About this event
A failure to hedge foreign exchange (FX) risk effectively can significantly impact a company’s profit margins, so it's no surprise that FX remains the top risk concern for corporate treasurers, according to PwC's 2023 Global Treasury Survey. Yet developing the right structures, policies and platforms to manage FX effectively can be a challenge for even the most experienced teams.
The Treasury Dragons are here to help.
This MASTERCLASS session covers the essentials of risk management with a panel of experts, including Chris King of consultancy Dukes & King, Seth Phillips of FX platform Bound and Xavi Gabarro, Head of Treasury at ID Finance, who brings direct experience of managing FX risk in a challenging environment.
Between them, they will cover:
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Chris has over 25 years experience across senior roles spanning treasury, corporate finance & derivatives. Over the past decade in particular has focussed on structuring innovative new solutions to deliver tailored results for organisations. Chris trained at EY, before taking on commercial corporate finance and treasury roles in different sectors, including entering into an MBO. Chris remains on the board of a number of International companies and more recently Chris co-founded Dukes & King utilising their front line experience to support organisations, focussing on innovation, optimisation and value creation within treasury, corporate finance and risk management.
Seth is the CEO of Bound (bound.co), a company that provides modern currency hedging technology that is a hassle-free, transparent and cost effective alternative to traditional FX brokers and banks. Seth has spent his career in B2B venture-backed startups as a founder, a product manager and in sales. He sold his first company while completing his undergraduate degree and sold his second B2B tech company 4 years later. After completing his Master’s degree at Columbia University in New York City, Seth spent time at a fintech-focused VC fund and later joined Paxos. He helped grow Paxos from Series A through to Series D before starting Bound.
How do you decide what’s the best treasury technology solution for you? To answer that question, we’ve assembled a panel of experienced corporate treasurers and technology experts – the Treasury Dragons – to ask the right questions on your behalf.
We’ve assembled a panel of experienced corporate treasurers and technology experts – the Treasury Dragons – to ask technology vendors the right questions on your behalf.