Royston Da Costa has over 28 years’ experience working in treasury. He joined Wolseley, now Ferguson Group, in April 2002, and was responsible for managing the large, international group’s daily debt and cash requirements. He also implemented a global multi- currency notional cash pooling structure with BMG in 2010. After being put in charge of treasury systems and development at Ferguson in 2010, Royston helped improve the visibility of Ferguson’s cash around the group using SWIFT MT940s, and in 2015 managed the project to implement a cloud-based treasury management solution called Bellin. He was promoted to assistant group treasurer in November 2016, and is now responsible for the middle office. Internally, he acts as the focal point for Ferguson Group’s business units on operational treasury issues such as payment connectivity, working capital and transactional banking. Externally, he is the main contact for the group’s relationship banks on matters related to payments, regulation and technology. He continues to be responsible for driving forward the group’s strategy on treasury systems. Royston has been interviewed by a number of mainstream Treasury journals like the Treasurer and Treasury Today. He has also had an article on “Cyber Fraud and the impact on Treasury” published by Bellin, a Treasury Management Solution provider. He is a frequent speaker at national conferences (ACT Annual conference) and international conferences (EuroFinance, The Economist, Treasury Innovation, and the Treasurers Exchange in Germany). Royston previously worked at Sky, Gillette, Seagram’s and Vivendi Universal.

David Blair puts his 25 years of treasury and management experience to work for a broad range of clients through Acarate in Singapore. After starting his career with Price Waterhouse, David went on to set up international treasury operations for ABB and Nokia. David became Group Treasurer at Nokia, and subsequently Vice President of Treasury at Huawei.

Javier holds a Master’s degree in Law and business administration from the Complutense University of Madrid. A Pre-Doctorate in Law, MBA from ICAI/ICADE and a Master’s degree in finance and banking direction from AFI. In his current role as Senior Banking Manager in charge of Europe, Middle East, Africa and the Americas in IATA (International Air Transport Association), Javier is responsible for designing and implementing new cash management solutions which support airlines’ financial health and enables IATA to make its financial services cheaper, faster and safer. Prior to IATA, Javier held various positions at Accenture in the area of strategic banking consulting.

Bob has more than 30 years of corporate treasury experience in the roles of treasurer, credit director, finance manager and controller at BP America and Amoco Corporation. He has successfully managed post-acquisition integrations, technology upgrades and corporate restructurings. Currently, Bob is a partner with the Treasury Alliance Group, leveraging his corporate experience in client engagements dealing with global treasury, risk and crisis management; cash management and cash flow forecasting; working capital management; shared service operations and general management. He also shares his experiences by tutoring others in courses such as international cash and treasury management, corporate risk management and cash flow forecasting, as well as by chairing, moderating and speaking at treasury conferences worldwide.

Steven Vu is a Director, Treasury for Prologis working out of the Denver Office. He supports Treasury Cash Management processes and initiatives in the Americas (USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil) and Asia (Singapore, China, Japan). He has been with Prologis since June 2011. He has also held various Treasury Roles in the Denver Area with CH2M Hill and Corporate Express. Steven holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Doug joined Booking Holdings Inc. in 2014 as Corporate Treasurer. Doug oversees funding, investments, cash management, share repurchase, insurance, risk management and bank relations. Priceline’s brands include; Booking.com, priceline.com, KAYAK, Agoda.com, rentalcars.com and Open Table. Prior to Priceline, Doug spent 7 years at GE Capital, 7-years at IBM, 2-years at the Hertz Corporation and 8-years as a money markets trader at Fuji Bank Ltd.

Chris Skinner is known as an independent commentator on the financial markets and fintech through his blog, the Finanser.com, as author of the bestselling books Digital Bank, ValueWeb and its new sequel Digital Human. He is Chair of the European networking forum The Financial Services Club and Nordic Finance Innovation, as well as being a Non-Executive Director of the Fintech consultancy firm 11:FS. He is on the Advisory Boards of many companies including B-Hive, Bankex, empowr, IoV42, Innovate Finance, Life.SREDA, Moven, Meniga, Pintail, Project Exscudo and the Token Fund, and has been voted one of the most influential people in financial technology by the Wall Street Journal’s Financial News and Thomson Reuters. He has recently been voted Game Changer of the Year and Financial Markets Advisor of the Year by Finance Monthly, CEO of the Year by CV Magazine, FinTech Speaker of the Year by TMT Global and has been an advisor to the White House, the World Bank and the World Economic Forum.

Brian Sullivan is Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Veolia North America, a position he has held since 2009. In this role, Brian oversees the company’s cash management and financing activities, including Veolia North America’s external debt, credit and guarantee facilities and trade finance programs in the US and Canada. Prior to becoming Treasurer, Brian was Vice President of US Investor Relations for Veolia Environment (the parent company), since 2001. Headquartered in Paris, Veolia is the world’s leading environmental services company with operations in the Water, Waste Services and Energy sectors. Brian has a BA from Boston College and an MA from the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. He is also an Executive Member of the Association for Financial Professionals.

