The ACT Middle East Treasury Awards celebrate the achievements of the corporate treasurer and recognise companies and individuals that have shown innovation and excellence in corporate treasury in the region. Winning an award is a great way to strengthen both individual and corporate profiles, bringing peer and industry acknowledgement.
New for this year, the awards ceremony will take place as part of a standing networking reception, and the dress code is 'business smart'. We hope you will be attending the ACT Middle East Treasury Summit during the day, in which case you can join us for the awards presentations immediately after, which will be in the same location at the Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai.
TREASURY PROJECT OF THE YEAR
TREASURY TEAMS AND PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
Deals/projects covering cash management, working capital, trade finance, supply chain finance and systems implementations
Deals/projects covering all methods of capital raising and funding and M&A
Deals/projects where treasury has supported the sustainability goals of their organisation, whether with sustainable funding, investments or other projects. The impact of the initiative, as well as any innovative aspects and the broader strategic implications, will all be considered.
Category description
These awards consider noteworthy deals/projects on the basis of excellence in corporate treasury, as demonstrated by any or all of the following:
What are we looking for?
Our judges review the entries carefully, and will be looking for certain details as part of this process. Strong entries will cover the points below:
Entry requirements:
Additional information (only for the corporate funding category)
Data needed to support the entry: total amount of deal/project, summary of structure, tranches, pricing, coupon issue/re-offer, spread, shares, fees*.
*Please note: Details around the fees will be looked at loosely as part of the judging process, so please include as much information as you are able to. This will be used for the purposes of judging only and treated as confidential.
Category description
This category looks to identify corporate treasury teams that are highly regarded by peers and advisers.
You can nominate on the basis of either:
What we are looking for
Our judges review the entries carefully, and will be looking for certain details as part of this process. Strong entries will cover the points below:
Entry requirements:
Category description
This category recognises an individual who is considered to have demonstrated excellence and made an outstanding contribution to their team, organisation, or the profession.
What we are looking for
Our judges review the entries carefully, and will be looking for certain details as part of this process. Strong entries will cover the points below:
Entry requirements:
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James Adams is the Group Treasurer at Chalhoub Group; a leading partner for luxury across the Middle East, an expert in retail, distribution and communication. He is responsible for all aspects of treasury and has recently led several projects to establish the new function within the firm. Prior to joining Chalhoub in 2014, James was a Senior Manager in the Deloitte Treasury Advisory team based in London. He has worked with Group Treasurers and CFOs at a variety of companies in the UK, Europe, Middle East, North America, Russia and Asia. His particular areas of interest are treasury systems, risk management and treasury strategy. James is Chair of the ACT Middle East Advisory Panel and a Chartered Management Accountant. He studied at Royal Holloway, University of London, where he completed a BSc in Economics and MSc in Financial and Industrial Economics.
Andrew is the Group Treasurer for Agility, a Kuwait based, global logistics company with a turnover of around USD 5bn, operating in over 100 countries. After obtaining a degree in Chemistry and Business Administration in 1990 from Kingston University, he joined Unilever in the Treasury department and obtained his ACMA in 1994. He joined Ocean Group plc (later renamed Exel plc) in the treasury department in late 1994, and became Group Treasurer in 1998. He left Exel in 2004 and worked with a start-up company specialising in trade receivable financing, but has now returned to mainstream Treasury and has moved to Kuwait.
Andrew obtained his FCT in 1995, and is a founder member of ACT Middle East.
Roshun Tulkens is the Group Treasurer for Mantrac Group; an authorized Caterpillar dealer, selling across three continents with revenues close to $2bn. Roshun heads the Treasury, Trade Finance and Insurance departments, with a team of approx. 30 employees. Main responsibilities involve raising debt, cash/liquidity management, risk management, customer financing and Treasury operations. Mantrac Group recently won the ACT Treasury Management award for Small/Medium corporates. Originally from the UK, Roshun has lived in the UAE since 2014. Prior to Mantrac, Roshun was Head of Treasury at RB covering 60+ countries across LATAM, Africa, ME and APAC, responsibilities included all areas of international treasury and risk management. Prior to this Roshun was based in the UK, working for Burberry, with front, middle and back-office responsibilities. Previous companies include Rexam where he supported the rollout of a TMS, for which they won the Large Cap Treasury Team of the Year award. Roshun is a Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers, he became AMCT qualified in 2012 and obtained his MCT Diploma in February 2015.
Laura Ford, Senior Treasury Manager, Majid Al Futtaim HoldingLaura Ford is Senior Treasury Manager at Majid Al Futtaim, one of the largest developers and operators of shopping malls and hypermarkets in the MENA region. She has led a number of financial system implementations and cash management initiatives and is currently responsible for funding. Prior to joining MAF in 2008, Laura was based in the UK, in the European Treasury Centre of Cargill Plc, a multinational producer of food and agricultural products. Laura has 14 years of Corporate Treasury experience. She holds a Certificate in International Treasury Management from the ACT.
I am a qualified treasury professional with great experience in treasury, risk and finance for more than 15 years in both corporate and financial institutions.
I am a CIMA member and a Fellow member of the ACT (FCT). I hold an honours degree in accountancy and an MBA degree, both from the University of Zimbabwe, and I am a doctoral candidate with Walden University (USA).
I have played a pivotal role in the transformation of treasury within my organisation, placing treasury as a trusted advisor for the business. I have vast exposure of treasury in an international setting (treasury operations, treasury strategy, middle office, back office, and front office activities). I have attended the ACT annual conferences since 2016.
Mona has a career spanning 19 years in treasury where she has worked in various treasury roles across the UK, USA, Africa and the Middle East, she has led and driven the setup of treasury functions as well as centralizing key treasury operations and implementation of treasury software.
Mona was appointed General Manager, Automotive Group Treasurer and Head of Financial Risk at Al-Futtaim Group in 2019, where she initiated the re-shaping of the de centralized treasury.
Most Recently has taken on the role of Treasurer for Fertiglobe PLC, (an Adnoc and OCI company) and has been involved in taking the company through a debut bond issuance.
Mona is a member of the Association of Corporate treasurers UK and Middle East and a member of the Middle East Advisory panel.
ACT Middle East Awards 2022
27 September
Dubai, UAE
