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Head of Treasury Latam, Yosymar Vasquez describes some of the challenges and progress so far in achieving visibility and control over cash in the region.

Key Points

• AkzoNobel has a global treasury structure based in the Netherlands and with regional treasury hubs in other major regions
• The author describes the operations of the Latam treasury centre based in Sao Paulo, which has around 30 bank relationships
• The Latam treasury has embarked on a major project aimed at optimising visibility and control over cash, involving both in-country cash pooling and concentrating cash regionally, where possible
• The project has started in Brazil and is being extended to Argentina and other countries, with the aim of completion by the end of 2016

Written by

Yosymar Vásquez

AkzoNobel