2025 Speakers

Jason is Co-Founder and Executive Director at Centrus.  With over 25 years’ investment banking and financial advisory experience, Jason works with boards, investors and management teams to design capital structures, raise capital and manage financial risk in support of long-term, sustainable growth.  He has extensive experience in infrastructure finance, including Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) and concession-based models, advising governments, sponsors, regulated utilities and institutional investors across Ireland, the UK, Europe and North America.  Alongside his Centrus role, he is President of the Irish Association of Corporate Treasurers and lectures in Treasury Management and Derivatives at Trinity College Dublin. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and previously served as Chair of ACCA Ireland.

Teresa Kelleher is the Head of Group Treasury at Musgrave, Ireland’s leading food retail and wholesale company with turnover of €5bn. She has worked in a variety of Treasury and Finance roles for over 20 years and is a Fellow of the ACCA. Prior to joining Musgrave, Teresa held roles with Apple covering EMEA Treasury Operations and at Alcatel-Lucent in Finance. 

Teresa joined Musgrave in 2008 as Group Treasury Manager before moving to Head of Business Services (interim) in 2017 and Head of Group Treasury in 2020. During her time with Musgrave Teresa has led multiple initiatives relating to Payment Systems rollout, Supplier Finance, Working Capital Optimisation and Card Acquiring Partnership. In her current role she has responsibility for Bank Partner and Card Acquiring Relationships, Debt Management, Treasury Operations, Working Capital Optimisation and Cash Movement Systems. 

Julia is Global Treasury Director at Newell Brands Inc with responsibility for liquidity and treasury operations in 46 countries. She has over 15 years’ experience in treasury operations, including cash and liquidity management, complex treasury development and restructuring driven by Tax and legal requirements, financial reporting and change management. Julia developed the Dublin Treasury operations team from start up to currently comprising 7 colleagues, as well as managing Newells’ Treasury Operations team in the US. Under Julia’s leadership, the team have successfully reconfigured the company’s banking structure, standardised processes across EMEA and migrated the Asia Pacific (APAC) treasury function from Hong Kong to Dublin. In 2024, Julia and team won the Adam Smith Best Transaction Management Solution award for her work with Newell on transforming the European banking structure and implementing a multi entity, multi-currency notional pool with our partner bank. 

Prior to joining Newell, Julia was treasury team lead at Pfizer, responsible for cash and liquidity management and implementation of strategic projects. She holds a BSc Management (Finance), a Masters in Business Studies, and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA).

Allie Gillon-Livesey is Head of GenAI Enablement globally for the Commercial & Investment Bank (CIB) at JPMorgan. She has been at JPMC for over a decade and has experience in Product, Strategy, Digital Innovation, Strategic Partnerships & Investments, and Corporate M&A. Most recently, she leads the newly created GenAI Enablement team in the CIB Chief Data & Analytics Office (CDAO).

Her team is responsible for setting the strategic direction on GenAI for the CIB, including rolling out GenAI products across the CIB, ensuring upskilling & training to accelerate the adoption of GenAI capabilities and identifying priority GenAI use cases for business impact. In addition, her team publishes thought leadership for JPMC on GenAI, as well as engaging with clients across various CIB sub-LOBs on the topic.

As a champion of diversity, Allie also manages the talent strategy for the CIB CDAO, including JPMorgan’s partnerships with Women in Data® and Black in Data. Outside of her day-to-day, she is a mentor for Women on the Move (WOTM) and a 1:1 mentor as part of the firm’s internal Global Mentoring Program.

Allie holds an MSc in Business Analytics from Imperial College London and a BA (Hons) in Economics and Management from the University of Oxford.

Dave McEvoy was appointed Director of Funding and Debt Management at the NTMA in July 2022. The unit is responsible for borrowing on behalf of the Irish Government and managing the National Debt to ensure liquidity for the Exchequer and to minimise the interest burden over the medium term.

He joined the NTMA in 2010, initially working in NAMA, where his roles included Head of Treasury. In 2014, he joined the NTMA Funding and Debt Management unit as a Deputy Director.

Prior to joining the NTMA he worked for over 20 years in a variety of senior roles within AIB Capital Markets, including the Head of the Euro Fixed Income Desk and Head of the Traded Credit Desk. He holds a BSc (Mgmt) from Trinity College Dublin and a MSc in Investment & Treasury from Dublin City University.

