IFC's 4th Annual GTFP Bank Partners Meeting

Global Trade Finance Program

IFC's 4th Annual GTFP Bank Partners Meeting

The IFC GTFP Team followed on from their successful Africa Forum into a 2 day bank partners meeting which had over 200 delegates attending form around the world.  Again the two days managed to cover a very varied Meeting Agenda as can be seen from the photo reportage below.  The IFC Annual Partner Awards took place at the end of the Second day of the conference.  Below you can get a taste of the events!

Presentations 4th Annual Bank Partners Meeting (May 24-25, 2011)

Updates on the Global Trade Finance Program

Scott Stevenson - Senior Manager

Updates on the Global Trade Liquidity Program

German Vegarra - Senior Manager

Talking Heads - Platinum Sponsors Survey the Industry Trends and Issues
Citi - Craig Weeks, Managing Director, Global Transaction Services
Intesa Sanpaolo - Ferdinando Angeletti, Head of Emerging Markets, Italy
J.P.Morgan - Jeremy Shaw, EMEA Trade Executive, J.P.Morgan Treasury Services
Standard Chartered Bank - Ashutosh Kumar, Global HEad, Local Corporate Products & Receivables
Moderator: Bonnie Galat, Global Head, IFI Business Development - Short-term Finance

On the Rebound: Trade Finance in Emerging Europe/Central Asia
First Investment Bank - Maya Georgieva, Executive Director, Bulgaria
Promsvyazbank - Oksana Gudzenko, Head, Trade Finance Solutions Division, Russia
Bank of Georgia - Thea Jokhadze, Head of debt Capital Markets, Georgia
Moderator: Mark Rozanski, Regional Head, Trade Finance - Europe and Central Asia

Tales from the Trenches: ICC Experts on Fraud, Piracy, Disputes and Developments
ICC Commercial Crime Services - P. Mukundan, Director - International Maritime Bureau

New Product Session: Supporting Agriculture through Inventory Financeing - Global Warehouse Finance Program (GWFP)
Makiko Toyoda - Product Lead
Rabobank - Hans Boggard, Head, Agribusiness
Societe Generale de Surveillance SA - Christine Grolimund, VP, Collateral Management Services

The Recovery of Trade Flows & Finance: a Review of Current Issues and Implications for Emerging Markets
World Trade Organization - Marc Auboin, Economic Counselor

Latin America: High Liquidity and Aggressive Pricing - Strategies for Making Good Business
Multibank - Cynthia Hernandez, Head of Trade Finance, Panama
Banco Pine - Angela Martins, Executive Director, Brazil
Banco Internacional - Julio Jaraquemada, CEO, Chile
Lafise Group - Antonio de La Pena, SVP and Member of the Board
Banco Ficohsa - Abel Garcia, Head of Trade Finance, VP, Honduras
Moderator: Antonio Alves, Regional Head of Trade Finance - Latin America and Caribbean

Risks and Opportunities for Developing Countries in the New World Economic Order: Focus on Turkey and the Region
Koç Holding - Ahmet Çimenoðlu, Head of Economic Research

From Stable to Challenging: The Middle East Story
Fransabank - Georges Andraos, Deputy Head of International Division, Lebanon
Banque Libano-Francaise - Maurice Iskander, Head of International Division, Lebanon
BNP Paribas Group - Simone Wirz, Regional Manager
Habib Bank Limited - Tariq Mateen Khan, General Manager FIs & International Banking, Pakistan
Moderator: Shehzad Sharjeel - GTFP Regional Head, MENA & South Asia

Where Angels Fear to Tread: Risk Appetitive in the Insurance Market
Marsh Limited - James Cunningham, Senior Vice President, Political Risk & Structured Credit

Bangladesh Trade Trends and Opportunities
BRAC Bank - Mahmoodun Nabi Chowdhury, Head of Corporate Banking
South East Bank - Syed Imtiaz Hasib, Deputy Managing Director
Eastern Bank - Ali Reza Iftekhar, Managing Director & CEO
Moderator: Shehzad Sharjeel - GTFP Regional Head, MENA & South Asia

New Product Session:
Structured Trade Commodity Finance for Challenging Flows
Yasmin Saadat, Product Lead

Supporting Emergina Market Supply Chains - Global Trade Supplier Finance (GTSF)
Priyamvada Singh, Product Lead

Africa's Economic Renaissance
Commerzbank - Florian Witt, Senior Relationship Manager (FI Africa)
Ecobank Group - Sebastian Ashong-Katai, Group Head, Financial Institutions & International Organization
Rawbank - Baby Pallipadon, Financial Director
Moderator: Sabrina Borlini, Senior Business Development Manager

The ICC Global Trade Finance Survey 2011: the Outlook from the Market
ICC Representative to WTO EGTF - Vincent O'Brien

After the formal conference a number of awards were given to the best performing banks under the IFC GTFP program, we are delighted to say some of our graduates won awards :

Congratulations Ahmed Shaheen and Ali Reza Iftekhar from Easter Bank!