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.
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The Do’s and Dont’s of Pricing with an FX Rate
09-03-2022 | treasuryXL | Kantox | LinkedIn | Give up your time-driven rules for pricing with an FX rate and go for a data-driven approach instead! In this article, we are going to highlight the challenges faced by treasurers as they seek to manage pricing risk. According to Toni Rami, Kantox’s co-founder and Chief Growth Officer: […]
The four expectations of Currency Management Automation
14-02-2022 | treasuryXL | Kantox | LinkedIn | With FX volatility intensifying and exposing companies to even greater currency risk, treasurers & CFOs are faced with many challenges as they look to step up their FX risk management strategy. The key to this is currency management automation, but what are the critical problems an automated solution needs […]
CurrencyCast | Episode 1 – The 4 Expectations of FX Automation
26-01-2022 | treasuryXL | Kantox | LinkedIn | It’s finally here! CurrencyCast, our new podcast, is live. Every week, we’ll provide bite-sized tips and expert insights to help you better manage foreign currencies and optimize your P&L results. Click on the image above to watch the first episode: The 4 expectations of FX automation This […]
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: […]