Colm is Director of Treasury with Ingersoll Rand covering EMEA and APAC since December 2022.  Colm received his initial Treasury education over 10 years with Hewlett Packard Enterprise before spending five years developing and managing the Treasury Systems Architecture with Publicis Groupe.  Colm’s expertise covers a wide range primarily in Cash Management, Treasury Systems & ERP Connectivity, Liquidity, Cash Pooling & Pre/post M&A close.

Colm holds a MSc in Investment, Treasury & Banking from DCU and an undergraduate degree from NUI Maynooth. 

James Kelly is a corporate treasurer turned problem-solver, focused on transforming complex financial workflows using Python and large language models. With deep experience in multinational treasury, he now helps finance teams streamline operations, reduce manual processes, and unlock higher-value thinking. James co-founded Your Treasury to bring practical, intelligent automation to the forefront of corporate finance. Based in West Sussex, he balances his professional work with a love of the outdoors, kayaking, and time with his family. He is passionate about using technology to reclaim time and create space for meaningful work.

Dr Brian O’Kelly is an Emeritus Professor of Finance at Dublin City University and was the Academic Director of its M.Sc. in Investment, Treasury and Banking programme for seventeen years. He also worked with AIB Capital Markets, Wells Fargo Bank International and ptsb in various corporate finance and risk management roles for twenty-five years.

Mimi has been with Barclays since 2007 and has held a range of leadership roles across Global Markets, most recently as Global Head of FX Distribution and Co-Head of Global RSG since 2023. 

Mimi has held a number of management roles in London and New York. She was appointed Global Co-Head of FX Distribution in July 2019, and in 2023 she assumed additional responsibility for the Risk Solutions Group, leveraging her extensive experience in risk management with corporate and sponsor clients. Mimi has held a rotational appointment on the Global Markets Executive Committee and served as an ex-officio member on the Group Executive Committee throughout 2021. 

Alongside her client responsibilities, Mimi is a fervent advocate for diversity and inclusion, actively driving events and initiatives to foster an inclusive environment for colleagues across Global Markets and the Investment Bank. 

Mimi is a member of the Bank of England Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee (FXJSC) and is on the Board for the Global Financial Markets Association Foreign Exchange Division (GFXD). 

Mimi began her career in Rates Sales at Lloyds TSB in London. She holds a Masters of Engineering degree from Cambridge University. 

Keith is a seasoned leader with over 27 years of experience across both corporate and banking sectors. Currently, Keith holds a Senior Director role with responsibility for global functions, including the Global Treasury Centre of Excellence.

Throughout his career, Keith has held senior roles at globally recognised organisations including Citi, Doosan, and KPMG. He has successfully led high-performing treasury teams through large-scale transformations and award-winning initiatives, consistently driving strategic value.

His core areas of expertise include cash management and liquidity planning; foreign exchange (FX), credit, and operational risk; treasury systems and technology implementation; treasury transformation and operational excellence; plus shared services optimisation and continuous improvement. 

He is a former President of the Irish Association of Corporate Treasurers and holds qualifications from Trinity College Dublin, the Institute of Bankers, and the Association of Corporate Treasurers (AMCT) in London.

Peter joined J.P. Morgan in 2014 as a subsidiary banker based in London. Over the past 10 years he has had a variety of roles within the team covering both US and APAC based multinationals. In 2019 he relocated to Dublin with his family as part of the expansion of the J.P. Morgan corporate banking franchise in Ireland. Over the past 6 years he has focused largely on aircraft leasing, tech and diversified industries clients headquartered in the United States. In 2023 he also looked after the Irish large cap clients, something that he will be starting again in September for another year.

Iryna manages key accounts at TIS for the UK & Ireland and has been working in the SaaS B2B industry for over five years. With extensive international experience — including complex markets like China — and fluency in five languages, she brings a strong intercultural approach and fintech expertise to client relationships. By understanding clients’ challenges and needs across payments, bank connectivity, and cash management, she delivers tailored solutions and provides support whenever needed. Holding a BSc in Languages & International Economics, Iryna is known for her strategic mindset and high-touch support, building long-term, successful relationships across industries.

