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“We’ve been able to gain trust”

Bart-Jan Roelofsz (Endemol Shine Group)

As well as being a member of the board of the DACT (Dutch Association of Corporate Treasurers), Bart-Jan Roelofsz is mainly known as group treasurer and insurance manager at Endemol Shine.
This entertainment group is the result of a merger between Endemol and Shine. The merger means that the Shine companies have now adopted Endemol’s holistic approach to risk management. But what does that mean in practice? We asked Bart-Jan to explain.

The state of cash flow forecasting

Accurate and timely cash position and cash flow forecasting (CFF) information is paramount for multinational corporations (MNCs) to guide funding and investment decisions, to manage cash and liquidity optimally and to be on top of financial risks.

Integration between treasury and business

Column Laurens Tijdhof

Integration between treasury and the wider business is a prerequisite for an effective and efficient treasury organization. The remit of the treasury function has changed in recent years so that treasury is now expected to be a much more proactive advisor to the company.

Global visons on corporate risks

There is much to gain from seeing things from a different point of view, especially in the current market conditions. In this double interview, Paul Nailand, founding director of Visual Risk in Australia, and Judith van Paassen, partner at Zanders, share their visions from opposite sides of the world on risk management.

Value of optionality in ‘Direkt vermarktung’

Alternative valuation method in the sustainable energy industry

Zanders has been involved in financing issues and transactions related to sustainable energy for several years now, supporting developers, power companies, and start-ups in a variety of countries.

As part of one of its consultancy projects, Zanders advised a Dutch developer on the valuation of its German wind farms. For this particular client, Zanders calculated the value of the implicit option embedded in the complex financing of wind energy projects.