James E. Parisi
Managing Director & Chief Financial Officer
CME Group

James E. Parisi has served as Managing Director & Chief Financial Officer of CME Group since July 2007, when CME and CBOT merged to become the world?s largest and most diverse exchange. His responsibilities include oversight of the company?s Finance, Treasury, Investor Relations, Accounting, and Strategic Sourcing Departments. Mr. Parisi has served in several leadership positions in the company?s Finance Division, most recently as Managing Director & Treasurer, where he was responsible for the financial management of CME?s capital structure, cash management, investments, insurance program, as well as oversight of the corporate finance area. Before joining the company, he worked for Arthur Andersen LLP. He earned a bachelor?s degree in finance from the University of Illinois in 1987 and an MBA degree in finance from the University of Chicago in 1995.

Michael D. Richard
Senior Vice President & Treasurer
McDonald's Corporation

Michael Richard joined McDonald's in 1987 as the Director of Financial Accounting & Reporting, and has been Treasurer and Vice President since 1999. Previously, he worked for ten years at Arthur Young & Co., where he held the position of Audit Principal. He earned his BS in Accounting from Illinois State University and was a CPA Exam Sells Award Winner. Mike is a member of the Board of Trustees of Ronald McDonald House Charities in addition to serving as the organization's treasurer. He has been a member of the Accounting Principles Committee of the Illinois CPA Society and a Council Member for CPAs for the Public Interest.

Ira M. Birns, CTP, CPA
Executive Vice President and CFO
World Fuel Services Corporation

Ira Birns currently serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of World Fuel Services Corporation, a global leader in the sale of marine, aviation and land fuel products and services. In his present role, Ira oversees treasury, capital structuring, mergers and acquisitions, tax, budgeting and planning, financial reporting and investor relations. Previously, he held various finance positions at Arrow Electronics and Culbro Corporation. Ira holds a BA in Accounting from Hofstra University and is a current Board Member and former Vice Chairman of the AFP.

Greg Beutler
Executive Director, Corporate Private Equity Group
Blackstone

Greg Beutler has been Executive Director of Blackstone?s Corporate Private Equity group since 2005. In this role, he is responsible for portfolio management and monitoring across all Blackstone's portfolio companies. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Beutler worked at General Electric, most recently as General Manager of the Electronic Products business in GE Energy. Prior to his tenure at GE, he served as Vice President of Merchandising at Webvan, Inc, and as Vice President of the Industrial Sector Practice at Symmetrix, Inc., a management consulting firm. Mr. Beutler holds a master?s degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell and an M.B.A. from Harvard.

Andrew B. Busch
Director & Global FX Market Strategist
BMO Capital Markets

Andy is the Global FX Market Strategist for BMO Capital Markets' Investment Banking Division in Chicago, and is a recognized expert on the world financial markets and how these markets are impacted by political events. He regularly consults with the staffs from the US Treasury, Congress, and the White House on economic and market issues. Andy has been featured on CNBC's The Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo for three years, in addition to his appearances on FOX Business, Canadian BNN's SqueezePlay, Bloomberg TV, and Lou Dobbs Tonight. He is the author of various columns and newsletters, and has been quoted in numerous publications including the Wall Street Journal, Reuters News Services, Dow Jones News Services, Associate Press, and the Globe and Mail. His book, World Event Trading: How To Analyze and Profit From Today's Headlines, is available on Amazon.com. Andy received a BA in Economics from Ohio Wesleyan University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Ron Chakravarti
Managing Director, Global Transaction Services
Citi

Ron Chakravarti is responsible for business management of Citi's enterprise liquidity management solutions offer. Previously Ron was with ABN AMRO, heading its North and Latin America liquidity management advisory teams, and at consultancy Treasury Strategies, as a principal in its Global Corporate Consulting practice. His past experience includes positions based in North America, Europe and Asia.

