The Treasury Career Corner

On The Treasury Career Corner, we hear so much excellent advice from insightful leaders from the world of treasury and today’s episode is no different.  Frank Muusse, Head of Treasury at C&A, joins episode 240 to discuss his career to date.  Frank explains his early steps into the world of treasury via business analysis, how to evolve your own role in the industry and the importance...

Treasury management systems often don’t function well if you don’t have the basics in place. That’s the opinion of this week’s guest on The Treasury Career Corner. Bart Hendriks, Head of Global Treasury Operations and Inhouse Bank Management at CEVA Logistics, explains why companies that grow very fast and, in turn, grow their treasury teams very fast often lack some basic strategies or policies t...

Each treasury professional has their own story to tell of their introduction to the industry. As does our latest guest on The Treasury Career Corner, who has had a unique and fascinating career path.  On this episode, we are joined by Christian Zeidler, VP Head of Department, Global Treasury Front Office at Robert Bosch. Christian discusses his route into treasury through other finance sector...

Being clear about your goals and projections is essential to being a successful treasury leader. That’s why our latest guest implements roadmaps to define her plans and be clear on what she requires from her team.  Séverine Le Blévennec, Global Head of Treasury at Aliaxis, joins this episode of The Treasury Career Corner.  This is her second appearance on the show and Séverine has change...

To be successful in treasury, it’s important to build an intimate understanding of your company from top to bottom.   That advice comes from this week’s guest on The Treasury Career Corner who joined the show to provide expert advice to treasury professionals.  John McAnulty, former Group Treasurer at Richemont, discusses his route into the industry, how the treasury world has evolv...

The world has not been the same since COVID first struck in 2020. Back then, many treasurers were adapting to remote work and acclimatising to the challenges of being out of the office.  Now, many professionals have returned to the office, either completely or as part of a hybrid working pattern.  In this episode of The Treasury Career Corner, we welcome back Bruce Edlund, now Group Dire...

There’s no watertight formula for building a strong, effective treasury team. But every treasury leader has their own ideas on how to cultivate success.   This week’s guest on The Treasury Career Corner believes that investing in people, nurturing their capabilities and empowering them to pick up transferrable skills is a surefire way to build a functional team.  Gavin Waugh, SVP, T...

What sits at the heart of treasury? It’s not just about the qualifications, financial know-how and technical skills. Tying it all together are the relationships and collaboration between teams.   Tanja Holden, the Group Treasurer at Ocado Group, joins this episode of The Treasury Career Corner to discuss the importance of relationships building in treasury.   In this episode, T...

Most treasurers have encountered colossal challenges at some stage of their career. But this week’s guest was thrown in at the deep end in his very first treasury role. Steffen Diel, Senior Vice President, Head of Global Treasury at SAP SE, joins this episode of The Treasury Career Corner to discuss treasury challenges, his transition from banking, coping with financial crises and more. He provide...

Hiring as well as dismissing team members can be a difficult process. But it’s a crucial part of building a strong team and essential to a long, successful career in treasury leadership. Steven Krippner, Vice President and Treasurer at energy technology company Baker Hughes, joins this episode of The Treasury Career Corner podcast. Steven discusses why revisiting your team regularly is vital to ke...

To truly get satisfaction from your treasury career, it’s important to push the boundaries of what you can offer. Rebecca Hirschboeck, Director of Finance – International Treasury at The Kraft Heinz Company, went from being unsure of her career goals to becoming a fully-fledged international treasury professional within 15 years. Rebecca joins The Treasury Career Corner this week to discuss her ca...

“Turbulent times” is a phrase we’ve all heard a lot of over the past few years. And those challenges have certainly affected the treasury world as well. To talk more about it, Ben Helsing, the Group Treasurer & Head of Debt Investor Relations at P3 Logistic Parks, joins the Treasury Career Corner podcast. Ben explains how he’s managed treasury challenges over the years, how he builds and motiv...

Treasury is a global language, and one of the best parts of it is that you get to work alongside professionals from across the world. Brendan Boucher, Group Treasurer of Compass Group Plc, has travelled the world for work. His career has taken him to places such as Dubai, Moscow, and Vienna, to work in a variety of roles within huge global companies and startups. Brendan joins us again on this epi...

