Ask-The-Treasurer, London, Thu 19th Nov 2026

Featuring

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Catherine Porter

Head of Treasury at Arup

Catherine Porter is a seasoned finance and treasury leader with over two decades of experience spanning global corporates, not-for-profits, and professional services.

Currently Head of Treasury at Arup, she has previously held senior roles with Omnicom, CBRE, and Cancer Research UK, overseeing complex treasury operations across EMEA and Asia-Pacific.

Her expertise covers everything from FX, liquidity, and risk management to treasury transformation and governance. Catherine has led teams across multiple regions, managed treasury centres, and driven projects including cash pooling, system implementations, and M&A integrations.

Beyond her executive career, Catherine is an active non-executive contributor in the finance and treasury community. She has served as Chair of the Membership Advisory Panel at the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT), and as a member of both the Finance Committee of the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Cancer Research UK Pension Scheme Investment Committee.

Catherine is a Chartered Accountant (ACA) as well as a Fellow of the ACT (FCT).

 

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Amar Farooq

Group Treasurer, Westcon-Comstor

Amar Farooq is Group Treasurer at Westcon-Comstor, where he leads the group treasury function.

He brings a strong blend of treasury, finance and banking experience, having previously spent more than six years at Travelport, progressing through senior treasury roles including Senior Treasury Manager, Director & Deputy Group Treasurer, and Senior Director & Deputy Group Treasurer.

Before moving into corporate treasury, Amar built a strong finance foundation at RBS and Royal Bank of Scotland, with roles across treasury finance control, finance business partnering, FP&A, decision support, divestment and internal audit.

He is a Chartered Accountant through ICAS, holds the Certificate in International Treasury Management from the Association of Corporate Treasurers, and studied Economics at the University of Southampton.

His key areas of expertise include cash reporting, banking and financial risk.

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Guy Ingram

VP Treasury Operations at Anglo American

Guy Ingram is Vice President, Treasury Operations at Anglo American and an experienced treasury leader with more than 20 years’ multinational corporate treasury experience.

His career has spanned the mining, healthcare, FMCG, telecommunications and technology sectors, with senior treasury roles at Anglo American, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Anheuser-Busch InBev, SABMiller, BT and Agilent Technologies.

Guy has extensive experience in treasury transformation, operating model development, cash and liquidity management, funding, foreign exchange risk management, treasury technology and M&A integration. At SABMiller, he played a central role in developing the Group Treasury function across people, processes and technology, including the creation of regional treasury capabilities and the standardisation of treasury activities across multiple markets.

He has also led major treasury systems and process transformation programmes, including TMS implementations, bank connectivity projects, cash pooling structures, shared service initiatives and the integration of SABMiller’s treasury operations following its acquisition by AB InBev.

Guy is both AMCT and FCCA qualified. He is a regular treasury conference speaker and has contributed a number of articles to treasury industry publications

Mike Richards

CEO, The Treasury Recruitment Company

Mike Richards is the CEO & Founder of The Treasury Recruitment Company.
Established in 2002, The Treasury Recruitment Company are the only truly Global Treasury Recruitment firm in the world.

Mike regularly speaks at Treasury Recruitment conferences such as the EuroFinance International Treasurers Conference, the Windy City Summit in Chicago and the AFP USA Treasurers Conferences.

In addition Mike also hosts the very popular weekly podcast Treasury Career Corner where he interviews treasury professionals about their careers.

If you are between 6 months and 10 years into your treasury career, this is your chance to get direct advice from people who have already made the journey.

Watch the short video above to see how the Ask-The-Treasurer format worked in London.

Small groups.
Real career questions.
Practical advice.
No slides. No presentations.
Just open, honest conversation.

Introducing our ‘Ask-The-Treasurer’ session, created for earlier-stage corporate treasury professionals who want direct, practical career advice from people who have been there, done it, and can share what they have learned along the way.

For our London session, you will spend time in small-group discussions with:

📅 When: Thursday 19th November 2026

⏰ Timings: From 5.00pm to 6.00pm, ahead of our Treasury Career Corner LIVE in London panel session and networking drinks.

📍 Where: Main Auditorium, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, Exchange House, Primrose St, London EC2A 2EG

👥 Format: Small-group discussions targeted towards earlier-stage treasury professionals.

You’ll rotate between discussion groups.
You’ll spend 15 to 20 minutes in each group.
You can ask real career questions.
You’ll get practical advice.
No slides. No presentations. Just honest answers.

You’ll get:

  • Face-to-face time with experienced treasury leaders
  • The chance to ask your own career questions in a smaller, more relaxed setting
  • Practical advice on how to navigate the early stages of your treasury career
  • Real insight into what to do next in your career progression
  • Guidance on what mistakes to avoid
  • Advice on what has helped others build successful treasury careers

Invest in yourself. Get in the room.

📅 Register for the ‘Ask-The-Treasurer’ session below.

NOTE: By registering for the ‘Ask-The-Treasurer’ session, you will also be automatically signed up to attend our Treasury Career Corner LIVE event happening straight after from 6:30pm to 7:30pm, followed by networking drinks with 100+ treasury professionals.

More details of the main Treasury Career Corner LIVE event here: https://treasuryrecruitment.com/event/tcc-live-london-nov-2026/

🌟 ATTENTION 🌟 With limited space available, this event is targeted towards early-stage corporate treasury practitioners.

Date

19/11/2026

Location

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, Exchange House, Primrose St, London EC2A 2EG

About this event

📅 Mark Your Calendars: Thursday 19th November 2026

⏰ Timings: From 5.00 – 6.00pm (Ahead of our Treasury Career Corner LIVE in London panel session & networking drinks)

📍 Where: Main Auditorium, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, Exchange House, Primrose St, London EC2A 2EG

👥 Format: 3 peer discussion groups aimed at earlier-stage treasury professionals.

Register your interest in attending this event

This event is being run by The Treasury Recruitment Company in association with our official sponsors which enables the event to be delivered to attendees free of charge. The Treasury Recruitment Company will contact you to confirm your attendance at the event itself and your information will be shared with the venue for the event, you cannot opt-out of this contact as both parties need to confirm your registration.

By registering for this event, you are also agreeing to us to sharing your information with the sponsors of the event. If you wish to opt out of any communication with sponsors, then please inform us.