Banks:
Banks supporting international Corporate Clients it is an interesting proposition to offer global transaction services. This contains services such as domestic and international payments and foreign exchange services covering all existing currencies. The clients of the banks have a global need to make payments, to pay their suppliers, regional offices and expenses, salaries and projects they manage, in any possible currency and country in the world. Banks are tendering their specific business needs in this niche market to third party providers in order to meet their clients expectations, minimise investments and to generate new revenues.
Social Investors:
Social Investors offer capital and specific expertise to companies, projects, financial institutions and microfinance institutions in developing countries. The aim of Social Investors is to invest in these projects to generate a financial return for their investors and to create a social impact for the local community in the developing countries. When making investments into developing countries you need to have access to and understanding of the local payment and FX rules and regulations of the various emerging countries. This very specific and professional area is important in order to be able to meet and protect the financial return of the Social Investors and your long term business proposition.
Nanette has been active in the global Social Investor community for the last 7 years. She has build up a very broad international network in this sector and gained specific expertise, in execution of International Payments, in FX (hard currency versus exotic currencies) to local borrowers as well as on Repayments from the local borrowers back to the Social Investors and in managing and hedging exotic currency risks.
Corporate Clients:
Corporate Clients operating on a true global level need to have access to the most up to date cash management knowledge and services covering all currencies to which they are exposed to. It is a challenge to efficiently and cost effectively manage your working capital on a day to day basis optimising operational efficiency and minimise risks having to deal with various exotic countries, currencies and related local payment and FX rules & regulations. Furthermore you need to manage and review strategic issues like existing bank relationships, banking costs, review new and best in class payment and FX providers in the market and to rank these meeting your companies requirements.
Nanette has advises European based Corporate Clients over the past 20 years on all aspects of international Cash and Treasury Management services. This covers the areas of account structures, payments, collections, cash pooling, netting, FX, currency hedging, treasury systems etc. She has dealt with all these subjects for both hard and exotic currencies and the local rules and regulations of the various developing countries.
International operating NGO’s & Governments:
One of the challenges financial people of international operating NGO’s have is how to manage the incoming donor funds and their outgoing payments in the most optimal, transparent and cost effective way. Due to the change of donor flows, shifting from government to more and more institutional donors, the landscape in which Treasury Managers operate has become more complex. More currencies are involved on both the incoming and outgoing payments flows. Payment terms of the donors to the NGOs are more complex and vary by each donor. Cash flow forecasting is required, FX and FX currency risks need to be monitored and managed. Budgeting of the projects could be done in the local exotic currency of the country of the project, payment terms of the outgoing payments and FX need to be managed and payment and FX providers need to be reviewed on services, price and risk.
Nanette has advised and worked with many Dutch based NGOs and Government on their cash and treasury management business. This client segment is due to the nature of its business active in exotic countries and therefore exposed to exotic currencies. Nanette has worked actively in this particular market segment over the last 7 years and built up extensive knowledge and gained in-depth experiences on all aspects which the CFO or Treasurer of these organisations are confronted with. She is capable of reviewing the “as is” C&TM structure of an organisation, analysing issues, developing the most optimal C&TM structure for an organisation meeting their pre-defined requirements and objectives.