Vincent Delort is a Risk and Reporting Manager in the Treasury department of Japan Tobacco International, responsible for FX risk management of future cash flows, as well as reporting the monthly Treasury results. He has been working in JTI since 2012.

Catherine Stone has 20 years of treasury experience. She is currently the Assistant Treasurer of Cabot Corporation. In this role, Catherine manages global banking and vendor relationships, debt and capital market transactions, rating agency relationships, foreign exchange risk management; trade finance; and policies and procedures. She also plays an active role in M&A due diligence, capital structure determination/definition and all other treasury-related activities. Prior to Cabot, Catherine was the Treasury Manager at Millipore Corporation and the Assistant Treasurer of Haemonetics Corporation. Catherine earned her BA from the University of Massachusetts; her MBA from the FW Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College; and her JD from Suffolk University School of Law. She is an attorney admitted to the Massachusetts Bar.

Charlie is currently a Treasury Director at Expedia, Inc. where he oversees the company's foreign currency hedging programs as well as special projects and other capital markets related activity. He recently rejoined Expedia after 1.5 years as a Treasury Senior Manager at Netflix, where he was head of Global FX and Cash Strategy. Charlie initially joined Expedia, Inc. as a manager on the FX team in 2013 from Deloitte, where he began his career. Charlie studied at the University of Portland and is a CPA and a CFA charter holder. He is also Vice Chair of the O'Dea High School Advisory Board.

John, a senior director at Expedia, leads a team that manages treasury capital markets activities including liquidity/investments, debt, and FX risk management. Prior to his 5-year tenor at Expedia, he spent 11 years at Deloitte providing accounting/consulting services on complex FX, commodity, and interest rate hedging strategies to multinational companies. John studied at the University of San Diego and is a CPA and a CFA charter holder.

Tom Durkin is a Managing Director for Global Transaction Serivices. He is the Global Head of Channels Product Management at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Durkin leads his team in developing client focused strategies and technology intitiatives across Mobile, Online and Connectivity Channels for the bank. Durkin is taking an active role in the industry by becoming a leading advocate for thought leadership with CyberSecurity, Global Standards (ISO XML) and industry collaboration topics. Tom has spoken at the following conferences: SIBOS 2016, AFP 2017 Global Treasurers Forum, Eurofinance, and technology conferences such as SAP Sapphire and Treasury Management Conferences

Luis Eduardo is responsible for the Corporate Treasury of Grupo KUO with over 9 years of experience implementing global solution for the Company. Leader and promotor in the process to modernize the Treasury model for KUO in the recent years including; a deep change in the Treasury Work Station which beneficially impacted all the treasury´s related processes achieving a highly automatized Cash Management process with strong secure barriers, and a complete transformation on the banking relationship leveraged on the Swift connectivity. Winner with his treasury team of the 2017 Adam Smith Award as the Highly Recommended Best Swift Solution. Luis Eduardo has lead several financing structures for KUO and its subsidiaries in Mexico and abroad, including foreign local loans in Asian and European markets. Luis Eduardo has a degree in Administration by La Salle University and has Diplomas in Corporate Finance by the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Project Management by the Teconologico de Monterrey and IFRS course by Escuela Bancaria Comercial in association with Deloitte.

Responsible for treasury functions, capital planning, risk management, vendor credit relationship management and the financial systems department. Noel holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Michigan State University, MBA from Purdue University and is a CFA Charterholder.

Simon is co-Founder and Blockchain Lead at 11:FS, he is one of the most recognised thought leaders on Blockchain and DLT. Previously at Barclays, he established the bank as one of the leaders in blockchain thought and action, Simon also serves as an advisor to central banks and governments, in addition to consulting the top 20 banks on blockchain. He's helped a variety of startups flourish through the Barclays Accelerator. He also co-hosts Fintech Insider, #1 business podcast on iTunes, listened to in over 152 countries and Blockchain Insider a brand new podcast launched in July.

Experienced Senior Treasury Professional with over 14 years of experience in Cash Management, Bank Administration, Treasury Operations, Banking Relationships and Product Management. Effective communication skills across all levels of the organization and the ability to build strong working relationships with internal teams and external banks & vendors. In depth knowledge SWIFT Standards, including: MT101/MT103, MT940/MT942, BAI, ISOXML20022, eStatements, etc.

Victor Pausin is a Treasury professional with more than 15 years of experience in general Finance, FP&A, and Treasury. As Director of Finance and Strategy-Corp.Treasury he is responsible for defining corporate treasury strategy in regards to corporate finance, capital allocation, international funding, liquidity, global FX risk management. Prior to this role, he has been the Treasurer and Regional FP&A manager in Latin America.

