After all, trade is trust, and banks all over the world have been given the job of securing that trust. Your clients expect you to forecast risk, mitigate and cap its effects; make money available right where they need, and right where it will provide them with the best return.

So where does Proferus fit in? We will help you deliver on your corporate targets so that you can help your customers do the same.

As Trade Operations Manager, Global Trade CIO, Vice President of Transaction Services, Member of the Board or someone with similar accountability in the financial world, you will be more than familiar with questions like:

1. How can we truly profit from current market developments?
2. How can we improve collaboration across the organisation?
3. How can we organise Trade Finance, Commodity Trade Finance and Cash Management in such a way that we broaden the horizons for our customers whilst lowering costs?
4. How can we revise our systems and processes whilst maintaining business as usual?

And just as you read the recommendations from your internationally-renowned business consultant, you realise that it´s now up to you to translate them into concrete results. Yet the question that remains is how?

• How can we turn these critical strategic decisions into real results?

You ask us. Because Proferus has the insight, drive and determination to help you find, and implement the right solution.

Whatever the task may be, however big or however complex, Proferus believes in keeping it simple. We also believe in getting the job done, which is why we make the most of the specialisms we have in house.

STRATEGIC ADVISORY

STRATEGIC EXECUTION 1. Translation of strategy into plans 2. Project roadmap & assurance 3. Implementation a. Project management b. Change management

Our Approach

We make a thorough assessment of your needs before dispatching a compact and highly-effective team of experienced and multi-talented consultants. The right combination of expertise and the right balance of services are essential.

Our consultants bring drive, determination and commitment for taking your organisation to the next level. We know how to identify the concerns, interests and motivations of all the stakeholders; we can help improve collaboration; and we can help break down complex solutions into simple, manageable steps: in the board room, at management and at office level.

Proferus gets everyone on board, gets everyone involved, and gets everyone believing and working toward one, manageable solution.

At Proferus, we invest in building belief in success first, then in implementation.

You may have a good idea about what is interfering with your corporate goals, but it´s our job to get right to the heart of what can often be extremely complex situations. And we do this by identifying the critical factors that are getting in the way of your success. In fact, you´d be surprised by the number and variety of critical factors we see on a day-to-day basis (you really don´t want to know), which puts us in a perfect position for finding them (before anyone else does) and stripping them right down to their bare bones.

Once we have revealed the underlying issues, we can think about tackling them with targeted solutions tailored to your specific business needs. We will back up our plans with well-founded arguments and we will explain just how we plan on implementing the solution. Rest assured that we will always provide a clear run down of the costs and the expected (financial) results as well as strong references.

When it comes down to getting results, at Proferus, there´s no such thing as can´t.

1. Saving costs by optimising processes and products based on market and customer analysis;
2. Expanding the opportunities for our clients’ customers by structuring systems and processes that fulfil their needs and requirements. In this way, we are propagating an integral approach to (commodity) trade finance, payments and cash management;
3. Simplifying processes, modernising systems and phasing out unnecessary activities;
4. Improving the sales effectiveness of the organisation;
5. Improving the opportunities for growth;
6. Improving efficiency in organisational structures;
7. Giving the organisation improved flexibility and élan;
8. Making staff more aware, (‘prouder´) – very much with the customer’s wishes in mind.

This will get results for you, your clients and your clients´ clients.