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This year’s Women in Treasury London Forum took place on Thursday 13th September at the superb venue of Plaisterers’ Hall in the City of London. This vibrant and hugely popular industry event is firmly established in the diaries of both female and male corporates and the forum was attended by over 170 people.
The event opened at noon with a pre-lunch networking welcome reception which featured an informative presentation outlining some of the key findings of our Women in Treasury Global Study 2018, this year proudly supported by State Street Global Advisors. The reception was followed by a three-course lunch in the ballroom, during which an inspiring and insightful panel discussion took place with our leading industry panellists, moderated by Sophie Jackson, Joint Publisher & Head of Strategic Content, Treasury Today Group, who led the discussion on some of the broad themes highlighted by the respondents of this year’s study.
We were delighted to be joined this year by a superb line-up of industry speakers:
Séverine Le Blévennec – Director EMEA Treasury, Honeywell
Helen Hanby – ACMA, AMCT. Director, International Treasury, Biogen
Royston Da Costa – Assistant Group Treasurer, Ferguson plc
Barbara Patow – Global Head of Correspondent Banking, Global Banking & Markets, HSBC
Yeng Butler – Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Cash Business, State Street Global Advisors
The panel discussion was followed by a very lively question and answer session, with many members of the audience taking the opportunity to seek advice, share opinions and pose questions to the panel.
Séverine Le Blévennec
Director EMEA Treasury: Honeywell
Helen Hanby
ACMA, AMCT. Director, International Treasury: Biogen
Royston Da Costa
Assistant Group Treasurer: Ferguson
Royston Da Costa has over 29 years’ treasury experience. He joined Wolseley, now Ferguson Group, in 2002, and was responsible for managing the group’s daily debt and cash requirements. He also implemented a global multi-currency notional cash pooling structure with BMG in 2010. After being put in charge of treasury systems and development at Ferguson in 2010, Royston helped improve the visibility of cash around the group. He was promoted to his current role in November 2016. He continues to be responsible for driving forward the group’s strategy on treasury systems.
Barbara Patow
Global Head of Correspondent Banking, Global Banking & Markets: HSBC
Yeng Butler
Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Cash Business: State Street Global Advisors
Sophie Jackson
Joint Publisher & Head of Strategic Content: Treasury Today Group
Moderator
Sophie Jackson is Joint Publisher & Head of Strategic Content at Treasury Today Group and has 12 years experience in publishing. She began her career in a role in cultural publishing at the Dazed Group, coordinating both editorial content and creative partnerships in Europe and the US. After moving to Tokyo in late 2010, Sophie headed up the launch of Treasury Today Asia in 2012. This was followed by a move to Hong Kong in 2014. Treasury Today Asia is now read by 65,000 corporates across Asia-Pacific and our Adam Smith Awards Asia are in their sixth year. Sophie has been an integral force behind our global Women in Treasury initiative and is a passionate proponent of diversity and inclusion. She is a UCL graduate who studied in Paris and London.