Santiago Thompson is Managing Director Global Clients USA at BBVA, a position he has held since 2017. In his current role, Santiagooversees the global relationship with some of the most influential large multinational corporates headquartered in the USA. Throughout his banking career, Santiago has prioritized Latin American with a strong focus on the business development of the commodity and agribusiness space. His experience provides him with a broad view of the region and of the financial needs many multinationals have locally. Santiago has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Universidad Catolica Argentina and an MBA from NYU Stern.

Joe Andris is the Regional Treasurer/Finance Manager for Latin America and the Caribbean and the Global Dealer Performance Manager for Caterpillar Inc., a new position created to support global execution of dealer improvement.  He has been with Caterpillar Inc. for over 29 years and worked in Latin America for over 18 of those years as a Finance Rep, Machine Rep, Commercial Director and Region Finance Manager/Treasurer, including living in Mexico for 4 years and Miami for 14 years.  He has also worked for Cat Financial and Solar Turbines.  Joe has a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and an MBA and speaks Spanish and some Portuguese.  Joe has staff in Miami, Mexico, Chile and Brazil.

Alicia Núñez de la Huerta obtained her B.Sc. degree in Actuarial Science from the Universidad de las Américas-Puebla and holds a M.Sc. in Statistics from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a M.Sc. in Management from London Business School (Sloan program). She has held financial positions both in the private and public sectors, having gained expertise in investment banking and a wide range of financial services, both as a banker and as a corporate client. While in the public sector, she held several positions within the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, including Deputy Director General of External Credit (1999-2001) and Deputy Director General of Debt Issuance (2006-2008), in charge of the front office of both domestic and external debt issuance. More recently, she was appointed Chief Investment Officer of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social during the period from 2013 until May 2015. In the private sector, she acted as CFO of the Brazilian Subsidiaries of America Movil (2001-2003). Former employers in investment banking include JPMorgan Chase, Ixe Grupo Financiero and BBVA Bancomer. Since June 2015, Alicia joined Aeroméxico to act as Corporate Treasurer.

Anne Friberg joined The NeuGroup in 2006. Ms. Friberg oversees relationships, planning and research for the NeuGroups for European and LatAm regional treasury, and the two FX risk management groups. She also writes for The NeuGroup's flagship newsletter, iTreasurer. Prior to joining The NeuGroup, Ms. Friberg worked for several years in corporate planning, international treasury and investor relations Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. in St. Louis, Missouri.

Bruce Edlund is Director of Corporate Treasury at Citrix Systems, Inc. based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Mr. Edlund manages a global team of four who are responsible for cash and liquidity management, investments, cash flow and balance sheet hedging, bank relationships and recently stock buyback. Mr. Edlund has over 14 years of treasury experience as Assistant Treasurer at DIRECTV Latin America, Senior Corporate Treasury Manager at Citrix, Director of Global Cash Management at Walmart Stores, Inc. and returning to Citrix two years ago. His experience in very different-sized companies in different industries has given Mr. Edlund a wealth of experience into different ways of tackling treasury’s challenges. Prior to corporate treasury, Mr. Edlund worked for five years in investment banking in Latin America, primarily at Bank of America. Mr. Edlund has a MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management where he maintains ties and has been a regular guest judge for their FORAD finance competition. He also has B.A. degrees in Economics and French from California State University, Sacramento. After studying, living and working in France, Switzerland and Belgium, Mr. Edlund is fluent in French. With his work in Latin America along with living in South Florida for 13 years, he is conversant in Spanish.

Daniel L. Blumen, CTP is a founding partner of Treasury Alliance Group where he leads consulting engagements dealing with working capital management, systems integration, liquidity and risk management and other global treasury issues. Prior to co-founding Treasury Alliance in 2002, he was Managing Director of Knowledge Management Applications, a firm he founded in 1998. Dan was with Bank of America in Chicago and Singapore, where he managed the ASEAN region of the Global Payment Services Group. He also worked for Citibank in Chicago and in London where he had pan-European management responsibility for cash management business development. He has worked with large multinationals and emerging international companies and shares his experience as an author and as a frequent speaker at cash management gatherings worldwide.

Debbie Riezenman is Senior Manager, Treasury Services for KLX Inc., an aerospace consumables distribution and energy services company headquartered in Wellington, FL. Debbie has been managing global treasury for KLX, and its predecessor B/E Aerospace, for almost 10 years. Prior to joining B/E, Debbie was the Treasury Manager at RailAmerica, Inc., a freight railroad holding company. Debbie is originally from New York where she was in the Treasury Department at Hess Oil Corporation, and prior to that she was an Account Officer for Bank of America. Debbie is a graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton. Debbie is a member of the AFP, FENG, and NAFE.

Mr. Veenman is Head of Treasury for Yanfeng Global Automotive Interior Systems headquartered in Shanghai, China holding office in Neuss, Germany. Mr. Veenman has responsibility for Treasury in EMEA and the N.A. markets. Prior to joining Yanfeng Mr. Veenman held sr. Treasury positions at Huawei, Office Depot Inc., Dover Inc., Getronics N.V. and Equant N.V.

