Workshops, roundtables and treasury theatre

• Adding value beyond technical expertise
• The business choice: what sort of treasurer does your organisation want to create?
• Why good people leadership is a business winning strategy
• Getting the best from all staff in a complex world
• Adding coaching to your leadership culture: hard-wired improvement for the bottom line

Presented by:
Mike Taylor, CEO, The RBP Group

Responding to questions you may have about how to re-invigorate your treasury career, this interactive session will cover the following:

• Manage your career portfolio
  - Where do you want to be in 5 or 10 years?
• What are companies looking for?
• How to become “the complete treasurer”
• Life beyond treasury
  - What are the options and how do you get there?
• What to do if you’re feeling unloved
  - Difficult markets
  - Managing through redundancy

Sarah Boyce, Associate Director of Education, ACT
Deborah Thomas, Consultant

• Designing a hedging strategy
• Executing a hedging strategy
• Hedge accounting implications
• Final delivery and operational conundrums

Facilitated by:
Paul Sills, Corporate Derivatives Sales, BBVA
Joined by:
Tom Gilliam, Senior Treasury Analyst, SABMiller
Rob Carr, Senior Treasury Accountant, SABMiller

• A look back at what has caused the ever increasing problem of pension fund deficits, why control has been lost and what this means for the corporate sponsor
• We will then consider practical ways of taking back control of future performance

Facilitated by:
Kerrin Rosenberg, CEO, Cardano UK

• Offshore CNH trading update
• Recent Chinese regulation changes with respect to trade flows
• Cash management for Chinese companies
• Financing opportunities in CNH

Facilitated by:
Erin Huang, Cash Management Corporates China, Deutsche Bank
Nathan Hutchings, UK Corporate Risk Management, Deutsche Bank

• How are bank relationships evolving and changing in the cash management space?
• What does doing business in emerging markets mean for your treasury operations?
• How is technology helping to simplify cash management processes?

Facilitated by:
Robin Terry, Head of Sales, Global Banking – Europe, Payments & Cash Management, HSBC

• Most major corporate treasurers have a key focus on working capital while procurement heads need strong supply chains
• It is proven that supplier finance helps treasurers exceed working capital improvement targets while also strengthening liquidity in the supply chain
• Lloyds Bank discusses the most recent trends in supplier finance and how to make this win/win proposition a reality

Presented by:
Colin Hemsley, Director of Global Trade Sales, Lloyds Bank

• Business focus is shifting substantially towards emerging markets with good reason
• Emerging markets present companies with unique opportunities as well as challenges and requires specialised knowledge
• Lloyds Bank analyses the most recent trends and risks in these markets for you to best position your business for the year ahead and beyond

Presented by:
David Marmer, Director, Emerging Markets, Lloyds Bank

• How do I enhance yields and returns on cash?
• Can I improve credit quality?
• Can I improve liquidity?
• Is my bank the right partner?

Facilitated by:
Robin Creswell, Managing Principal, Payden & Rygel Global

• What do companies want to achieve from their FX hedging policies in 2012 and beyond?
• How is e-commerce continuing to change the way we do business and what does the future hold?
• In FX terms, is there still room for voice trading and what does 'best execution' look like in 2012?
• Will London become the next offshore RMB trading centre?

Facilitated by:
Daren Blaker, Head of UK Corporate FX Sales, RBS

Joined by
Stuart Crooks, Head of FICC E-Commerce Sales, EMEA, RBS
Imran Ahmad, Director, Emerging Markets Strategy, RBS
2-3 x UK corporate treasurers

Come and hear the five most powerful trends powering Africa’s enduring allure and positive investment story:

• A larger, more affluent population – discussion on the rise in Africa’s share of the world’s population, youthful workforce and growth in private consumption
• Africa’s urban swell – urbanisation and the emergence of mega-cities
• Leapfrogging through technology – aggressive expansion of Africa’s mobile operators and increased connectivity
• Africa’s resources potential – Africa’s share of world commodities and untapped agricultural bounty
• Deepening financial sector – elevated bank penetration, income growth and northward expansion of SA banks

Facilitated by:
Andrew Daley, Managing Director – Head of Corporate Banking, Europe and Middle East, Standard Bank
Jason Marsden, Head, Client Solutions - TPS International, Standard Bank

• How to optimise contrasting risk management approaches (federative vs centralised structures)
• From payment to delivery: can direct and indirect sources of credit risk be proxied?
• Credit risk management: how far along the evolutionary roadmap are you?
• Look at the rearview mirror, but keep an eye on the road ahead: using various credit metrics to best anticipate P&L impact

Facilitated by:
Silvina Aldeco-Martinez, Managing Director, S&P Capital IQ

• For net borrowers, how do you ensure access to liquidity for the long term?
• For net investors, how do you navigate the current yield curve?
• What happens to corporate liquidity when the Bank of England, European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve reverse their current aggressive monetary policies?
• How will financial services regulation impact the availability of liquidity for corporates?

Facilitated by:
Monie Lindsey, Managing Director, Treasury Strategies
Anthony J Carfang, Partner, Treasury Strategies