This is the 4th, and last, episode of this amazing feature series with Hussam and Guillaume from Corporate Treasury 101. For this special episode, I shared the microphone with Katie Hardie, Recruitment specialist for the European markets, so she could help me answer the grueling questions from these two. In this episode, we focus our conversation on the latest trends in the Treasury Market. We dis...

No matter your route into treasury, it’s important to learn new skills quickly and build a solid network. Dana Laidhold, Treasurer at Nasdaq, knows what it’s like to take the plunge into treasury and learn from the ground up. She joins episode 226 of The Treasury Career Corner, where she discusses the early stages of her career, the power of building a strong treasury network, why taking risks cou...

After two fascinating episodes about the early stages of a career in Treasury and the “Mid-Level” as a manager, here is the long-awaited episode about what it takes to make it at the Top. In this episode, I host Hussam Ali and Guillaume Jouvencel from the fascinating Corporate Treasury 101 podcast and we talk about what we find at the top of the Corporate Treasury food chain. Assistant, Deputy, In...

When you’re building a treasury team, there’s a lot to think about, considering how vital treasury is to operations. That’s what Steve Rosenthal, the Global Treasurer and Managing Director at Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., explained in this episode of The Treasury Career Corner podcast. Steve originally joined us back in 2020 to discuss the intricacies of building a team. Steve took a very...

Treasury Manager is the natural evolution of the Treasury Assistant and Analyst positions. But what does it really mean to be a Manager in Corporate Treasury?  Being able to touch upon any Treasury topic - Cash Management, Financial Risk Management, System implementation, Basics of Accounting and so on is for sure a strength. But the Managers that stand out are those excelling at people skill...

Building an effective team of treasurers from all corners of the globe is no easy feat. Somebody who knows that well is Jim McHale, Director, Corporate Treasurer at Reconext. Jim originally joined the podcast back in September 2020, when he reflected on his career to date, explained why a risk management mindset is crucial for treasurers, and shared some invaluable advice. This time, he’s back on...

For the past few years, people entering into the world of Treasury has mostly been by accident.  Hussam and Guillaume - hosts of the Corporate Treasury 101 podcast - came and asked me questions about how to enter this amazing world. Not only do we discuss the different opportunities that Treasury can offer in the early stages of a career, and how to successfully enter into Treasury, but we al...

Many a treasurer’s path into the profession is carefully planned, but not always. Some have clear intentions of building a treasury career, while others fall into it. Benjamin Seal, Vice President Treasury Services at Cenveo, is one of the latter. He joins episode 220 of The Treasury Career Corner to discuss his route into the profession, his background and top tips on finding a work/life balance...

Despite treasury being an international language, there are cultural shifts that can be difficult to navigate. We go through our Treasury Career Corner archives again for this insightful episode with Stephen Harper, currently SVP Global Treasury, Insurance & ERM at Teva Pharmaceuticals. Stephen appeared on the show in 2020 to discuss his move from banking to international treasury, what led hi...

The world of treasury is constantly changing, and it’s important to stay on the ball. While COVID has thrown curveballs, it’s pushed treasury pros to adapt rapidly. In this episode of The Treasury Career Corner, we go through the archives to dust off this 2019 episode with John Engeman. John also returns to discuss what has changed since his last appearance and to update us on his career. Since he...

Much like anything worthwhile, a successful treasury career isn’t built in a day. It takes hard work, dedication, and some weathered advice from someone who’s walked the path before. That’s why we have Lane Silverman, Treasury Consultant and Advisor for XY Treasury Consulting on today’s Treasury Career Corner. Coming from top-level treasury roles at JT Inc., Bunge Ltd., and a handful of others, it...

We’ve reached back into our archives to bring you another brilliant episode from January 2020. This time around we’re looking back at our conversation with Todd Yoder, Senior Managing Director of Global Treasury, Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR). We had a fantastic conversation with him about his work ethic, how he got started in treasury and the principles he’s used to forge his own treasury career....