Treasury 360° Oslo

Mats Lewan, Futurist, Research Analyst, Author and Journalist

The transformation to a sustainable economy is a tremendous task ahead for all of society – and corporations are finding themselves expected to take a lead. See the big picture, and the role for companies and their financial managers in it.

Claudine Smith, CEO, BNP Paribas Norway

Norwegian fertilizing producer Yara has made sustainability a central component of its overall strategy. Learn how it translates into its financial practices, its funding and its concrete treasury activities.

Liv Bergh, Head of Funding, Yara International 

Polina Kargina, Finance Director, Finance Treasury & Insurance, Yara International

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Technologies such as cloud services, artificial intelligence and robotic process automation are providing us with new capabilities – but also leading us to rearrange the way we work. How should treasuries make the most of it?

Bruno Mellado, Global Head of Payments and Receivables, BNP Paribas

From a main responsible for performance measurement at Scandinavia’s largest company, one might not expect to hear arguments against a solid budget process. Yet in the eyes of Equinor’s Bjarte Bogsnes, the budget is one of several bureaucratic chains that hold back both business performance and human joy. Learn how Equinor had it was replaced by a “holistic” performance evaluation, taking a coordinated view on the financial and human factors.

Bjarte Bogsnes, Senior Advisor Performance Framework, Equinor

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• Watch a selection of our 2020 sessions

The covid-19 crisis has seen corporations re-assess the way they do things – in the big scheme as well as in the details. Cash management, not least our FX, has been central. As we are hopefully getting back to normal, where are we now expanding our efforts? And is there anything we can afford to down-prioritise?

Moderator: Jose Manuel Franco, Head of FX, Transaction Banking  EMEA, BNP Paribas

Panellists: 

Kristin Qvale, Treasury Manager, Scatec Solar

Abraham Geldenhuys​, Vice President Group Treasury, Kongsberg Automotive

Ramon Tolk, Senior Treasury Director, Avery Dennison

European exchange giant Euronext took over Norway’s national stock exchange two years ago. Connections to the group’s other markets are meant to provide issuers of bonds with a deepened liquidity pool. How has it gone?

Bodil Cathrine Østby, Head of Fixed Income, Oslo, OSLO BØRS

Eirik Høiby Ausland, EVP Primary Market , Head of Listing Nordics, OSLO BØRS

Long seen as an irrelevant curiousity, cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin are increasingly looked at as a fitting complement in the corporate reserve. Who is moving, what are they doing – and which role could such a volatile asset play in a setting where risk is what you fundamentally want to avoid?

This is a recorded session courtesy of publishing group Treasury Management International and digital assets company Diginex, from a recent webinar on the topic.

Eleanor Hill, Editor, Treasury Management International

Richard Byworth, CEO, Diginex

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Advice for effective networking in the real and online world for treasury professionals.

Mike Richards, CEO, The Treasury Recruitment Company

Mike Richards of The Treasury Recruitment Company will host a tailored roundtable cast, featuring experienced treasury and financial-function colleagues.

New ways of working will be discussed, including embracing flexible versus 100% back into the office, what does it mean for the world of treasury as we move forward & different approaches to returning post pandemic.

Panelllists: 

Kemi Bolarin, Director, Treasury, GTT Communications

Anthony Mercer, Director & Consultant, Mercer & MacRae

Mats Lewan, Futurist, Research Analyst, Author and Journalist