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Postal and registered address
The Association of Corporate Treasurers
51 Moorgate
London EC2R 6BH
United Kingdom
Main switchboard
T: +44 (0)20 7847 2540
(09:00 - 17:30 weekdays UK Time)
F: +44 (0)20 7374 8744
E: enquiries@treasurers.org
W: information request form
A body incorporated in England by Royal Charter.
Vacancies at the ACT
ACT (Administration) Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Association of Corporate Treasurers, postal and registered address as above.
Company registration no: 1713927
VAT no: 404 6672 59
All transactions carried out on this site are in English.
Chief Executive and The Executive
Martin O'Donovan
Deputy Policy & Technical Director
T: +44 (0)20 7847 2577
E: modonovan@treasurers.org
Ria Robinson
Director of Membership & Company Secretary
T: +44 (0)20 7847 2555
E: rrobinson@treasurers.org
The ACT team and contact details
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Chief Executive
Colin qualified as a member in the late 1980s. He has gained treasury, risk and corporate finance experience in a variety of industry sectors most recently in business support services as Director of Treasury, Tax and Risk Management, Rentokil Initial plc. He was also Divisional Finance Director of its City Link express parcels business.
Sandra provides administrative support for the Chief Executive and the Executive team. Her role includes proactive management of the Chief Executive’s schedule and is the first port of call for all enquiries to his office.
Administration
Melissa is responsible for the provision and review of office administration, facilities management, health and safety and personnel procedures in accordance with best practice. She is the first port of call for all recruitment and general HR enquiries. Melissa is an Associate member of the CIPD.
Katy provides support to the Head of HR and Facilities in dealing with all aspects of HR administration and assisting with facilities management, including daily afternoon reception duties.
Jenny deals with all telephone calls to the switchboard, general email enquiries and greets visitors to the ACT. She also ensures that essential office supplies are maintained and provides administrative support to the office. Jenny works from 08:30 to 13:30 Monday to Friday.
Communications and Marketing
Sharon Newell
Head of Marketing & Communications
Sharon heads up the marketing function and is responsible for ensuring the ACT communicates effectively with its members, the wider financial community and the media. She oversees a wide range of communications programmes and projects to build global awareness of the ACT and its products and services.
T: +44 (0)20 7847 2540
E: snewell@treasurers.org
Phillipa’s role involves assisting the Marketing Manager with the development of ACT marketing campaigns. She is also responsible for the monthly e-newsletter and maintaining the marketing database.
Steven plays a lead role in assisting the business in building quality data, research and analysis across core markets. He is also responsible for ensuring accuracy and relevance of data in support of marketing and business development initiatives.
Michelle manages the marketing campaigns for ACT products and services. Her main role is to develop marketing campaigns to promote ACT qualifications, including co-ordinating activities with overseas national treasury and other relevant associations and organisations to make ACT’s internationally-recognised qualifications available to their members. Michelle also manages the day-to-day relationships with our marketing partners and suppliers.
Education
Sarah works with the Education team to provide technical support and input to the AMCT and certificate qualifications. As both ACMA and AMCT qualified, she has considerable corporate experience, most recently as Director of Treasury for Cadbury plc.
Helena project manages the design, development and construction of the ACT’s qualifications, as well as the updating process for all educational materials. She also looks after the maintenance of the e-learning websites.
Natalie manages the education operations team. She is responsible for the conduct of all processes and systems through the operations of enrolment, tuition and examinations. She also ensures accurate communications to students via a variety of media.
Caroline organises all ACT examinations, including student exam entries, exam venues and results. Caroline is Secretary to the Exam Boards and co-ordinates the production of the exam papers.
Holly is the course organiser for the CertICM qualification. If you wish to enquire about CertICM or are currently studying for this qualification, please contact Holly.
Manisha manages all aspects regarding tuition and revision on the AMCT diploma and stand alone certificates (not CertICM or MCT). She is responsible for the delivery of classes and their related budgets, quality and coordination of tutors.
Heather registers students for the AMCT diploma and deals with AMCT exemptions. If you wish to enquire about the AMCT Diploma, exemptions or you are currently studying this qualification, please contact Heather.
Rebecca registers students for all standalone Certificate qualifications (excluding CertICM) and is the course organiser for the MCT Advance Diploma qualification. If you wish to enquire or are currently studying for any of these qualifications, please contact Rebecca.
