The Treasury Career Corner

Join me on this episode of the Treasury Career Corner Podcast, where I speak to Gloria Griesinger, the Assistant Treasurer – Global Treasury and Pensions at Cummins Inc. She’s had repeated success financing challenging projects in some of the most difficult environments, is experienced with spin-offs, private equity, investment grade and non-investment grade firms and can also speak both Spanish a...

In this week’s episode of the Treasury Career Corner podcast, I’m joined by Erik Smolders, the Extended Treasury Solution Offering Lead at Deloitte. He has vast experience within the finance sector, which spans corporate treasury, global cash management, risk management, mergers and acquisitions and business unit CFO. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, or just ‘Deloitte’ to you and I, is a multinat...

Join me on this episode of the Treasury Career Corner Podcast, where I speak to Kirk von Seelen, the Vice President & Treasurer at The Brinks Company. With his consistent track record of significant achievements in finance, operations management and process improvement, Kirk’s treasury career quickly gained momentum. He is a high-focused, motivated and seasoned hands-on leader with a lot to sa...

In this week’s episode of the Treasury Career Corner podcast, I’m joined by Tanya Kuznetsova, the Director of Treasury at Centric Brands Inc. She’s worked across different sectors in different countries, so has plenty of experience that she can share with our listeners. Centric Brands Inc. is a leading lifestyle brand collective, bringing together creative minds from the worlds of fashion and comm...

In this week’s episode of the Treasury Corner podcast, I’m joined by Stephen Kaufhold, the Senior Vice President & Treasurer at Allergan plc. If you looked at Stephen’s undergraduate CV it would have stated that he only ever wanted a job in treasury. He has seized every opportunity and made some good early moves in his career, ensuring he built a solid foundation across all treasury roles. Ste...

In this week’s show I am joined by Stephen Darnley, the Corporate Treasurer at International Air Transport Association (IATA).   IATA was founded in Havana, Cuba, on 19 April 1945. It is an international not-for-profit trade organization, created over 70 years ago by a group of airlines. At its founding, IATA had 57 members from 31 nations, mostly in Europe and North America. Today...

In this week’s episode of the Treasury Career Corner podcast I’m joined by Paul Miseré, the Treasury Director EMEA at Medtronic. We explore what gets him excited about treasury and what’s motivated him to rise through the ranks at a global organisation over the last decade. Founded in 1949, Medtronic is a global healthcare solutions company committed to improving lives through their medical techno...

On this episode of the Treasury Career Corner podcast, I’m joined by Oliver Gerstberger, Director of Corporate Funding, for the Selecta Group in Switzerland. Oliver has carved out an impressive career by finding ways in which he can continually add value for his employers. Before this role, Oliver was the Head of Group Treasury, Tax & Insurance at Selecta, where he established the group treasu...

Stephen Medhurst, the Senior Vice President of Treasury at Omnicom Group Inc., joins the Treasury Career Corner podcast to tell us about his career history, insights into managing global treasury operations and the importance of embracing change. Omnicom is a global marketing communications leader which provides brand and advertising services to over 5,000 clients in over 100 countries. Since its...

In this week’s episode of the Treasury Career Corner podcast I’m joined by Séverine Le Blévennec, the Senior Director of the Honeywell Europe, Middle East and Africa Treasury team and global lead for Treasury Technology. We draw from her vast experience in the treasury world to uncover the secrets to her success and how treasury has changed over her career. Honeywell International Inc. is an Ameri...

Roger Aguilar, Assistant Treasurer and Head of the Treasury and Credit & Collections department at Oceaneering International Inc, joins the Treasury Career Corner podcast to discuss his seasoned career in Corporate Treasury and Banking. In this interview, we uncover what it was like for Roger to go from banking to treasury, his experience working in treasury in different regions and markets an...

Treasury professional, Dimitris Damdimopoulos joins the Treasury Career Corner podcast to share his story of how he came into treasury, scaled an impressive career and advice for aspiring treasurers who dream of mimicking his success. Dimitris is the Senior Treasury Analyst at Imperial Brands PLC in Bristol, UK. With a purpose to create something better for the world’s smokers, Imperial Brands PLC...

