The Treasury Career Corner

AI is transforming treasury, but can you really trust the technology if you don’t understand the fundamentals behind it?
As treasury teams embrace AI, automation, and new technologies, having a strong foundation in treasury has never been more important. From understanding financial models to making decisions with incomplete information, knowing how things work remains essential, even as technology changes how the work gets done.
In this episode Mike is joined by Ashish Saraogi, VP Treasurer at Solstice Advanced Materials, a leading specialty materials company.
Ashish shares his experience of building a treasury function from scratch following Solstice's separation from Honeywell, including establishing banking relationships, implementing treasury infrastructure, and building a global team.
He also explores how AI is helping smaller treasury teams develop financial models and improve efficiency, why treasury professionals must understand the underlying processes before relying on technology, and how adaptability, continuous learning, and a willingness to embrace uncomfortable challenges are becoming increasingly important for treasury professionals.
Main Topics Discussed:
Building treasury from scratch: Establishing banking relationships, systems, and a global team.
Using AI in treasury: Developing financial models and improving efficiency with smaller teams.
Mastering the fundamentals: Why understanding treasury processes matters before relying on AI.
Capital markets experience: Managing debt, investments, interest rates, and financial risk.
Decision-making under uncertainty: Making informed decisions without having all the answers.
The future of treasury: Exploring AI, digital currencies, and evolving payment technologies.
Building effective treasury teams: Combining financial knowledge with technological expertise.
Continuous learning: Embracing challenges, adaptability, and career development.

You can connect with Ashish Saraogi on LinkedIn.
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How can treasury leaders build trust, influence decisions, and demonstrate their value beyond the finance function?
In this episode of the Treasury Career Corner podcast, Mike is joined by Domenico De Maio, Group Head of Treasury & Tax at Helsinn Group, a global pharmaceutical company focused on improving the quality of life of patients with cancer and chronic diseases.
With over 21 years of treasury experience in Switzerland, Domenico De Maio shares how the treasury profession has evolved from a largely operational function into a more strategic business partner.
Drawing on his experience leading a lean treasury team, he explains why building relationships, communicating effectively, and earning trust across the organisation are essential to making treasury more influential.
The conversation also explores the importance of taking ownership of your career, embracing new responsibilities, and staying curious as technology and AI continue to shape the treasury profession.
Main Topics Discussed:
How treasury leaders can build trust and influence colleagues beyond the finance function.
Why treasury has evolved from an operational function into a strategic business partner.
How stronger collaboration across departments can improve the cash conversion cycle.
The importance of prioritisation and resourcefulness when leading lean treasury teams.
How taking on tax and additional responsibilities can support treasury career development.
The potential impact of AI and technology on treasury operations and finance transformation.
Why networking, professional visibility, and meaningful relationships matter in treasury.
How curiosity, initiative, and new opportunities can shape a successful treasury career.

You can connect with Domenico De Maio on LinkedIn.
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What does it really take to lead a successful global treasury team? Is it about centralising everything, adopting the latest technology, or knowing when to step back and trust your people?
In this episode of the Treasury Career Corner podcast, host Mike Richards welcomes back Patrick Peters Buehler, Global Treasurer at Arcera Life Sciences, an international life sciences company operating across multiple continents.
With over 25 years of experience in treasury and finance, Patrick shares his perspectives on leadership, global treasury transformation, and the importance of building teams that are empowered to make decisions while maintaining strong processes and controls.
Drawing on his current experience leading a geographically dispersed treasury team, Patrick explains why centralising information doesn't necessarily mean centralising people.
He also discusses the challenges of simplifying banking structures, the limitations of real-time treasury, and why human judgment remains essential as AI and new technologies continue to develop.
What We Cover in This Episode
Why effective treasury leadership requires delegation, trust, accountability and strong processes.
How centralised treasury data and decentralised teams can support global operations.
Transforming treasury across 19 countries, reducing banking relationships from 60 to five core banks.
The risks and inefficiencies of relying on Excel, manual processes and disconnected systems.
Whether real-time treasury offers genuine advantages over traditional end-of-day reporting.
How AI and predictive analytics could improve cash flow forecasting while retaining human judgment.
Why continuous learning, treasury conferences and sharing best practices are essential.
How rising costs of capital, emerging markets, blockchain and tokenisation are shaping treasury's future.

