New York Cash Exchange, NY, Wed 11th Sep 2024 🗽
11th Sep 24
Mike Richards is delighted to be joined by two amazing Senior Treasury Practitioners for our “Treasury Career Corner LIVE” panel session on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 2:30-3:20pm EST
Featuring guest speakers;
- Ben Miga, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, BrightSpire Capital, Inc.
- Sumit Advani, Treasurer and Vice President at the Low Income Investment Fund
In this LIVE version of our podcast www.TreasuryCareerCorner.com – Mike hosts a fireside relaxed chat-style session where he interviews two amazing Treasury professionals about their treasury careers.
He’ll explore how they achieved their career success, the challenges they faced along the way, how they overcame them, their insights on the future of the treasury profession and they will be offering guidance on how to develop your own Treasury career.
Speakers
Ben Miga
Ben is an accomplished finance professional specializing in treasury and corporate finance for multi-billion dollar companies. With a strong track record in building and optimizing treasury departments, he has extensive experience across the financial services, technology, and utilities sectors.
Currently, Benjamin serves as the Senior Vice President and Treasurer at BrightSpire Capital, Inc., having previously held the role of Vice President and Treasurer. At BrightSpire Capital, he manages global treasury operations and corporate finance strategies.
Prior to this, he was the Assistant Treasurer at New York Power Authority, where he handled capital markets, hedging, fixed income trading, and cash flow forecasting. He also served as Vice President and Credit Assistant Treasurer at New Mountain Capital and Vice President and Global Treasurer at Lazard, where he oversaw global treasury management, fixed income trading, and debt capital markets.
His early career includes roles at tudor investment corporation, IBM, and Sierra Capital Inc.
Sumit Advani,
Sumit is a seasoned finance executive with over twenty years of experience in the financial industry, marked by a diverse array of roles and responsibilities. Beginning his career on Wall Street, Sumit has built expertise in treasury management, financial strategy, and risk mitigation.
Currently, Sumit serves as the Treasurer and Vice President at the Low Income Investment Fund in New York, where he leads the strategic direction and operational functions of the Treasury department.
Before joining LIIF, Sumit held key leadership positions at organizations such as Jackson Hewitt, Cantor Fitzgerald, Barclays Capital, and MF Global with a focus on liquidity management, capital optimization, and financial analytics.
Sumit’s notable achievements include establishing Treasury departments from the ground up, driving annual net income growth, optimizing capital structures, and spearheading initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and risk management.
He holds an MBA from DePaul University’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business and a BS from Roosevelt University.
Mike Richards
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.
Date and time
11th Sep 24Location
About this event
Every week on the ‘The Treasury Career Corner’ Podcast, Mike Richards, CEO of The Treasury Recruitment Company and a Treasury Recruiter with over 25 years treasury recruitment expertise interviews senior treasury professionals from across the world about their treasury careers.
In each show he talks to treasury professionals about their roles, how they built their careers, where they are now and where they see themselves and the treasury profession going next.
In this LIVE version of the podcast Mike hosts a fireside relaxed chat style session where he interviews two leading Global Treasurers live on stage about how they achieved their career success, the mistakes they made along the way, what you can do to avoid them, and where they see the treasury profession going to next.
In this session, delegates get to hear the career highs and lows for two leading treasury professionals and get real practical advice they can use to enhance their career prospects.
Join us as we discover:
- Their careers to date, how they discovered treasury and how you got to where they are now?
- What career goals/plans did they set for themselves?
- What advice would they give to other treasury professionals?
- Mistakes they have made along the way and what you can do to avoid them?
- How important do they consider treasury qualifications to be in relation to their careers?
- What they see as the major trends / things to look for in treasury as it develops / grows?
- The new world of blended work; WFH, hybrid & in-office and impact of this