The Treasury Talent Podcast

In this episode, Michael Braude joins us once again for another monthly economic update.

In this episode:

• Michael's view on current inflation
• The effect on FX markets
• Commodities and supply chain issues
• What to keep eyes on

Greg Packard of Treasurer at JBT Corporation joins us in this episode.

In this episode:

• What brought Greg to treasury and why did he choose it as a career
• The highlights of his career
• How treasury varies in the different industries he worked with
• The difference between the corporate and the banking side
• Making the switch from corporate to banking and back to corporate
• His advice about networking
• How mentors played a part in his career
• The one piece of advice he wishes he’d known when starting his career
• What he looks for when hiring direct reports in his team
• What makes a successful treasurer in the eyes of C-suite
• How does Greg see the role of treasurer changing in the coming years

In this episode, Michael Braude joins us once again for another monthly economic update. He will give us an overview and update on inflation, market drivers, the Australian dollar, and what to look out for. 

In this episode: 

• Michael gives us an update on the current inflationary pressures. 
• Talking about market drivers at the moment. 
• Events affecting the Australian dollar. 
• Things treasurers should be keeping their eyes on. 

Teresa McAdam joins me on this podcast episode. Teresa is the Head of Funding at Virgin Australia. She has joined us before but I want to have her back to talk particularly about hospitality and travel industries where Virgin operates. We’ll have her back for updates and see how COVID affected the business and to enlighten you on what’s going on.

In this episode we discuss: 

• How Teresa’s role changed over the years
• Highlights and the things she enjoyed working through
• The function of the team working remotely during COVID
• Key technologies they consider at the moment from a treasury perspective
• Networking during these challenging time
• Value from conferences
• The effect of the pandemic in the company’s treasury

In this episode, we interview Matthew Harlan the Treasury Director at Toast POS. Toast is a company that empowers the restaurant community. They provide powerful cloud based software and all-in-one platform that covers point of sale, guest marketing, digital ordering & delivery, and payroll & HR.

 Matthew shares how he developed his career, how he approaches things in his position as treasurer and key tips for hiring and becoming a successful treasurer. 

In this episode we discuss: 

• The story of how Matthew came to Treasury and why he chose it as a career. 
• Developing the career that he has today. 
• Matthew shares his career highlights. 
• His approach and advice around the topic of networking. 
• Advice Matt would like to pass forward to the listeners. 
• Top characteristics he looks for when hiring people in his team. 
• Keys to becoming a successful treasurer in the eyes of the C-Suite. 
• The changes of treasury together with technology. 

An interesting conversation with Stockland’s Treasurer, David Rowe, on the podcast today. It’s actually David’s second time to come on the show and today he’s going to give us an update on what has happened over the last 3 years since we last spoke. David is also going to share how they are running treasury successfully during this pandemic. 

In this episode we discuss: 

• David gives us an update on what has changed for him over the last 3 years. 
• His current role at Stockland. 
• How they are operating Treasury during COVID. 
• Recruitment over the last 2 years and moving forward. 
• Approaching networking during lockdown. 
• Implementing technology in Treasury. 
• Keys to becoming a successful treasurer. 

In this episode, I interview Ben Nolan, Treasurer and Head of Financial Reporting at Pacific National. We talk about highlights of his 3-year sting as treasurer and how COVID-19 has changed processes and roles in treasury within their organization. 

In this episode we discuss: 

• Ben’s current role at Pacific National 
• Highlights on his work over the last 3 years. 
• How has COVID-19 has changed the role of Treasury in their organization. 
• Managing the process and outcomes of working from home. 
• Doing the hiring process remotely. 
• His approach to networking over the lockdowns. 

Today’s episode is a monthly economic forecast for Treasurers from our regular guest, Michael Braude. He is going to share what’s happening in the commodities, risk and bond markets amid this rapidly changing world. 

In this episode we discuss: 

• Current movements in the bond markets. 
• Updates on the currency markets. 
• What’s happening around commodities. 
• Things treasurer’s need to watch out for in the coming months. 

In today’s episode, I have Catherine Portman with me. Catherine is the former Treasurer at Uber and now Treasurer at Palo Alto Networks. She shares the career changes she has made, the challenges she has faced and the struggles they have had over the last 18 months during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

In this episode we discuss:  

• Catherine shares her current job at Palo Alto Networks 
• Her career highlights over the last 18 months. 
• The challenges they went through during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
• How the challenges will change the way they operate moving forward. 
• Handling networking during the pandemic. 
• Struggles they have found around Treasury that are hard to do remotely. 
• Navigating around conferences remotely. 
• Their parameters around hiring remotely. 
• What makes a successful treasurer. 

In this interesting conversation with Jenny Ceran, we talk about her journey from being a Treasurer in eBay during the period where the business went from a billion dollars turnover to 14 billion dollars turnover, progressing to CFO, and then into board positions. Since the beginning of 2021 she has been a 5-time board member and progressed to the non-executive space. She shares valuable lessons throughout her career that we can all learn from and be inspired by. 

In this episode we discuss:  

• The story of how Jenny came to work in the field of Treasury. 
• Highlights of Jenny's career. 
• Paying it forward to others during her career.
• Her biggest takeaways from her experience. 
• Advice for people who want to make the move from Treasurer to CFO. 
• Her thoughts around networking. 
• Her experience in mentors and her advice for listeners. 
• One piece of valuable advice she wants to share. 
• Key things she looks for when hiring people. 
• How the role of the treasurer has changed with technology. 
• She shares the most exciting time she’s had in treasury.