Fred Schacknies – SVP & Treasurer at Hilton Worldwide | Episode 96

Podcast

Today’s guest is Fred Schacknies. Fred is SVP and Treasurer at Hilton Worldwide with responsibilities in global liquidity management, banking, treasury infrastructure, foreign exchange and interest rates, credit risk, capital markets, pension investments and energy risk.

In this episode:

  • How Fred came to Treasury and what made him choose it as a career
  • Highlights of Fred’s career
  • How does Treasury differ from other industries in Fred’s perspective
  • Fred’s move from banking to corporate
  • Fred’s approach on networking
  • Mentors involved in Fred’s career
  • What piece of advice he wished someone told him
  • Key things Fred look for in hiring
  • How does the role in Treasury is changing in the next few years