Fraser currently serves as the company’s Global Treasurer, based in New York. In this role, he has teams based in Silver Spring, MD, Knoxville, TN, London, and New York which are responsible for all funding, capital structure, currency and rate risks, bank and rating agency relationships, global cash management, and global insurance and risk management for the organization. Fraser’s team is also responsible for monitoring and analyzing the financial performance of the company’s investments. He joined Discovery in 2016, after three years at DirecTV in Los Angeles. Prior to coming to the corporate side, Fraser spent over a decade in investment banking. He received his undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University in International Relations (African Studies) and his MBA from Georgetown University.

Heather is a Cash Management Manager at Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, one of the world's largest independent exploration and production companies located in The Woodlands, Texas. Heather has oversight of global banking, liquidity and relationship management and has extensive experience in implementing proprietary online banking platforms. Heather is a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) and holds a BA in Business from Southwestern University with over 20 years of experience within the energy and manufacturing industries.

Katrina is an experienced treasury and finance professional and has worked in Metalor’s Group Treasury function for the last 3 years. She is responsible for Group’s treasury operations functions as well as overall oversight of the precious metal controlling function. She has played a key role in the implementation of the Group’s Treasury Management System. Her previous experience includes four years in investment banking as well as other corporate treasury functions in the precious metals industry.

Marc F. Dubois is an experienced corporate finance professional with nearly 20 years of expertise in global corporate finance and treasury. In his current role as Director, Treasury Operations at Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) Marc provides vision and leadership for a modern strategic treasury group that collaborates with and facilitates Hasbro’s global business. He has primary responsibility for overseeing Hasbro key investments including its Pension, Employee Retirement (401K) plan and the Hasbro Children’s Fund; leading, governing and driving working capital improvement initiatives across the company; and international treasury support, overseeing  the US, Canada and Latin America region (a five-country shared service center) for daily operations. Prior to joining Hasbro in 2006, Marc was Senior Treasury Manager at Sun Life Financial for 6 years overseeing worldwide Treasury Operations and managing key relationships with banks and business units. Prior to Sun Life, he worked at State Street Bank, Boston for 5 years performing Fund Accounting responsibilities, accounting for complex financial securities and managing an Annuity Pricing Group. Marc holds a BA in Accounting from Rhode Island College and an MBA in International Business from Johnson & Wales University.

Patrick Peters is a Former General Manager, CFO, Banker and Corporate Treasurer with positions in 8 countries. Currently he is the Managing Partner of reasuryinthe.world in Uruguay, and The Treasury Institute in Miami. He is a senior tutor of EuroFinance. He has worked in most of the Americas and the USA for the past 20 years.

Ronald is currently the Deputy Treasurer covering the Americas region for Royal Dutch Shell. He has over 20 years of experience working in Shell in treasury, corporate planning and economics based in Houston, Singapore and Manila. He has implemented funding and cash management structures, centralized treasury activities and provided technical advice on FX and credit risk, leasing, economic valuation and contractual risk allocation in complex M&A deals for Shell in Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In 2013, he was selected as one of 16 treasury professionals to “watch out for” by the UK-based Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT). He completed his MBA at the Melbourne Business School and the Executive Program in Corporate Finance from Wharton and Singapore Management University. He holds the MCT qualification from the ACT.

Juan Jiménez Zaballos is Head of Global Corporate Banking Innovation globally for Santander Group. Among other responsibilities, he is in charge of setting Santander Group’s strategic innovation agenda for wholesale banking, prioritizing the Group efforts and identifying opportunities in the 10 Group core markets where Santander operates. Prior to that, Juan was the chief of staff to the Head of Global Banking and Markets (2013-2014) and held various management positions as Head of Strategy and business development for Equities (2009-2011) and UK Institutional clients banker (2011-2012). Juan joined the Group in 2009 after playing several senior roles in other iberian global banks (in Caixa Geral de Depósitos as Chief of Staff to the CEO and in BBVA as Risks, Treasury and Capital Markets manager) and other consulting roles (Arthur Andersen). Juan holds Business Administration degree by UAM and master in Finance, Treasury, Risks and Capital Markets by IEB Madrid, and Master in Leadership and Innovation by IE Madrid.

Gustavo Gontijo joined Ford in 2001, working in several controllership areas. Gustavo was also Managing Director for Ford Credit Brazil and, for the last three years, has been leading the Treasury for Ford South America, being responsible for all treasury functions in the region for the automotive and the financial sectors, such as funding strategy, FX, risk management, insurance, banking relations, financial projections and special. Gustavo also holds responsibilities for the Ford Brazil Pension Plan, working as the Finance Director and the Head of Investments.

Peter is an analyst in the Europe team. His work focuses on macroeconomic and political analysis of southern European countries, particularly Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Malta. Peter provides insight on the political, economic and business environments of these countries to corporations, policymakers and private clients. He is a speaker at client events and conferences, and is regularly interviewed by major television and print media. In addition to producing Country Reports and Country Forecasts, Peter contributes to The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Risk Briefing and Country Risk Service products. Peter is an experienced analyst with a background in political risk consulting at Teneo Intelligence and Eurasia Group. Prior to these positions, he worked as an academic research assistant at the University of Pennsylvania. Peter holds an MSc in political economy of Europe from the London School of Economics and a BA in international relations and Italian studies from the University of Pennsylvania.