Tony Glasby
Vice President & Treasurer
EDS Corporation

As vice president and treasurer of EDS, Anthony “Tony” Glasby oversees all domestic and international treasury activities including pension management, corporate investments, risk management and insurance. Since joining the UK branch of EDS in 1987, Glasby has been instrumental in establishing the company’s global cash management infrastructure, cross-border financing and leasing transactions, and global foreign exchange management strategies. He also played a key role in developing and expanding EDS’ E Solutions line of business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Before joining EDS, Glasby held management positions with Reed International PLC, a UK-based multinational with global operations in the paper, publishing, paint and home improvement industries. He received a bachelor’s degree in finance & business management from the University of Westminster.

Mark Glenn
Assistant Treasurer
EMC Corporation

Mark Glenn has been in the Corporate Treasury Department of EMC Corporation for seven years. Prior to joining EMC, Mr. Glenn spent 10 years at The Gillette Company in various roles in Corporate Treasury, Operations and Investor Relations. He has a BA in Economics from Bucknell University and an MBA from Duke University.

Peter Jameson
SEPA Program Director
Citi

Peter is based in London within the EMEA Cash Management Product organization, and has overall responsibility for co-coordinating the implementation of SEPA across Citi's European franchise. Peter first joined Citi?s Paris office in 1997 within the Client Management group. Since moving to London, he has undertaken a number of roles within the Product Management organization, including managing liquidity management solutions, domestic collections capabilities, outsourced receivables services and more recently overseeing the re-launch of Citi's integrated payments offering for financial institutions.

Chris Kreidler
Executive Vice-President & CFO
C&S Wholesale Grocers

As EVP and CFO of C&S Wholesale Grocers, one of the 10 largest private companies in the US, Chris Kreidler is responsible for corporate strategy, M&A activities, capital structure, treasury operations, financial planning and analysis, tax planning and compliance, internal auditing and real estate strategy. He previously enjoyed 11 successful years at YUM! Brands, finishing his tenure there as Senior Vice-President, Corporate Strategy and Treasurer. Chris earned his BA and MBA from Rice University and began his career in a small investment banking firm.

Dave Maxey
Treasurer & Vice President of Tax
Ion Geophysical Corporation

Before becoming Treasurer and Vice President of Tax at ION Geophysical Corporation in 2006, Dave Maxey held finance positions of increasing responsibility at several Houston-area Fortune 500 companies, including Transco Energy and Enron. He began his career in the audit practice of PriceWaterhouseCoopers working with clients in the oil and gas exploration, banking, and electric utility industries, and received an MBA and a JD from the University of Houston.

Simon Mendelson
Managing Director
BlackRock

Simon Mendelson, Managing Director, is the Chief Operating Officer of BlackRock's Global Cash Management Business, and co-head of the Strategy and Development Group. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2005, Mr. Mendelson was a senior partner in the financial institutions practice of McKinsey & Co. In that role, he served a wide variety of clients in the asset management, retail brokerage, life and property/casualty insurance industries. He led the financial services marketing practice and served for two years as McKinsey's hiring partner for the Northeast. Mr. Mendelson earned a BA degree in philosophy from Yale University in 1987 and a JD degree from Harvard Law School in 1990.

Don Mulligan
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
General Mills, Inc

Don is Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer for General Mills, assuming this position in August 2007.

Don joined General Mills from the Pillsbury Company in 2001. He served as Vice President, Financial Operations for the International division until 2004, when he was named Vice President, Financial Operations for Operations and Technology. He was appointed Vice President and Treasurer in January 2006, and was elected Senior Vice President, Financial Operations earlier this year. Mulligan joined Pillsbury in 1998 following 11 years with PepsiCo, Inc. and YUM! Brands, Inc., where he held various international finance positions. Don holds his MBA from the University of Michigan and his BA from Duke University.

Daniel Munger
International Tax Partner
Deloitte Tax LLP

Mr. Munger has more than 25 years of tax and accounting experience delivering global tax and treasury strategies to Fortune 500 multinational businesses. He leads the Global Strategies Group, a national practice within Deloitte Tax, and focuses on strategic international tax consulting for multinational organizations in the areas of M&A, U.S. and local county tax planning, foreign tax credit planning, treasury strategies, repatriation, cash mobilization strategies, and transfer pricing.

