Transaction banking trailblazer: Diane Reyes, HSBC

THE TRAILBLAZERS

Hari Janakiraman, ANZ Catherine Porter, CBRE John Laurens, DBS Diane Reyes, HSBC Umar Farooq, JPMorgan Damian Glendinning, Lenovo’s former treasurer Andrea Melville, Lloyds Lisa Robins, StanChart Ebru Pakcan, Citi Paula da Silva, SEB

“I remember around 10 years ago when we were bidding for a large commercial cards opportunity with the US government,” says Diane Reyes, global head of liquidity and cash management at HSBC. 

“It was a tough process – 18 months to gain a qualification to show we were suitable to bid for government contracts, followed by another 18 months of bidding and pitching to win the mandate.