Christian is presently Corporate Treasury Manager at Belcorp. He has over 11 years of experience and his main responsibilities are to optimize Belcorp´ s Centralized Treasury Model through automatizing banking connectivity, activities as strategic direction in cash management policies, dividend repatriation, managing cash flow generation (focused on working capital, capex investment and efficiently inter companies financing). Christian has worked for SGS and Santander Bank. He holds a MBA from Centrum Catolica and an Economics degree from Catolica University.

Daniel Herrera is the Strategic Finance and Trading Manager at Belcorp, a Latin America beauty direct sales company. During his 11-year tenure at Belcorp, Daniel has designed and implemented strategies for sourcing long-term debt as well as guaranteed the firm´s liquidity, overseen the company´s investment policy and contributed mitigating market risks. Daniel holds a Master´s degree in Business Administration from EGADE Business School.

David Tao is a Senior Treasury Manager at Uber Technologies, Inc. based in San Francisco, CA. His primary focus is on managing Uber's global bank relationships to identify and implement products and solutions for its collections and disbursements from Uber's many riders and drivers in ~60 currencies across ~80 countries.

As a senior member of the Latin American country analysis team, Robert contributes to the Economist Intelligence Unit's extensive product portfolio, advises private sector clients and government officials, participates in conferences and is frequently quoted in the specialist media. He has been responsible for the coverage of most of the key economies in the region, currently specialising in Brazil. Before joining the Economist Intelligence Unit's New York office, Robert was posted to Brazil, and before that he was based in the Economist Intelligence Unit's London office. Robert has travelled extensively in the Latin American region as part of his work. In his role as Deputy Director of Country Risk for Latin America, Robert is responsible for providing technical and analytical support to the Economist Intelligence Unit's Latin American specialists on sovereign credit, currency and banking sector risk issues. He also contributes to the Economist Intelligence Unit's risk analysis portfolio, preparing monthly reports for the Latin American region as a whole. Robert has an academic background in the politics and economic development of Latin America, and holds a Bachelors degree from the University of Bristol and a Masters degree in Development Studies from the University of Sussex. Before joining the Economist Intelligence Unit in 1997, Robert conducted consultancies for the European Commission and previously worked for a development-oriented NGO in Mexico.

An economist with an MBA and more than fifteen years of experience in finance. Focus on financial planning, treasury, financing, project evaluation, credit, risk and collections. Functional leadership in IT implementations. Currently, Senior Corporate Treasury Director at Yanbal, a multilevel international direct selling corporation with footprint in ten markets within Americas and Europe. Previously, hold executive positions in Grupo Romero, largest Peruvian economic group, and America Movil Peru, top ten largest company in Peru.

Mike is a director within the Economics and Country Risk Consulting team at IHS and is responsible for developing intelligence solutions for clients across the private, public and non-profit sectors. His relevant competencies include new market assessment and strategy development, structured data collection within emerging markets, political and economic analysis, and threat assessments and force protection. Mike has worked extensively in the international telecoms, technology, and defense markets and began his career as a US Marine Infantry officer with operational deployments in the Middle East, Latin America and the Asia Pacific region. He is a graduate of the Fletcher School at Tufts University and has conducted Ph.D. research into how the proliferation of mobile technologies is impacting international development and security.

Matt Wegner is the Global Head of Partner Payments at Uber Technology Inc. in San Francisco, CA and focuses on faster and alternative payments to Uber's Drivers and Partners located in ~80 counties around the world. Most of his 20+ years of payments acceptance and disbursement experience is with fast-paced, hyper growth Silicon Valley companies, with several different payment instruments (credit cards, debit cards, high/low value bank transfers, P2P/wallet transfers and "pay later" lending solutions) and across each stage of the payment life cycle.

With over 20 years of experience in the Banking Industry, Martin leads the Global Transaction Services business in Mexico, responsible to develop and grow the Trade and Cash Management products, amongst the Financial Institutions, Commercial Banking, Corporate Banking and Multinationals. In late 2013 joined BAML as the Regional Head of Sales, where he contributed to significantly develop the business across the region. In 2016 Martin was appointed as the New Head of GTS Mexico, which has transformed now 1 of the 5 Top Markets for GTS Internationally. Martin is a well-known and praised Subject Matter Expert and Trusted Advisor within the Market for Cash and Liquidity Management, Trade, SWIFT, Payments Systems, and has contributed to develop Best in Class Treasury model systems for the most sophisticated Global, Regional and Local Treasuries within Latin America, his most recent success was to implement along with the Mexican Central Bank a local USD clearing system (SPID), which has contributed significantly to position the Mexican Payments System as one of the most sophisticated globally. He is a licensed Public Accountant, studied an MBA with Finance degree in the most prestigious school in Mexico IPADE. He is a frequent guest and key note speaker in different Universities, Industry Panels, Treasury Management and Finance forums.