You can connect with Patrick Peters-Bühler on LinkedIn.
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AI is changing treasury fast, but technology alone won’t create a stronger function.
In this episode, with Antonios Reizopoulos, Head of Treasury at Nomios Group, we explore how treasury leaders can combine AI with people, process, governance and human judgment to improve fraud prevention, decision-making and resilience - while building teams that are ready for the future.
This week, Mike Richards is joined by Antonios Reizopoulos, Head of Treasury at Nomios Group, a leading European cybersecurity and networking company operating across seven countries.
Antonios is currently responsible for building and developing Nomios’ treasury function, with a focus on creating a more centralised, scalable and controlled operating model across areas including liquidity management, cash forecasting, banking, FX, credit facilities and treasury technology.
Antonios shares his perspective on what it takes to build a modern treasury function from the ground up and why treasury needs to be viewed as a core business partner rather than an isolated finance function.
He discusses the importance of gaining broad treasury experience, building effective teams, managing multiple priorities and securing stakeholder buy-in during transformation projects.
The conversation also explores the growing impact of AI on treasury, particularly in fraud prevention, monitoring and forecasting. Antonios explains why AI should support treasury professionals rather than replace them, and why the strongest treasury functions will combine technology with robust processes, governance and human judgment.
What we discuss:
Why treasury should be viewed as a core partner to the wider business.
Building a centralised and scalable treasury function from the ground up.
Why understanding the full treasury operating model is more valuable than working in individual silos.
How liquidity, cash forecasting, receivables and working capital connect in a fast-moving treasury environment.
What Antonios looks for when recruiting treasury professionals, including integrity, curiosity and problem-solving ability.
How AI can support fraud detection, anomaly identification, forecasting and decision-making.
Why effective fraud prevention requires people, process, technology and governance working together.
The importance of stakeholder communication and buy-in when delivering treasury transformation.

You can connect with Antonios Reizopoulos on LinkedIn.
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Technical treasury expertise can earn you credibility, but it takes results, relationships, adaptability and an understanding of the wider business to build lasting influence.
In this episode, Julia Donegan, Senior Global Treasury Director at Newell Brands, explores what it takes to lead treasury through transformation, build a high-performing global team and make sure treasury continues to have a meaningful voice across the organisation.
Julia Donegan is Senior Global Treasury Director at Newell Brands, a leading global consumer goods company behind brands including Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Graco, Coleman, Yankee Candle and Paper Mate.
In her current role, Julia leads a global treasury team and works across treasury operations, transformation, banking structures, technology, liquidity and strategic business collaboration.
Julia shares her perspective on leading treasury in an organisation that is constantly changing and why strong technical knowledge is only one part of becoming an effective treasury leader.
She discusses how her team has approached large-scale treasury transformation while maintaining control of day-to-day cash operations, the importance of breaking complex projects into manageable stages and why collaboration with banks, IT, tax and other teams is essential.
The conversation also explores leadership, developing treasury talent, practical applications of AI, building strong professional relationships and why treasury professionals at every level need to keep learning and evolving.
Main Topics Discussed:
How to maintain control of daily treasury operations while delivering major transformation projects
Why breaking treasury projects into smaller, manageable stages can help maintain momentum
Building and developing a global treasury team through continuous organisational change
Why treasury needs to clearly communicate its requirements when working with IT and technology teams
Where AI is adding practical value in treasury and where human expertise remains essential
Why technical expertise and results can get treasury into senior conversations, but relationships help build influence
The importance of building relationships across the organisation, with banking partners and within the wider treasury community
Why treasury professionals should continually volunteer for projects, broaden their experience and avoid standing still

You can connect with Julia Donegan on LinkedIn.
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