On this episode of the Treasury Career Corner podcast, I’m thrilled to be joined by Himanshu Kher, the Group Treasurer at LMAX Exchange. Backed by years of experience in banking and consulting, Himanshu shares his career journey and discusses some of treasury’s principal challenges and uncertainties through the years. LMAX Exchange Group (LMAX Exchange) is an award-winning global financial technol...

In this special episode of the Treasury Career Corner podcast, the tables have turned once again and I’m the one in the podcast guest seat! As you can imagine, it was very strange to be the one answering the questions for a change, but I thoroughly enjoyed the experience nonetheless! To switch things up on the show, I decided to share my podcast with Richard Bostock, who is the mind behind Abeona,...

In this extra special episode recorded live in London at the GTE Exchange in July, I interviewed not one, but three treasury professionals.   These highly talented individuals demonstrate exactly how contrasting one career path can be from another. They may hold similar roles but their journeys to success have been very different.   Something they do have in common though is they have valuable adv...

Building a career in treasury is something that many of us put years and years of hard work into to get to the position of our dreams. However, sometimes you can get thrown in the deep end at a very young age. This episode of the podcast is special as I’m joined by Markus Kede. Markus began his treasury career incredibly young and became a Group Treasurer at just 26! He has now been in the industr...

Treasury is such a fascinating career path to journey down, absolutely everyone has a different story of how they got there. In fact, you might not even know that it’s the career for you until you dive in! On this episode of the podcast, I’m joined by Julia Fordham, the Group Head of Treasury at Small World Financial Services. We cover her unexpected dive into the finance industry, her career jour...

On this episode of the Treasury Career Corner podcast, we have the amazing Cathy McGarry joining us to discuss changing technologies in the healthcare treasury industry and some top pieces of advice from her long and successful career.   Cathy McGarry is the Director of Finance and Treasury Operations for Northwestern Medicine, a premier academic health system in Chicago. Northwestern Medicine is...

We’ve reached the 60 th episode of the Treasury Career Corner podcast and to celebrate this milestone, I’ve decided to do something a little different. The tables have turned and I’m the one in the podcast guest seat!   In this episode, I share my interview with Amy Woods on The Content 10x Podcast. I appeared as a guest on Amy’s podcast to talk about the journey of The Treasury Career Corner podc...

On this episode of the Treasury Career Corner podcast, we have the very talented John Engeman joining me to share his lessons and insights from his successful career. John is an author, Vice President and treasurer at National General Insurance.   John Engeman is a senior finance and treasury professional with experience working for global companies in fashion, telecommunications, healthcare and i...

We’ve got a very special guest on this episode of the Treasury Career Corner Podcast, where I’m joined by professional treasury speaker, Seth Marlowe, who is also the Senior Vice President and Strategist with Wells Fargo’s Treasury Insights Consulting Group.   Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.9 trillion in assets. Founded in 1852 and headqu...

I’m thrilled to have Peter Russell, the Head of Treasury and Investor Relations at Travelport , joining me on this episode of the Treasury Career Corner podcast. We dive into everything treasury related from his early steps in accounting to his first deputy treasury role, managing and coaching a team and much more!   In case you didn’t know, Travelport is a global technology company that makes the...

Do you aspire to lead a team of world-class treasurers? If you see a senior role in your future, you’ll gain a lot from this episode of the Treasury Career Corner podcast, where I’m joined by Adam Boukadida, Senior VP of Finance and Interim Chief Financial Officer at Etihad Airways.   Etihad Airways is the national airline of the United Arab Emirates. The airline was established by Royal (Emiri) D...

I’m delighted to be joined by George Sawtell on this episode of the podcast, who has recently been appointed as the new Treasury Director at Survitec, a Global Leader in Safety and Survival Solutions.   George is an experienced Treasurer having held senior positions at Capita plc (outsourcing), UBM plc (B2B events), Inmarsat plc (satellites) and Cable & Wireless plc (telecommunications). He has 25...

My guest on this episode of the Treasury Career Corner podcast is Craig Jeffery, the Managing Partner at Strategic Treasurer LLC . Craig is familiar with podcasting as he hosts the ‘ Treasury Update Podcast ,’ where I had the pleasure to speak from the other end of the microphone as the interviewee rather than the host.   In this episode, it’s my turn to take back the mic and interview Craig about...