6th Annual East African Syndicated Loans Conference 2018 | Loan Market Association (LMA) | 4 September 2018 | Windsor Golf Hotel & Country Club, Kigwa Lane, Ridgeways, Off Kiambu Road, Nairobi, Kenya

This event, which is free to both members and non-members of the LMA, is open to all professionals operating in the syndicated (and wider corporate) loan markets in East Africa. This all-day conference has a specific focus on the syndicated loan markets in the region and in Sub-Saharan Africa more broadly. Speakers will consist of senior market practitioners from local and pan-African commercial banks, as well as non-bank investors, advisors and law firms active in the region.

The conference will explore general market, economic and legal trends in the short and medium-term, and will discuss ways to reduce bottlenecks of liquidity in the region.

2018 Speakers

Clare Dawson
Chief Executive - LMA

Paras Shah
Partner - Bowmans (Chair)

Adrian Bain
Vice President, Loans and Acquisition Finance - Citi

Simbarashe Chikarango
Head: Project & Infrastructure Finance - TDB

Kyalo Ngaamba
Head: Distribution and Loan Syndication, East Africa - Stanbic Bank

Daniel Odongo
IDirector, Debt Finance - Barlcays Bank of Kenya

Sanaa Tabani
Executive Director, Loan Syndications East Africa - Standard Chartered Bank

George Bodo
Head of Financial Research - Ecobank

Christopher Hogan
Partner - Baker McKenzie (Chair)

Mdu Dlamini
Head: Financial Institutions - DBSA

Russell Green
Senior Associate - Hogan Lovells

Philip Skinner
Senior Investment Advisor - GuarantCo

Alan Sproule
Executive Director, Project Finance Africa - Standard Chartered

Richard Warugongo
IFC Infrastructure Department, Sub-Saharan Africa - IFC

Robert Byk
Partner - Slaughter and May (Chair)

Akash Devani
Partner - Anjawalla & Khanna (Kenya)

Hillary Oonge
Treasurer - M-Kopa Solar

Steven Gamble
Director - Norton Rose Fulbright (Chair)

Martin Botik
Partner - Norton Rose Fulbright (Tanzania)

Julien Kavaruganda
Partner - K Solutions-Law (Rwanda)

Michael Kontos
Partner - Walker Kontos (Kenya)

Hellen Nakiryowa
Partner - Shonubi Musoke & Co

Beatrice Njeru
Senior Legal Counsel - Stanbic

Craig Saven
Partner - ENS (Chair)

Sebastien Avot
Middle East & Africa Regional Head, Distribution & Credit Solutions - Deutsche Bank

Leonard Cleland
Partner - Clifford Chance

Michael Mutiga
Director, Corporate and Investment Bank Head - Citi

Simon Loughor-Clarke
Structured Trade and Commodity Finance - ABSA

Craig Weitz
Principal - Nedbank