Philippe Gelis is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Kantox, a leader in currency management automation software, headquartered in London. He founded the company in 2011, with Antonio Rami and John Carbajal.
Philippe leads Kantox’s strategic vision and is a standard-bearer in the sphere of fintech. Recognised as a global Fintech Thought Leader and Influencer, Philippe began his career as a strategy and management consultant, spending several years with Deloitte. He holds an MSc in Business Strategy and an MBA in Corporate Finance, both from Toulouse Business School.
Philippe speaks French, Spanish and English and counts good cuisine and motorsport among his interests.
- Currency Management Automation
- Thought leader in the FinTech world
- Finance
CurrencyCast | A podcast by Kantox
20-01-2022 | treasuryXL | Kantox | LinkedIn | Introducing our new weekly FX podcast, CurrencyCast! A no-holds-barred series on the urgent foreign exchange challenges facing treasurers and CFOs today. Introducing our new weekly FX podcast, CurrencyCast! A no-holds-barred series on the urgent foreign exchange challenges facing treasurers and CFOs today. Every week, FX writer Agustin Mackinlay gets […]
Tame the ghost! Cancellations & currency management in Travel
20-12-2021 | treasuryXL | Kantox | LinkedIn | How to automate the FX treatment of cancellations It is no secret that the wave of cancellations following Covid-imposed travel restrictions has been a nightmare for travellers, airlines, hotel chains and tour operators alike. In the United States alone, cancelled domestic flights peaked at 137 thousand in […]
The hidden secret behind the different types of foreign exchange exposure
23-11-2021 | treasuryXL | Kantox | LinkedIn Fresh from leaving the famous Genesis rock band that he helped found, songwriter and musician Peter Gabriel came out with an innovative album called Exposure, where his fascination with electronics and new recording techniques was openly on display. In the eponymous song, he kept on droning the E-word over and over: […]
Expert-led Conversation | The Digitalisation of Treasury: Your FX Risk Management toolbox for 2022 | 30 November 2021
treasuryXL | Kantox Date & time: November 30, 2021 at 9.30 am CET | Duration 45 minutes 2022 is just around the corner, and we want to make sure you’re armed with the best technology tools to help push your treasury department to the next level. Join Kantox and TreasuryXL in this expert-led conversation […]
No More Excuses! It’s Time to Implement the Right Hedging Program
11-10-2021 | treasuryXL | Kantox More than half the participants of the Kantox & TMI FX Survey describe their existing currency hedging program as inadequate. And that’s not all: 72% of participants admit the need for updates and changes to their policies and programs going forward. How do we account for this widespread inadequacy? The answer is simple. […]
Spreadsheet risk: the silent killer of FX performance
07-09-2021 | treasuryXL | Kantox Imagine a perfectly designed currency hedging program for a company that seeks to protect its annual budget. Given the specific features of that company —especially its pricing dynamics— such a program would allow the finance team to systematically achieve a hedge rate that would be equal or better than the FX budget […]