About this event
Corporate Payments are changing rapidly and technology needs to keep up. Yet choosing the right solution, one that can work with your wider treasury function, can be a challenging task
This Treasury Dragons online session looks under the hood of these corporate payment systems in a live Q&A with real corporate treasurers.
We will see presentations from the leading solution providers:
This is the latest in a series of online debates in which treasury technology firms present their solutions to our ‘Dragons’ – and to you.
In short, sharp presentations you will see the highlights of each treasury-enhancing system on offer – and then the solution providers will face some challenging questioning from our panel of treasury tough nuts.
It's the fastest way to get up to speed on what's really on offer.
Hosted by
-
Guest speaker
Matthias Varenkamp Account Executive @ CobaseG
Matthias Varenkamp has been an Account Executive at Cobase for over 5 years, supporting Treasurers, CFOs, and broader finance functions at fast-growing, PE-backed, and established companies. He focuses on fast, scalable rollouts that centralize payments, improve cash visibility, and enable a modular approach to treasury with easy-to-use Treasury modules. He works with organizations facing complex banking landscapes, multi-entity structures, and international expansion—delivering practical solutions that reduce friction and increase control.
-
Guest speaker
Jon Paquette CPO @ TISG
Jon Paquette is a former Senior Treasury Director with over a decade of multi-industry experience as a practitioner within the corporate realm. He obtained his MBA from Boston College's Carroll School of Management in 2013 and has been working for TIS since 2019 as VP of U.S. Solutions.
-
Guest speaker
Louis Chessman Senior Account Executive @ AtlarG
Louis Chessman leads Atlar’s partnerships in the UK, working with finance and treasury teams to transform how they manage payments, cash visibility, and forecasting. He brings broad experience across financial services and technology, with roles at Modulr, Funding Circle, and in management consulting.
-
Guest speaker
Mark Sutton Senior Manager @ Zanders GroupG
Joining the Zanders team in January 2021, Mark is recognised as an SME in the shared payments, service centre, emerging technologies, and banking integration space. He gained his deep understanding of cash management through his 34 years’ experience with Citibank and HSBC enjoying global roles in both Europe and Asia. Working within a sales, product, project, and consultancy environment provided invaluable insights into the corporate environment and market trends. At a payments industry level, Mark is also a founding member of the original CSTP Bank Group and its evolution into the CGI-MP industry group, remaining a proactive participant in the payments working group. He was also part of the team that designed the XML V03 payment messages that were launched in 2009. Finally, Mark is also a UK elected representative of the ISO TC68 Payment SEG (Expert Group) and was previously Chair of the ISO TC68 SC2 sub-group (2010-2014) covering security.
-
Guest speaker
Royston Da Costa Assistant Treasurer @ FergusonG
Royston Da Costa is Assistant Treasurer at Ferguson, with over 28 years experience working in treasury. He joined Wolseley, now Ferguson Group, in April 2002, and is responsible for managing the large, international group’s daily debt and cash requirements.
-
Team member
Mike Hewitt Moderator @ Treasury DragonsT
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.
-
Guest speaker
Andy Gifford Dragon @ Treasury DragonsG
Andy runs Falcor Business Consulting working in the SME sector, assisting start-ups & providing management advice. Previously, he was Vice President at Level 3, having treasury operations as his primary mandate, with additional responsibility for special projects, including procurement, shared services & real estate.
Treasury Dragons
Technology on trialWe’ve assembled a panel of experienced corporate treasurers and technology experts – the Treasury Dragons – to ask technology vendors the right questions on your behalf.
