14 Sep 2021
EACT in Action: Fraud Prevention and the Role of Treasury

Speakers

Dr Gerd Berghold
Head of Treasury Operations and Digital Treasury, Deutsche Bahn

Dr. Gerd Berghold is the Head of Treasury Operations and Digital Treasury of Deutsche Bahn AG, the Berlin-based global transportation and logistics company. His responsibilities include transaction banking, middle- and backoffice operations, digitalization and the design of DB Treasury’s process and system landscape. Mr. Berghold has been a consultant for seven years at Arthur Andersen, E&Y and d-fine. In addition he is co-founder of 2 startups with focus on e-mobility and online marketing. Mr. Berghold holds a PhD in physics (Max-Planck-Institute Stuttgart), diploma in mathemathics (University of Stuttgart) and chemistry (Technical University Berlin) and a MsC in in Mathematical Finance from Oxford University.

Werner Strecker
Head of Payment Systems and Electronic Banking, Deutsche Bahn

Werner Strecker is Senior Manager Transaction Banking in the Group Treasury of Deutsche Bahn AG in Berlin. His responsibilities include the creation of group-wide framework conditions for the secure and efficient processing of payment transactions, including cash pooling, as well as the selection of external and internal partners, tools and procedures in corporate cash management. Werner Strecker started his professional career at Deutsche Bank in Düsseldorf, where he studied business administration before moving to the treasury department of METRO. For the past 10 years, Werner Strecker has been a member of the Payment Systems Market Expert Group (PSMEG) at the EU Commission.

Moderator

Caroline Stockmann FCA DChA CertT AwardCMF
Deputy Chair, EACT & Chief Executive, ACT

Caroline Stockmann has been Chief Executive of the Association of Corporate Treasurers since February 2017.

Prior to that Caroline was Chief Financial Officer at The British Council, the UK’s largest charity, and before that at Save the Children International. She has 25 years’ experience in senior finance, commercial and strategic posts at organisations including Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Cadbury Schweppes, Granada plc and Unilever/ Bestfoods. Much of her working life has been spent overseas.

Caroline trained with KPMG and is a Fellow (FCA) of ICAEW, holds the ICAEW Diploma in Charity Accounting and has held numerous board roles, including currently Finance and Investment Committee member of Elton John AIDS Foundation, Deputy Chair of the European and International Groups of Treasury Associations, and President of the US NACT. Caroline is a linguist, musician, trained coach and passionate bell ringer, and is married with two children. Check out her regular podcasts at www.treasurers.org/strategic-insights-podcasts, also via Spotify, Buzzfeed, Amazon and Google.