Conference Programme

Wednesday 11th October

Day 1

Thursday 12th October

Day 2

Friday 13th October

Day 3

The International Trade and Forfaiting Association, ITFA, is the worldwide trade association for companies, financial institutions and intermediaries engaged in trade and forfaiting. Visit our website itfa.org

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~~Early Bird fee: 31 July~~
~~Standard fee: 30 Sep~~
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09:00-09:30	Welcome Address
09:30-10:25	Moving beyond “Big Oil” – The Opportunities in MENA’s Economic Diversification Speaker: Robert Besseling, Founder and CEO, Pangea-Risk
10:25-10:55	Coffee Break
10:55-11:50	Scaling UAE non-oil trade through tailored export credit insurance Speakers: Raja Al Mazrouei, CEO, Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) Khalil Al Mansoori, Acting Director General, Abu Dhabi Exports Office (ADEX)
11:50-12:45	ITFA’s Big Role: As seen by our Multilateral Advisory Panel Moderator: Shannon Manders, Editorial Director, GTR Panelists: Bleming Nekati, Chief Trade Finance Officer, African Development Bank (ADB) Clarine Stenfert, Global Trade Finance Head, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Gwen Mwaba, Director & Global Head - Trade Finance, African Export-Import Bank Rudolf Putz, Head Trade Facilitation Programme, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Makiko Toyoda, Global Head, GTFP & GSCF - Trade and Supply Chain, international Finance Corporation (IFC)
12:45-13:45	Lunch
13:45-14:40	From geopolitics to geoeconomics – managing the reality of perpetual risk Moderator: Rebecca Harding, Director, Rebeccanomics Panelists: Andrew van den Born, Managing Director, Global Head of CPRI for FinanciaI Institutions, WTW Sheleena Govind, Senior Transactor, Debt and Trade Solutions, Institutional Client Group, Rand Merchant Bank Russell Brown, Global Head Trade Finance - Financial Institutions, Deutsche Bank
14:40-15:35	C-Suite panel Moderator: Harsha Mehta, EMEA Trade Risk Distribution, Citi Panelists: Natasha Condon, Payments - Global Head of Trade Sales and EMEA Trade Region Head, JPMorgan Damian Austin, Managing Director - Chief Banking Officer, BACB Diego Barron, Head of Private Debt Mobilization Europe, Banco Santander Sinan Ozcan, Senior Executive Officer, DP World Trade Finance
15:35-16:05	Coffee Break
16:05-17:00	What next for ESG in 2023 and beyond? Moderator: Jo Wissing, Director, Deputy Head Trade Finance Syndication, Credit Suisse Schweiz AG and ITFA Board Member, Head of ESG Panelists: Yousra El Sayed, Director - Sustainable Finance, Investment Banking, Mashreq Jonny Carruthers, Director, BPL Global Joel Bensoor, Head of Portfolio Management, British International Investment Massimo Falcioni, Chief Competitiveness Officer, Abu Dhabi Investment Office
17:00-18:00	ITFA Emerging Leaders Trade Financier Award
19:30	Welcome dinner at The Ritz Carlton, Abu Dhabi Grand Canal Hotel

09:00-09:55	Bank to Bank (and alternative investors!) Distribution: the state of the art Moderator: Clarissa Dann, Editorial Director - Marketing, Deutsche Bank Panelists: Dominic Capolongo, Chief Revenue Officer, LiquidX Nishit Kumar, Head of Loan Syndication, Sales & Distribution, Investment Banking, Mashreq Izabela Czepirska, Product Manager, Komgo Khilola Turaeva, Head of Trade Risk Distribution and SCF Program Management, EMEA, Bank of America Pankaj Mundra, Co-Founder and Chairman, 360TF
09:55-10:50	Preparing for Basel 4: how to manage your balance sheet and still use credit insurance Speakers: Volker Handrich, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Carol Searle, Group Board Director and General Counsel, The Texel Group
10:50-11:20	Coffee Break
11:20-12:15	The changing face of Supply Chain Finance : new corridors and new techniques Moderator: Baihas Baghdadi, CEO & Founder, Trade & Working Capital, S.A. Panelists: Viacheslav Oganezov, CEO and Co-founder, Finverity Marina Narganes, Head of Distribution & Sales Strategy, Triterras Olivier den Tex, Unit Manager Supply Chain Finance Marketing, Credit Europe Bank N.V. Angel G. Blanco, Managing Director, Head of Platform Solutions, Demica
12:15-13:10	Digital negotiable instruments and digital assets defining the future of trade finance Moderator: Geoffrey Wynne, Partner, Sullivan & Worcester Panelists: Merlin Dowse, Trade Digital Solutions, Payments, JPMorgan Anthony Wadsworth-Hill, Co-founder, DCEO & COO, Mercore Sean Bowey, Head of Product GTRF, SAB Iain MacLennan, Vice President (General Manager): Trade & Supply Chain Finance, Finastra
13:10-14:15	Lunch
14:15-15:10	The Gender Gap in Trade Finance Moderator: Deepesh Patel, Editorial Director, Trade Finance Global (TFG) Panelists: Vivian Nwachukwu, Product Manager (CDCS, CSDG) - Product Development, Bank of China (UK) Limited Niamh Dennehy-Maher, Counsel - Allen & Overy LLP Naura Hussain, Director, Trade Asset Sales & Syndications, AME – Standard Chartered Bank
15:10-16:10	Networking session
16:10-16:30	Coffee break
16:30-18:00	Networking session (continued)
19:00	Gather in hotel lobby for coach transfer to Gala dinner
19:30	Gala Dinner at Saadiyat Beach Club

10:00-10:50	If fraud “unravels all”, how do you protect yourself? Speakers: Andrew Share, Business Information Director, UK and Ireland, Coface Robert Parson, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP Vincent O'Brien, Director, ICC UAE
10:50-11:40	Applications and Trends of Insurance Solutions for Transaction Banking in MENA Moderator: Milind Jain, Senior Vice President, Credit Specialty Leader, Marsh Panelists: Abdelhamid Ali, Head of Risk Services for Middle East, Egypt and Pakistan, Atradius Stefaniya Ilina, Senior Officer, Abu Dhabi Exports Office (ADEX) Haitham Alkhazaleh, Director of Risk Management, Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) Zena Brake, Credit Intelligence Director, Allianz Trade Middle East
11:40-12:00	Coffee Break
12:00-12:40	Making the global more local – what’s happening in ITFA around the world? Moderator: Chris Hall, Executive Director - Financial Solutions, Head of Financial Institution Sales, WTW and ITFA Board Member, Head of Regions Panelists: Anne-Marie Woolley, CEO, Africa Global Trade Finance Ltd and Committee Member - ITFA African Regional Committee (ARC) Fatenah El Danab, MENA Head of Trade and Working Capital, Barclays and Chair - ITFA Middle East Regional Committee (MERC) Hernan Mayol, Chair, ITFA Americas Regional Chapter Vipin Vashishtha, Managing Director, Global Head - Trade Asset Sales & Syndications, Standard Chartered Bank and Chair - ITFA South East Asia Regional Committee (SEARC)
12:40-13:00	Closing Remarks
13:00-14:00	Lunch