Future Leaders in Treasury

Supporting ACT members in the early stages of their career and providing encouragement, support and resources relevant to the leaders of tomorrow.

You need different resources at different stages in your career and the ACT Future Leaders in Treasury group is designed to support you while you are building and developing your knowledge and reputation.

The group is dynamic and interactive and will help you to grow and network with those in a similar position to you. It provides resources, in the form of blogs, articles, webinars and events, to highlight key technical, business and behavioural content, all from the point of view of someone working at a tactical, operational or managerial role, as well as opportunities to network. 

In addition, the Future Leaders group provides an opportunity for you to help shape the profession – we really want to know what you think. We will use the ideas, knowledge and expertise generated to provide practical, useful outcomes for younger members.

Recent resources

Future Leader perspectives: risk management blogs

The Future Leaders in Treasury working group will be producing a series of blogs over the next few months on risk, looking at key aspects from the junior treasurers’ perspective. The blogs have covered: an introduction to risk management, FX risk management, credit and counterparty risk, liquidity management and interest rate risk management.
Read the blogs

Diary of a treasurer: Part 2

As part of a new series looking at different treasury roles, we interviewed Ondrej Sehnal, Treasurer, Kiwi.com to discuss the unique challenges he faces as the company evolves from a small start up to a global business. Six months on, we catch up with Ondrej to see how his projects have progressed.
Read the blog here

Future Leaders in Treasury initiatives and content

The following blogs and articles have been written by Future Leaders or from the perspective of the Future Leader to support those in the earliest stages of their treasury career.

 

Business and behavioural skills
Treasury profiles

1. Career stories - our webinar series available via the Community Hub

2. Diary of a treasurer - Ondrej Sehnal, kiwi.com, gives an update six months' after his first blog

3. Diary of a treasurer - Ondrej Sehnal

4. Future leader profiles: making a difference

5. Fulfilling your potential: profile of Ian Cooper

 

Treasury recruitment

1. Treasury market trends 2024

2. ACT Annual conference 2023 - treasury recruitment update

3. Treasury recruitment in 2023 - views from Europe, the Middle East and Australasia

4. Treasury recuritment in 2022

5. Treasury recruitment in 2021 

People management

1. How to deal with difficult people 

2. Strategic leadership - Future Leaders event in Dubai

Dealing with disruption

1. Future leader interviews: new risk frontiers

2. Future Leader perspectives: the impact of COVID-19 in Australia

3. Future Leader perspectives: the impact of COVID-19 in the Middle East

Lessons from the pandemic/black swan events

1. The value of a treasurer - watch a recording of the session

2. Lessons from the pandemic and priorities for 2021 and beyond

3. Treasury talent in a world of accelerated transformation  

4. Future Leaders in Treasury: a millennial's perspective of the pandemic 

Leadership and productivity

1. Doing digital: lessons from leaders

2. Transforming treasury teams and their working practices 

4. Increasing Personal Productivity

Technical skills
Working with banks and other advisors

1. Strengthening bank relationships webinar - July 2024

2. A practical overview of bank lending 

3. Demystifying the bond issuance process 

4. Request for Proposal (RFP) podcast 

ESG

1. Getting started in sustainable finance guide

2. ESG webinars: Part 1 and Part 2 looking at ESG and the sustainability team. 

3. Future leader interviews: risk, leadership and ESG

4. ESG podcast 

FX

1. FX podcasts: FX principles and FX in practice 

Technology

1. Professional development Month 2024: automation resources

2. TMS Implementation: Lessons from Future Leaders 

3. Future leader interviews: how technology will change treasury

Cash management

1. Professional Development Month 2024: working capital resources

2. Corporate debt and treasury report

3. The Treasurer's Global Cash Investment Resources Hub

4. The Cash Management Hub

Future Leaders in Treasury objectives

The group is designed to engage with younger treasury professionals, to provide support in networking, career development and thought leadership and to promote the ACT through building a strong and sustainable relationship.

We will endeavour to create a dynamic and fruitful debate in three ways:

  • Face-to-face networking and events;
  • LinkedIn group promoting news, articles and views from the group;
  • Online round table discussions and webinars discussing current topics and areas of interest.

Chairperson

Rob Searle, Relationship Manager, MUFG 

Deputy Chairperson

Louise Woodroffe, Assistant Treasurer, Marks and Spencer

Join the LinkedIn group

If you are an ACT member or student you can keep up to date with the group by joining the ACT Future Leaders in Treasury LinkedIn Group. Requests to join this group are moderated.

Once you join the group, please turn on your notifications so that you receive an alert when we post something in the group. To do this click on the bell icon at the top of the page and change to "all new posts". This will ensure that the Future Leader posts appear in your notification feed on LinkedIn and any update emails you received from LinkedIn as well.

Join the group now

 

Get in touch

If you would like any more information on the forum and how to participate please get in touch, we're happy to help.

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