EBRD Annual Meeting and Business Forum 2023 | The EBRD | 15 May 2023 | TBA, Samarkand

Our event in Morocco will showcase the country as a model to do business, as well as its vision for green and inclusive development, and will present an opportunity to highlight successful projects and to intensify cooperation.

Our three-day Business Forum will feature a dynamic programme of thematic events. We are aiming for a full physical event with some high-level speakers in a hybrid format. Live streaming will also be available on our website.

In view of the challenges of the pandemic and the economic climate, we will exceptionally waive the registration fee for this year's Annual Meeting.

2023 Speakers

Odile Renaud-Basso
President, EBRD

Odile Renaud-Basso
President, EBRD

Shavkat Mirziyoyev
President, Republic of Uzbekistan

Rania Al-Mashat
Minister of International Cooperation, Government of Egypt

Nandita Parshad
Managing Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Group, EBRD

Sue Barrett
Director, Head of Infrastructure, Türkiye, Middle East and Africa, EBRD

Beata Javorcik
Chief Economist, EBRD

Jonathan Charles
Strategic Communications Consultant and Broadcaster

Sean Edwards
Chairman, International Trade & Forfaiting Association

Susan Goeransson
Director, Head of Infrastructure Europe, Sustainable Infrastructure Group, EBRD

Sergei Guriev
Professor of Economics, Institut d'Études Politiques

Adonai Herrera-Martinez
Director, Environment and Sustainability, EBRD

Olena Koval
Head of Civil Society Engagement and Private Sector Partnerships, EBRD

Victoria Márquez-Mees
Chief Accountability Officer, EBRD

Ekaterina Miroshnik
Director, Head of Infrastructure Eurasia, EBRD

Peter Mulroy
Secretary General, FCI

Vincent O'Brien
Director, International Chamber of Commerce UAE

Richard Porter
Managing Director, Communications, EBRD

Rudolf Putz
Head of Trade Facilitation Programme, EBRD

Jürgen Rigterink
First Vice President and Head of Client Services Group, EBRD

Annemarie Straathof
Vice President, Risk and Compliance and Chief Risk Officer, EBRD

Barbara Rambousek
Director, Gender and Economic Inclusion, EBRD

David Shukman
Journalist, Speaker and Consultant

Alex Pivovarsky
Director, Capital and Financial Markets Development, EBRD

Lin O'Grady
Associate Director, Deputy Head Sustainable Infrastructure Policy and Preparation, EBRD

Henrik Linders
Managing Director, Environment and Sustainability, EBRD

Aida Sitdikova
Director, Head of Energy Eurasia, MEA, SIG, EBRD

Ines Rocha
Managing Director, Impact and Partnerships, EBRD

Grzegorz Zielinski
Director, Head of Energy Europe, Sustainable Infrastructure Group, EBRD

Heike Harmgart
Managing Director, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean, EBRD

Matthew Jordan-Tank
Director, Sustainable Infrastructure, Policy and Project Preparation, EBRD

Janelle Weyek
US Senior Commercial Adviser, EBRD

Véronique Salze-Lozac’h
Managing Director and Chief Evaluator, EBRD

Francis Malige
Managing Director, Head of Financial Institutions, EBRD

Harry Boyd-Carpenter
Managing Director, Climate Strategy and Delivery, EBRD

Maya Hennerkes
Director, Green Financial Systems, Climate Strategy and Delivery, EBRD

Gabriele Fattorelli
Evaluation Director, EBRD

Martina Zimmerl
Head of Trade Finance, Raiffeisenbank AG, Austria

Kelly Hsieh
Representative, Taipei Representative Office in the UK

Nana Khurodze
Associate Director, Senior Banker, Trade Facilitation Programme, EBRD

Thierry Déau
Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Meridiam

Dimitris Verelis
Senior Director, Piraeus Bank, Greece

Elisabetta Falcetti
Director, Regional Head Poland and Baltics, EBRD

Mohammad Abunayyan
Chairman, ACWA Power

Alessandra Pasini
Co-Founder and President, Zhero

Erkinjon Turdimov
Governor, Samarkand Region

Matteo Patrone
Managing Director, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus

Zsuzsanna Hargitai
Managing Director, Central Asia, EBRD

Esther Harlander
Associate Director, Head of ERA, Nuclear Safety, EBRD

Balthasar Lindauer
Director, Nuclear Safety Department, EBRD

Camilla Otto
Director, Donor Co-Financing, EBRD

Debbie Cousins
Associate Director, Head ESD Operations, EBRD

Amir Salkanović
Chair of the Management Board, ProCredit Bank Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Axel van Nederveen
Managing Director, Treasurer, EBRD

