AGM & OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions 2019 | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | 6 November 2019 | The Plaza Tirana, Rruga Abdi Toptani 1001, Tirana, Albania

The 2019 Global Forum on Private Pensions will be jointly organised by the OECD, the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS) and the Albanian Financial Supervisory Authority (AFSA). It will gather high-level officials from regulatory and supervisory authorities, leading experts from pension fund industry and research institutes from both OECD and IOPS Member countries. Representatives from international organisations will also take part in the event.

Among the main topics to be addressed this year:
• pension reforms in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe over the past 20 years
• pension funds sustainable investments: policy and supervisory issues
• good design of defined contribution pension plans: OECD roadmap
• ways to set-up and supervise employer-sponsored pension arrangements
• how to develop capital markets along with newly created pension funds

2019 Speakers

Mr André Laboul
Secretary General, International Organisation of Pension Supervisors

Ms Anila Denaj
Minister of Finance & Economy, Republic of Albania

Mr Arben Ahmetaj
Chairman, Albanian Parliament Commission for Economy and Finance

Mr Ervin Mete
Chairman, Albanian Financial Supervisory Authority (AFSA) Board

Ms Stephanie Verena Eble
Regional Resident Representative, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Mr Vlado Georgiev
Head of Institutional Control Sector, Agency for Supervision of Fully Funded Pension Insurance

Dr Nikola Altiparmakov
Board Member, Fiscal Council, Serbia

Ms Sanja Radusinovic
Head Assistant, Department for pension and investment funds, Capital Market Authority

Mr Tomislav Ridzak
Member of the Board, Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency

Ms Helen Rowell
Deputy Chair, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

Mr Kenneth S. Matomola
CEO, Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority

Mr Niko Kotonika
Head of Capital Market and Investment Fund Supervision Department, Albanian Financial Supervisory Authority

Dr Pablo Antolín
Principal Economist, Head, Private Pensions Unit

Prof Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak
Director of Institute of Statistics and Demography, Warsaw School of Economics

Ms Leah Fichter
Chair of the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities (CAPSA)

Mr Darren Ryder
Director of Automatic Enrolment, The Pensions Regulator, the United Kingdom

Mr Paweł Borys
CEO, President and Chairman of the Management Board, Polish Development Fund S.A.

Dr Pablo Antolín
Principal Economist, Head, Private Pensions Unit

Dr Olga Fuentes
Deputy Chair of Regulation, Superintendence of Pensions, Chile, IOPS Vice-President

Mr Nzomo Mutuku
Chief Executive Officer, Retirement Benefits Authority, Kenya

Mr Joseph Lee
Director of Product Regulation Division, Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority

Mr Kruno Abramovic
President of the Management Board NLB Skladi, Asset Management, Slovenia

Mr Ervin Koҫi
General Executive Director and Board Member of the Albanian Financial Supervisory Authority

Mr Brendan Kennedy
Chair of the IOPS Technical Committee, and CEO, Pensions Authority, Ireland

Mr Ambrogio Rinaldi
Director, Pensions Fund Supervision Commission (COVIP)