The 2025 CEE Conference will be held at Radisson Blu Hotel Cluj, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

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16:00 – 18:00

Pre-Event Training: FX Management for Treasurers

Advance registration essential. Attendance is free for conference delegates.

Alex Axentiev

Co-founder, HedgeFlows

19:00 – 22:30

Ice-Breaker Welcome Dinner

with Traditional Romanian Folk Band

08:30 – 09:45

Registration & Welcome Coffee

in Exhibition Hall

09:45 – 10:00

Opening Remarks: Welcome to Cluj

Oana Doroftei

President, Asociația Trezorierilor din România (ATR)

Tamás Ónody

Chairman, HTC – Hungary

10:00 – 10:35

The Economy vs Reality Check

Aurel Bernat

Executive Director, Financial Institutions & Investor Relations, Banca Transilvania

10:35 – 11:10

Global Macroeconomic Overview – Impact of the Tariffs

Dr Xuxin Mao, PhD, FRM

Head of Research, Bank of China (London)

11:10 – 11:40

Coffee & Networking

in Exhibition Hall

11:40 – 12:15

Focus on: Working Capital Management

How receivables and payables financing can ensure smooth sailing through challenging times.

Dirk Fehring

Senior Director, Supply Chain Finance, Raiffeisen Bank International AG

Bettina Ludwig

Group Head of Finance, Treasury & Insurance, Kontron AG

12:15 – 13:00

Cash Management in the CEE Region

Claudia Cruceru

Sr. Director, Head of Visa Direct for Central and Eastern Europe, Visa

Maricela Litcanu

Global Transaction Banking Executive Director, BRD Groupe Société Générale

Oana Manoila

Treasury Manager, NTT Data Romania S.A

Nicu Stancu

Head of Treasury, Alliance Healthcare Romania

Daniel Tarjanyi

Head of Group Treasury, MVM Energetika Zrt

Moderators:

Andrei Stoian

Director for Payments & Cash Management, BRD Groupe Société Générale

13:00 – 14:10

Lunch

in Hotel Restaurant

14:10 – 15:00

Focus on: Risk Management

Raluca Serbu

Treasury Manager, International Personal Finance Plc

Olivier De Montmarin

Executive Director, Commodities Sales team for Continental Europe Corporate Clients – Markets, J.P. Morgan

Adrian Calin

Executive Director, Head of J.P. Morgan Payments, Switzerland and Head of Treasury Services Corporate Sales, Switzerland – Payments, J.P. Morgan

Moderators:

Sebastian Bacioiu

Board Member, The Association of Treasurers of Romania

15:00 – 16:00

CEE Fintech Panel

Natalia Ciobanu

Partner & Social-Ecological Sustainability Lead, Indicathor

Marius Ionescu

CEO & Co-founder, Pluridio

Dániel Marthi

Business Development Representative, Finqware

Daniel Nicolescu

CEO & Co-Founder, Symphopay

Ferenc Szabó

Head of Business Development, FX Software Ltd

Moderators:

Robin Page

CEO, TMI

16:00 – 16:45

Coffee & Networking

in Exhibition Hall

16:45 – 17:15

CEE Macroeconomic Overview

Csaba Bálint, CFA

Member of the Board of Directors, National Bank of Romania

17:15 – 18:00

Closing Keynote: “Learn, Practice, Play” – powered by BT

Virgil Stănescu

President, Sports HUB; co-Founder, GO Scholarship; and Vice-President, CEO Clubs

18:00 – 19:00

Networking Reception – sponsored by BT

19:00 – 20:00

Free Time for Delegates

20:00 – 00:00

Dinner & Entertainment – sponsored by Raiffeisen

Live DJ and Saxophonist

09:30 – 12:10

Sightseeing – Salina Turda

Advance registration essential for our optional sightseeing tour to Salina Turda salt mine. Departure will be from the conference hotel at 9.30am prompt. Please be in the lobby no later than 9.20am. We expect to arrive at Salina Turda by 10.30am.

12:15 – 14:45

Closing Lunch at Sarea-n Bucate

We will enjoy lunch at the beautiful Sarea-n Bucate restaurant (Strada Dealul Viilor Numeral 2 – sister restaurant for nearby Issa Resort) from 12.15 and depart circa 13.45. We expect to be back at the hotel by 14.45.

14:10 – 14:30

Keynote Speech

Ömer Tetik

CEO, Banca Transilvania