Gene Vayngrib, Tradle CEO & Co-founder is a software executive whose products run at 90% of Fortune 500 companies. Gene is applying his extensive distributed networks expertise from running his prior global supply chain management startup to a new blockchain-based industry utility, starting with the Know Your Customer (KYC) product that is uniquely designed for all sectors of banking and insurance. Tradle is KPMG award winner and a Fintech50 company.

Emilio Remy is Managing Director and head of Global Transactional Banking at BBVA Continental, a position he has held since 2017. In his current role, Emilio oversees the relationship with the most influential and large companies in Peru such as the Corporate clients, Institutional clients, Financial Institutions and Correspondent Banking. He is responsible for the short-term financial needs, working capital, cash management and digital solutions for treasury, payments and collections.

In his 20 years of service at BBVA, Emilio has occupied key positions in the different areas of the bank. His first 15 years of experience have been devoted to the direct relationship with Peruvian companies. Throughout his career, Emilio has taken a strategic role in the Business & Development areas and has managed key product units such as Trade Finance and Cash Management, leading the digital transformation of BBVA Continental for Corporate and Commercial clients. All this experience gives him a broad view of all the financial needs a Corporation may have and the integral solutions a bank can offer.

Emilio has a degree in Economic and Business Science with a special mention in International Economics from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid.

BBVA Continental is the second largest bank in Peru and the leading bank.

Warren currently oversees GTreasury’s strategy, marketing, and business development operations. Warren has over 15 years’ experience in the technology and treasury markets. Prior to joining GTreasury, Warren had a variety of roles with Selkirk Financial and Thomson Reuters, including consulting, account management, and a variety of executive roles. Warren’s breadth and depth of experiences within treasury and technology have propelled him to become one of the main subject matter experts in this industry.

Dayna Padgett is currently a Treasury Manager for JDA Software in AZ.  Prior to joining JDA in 2015, Dayna worked for Fender Musical Instruments in AZ as a Sr. Treasury Consultant and spent 11 years in a multitude of accounting, finance and treasury roles ending as a Sr. Treasury Consultant-M&A at Dell in TX.  Dayna graduated from Collin College in 2008 and is a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP).

John spent 30 years in the Procter and Gamble Finance organization, over half of that time was spent in Treasury. John had a variety of assignments covering a broad breadth of Treasury roles and innovative projects. Additionally, John started and co-led the company's Enterprise Risk Management process for over ten years. Post-retirement, John joined ION where he advised corporate clients on a variety of projects, including Treasury transformations. Finally, The NeuGroup invited John to participate as one of their Peer Group leaders.

Carmela Gomez works at BBVA, as Global Head of Treasury Solutions, in charge of developing Do-it-Yourself availability for Corporate and Commercial Clients worldwide. She joined BBVA Group in 1994, and worked in various roles, Trading, Strategy, launched Uno-e, (a retail BBVA only click subsidiary) ; Spain cash management and International Transaction Services. Her main achievements are related to the global implementation of Digital Channels within BBVA (best Website in Spain & Latam 2017, 1st worldwide mobile prize for the BBVA app 2017), the Global corporate hub (SWIFT & H2H Connectivity) and Global payment solutions across BBVA group. Appointed as Fintech Women Innovation in Finance 2017, she’s passionate about people development, process digitization, smart interactions, innovation and standards. She has fostered several global projects related to innovation: within her team, the first blockchain transactions between Spain and Mexico, both in payments and Trade were performed.

An international treasury professional with significant transaction banking advisory experience, Michael enjoys speaking at industry conferences and recently authored a textbook for The London Institute of Banking and Finance’s new qualification on payments. He has worked in New York, London, Vienna, Hong Kong, and Riyadh managing teams of treasury professionals delivering multi-product, multi-geography treasury solutions to clients. In addition to his current role at Mizuho Bank, Ltd., Michael has held both senior management and individual contributor positions at Standard Chartered Bank, Bank of America, The Bank of New York, Al-Faddaghi Group, and Sony Corporation. Fluent in English and German, he holds a Master’s degree in Foreign Service with Georgetown University.

Tim leads the foreign currency risk management team at Medtronic, a multinational medical technology company.  In the last six years at Medtronic, he enhanced FX risk management strategies, eliminated waste in process, and increased automation. Tim manages a $13B derivative portfolio and leads a team of treasury professionals that are empowered to continually challenge, disrupt, and innovate.  Prior to Medtronic, he worked at a bank for 11 years and held a variety of finance, technology, and business system consulting roles.

