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Overview
TXF Amsterdam 2016
Natural Resources and Commodities Finance
May 18 - May 19, 2016
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Please click here to download the final agenda
After the resounding success of last year's edition, the biggest and most senior commodities finance event returned to Amsterdam.
With a dazzling line up of speakers never been seen before, a jaw-dropping spectacle of debate and discussion and enchanted networking with the most senior in your industry, this year we once again tackled the most contested questions in your industry.
We also brought back the TXF Industry Dinner at the end of the first day after a sell-out success last year!
Here is what our past attendees had to say:
Speakers
Sanjeev Gupta
Founder & Executive Chairman
Liberty House Group
Andreas Seubert
Director, Structured Commodity Trade Finance
Swiss Re
Mathieu Coolen
Head of Structured Finance
Gunvor
David Gallagher
Head of Structuring, Head of London Office, CEO of METL
Mercuria Energy Trading
Jonathan Solomon
Partner
Reed Smith
Harris Antoniou
CEO
Amsterdam Trade Bank
Riccardo Greco
CFO
BB Energy
Paul Francis
CEO
Liberty Commodities Group
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Sanjeev Gupta
Founder & Executive Chairman
Liberty House Group
Andreas Seubert
Director, Structured Commodity Trade Finance
Swiss Re
Mathieu Coolen
Head of Structured Finance
Gunvor
David Gallagher
Head of Structuring, Head of London Office, CEO of METL
Mercuria Energy Trading
Jonathan Solomon
Partner
Reed Smith
Harris Antoniou
CEO
Amsterdam Trade Bank
Riccardo Greco
CFO
BB Energy
Paul Francis
CEO
Liberty Commodities Group
Stephan Jansma
CFO
Trafigura Group Pte
James Waterman
Head of Trade Finance Europe
Liberty Commodities Group
Jayant Parande
Group Treasurer & Global Head – TSF
Olam Group Limited
Gauthier Froment
Global Head of Structured Trade Finance
Louis Dreyfus Company
Ping Xiao
Head of Trade Finance
Bank of China
Stijn van Puijenbroek
Group Treasury Director
Nidera
Jean Francois Lambert
Founder & Managing Partner
Lambert Commodities
Rustam Shomurodov
Head of Structured Finance
SOCAR Trading
Cedric Viviant
Trade Finance - Head of Agri Traders - EMEA
Natixis
Lavan Mahadeva
Research Director
CRU Group
Kris Van Broekhoven
Managing Director, Global Head of Commodity Trade Finance
Citi
Rik van Pul
Senior Director - Debt Capital Markets - Loan Syndicate & Sales
ABN AMRO
Thierry Bourvis
CFO
Sucres et Denrées
Simon Cook
Partner
Sullivan
Niels De Ru
Partner
A&O Shearman
Justin Bettey
Head of Content & Stakeholder Relations
Sedex
Vincenzo Zinni
MD
Noble Group
Sugumar Raman
Director of Operations
FloCert
Katharina Michael
Co-Head of GTB Germany
UniCredit
Zeyno De Vries-Davutoglu
ITFA Head of Education and EVP, Bank Relations
Credit Europe Bank
Shailesh Gothal
CIO
Gemini Corporation
John Turnbull
Joint General Manager Global Head Structured Trade & Commodity Finance
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
Melinda Moore
Director - Coverage
ICBC Standard Bank
Matthieu Delorme
COO
Cotecna
Willem Klaassens
Director Markets & SourceUp
IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative
Gilles Sayer
CEO of PeaKom
Essar Group
Karin Linser
Director of Sales, Marketing & Communications
FloCert
John de Lange
MD
ING Bank
Simon Bessant
Director
Texel Finance Ltd.