Will is a Fellow of the ACT with extensive treasury experience. He lectures on behalf of the ACT, is involved in ACT training courses and works on the development and promotion of ACT qualifications with particular emphasis on the MCT Advanced Diploma.
Kevin Molloy
Exams Administrator
T: +44 (0)20 7847 2569
E: kmolloy@treasurers.org
Kevin assists the Exams Officer with all administrative processes related to examinations, with particular responsibility for exam venues.
Samantha joined the ACT in November 2010 and is responsible for developing the ACT’s training programme. Her aim is to increase the current reach of the public course programme as well as develop an in-house training programme which will compliment other ACT initiatives.
Radmila is responsible for the administration and delivery of the ACT training course programme. Her responsibilities include the day-to-day management of the individual courses and involves responding to participant enquiries, processing bookings, liaising with trainers, collating their materials, all with the aim of ensuring the smooth running of each course.
Events and Conferences
Pauline is responsible for commercial events at the ACT and with her team delivers in the region of 30 events per year. These events range from topical breakfast briefings and evening symposium through to the talkingtreasury series in Europe and beyond. The events team also look after the Annual Dinner and are responsible for the ACT Annual Conference which in 2011 attracted over 1000 attendees.
Lenise is part of the event logistics team and is responsible for the delivery of ACT event in the UK and the Middle East which includes conferences and breakfast briefings.
Caroline is part of the event logistics team and the first point of contact for delegate enquiries. She is responsible for registering attendees at all ACT events.
Stuart’s role involves assisting the Marketing Manager in campaign planning and execution, with a particular focus on timelines, creative briefs and marketing across multiple channels, including direct mail, email, web and social media.
Henna is responsible for marketing ACT conferences and events. Her main role includes developing strategic marketing campaigns, using a cross-channel approach, to promote commercial events ranging from topical breakfast briefings and the talkingtreasury series, right through to the ACT Annual Conference.
Daniela manages the events logistics team which is responsible for the delivery of all ACT events from breakfasts to the flagship ACT Annual Conference as well as the ACT Middle East programme of events.
Cassie heads up the events production team and is responsible for the strategic and innovative development of the ACT events programme in the UK and internationally, delivering circa 30 events per year. The events programme ranges from conferences, thought-leadership forums and breakfast briefings to keynote addresses, dinners and webinars across Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
If you would like to suggest a topic or be considered as a speaker for a future ACT event, please contact Cassie.
Bryony's role involves researching and producing conferences, forums and breakfast briefings within the ACT events portfolio. Events include the talkingtreasury international thought-leadership series and the ACT Annual Cash Management Conference. Bryony is also the administrator for the ACT's Events & Publishing Forum.
Finance
Anneke has responsibility for managing the ACT's sales and purchase ledgers, ensuring that all customer receipts and supplier invoices are properly recorded, posted and reconciled to the relevant cashbooks and bank accounts, and ensuring that all suppliers are paid according to terms. Anneke also assists the team at month-end and year-end with reconciliations and account preparation.
Paul is the Management Accountant, responsible for keeping an eye on the financials across all the ACT’s departments. He also offers enhanced Excel capability to the team.
Information Systems
Charles is responsible for all electronic information systems from our telephones to the office network and public websites.
Anna Corr
Information Systems Administrator
T: +44 (0)20 7847 2561
E: acorr@treasurers.org
Anna has responsibility for the Data Management of our primary database, supporting the delivery of high quality information for use across the business. Developing reports using a variety of software tools for data analysis for all departments and manages website content.
Kumar is directly responsible for the development of the ACT’s website platform including the production of new systems and the maintenance of our existing online services.
Membership
Ria Robinson
Director of Membership & Company Secretary
T: +44 (0)20 7847 2555
E: rrobinson@treasurers.org
Ria joined the ACT in 1993 and is a member of the Executive Team. She has overall responsibility for member services including CPD and regional groups. As Company Secretary she is involved with all legal, governance and constitutional matters and works closely with Council and the Appointments, Remuneration and Audit Committee (ARAC). Ria managed the ACT’s application process for a Royal Charter which is effective from 1 January 2013.
David Coulson
Member Services Manager (maternity cover)
T: +44 (0)20 7847 2548
E: dcoulson@treasurers.org
David manages the administration of the membership function, including regional groups, and is the first point of contact for all members, from the successful completion of your first ACT qualifications and throughout your membership. David has previously worked developing a membership group for social enterprises and most recently was the London 2012 Business Representative in the East of England.