Natalia Zhukova
Director, Head of Agribusiness, EBRD

Nikoloz Kurdiani
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, TBC Bank Uzbekistan

Rud Pedersen
Chief Financial Officer, Korzinka

Uran Niyazaliev
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, LLC Dan Agro Products

Tornike Zirakishvili
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Enterprise Georgia

Jacek Kubas
Associate Director, Head of Digital, EBRD

Spartak Tetrashvili
Chief Executive Officer, TBC Bank Uzbekistan

Catherine Workman
Partner, Head of Middle East, Pinsent Masons

Shukhrat Vafaev
Director General, Agency for Strategic Reforms under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Ainur Sospanova
Chairperson of the Executive Board, Qazaq Green RES Association

Fiona Hill
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution

Harold James
Professor of History, Princeton University

Paolo Monaco
Director Financial Products, SME F&D, EBRD

Zafar Khashimov
Founder and Chairman, Supervisory Board of Anglesey Food LLC

Ekaterina Erichsen
Associate Director, Private Equity, EBRD

Vladimir Vukotić
Chief Executive Officer, 3Bank

Melinda Crane
International Moderator and Correspondent

Olga Kompaniets
Principal Banker, Trade Facilitation Programme, EBRD

Anzhela H. Barseghyan
Director of Trade Finance and Correspondent Relationship Department, Armswissbank, Armenia

Bobokhon Abdullayev
Deputy Chairman, Asakabank, Uzbekistan

Tamara Khizanishvili
Head of Trade Finance and Factoring Department, TBC Bank, Georgia

Zuzana Franz
Senior Regional Manager, ODDO BHF, Germany

Ismoil Najmiddinov
Uzpromstroybank, Uzbekistan

Ksenia Brockmann
Head of Caucasus, CA and Türkiye, Green Financial Systems, EBRD

Eleonore Juliane Treu
Director of Trade Finance Week, International Chamber of Commerce Austria

George Akhalkatsi
Associate Director, Head of Armenia, EBRD

Tsevegjav Gumenjav
Chief Executive Officer, XacBank

Lama Zawati
Chief Executive Officer, Microfund for Women

Yasemin Bedir
Division President, Eastern Europe, Mastercard

Edward Bannerman
Director, Shareholder Relations, EBRD

Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi
Chief Executive Officer, Masdar

Almaz Toigonbaev
Regional Head of Manufacturing and Services, EBRD

Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff
Guido Goldman Distinguished Scholar for Geostrategy, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Zara Janjua
Broadcaster

Parvaiz Dalal
Managing Director, Global Head of Payables, Citigroup

Sebastian Skupien
Associate Director, Senior Banker, EBRD

Waelid Gamal El Dien
Chairman, Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE)

Peter Frankopan
Professor of Global History, Oxford University

Dirk Werner
Director, Head of Telecommunications, Media and Technology, EBRD

Aziza Zakhidova
Associate Director, Senior Banker, Venture Capital Investment Programme, EBRD

Alkis Vryenios Drakinos
Director, Head of Uzbekistan, EBRD

Ravshan Kadirov
Head of Treasury, Asakabank

Tomas Kairys
Associate Director, Head of Baltic States, Vilnius (Lithuania), EBRD

Roberts Idelsons
Chief Executive Officer, Signet Bank

Rami Ghandour
Managing Director, Metito

Akmal Paiziev
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Express24

Botir Arifdjanov
Serial Tech Entrepreneur

Muzaffar Karabaev
Co-Founder and CEO, Zip24

Magnus Brunner
Chair of the Board of Governors, EBRD, Minister of Finance of Austria

Tanzila Narbaeva
Chairperson of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis, Republic of Uzbekistan

Kazuhiko Koguchi
Secretary General, EBRD

Dumitru Alaiba
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization, Republic of Moldova, EBRD Governor

Can Ulku
Senior Manager Financial Institutions and Investor Relations Department, TSKB, Türkiye

Tigran Avinyan
Deputy Mayor of Yerevan, Armenia

Gevorg Mantashyan
First Deputy Minister, Ministry Of High-Tech Industry of The Republic of Armenia

Levon Ohanesyan
Chief Executive Officer, Enterprise Armenia

Aram Vardanyan
Investment Director, Enterprise Armenia

Michel Nussbaumer
Director, Legal Transition, EBRD

Hüseyin Özhan
Director, Head of Kazakhstan, EBRD

Dimitrios Dosis
President, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, Mastercard

Narek Teryan
Deputy Minister of Economy, Armenia

Mark Bowman
Vice President, Policy and Partnerships, EBRD

Boško Maravić
ESHS Manager, Beo Čista Energija

Danilo Ćurčić
Programme Coordinator, A11 Initiative for Economic and Social Rights

