Leading treasury across multiple industries requires more than technical expertise - it demands adaptability, broad experience, and a forward-looking mindset.
In this episode, Garima Thakur, Global Treasurer and Risk Leader at Creative Artists Agency (CAA) shares insights from building a treasury career spanning finance, technology, consumer products, sports, and entertainment.
Garima Thakur is Global Treasurer and Risk Leader at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), where she oversees treasury, liquidity management, and financial risk. She brings extensive treasury leadership experience across multiple industries, including financial services, technology, consumer products, and entertainment.
On the show Garima shares how she discovered treasury during an MBA internship and built a career across several industries and treasury disciplines. She explains why developing broad experience early in a treasury career can create a strong foundation for future leadership roles.
The conversation also explores how treasury functions evolve within growing organizations, the importance of forward-looking liquidity planning, and how technology and AI are beginning to influence areas such as forecasting, data analysis, and decision-making.
What We Cover in This Episode:
- Discovering treasury during an MBA internship and choosing it as a career path
- Building early career experience across multiple treasury disciplines
- The advantages of working in lean treasury teams and learning across functions
- Leading treasury roles across finance, technology, consumer products, sports, and entertainment
- Building and evolving treasury capabilities within a fast-moving organization
- The role treasury plays in supporting both strategic initiatives and daily operations
- Forward-looking liquidity planning and scenario analysis
- The growing role of technology and AI in treasury processes
- Developing strong treasury teams and learning from operational mistakes
- What treasury leaders value when hiring and developing talent
You can connect with Garima Thakur on LinkedIn.
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