Abdou Konlambigue
Program officer Market Access
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Sadjad Ghoroghi
Member of the Board
IROPEX
Eugen Weinberg
Global Head of Commodities Research
Commerzbank
Karel Valken
Global head TCF Agri
Rabobank
Mac MACNAMARA
CEO
Carshalton Commodities
Esther Gerratt
Global Lead - Oil Products Structured Finance
Shell Trading & Shipping
Peder Broms
Manager Structured Trade Finance
SCCF Structured Commodity & Corporate Finance
Ben Storrs
Vice President
Scipion Capital
Andy Lennard
Managing Director
Texel Finance Ltd
Hamza Khan
Head of commodities strategy
ING Bank
Raman Jaggi
Chief Financial Officer
Riverdale Commodities
Marc Pfefferli
Group Treasurer
MET Group (UK)
Jacco De Jong
Managing Director
essDOCS Consulting
Stefan Vogel
Sector Strategist – Grain & Oils Complex
Rabobank
Yuriy Shpek
Senior Finance Manager
Glencore
Peter Koeck
CFO
VA Intertrading AG
Vianney Faucheur de Batisti
Senior Manager Structured Trade Finance Trading & Shipping
TotalEnergies
Hadi Hami
Director
MMetalsGroup
Romaine Tavernier
Head of structured Trade Finance Distribution
Louis Dreyfus Company
Mehmet Saydam
Head of Investments
Reuben Brothers Limited
Geoffrey Wynne
Partner
Sullivan & Worcester
Alexandre Vieira
Galena Asset Management
Galena Asset Management
Ashley Skaanild
Head of Liner and Bulker Solutions
ESS (EMEA) Limited
Kyri Evagora
Partner
Reed Smith
Pjotr Gainullin
Investment Manager
Reuben Brothers Limited
Colin Heritage
Director Trade Finance - Member of the Board
Stemcor
Bernd Herrmann
Director Group Control
Louis Dreyfus Company
Chahid Jarmouni
Senior Finance Manager - Oil Projects & Structured Finance
Glencore
Neil McGugan
Global Head of Commodity and Structured Trade Finance
Aon
Alfred Evans
Director of Strategy
Islan Investments
2015 Attendees
- Glencore
- Stemcor
- Mercuria Energy Trading
- BM Agriculture
- B. B. ENERGY TRADING
- Louis Dreyfus Company
- Batseer LLC
- TotalEnergies
- Tiryaki Agro
- Sucres et Denrées
- Bunge
- Coriolis Technologies Limited
- Trafigura Group Pte
- Sahara Energy Group
- Coraxa
- Philia
- Duferco
- Gunvor
- Evraz
- Bomin
- KazMunaiGas
- Fondel Metals
- Cargill
- Noble Corporation
- Litasco
- Riverdale Commodities
- BP plc
- Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK)
- Metalloinvest
- SOCAR Trading
- JSC Acron
- Westford Trade Services LTD
- ODDO BHF Aktiengesellschaft
- Mizuho
- Scotia Bank (The Bank of Nova Scotia)
- HSBC
- Reuben Brothers Limited
- Societe Generale
- Deutsche Bank
- Finacity
- Amsterdam Trade Bank
- Rabobank
- Citi
- Raiffeisen Bank International
- Lambert Commodities
- ING Bank
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
- AKA Ausfuhrkredit-Gesellschaft mbH
- MET Group (UK)
- Santander
- Commerzbank
- Landesbank Baden - Wurttemberg (LBBW)
- Bank of Africa United Kingdom (BMCE Bank International)
- FIMBank
- Standard Chartered
- Credit Europe Bank
- Credit Europe Bank NV
- Banca UBAE S.p.A
- Barclays Bank
- DZ Bank
- National Australia Bank (NAB)
- Natixis
- Oschadbank
- Commercial International Bank (CIB)
- MUFG
- Drum Risk Ltd
- Ecobank
- Bank of China
- Macquarie Bank International Limited
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ( PwC )
- Zenith Bank
- Credit Agricole CIB
- Credit Suisse
- Arab African International Bank
- ABLV Bank
- BNP Paribas
- ABN AMRO
- Afreximbank
- AXA XL
- BPL Global
- Aon
- Texel Finance Ltd
- Linklaters
- GTLaw
- Sullivan & Worcester
- Reed Smith
- Thomas Cooper
- A&O Shearman
- Clifford Chance
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- World Bank Group
- FMO Development Bank
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- CTA
- Koch Industries
- Independent
- Mavuno
- CABI
- Heritage Banking Co
- M.E. Consulting Limited
- RB Capital
- Wimmer Financial
- TXF
- Sullivan
- Carshalton Commodities
- Olam Group Limited
- FImetrix
- Global Finance & Capital Ltd.
- Islan Investments
- Aspen
- Liberty Group
- Texel Finance Ltd.
- Premium Tobacco Holding
- AMCI-DCM Resources GmbH
- Exile Group
- KMR Stainless BV.
