Treasury Aficionado, Recruitment Consultant and Owner of Treasurer Search. Together with his team, Pieter finds candidates for interim assignments and permanent positions in treasury, corporate finance, cash management and related positions. His market focus is the BeNeLux and Germany, his clients are mainly corporates, non-profit and consultancy organizations. Pieter holds an MSc. in Organizational Science and has over 25 years experience in international recruitment. In many ways he contributes to the Treasury Community by connecting people and companies. He supports educators, for example as a member of the management board of the RT programm of the Vrije Universiteit.
In many ways, he contributes to the treasuryXL community by connecting people and companies. He also plays a key role in treasuryXL, moderating many of our live sessions and facilitating insightful discussions with industry experts.
Can you still see your banker as a trusted advisor?
22-08-2019 | by Pieter de Kiewit | treasuryXL | Is your banker a trusted advisor or just another sales representative? The times that you, entrepreneur or CFO, could just accept the advice of your banker is over. Understand that your banker expects you to have more knowledge than before. Do know there are alternatives. And […]
How to explain what treasury is to family and friends?
| 09-08-2019 | by Pieter de Kiewit | Your mortgage, credit card, holiday money and current account have business equivalents. They are managed by corporate treasurers. The title question, or variations, is one I have to answer quite often. Even more around the holidays, when I always meet my relatives. I am tweaking the answer […]
Corporate Treasury have a problem and this is why…
| 23-07-2019 | by Pieter de Kiewit | Cost savings created by good treasurers easily exceed the sum of salaries of their team. They can help open doors that otherwise stay closed for their business colleagues and they can help avoid risks. Then why do they have this modest seat at the table of CFOs […]
Does your payment land in the correct currency account?
| 16-07-2019 | by Pieter de Kiewit | Recently I received signals from a treasurer working in a mid-sized company about payments in various currencies landing on the wrong account. In a payment of USD 1 million, this could lead to extra cost of about USD 9,000! This results in extra cost and should be […]
Be careful what you wish for in crowdfunding
| 02-07-2019 | by Pieter de Kiewit | Over the last decade bankers have taken over from civil servants and public transport employees as the ones to complain about. Yours truly is also guilty and I still meet bankers who do not like to talk about their profession because they are annoyed about the bashing. […]
New generation treasurer studies at the Vrije Universiteit
| 13-06-2019 | by Pieter de Kiewit | Research in our candidate files, filled with treasury experts and managers, shows that only a small fraction of the population completed a job specific education. Over time I see the level of impact and complexity of corporate treasury rising and an increase in treasury students. As […]