Influential Woman · Corporate Treasury

Brenna Dempster

Treasury Consultant, Global Strategic Solutions LLC

Greenville, SC

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Certifications · Degrees · Memberships

Degree Bachelor of Science in Quantitative Economics and Econometrics Degree University of South Florida Degree Tampa Degree 2020 Degree Cum laude Degree Minor in Communications Cert Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) Member Association for Financial Professionals

Her Story

About Brenna

I've been in Corporate Treasury for 6 years now, and I currently work as a Treasury consultant, owning my own business as an independent contractor under a contracting company called Evolve. Right now, I'm paired with a client in the renewable energy sector in California, where I work on implementing a treasury management system - a database that allows them to have access to all of their financial data in one source. My work includes data migrations and implementations, cash forecasting, cash management, and I interact a lot with other corporate finance sectors like accounting, payroll, accounts payable, and accounts receivable. I started consulting in September of 2025. Prior to that, I was the treasury manager for Milliken, a manufacturing company in South Carolina, where I did a lot more of the traditional Treasury work, including managing bank relationships and cash management. My most notable achievement was implementing G-Treasury at Milliken - I took the system from a Phase 1 implementation to fully active with over 28 users across 5 different countries by the time I left. I'm very interested in the enterprise technology crossover between corporate finance, and I always like to initiate some sort of positive change in a company when I'm there.

Her Interview

Ten minutes with Brenna

01What do you attribute your success to?

I'm gonna say my own hard work and determination, but also my mom. She was a single mom, and she taught me to always believe in myself and dream big. She's been my biggest cheerleader my entire life, and she's really pushed me into this. She's reminded me that even though I'm young, I still have so much more to do in my life, and it's never too early to start.

02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?

I was laid off from a job, and I happened to get put in touch with a career coach that was supposed to help me find a new job, but by the time he called me, I already had a job, and so he sort of put me on as a mentee, and he's now my career coach and mentor. He gave me the best advice that I could have, which was to always do something that fulfills me, and if you are doing something that you feel fulfilled by and that you enjoy doing, your job won't seem like work, it'll be something that you're proud to be a part of. His name is John Hamnes.

03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?

Don't be afraid to be the only woman in the room. Don't be afraid to be the youngest in the room. You're there because you're meant to be there.

04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?

I would say the biggest challenge is that Treasury is extremely niche in corporate finance, and it's not something that every company needs, so you kind of have to prove your worth, almost. But the opportunities that are coming our way now with the introduction of AI and a desire for digital transformation in general in the corporate sphere provides a lot of opportunity for Treasury to come in. I think what sets Treasury apart from the rest of corporate finance is that we have to interact with all the other departments. We sort of act as a liaison, or the problem solver, I like to say, when something happens across different departments in finance.

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