Industry Thought Leaders
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Nick Johnson of Aviva explains the advantages of taking a more member-oriented approach to... > read more
Aargau Services Economic Promotion: Why Aargau tempts tech firms
Annelise Alig Anderhalden discusses why the Swiss Canton of Aargau is such an attractive destination for high-tech firms....
Annelise Alig Anderhalden discusses why the Swiss Canton of Aargau is such an attractive destination for high-tech firms....
Economic Promotion Cantone Ticino: The swiss system – Luca Nonella
Luca Nonella explains how the canton of Ticino, and its unique Italian heritage, can offer global businesses something...
Luca Nonella explains how the canton of Ticino, and its unique Italian heritage, can offer global businesses something...
Toyota Motor Europe: Join the hybrid revolution – Johan Verbois
Speaking to FDE at the Paris Motor Show, Johan Verbois of Toyota Motor Europe discusses the company’s hybrid...
Speaking to FDE at the Paris Motor Show, Johan Verbois of Toyota Motor Europe discusses the company’s hybrid...
Canton of Nidwalden: Open for business – Diana Hartz
Diana Hartz of the Canton of Nidwalden on attracting some of the world’s most innovative companies to...
Diana Hartz of the Canton of Nidwalden on attracting some of the world’s most innovative companies to...
Prudential: Experience the difference – Greg Wenzerul
Greg Wenzerul of Prudential explains why its proven market experience is key to optimising pension buy-in...
Greg Wenzerul of Prudential explains why its proven market experience is key to optimising pension buy-in...
All Thought Leaders Alphabetically
- Aargau Services Economic Promotion: Why Aargau tempts tech firms
- Aargau Services: Life and Business at their Best – Annelise Alig Anderhalden
- Aargau Services: You Aargau-ing to love it here – Monika Ulrich
- ABN AMRO: Financial Supply Chain - Daniel Cotti
- Affiliated Computer Services: BPO is Re-Born - Mike Donnellan and Jordi Marsa
- Alphabet and Accenture: Corporate car-sharing: convenience and cost-efficiency
- Alphabet: Why business mobility is a true cost saver – Ed Frederiks and Christian Steiner
- American Express: Hardworking capital – Brendan Walsh
- American Express: Visible Progress on Indirect Spend – Brendan Walsh
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden: An attractive prospect – Karin Jung
- ARC Advisory Group: Adaption and Agility - Valentijn de Leeuw
- Ariba: Dynamic discounting - Drew Hofler
- Arvato: Source Code - Rajiv Dey
- Athlon Mobility Consultancy: On the move - Alexander Prinssen
- Avida: Bridging the Disciplines - Paul Boerboom
- Aviva: A grown-up approach to pensions: Nick Johnson
- Aviva: Heads out of the Sand - Nick Johnson
- Aviva: Pensions: focusing on individual solutions – Nick Johnson
- Aviva: Risk removal in the real world – Nick Johnson
- Aviva: The Long Good Buy – Nick Johnson
- Barclays Capital: Capital Guidance
- Barclays Capital: Capital Markets Renaissance - Mark Lewellen, Simon Ollerenshaw and Sam Dean
- Barclays Capital: Diversifying Debt – Mark Lewellen
- Beazley: Reduce complexity with global D&O cover – Michael Rieger-Goroncy
- BNP Paribas: Capital Thinking – Thibaut Adam
- BNP Paribas: Hedging Emerging Market FX Risk
- BNP Paribas: Ready for Deflation?
