To promote growth within the treasury profession, the ACT Educational Trust charity offers a bursary scheme to provide financial assistance for students from developing countries who are unable to fund or gain sponsorship for their ACT studies. We're delighted to share the success of the ACT Gay Pierpoint Bursary Award winner for 2023: Jathin Jayaram
"Throughout my career in treasury, which began as an FX and IR Derivatives dealer at a prominent Indian bank and during my current role as a treasury technology consultant, the ACT qualifications have proven to be invaluable.
Balancing the Diploma in Treasury Management curriculum alongside my full-time work was a challenge. The exams, requiring essay-type answers based on almost real-life case studies, were particularly demanding within the allocated 3-hour timeframe for each paper. I enjoyed applying my experiences, learning and creative ideas during the exams. This journey, coupled with my association with ACT, sparked a fresh interest in sustainable finance.
The ACT's strong focus on ethics, governance, and compliance in its syllabus is commendable, shaping capable and principled treasury professionals. Not only for those who work in corporate treasury, I feel, these qualifications should be taken by treasury dealers in banks who handle corporate sales portfolios, as it will help them to get an overall picture of their client’s requirements and will be able to service them better.
I extend my gratitude to the ACT Educational Trust for supporting my Diploma in Treasury Management through their bursary scheme."
If you would like to help the success of aspiring treasury professionals, funding for bursaries is via charitable donations. To make a donation click here.
