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Worldly Women: an International Treasury Career Dialogue Worldly Women An International Treasury Career Dialogue Panelists Courtney Mattson Susan Mercer Deb Burgess Vice President Vice President Senior Vice President, Treasurer Assistant Treasurer Head of Product Advisory Moderator Louise McDonnell Vice President, International Advisor Moderator: Louise McDonnell . Vice President, International Treasury Advisory Team, PNC . Responsible for consulting with corporate clients to review their international banking processes and to recommend best practices, efficiencies and risk mitigation . Prior to PNC, Louise’s experience includes roles in relationship management and international banking at Lloyds, ANZ, Westpac, and JPMorgan Chase, Australia Panelist: Courtney Mattson . Courtney Mattson is Mosaic’s Vice President and Treasurer and is responsible for global capital market activities, treasury operations, credit and risk management functions. Mattson is responsible for Canada, Brazil, China, Peru and India treasury functions. Mattson chairs Mosaic’s Global Pension Committee (GPIC) and Foreign Exchange Committee (FRC) and is an active member of both Mosaic’s Position Committee and Mosaic’s Commodity Risk Committee (MCRC). Previously, Courtney was Mosaic’s Senior Director – Tax Planning and Analysis where she helped achieve Mosaic’s objectives through strategic tax planning and collaboration with business partners across the company. Mattson focused on domestic and international tax strategy, global tax . MBA, Carlson School of policy and all tax aspects of business development. Business . While at Mosaic, Mattson lead projects involving several strategic . BBA, Finance, University of Madison-WI acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures. Mattson helped guide Mosaic through the Cargill split-off and subsequent share repurchases. Licensed CPA, Minnesota (Inactive) . Prior to joining Mosaic, Mattson worked for KPMG LLP in a variety of roles including federal tax, international tax planning and mergers and acquisitions. Panelist: . Susan Mercer has served as assistant treasurer since June 1, 2012. Her job responsibilities include North America treasury, global insurance programs, and financial institution relationship management. Susan began her career with Cargill as an operations analyst in the Financial Markets Division in 1992. Throughout her career she’s held various positions with accountabilities in cash management, financial trading operations, project management, worldwide audit, business development and corporate treasury advisory. University of Saint Thomas, B.A. in business administration . From 2006 through 2010 she served as assistant regional . University of Minnesota treasurer and director of Cargill Asia Pacific Treasury Ltd. based Carlson School of Management Executive Program in Singapore, before returning to Minneapolis in the debt capital markets. Panelist: Deb Burgess . Over 29 years of experience in Treasury Management leadership at top financial institutions, leading sales teams, product management, consulting groups, product development, marketing and operations. Presently, she serves as PNC’s Head of the Treasury Solutions Group and Product Content Management within Treasury Management. Prior to joining PNC, Deb spent more than 4 years as Senior Vice President and Director of Treasury Management at First Niagara Bank. Deb spent five years at Santander’s Bank, where she served as a Senior Vice President and Director of Product Management for Payables and Receivables, Lockbox Customer Service and Implementation. She previously held leadership positions at Wachovia Bank, Bank of America . Assumption College and Fleet Bank, where she started her career. Cash Management Program at . Deb has taken several leadership courses at Harvard Business School, NYU’s Stern School of Business including the Executive Leadership Development Program and the Women in Leadership Forum. She is a Permanent Certified Cash Manager (CTP), a member of the Treasury Management Association of New England (TMANE), Association of Financial Professionals (AFP), and the American Diabetes Association. She is located in Boston, MA. How did you find the field of International Treasury – or how did it find you? 6 Women in Leadership Roles Are Rising Accenture Ernst & Young LLP Chico’s FAS, Inc FleishmanHillard 47% 90 offices 96% 10/17 of North American have Professional of management female leads for Global leadership team are Women’s Networks promotions went to Client Leadership women women in 2016 program and it’s run by a woman L’Oreal USA JLL Marriott Proctor & Gamble International 47% 45% 40% 44% of the board of Increase from 2014- of the direct reports of those with P&L directors is women 2016 in the # of women to the CEO are responsibility are hired at the executive women women level NAFE Top 70 Companies for Executive Women 2018 7 What challenges have you faced in reaching your current position? How have you overcome them? 8 Treasury Developments Past decade of developments in Treasury Drive to increase efficiency Pressure to do more Migration of jobs and processes through technology with less staff to outsourced providers These changes bring . Visibility . Potential real time analytics . Better security and risk management . Impacts to the Treasurer and Treasury teams 9 Given these ongoing industry changes, what are areas that you put a greater focus on? What qualities do you think it takes to thrive? 10 Networking 70% of people in 2017 were hired at a company where they had a LinkedIn connection. 35% of surveyed professionals say that a casual LinkedIn conversation has led to a new opportunity. Networking provides opportunities to increase knowledge and connections that enable growth of grow your career. Engaging with colleagues promotes new connections and a happier working environment. The Balance (https://www.thebalance.com/top-career-networking-tips-2062604) 11 Identifying Your Fit Companies on NAFE’s Top Companies for Executive Women list for 15+ years: Companies supporting the development and promotion of women: Create a strong, Build a wider pool from Enable greater resilience qualified workforce. which to draw senior- through the diversity of level executives. perspective and approach. Commonwealth Business Council and ACCA joint report (https://www.scribd.com/document/229644322/ACCA-CBC-Rpt-Women-in-Leadership-Across-the-Commonwealth-0713) https://www.workingmother.com/sites/workingmother.com/files/attachments/2018/02/nafe-chart-2018.pdf 12 What are your thoughts on the value of networking? In what approach or tactics you have found the most success? 13 What does it take for employers to attract, retain, and elevate more women in this field? 14 What’s the one piece of advice you want to make sure the audience leaves with today? 15 Key Takeaways “Every day is a winding road.” -Cheryl Crow Taking risks Learn to say no if it’s against your principles sweetens the pie. Explore outside your comfort zone. Focus on your strengths. Be confident and assertive. Surround yourself with smarter, more experienced people…people you can learn from. 16.
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