AFP Pinnacle Awards are presented annually to organizations that have successfully developed dynamic solutions that make treasury and finance more efficient and/or effective. AFP Pinnacle solutions demonstrate treasury as contributing significant value in a broad range of organizations.

The Pinnacle Awards recognize excellence in treasury and finance in three award categories: innovation, risk, and strategy.

Innovation: Leading Advances in Treasury and Finance. Demonstrates creative organizational structures, innovative technologies and processes, and sophisticated performance metrics that are on the cutting edge of treasury and finance.

Risk: Advanced Risk Management Methodologies. Demonstrates advanced risk management methodologies that reduce organizational risk related to financial risks, internal controls and compliance, fraud prevention, business continuity and disaster recovery plans, etc.

Strategy: Treasury as a Strategic Partner. Demonstrates the value treasury can create as a strategic player through successful capital structure initiatives, corporate growth deal structures, business unit and project decision-making programs, etc.

AFP 2008 Pinnacle Award Winners -- Please click on the following to read more about the winners

Strategy: Treasury as a Strategic Partner
PAETEC, Fairport, New York

Innovation: Leading Advances in Treasury and Finance
Enhanced Investment Technologies, LLC (INTECH), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Risk:  Advanced Risk Management Methodologies
Belk Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina

AFP Pinnacle Award Ceremony

Each 2008 AFP Pinnacle Category Award Winner will be honored for their winning solutions in their respective categories at this year's AFP Annual Conference in Los Angeles, October 19 at 3:30 p.m., at the Los Angeles Convention Center in front of over 6,000 treasury and finance professionals. The awards will be presented by a senior Wachovia executive in concert with the President of AFP. The AFP Pinnacle Grand Prize Winner will be selected from the category winners and be awarded this special honor during the ceremony. The Grand Prize Winner will also receive a $10,000 charitable donation to the charity of their choice from Wachovia. AFP provides for up to two complimentary conference registrations, transportation and lodging for each of the category winners.

Additional Awards Information

Immediately following the AFP Annual Conference, AFP and Wachovia will present the AFP Pinnacle Grand Prize Winner a $10,000 check, and coordinate and stage a press conference to be held in the city in which the Grand Prize Winner's company or organization is located.

The winners will have the opportunity to present their winning solutions during the Annual Conference. In addition, AFP's Publications staff will help the winners develop their entries into articles that will be published in an upcoming AFP Exchange magazine. In addition, each winner will receive one CTP/CCM credit for each page of the published articles.

Request for Nominations

Has your treasury or finance department implemented an original solution that contributed to your company's financial success? AFP and Wachovia invite you to nominate your solution for a 2009 AFP Pinnacle Award.

Remember, the 2009 AFP Pinnacle Awards seeks to recognize the original thinking and initiative of you and your staff. Turn-key vendor solutions will not be considered.

Four easy steps to submit your Pinnacle solution:

1. Click on the following link Pinnacle Form which will open the submission form.
2. Save the document to your computer's hard drive.
3. Complete the submission form.
4. E-mail the completed form to pinnacle@afponline.org

Deadline for submission is May 22, 2009.