Lee-Ann Perkins talks about her career in treasury, how she got her license during COVID, and why she advocates for the field. She walks through her professional journey and what drew her to treasury work.
So, Nian. Hi, everyone. It's so nice to see so many familiar faces and friends in the audience. And I think this is a great topic for all of us to talk about and explore. It's what we've all been going through for the last three, five years. So thank you for joining us, particularly after lunch, and it's always hard to follow Mike, but we'll do my best. We'll translate, please. Thank you. So I've been in treasury for about 19 years. It is my passion and I think of my treasury career as both my prose and my poetry. My prose is that it's something I do on a daily basis. It's how I communicate my story of treasury and what I do. But the poetry of treasury for me is being in the advocacy of the function and of just uplifting the treasurer into the future. I think treasury is such an amazing yet understaffed function in a company, and it's really coming to its own these days. And I have been so fortunate to sit on many boards and committees where I can help to uplift the treasury function, where I can make new changes and advocate for regulations in the industry. One of my favorite things to do is to be on the board of Narcha, where we helped as practitioners to raise the same day ACH limit to a million dollars. So there are just so many great things I've been involved in, and that's where I think I get my passion from and where I want my career to go in the future. I've done a lot of things over the years, from starting as a Treasury analyst to reaching my goal of being a treasurer of both a private and a public company. So I've really worked hard. I've educated myself through the years. And during COVID was, I think, for me, the pinnacle of my education, getting a Treasury license in the uk. It's the hardest thing I've ever done. I'm never studying ever again. It was really great. So I think, to sum up in a nutshell, I just really love Treasury. I love the function. And anyone who wants to talk treasury is always welcome to talk with me and hear about how I have moved myself up my career path and just still enjoy the passion for what I do.
