Association of Corporate Treasurers

14/10/2026

We are delighted to announce our proud sponsors of !

From global names to innovative challengers, our sponsors represent the very best in treasury technology and expertise. Together, on 24 November, they’ll showcase insights and solutions that are helping treasurers navigate disruption and prepare for the future of finance.

Places are filling up fast and over 200 corporate treasurers have already registered to attend, so if you want to be apart of the conversations shaping the future of finance and technology, book your place today: https://okt.to/LM5PS4

Thank you to Bottomline, Embat, Finance Key, Kyriba, NatWest, and Royal London Asset Management.

13/10/2026

What happens when you ask the next generation of banking and treasury leaders what they want from senior colleagues?

At the ACT's first Next Gen Summit, hosted by , more than 50 participants from banks and FTSE treasury teams shared some useful insights.

✅ Often, assumptions are made, both from seniors about juniors and vice versa
✅ Its useful to get together to challenge those assumptions
✅ Junior colleagues would like greater visibility of senior managers' objectives
✅ This would help junior staff spot opportunities and take charge of their careers
✅ Mentoring may work better as an ongoing engagement rather than at scheduled times.

Want to get involved next year? Email [email protected]

Read the full article on The Treasurer online: https://okt.to/Aq4g5a

08/10/2026

The ACT Middle East Treasury Awards 2026 have been announced at the 18th ACT Middle East Treasury Summit, recognising excellence and innovation in treasury across the region.

Among the standout winners:

✅ Group took two awards, Capital Raising (Bonds/Loans) and Sustainability, for a US$11bn structured financing
✅ Global Aluminium (EGA) won Treasury Transformation, after making its new global treasury centre in Abu Dhabi Global Market fully operational in three months
✅ Group was the panel's unanimous first choice for Working Capital Solutions
✅ Adams, group treasurer at Rostamani Group, received the inaugural Treasury Icon award.

Judges also praised entrants who included testimonials, which considerably strengthened their nominations.

Read the full article on The Treasurer online: https://okt.to/mArau2

29/09/2026

M&As: Treasury must be in the room

When should treasury get involved in M&A? Well before day one, according to a panel at the ACT Middle East Treasury Summit in Dubai.

✅ Nader Aboushadi of Sidara on why treasurers must put their hand up early
✅ Haseena Khodadin of EY on why the biggest risk in a carve-out is not being able to continue operations on day one
✅ Sonia Pavoncelli of BNP Paribas on how calling the bank earlier secures closing and business continuity
✅ Chaired by Kay French of Investory

Read the full article on The Treasurer online: https://okt.to/YQ8bBp

28/09/2026

For many organisations, T&E spend remains fragmented and low on visibility. Connecting booking, payment, and expense data enables finance teams to move from reactive hindsight to proactive control.

Key insights from Linda Weston, head of make & take payments at Bank:
✅ Shift from hindsight to proactive control with connected data
✅ Gain clearer spend visibility at the point of purchase
✅ Simplify reconciliation and reporting across disconnected systems
✅ Turn transaction data into actionable operational intelligence

Read the full article on The Treasurer online: https://okt.to/1SEA9K

As organisations grow, these challenges can become increasingly complex, particularly where travel activity spans multiple regions, suppliers and business units. The result is that finance teams frequently spend more time understanding what happened than using data to shape future decisions. "When b...

28/09/2026

Want to relive ?

Our official photo album is now full of memories from the conference!

View the conference album: https://okt.to/4IArGs

View the awards album: https://okt.to/2QhIRC

25/09/2026

Who actually owns working capital?

That question opened a lively ACT and Women in Working Capital panel, hosted by FIS, on why working capital is back up the boardroom agenda — and what treasurers should do about it.

Four takeaways:

✅ Ownership sits at the top. Consensus was clear: it needs a CFO or board-level individual, with culture and buy-in driven from above

✅ It's a team game. Collaboration across the business, clear roles, and the right data behind every working capital KPI — measure the wrong thing and you get the wrong behaviour

✅ Fix the internal levers first. Optimise payables, receivables and inventory before adding cost and complexity with external financing

✅ Technology can do more than you think — though the panel were happy to ask "what even is AI?"

In a world past near-zero interest rates, efficient use of financial resources matters again. Treasurers would be well advised to get embedded in working capital projects.

Read the full article on The Treasurer online: https://okt.to/zBAFDs

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24/09/2026

Just like that, is wrapped up.

What an experience, and a privilege to bring together the Middle East treasury community for two days of incredible conversations, sessions, and insights. The energy you bring every year is what makes the conference so special.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to making the event what it is, whether that be our wonderful speakers, engaged delegates, exhibitors, and sponsors.

Thank you to our lead sponsor First Abu Dhabi Bank, or headline sponsor J.P. Morgan, and our payments partner Visa.

We will be adding more and more photos to our Middle East Treasury Summit album over the next few days so keep an eye on that 👀 https://okt.to/oyewN3

We can't wait to do it all over again next year.

23/09/2026

Leading through change: adaptability, leadership and building treasury that lasts.

This ladies-only roundtable is exploring the treasury centralisation journey, from strategy and governance to partner selection and implementation.

Thank you to Fernanda De Genaro, Zanders, Dieniffer Santos, MBRF, Khaloud Al Hamadi, Abu Dhabi Ports, Sara AlHammadi, Tadweer, Nora Naadu Sena, Nestlé, Annette Spencer, ACT.

23/09/2026

The practical question isn’t Web2 or Web3. It’s how to run both without adding risk or reconciliation burden.

This roundtable is exploring liquidity, risk and interoperability in the age of convergence.

Thank you to Andre Olivier, Ramana Kumar, Ilham Tamimi, Moussa Soukal, Meticulous Dube, Uzair Kapadia, SCB.

In association with the Middle East Stablecoin Association