The Increasing Role and Responsibility of Today's Treasury & Finance Professional - An AFP Update

WHEN: March 16, 2005

Networking / Cocktails: 4:15pm
Announcements: 4:45pm
Presentation: 5:00pm
Conclusion 6:15pm

WHERE: Wingate Inn, West Chester - directions MSN Search: wingate inn west chester then click on Maps

We are THRILLED to present James A. Kaitz, President and CEO of the Association for Financial Professionals for our March meeting.

The area of treasury management has changed significantly in recent years, expanding from traditional cash management to broader working capital and corporate finance issues. Treasury has embraced new areas of specialization as new tasks are brought under treasury control. Meanwhile, a number of important trends, both evolutionary and revolutionary, are influencing the profession, such as electronic commerce, globalization, outsourcing and the impact of legislation such as Sarbanes-Oxley and Check 21. Today's treasury professional understands these trends and can serve in an advisory capacity as a strategic partner to the larger organization.

As President and CEO of AFP, Kaitz is responsible for managing the operations of an association that represents over 14,000 treasury and financial professionals throughout the United States. He was formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Financial Executives Institute, a professional association of over 14,000 senior financial executives representing 8,000 companies in the United States.

Prior to joining FEI in 1988 as the Vice President of Government Relations, he was Manager, Trade and Business Affairs in Baxter Healthcare Corporation’s Washington Office. He served as Director, Government Relations for the Scientific Apparatus Makers Association and joined FEI’s Washington Office in 1983 from Capitol Hill. From 1978 to 1982 he was legislative assistant to the Honorable James Shannon (D-MA), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee.

He is a 1978 graduate of Georgetown University.