Nikolay is Associate Director in the EMEA Consumer Goods & Healthcare team within S&P Global Ratings’ Corporate Ratings group. He has a primary coverage responsibility for a portfolio of consumer goods, pharmaceutical and healthcare services companies across both investment and non-investment grade spectrum, and emerging and developed markets. 

Major names in Nikolay’s healthcare portfolio include AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Novo Nordisk, Merck KGaA and Alcon. Major names in his consumer goods portfolio include Anheuser-Busch InBev, Pernod Ricard, Coca-Cola HBC AG, Anadolu Efes, Coca-Cola Icecek, Philip Morris International and SuedzuckerAG.

Nikolay has been at S&P Global Ratings since mid-August 2015, and at the Corporate Ratings Group since August 2017.

Nikolay holds a Master’s degree in Management and Strategy from the London School of Economics and Political Science and Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics from the University of Exeter. 

Stew Cofer is an Executive Director and EMEA Head of Payment Specialists, Commercialisation & Embedded Solutions at J.P. Morgan in London.  These teams lead complex treasury payments solutioning across all client segments, orchestrate new product/feature launches and manage a suite of AI-powered data, trust, and safety solutions for 100 payment methods in Europe, The Middle East and Africa.

Stew’s history as a product management owner and lead includes end to end ownership of European payment rails and digital channels at J.P. Morgan.  Prior roles include treasury consulting within transaction banks in Amsterdam and Chicago, focusing on technology and integration. He is an active industry speaker in Europe on payments and inclusion, and has held various industry seats for the European Payments Council, EBA Clearing, and SWIFT. 

Passionate about people, Stew is a 2022 Women In Payments Advocacy Award finalist and co-sponsors JPMorgan’s EMEA induction programs.  The ‘Demystifying Payments’ keynote talk approachably proves that Payments Do More Than We Think.

Stew holds a Certificate in International Cash Management (CertICM) from the Association of Corporate Treasurers, a bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems from DeVry University, and has published articles in various treasury publications and on jpmorgan.com.

Based in the Dublin office, Manish is an Associate Director in the Real Estate Corporate Ratings team of S&P Global Ratings. He joined S&P Global Ratings in 2011 and covers real estate holding companies, developers/homebuilders as well as building material companies in EMEA, with a focus on the European real estate market. He is responsible for the surveillance of about 25 corporate credit ratings and primary analyst of companies such as CRH Plc, Aroundtown S.A, Grand City Properties S.A, Heimstaden Bostad, Covivio S.A, CBRE Pan European Core Fund, and Covivio Hotels. He also contributes to sector research publications on European Real Estate markets. 

He is also an ESG real estate sector expert, where he is responsible for supporting sustainable team on real estate sector work. 

Prior to joining S&P, Manish worked in the Merger and Acquisitions team at a Corporate Group in India, negotiating and structuring private equity deals and focusing on other corporate finance related activities. 

Manish holds a degree in Business Administration and Bachelor’s in Commerce from University of Pune and Delhi. 

John heads the Ireland Subsidiary Payments Sales team for J.P. Morgan which focuses on delivering tailored Cash Management & Working Capital solutions to solve client challenges. John joined the firm in 2023 and leads a team responsible for driving new business opportunities across a portfolio of eCommerce, Technology, Healthcare and Diversified Industries clients. 

Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, John spent 18 years at Citi, where he held various roles across banking, sales and implementation. John holds a Bachelor’s degree from Dublin City University and a Masters in Finance from University College Dublin. 

Eleanor started writing about corporate treasury in the days before the iPhone was invented. Having since edited several financial publications, she has been working with TMI since January 2018.

With over 4 years’ experience at Meta, Aoife serves as Global Process Owner for Cash, leading strategic initiatives in in-house banking, cash optimization, and process standardization. Previously, Aoife developed her treasury expertise at companies including Aptiv, Publicis, Bank of America, and Pfizer. Aoife holds an honours bachelor’s degree in business (Accounting) and is an ACCA-qualified accountant.

Csilla is a seasoned treasury professional with over 15 years of experience in corporate treasury, specializing in cash and liquidity management, bank relationship optimization, and financial risk management. She has spent the past 7 years at MOL Group, an international, integrated oil and gas company from Hungary, where she currently leads Cash Management Operations at MOL GBS.