- BNP Paribas: Safety in Numbers – Fabrice Famery and Bernard Fievet
- Bolero: Corporate Clients Come First - Arthur Vonchek
- Bottomline Technologies: It pays to be paperless – Steve Carter
- Buy.O Group: Natural Born Allies - Marc Debets and Jean-Baptiste Lendrin
- Canton of Nidwalden: Open for business – Diana Hartz
- Canton of Schwyz: Invest in the heart of Switzerland – Urs Durrer
- Canton of Uri: Home is where the heart of Europe is – Martin Herrenknecht
- Canton of Zug: The growing influence of technology – Hans Marti
- Capgemini: BPO’s Next Top Model
- Capgemini: Harvest the Fruits of Social Media – Paul Cole
- Capgemini: Make Shore It’s Right – Hubert Giraud
- Capgemini: Managing Sustainability Data – Peter Walsh
- Capgemini: Outsourcing SOX Compliance - Ravi Shankar and Tony Kelly
- Capgemini: Simplifying the Route to Success - Carina Smith
- Capgemini: The Cloud's Silver Lining – Tony Kelly and Jon Bell
- Capgemini: The Evolution of BPO – Hubert Giraud
- CasaNearShore: The Advantage of Proximity - Anouar Atmani
- CCN Matthews: Corporate Reporting, Corporate Accounting Scandals - Neil Baird
- Celsius Pro: Climate Control - Mark Ruegg
- Chartis: Held to account – Géraud Verhille
- Chevin Fleet Solutions: An informed decision – Ashley Sowerby
- CitiGroup: Decentralised Accounting and the Bank Relationship Structure
- CITROËN: Drive down fleet costs – Stéphane Chesnel
- CSC Computer Sciences: Opportunity for All - Neil Brownlie
- Cushman & Wakefield: Shift the property burden – Matthew Stone
- DB Advisors: IAS 19 Discount Rate - A Moving Target? - Martin Thiesen
- DB Advisors: Prosperous Pension Provisions - Nikolaus Schmidt-Narischkin and Martin Thiesen
- Deloitte Consulting: A Universal Reporting Language - Dave van den Ende and Wim Scheper
- De-Risk: Take the Long View - Keith Baxter
- Deutsche Bank FX4Cash: Fast Forex - Rita Saverino
- Deutsche Bank: Let's get visible – Eric Müller
- Deutsche Bank: Mandate of the Modern Treasurer – Daniel Schmand
- Deutsche Bank: Ready, Willing and ABL
- Deutsche Bank: The Flow of Liquidity – Shahrokh Moinian
- Deutsche Bank: Trade Finance, A Tool for Tough Times - Axel-Peter Ohse
- Diners Club: The Key to Managing T&E Spend – Tom Edgerton
- Direct Insite: On-demand and end-to-end – Arnold Leap
- Dresdner Kleinwort: Has SEPA Started to Deliver? - Manfred Fleckenstein
- Dresdner Kleinwort: Reaping the Rewards - Manfred Fleckenstein
- Economic Development Agency: Money to Berne – Denis Grisel
- Economic Promotion Cantone Ticino: The swiss system – Luca Nonella
- Equifax: Identify Your Clients - Jim Broom and Neil Munroe
- Erste Group Bank: Erste things first – Valentin Florin Galatanu
- Erste Group: Eastern Promise – Christian Steinberger
- Eurest Services: A Healthy Appetite for FM Outsourcing – Steve McGregor
- Eurest Services: Driving down FM costs – Gaétan de L’Hermite
- Eurofactor: Accounts Receivables Outsourcing Management - Philippe Zamaron
- EVP: A New Vision for Value -Tom Stubbe Olsen and Léon Kirch
- EVP: In Search of Value - Mark Bole
- EVP: Investing for the Long Run - Tom Stubbe Olsen and Mark Bole
- Exeter City Council: Exeter Success Story - Richard Ball
- Experian: No Silver Bullets for the SEPA Switch – Jonathan Williams
- Gazelle Group: Definite benefits to de-risking
- GE Capital Fleet Services: Electrifying fleet management – Arthur Mathysen Gerst
- GE Capital Solutions: Drive Value with Data - Geoff Healey
- GE Capital Solutions: Funds that Flow - Geoff Healey
- GE Capital Solutions: More Than a Finance Solution - Sylvain Girard and Andrew Stafferton
- GE Capital Solutions: Stay Up in a Downturn - Roger Bryan
- Genpact: A Third Way to Offshore - Patrick Cogny and Andrew Groth
