Session Description:

In a period of numerous unprecedented market movements, financial risk management quickly becomes a hot topic at the senior leadership level. This session will focus on understanding the impacts that the current market environment has had on risk hedging activities, and some of the key considerations of effective risk management. Whether your role is within Treasury, or you are an external stakeholder, this session is designed to share the themes and priorities across our corporate clients and current strategies that are being employed across rates and currency hedging practitioners.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify key strategic questions that should define a risk management program
• Understand how changes in the current market and the market outlook affect risk management decisions
• Evaluate common challenges in managing risk (quantifying risk, evaluating alternatives, communicating objectives, achieving preferred accounting treatment)

Speaker Bio:

Amanda leads Chatham’s Corporate Treasury Advisory group, advising corporate clients on risk management strategy, analysis, and execution with respect to interest rate, currency exchange rate, and commodities exposures. During her 15 year tenure at Chatham, Amanda has developed broad hedging experience advising corporate clients on complex FX hedging strategies and advising real estate clients on issues pertaining to REIT structures and in navigating the process of collateral substitutions. Prior to joining Chatham, Amanda was an officer in the Army serving in both Germany and Afghanistan. Amanda received her MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters in International Relations from the University of Oklahoma. She also holds a BS in Business Administration from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.