The Treasury Talent Podcast

Today I am joined on the podcast by Victor Pausin - Treasurer at NA Nissan Motor Corporation. He was born in Venezuela, has worked in South America, Europe, and North America. We will hear from Victor about his career path and his advice for all of you.

In this episode we discuss:

• What lead Victor to treasury
• His career highlights
• His experience in moving around and working in different international locations
• Networking as part of his career
• What makes a successful treasurer in the eyes of the C-suite
• One piece of advice he would give to himself when starting his career
• What he looks for when recruiting his direct reports into his team
• How the role of treasury is changing in the coming years with the advancing of technology

Today we're joined by Tony Krabill - Assistant Treasurer at Greif. We enjoyed chatting with Tony because we have a lot of messages out there that help people in their careers and a lot of the stuff we talk about on a day-to-day basis is what Tony talked about today. It's always great to hear a practitioner who has similar advice to what we have and I'm sure you will enjoy this chat with Tony.

In this episode we discuss:

• What brought Tony to the treasury
• His career highlights
• What would he tell others as he's advancing through his career
• His approach to networking throughout his career
• His mentors as part of his career development
• His approach to mentorship to those reporting to him
• Making the move to the treasury
• What he looks for when recruiting into his team
• What makes a successful treasury in the eyes of the executives
• How he sees the role of treasury as changing as technology advances

Today I am joined on the podcast for his regular monthly economic forecast for treasurers by Michael Braude, the treasurer at George Weston Foods.

In this episode we discuss:

• The central banks and the conflicting data
• The FX market
• What to keep eyes on as corporate treasurers

Today I am joined on the podcast again by Tony Vu who is now the treasurer at the University of Colorado. I talked to him some time ago about the need in the market to have undergraduate education within the treasury space. Being at the University of Colorado and a long time in higher ed, we chatted about that need and the ability to create a course. The podcast today is really the start of that process. I want to put it out there and anyone who is interested in helping Tony to pull together an education course for undergraduates to improve the knowledge within the treasury marketplace or get to people come to treasury earlier will be really well received.

In this episode we discuss:

• Highlights of Tony's career
• The difference of treasury in the corporate and higher education side
• Advice to someone who wants to move from corporate and higher education or vice versa
• Bridging the gap from the corporate side to the government side
• The opportunities he can see to get college students more involved in treasury or in the treasury career track

Today I am joined by Dan Erdman, Treasurer at ChampionX.

In this episode we discuss:

• What made Dan choose treasury
• The transition from banking to corporate
• The highlights of his career
• His advice to his younger self
• Building your network
• The focus of someone's career in Dan's perspective

I have Thomas Otendal, the Group Treasurer at Saxo Bank. Saxo started as an online trading and investment platform and subsequently got banking lessons. They are a global business in 40 countries and Thomas was brought in to set up treasury from scratch.

In this episode we discuss:

• How Thomas got into the treasury
• The contrast and comparison in culture and industry between postal service vs. financial service
• The journey and the exciting things he's doing in Saxo
• His biggest achievements in his seven years in Saxo
• His advice to others regarding his approach in setting up the treasury from scratch
• The key things he looks for when hiring into his team
• How he sees the role of treasury changing with technological advancement
• How has networking been a part of his career
• The mentors Thomas had
• The one piece of advice he wishes he had known at 25
• What he thinks makes a successful treasury in the eyes of the C-suite

Today I am joined by Attila Halmy, the Treasurer at GE Lighting. I got Attila on the podcast because he's an accidental treasurer and has really made his name and his career helping the GE business to sell off and list separate businesses out of the old GE. He has an interesting background and insights.

In this episode we discuss:

• Attila as the accidental treasurer
• The highlights of his career
• Coming from outside of treasury and learning to function
• The best advice he can give to his younger self
• What he looks for when hiring
• Putting weight behind the CTP or CFA when looking to hire
• Attitude is the most important attribute (when hiring)
• Knowing what he knows today what would have he done differently

Today I am joined by Damaari Drumright, Treasurer & Head of Investor Relations at Talend. He is one of the first guys I met when I was first looking to set up a business in America and it's a real privilege for me to have him on the program today.

In this episode we discuss:

• The highlights of Damaari's career to date
• The one piece of advice he would give to himself if he could go back
• His approach to networking and mentorship throughout his career and his advice to the audience
• What does he attribute to his rapid rise?
• How has investor relations made him a better treasury professional
• How he got the hiring manager still hire him in the role
• The key things he looks for when direct hiring
• What makes a successful treasury in the eyes of the C-suite
• How he sees the role of treasury changing with the advancement in technology
• His view on bitcoin

Michael Braun joins me in this episode for our monthly economic update for treasurers. He gives us the current state of the economy and his predictions for the month, including discussions on inflation rates, investments, unemployment rates and many more.

In this episode we discuss:

• The economy and interest rates this week.
• The effect of unemployment on the economy.
• Financial market is becoming a bit jittery, making people more risk averse.
• Predictions for the month.

Today we've got another special for you in Ask a Treasurer Live. We have Joel Vanderkooi, the treasurer at Kellogg Company.

In this episode we discuss:

• How did Joel come to the treasury and what made him choose it as a career
• His experience in finance and its impact as a treasury professional
• His career highlight
• His advice to younger self
• Going out of your comfort zone
• His approach to networking and relationships
• Key things he looks for when hiring
• His thoughts on certifications
• His thoughts on remote work opportunities