HSBC's Guide to Cash, Supply Chain and Treasury Management in ...

Contributors
DAviD BLAir
Independent Treasury Consultant, Singapore
David Blair has 25 years of treasury experience, starting his career with Price Waterhouse and then
founding ABB’s World Treasury Centre in Switzerland. After setting up Nokia’s global treasury centre in
Switzerland, Mr Blair set up Nokia Treasury Asia in Singapore and then became Nokia Group Treasurer
in Finland. Most recently, as Vice President, Treasury, he drove a treasury transformation at Huawei in
Shenzhen, China.
JoNAThAN BELEC
Senior Manager, Transfer Pricing and Tax Effective Supply Chain Management, Ernst & Young, Shanghai
Jonathan Belec has more than eight years of transfer pricing experience, including advising clients in
various industries on transfer pricing controversies, tax-effective supply chain management, centralised
procurement strategies and intellectual property tax planning in Asia and North America. He also
specialises in inter-company financial transactions including loan, cash-pooling, guarantee fee and
factoring transactions. Before entering private practice in 2004, Mr Belec served as a tax policy advisor
for the Canadian Department of Finance in Ottawa. He is a CFA charter holder and holds a Master’s
degree in Economics from Queen’s University, Canada.
GrACE CAGuioA
Vice President Product Management, Business Intelligence, Global Payments and Cash Management, Asia Pacific, HSBC,
Hong Kong
Grace Caguioa has nearly 13 years of extensive cash management experience, working in various areas
including product management, sales, client implementation and servicing. She joined HSBC in 2006 as
part of the product management team in the Philippines handling receivables, disbursements, channels
and management information. She is currently part of the Business Management and Strategy team
for Asia Pacific. Prior to HSBC, she worked for a local bank that is among the top cash management
providers in the Philippines. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Santo
Tomas, the Philippines.
SiMoN CoNSTANTiNiDES
Regional Head of Trade and Supply Chain, Asia Pacific (ex HK/Macau), HSBC
Simon Constantinides is based in Hong Kong and has regional responsibility for the group’s Trade and
Supply Chain activities, including receivables finance and commodities structured trade finance, across
17 markets within Asia Pacific. He joined HSBC in 2006, and prior to relocating to Hong Kong he held
various positions within HSBC Bank USA, N.A. With a career spanning more than 20 years in banking,
Mr Constantinides has focused much of his career marketing and building trade and financial supply chain
management solutions with a focus on upper middle market and corporate retailers, branded apparel and
consumer products companies as well as developing trade, e-commerce and supply chain solutions.
JohN K DiEKEr
Vice President and Treasurer, Greif, Inc
John K Dieker is Vice President and Treasurer of Greif, Inc, a world leader in industrial packaging products
and services. As Treasurer since 2005, Mr Dieker has been responsible for all treasury and corporate
tax activities of the company. In addition, he provides leadership in the company’s enterprise risk
management process and value-added strategic and financial support to Greif’s management. Prior to
joining Greif in 1992, Mr Dieker was a certified public accountant with Price Waterhouse. He received his
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance from the Ohio State University, US, in 1987.
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