Treasury Roles Across Different Industries with Roger Aguilar

This week’s guest has travelled a long and winding road to his current treasury role, fulfilling a variety of positions and picking up invaluable experience along the way.

On episode 257, we revisit a 2019 release of The Treasury Career Corner with Roger Aguilar, now Treasurer at EZCORP.

Roger explains how he began his career in banking and embarked on a cross-country journey across many industries in a variety of treasury positions.

Plus, he takes us back to when he de-risked the currency exposure in various jobs, compares his roles across Mexico, the States and the UK and provides top tips and priorities for treasurers in 2023.

Roger began his career as Director of Corporate Banking and Project Finance with BBVA in 1995 where he remained for 11 years.

He then began a multi-regional role with Merck as LATAM and EMEA Senior Manager of Treasury, automating and centralising the order-to-cash process in the SSC in Dublin.

Roger then worked as Treasury Director for Jabil before becoming Senior Director – Assistant Treasurer at CEVA Logistics in 2014.

Following a year-long stint as Senior Manager – Treasury Advisory Services at Deloitte, Roger became an Assistant Treasurer at Oceaneering, Treasurer at Wellborne Integrity Solutions and Head of Treasury Transformation in the US for Redbridge Debt & Treasury Advisory.

Roger is currently Treasurer at EZCORP.

He acquired a BE in Industrial Engineering with Honours from Tecnológico de Monterrey and later, a Finance MBA at Universitat de Barcelona.

On the podcast we discussed…

• His routes in banking
• De-risking the currency exposure in multiple roles
• His time in Mexico, the U.S. and the U.K.
• The difference in treasury roles in different industries
• Roger’s views on the future of treasury
• His moves since his 2019 appearance on the podcast
• Advice for treasurers in 2023

You can connect with Roger Aguilar on LinkedIn.

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