The event honors exceptional treasury and finance departments for their excellence in solving finance and treasury management challenges, this year made all the more urgent by the financial crisis. Cardinal Health CFO Jeff Henderson delivered the opening keynote session to a jam-packed audience and took on the next big difficult and controversial issue, health care reform, and its potential impact on businesses.

Having survived and thrived during the economic turmoil of the last year, Toyota Financial Services won the Alexander Hamilton Overall Excellence award. TFS kept the carmaker's dealerships operating, stayed in the leasing business and managed to increase market share, thanks to a strong and integrated treasury and finance department and innovative leadership.

Treasury & Risk's distinguished panel of judges selected the winners in the 10 categories to receive the Gold, Silver and Bronze awards from a record number of entries.

The 2009 Award Winners:

Best Green Strategy Honeywell International (Gold); Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (Silver); Kforce (Bronze)

Cash Management United States Postal Service (Gold); Honeywell (Silver); City of Los Angeles (Bronze)

Credit Risk Management Toyota Financial Services (Gold); Microsoft (Silver); Cisco Systems (Bronze)

Enterprise Risk Management RTI International (Gold); Paychex (Silver); TFS (Bronze)

Financial Risk Management Adobe Systems (Gold); Google (Silver); Microsoft (Bronze)

Liquidity Management McDonald's (Gold); Microsoft (Silver); TFS (Bronze)

Retirement and Benefits Honeywell (Gold); Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries (Silver); Zappos.com (Bronze)

Solution of the Year FXpress (now Reval) (Gold); Aon (Silver); Treasury Sciences (Bronze)

Technology Excellence Google (Gold); TFS (Silver); General Electric (Bronze)

Working Capital Management DRS Sustainment Systems (Gold); TFS (Silver); Zappos.com (Bronze)

Full stories of each company's award-winning best practices and innovations can be found in the November issue of Treasury & Risk magazine and online at www.treasuryandrisk.com.

About Treasury & Risk Magazine Treasury & Risk, published monthly since 1991, covers what its 45,000 subscribers, who are senior financial executives, need to know about new developments, emerging trends, best practices and technology in treasury and risk management as they take on greater leadership roles at U.S. corporations in the wake of the financial crisis. More than just a magazine, Treasury & Risk is a multi-platform professional community”a nexus where finance leaders can exchange ideas, share problems and develop solutions together. For more information, please visit TreasuryandRisk.com.

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