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Venue
The DeLaMar Theater is another of TXF's innovative choices of venue. With it's selection of VIP rooms and workshop spaces, this is the perfect venue for TXF's interactive event.
Overview
Natural Resources & Commodities Finance 2015
May 20 - May 21, 2015
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Senior representatives of the following companies were in attendance:
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ABN AMRO Bank Afreximbank Allen & Overy AMCI-DCM Resources GmbH Amsterdam Trade Bank Aon Aspen B. B. ENERGY TRADING Banco Santander Bank of China Bank of Nova Scotia Barclays Batseer BHF Bank BMCE Bank International Bomin BP BPL Global Bunge Cargill Citi Clifford Chance CIB Commerzbank Common Fund for Commodities Coraxa Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank Credit Europe Bank Credit Suisse CTA Delta Economics Deutsche Bank Drum Resources Limited DRUM Risk Management Duferco DZ Bank Ecobank Essar |
essDOCS EBRD Evraz Fimbank Fimetrix Finacity FMO Fondel Metals Glencore Global Trade Corporation GTLaw Gunvor Herbert Smith Freehills Heritage Banking Co HSBC HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt IFC World Bank Group Independent ING Bank ITFC Islan Investments KazMunayGas KMR Stainless BV. Koch Industries LBBW Liberty Group Linklaters LITASCO Louis Dreyfus Commodities M.E. Consulting Limited Macquarie Marquard & Bahls Mavuno Mercuria Energy Group Metalloinvest MUFG Mizuho National Australia Bank
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Natixis Noble Corporation OJSC Acron Olam International OPIC - Oschadbank Peak Trading Overseas Ltd Philia Premium Tobacco Holding PwC Raboban RBI) RB Capital Ltd Reed Smith Reuben Brothers Limited Sahara Energy Group Shell Trading & Shipping SOCAR Société Générale Standard Chartered Stemcor Sucres et Denrées SUEK Sullivan & Worcester SMBCE Texel Capital Texel Finance Ltd Thomas Cooper Tiryaki Agro Gida San. ve Tic Total TradeWiz Trafigura TXF: Trade & Export Finance UBAE Westford Trade Wimmer Financial World Bank Group XL Group Zenith Bank
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While the commodities market is famously cyclical, the past year has been marked by some particularly turbulent changes in the industry landscape. TXF was joined by a global range of traders, producers, financiers, investors, economists, academics and consultants to discuss this issue.
TXF will incorporate capped-attendance idea labs, small workshop groups, games, panel sessions plus the TXF duels to help the industry answer the following questions:
- Is traditional commodity finance dying?
- The Big Energy Debate: How do we find a way out of the current market volatility?
- What are traders’ treasury strategies for the next few years?
- What is behind the increasing number of prepayment arrangements and where have all the PXFs gone?
Plus more....
This year, TXF added an industry dinner to the schedule. A resounding success, it was an informal TXF style dinner off-site, where guests ccould discuss the issues raised on day one, and more importantly, have some fun.
For further details on the industry dinner, please email us.
Here's what some of our guests from the 2015 event had to say:
Speakers
Hiren Singharay
CEO / Member-Supervisory Board
Global Finance & Capital Ltd.
Kyri Evagora
Partner
Reed Smith
Maarten van Alkemade
Head of Trade & Commodity Finance
FIMBank
Mirjam Joerss
Bomin
Susanne Kavelaar
Senior Trade Finance Officer
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Gauthier Froment
Global Head of Structured Trade Finance
Louis Dreyfus Company
Jean-Michel Karagah
Global Head of Trade Finance
B. B. ENERGY TRADING
Frank Wu
Regional Head of Structured Commodity Trade Finance, Asia Pacific
Deutsche Bank
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Hiren Singharay
CEO / Member-Supervisory Board
Global Finance & Capital Ltd.
