Featured speakers

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  Tai Carr-Fraser

  Senior director, assistant treasurer
  Capri Holdings Limited

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  Tai Carr-Fraser

  Senior director, assistant treasurer
  Capri Holdings Limited

  Tai Carr-Fraser serves as Senior Director, Assistant Treasurer at Capri Holdings Limited. In this role, Tai oversees the Treasury department, managing global operations for renowned brands such as Versace, Jimmy Choo, and Michael Kors. With a Certified Treasury Professional credential and 15 years of experience, Tai demonstrates expertise in cash management, FX hedging, liquidity, and working capital management.

  Tai is committed to fostering excellence within her teams, providing pivotal guidance to the Treasurer, and spearheading various global initiatives including bank consolidation and treasury technology implementations. Tai’s responsibilities encompass a wide range of tasks, including cash flow forecasting, debt management, compliance, and talent development. With meticulous attention to detail and strategic foresight, she ensures the effective execution of financial strategies while nurturing robust relationships with financial institutions and stakeholders.

  Tai’s dedication extends to actively engaging in diversity and inclusion programs. She serves as Treasurer for Capri’s Scholarship Foundation and the employee resource group, BOLD, contributing to positive change both internally and externally. Driven by a passion for impactful change, Tai aspires to leave a lasting positive legacy in every role and organization she serves.

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  Bruce Edlund

  Group director, assistant treasurer

  Cloud Software Group

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  Bruce Edlund

  Group director, assistant treasurer

  Cloud Software Group

  Bruce Edlund is Senior Director, Assistant Treasurer at Citrix Systems, Inc. based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Mr. Edlund manages a global team of four who are responsible for cash and liquidity management, investments, cash flow and balance sheet hedging, bank relationships and stock buyback. Mr. Edlund has over 14 years of treasury experience as Assistant Treasurer at DIRECTV Latin America, Senior Corporate Treasury Manager at Citrix, Director of Global Cash Management at Walmart Stores, Inc. and returning to Citrix in 2014. His experience in very different-sized companies in different industries has given Mr. Edlund a wealth of experience into different ways of tackling treasury’s challenges. Prior to corporate treasury, Mr. Edlund worked for five years in investment banking in Latin America, primarily at Bank of America. Mr. Edlund has a MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management where he maintains ties and has been a regular guest judge for their FORAD finance competition. He also has B.A. degrees in Economics and French from California State University, Sacramento. After studying, living and/or working in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain and South America, Mr. Edlund speaks French and Spanish. With his work in Latin America along with living in South Florida for 13 years, he is conversant in Spanish.

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  Jose Manuel Olguin Sepulveda

  Head of corporate treasury and risk management

  FEMSA

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  Jose Manuel Olguin Sepulveda

  Head of corporate treasury and risk management

  FEMSA

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  James Krikorian

  VP, treasurer

  Krispy Kreme

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  James Krikorian

  VP, treasurer

  Krispy Kreme

  James Krikorian is the Vice President & Treasurer for Krispy Kreme. His extensive global treasury career began with the Italian headquartered Pirelli Spa and later Prysmian Spa where he worked abroad in Istanbul, London and Milan. More recently, and before joining Krispy Kreme, he headed the North American Treasury for AB Electrolux for the better part of a decade.

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  Rahul Modi

  SVP, enterprise planning

  Lumen Technologies

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  Rahul Modi

  SVP, enterprise planning

  Lumen Technologies

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  Samuel Vallotton

  VP, treasury

  Salesforce

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  Samuel Vallotton

  VP, treasury

  Salesforce

  Samuel Vallotton is the Global Head of Treasury Operations at Salesforce. During his 10 years at this dynamic tech company he witnessed a number of changes through the company’s unprecedented growth. The most recent step in that transformative journey is the implementation of the company’s first in-house bank. Prior to his tenure at Salesforce, Samuel was engaged with several global companies at various stages of growth, both in the US and internationally (BAT, Nestlé, Tetra Pak, Sensormatic). His roots go back to Switzerland and UBS bank, where he began his career. In his free time, he will be found on a bike somewhere, breathing fresh air and enjoying the outdoors.  

   

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  Arijit Dasgupta

  Assistant treasurer

  Viatris 

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  Arijit Dasgupta

  Assistant treasurer

  Viatris 

  Arijit Dasgupta has been the Assistant Treasurer at Viatris responsible for Cash Management, Working Capital Optimization and FX Risk Management since Nov 2020. Viatris Inc. was formed in Nov 2020 as a result of the combination of Mylan N.V. and Pfizer’s Upjohn business, creating a global healthcare company providing medicines across 165 markets. Viatris reported a revenue of ~$16B in 2022. Before joining Viatris through the business combination, Arijit spent 8 years at Pfizer in various roles in Mergers and Acquisitions and Treasury. Prior to Pfizer, Arijit spent 10 year at General Electric starting in the Financial Management Program, and then Corporate Audit Staff, followed by various roles in FP&A and Technical Accounting.

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  Connie Miner

  SVP, global head of treasury

  News Corp

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  Connie Miner

  SVP, global head of treasury

  News Corp

  Connie Miner is SVP, Global Head of Treasury at News Corp, where she manages all aspects of the Treasury function across the company. She started at News Corp in April of 2020 as VP, Assistant Treasurer.

  Prior to joining News Corporation, Connie was Assistant Treasurer at Capri Holdings Limited (“CHL”) and was with the company for almost six years. During this time, Connie assisted in securing financing to fund the acquisitions of Jimmy Choo and Versace and was responsible for global treasury operations.

  Previous to joining CHL, Connie worked on the Corporate Treasury team at The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company and started her career at Greif, Inc., both in the Global headquarters in Ohio and the South American headquarters in Brazil.

  Connie is a Certified Treasury Professional, holds a Global MBA from the University of North Florida and a consortium of European universities, and graduated from The College of New Jersey with a B.S. in Finance and minor in International Business.

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  Tatiane Mendonça

  Head of treasury and risk
  GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes

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  Tatiane Mendonça

  Head of treasury and risk
  GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes

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  Francisco Salinas

  Treasurer

  CEMEX USA

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  Francisco Salinas

  Treasurer

  CEMEX USA

  Francisco Salinas is the Treasurer for CEMEX USA since April 2019. In his current role, he oversees all cash management and financing activities for the CEMEX USA group. Since joining CEMEX in 2011, Francisco has held various roles in the Treasury and Planning departments at both CEMEX USA and CEMEX Corporate. Prior to joining CEMEX, he was part of the Downstream Controllers group at ExxonMobil in Fairfax, VA, and served as an Infantry Captain in the U.S. Army. Francisco holds a B.A. in International Affairs from the George Washington University and an M.B.A. from Rice University.