NeuGroup News

The NeuGroup for MNC CFOs for greater China meets in person for the first time in 2020. The first NeuGroup to meet again in real life took place last week in Shanghai. “It did feel like the old days,” as one member noted. Since COVID-19 has been effectively contained in China, members in Shanghai wanted to return to a “normal” meeting. Going around the table with projects and priorities sharing, indeed, felt like old times. A unique group As NeuGroup…

Alumni Zoom-ins to ‘20 Years of Tech20’ celebration tell the story of peer helping hands. By Joseph Neu. One truly special aspect of last week’s Tech20 Treasurers’ Peer Group 20th Annual Meeting, sponsored by MUFG, was the Alumni cameo Zoom-ins. Former members stopped by to share their favorite Tech20 memory, yet what came through most memorably is how the group helped them while they were members in treasury roles. With the success they were able to show as treasurers, they…

Members Share and Learn on Common High-Priority Issues in Perfect-Fit Meeting Agenda. At the start of last week’s meeting of NeuGroup’s Assistant Treasurers’ Leadership Group, members began by sharing their current highest priority projects with one another to see where everyone stands. And thanks to the member-led planning team, the many common threads that emerged among this conversation each had their own session in the meeting agenda, allowing time for members to share and learn in the NeuGroup Process. The…

NeuGroup kicked off the Tech20 Treasurers’ Peer Group 20th Annual Meeting last night with a comedy roast of two beloved members who are retiring from the group. Two beloved members of Tech20 are retiring from the group and were featured with jokes in a virtual comedy show to help kick off the 20th Annual Meeting of the Tech20 Treasurers’ Peer Group, sponsored by MUFG. The opening night also featured some special-guest alumni cameos that will continue throughout the meeting, which…

NeuGroup for Capital Markets recently embarked on its second meeting with discussions on ESG, the debt market, liquidity and more. The fastest-growing NeuGroup ever, the NeuGroup for Capital Markets, had its second-ever meeting via Zoom just over a week ago, with treasury professionals on debt capital markets teams sharing and learning with one another, sponsored by Deutsche Bank. After the first day of meetings, members had time to unwind and bond with one another in a virtual trivia contest, competing as teams…

The newly rebranded group of market leading and iconic companies met with sponsor Societe Generale to share and learn on elections, digitization and more. Members of NeuGroup’s newly rebranded Treasurers’ Roundtable for Extraordinary Companies, or TREX, gathered last week to share and learn in a virtual meeting sponsored by Societe Generale. Thanks to everyone who participated! TREX was re-branded to provide a forum for treasurers from companies which have the following qualitative and quantitative characteristics: Commanding position in its industry…

A pilot meeting for NeuGroup for High Potentials takes flight and a roundtable for professionals in the Middle East kicks off. NeuGroup this week held two first-of-their kind meetings: A Middle East Business & Treasury Roundtable sponsored by Standard Chartered, and a meeting of NeuGroup for High Potentials, which brought together high-potential employees identified by NeuGroup member companies. The Middle East and beyond. A dynamic virtual meeting offered Standard Chartered’s clients in the Middle East and members of NeuGroup in…

Sponsor Deutsche Bank and more than 50 women in finance shared insights and advice on managing careers at the latest WiNG event.   A record number of women—55— participated in Women in NeuGroup (WiNG)’s fifth event, hearing insights from speakers at companies including GE and P&G and sponsor Deutsche Bank. Much has changed since WiNG took flight in 2019 with three in-person meetings, but NeuGroup’s mission remains the same in this new, virtual world: To offer women in treasury and…

Thank you to NeuGroup's FX Managers' Peer Members for sharing and learning with us last week. A big thank you as well to Wells Fargo, including Sharif M. Saba, CFA, Matthew Daniel, Mark Veale and team, for your support and insight. Anne Friberg, we appreciate all you do to help #corporateFXleaders #connectwithneugroup. This meeting's mantra: FX risk management is more important than ever.

A big thank you to NeuGroup’s Assistant Treasurers’ Group of Thirty (AT30) members for being part of last week’s H2 opening week. There was a lot of great interaction and in-depth exchanges on some hugely topical issues. One exchange could have used a better undersea cable to Zoom the speaker from across the world, but he still brought his knowledge and perspective effectively over the line. Michael Roberts, David Liao, Jim Kelly, David Wagstaff and the entire HSBC Global Banking…