Kyri Evagora
Partner
Reed Smith
Maarten van Alkemade
Head of Trade & Commodity Finance
FIMBank
Mirjam Joerss
Bomin
Susanne Kavelaar
Senior Trade Finance Officer
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Gauthier Froment
Global Head of Structured Trade Finance
Louis Dreyfus Company
Jean-Michel Karagah
Global Head of Trade Finance
B. B. ENERGY TRADING
Frank Wu
Regional Head of Structured Commodity Trade Finance, Asia Pacific
Deutsche Bank
Nicolas Marsac
Head of Structured and Trade Finance
Trafigura Group Pte
Mervijn Denie
Senior Manager, Corporate Treasury
Bunge
Victor Eromosele
CEO
M.E. Consulting Limited
Shinebayar Bat
CEO
Batseer LLC
Thierry Bourvis
CFO
Sucres et Denrées
Katharina Michael
Head of Structured Trade Finance
Commerzbank
Rachel Wong
EBS Structured Trade Finance Manager
Louis Dreyfus Company
Jean Francois Lambert
Founder & Managing Partner
Lambert Commodities
Jayant Parande
Group Treasurer & Global Head – TSF
Olam Group Limited
Marc Pfefferli
Group Treasurer
MET Group (UK)
Peter Ullmann
Chief Risk Officer
Amsterdam Trade Bank
Yuriy Shpek
Senior Finance Manager
Glencore
Sergei Mikhalev
Managing Director
Sander Stuijt
Head Structured Commodity Trade Finance - EMEA
Deutsche Bank
Patrick Huber
Finance Manager - Structured Trade
Glencore
Chahid Jarmouni
Senior Finance Manager - Oil Projects & Structured Finance
Glencore
John Baffes
Senior Economist
World Bank Group
John de Lange
MD
ING Bank
Alexander Peters
CFO
Sahara Energy Group
Karel Valken
Global head TCF Agri
Rabobank
Mario Messerschmidt
Head of Structured Finance + Syndication
AKA Ausfuhrkredit-Gesellschaft mbH
Andy Lennard
Managing Director
Texel Finance Ltd
Sergey Samokhvalov
Director, Structured Solutions
Citi
Mac MACNAMARA
CEO
Carshalton Commodities
Alfred Evans
Director of Strategy
Islan Investments
Caspar Jonk
Head of Trade South & South East Asia
National Australia Bank (NAB)
Mehmet Saydam
Head of Investments
Reuben Brothers Limited
Raman Jaggi
Chief Financial Officer
Riverdale Commodities
Geoffrey Wynne
Partner
Sullivan & Worcester
Simon Cook
Partner
Sullivan
Lamon Rutten
Director
CTA
Irfan Afzal
Executive Director Debt Capital Markets
Wimmer Financial
Douglas G. Ziurys
Senior Vice President
FImetrix
Charles Berry
Chairman
BPL Global
Thomas Oehl
Managing Director & Global Head, Commodity Finance
Independent
Eugen Weinberg
Global Head of Commodities Research
Commerzbank
Dan Stadnik
Senior Managing Director, Independent Representative
Finacity
Jonathan Bell
Editor-in-chief
TXF
Andy Howell
Assistant General Manager
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
Gilles Thieffry
Partner
GTLaw
Thomas Ursem
Head of Corporate Social Responsibility
Rabobank
Amador Malnero
Head of Securitization
ING Bank
Alexander Goulandris
CEO
essDOCS
Simon Lecocq
Working Capital Solutions - Trade Receivables Purchase Programme
ING Bank
2014 Attendees
- Sucden
- Glencore
- Riverdale Commodities
- COFARCO
- Interfood
- ECOM Agroindustrial Corporation
- Metinvest
- BM Agriculture
- United Company RUSAL
- Cargill
- Ocean Partners
- Trade Finance Partners Ltd
- Stemcor
- Tricon Energy
- Mercuria Energy Trading
- ING Bank
- Intesa Sanpaolo
- Raiffeisen Bank International
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
- Barclays Bank
- Citi
- ABN AMRO
- Deutsche Bank
- Drum Risk Ltd
- UniCredit
- Goldman Sachs
- Rabobank
- Societe Generale
- Standard Chartered
- Amsterdam Trade Bank
- Finacity
- Landesbank Baden - Wurttemberg (LBBW)
- Credit Suisse
- IIG Bank (Malta) Ltd
- Reuben Brothers Limited
- HSBC
- Bank of China
- Santander
- Sberbank (Switzerland) AG
- Ecobank
- Lambert Commodities
- Afreximbank
- Swiss Re
- BPL Global
- IRIA SA
- Texel Finance Ltd
- Schrijver & Partners
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Linklaters
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Sullivan & Worcester
- Webster University Geneva
- International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC)
- Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
- FMO Development Bank
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- TXF
- EssDOCS
- Infospectrum Ltd
- Holt Global Group International
- Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)
- Cambrian Partners
- Independent
- Exile Group
- TradeXBank AG
- Mavuno
- Steinweg - Handelsveem
- CRU Group
- Islan Investments
- BRIT Insurance
- Olam Group Limited
- CTA
- Crown Agents Bank
- Sullivan
- Heritage Banking Co
- University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership
- Liberty Group
- GarantiBank International N.V.
- Global Finance & Capital Ltd.
