In this webinar, the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) and Kaplan will talk about the role of treasury, why it is such a critical role in 2022, how treasury and banks complement each other and how you can utilise the apprenticeship levy to support you, or your teams, training needs. We will be joined by industry practitioners – from the banking and corporate worlds on how the courses have helped them be more successful in their careers and provided them with opportunities to grow their personal networks. We will explore the options available for you and your teams and how apprenticeships can play an important role in your learning and development agenda.
Join us on Tuesday 8 February 2022, 12:00-12:45 GMT.
Naresh has spent 30 years in a variety of treasury roles spanning industry and advisory firms. At PwC he was the UK Lead for Cash Management and Payments where he helped lead the firm’s work on payments, Brexit, treasury controls, Blockchain, operational resilience and target operating model design and implementation. He won an Innovation award for his proposition around mobile payments.
Prior to PwC, Naresh spent almost 20 years in industry across a range of organisations including BP, Heron Property, Cable and Wireless and Fujitsu taking on roles such as analyst, dealer and treasurer.
Alex is the Assistant Treasurer at SGN, which operates three gas distribution networks around the UK. At SGN Alex is responsible for financing, risk management, investor relations and the interaction with credit rating agencies, as well as providing support and advice to other parts of the wider treasury team. Prior to this Alex was the Treasury Manager at Kelda Group, the parent company of utilities provider Yorkshire Water, where he managed a small team covering everything treasury related from cash management to systems and reporting, and managing the company’s large portfolio of debt and derivatives. Alex has extensive experience across capital markets, risk management, sustainable finance and operational treasury. Alex started his career working in various banking and corporate finance advisory roles in London, with a focus on debt structuring and complex financing solutions.
Janet Legge has been Director of Awarding Body at the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) since May 2017. She has over 14 years in the education sector, working for leading awarding bodies such as City & Guilds and Pearson. She has extensive experience of qualification design and development and assessment delivery, but her passion lies in digital transformation and service improvement. At City & Guilds she led the transition from paper-based exams and marking to online assessment and marking, in the late 2000s. She also worked on offshoring the marking for all Functional Skills qualifications to India. Since coming to the ACT, she has focused on reviewing the qualification suite, delivering the new Advanced Diploma in Treasury Management qualification and running the assessments, using online invigilation, at a time when it was in its inception. Since the impact of COVID-19, she has supported a number of other professional bodies, who are rapidly exploring the use of this technology to support their assessment delivery.
Janet has a Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics, from Rhodes University in South Africa and a Level 5 Certificate in Leadership and Management from the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM). She is passionate about travel and all things wine and was treasurer of her wine tasting society at university.
Donna has been working in education and apprenticeships for 15 years, now specialising in the Financial Services sector.
Her experience in apprenticeships, insights, and best practices allows her to provide an overview of apprenticeship requirements, delivery, assessment and funding.
