Leanne Evans CCTA

Leanne is a Treasury Manager at the Coles Group, responsible for the back office and accounting functions for Treasury. Leanne has just returned to Coles following the demerger from Wesfarmers in November 2018, after almost 9 years in a similar role for toll road operator Transurban. Prior to that, she spent 14 years in the Coles Group Treasury function in various roles prior to the Wesfarmers acquisition of Coles.

Tim Evans CCTA

Tim is a Treasury professional with experience across multiple Treasury and Risk Management functions in a global environment. Tim is currently Director, Treasury Management Systems and Processes at CSL. Prior to CSL, Tim was the Treasury Risk & Compliance Manager at Transurban and involved in the Treasury Transformation programme to address Treasury’s technology and operational requirements to support the rapid growth of the business. Prior to this, Tim spent nearly 10 years in the UK arriving just before the GFC and subsequently working in various Treasury Risk Management roles in large financial institutions dealing with new regulatory requirements, Asset and Liability initiatives, policy and documentation enhancements and funds transfer pricing to name a few.

Stephanie Tomsic CCTA

Piero Cabrera CCTA

Piero Cabrera was born in Peru and held a Bachiller degree in Accounting from Universidad del Pacifico in Peru. He started as Treasury Analyst in the Peruvian subsidiary of Shell Dutch Company between 2000 and 2002. Since then he has worked in the US and Peru in different finance roles within the resources industry. In 2009, he moved to Australia to expand his professional career in the resources industry. He worked as Senior Treasury Advisor for an Oil and Gas entity in Western Australia from 2015 until 2019. Currently, he is working as Senior Treasury Analyst in an ASX 200 company on a contract basis. Piero has developed strong experience in Liquidity Management, Foreign Exchange Currency contracts, Syndicate Facility Agreements, Transactional Banking tender and implementation, Treasury Management Systems, and Trade Credit transactions. Piero is a member of CPA Australia as well as a member of ACTA.

Matthew Egan CCTA

Matthew Egan joined Wesfarmers Limited in 2005, and as Finance Manager is responsible for assisting in managing the debt funding through bank facilities and debt capital markets, project financing and evaluation, bank and credit rating agency relationships, foreign exchange and interest risk, capital (inclusive of dividends, employee share plans, returns) and debt investor relations. Matthew began his career with Ernst & Young in their Corporate Taxation Advisory department after which Matthew worked for the National Westminster Bank in London in their Group Finance team. Matthew is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand.

Kurt Smith CCTA

Kurt Smith is a Director of Marengo Capital, a corporate advisory company specialising in treasury, financial markets, corporate finance and private equity. Marengo Capital has a track record of, and passion for, creating and managing for long term enterprise value by aligning corporate strategy, finance and risk.

Kurt is also the Vice President and Technical Director of the Australian Corporate Treasury Association, a member of the Australian Payments Network Stakeholder Advisory Council, and a member of FX Markets Asia Advisory Board. His career includes senior positions across fund management, bank derivative trading, Fintech, private equity and corporate treasury. He has a Ph.D in Finance, and an M.Phil. from the University of Cambridge.

Sam MacPherson CCTA

Treasury Manager at Woolworths

James Lombe CCTA

Treasury Advisory | Director at PwC

Fiona Caheny CCTA

Director Corporate Treasury at Mastercard

Dale Luong CCTA

Head of Treasury at Lion

James Conway, CCTA

James is a senior leader in HSBC Australia’s Global Liquidity and Cash Management client advisory business. He has 18+ years’ career experience across a breadth of transaction banking functions including Advisory, Market Management, Product Development, Project Management, Integration Consulting, Business Management and Account Management. This broad exposure enables James to be a trusted advisor to Treasurers and CFOs across Australia’s largest organisations.

Iain Ascough CCTA

Iain joined Aveo Group as Treasury Manager in March 2009 and in June 2012 was promoted to Group Treasury and Insurance Manager, with responsibility for managing the Group’s debt funding, hedging and cash flow management activities, as well as all insurance related matters. Prior to joining Aveo, Iain worked for National Australia Bank (NAB) for nearly 7 years, where he was an Associate Director in the Institutional Banking Division, having worked in their London and Brisbane offices. Iain commenced his career working as an Accountant for 6 years in both commercial and public practice roles.

Dora Szasz White, CCTA

Dora is an experienced Treasury Manager with over 10 years in the resources sector. Managing treasury functions at Peabody Energy Australian and New Hope Group, her focus is cash flow management, hedging, leasing and finance facilities. Dora commenced her career providing economic and financial analysis in Queensland Treasury.