Brendan McGraw
Corporate Treasurer
IATA, Switzerland
- Industry:
- Air transport
- Annual turnover:
- €0.5bn (own funds), €168bn (Industry funds)
- Treasury staff:
- 3
- Treasury structure:
- Centralised
- TMS:
- No
- Cross-border pooling:
- Yes
- Cash rich or debt:
- Cash rich
Speaker profile
Brendan has been the Corporate Treasurer of IATA since 2007. From 1998 to 2002 he was employed by British Airways on the Finance Graduate programme. Following this, he was employed by Esselte as Group Treasury Manager for 3 years. Between 2005 and 2007 Brendan spent 2 years in Frankfurt as European Treasurer for Sylvania Lighting International. He holds a degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and is MCT qualified.
Corporate profile
IATA was founded in Havana, Cuba, in April 1945. It is the prime vehicle for inter-airline cooperation in promoting safe, reliable, secure and economical air services – for the benefit of the world's consumers. Today IATA represents:
- 230 member airlines from more than 140 nations
- 93% of scheduled international traffic
- 60,000 travel agents
- US$225 billion in industry settlements.
