People in Focus: Andrej Revay

Meridian Restaurants' Director of Treasury tells us why complacency is the enemy of progress when it comes to treasury best practice. She also shares her finest advice on time management.

Hiroshi Yaguchi established the CFO Headquarters Co., Ltd. in 2000 and served as its president. He then founded the Japan Association of Chief Financial Officers (JACFO) where he served as a Member of the Board until he was appointed as Executive Director in 2003.

It’s not just technical abilities Barbara Shortall looks for when recruiting for her team. Communication and relationship-building skills are high on her list, as well as the ability to “enjoy the complexities” of treasury. And if any of those complexities ever prove to be unusually tricky, she sometimes finds the answer while reading a good book.

After joining the treasury industry by accident, Karen Van Den Driessche has progressed through a lucrative career to become a representative for the profession in Belgium, through her role as chair of ATEB.

Guillermo De La Fuente’s rich and varied treasury career has seen him undertake positions for a variety of organisations including SITA, J.P. Morgan and even CERN. He is also a board member of the EACT, IGTA, ACTSR and Swiss Treasury Association.