Episode 296: Treasury Control in a Decentralized Company: When the Textbook Doesn’t Work with Matthias Depoorter

from Treasury Leaders (Former Corporate Treasury 101)

In this episode of Treasury Leaders, host Philip Costa Hibberd, Founder of Automation Boutique, speaks with Matthias Depoorter, Group Treasury Manager at Euroports, about the realities of bringing treasury control into a highly decentralised organisation.Matthias shares how he is transforming treasury at Euroports by focusing on three key pillars: visibility, centralisation, and optimisation. With more than 100 entities, 180+ bank accounts, joint ventures, local banking relationships, and financing structure constraints, Matthias explains why traditional treasury models do not always fit real-world organisations.The conversation dives deep into practical treasury architecture, including overlay cash management structures, notional pooling, MT940 and MT101 messaging, local bank relationships, API connectivity, and the role of AI in cash forecasting and treasury analytics. Matthias also shares lessons learned from implementing a global treasury visibility project while balancing operational realities and change management.Whether you are building treasury infrastructure, improving cash visibility, or navigating decentralised banking environments, this episode provides practical insights into designing treasury structures that work in the real world.What You’ll Learn in This Episode:Treasury Visibility First: Why daily cash visibility is the foundation for better treasury decisions.Centralisation in Decentralised Organisations: How to improve liquidity management without disrupting local banking relationships.Overlay Treasury Structures: How notional pooling and overlay banking can solve intercompany constraints.Treasury Technology & APIs: The practical realities of APIs, MT messaging, and treasury connectivity.AI in Treasury: How AI can support cash forecasting, bank fee analysis, and transaction insights.Treasury Change Management: Why treasury transformation requires balancing operational needs with strategic goals.Episode Breakdown with Timestamps: [00:00] – Introduction[02:23] – Building Daily Cash Visibility Across 100+ Entities[07:54] – The Limits of Traditional Cash Pooling Structures[12:22] – Implementing an Overlay Treasury Structure[18:50] – Improving Liquidity Through Multi-Currency Notional Pooling[38:03] – Prioritising Overlay Banking Over a Traditional TMS[47:00] – Designing Treasury Around Business RealityFollow our guest Matthias Depoorter: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthiasdepoorter/Euroports: https://www.linkedin.com/company/euroports/Follow Treasury Leaders:Website: https://corporate-treasury-101.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/treasury-leaders/Follow Our Hosts:Hussam Ali on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hussam-r-ali/Guillaume Jouvencel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guillaume-jouvencel/Jan-Willem Attevelt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/attevelt/Philip Costa Hibberd on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-costa-hibberd/GHA Marketing Website: https://ghapodcast.com/Automation Boutique Website: https://automationboutique.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Get $100 off any AFP product, including their CTP Exam Prep Platform, using our discount code! Find this and More on our partner's pagehttps://corporate-treasury-101.com/partners-page/

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