Thought Leadership
Articles, Awards, & Appearances
Articles & Publications
A Capital Structure Strategy Designed for Winning
NeuGroup Insights—May 28, 2026·By Zac Nesper
Fourth installment in the series, with questions for treasurers and CFOs who want to act as architects of their capital structure rather than passive stewards—among the most consequential decisions in corporate finance.
Building a Talent Strategy Today for the Treasury of Tomorrow
NeuGroup Insights—April 15, 2026·By Zac Nesper
Third installment in the series, applying the ten questions in the strategic-lens framework to treasury talent.
A Working Capital Management Strategy Designed for Winning
NeuGroup Insights—March 25, 2026·By Zac Nesper
Second installment in the series, applying the strategic-lens framework to working capital.
World-Class Treasury Starts With a Strategic Lens
NeuGroup Insights—March 4, 2026·By Zac Nesper
Opening piece in Zac’s NeuGroup series on ten strategic FX questions CEOs, CFOs, boards, and treasurers should ask to move treasury from operational to strategic—drawn from Zac’s two decades at HP.
Nine Months to New Beginnings
Treasury Management International (TMI)—January 20, 2017·By Zac Nesper
First-person account of how HP built two distinct treasury functions in nine months to split Hewlett-Packard into HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Awards
Best Cash Flow Forecasting Solution—Overall Winner, Adam Smith Awards Asia
Treasury Today (Asia)—2024
HP Inc. APAC Treasury for moving from fully manual to fully automated cash forecasting across multiple markets.
Outstanding Leadership in Sustainable Finance—Corporate Winner
Global Finance—2021
For the framework Zac’s team built for HP’s June 2021 $1B inaugural sustainable bond. Long-form Q&A with Zac.
Award 1: Best Company in the World for Foreign Exchange Management Award 2: Best System for Measuring Quality of FX Execution
Global Finance (Corporate FX Awards)—2020
HP Inc. for data-driven hedging program and best-in-class corporate algorithm program built under Zac’s leadership as Global Treasurer.
Best Foreign Exchange Solution—Winner
Treasury Today (Adam Smith Awards)—2020
HP Inc. for in-house corporate algorithm and Power BI-driven analytics program built by the FX team Zac developed—became foundation for the FX trading framework.
Alexander Hamilton Award—Treasury Transformation
Treasury & Risk—2016
Signature recognition for HP’s Treasury Transformation Zac led following the 2015 split of Hewlett-Packard into HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise—in nine months.
Treasury & Risk’s public archive jumps from 2015 winners to 2018—no 2016/2017 announcement page is on the public site
Adam Smith Award—Best Risk Management Solution
Treasury Today—2012
Flagship Adam Smith Award to Zac and Hewlett-Packard for the FX execution framework he led as Director of Foreign Exchange.
Current link not available
AFP Pinnacle Award—Finalist, Interest Rate Strategy
Association for Financial Professionals (AFP)—2010
Finalist for an interest-rate-risk solution generating over $150M in mark-to-market value for HP.
AFP does not publish finalist names, so current link not available
Interviews & Features
Former HP Treasurer Zac Nesper’s Joyful Passing of the Baton and The “Crazy Hunger” Behind a Treasurer’s Decision to Leave HP
NeuGroup (Strategic Finance Lab podcast)—March 6 & May 8, 2024
Podcast episode with NeuGroup founder Joseph Neu on Zac’s decision to leave his role as treasurer at HP to be truly present for his daughters’ final years at home, his succession plan, the evolving role of AI, and personal-brand building.
Generating Treasury Transformation From Within
EuroFinance—January 12, 2021 (by Ben Poole)
Extensive quotes covering HP’s multi-year treasury transformation under Zac and how the program self-funded.
Doing Well By Doing Good: Q&A With HP Treasurer Zac Nesper
Global Finance Magazine—2021
Long-form Q&A with Zac about HP’s June 2021 $1 billion sustainable bond and framework for future ESG issuances. Companion to Global Finance’s Outstanding Leadership in Sustainable Finance award won by HP that year.
Expanding Treasury’s Role
EuroFinance—April 14, 2020 (by Julian Lewis)
HP’s shift from a transaction model to digitization.
What Top Treasurers Are Looking For When Recruiting Their Team
LinkedIn Pulse—Simon Lynch (Treasury Talent)—April 5, 2020
Synthesized answers from senior corporate treasurers, including five direct quotes from Zac on hiring prioritization and advice for treasury candidates.
Zac Nesper—Treasurer at HP Inc.
Treasury Talent Podcast (Simon Lynch)—Episode 73, February 11, 2020
Podcast covering Zac’s career arc and mentors, the HP separation and succession, what he looks for in treasury hires, and how he balances technical and soft skills on his team.
Speaking & Podcast Appearances
Delivering Value Through Transformation: Money for Nothing and Change for Free
EuroFinance International Treasury Management 2020 (Keynote)—2020
Keynote on HP’s treasury transformation, including putting more than $500M in previously idle cash to work.
Current link not available
Expert Voices Podcast—Corporate Treasury in the Digital Age
Treasury Today (with Deutsche Bank)—April 2018
Multi-guest expert panel on technology’s transformational impact on corporate treasury.
Networking Advice for the AFP Treasury Community
YouTube—Treasury Talent channel
Short clip with treasury leaders sharing networking advice for the corporate treasury community.