Sadia Halim has been with BNP Paribas for 7 years and was appointed Head of CIB Americas Innovation in April 2017. In this role she manages a team that is responsible for the collaboration, acceleration and execution of activities that foster and promote an innovative culture across the platform. This entails researching and developing capabilities in emerging technologies such as blockchain and AI, in addition to building and maintaining external relationships with the fintech ecosystem. Sadia has 17 years of experience in the financial industry across research, asset management and banking. She joined BNP Paribas in 2011, as a Senior Banker in the Financial Institutions Client Coverage (FIC) Group based in NY with responsibility for a portfolio of banks and finance companies. Within FIC she focused on relationship management, client strategies, industry issues and product development. In her role she looked across regions and products, delivering the full BNP Paribas platform to U.S financial institutions. Sadia is a CFA charterholder and a member of NYSSA, as well as a member of the New York Academy of Sciences. Additionally, she is a member of the Board of Biobus, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Rick joined the Company in 2004 with 21 years of industry experience. Prior to joining, Rick served as an Investment Grade Portfolio Manager at MFS Investments. Previously, he worked as a Research Analyst at Salomon Brothers. He received a BA in Economics from Vassar College and an MBA in Finance from Vanderbilt University. Rick is a CFA Charterholder.

Michelle has over 10 years of experience in Treasury and Finance. She is currently a Senior Treasury Manager in Bacardi’s Global Treasury group, moving from the Bermuda Headquarters to the US to gain a more global perspective during the execution of Bacardi’s Shared Services model. Her role was pivotal in the deployment of Bacardi’s SAP Treasury, centralization of Treasury functions, automation and standardization of global SWIFT payments from the current ERP system, as well as the implementation of the Treasury Management System.

Francisco has been working at American Tower Corporation since 2014 and currently oversees the Company’s Latin America treasury operations for 8 countries in the region; executing cash management and FX operations, supporting Capital Markets activities and funding for new businesses in the region. Prior to ATC, Francisco also had experience on investment management activities and on conducting M&A deals for the steel and iron ore industry in Brazil.

Ed, a senior manager at BioMarin, manages capital markets activities and treasury operations. Prior to his three year tenor at BioMarin, he spent six years at Fortune 500 multi-nationals focusing on FX and commodity hedging strategies, cash flow forecasting, and capital markets activities. Ed completed his MBA at Rice University and is a CFA charter holder.

Sara joined the Company in 1994 with 5 years of industry experience. Prior to joining, Sara served as a Cash Management Consultant at KPMG Peat Marwick. She received her BA from University of Pennsylvania and is a Certified Treasury Professional.

Globenet corporate treasurer. More than 15 years of finance and treasury experience working for Latin-American Multinationals. Specialist in Corporate Finance, certified treasury professional by the AFP. Special skills implementing corporate initiatives, treasury digitalization and centralization, cash forecasting automation, global insurance programs, treasury work stations and risk management. Experience leading Treasury, FP&A and Credit departments globally. Fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Raj Salgia joined OSI Group, LLC three years ago and is currently the Director of Treasury.  Raj oversees foreign exchange, treasury operations, and capital markets activities at the company.    Additionally, Raj played a key role in the implementation of the company’s Treasury Management System. Raj completed his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and is a CTP and CFA charterholder.

Howard A. Tullman is the former CEO of 1871 in Chicago – where digital startups get their start – and the General Managing Partner for the Chicago High Tech Investment Partners, LLC and for G2T3V, LLC – both Chicago-based early-stage venture capital funds. He is the past Chairman/ CEO of Tribeca Flashpoint College which he co-founded in 2007 and the former President of Kendall College in Chicago, as well as the former Chairman/CEO of Experiencia, Inc. He is the Chairman of the Endowment Committee of Anshe Emet Synagogue; a member of the ChicagoNEXT and Cultural Affairs Councils; the Innovate Illinois and Illinois Arts Councils; an Advisory Board member of HighTower Associates, and Imerman Angels, and an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern’s Kellogg School, as well as a regular guest lecturer at the Northwestern University School of Law. Mr. Tullman also serves as a Director of Vehcon, SnapSheet, and Keeper Security and served as a long-time Director and Board Chairman of The Cobalt Group, a Trustee of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and of the New York Academy of Art and the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, and as the lead Director (and briefly Chairman) of The Princeton Review. Over the last 50 years, he has successfully founded more than a dozen high-tech companies. @tullman @1871Chicago

Lisa Fedczuk is a senior manager at the Global Financial Shared Services center of Xylem Inc. Headquartered in Rye Brook, NY, Xylem is a global water technology company with nearly 16,000 employees in over 150 countries. The company’s products and services move, treat, analyze, monitor and return water to the environment in public utility, industrial, residential and commercial building services settings. Lisa is trained as a Value Based Six Sigma Green Belt. She holds Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA) credentials and earned her MBA from the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY. She has had over 15 years’ experience leading Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, and Record to Report functions.

