The Treasury Talent Podcast

We are fortunate to be joined by Garima Thakur of Ingram Micro on the podcast today.

In this episode we discuss:

• The highlights of moving from corporate training to treasury
• What she wishes she had known when she was starting her career
• Garima's approach to networking and her advice regarding networking
• The greatest benefits of diversity when hiring
• Adding diversity in one's team
• Steps to take in order to attract and retain the diverse candidates

We are fortunate to have Gary Brown in the podcast today. Gary is the CFO of ENGIE. ENGIE is a french utility business that operates in the renewable energy, electric generation, and distribution space.

In this episode we discuss:

• As a CFO, what does Gary look for when hiring someone in the team
• Overview of ENGIE
• The role of treasury in their organization
• His relationship with the treasurers now
• Has COVID changed his focus as a CFO
• What makes a successful treasurer in the eyes of the CFO
• How he sees the role of treasurer changing with technology
• The best piece of advice he would give himself at 25 that he knows now

The Treasury Team is fortunate to have Michael McCormick from Ygrene Energy Fund, Director of Capital Markets.

In this episode we discuss:

• The highlights of Michael's career
• His advice that he's learned over his career that he wishes he'd known at the beginning
• His approach to networking and relationships
• Capital markets and his advice to people interested in it
• The change in the treasury role in his perspective
• What Ygrene does
• The challenges of being in a PACE company

Today I have Kevin Leader on the podcast, the treasurer of Bechtel Corporation. Bechtel is a global engineering and consulting firm.

In this episode we discuss:

• What made Kevin choose Treasury
• His career highlights in banking
• What Bechtel does
• The challenge in getting the relationship as a business partner with treasury
• Comparing his roles in banking and corporate
• His advice to those who are in banking thinking of going to corporate
• Hiring ex-bankers
• His approach to networking
• The part of mentors in his career
• One piece of advice he wishes he knew back then
• What he looks for when bringing people in the team
• What makes a successful treasurer
• How Kevin sees the treasurer role changing as technology advances

We're fortunate to be joined today by Christopher Taylor, the treasurer of President's Choice Bank in Canada.

In this episode we discuss:

• Why did Christopher choose treasury as a career
• His experience with George Weston
• The highlights of his career
• The difference of treasury in the banking, corporate and consulting sides in Christopher's perspective
• The move from the banking to the corporate side
• His approach to networking and his advice to others

Today I am joined by Rakesh Kochhar, the treasurer of Nissan based out of Tokyo, Japan.

In this episode we discuss:

• How Rakesh came to treasury
• The challenges in global treasury
• His time as a CFO and making the transition to the treasury
• The things he enjoyed and the treasury environment in GE
• His advice to others wanting to be global citizens and working in very different culture environments
• The highlights of his career
• His approach to networking
• His mentors in the journey
• One thing he wishes he knew before
• What he looks for when hiring direct reports
• What makes a successful treasurer in the eyes of the executives
• One thing during COVID that he's proud of
• How the role of treasurer is changing with technology advancement

Today I am joined by Michael Braud for his monthly economic forecast for treasurers.

In this episode we discuss:

• What do people say regarding RBA
• COVID resurging around the globe
• Volatility in the market

We're fortunate to be joined today by Tracey Knight. Tracey is the Director-Solution Engineering at HighRadius.

In this episode we discuss:

• Tracey's background and journey
• The highlights of her career
• One piece of advice she wishes she's been told
• What she's learned about networking and relationships and her advice regarding those
• The similarities and differences of corporate and the vendor side
• Her prediction on how the role of the treasury is going to evolve
• What value can HighRadius bring to treasurers

Today I am joined by Ferdinand Jahnel, the Treasurer at Marsh & McLennan.

In this episode we discuss:

• What made Ferdinand choose treasury as a career and how he ended up in the treasury
• How has being on the board of AFP benefited him
• The cultural and work differences in different continents
• Specific advice to listeners about being a global citizen
• The highlight of his career
• The difference and similarities across the industries
• Ferdinand's approach to networking
• Mentors as part of his career
• One piece of advice he wishes he knew back when he was starting his career
• What he looks for when hiring someone
• How the role of the treasury is changing with technology advancement

Today we have Easton Dickson on the podcast, he is the treasurer at Bain & Company.

In this episode we discuss:

• Why Easton chose treasury as a career
• The highlights of his career
• From a treasury perspective, what has been the real challenges during the pandemic
• The similarities and difference of treasury in different industries
• Making the transition in moving to another country
• His approach to networking throughout his career
• His mentors
• What he recommends for the listeners the things he wishes he knew back then
• What he looks for in his direct reports
• What makes a successful treasury in the eyes of the board
• How is the role of the treasury changing in the coming years with regards to technology