association of Corporate Treasurers, we hear from some of the country’s leading treasury professions who talk about the treasurers changing role and highlight the skills you need to be a successful treasurer today.

Treasury Talks Episode 15: SPECIAL EPISODE – Adam Smith Awards 2021 - A winners guide podcast series (part two of three)

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000

In this Episode, we explore the new categories we have added this year. A full list of categories can be found online at treasurytoday.com. Nominations are now open and will close on 12th April 2021.

Treasury Talks Episode 14: Women in Treasury London Forum 2020

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000

The Women in Treasury EMEA Forum 2020 featured a vibrant and insightful virtual panel discussion with four leading industry speakers, providing a lively debate of some of the key topics highlighted by the respondents of our Women in Treasury Global Study 2020, in association with State Street Global Advisors.

Treasury Talks Episode 13: SPECIAL EPISODE – Adam Smith Awards 2021 - A winners guide podcast series (part one of three)

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000

We are delighted to launch our Adam Smith Awards 2021 – A Winner’s Guide podcast series. In this first short episode I will explain what the Adam Smith Awards are, why you should consider nominating and the key dates for your diaries. Nominations open on 25th January and close on 12th April 2021.

Treasury Talks Episode 12: Women in Treasury US Forum 2020

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000

The Women in Treasury US Forum 2020 featured a vibrant and insightful virtual panel discussion with four leading industry speakers, providing a lively debate of some of the key topics highlighted by the respondents of our Women in Treasury Global Study 2020, in association with State Street Global Advisors.

Treasury Talks Episode 11: Treasury with African free trade

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Earlier this year, we attended the Treasury & Finance in Africa Conference, run by Eurofinance, where we were able to catch up with Bohani Hlungwane, Regional Head of Trade and Working Capital at Absa Group to discuss the African Continental Free Trade Area and what it means for treasurers already in the region, and those looking to enter it.

Treasury Talks Episode 10: Is SWIFT gpi for corporates giving treasurers what they want?

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000

SWIFT’s global payments innovation (gpi) is arguably its most successful initiative for decades. With the gpi for corporates offering gathering pace, is it all it can be? In this Treasury Today podcast we’ll be exploring the latest developments with Eric Bayle, Director – Head of Global Transaction Banking, UK, Societe Generale, and Marc Delbaere, Global Head of Corporates and Trade, SWIFT.

Treasury Talks Episode 16: SPECIAL EPISODE – Adam Smith Awards 2021 - A winners guide podcast series (part three of three)

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000

ASAA Episode 10: Best Trade Solution

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000

ASAA Episode 9: First Class Relationship Management

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000

This category incorporates any relationship (internal as well as external) managed by the treasury function, such as investor relations, employee relations, ratings agencies, procurement etcetera, in addition to the core bank(s)/other service provider(s) relationships. Economic turmoil and the recent coronavirus pandemic have certainly focused minds on the value of relationships.

Treasury Dialogues series in partnership with Citi