John Rogers is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for BNP Paribas USA, the Intermediate Holding Company, as well as for CIB Americas and Investment Partners North America. Prior to joining BNP Paribas, John Rogers was a Principal - Director at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he led the firm’s Commercial Cyber Strategy and Privacy practices. Before assuming that position he served as the firm’s Chief Technologist. Prior to joining Booz Allen Hamilton, John worked with Protiviti as an Information Security & Privacy Manager, managing security and privacy projects for multiple clients, and with Bank of America as an Information Security specialist, leading security reviews of acquired companies and performing security risk assessments of critical areas of the Bank’s network. He is widely published in the area of cyber and information security and is active in the Information Systems Securities Association.

Adam Taplinger is a director in PwC’s advisory financial and treasury management consulting group specializing in corporate treasury and risk management. He focuses on M&A transaction management as well as operating models designs inclusive of back office setups. On the M&A front, Adam has led numerous buy and sell side transactions with a focus on deal related synergies and day one readiness. He has also led a few large scale operating model transformations spanning the entire functional scope of treasury operations. Prior to joining PwC, Taplinger graduated from Lehigh University with degrees in both Finance and Accounting.

Aarti Rao joined LiquidX in January 2016 and is responsible for on-boarding and managing the relationship of Corporate clients on the platform. Prior to LiquidX, Aarti worked at Barclays Bank for 11 years where she held a number of senior client coverage roles in the US, UK and India. During her time at Barclays, Aarti primarily focused on the Healthcare and Industrial sectors working with Investment Grade and High Yield Multinational Corporate clients. She specialized in cross border banking related to debt finance, trade finance, risk management, cash management and card services. Aarti holds a Bachelors of Commerce from the University of Pune, India, and a Masters in Finance and Management from the University of Essex, UK.

Mariano L. Perel is head of transactional products & services in corporate banking at Industrial & Commercial Bank of China in Argentina and for the LATAM hub. He previously had several positions as responsible of product management, marketing, e-banking and operations in both retail and wholesale banking at Bank Boston and Standard Bank. He holds an industrial engineering degree from Universidad de Buenos Aires and executive education from Duke and Austral universities.

Paul DeCrane is a Principal and Practice Leader of EY’s Global Treasury Advisory Practice. Paul provides market leading consulting advice to Treasurers, CFOs, CIOs, COOs and CROs, addressing current market issues related to organizational design, capital, funding, liquidity, investments, cash and foreign exchange, enterprise risk management, product profitability, and treasury risk and cash management technology. Paul leverages over 20 year of consulting and industry experience, presenting thought leadership to the international community at conferences and through publications.

Ivan Troufanov is VP & Treasurer at Medidata, global SaaS technology company that specializes in developing and marketing a cloud-based platform of applications and data analytics to address operations throughout clinical trials. In this position, he oversees Treasury function including corporate finance, investment management, foreign exchange risk management, Treasury operations and insurance. Prior to joining Medidata, Mr. Troufanov held several leadership Treasury positions responsible for financial risk management, cash management, project financing and other treasury related activities at other various high growth companies including NetSuite, BioMarin, salesforce.com, AMB Property Corporation (currently Prologis) and Gilead Sciences. Mr. Troufanov received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Stanford University.

Michael Farrell is the Co-Founder and CTO of Transcend.io based in San Francisco, CA. Transcend is building privacy dashboards to help companies become more transparent and communicative about their data practice - helping them build trust with customers and become compliant with new privacy laws(the GDPR). Michael has a Masters in Computer Science and a Bachelors in Computer Science and Statistics from Harvard University. Previously, Michael was automating neural drug development techniques in the George Church lab. Before that, he developed risk management strategies for Apollo Global Management’s credit hedge fund.

Benjamin Brook is the Co-Founder and CEO of Transcend.io based in San Francisco, CA. Transcend is building privacy dashboards to help companies become more transparent and communicative about their data practice - helping them build trust with customers and become compliant with new privacy laws(the GDPR). Ben has a Computer Science degree from Harvard University and previously worked at Cisco working on healthcare and mining solutions.

Ron is a Senior Manager in EY’s Global Treasury Services practice with more than 20 years of international treasury experience.  His areas of focus include liquidity management, pooling and in-house bank studies, bank relationship management, financial risk management, treasury transformation, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and acquisition integration. Ron has an MBA in Finance and BS in Chemical Engineering from Rutgers University. He is a Certified Treasury Professional.

Mark O’Toole heads up Cashforce, Americas, an innovative Cash & Smart Treasury Platform, unique in its category, focused on automation, analytics and integration. O’Toole previously spent 11 years at OpenLink Financial (now part of Ion Group) where he helped establish the treasury solutions group globally. He has more than 20 years of experience working with Fortune 100 companies helping solve complex commodities & treasury risk challenges. He previously worked at Dow Jones, SunGard Energy and RiskMetrics (now MSCI). Mark is a regular speaker at EuroFinance and at numerous other industry conferences. Regularly quoted in the Wall Street Journal. Articles frequently published in: Treasury Today, GT News, Treasury Asia, Bob’s Guide, TMI Magazine, AFP Exchange, Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine and Risk Magazine.