Women in Treasury APAC Forum 2021

Treasury Today’s first concern is for our whole community’s wellbeing, therefore following the success of our 2020 virtual delivery, we ran the Women in Treasury APAC Forum 2021 digitally.

The APAC Forum took place from 2pm to 3.30pm SGT on Thursday June 17^th as a digital event, creating interactive experiences enabling attendees to enjoy a truly immersive event.

We heard from senior decision makers from some of the region’s largest corporations, to understand what is important to them and enjoyed the opportunity to interact with many of them. The Forum featured a vibrant and insightful panel discussion to debate some of the key topics highlighted by the respondents of our Women in Treasury Global Study, sponsored by State Street Global Advisors.

Our panellists were:

Stephen Hogan – Vice President Regional Treasury, Deutsche Post DHL
Deborah Ho – Country Head of Singapore and Regional Head of Southeast Asia at BlackRock
Rebekah Wong – Head of Singapore Wholesale Payments and Head of APAC Market Management & Strategic Execution for Wholesale Payments, J.P. Morgan

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APAC 2021 panellists

Stephen Hogan

Vice President Regional Treasury, Deutsche Post DHL

Stephen Hogan joined Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL) in 1997 and is now VP Regional Treasury Asia Pacific where he has established the DPDHL RTC, supporting over 140 legal entities in 41 countries across the region. His main responsibilities encompass cash management including bank relationships, financial risk management, and corporate finance topics including subsidiary financing, legal entity management and M&A. Stephen is also a facilitator for group leadership trainings under the Certified banner and 21st Century CFO programmes. Stephen is an ACMA, CGMA, CPA (Aust.) and holds a BA (Hons) Economics and is currently Honorary Secretary of the Association of Corporate Treasurers Singapore having previously been Honorary Treasurer.

Deborah Ho

Country Head of Singapore and Regional Head of Southeast Asia, BlackRock

Deborah is a member of the Asia Pacific Steering Committee and the Asia Pacific Exco. Globally, Deborah represents BlackRock APAC on the Human Capital Committee, the most senior leadership group ensuring the implementation of leadership and culture priorities of the firm. She is a global executive committee member of BlackRock’s women’s initiative group. Deborah represents BlackRock on FCAP, MAS’ financial centre advisory panel. She is focused on the development of ESG investing and is a steering committee member of the ESG working group at FCAP. Deborah is also a board member of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore.

Rebekah Wong

Head of Singapore Wholesale Payments and Head of APAC Market Management & Strategic Execution for Wholesale Payments, J.P. Morgan

Rebekah Wong joined J.P. Morgan in 2013 and is now heading Singapore Wholesale Payments, responsible for franchise strategy, product development, service delivery and implementation across three lines of businesses – Treasury Services, Trade Finance and Merchant Services. Rebekah also oversees Market Management and strategic initiatives for the APAC Wholesale Payments business, responsible for developing market positioning strategies, delivering insights and thought leadership, and executing business transformation initiatives. Prior to her current role, Rebekah was the Senior Business Manager for APAC Wholesale Payments providing strategic support, financial insights, and decision-making guidance to the business.

Sophie Jackson

Publisher & Head of Strategic Content, Treasury Today Group

Sophie Jackson is Publisher & Head of Strategic Content at Treasury Today Group and has 13 years’ experience in publishing. She began her career in a role in cultural publishing at the Dazed Group in London before moving to Tokyo in late 2010 to work as a freelance editor and consultant. Sophie headed up the launch of Treasury Today Asia in 2012 whilst based in Japan and then Hong Kong. Treasury Today Asia is now read by 65,000 corporates across Asia Pacific and our Adam Smith Awards Asia are in their eighth year. Sophie is a driving force behind our global Women in Treasury initiative and a passionate proponent of diversity and inclusion. She is a UCL graduate who studied in Paris and London and is based in Europe.