- Common Fund for Commodities
- essDOCS
- essDOCS Consulting
- Glencore
- Stemcor
- Mercuria Energy Trading
- BM Agriculture
- B. B. ENERGY TRADING
- Louis Dreyfus Company
- Batseer LLC
- TotalEnergies
- Tiryaki Agro
- Sucres et Denrées
- Bunge
- Coriolis Technologies Limited
- Trafigura Group Pte
- Sahara Energy Group
- Coraxa
- Philia
- Duferco
- Gunvor
- Evraz
- Bomin
- KazMunaiGas
- Fondel Metals
- Cargill
- Noble Corporation
- Litasco
- Riverdale Commodities
- BP plc
- Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK)
- Metalloinvest
- SOCAR Trading
- JSC Acron
- Westford Trade Services LTD
- ODDO BHF Aktiengesellschaft
- Mizuho
- Scotia Bank (The Bank of Nova Scotia)
- HSBC
- Reuben Brothers Limited
- Societe Generale
- Deutsche Bank
- Finacity
- Amsterdam Trade Bank
- Rabobank
- Citi
- Raiffeisen Bank International
- Lambert Commodities
- ING Bank
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
- AKA Ausfuhrkredit-Gesellschaft mbH
- MET Group (UK)
- Santander
- Commerzbank
- Landesbank Baden - Wurttemberg (LBBW)
- Bank of Africa United Kingdom (BMCE Bank International)
- FIMBank
- Standard Chartered
- Credit Europe Bank
- Credit Europe Bank NV
- Banca UBAE S.p.A
- Barclays Bank
- DZ Bank
- National Australia Bank (NAB)
- Natixis
- Oschadbank
- Commercial International Bank (CIB)
- MUFG
- Drum Risk Ltd
- Ecobank
- Bank of China
- Macquarie Bank International Limited
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ( PwC )
- Zenith Bank
- Credit Agricole CIB
- Credit Suisse
- Arab African International Bank
- ABLV Bank
- BNP Paribas
- ABN AMRO
- Afreximbank
- AXA XL
- BPL Global
- Aon
- Texel Finance Ltd
- Linklaters
- GTLaw
- Sullivan & Worcester
- Reed Smith
- Thomas Cooper
- A&O Shearman
- Clifford Chance
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- World Bank Group
- FMO Development Bank
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- CTA
- Koch Industries
- Independent
- Mavuno
- CABI
- Heritage Banking Co
- M.E. Consulting Limited
- RB Capital
- Wimmer Financial
- TXF
- Sullivan
- Carshalton Commodities
- Olam Group Limited
- FImetrix
- Global Finance & Capital Ltd.
- Islan Investments
- Aspen
- Liberty Group
- Texel Finance Ltd.
- Premium Tobacco Holding
- AMCI-DCM Resources GmbH
- Exile Group
- KMR Stainless BV.
- Common Fund for Commodities
- essDOCS
- essDOCS Consulting
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Corporates
- Glencore
- Stemcor
- Mercuria Energy Trading
- BM Agriculture
- B. B. ENERGY TRADING
- Louis Dreyfus Company
- Batseer LLC
- TotalEnergies
- Tiryaki Agro
- Sucres et Denrées
- Bunge
- Coriolis Technologies Limited
- Trafigura Group Pte
- Sahara Energy Group
- Coraxa
- Philia
- Duferco
- Gunvor
- Evraz
- Bomin
- KazMunaiGas
- Fondel Metals
- Cargill
- Noble Corporation
- Litasco
- Riverdale Commodities
- BP plc
- Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK)
- Metalloinvest
- SOCAR Trading
- JSC Acron
- Westford Trade Services LTD
Financial Institutions
- ODDO BHF Aktiengesellschaft
- Mizuho
- Scotia Bank (The Bank of Nova Scotia)
- HSBC
- Reuben Brothers Limited
- Societe Generale
- Deutsche Bank
- Finacity
- Amsterdam Trade Bank
- Rabobank
- Citi
- Raiffeisen Bank International
- Lambert Commodities
- ING Bank
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
- AKA Ausfuhrkredit-Gesellschaft mbH
- MET Group (UK)
- Santander
- Commerzbank
- Landesbank Baden - Wurttemberg (LBBW)
- Bank of Africa United Kingdom (BMCE Bank International)
- FIMBank
- Standard Chartered
- Credit Europe Bank
- Credit Europe Bank NV
- Banca UBAE S.p.A
- Barclays Bank
- DZ Bank
- National Australia Bank (NAB)
- Natixis
- Oschadbank
- Commercial International Bank (CIB)
- MUFG
- Drum Risk Ltd
- Ecobank
- Bank of China
- Macquarie Bank International Limited
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ( PwC )
- Zenith Bank
- Credit Agricole CIB
- Credit Suisse
- Arab African International Bank
- ABLV Bank
- BNP Paribas
- ABN AMRO
ECAs
- Afreximbank
Insurance companies
- AXA XL
- BPL Global
- Aon
- Texel Finance Ltd
Law firms
- Linklaters
- GTLaw
- Sullivan & Worcester
- Reed Smith
- Thomas Cooper
- A&O Shearman
- Clifford Chance
DFI/MFI
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- World Bank Group
- FMO Development Bank
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Other
- CTA
- Koch Industries
- Independent
- Mavuno
- CABI
- Heritage Banking Co
- M.E. Consulting Limited
- RB Capital
- Wimmer Financial
- TXF
- Sullivan
- Carshalton Commodities
- Olam Group Limited
- FImetrix
- Global Finance & Capital Ltd.
