MEET Danilo Gonzalez
Danilo is originally from Peru where he graduated in industrial engineering before moving to Europe more than 20 years ago after spending 2 years in USA. As many treasury practitioners, he started in Treasury by accident as all related to numbers and math calculations were enough to be attracted to the field. All started in banking, in derivatives to move after in corporate treasury. He accomplished a master’s degree in international management in Austria as well as an ITM (international treasury management) certificate from ACT. Having lived in 5 different countries and mastering several foreign languages, working in a multicultural treasury environment was the perfect fit.
Danilo has been working in Treasury for the last 16 years in different roles related to derivatives, Cash Management, FX Management including difficult markets like Africa, Trade finance solutions, financing, working capital, global M&A projects and treasury tools implementation.
Danilo believes that knowledge sharing is a must to grow together, hence he was a guest speaker in a couple of treasury podcasts.
As treasury leader and advocate, Danilo is committed to keep learning how to best lead his team, transform, adapt and reshape the treasury tasks for future needs. Change is inevitable and growth is optional.
Talk of the day: German Bund Yield Below 0%
| 15-06-2016 | Udo Rademakers, Rob Söentken, Douwe Dijkstra & Lionel Pavey | For the first time ever the German bund yield hit negative territory. The ‘Deutsche Welle’ writes: “With the prospect of Britain leaving the European Union looming ever larger ahead of referendum in 9 days, global investors are increasingly fleeing to safe havens […]
Zero Coupon Yields and implied Forward Yields
| 13-06-2016 | Lionel Pavey | Having constructed our 20 year yield curve with both observable data and discovered data in my previous article,we are now in possession of 3 sets of data: Spot par rates Spot zero coupon rates Discounted Cash Flow factors (DCF) The most important of these, for calculation purposes, is […]
McKinsey beats Warren Buffett
| 10-06-2016 | Victor Macrae | According to investigations made by the Financial Times, McKinsey Investment Office (MIO), a formerly unknown investment daughter of the top tier strategy consulting firm, has shown a stunning performance over a long period of time. MIO holds $9.5 billion in assets from current and former McKinsey partners, half of which […]
FX Global Code of Conduct
| 09-06-2016 | Simon Knappstein | Last month the BIS published the first phase of the FX Global Code. The final version is planned for completion by May 2017. What is this Global Code and what is the BIS trying to achieve by the establishment of this Code? Recent history In the wake of the […]
How to improve Cash Awareness without targets
| 08-06-2016 | Olivier Werlingshoff | Many CFO’s and Financial Managers would like to improve the cash awareness inside their companies. The most obvious action is to set up financial targets but how could a change of mindset be reached without new targets? One way is to see cash awareness as a product and to try […]
Van Blueprint tot werkend ERP systeem
| 06-06-2016 | Kasja Reinders | Op 26 mei jongstleden was ik uitgenodigd om de door De Kiewit Treasurer Search en treasuryXL gefaciliteerde workshop; Treasury Systems – het waarom en hoe (niet) van Treasury & Banking Software bij te wonen. De sprekers brachten interessante onderwerpen aan met goede punten die niet vergeten mochten worden tijdens het […]