Chris Corner Email & Phone Number

Sutton, GB

London, England, United Kingdom

Weybridge, England, United Kingdom

• Delivered the repositioning of the CoE team during a highly transformative period, combining rebalancing its geographic profile to better reflect the Group, functional restructuring following a major disposal, and the.
• Facilitated extensive contributions to support treasury transformation projects - across Global Banking and Technology - and major corporate development and associated funding transactions
• Led Global Treasury's employee engagement… Show more
• Led Global Treasury's employee engagement efforts post-Covid to identify and implement initiatives to optimise collaboration, cohesion and performance Show less

• Joined to focus on B&S’s strategic review - with a remit to combine helping to drive the development of a new business plan alongside establishing operational financial discipline – and the Group’s funding activities
• Reviewed with the B&S Leadership Team the pre-existing Transformation Plan as the Covid pandemic evolved, and identified opportunities to enhance cash returns to Group despite the deteriorating macroeconomic outlook
• Received full support from Group Exco for Three Year… Show more
• Received full support from Group Exco for Three Year Plan and Budget to deliver a new operating model Show less

London, United Kingdom

• Member of the recapitalisation deal team, seeking to deliver capital injections from shareholders, lending banks and bondholders alongside the separation of the Tour Operator and Airline businesses
• Supported related exploratory and due diligence discussions with prospective buyers - of parts of the Group and the whole - and investors
• Led the Group’s funding activities, including upsizing the RCF to £875m across 17 lenders, and refinancing two high yield bonds totalling €1.15bn to… Show more
• Led the Group’s funding activities, including upsizing the RCF to £875m across 17 lenders, and refinancing two high yield bonds totalling €1.15bn to extend maturities and reduce interest charges Show less

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for all centralised Treasury activities, including FX (£3bn pa) and fuel ($1bn pa) hedging, bonding (£0.5bn) and liquidity management (£1bn working capital swing)
• Relentless focus on enhancing balance sheet efficiency, through strategic transformation, generating trading cashflow and increasing flexible financing to allow the repayment of fixed-term debt
• Delivered timely and open engagement with rating agencies throughout the full ratings cycle, and to test the… Show more
• Delivered timely and open engagement with rating agencies throughout the full ratings cycle, and to test the implications of various restructuring scenarios; represented the Group in pension trustee negotiations, and.

London, United Kingdom

• Managed three refinancing projects across Public Service and Commercial entities, including a market-leading debut private placement alongside revolving credit and uncommitted facilities
• Centralised all Treasury functionality, including staffing, policies, governance and technology, and built strong business partner relationships across the BBC to enhance the effectiveness of treasury
• Delivered regional banking strategies and financial benefits across Australasia, North America… Show more
• Delivered regional banking strategies and financial benefits across Australasia, North America, Latin America and Asia-Pacific Show less

• Established full treasury functionality for new standalone team alongside BBC Group Treasury, including foreign currency and interest rate hedging policies
• Developed rigorous cashflow forecasting processes to manage the liquidity and funding strategy within the bounds of the BBC’s debt cap for commercial entities
• Regular attendee at Management Boards providing global economic updates and hedging reviews, and provided business support for acquisitions, divestments, and expansion… Show more
• Regular attendee at Management Boards providing global economic updates and hedging reviews, and provided business support for acquisitions, divestments, and expansion into new markets Show less

• Created and developed a centralised treasury function, developing foreign currency and interest rate hedging programmes, and integrating more than 20 acquired entities
• Managed £925m debt programme - including six private placement notes - and consolidated bilateral bank facilities into a club revolving credit facility
• Generated additional £3m return p.a. on client bank accounts by consolidating client bank relationships and negotiating enhanced rates, in return for consolidating… Show more
• Generated additional £3m return p.a. on client bank accounts by consolidating client bank relationships and negotiating enhanced rates, in return for consolidating ancillary business within core banks Show less

• Led the team delivering all Treasury activities outside of the US, including managing global balance sheet hedging of $2.5bn of exposures across 31 currencies
• Automated bank account data capture and posting across 15 bank relationships and 300 accounts
• Delivered clean annual audits of Sarbanes Oxley documentation

• Managed bilateral credit facilities (£300m), and supported bank relationship management activities
• Implemented European cash pooling structure across 12 entities in 10 countries, and led the bank and parent company guarantees processes for 75 guarantees totalling £200m
• Provided cover for daily cash, hedging and precious metals management processes

• Joined Lloyd’s as a Graduate Trainee, moved to Corporate Finance in December 1996
• Supported introduction of the Euro as the Market’s fourth settlement currency, and co-ordinated annual £750m regulatory deposit exercise to ensure allocation across market participants
• Monitored syndicates’ cash balances against regulatory requirements