What the Future of Treasury Holds with Michael Spieler

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Mike Richards

CEO, The Treasury Recruitment Company

About this episode

What does the future hold for treasury?

Like many sectors, treasury has experienced big changes thanks to a combination of changing skills, technology, and of course, a pandemic on top of it all.

Michael Spieler, the Senior Vice President Treasury at Uniper SE, joined this episode of The Treasury Career Corner to discuss the future of treasury. He explores the top challenges treasurers face now and how we can prepare to adapt and grow in the future.

Michael primarily deals with cash management, financial risk, working capital, and trade finance topics for the group across the Americas and EMEA.

Uniper is an international energy company with about 11,000 employees. It combines a balanced portfolio of technologically advanced large-scale assets with outstanding technical and commercial expertise. These assets and capabilities enable them to deliver flexible, bespoke, competitively priced energy products and services with agility, precision, and speed.

On the podcast, Michael Spieler and I discussed…

  • How Michael started his career in finance
  • Why you need to be open and proactive in your career
  • How modern treasury management systems are a must
  • The challenges treasurers must prepare for
  • How people will become the focus of treasury in a remote working world

You can connect with Michael on LinkedIn.

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