In her current role, Csilla manages a team of 12 treasury experts responsible for overseeing liquidity and treasury operations across more than 100 MOL Group companies in the CEE region.

Csilla’s accomplishments include the successful implementation of multi-entity, cross-border cash pooling structures and the rollout of a global payment platform in collaboration with nine banking groups— initiatives that have significantly strengthened MOL Group’s treasury infrastructure.

Angéla Turzó as the Head of Invoice-to-Pay at MOL Group, is leading an organization of over 100 professionals across seven teams, delivering accounts payable and payment operations services to MOL Group companies. With over two decades of experience in corporate finance and treasury, Angéla has held various leadership roles in MOL Group Treasury and MOL GBS, the financial service company of MOL Group. Her expertise spans treasury systems, intra-group and external financing, bank relations, and strategic project management. She has successfully managed multi-billion euro debt portfolios and driven operational excellence across regional subsidiaries.

Matt Cooper is a broadcaster, podcaster, author and journalist. He presents The Last Word daily on TodayFM. He is the host of the Path to Power and Magnified podcasts. His latest book, his sixth, is Dynasty, the story of Dunnes Stores and the family that created and still owns it. He writes for the Business Post and Irish Daily Mail weekly. 

Hannah is responsible for managing the Liquidity Product portfolio in the EMEA region and has been with Bank of America since 2020.  Prior to joining Bank of America, Hannah worked in Liquidity Product Management at Barclays Corporate Bank. 

Aman joined GE HealthCare in September’22 as Assistant Treasurer – Business Treasury, standing-up and leading global operational liquidity & cash, regional cash analytics/forecasting, banking relationships and global foreign exchange risk management. Aman is based in Dublin, Ireland.

Before joining GE HealthCare, Aman was Executive – North America & EMEA Treasury at GE, where his responsibilities included global inter-company and derivative operations and led global operations teams in several divestitures at GE Capital. Prior to relocating to Dublin in 2016, Aman held various leadership positions in GE’s APAC Treasury. Before joining GE, Aman spent 4 years with PwC in various audit & risk management roles.

Aman is a Chartered Accountant by qualification. Aman, and his wife, Anisha enjoy traveling especially road trips. They have ranked ‘PCH 1’ in California as the best drive they’ve been on so far.

Colum Lane is Vice President and Assistant Treasurer at Pfizer, overseeing Capital Markets, Capital Strategy, Treasury Planning, Risk Management, International Treasury, U.S. Treasury Operations, and Digital.

Reporting directly to the SVP, Treasurer, Colum leads strategic initiatives across the company’s capital structure, long-range planning, and business development support.

Colum began his career in Dublin’s IFSC as a Trader and Investment Manager before transitioning into Treasury Management consulting. He joined Pfizer in Dublin in 2005 as Portfolio Manager for corporate cash reserves and relocated to corporate headquarters in New York in 2008. In New York he had the opportunity to work in several Treasury functions, including Risk Management, Pensions, Capital Markets and he was appointed Assistant Treasurer in 2015. Colum relocated his family to Dublin in 2023 but continues to work in a global capacity at Pfizer.

A graduate of University College Dublin (UCD), Colum holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master of Business Studies from UCD. With over 30 years of experience in capital markets and multinational corporate finance, he brings deep expertise in global asset management, treasury planning, and risk mitigation.

Alex is a VP in our Corporate FX Sales team located in Germany, supporting clients at the very forefront in all matters regarding FX Risk Management. From daily market colour and trade execution to more strategic risk management topics, she is skilled in across a wide range of topics important for Corporate Treasury.

Alex has worked in the industry for 18 years, joining Barclays in 2023 with a wealth of experience from her previous roles.  Before working in banking Alex spent a large portion of her professional career on the client side, gaining extensive experience on various projects across the whole value chain. Her corporate background allows her to easily relate to her client’s needs. 