- Wimmer Financial
- Carshalton Commodities
- Sucden
- Glencore
- Riverdale Commodities
- COFARCO
- Interfood
- ECOM Agroindustrial Corporation
- Metinvest
- BM Agriculture
- United Company RUSAL
- Cargill
- Ocean Partners
- Trade Finance Partners Ltd
- Stemcor
- Tricon Energy
- Mercuria Energy Trading
- ING Bank
- Intesa Sanpaolo
- Raiffeisen Bank International
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
- Barclays Bank
- Citi
- ABN AMRO
- Deutsche Bank
- Drum Risk Ltd
- UniCredit
- Goldman Sachs
- Rabobank
- Societe Generale
- Standard Chartered
- Amsterdam Trade Bank
- Finacity
- Landesbank Baden - Wurttemberg (LBBW)
- Credit Suisse
- IIG Bank (Malta) Ltd
- Reuben Brothers Limited
- HSBC
- Bank of China
- Santander
- Sberbank (Switzerland) AG
- Ecobank
- Lambert Commodities
- Afreximbank
- Swiss Re
- BPL Global
- IRIA SA
- Texel Finance Ltd
- Schrijver & Partners
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Linklaters
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Sullivan & Worcester
- Webster University Geneva
- International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC)
- Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
- FMO Development Bank
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- TXF
- EssDOCS
- Infospectrum Ltd
- Holt Global Group International
- Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)
- Cambrian Partners
- Independent
- Exile Group
- TradeXBank AG
- Mavuno
- Steinweg - Handelsveem
- CRU Group
- Islan Investments
- BRIT Insurance
- Olam Group Limited
- CTA
- Crown Agents Bank
- Sullivan
- Heritage Banking Co
- University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership
- Liberty Group
- GarantiBank International N.V.
- Global Finance & Capital Ltd.
- Wimmer Financial
- Carshalton Commodities
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Corporates
- Sucden
- Glencore
- Riverdale Commodities
- COFARCO
- Interfood
- ECOM Agroindustrial Corporation
- Metinvest
- BM Agriculture
- United Company RUSAL
- Cargill
- Ocean Partners
- Trade Finance Partners Ltd
- Stemcor
- Tricon Energy
- Mercuria Energy Trading
Financial Institutions
- ING Bank
- Intesa Sanpaolo
- Raiffeisen Bank International
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
- Barclays Bank
- Citi
- ABN AMRO
- Deutsche Bank
- Drum Risk Ltd
- UniCredit
- Goldman Sachs
- Rabobank
- Societe Generale
- Standard Chartered
- Amsterdam Trade Bank
- Finacity
- Landesbank Baden - Wurttemberg (LBBW)
- Credit Suisse
- IIG Bank (Malta) Ltd
- Reuben Brothers Limited
- HSBC
- Bank of China
- Santander
- Sberbank (Switzerland) AG
- Ecobank
- Lambert Commodities
ECAs
- Afreximbank
Insurance companies
- Swiss Re
- BPL Global
- IRIA SA
- Texel Finance Ltd
Law firms
- Schrijver & Partners
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Linklaters
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Sullivan & Worcester
Government
- Webster University Geneva
DFI/MFI
- International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC)
- Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
- FMO Development Bank
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Other
- TXF
- EssDOCS
- Infospectrum Ltd
- Holt Global Group International
- Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)
- Cambrian Partners
- Independent
- Exile Group
- TradeXBank AG
- Mavuno
- Steinweg - Handelsveem
- CRU Group
- Islan Investments
- BRIT Insurance
- Olam Group Limited
- CTA
- Crown Agents Bank
- Sullivan
- Heritage Banking Co
- University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership
- Liberty Group
- GarantiBank International N.V.
- Global Finance & Capital Ltd.
- Wimmer Financial
- Carshalton Commodities
Partners
Sponsors
Insurance Partner
Supporters
Media partners
Testimonials
I have attended more of these events in my career than I wish to disclose. This has been one of the best I have attended. Real people, very practical and extremely well organised.
Gilles Thieffry
Partner
GTLaw
Well done on organising such an original conference in Amsterdam.
Edward George
Head of Soft Commodities Research
Ecobank
I would like to congratulate you for the great conference you arranged in Amsterdam. I had a great time and managed to refresh old contacts and enlarge my network even further.
Alexander Peters
CFO
Sahara Energy Group
Great opportunity to test what is really happening in the market, meet old friends, and make new ones.
John Goodridge
Head of Marketing & Origination, West Africa
BP plc
All traders and commodities bankers in one event.
Hany Anwar El Etriby
Project Finance & Syndication Officer-Debt Capital Markets
Commercial International Bank (CIB)
Wonderfully fresh approach to a conference.
Simon Cook
Partner
Sullivan
Market leading event in an informal setting, where professionals come together to update each other and network.
Caspar Jonk
Head of Trade South & South East Asia
National Australia Bank (NAB)
I enjoyed the event immensely. It was hard to believe that Traders and Bankers could come together and share the dilemmas that we are facing.
Thanks to all your colleagues for their great support and hospitality.
Shaheen Butt
Assistant Manager Trade Services
Zenith Bank
Good forum to interact with industry colleagues and also to discuss prevailing topics in the commodities sector.
ashwani saraswat
Manager - Structured Trade Commodity Finance
HSBC
I would like to congratulate with you for the excellent organization of the event in Amsterdam.
I truly enjoyed every single moment of the two days, and I really hope to participate also next year.
Andrea Barbati
Relationship Manager
Banca UBAE S.p.A
It was a pleasure to attend and speak at the conference. Hopefully I will join you again for the 2016 conference!
Irfan Afzal
Executive Director Debt Capital Markets
Wimmer Financial