- Genpact: From Buyer to Supplier - Pascal Henssen
- Genpact: Getting Through This Together - NV Tyagarajan and Andrew Groth
- Genpact: Long Live the King - Patrick Cogny and Iris Bossert
- Genpact: More Data More Cash - Mark Wood
- Genpact: The World is Yours – Anju Talwar
- Global Supply Chain Finance: Bespoke Supply Chain Finance - Kendall Stevens
- Grant Thornton: Tax Exiles - Paul Smith
- Grisons: Wish you were here – Paolo Giorgetta
- HAYMOZ Fleet Performance: The transparent way to drive down TCO – Urs Haymoz
- Henderson Global Investors: Power in Numbers - Mark Camp
- Hewitt: Tomorrow Comes Today – Kevin Wesbroom
- Hewlett Packard: Talent Show - John Schlueter
- HP Enterprise Services and Smith & Nephew: Commitment to Collaboration Pays Off – Les Mara and David Trollope
- HP Financial Services: Cloud solutions – Paul Sheeran and Boorzin Hodiwalla
- HP Financial Services: Solutions in a Changing IT World
- HP: Building Sustainable BPO – Les Mara
- HP: Finance and Accounting (F&A) Transformation - Les Mara
- HP: Fruitful Finance - Les Mara
- HSBC: Achieving STP with or without SEPA - Mark Sutton
- HSBC: Direct Action - Anthony Richter
- HVB: Standardised SEPA - Markus Straußfeld
- HVB: Streamlined for SEPA - Markus Straußfeld
- HVB: Tailor SEPA to Your Needs - Markus Straußfeld
- IDC: Recession Signals Business Alignment - Joe Pucciarelli
- InExchange: E-Invoicing Made Easy – Thordur Erlingsson
- ING Wholesale Banking: More Than Just Plastic - Douglas Gray and Martjin van Galen
- ING: Change is the Only Constant - Sander Cok
- ING: Partners for Payment - Sander Cok
- ING: Pros and Cons of CEE Payment Factories - Marten Bleijenberg and Rob Rühl
- ING: SEPA and The Potential Behind the Politics - Robert Heisterborg
- ING: The Road Ahead - Sander Cok
- Innopay: An Independent View on Payments and E-Invoicing – Tonnis de Boer
- Internet Security Systems (ISS): Losses Measured In Seconds - Peter Stremus
- Invest in Andalusia: Andalusian Allure – Antonio Valverde
- Invest in Iceland Agency: The Oncoming Ice Age - Thordur Hilmarsson
- InvestChile: Role Model Nation – Juan Antonio Figueroa
- InvestKL: Gateway to easy Asia-Pacific investment – Zainal Amanshah
- Iron Mountain: Overcome the Obstacles to Seamless Accounts Payable – Bettina Wonsag
- ISS and McLaren: The Path to Pole Position – Henrik Andersen and Andy Myers
- ISS: Acting Local, Going Global – Jakob Stausholm
- ISS: Put Two and Two Together – Jeff Gravenhorst
- Lloyds TSB: Cash Management is King - Roger Hill and Gavin Stewart
- Lloyds TSB: Strike a Balance - Colin Hemsley
- Lloyds TSB: Supplier Finance Facility Launched
- Lloyds TSB: The Success of Supplier Finance – Colin Hemsley
- Lloyds: Back to Traditional Values - John Salter
- Logica: Improve Performance - Glenn Inniss
- Logica: Now or never – Garry Young
- Lucida: Risky business – John Smitherman-Cairns
- Lufthansa AirPlus: E-Invoicing Ready for Takeoff - Christian Kersten and Stefan Waelde, United Kingdom
- Malta Financial Services Authority: Captive Success
- MasterCard Europe: In the Driving Seat - Rene Stynen
- MasterCard: Card for Life - Alan Hawkins and Rene Stynen
- Mastercard: Holistic Invoicing - Laurent Vreven
- Mastercard: Stay in Control - Jorn Lambert
- Mercedes-Benz: The ultimage green economy drive
- MIAG/Erste Group: Unlock the East – Andreas Kriz
- Microsoft: Familiarity Breeds Lower Costs - Klaus Holse Andersen
- Mn Services Investment Management UK: A Cure for Pension Schemes: Remco van Eeuwijk
- MyTreasury: A Quantum Leap for Fund Management – Justin Meadows
- NHS Shared Business Services: Share the Health - Ruth Ormsby and Jim Vincent