She holds a diploma/masters degree in Economics from the University of Münster in Germany with majors in International Economic Relations and Finance

Responsible for treasury operations across 21 countries outside the US. In over five years with Equifax, he has been at the centre of Equifax’s treasury journey spanning everything from aligning global cash policies, implementing a multi-currency notional pooling structure, to implementing a TMS. He is also a company director of the three Equifax subsidiaries in Ireland. An ACT small team of the year winner in 2023, and a highly commended entry for the IACT awards in 2024. He has worked in treasury for over 12 years, previously working at CRH Plc and Bank of America. Paul has a BSc in Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology from University College Dublin.

Paul has been Global head of Cyber Operations, Security Threat Intelligence, Insider Threat, and MD of the Cyber Fraud Fusion Centre. 

Paul is a founding and serving non-Exec Director of the Cyber Defence Alliance in London and founding member of the Executive Committee of the UK Financial Services Cyber Collaboration Centre.    

Paul joined Barclays from the European Cybercrime Centre in The Hague.  Paul coordinated joint USA and EU Law Enforcement operations against the globes worst cyber criminals including; advanced criminal hacker groups,  darkweb paedophile networks and internet fraudsters.

Paul was also the founding Co-Chair of the European Union Cybercrime Task Force. Paul is one of only 400 recipients of the Scott medal, An Garda Siochana. 

Paul was awarded a Fellowship of the Irish Computer Society in 2021 for a lifetime contribution to Cyber Security.  

Paul received a Lifetime Achievement Award from UCD for his services to Cyber in 2012 and more recently awarded the prestigious UCD Alumni Award for his outstanding overall contribution to Science in 2024.  

Primary responsibilities – Capital Strategy, Debt, Ratings Agencies, Global FX, Risk Management, Cashflow, Middle Office and Cash Management.

Team Lead – IACT Award 2025 Finalist

Catherine has been with AIG for just over 12 years, working with Investments initially before moving to Treasury, managing both the EMEA and NAMER cash management desks before moving into a Strategy role in 2021. Catherine has been heavily involved in Treasury Transformation in AIG over the past number of years.
AIG Project Name: “Leveraging Technology to Drive Transformational Change”
After the separation of AIG’s Life & Retirement business through the initial public offering of Corebridge Financial, Inc in 2022, we saw an opportunity to replace end-of-life treasury technology. The legacy environment consisted of in-house and highly customized data sources, siloed applications, and complex upstream and downstream system integrations. The infrastructure was complex, and we did not have a central place to process or leverage data. It was an 18-month process, with the build phase starting in January 2023. Our goal was to transform our program and streamline our end-to-end operating processes, while also taking into consideration new, faster ways of working by leveraging technology. Having a great team of colleagues with technical expertise and experience was instrumental to our success. Early in the project, we assembled a Steering Committee to ensure we had regular engagement at all levels of management, including our Treasurer, CIO, Operational leaders, Senior Executives. With the rollout of this project, we were able to retire ten in-house applications. This revamped our treasury process, moving toward a best-in-class solution that offered a more standardized and streamlined approach. We were able to achieve significant capacity gains from the automation and centralization of all data and processing into one application. Our team has moved away from highly manual tasks and is instead spending more time analyzing data and making informed decisions. This project also gave us uniform processes, allowing us to take fuller advantage of our position as a global company.

Team Lead – IACT Award 2025 Finalist

Wiebke Foerstmann is a seasoned finance leader with deep expertise in corporate treasury and strategic financing. Since joining BASF in 2010, Wiebke has held roles across controlling, digital solutions, and treasury. Currently based in Dublin, Wiebke leads BASF Ireland’s treasury operations, overseeing intercompany lending, bond issuances, FX trading, and cash management across global markets.

She played a key role in BASF’s Panda Bond issuance in China and drives digitalization and strategic financing initiatives. Known for a collaborative and empowering leadership style, Wiebke fosters innovation and clarity in complex financial environments. In addition to her treasury responsibilities, Wiebke serves on the Board of Directors and acts as co-country lead for Ireland. She holds a Master’s degree from Rotterdam School of Management and a Bachelor’s from Passau University.

Project Overview

BASF is among the world’s largest chemical companies and one of the few with a manufacturing site in Ireland. Our ambition is to be the preferred chemical company enabling our customers’ green transformation. Dublin hosts BASF’s Ireland Financing Platform. 