Dr. Shan Nair
President
Nair & Co.

Dr. Shan Nair began his career as a nuclear physicist, earning a Ph.D. from Oxford and lending his expertise to the European Commission's response to the Chernobyl disaster. Following the privatization of the UK energy sector in the early 1990s, he retrained as an accountant within the industry before launching his own business. Nair & Co. focuses on using IT to leverage business advantage, especially on a global scale, and draws on Dr. Nair's unique background in science, technology, and finance.

Gary Park
Director of Treasury Operations
Schlumberger

Gary is Director of Treasury Operations with Schlumberger located in Hamilton, Bermuda. He is responsible for the group's risk management, trading, back office and accounting for investments, FX, interest rates and commodities plus global cash management and treasury business systems development. Gary has worked for the leading oilfield services company for over 20 years in various financial roles and has had assignments in Europe, Asia and North America.

Daniel M. Perkins, CTP
Executive
Crowe Chizek & Company LLC

Daniel M. Perkins, CTP, recently joined Crowe as the lead executive focusing on treasury risk services. Mr. Perkins has more than 25 years experience in treasury management both domestically and internationally. Prior to joining Crowe, he held roles as VP and partner at Chase, Arthur Andersen, and PricewaterhouseCoopers and as a treasury practitioner at Fiat and Pfizer in the United States and Europe. He holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School.

Anita M. Prasad, Ph.D.
General Manager, Treasury
Microsoft

As General Manager of Treasury Capital Management at Microsoft, Anita Prasad is responsible for corporate finance, capital structure, share buybacks and dividend policy, structured investments, global cash and treasury operations, and worldwide credit services for online business. Some of her recent areas of focus are optimization of cash flow forecasting, utilizing SWIFT across worldwide accounts, and supporting growth of online business. Previously, Anita served as Vice President of Treasury and Tax at LSI Logic Corporation, where she formulated and implemented long-term strategies that enabled LSI to execute over $5 billion in debt and equity financing. Before corporate life, Anita was an Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin. She holds a Bachelors and Masters in Economics, an MBA in MIS, and a PhD in Finance and International Business.

Ryan Robinson
Chief Financial Officer, United States
Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer
Best Buy

Ryan D. Robinson was named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer - New Growth Platforms in December 2006.

Ryan joined Best Buy in 2002 and has held positions as Senior Vice President - Finance and Treasurer, and Vice President - Finance and Treasurer. Prior to joining us, he spent 15 years at ABN AMRO Holding N.V., an international bank, and most recently served as senior vice president and director of that financial institution's North American private-equity activities. Ryan also held management positions in ABN AMRO Holding N.V.'s corporate finance, finance advisory, acquisitions and asset securitization divisions.

George Zinn
Corporate Vice President and Treasurer
Microsoft Corporation

As Corporate Vice President and Treasurer, George Zinn is responsible for overseeing Microsoft's corporate assets. He leads a group which manages the company's worldwide financial and corporate risk, investment portfolio, strategic portfolio, foreign exchange, corporate and structured project finance, dilution management, cash and liquidity, customer financing, and credit activities. In addition, Treasury has an important role in a range of initiatives across the spectrum from compensation through acquisitions and IP licensing. Treasury is also an important partner in sales efforts to financial services customers. Zinn is dedicated to minimizing financial risks for Microsoft while optimizing returns.

Zinns previous role at Microsoft was CFO of the Intellectual Property & Licensing Division. He was responsible for defining and driving IP-related business strategies and competitive responses, including development, protection, acquisition and licensing of intellectual property. Zinn came to Microsoft in 1996 as a financial analyst and acted as assistant treasurer for four years. Prior to his tenure at Microsoft, he was a partner in a money-management firm specializing in foreign exchange and commodity trading. He began his career on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and is a native of Detroit. Zinn was recently recognized by Treasury & Risk Management Magazine as a Top 40 Finance Professional under 40.

Zinn holds an A.B. in Economics and Environmental Studies, with a minor in Romance Languages, from Bowdoin College. He earned his M.B.A. from the University of Washington while working at Microsoft.