Corporate Perspective: 200 Pints a Second of Trade, Treasury and Risk With Asahi

When Japanese brewer Asahi bought SABMiller’s central and European assets from AB InBev (ABI) for €7.3bn it made Asahi Group the third largest brewer in Europe. The ABI transaction was one of the most complicated deals in the history of brewing, however one outcome is that Anthony Buchanan, treasurer of the Asahi Breweries Europe Group, which produces 200 pints of premium lager every second, has an interesting job. TXF talks financing international trade with him.

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