- Islan Investments
- Aspen
- Liberty Group
- Texel Finance Ltd.
- Premium Tobacco Holding
- AMCI-DCM Resources GmbH
- Exile Group
- KMR Stainless BV.
- Common Fund for Commodities
- essDOCS
- essDOCS Consulting
Venue
We were delighted to return to the unique DeLaMar Theater, another innovative choice of venue. With its selection of VIP rooms and workshop spaces, this is the perfect venue for TXF's interactive event.
Testimonials
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
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
TXF Amsterdam has been the most innovative and creative networking conference I have ever attended and it is so rewarding to see the out of the box approach to this type of conferences.
Orhan Gunes
Head of Commodity Trade Finance
Sberbank (Switzerland) AG
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)
Great content and innovative approach.
Mark Rowland
Treasury and Credit Risk Specialist
Norton Rose Fulbright
The best networking event in the industry given the presence of many relevant representatives of banks and corporates.
Kris Van Broekhoven
Managing Director, Global Head of Commodity Trade Finance
Citi
A spectacular line-up of speakers
Sergei Mikhalev
Managing Director
Excellent opportunity to meet fellow comrades in the commodities & financing jungle.
Gaurav Kumar
Senior Relationship Manager
Amsterdam Trade Bank
Good content, well attended, really well-developed industry event!
Peter Koeck
CFO
VA Intertrading AG
Excellently organised; very happy with the quality of speakers and presentations. An original approach to the commodity industry and great networking opportunities. A job well done by TXF!
Bernard Zonneveld
Structured Commodity Finance Expert
Independent
It was a real pleasure attending the event - we truly appreciate what TXF does in the space. I look forward to participating in future events.
Michael Spiegel
Global Head Of Trade Finance & Cash Management Corporates
Deutsche Bank
Refreshing approach - high level conference!
Dagmar Werner
Head of Structured Trade & Commodity Finance
DZ Bank
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
TXF Amsterdam is now the premier event in the Trade Finance events calendar. It was extremely well organised with very interesting and informative panel sessions and speakers.
Jonathan Solomon
Partner
Reed Smith
Well done on organising such an original conference in Amsterdam.
Edward George
Head of Soft Commodities Research
Ecobank
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
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
This was definitely one of the better conferences that I have attended. There was a broad range of delegates across the sector from traders, banks, lawyers, insurers\insurance brokers and research analysts many of whom have a wealth of knowledge and experience.
Julian Belcher
Senior Director
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
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
Where the trade structured commodity finance community gets tiogether.
Filippo A.M. Delcarlo
Business Director
Intesa Sanpaolo
Astutely covers the wide range of risk issues facing the commodity finance industry.
Alfred Evans
Director of Strategy
Islan Investments
Good, fun, interesting!
Zane McWilliam
Trade Finance
Uralkali Trading
It was very well organised, interesting topics, interesting people, very well organised.
Veronica Assandri Foldnes
Global Head of Commodity, Trade and Sovereign Credit
Swiss Re
Always the most fun!
Gerald Low
Relationship Manager
Rabobank
Perfect platform to network.
Vincent Schreinemacher
Garanti Bank International
An innovative, interesting and enjoyable production with lively discussion and topics covered.
Mike Marnell
Vice President, Commodity Business Centre
Bank of China
Great event, great opportunity to meet all key players of the commodity world.
Wenfang Fan
Vice President
Swiss Re
