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.
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 […]
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16-08-2021 | treasuryXL | Kantox (Spoiler: it’s not about trading costs) A few years ago, PwC consultants proposed a clever analogy to illustrate the difference between single-dealer platforms (SDPs) and Multi-Dealer Platforms (MDPs). For banks looking to provide products and services to corporate clients on a platform, SDPs are like an airline’s website, where high-margin sales occur. Multi-Dealer […]
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28-07-2021 | treasuryXL | Kantox treasuryXL announces partnership with Kantox to strengthen dissemination of the latest trends about currency management automation technology VENLO, The Netherlands, July 28, 2021 – treasuryXL, the community platform for everyone who is active in the world of treasury, and Kantox, the global leader in currency management automation software, today announced […]
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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 […]
The real value of Multi-Dealer FX trading platforms
16-08-2021 | treasuryXL | Kantox (Spoiler: it’s not about trading costs) A few years ago, PwC consultants proposed a clever analogy to illustrate the difference between single-dealer platforms (SDPs) and Multi-Dealer Platforms (MDPs). For banks looking to provide products and services to corporate clients on a platform, SDPs are like an airline’s website, where high-margin sales occur. Multi-Dealer […]
Press release | Kantox joins the treasuryXL community as Premium Partner
28-07-2021 | treasuryXL | Kantox treasuryXL announces partnership with Kantox to strengthen dissemination of the latest trends about currency management automation technology VENLO, The Netherlands, July 28, 2021 – treasuryXL, the community platform for everyone who is active in the world of treasury, and Kantox, the global leader in currency management automation software, today announced […]