Speaker profile

Dr Mark Kirkland is responsible for risk identification, cash management, bonding and back office of Bombardier Transportation and related accounting and reporting for Treasury. Prior to joining Bombardier Transportation in May 2008, Dr Kirkland worked for nine years in the Corporate Treasury of Philips in Amsterdam and before was employed by Merrill Lynch in London, New York and Frankfurt in the Fixed Income and Commodity markets for a period of nine years.

Corporate profile

Bombardier is a manufacturer of transportation equipment, including business and commercial aircraft and rail transportation equipment and systems, and is a provider of related services. The company operates in two segments: aerospace (BA) and transportation (BT). BA designs and manufactures aviation products and is a provider of related services. BA’s aircraft portfolio includes a line of business aircraft, commercial aircraft including regional jets, turboprops and single-aisle mainline jets and amphibious aircraft. BT is engaged in rail equipment and system manufacturing and provides related services, offering a range of passenger railcars, locomotives, light rail vehicles and automated people movers.