Next-Generation Treasury Talent & Succession Planning Strategies

What does it take to build a treasury team that thrives across generations, adapts to global challenges, and embraces AI without losing the human touch?

In this special episode, Winny Li, Ellen Cornelissen and Mike Richards explore the strategies top treasurers use to shape the future of their teams - captured in front of a live audience at one of the world’s premier treasury events.

This episode of the Treasury Career Corner podcast was recorded live at the 34th EuroFinance International Treasury Conference in Budapest, bringing together treasury professionals from around the world.

Host Mike Richards is joined on stage by these two amazing leading global treasurers to discuss how forward-thinking organizations are redefining what it means to build, develop, and retain treasury talent in today’s fast-changing world.

Guests Speakers:

• Winny Li, Group Treasurer at PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific
• Ellen Cornelissen, Treasury Director, Europe & Asia at Filtration Group

From hybrid work expectations and multi-generational teams to leveraging AI and promoting a culture of curiosity, this engaging panel discussion delivers valuable insights for treasury professionals at every stage of their careers.

What We Cover in This Episode:

• Defining next-generation treasury talent: What skills and qualities matter most?
• Building global teams: Collaboration across time zones and cultures
• The evolving priorities of treasury professionals: Hybrid work, purpose, and benefits
• Succession planning: Embedding it into your team from day one
• Encouraging cross-generational collaboration and mutual learning
• Balancing formal education with real-world training and rotations
• How AI is used (and misused) in treasury - from policy writing to hiring
• Fostering psychological safety and continuous development in teams

You can connect with Winny Li on LinkedIn.

You can connect with Ellen Cornelissen on LinkedIn.

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