BAFT MENA Bank to Bank Forum 2021 | The Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) | 7 June 2021 | Virtual Event

BAFT 2021 Q1 & Q2 In-Person Events Pivot to Virtual
BAFT has continued to monitor the impact of COVID-19 globally, as well as solicit feedback from various members across different regions. Although some countries have started lifting restrictions, several have not, and some cities that started to ease restrictions have delayed further phased re-openings. Policies on travel vary by country and each institution.

The health and safety of our members, attendees, and other stakeholders have always been our primary concern. Given the levels of uncertainty, and with input from our regional councils, the BAFT Board of Directors has approved the recommendation to pivot all planned BAFT in-person events through July 2021 to virtual events.

2021 Speakers

Kevin Rudd
Former Prime Minister, Australia, President & CEO, Asia Society

Mark Borton
Head, Transactional and Trade Asia & Head, Trade and Working Capital Asia, National Australia Bank

Michael Roberts
Chief Executive Officer, HSBC USA and Americas

Rob Nichols
President & CEO, American Bankers Association (ABA)

Diane Reyes
Group General Manager, & Global Head, Liquidity &, Cash Management, HSBC

Michael Spiegel
Global Head Transaction Banking, Standard Chartered Bank

Andy Kollegger
Group Managing Director & Head Corporate and Institutional Clients International, UBS

Karin Walchshöfer
MD, and Head EMEA, Global Financial Institutional Group, BMO Capital Markets

Rola Abu Manneh
Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank UAE

Elham Mahfouz
Chief Executive Officer, Commercial Bank of Kuwait

Mervat Soltan
Chairperson, Export Development Bank of Egypt

Maram Al-Jazireh
Senior Vice President & Global Head of Financial Institutions, Arab Bank

Marc Bayle De Jesse
Chief Executive Officer, CLS Bank

Nick Smit
Head, Financial Institutions Americas, ING

Emma Loftus
Executive Vice President & Head of Treasury Management, PNC

Michaela Ludbrook
Head of Corporate Banking Americas and Corporate Coverage, Deutsche Bank

Manny Maceda
Worldwide Managing Partner, Bain & Company

Todd Burwell
President & CEO, BAFT

Brian Moynihan
Chairman of the Board & CEO, Bank of America

Rob Nichols
President & CEO, American Bankers Association (ABA)

2021 Sponsors

DIAMOND SPONSOR:
• Arab Bank

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Mashreq

GOLD SPONSORS:
• BARCLAYS
• BNP PARIBAS
• Deutsche Bank
• HSBC
• JP Morgan
• Kapital Bank

SILVER SPONSORS:
• BBVA
• BNY MELLOM
• CGI
FAB
• Persistent
• Santander
• StoneX
• Swift

CORPORATE SPONSORS:
• Bank of AMerica
• Citi
• ING
• Intesa San PAolo
• IMI
• Lloy's List Intelligence
• Mayer Brown
• RBC
• Societe Generale
• TickTrade

REGIONAL TRACK SPONSOR:
• VISA

CONFERENCE SPONSORS:
• ANZ
• COPPCLARK
• Pelican
• r3

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• GLOBAL FINANCE
• GTR
• Trade Finance Global
• TXF