Amit Baraskar

Amit Baraskar

Senior Vice President & Head of Treasury Thomas Cook India Group
Amit Baraskar
Chartered Accountant (Indian CPA), Group Treasurer at Thomas Cook India group spread across 29 countries. International jury (CT HK awards), international speaker, editorial board member, ex-Chairman of Indian Corporate Treasurers Association (ICT). Sports nutritionist, athletic & author.

Main Day 1 | 16th September

4:55 PM CBDC Panel: Stablecoins vs WCBDCs: How could competing digital money models reshape FX settlement and currency influence?

As digital money frameworks move from design to deployment, central banks face strategic questions that go beyond technology. With the U.S. increasingly supportive of regulated stablecoin models and the ECB advancing wholesale CBDC infrastructure, 2026 could mark a defining moment in how currencies are used, aligned and trusted in global markets. This panel examines the macro and geopolitical implications of competing digital-money models, including what they signal about dollar dominance, euro ambition and global currency alignment. Central bankers will explore whether these frameworks are likely to coexist or compete, how policy direction could influence capital flows and reserve management over time, and what the next generation of settlement rails may ultimately mean for FX liquidity, risk transfer and market structure.

Main Day 2 | 17th September

10:35 AM Corporate Teach- In: How corporates operate: How corporate hedging and execution behaviour influences currency markets

Corporate Teach- In:

How corporates operate: How corporate hedging and execution behaviour influences currency markets

Corporate FX flows are shaped by internal structures as much as by market conditions, with execution behaviour differing significantly between centralised and more decentralised treasury models. This interactive session brings together two corporate perspectives to compare how exposures are identified, approved and hedged across different organisational setups. The discussion will walk institutional trading desks through practical differences in forecasting cycles, approval chains, execution methods (RFQ, streaming and algos), and how exceptions such as M&A activity or less liquid markets are managed. Designed to demystify corporate behaviour, clarify execution patterns and improve understanding of how corporate FX flows enter and move through the market. 

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