ACT Annual Conference 2019 | Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) | 21 May 2019 | Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Manchester M2 3GX, UK

New challenges need new solutions. That’s why this year we’ll challenge our audience to think differently, take the leap and embrace disruption with an open mindset for innovation and change.

As the focal point of the corporate treasury calendar, the ACT Annual Conference brings together leaders in treasury and finance to provide you with the timely insights you need in today’s fast-moving market.

Join us for the biggest treasury conference and exhibition in the UK, bringing together over 1,100 treasury peers, 100+ expert speakers and 80+ exhibitors.

All under one roof, over just two days.

2019 Speakers

Naresh Aggarwal AMCT
Associate Director, Policy & Technical, ACT

James Allan
Managing Director - Global Payments Solutions, Barclays

Anthony Barklam
Director, MUFG

Timothy Bartlett
Director, Liquidity & Investment Products (GLCM), HSBC

Raj Basra
Head of Innovations – Europe, HSBC

Jean-Claude Berthelot
Associate Director, Sustainalytics

Sarah Boyce AMCT
Associate Director, Policy & Technical, ACT

Steve Bullock
Head of Benchmark Submission & Supervision, Lloyds Bank

Nicolas Christiaen
CEO & Co-Founder, Cashforce

Joshua Cohen
Managing Director, Mitigram

Royston DaCosta
Assistant Group Treasurer, Ferguson

Marc Delbaere
Global Head of Corporates & Trade, Swift

Dimos Dimitriadis
Founder, Treasury Technology Associates

Amol Dhargalkar
Managing Director, Chatham Financial

Mark Drenth
Senior Manager Treasury Risk & Operations, Liberty Global

Lisa Dukes AMCT
Head of Treasury, FX Operations, Drax Group

Susan Dunn
Founder, Harbour Litigation Funding

Ines Faden Da Silva
Treasurer, Tideway London

Karen Fagan CertICM
Head of Treasury Operations, ITV

Alexander Fleischmann
Head of Market Development – International, Tipco

Tom Gilliam
Director – Corporate Finance, GSK

Mark Gregory
Chief Economist UK, EY

Tim Harvey
UK Chapter President, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)

Gerard Haughey
Head of Global Trade & Receivables Finance, Large Corporates UK, HSBC

Alex Herbert
Senior Director, Corporate Ratings, London, S&P Global

James Higgins
Product Director, AccessPay

Christof Hofmann
Global Head of Payments & Collection Products, Deutsche Bank

Courtney Huggins
Treasurer, Logicor

Richard Hunter
Global Head of Corporate Ratings, Fitch Ratings

Mus Huseyin
Head UK & EU, nsKnox

Anish Kapoor
CEO, AccessPay

Stefan Karenfort
General Manager, Finance & Controlling, Yusen Logistics

James Kelly AMCT
Group Treasurer, Pearson

Shaun Kennedy AMCT
Group Treasurer, Associated British Ports

Gogo Ko
President, IACCT

Gregg Lemos-Stein, MD
Head of Analytics & Research, Corporate Ratings, S&P Global

Ren Lin
Head of Client Strategy & Innovation, Insight Investment

Chris Loring
Director, Lending Products, Client Asset Management, Lloyds Bank

Stewart MacDonald
Chief Financial Officer, Rockhopper Exploration

George Magnus
Research Associate, University of Oxford China Centre and SOAS

Pete Makepeace
Treasurer, UK & Ireland, Air Liquide

James Marshall
Head of Treasury, Virgin Media

Peter Matza FCT
Speakers' Chair, ACT

Benoit Palliez
Portfolio Manager, Amundi Asset Management

Simeon Parker
Managing Director, SP Consulting

Hugo Parry-Wingfield
EMEA Head of Liquidity Product (GAM), HSBC

Winston Pearson
\Product Manager, AccessPay

Rhys Phillips
Head of Sterling Markets, Bank of England

Darrell Porter FCT
Senior Director, Business Development, Harbour Solutions Group

Michelle Price AMCT
Associate Director, Policy & Technical, ACT

Sean Privilege AMCT
Partner & Senior Manager, Treasury & Corporate Finance, John Lewis Partnership

James Richardson
Head of Market Development Risk & Fraud, Bottomline Technologies

Martin Runow
Managing Director - Global Head – Digital Banking, Barclays

Michael Schmidt
Executive Chairman, Instimatch

Svenja Schumacher AMCT
Director, Client Relationships, Chatham Financial

Alastair Sewell
Senior Director, Fitch Ratings

Jean-Marc Servat
President, EACT

Albert Shamash
Managing Director, Lloyds Bank

Carl Sharman
Director, Deloitte

Helen Slinger
Executive Director, The Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Project

Jon Snow
Broadcaster & Journalist

Soenke Stamm
Senior Guarantee Manager, Group Treasury, DNV GL Group

Dr Elizabeth Stephens
Founder & Managing Director, Trendline Analytics

Caroline Stockmann
Chief Executive, ACT

Xavier Szebrat
UK Sales and eFX Europe, Deutsche Bank

Nir Tenzer
CEO, nxKnox

Geraint Thomas
Director, MUFG

Julie Timpson CertICM
Head of Cash Management Sales, Barclays

Chris Tregenna AMCT
Group Treasurer, Pennon Group

Rob Tuckwell
Director of Partnerships & B2B, Barclaycard

Paul Uppal
Small Business Commissioner

Hamish Watson
UK Human Resources Director, Scottish Power

Matt Wedgewood AMCT
Assistant Treasurer, BT Group

Paul Wilde FCT
Treasurer, Shawbrook Bank

Jonathan Williams
Principal Consultant & Director, Mk2 Consulting

Jiameng Yu AMCT
Assistant Treasurer, Vodafone

2019 Sponsors and Partners

CO-LEAD SPONSORS
• Natwest
• DB
• HSBC

SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS:
• 360T
• ABN AMRO
• Aberdeen Standard
• Access Pay
• ADGM ACTACAMEX
• AmundiApply
• Aviva Investors
• ACTACT16bamlmeac
• Bank of China
• Barclays Corporate
• BayernL
• Bbbva
• Bellin
• BlackRock
• BLOOMBERG
• BNP Paribas