Zoe Norris
Member Services Manager (on maternity leave)
T: +44 (0)20 7847 2548
E: znorris@treasurers.org
Zoe manages the administration of the membership function including regional groups, and is the first point of contact for all Members following their successful completion of the ACT’s qualifications.
Juliet Tewungwa
Regional Membership Executive
T: +44 (0)20 7847 2587
E: jtewungwa@treasurers.org
Juliet is responsible for administering and developing member services across the UK and Ireland including regional group meetings.
Matthew is responsible for the administration of the membership function and is the first point of contact for all Corporate membership and Faculty membership applications.
Policy and Technical
The Policy & Technical team represent the profession to government, regulators and standard setters and promoters of industry standard terms and more generally, and seek to promote best practice in treasury and corporate finance.
The Policy & Technical team work with the Policy and Technical Committee and its working groups – virtual groups of treasurers and other interested professionals. The ACT’s approach to policy issues is set out in our Manifesto.
John is Policy and Technical Director. He has a wealth of senior-level treasury and finance experience, including being Director of Treasury at Cadbury Schweppes and Finance Director of the Global Confectionery division of Cadbury Schweppes. John is a previous chairman of the ACT’s Education Committee and Chairman of Council. He is a Chartered Secretary as well as a Fellow of the ACT. He is involved as a small business angel with a number of early stage companies.
Martin O'Donovan
Deputy Policy & Technical Director
T: +44 (0)20 7847 2577
E: modonovan@treasurers.org
Martin joined the Policy & Technical team in November 2003, where his responsibilities include provision of technical guidance and regular updates to members, as well as representing the views of treasurers to regulatory authorities. Prior to joining he was Group Treasurer of National Grid Group plc for 13 years. His career started by qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Coopers & Lybrand. Martin is a Fellow of the ACT and previously served on the Programme Committee.
Michelle Price
Associate Policy & Technical Director
T: +44 (0)20 7847 2578
E: mprice@treasurers.org
Michelle joined the ACT Policy & Technical team after 14 years in Corporate Treasury Consulting at Deloitte. During this time she advised both large and small companies on a wide range of treasury areas including treasury restructuring, development of FX policies, management reporting and operational risk. Prior to joining Deloitte she worked in a number of large investment banks, including JP Morgan, SBC Warburg and Chase Manhattan. Michelle qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen in Australia and is an Associate Member of the ACT.
Publishing
Peter Matza joined the ACT in September 2006, was appointed Head of Publishing in May 2008 and Engagement Director in February 2012. Peter is responsible for the publications business of the ACT, as well as developing strategy to widen the ACT’s engagement with the global treasury community. Peter is a Fellow of the ACT and a member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers. Peter has over 25 years of treasury and banking experience.
Samantha Bone
Accounting and Publishing Assistant (on maternity leave)
T: +44 (0)20 7847 2558
E: sbone@treasurers.org
Samantha is responsible for recording, posting and reconciling all customer receipts and supplier invoices to the relevant cashbooks and bank accounts. She also deals with all aspects of publishing administration to ensure the smooth running of the “Treasurer” and “Treasurer Middle East” magazine publications.
Andrew is responsible for advertising sales across all ACT publications, primarily The Treasurer, Middle East Treasurer, Cash Management Supplements, the website and the International Treasurer’s Handbook. In addition, Andrew liaises with those involved in the production of ACT publications, including contributors, printers and distributors.
Sophie Pontoriere
Accounting and Publishing Assistant (maternity cover)
T: +44 (0)20 7847 2558
E: spontoriere@treasurers.org
Sophie is responsible for recording, posting and reconciling all customer receipts and supplier invoices to the relevant cashbooks and bank accounts. She also deals with all aspects of publishing administration to ensure the smooth running of the “Treasurer” and “Treasurer Middle East” magazine publications.
Sponsorship
Denis is responsible for developing strategic commercial relationships and tailoring advertising and sponsorship solutions to the needs of individual customers.
Matthew is responsible for developing relationships, promoting the commercial activities of the ACT and sponsorship administration.
James is responsible for raising the ACT’s profile and building relationships with stakeholders worldwide, in particular with key customers such as corporates, banks, educational and professional bodies. Until recently he directed the ACT’s international professional development programmes, delivering short course training and professional qualifications in treasury, risk management and corporate finance. James started his career in engineering and speciality chemicals; he is a UK Chartered Accountant, MCT qualified, and he has some 20 years’ experience in treasury, corporate finance and risk management, gained in substantial international public and private companies.
