KYColleagues
What is Percy's favourite song, by whom?
My heart will go on, by Celine Dion
Navigating the Storm - the case studies were based on real deals. Name the countries where the deals took place.
Colombia and Nigeria
Future of Finance - Name 2 things you can do to remain as a "future proof" Finance professional.
•Don’t lose sight of what has always been important
•Build new skills fit for the future – don’t wait
•Stay up to date with market trends
•Take advantage of the opportunity presented
Fuel you up - what's special about the Portuguese olive oil?
Cold pressed only
Extra virgin is only pressed once;
Must be from trees of certain vintage
When is Michael M's birthday? :-)
5th March
The Energy Trilemma – as per WM’s forecast, which year will Global liquids demand peak?
2032
An afternoon with Mark Forster - list three key takeaways from the session
Voted by the rest of the teams ;-)
RiskOps Unicorn - what does "PKYC" stands for and mean?
Perpetual Get to know your customer
During the icebreaker, Neha said the last country she visited was the UK (London) before the Lisbon conference. What was the country she actually visited last?
India
The Energy Trilemma - what is the Brent price quoted in Allen's presentation as "today's Brent price"? Margin of error within $1 is accepted.
$86
RiskOps - what are the 3 current trends in fraud?
1. ATO
2. Scam overtaking card fraud (1st time in the UK in 2021);
3. Fraud evolving, and regulation chasing
An afternoon with Mark Forster - what record did Mark achieve in the World Championships, afternoon missing out on the Olympics? a margin of error within 0.1 second will be accepted
21.58 seconds
How many countries were marked on the World map by the team as countries we grew up in?
13
What is the current FED interest rate?
4.50% to 4.75%
Future of Finance - name 2 out of the four future trends in Finance roles.
1. Technology & Automation
2. Development of Systems – Customisation & Bolt Ons
3. Diverse Finance Teams
4. ESG
The Going Concern - Name 2 of the words the panel used to describe their future.
Uncertain;
Excited;
Transition;
Dynamic;
Growth/settle down;
How long has Yakov worked for Shell?
Ask Yakov ;-)
Got Interest? - name 3 Head winds and 1 Tail wind faced by the energy market.
Head winds:
•Lower gas substitution
•US – China tension
•H5N1
•RU/Ukraine de-escalation
•OPEC supply increase to stall renewable investment
•Iran come back
•Overshoot on monetary tightening
•US shale price response
Tail Winds:
•China keeps surprising to the upside Russian oil production loss
•Little OPEC+ spare, high nat. decline on Non-OPEC on the back of low investment
•US SPR
•US shale further limited
The Energy Trilemma – what are the three key things the Energy system is looking for and how are companies responding to them?
Security/Reliability -> Resilience
Sustainable -> Sustainable
Affordable - > Attractive
The Going Concern - Name 2 things the panel mentioned about "how finance can add value"?
Technical advisor;
Solution provider;
Courage to change;
Deep understanding of the business