- Nissan: An eco-conscious fleet that’s kind to your balance sheet – Jordi Vila-Onses
- Nokia Siemens Networks: Strategic Supply Chain Outsourcing – Johannes Giloth
- Nordea: Cross-Border, Real-Time Pooling – Gunnar Berger
- NRW.INVEST: Revved Up and Ready – Petra Wassner
- Institute for Galician Economic Promotion: Pilgrim’s Progress – Joaquin Varela
- Pentaho: Forward-thinking intelligence – Quentin Gallivan
- Prudential: Experience the difference – Greg Wenzerul
- Prudential: Seize the day – Greg Wenzerul and Andrew Reed
- Prudential: The journey towards risk-free peace of mind – Greg Wenzerul
- PSA Peugeot Citroën: A world of fleet solutions – Stéphane Chesnel
- PwC: Less Haste, More Advice - Damien McMahon and Robert van der Eijk
- RBS Global Transaction Services: Risk Mitigation in a Global Market – Wilco Dado
- RBS: An Effective Equity Substitute – Richard Bartlett
- RBS: Your money, right where you can see it – Steve Everett
- Royal Bank of Scotland: Cashing in on globalisation – Steve Everett
- Royal Bank of Scotland: Cost Control - Raghav Prasad
- Russell Investments: Pensions Problem Lands on the CFO's Desk - Shamindra Perera
- SafeGuard World International: Safeguarding Global Payroll – Bjorn Reynolds
- Salmon Software: The TGold Standard – John Byrne
- SAP: Human Capital Management (HCM) Outsourcing
- SAP: The Right Time to Perfect Your Plant - Patrick Crampton-Thomas and Simon Pollard
- SEAT: Balancing brand attraction with TCO – Giuseppe Tommaso
- SEDA: A business mecca – Karin Heimann
- Shared Services: Enterprise Wide Control Environment - Phil Searle
- Siemens Financial Services: Customer-Centric Management
- SmartStream Technologies Ltd: A Cleaner Close: John Mason
- Speranza Systems: Harmonised Banking Relationships - Glen Solimine
- Speranza: The Broader Benefits of BRM - Glen Solimine
- Squire Sanders Hammonds: It pays to get the right advice
- Standort Promotion in Obwalden: Pearl of Switzerland – Martha Baechler
- Steria: The French Connection - John Torrie
- Steria: The Tailored Approach - Mark Cook
- Sungard : Collaborative Financial Management (CFM) Solution
- SunGard and Sentenial: SEPA strategy - Andrew Owens and Sean Fitzgerald
- Swiss canton of Glarus: The sweet life – Christian Zehnder
- Swisscom IT Services: Invoice Recognition – Andreas Brandl
- TAG Aviation Europe: Flexible business jet chartering – Ashley Namihas and Florent Sériès
- Taxi-E: Plugged into the future – Ruud Zandvliet
- The future of fleet management – Norbert van den Eijnden and Ed Frederiks
- The Supply Chain Council: Examining the Role of Financial Instruments to Enhance your Supply Chain
- Thule: Procurement Potential - Ulf Berghult
- Toyota Motor Europe and TCOPlus: Take TCO to a new level – Johan Verbois, Hans Damen and Bart Vanham
- Toyota Motor Europe: Driven by sustainability – Johan Verbois
- Toyota Motor Europe: Join the hybrid revolution – Johan Verbois
- Trade & Investment KwaZulu-Natal: Investing in South Africa's Future – Zamo Gwala
- Tridion: Turning Compliance into Business Advantage
- Trintech: The Trouble with Spreadsheets - Grenville Croll
- SunGard AvantGard: The Proper Way to Share - Martin Boyd
- UniCredit and Webasto: Cash Pooling Unlocks Liquidity - Markus Meissner and Andreas Weindel
- UniCredit: Central to success – Stefano Gemelli
- UniCredit: Open the Gate to Cross-Boarder Expansion - Bettina Cast and Veronique Porr
- UniCredit: Perfect payment partners – Dr Luciano Cassiago
- UniCredit: The Simple Cash Pooling Solution - Peter Rösch and Angelika Ertl
- UniCredit: Würth Finance Benefits from Payment Factory Makeover
- Uponor, Deloitte and Oracle: The Only Way is Uponor - Jyri Luomakoski, Dr Willem Vaessen and Andrew Spence