In 2024, BASF Ireland DAC made history as the first Irish issuer of a Panda bond in China’s interbank market, raising approximately EUR 250 million at a fixed 2.39% for three years. This landmark transaction was more than a financial milestone—it represented a bold step into China’s domestic capital market under BASF’s “Financing in China for China” strategy. The proceeds funded BASF’s Chinese subsidiaries, ensuring currency-congruent financing and advancing sustainable growth. 

Executing this deal required a multi-faceted transformation, including converting financial statements from Irish GAAP to EU-IFRS and changing the company’s legal form. The project navigated complex regulatory landscapes across multiple jurisdictions, bringing together high-caliber teams from Ireland, Germany, and China, alongside leading legal and banking partners. Oversubscribed and cost-efficient, the bond achieved the lowest coupon ever by a global multinational in the Panda market at the time. 

Building on this success, BASF Ireland DAC replicated the model in 2025 with a dual-tranche CNY 3 billion issuance, including BASF’s first 5-year CNY bond. These achievements deliver substantial financial benefits, set new standards for treasury innovation, and provide a blueprint for other Irish companies seeking to access international capital markets. This story reflects innovation, excellence, and the collaborative spirit that defines BASF Ireland DAC’s approach to international finance. 

Team Lead – IACT Award 2025 Finalist

NYSE listed Flutter Entertainment plc is the global leader in sports betting, iGaming and poker.  Brands include Paddy Power, Betfair, Tombola and PokerStars in the UK, FanDuel in the US, SportsBet in Australia, SISAL and Snai in Italy, Adjarabet in Georgia, and MaxBet in Serbia. Flutter holds leading positions in the US, UK, Italy and Australia.

The regulated gaming industry creates specific challenges for Flutter Treasury due to diverse regulatory requirements, country-specific banking constraints, and a long history of M&A that introduced complex banking arrangements. Managing 150 banking partners, 1,500 accounts and extensive manual processes limited the visibility of group cash and prevented efficient use of funds.Bi-weekly AP cycles took up to six days to execute, and mobilising funds from cash-generative markets (UK, Italy, Australia) to support high-growth regions such as the US was difficult.

Flutter partnered with J.P. Morgan to transform its treasury and banking landscape by implementing an industry-first virtual account structure to establish a centralised in-house bank. The solution connects global operations through cross-border sweeping and cross-currency notional pooling, enabling a payments-on-behalf-of model and resolving legacy Oracle constraints. The multi-entity virtual account framework now supports over 85 legal entities, more than 80 percent of group AP, and over 12,000 monthly payroll payments.

This operating model improves reconciliation, visibility, controls and risk management, supports SOX requirements, and provides a scalable blueprint for future acquisitions. It also enhances liquidity mobilisation to fund FanDuel’s continued growth as the leading US sports betting and iGaming platform.

Team Lead – IACT Award 2025 Finalist

In April 2024 Solventum spun off from 3M as a standalone Healthcare Company with the mission of enabling better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives.  With this spin-off, Solventum’s Treasury team faced the remarkable challenge of building a fully independent global treasury infrastructure within just eight months. The task involved supporting 75 entities across 33 countries and 20 currencies while ensuring uninterrupted operations. The team executed a comprehensive setup and transformation: opening 268 bank accounts worldwide, implementing dual multicurrency notional pools with J.P. Morgan and Citibank, and establishing a Dublin-based financing holding entity to centralize approximately 80% of global liquidity. They also deployed Kyriba Treasury Management System in record time, automating processes and providing real-time visibility across nearly 390 accounts.

The impact was significant. The new structure delivered $18M in annual interest earnings, $1.6M in interest cost savings, and $1.5M in FX savings through optimized spreads and natural hedging. Liquidity centralization improved investment returns and minimized FX risk, while early exit from the Transition Services Agreement reduced costs and accelerated independence. Beyond infrastructure, Treasury became a strategic enabler—supporting major initiatives such as the divestiture of the Purification & Filtration business, which enabled a 30% reduction in company debt. The team’s innovative approach, operational excellence, and financial impact positioned Solventum for sustainable growth and future ERP integration. This achievement exemplifies resilience and creativity under pressure, transforming Treasury from a back-office function into a strategic partner driving financial stability and enabling investment in healthcare innovation.