The membership newsletter features a 10 questions section, which asks a range of questions – some serious, some light-hearted – and gives a snapshot of the breadth and depth of our members. Read some of the member stories from corporate treasurers, bankers and consultants who are at different stages of their career, and work in a range of industries and locations all around the world.
Titus works for GSK in Nairobi. He talks about his career, the projects he has enjoyed being involved in and his plans for the future.
Olga started her career as an auditor at PwC before moving to work in treasury within various corporates, and now works at Zanders. She talks about the most interesting project she has been involved with and what she thinks are the key areas that treasury teams need to have on their agenda this year.
Stephen talks about his career and what he thinks the key issues will be for his team in 2023. He also discusses the project he has most enjoyed being involved in.
Andrew's first degree is as a bacteria breeder (actually Genetics and Microbiology), although the career path he decided to pursue was in finance. Find out more about the ACT’s treasury network ambassador for Switzerland.
Read Mike’s top career tips and hear how he uses the skills he developed while in treasury in his current role as a business performance consultant.
Jill spoke at a past ACT’s Annual Conference on Redefining bank relationships.
Alan has been a member of the ACT for 25 years. A former Secretary to the Lord Chancellor’s Strategic Investment Board, Alan is now a non-executive director (NED) for a NHS Trust.
Edward has worked as a treasurer in both the UK and Saudi Arabia and is currently the treasurer for the charity, Save the Children. He believes treasurers have vital core skills in risk management, negotiation and strategic thinking which are easily transferrable between countries and sectors.
An experienced treasurer, Louis was involved in the complete automation of the financial processes for Kenya Railways Corporation - the first organisation in Kenya to go cashless through the adoption of technology and innovative techniques.
Roger is the treasurer at Dwr Cymru/Welsh Water. Why does Roger like working in treasury and who is his business hero.
Paul became the President of the ACT on 1 May 2019. He has worked in treasury-related areas of financial services throughout his career with roles which included being part of the restructuring negotiations for Lloyds of London in the mid-90s and restructuring ABN Treasury for RBS in the late 00's.
Finance is the life-blood of any organisation, community or a nation for that matter! How you raise, protect, preserve and grow it sets benchmarks and monitors its deployment which will determine whether the organisation, community or nation's stakeholders will thrive or fail. Treasury brings it all together in a common sense, yet sophisticated and focussed manner that I find extremely purposeful and amazing!
Brian is now retired but he has had a varied treasury career working for Willis, House of Fraser, Halcrow, Rackspace and the Valspar Corporation along with many additional consultancy roles. He has benefitted from informal mentoring during his career and he wanted to give something back by being a mentor for the ACT.
Emilie has worked in treasury for over 15 years in various roles and across a range of industries including non-profit, biotechnology and infrastructure. She completed her AMCT qualification in 2013 and was elected to Council in May 2023.
Manuel has worked as a banker and consultant and now works in a corporate treasury role. He talks about the challenges he has faced this year, provides tips on starting a career in treasury and talks about what he enjoys about his role.
Sleiman works for PwC in the UAE, having started his career in private wealth management before moving to treasury.
Lynda is the group treasurer at Tesco. What does Lynda think treasurers need to focus on in the coming months and what are her top tips for managing your career?
Roshun has worked in treasury roles in the Middle East for over ten years. Read about his take on the importance of treasury qualifications and why he thinks it's necessary for younger members to have a strong voice within the ACT.
Julia’s career to date has been in financial services and she now works for a company specialising in international money transfer. She talks about the issues that will impact the payment services sector, and the best piece of career advice she has been given.
Dermot has worked in both banking and treasury consultancy. He joined the mentoring scheme when in launched two years ago and was awarded Mentor of the Year in 2017.