TXF Global 2018: Export & Agency Finance

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Day One

Audience response survey – what do you think?
Co-moderator: Paul Richards, Global Head, Structured, Export Finance, ANZ 
 Co-moderator: Katy Rose, Communications Director, TXF

Stimulating manufacturing growth: The Government perspective
Martin Tlapa, Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations, Czech Republic
Alessandro Decio, Chief Executive Officer, SACE
Catrin Fransson, CEO, Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK)
Louis Taylor, Chief Executive, UK Export Finance
Beatriz Reguero Naredo, COO, State Account Business, CESCE Credit Insurance
Moderator: Jonathan Joseph-Horne, Global Coordinator and EMEA Head Export & Agency Finance, SMBC

TXF Export Credit Evangelists: Where do we go from here?
Thomas Baum, Head of Division Underwriting & Risk Management, Euler Hermes
 Simon Jones, Head of Export & Agency Finance, EMEA, TD Securities
 Simon Sayer, Managing Director, Global Head of STEF, Deutsche Bank
 Gabriel Buck, Managing Director, GKB Ventures LTD
 Moderator: Dan Sheriff, Managing Director, TXF

Know your customer? And we are not talking compliance: Keynote borrower’s panel
Vineyesh Sawhney, Head of Financial Resources & Senior Vice President, Reliance Industries
Teguh Harsono, Senior Manager, Fund Raising, PLN Persero
Moderator: Yasser Henda, Global Head of Export Finance, BNP Paribas

The marriage of ECA backed project financing and bond issuing
Peter Gisler, CEO, SERV - Swiss Export Risk Insurance
 Co-moderator: Hans-Peter Busson, Partner, Global ECA Coordination Leader, EY/AHB
 Co-moderator: Dr Sebastian Hofert von Weiss, Head of Project Finance, EY/AHB

From Russia with love: Unlocking the opportunity
 Dina Merkulova, Managing Director, Trade & Export Finance, Alfa-Bank
 Maxim Subbotin, Head of Corporate Projects Support Department, Uralkali
 Ilya Krasnov, Head of Corporate Finance & Financial Risk Management, Metalloinvest

Leading the charge: Prospects from MENA
 Heiko Lentge, Director, ECA Advisory and Modelling, PwC
 Moderator: Richard Hodder, MD, Global Head of Export & Specialised Finance, HSBC

Paving the way to a modern Africa
 Moderator: Surya Bagchi, Managing Director, Global Head, Project & Export Finance, Standard Chartered

Green horizons: Renewable energy financing
 Pablo Otin, VP - Emerging Markets, 8Minuteengergy
 Moderator: Gregory Smith, Partner, US Co-Chair, Projects and Infrastructure, DLA Piper

The long arm of China: OBOR and policy bank initiatives
 Moderator: Valentino Gallo, Managing Director, Global Head, Export and Agency Finance, Citi

Case Study: Markbygden, Europe’s largest onshore wind-farm
 Thomas Thomsen, European Sales Leader, GE Renewables
 Shyam Sankar, Global Capital Advisory, GE Capital Energy Financial Services
 Caine Bouwmeester, SVP, Green Investment Group
 Eric Bjonerud, VP, Green Investment Group
Ulrich Schulte-Luenzum, Head of Project Finance, Euler Hermes

Day Two

Breakfast Briefing Session - Africa
Dr. Robert Besseling, Executive Director, EXX AFRICA

Crucial projects: The development angle
 Michael Barrow, Director General, Private Sector Operations Department, Asian Development Bank

From London to Loubetsi: Global PRI coverage
 Charles Berry, Chairman, BPL Global
 Lillian Labbat, Global Head Trade Credit & Political Risk, Zurich
 Andrew Underwood, Regional Product Leader - Political Risk & Trade Credit Insurance, XL Catlin

Talking heads, changing faces: Liquidity provision
 Annette Bannister, Director, Private Infrastructure & Project Finance, Metlife
 Sam Taylor, Senior Portfolio Manager, NN Investment Partners
 Moderator: Andre Gazal, Global Head of Export Finance, Credit Agricole

Soap Box Opera: An ECA Product update
 Carmen Vara Martin, Deputy Director Underwriting (America) & International Relations, CESCE
 Masaru Kanke, Head of Paris Office - Chief Representative for Europe, Russia - CIS, Middle East and Africa Region, NEXI
 Topi Vesteri, Executive Vice President, Deputy CEO, Finnvera
 Ulrich Schulte Lünzum, Head of Project Finance, Euler Hermes Aktiengesellschaft

Propelling Prosperity: Export Credit as a force for positive change
 Moderator: Hacina Py, Global Head of Export Finance, Société Générale

New challenges and opportunities - the first Loan Market Association export finance documentation
 Ashley McDermott, Senior Associate, Clifford Chance Clare Dawson, Chief Executive, LMA

Don’t get caught off guard: A regulatory update
 Olivier Paul, Head of Policy, ICC Banking Commission
 Ralph Lerch, Chair, EBF Export Credit Working Group
 Henri D’Ambrières, Advisory Services - Export, Trade and Project Finance, HDA Conseil

Consensus? What consensus?
 Bernd Rieck, Head of Export & Project Finance, Voith
 

*Plus exclusive roundtables dedicated to: Borrowers, exporters, debate on OECD consensus, regulation and rising star countries: Argentina, Bangladesh and Russia