Jelena Ceperkovic
Associate Director, EBRD

Abdulla Abdukodirov
First Deputy Director General, Agency for Strategic Reforms under the President of Uzbekistan

Abrorhuja Turdaliev
Deputy Chairman, Central Bank of Uzbekistan

Sakhi Annaklichev
Chairman of the Management Board, Sanoatqurilishbank

Momina Aijazuddin
Regional Industry Head, International Finance Corporation

Daniyar Amangeldiev
Minister of Economy and Commerce, Kyrgyz Republic

Kanat Abdrahmanov
Deputy Minister of Economy and Commerce, Kyrgyz Republic

Sevki Sarilar
Chief Executive Officer, Demir Kyrgyz International Bank

Chyngiz Alkanov
Chief Executive Officer, Alkan Bazary

Archil Mestvirishvili
Acting Governor, National Bank of Georgia

Matthew Griffiths
Senior Programme Manager, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Alexander Rogachevsky
Associate Director, Senior Banker, Infra Eurasia, SIG, EBRD

Mindaugas Liutvinskas
Vice-Minister of Finance, Republic of Lithuania

Bernhard Fauser
Managing Director, Central and Eastern Europe Market, HP Inc.

Behzod Hamraev
Deputy Chairman, Central Bank of Uzbekistan

Christoph Denk
Managing Director, Policy, Strategy and Delivery, EBRD

Jānis Kuļikovskis
Partner, L. J. Linen

Koji Kurushima
Chief Executive Officer, Mobicom Corporation LLC

Sardor Umurzakov
Head of Presidential Administration, Republic of Uzbekistan, EBRD Governor

Ruurd J. Brouwer
Chief Executive Officer, TCX

Rémy Rioux
Chief Executive Officer, Groupe Agence française de développement (AFD Group), and IDFC Chair

Natalie Forsyuk
Strategic Adviser on Ukraine, The Infrastructure Transparency Initiative

Hayk Voskanyan
Chief Executive Officer, Inecobank, Armenia

Cristina Buzasu
Principal Manager, Civil Society Engagement, EBRD

Illia Borovynskyi
Associate Manager, Civil Society Engagement, EBRD

Nurzhan Dzhumabaev
Senior Social Advisor, Environment and Sustainability Department, EBRD

Myriam Ferran
Deputy Director-General, European Commission's Directorate-General for International Partnerships

George Paresishvili
Chief Executive Officer, Tashkent Stock Exchange

Aziza Umarova
Coordinator, Delivery Unit, Agency for Strategic Reforms Under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Ashita Mittal
Regional Representative to Central Asia, UNODC

Tolekan Ismailova
Director, Human Rights Movement (Bir Duino)

Vadim Ni
Chairman of the Board, Socio-Ecological Fund

Bibisora Oripova
Director, NGO “Rahmdillik”

Anna Yurchenko
Deputy Minister for European Integration, Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine

Mykhailo Zhernakov
Co-Founder and Chair of the Board, DEJURE Foundation

Soumendra Rout
Chief Financial Officer, ACWA Power, Uzbekistan

Mark Keese
Head of the Skills and Employability Division, ELS, OECD

Edward Bannerman
Director, Shareholder Relations, EBRD

Elena Kan
Co-Founder, Khorezm Rural Advisory Support Service

Andres Kuningas
Head of EU and International Affairs Department, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Estonia

Chantal van Ham
Senior Expert on Sustainability and Natural Capital, Arcadis Belgium

Jahan Shamsiev
Associate Director, Senior Banker, Financial Institutions, Russia & Central Asia, EBRD

Kamola Makhmudova
Associate Director, Head of Azerbaijan, EBRD

Mathew Griffiths
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Inna Punda
Food and Agriculture Organization

Iride Ceccacci
Associate Director, Head of Advisory, EBRD

Andrey Zhironkin
Principal Banker, Agribusiness CEE South, EBRD

Konstantin Kostikov
Associate Director, Senior Banker, Agribusiness CEE South, EBRD

Almaskhan Smatlayev
First Deputy Akim, East-Kazakhstan Region

Suzanne Gaboury
Director General, ADB Private Sector Operations, Asian Development Bank

Dauren Kengbeil
Vice Minister of Finance, Alternate Governor for the Republic of Kazakhstan to EBRD, Republic of Kazakhstan

Adil Mukhamejanov
Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Baiterek National Management Holding JSC

Hong Zhu
Chief Financial Officer, China Power International Holding Ltd.

Cyril Courjaret
Senior Vice President, SUEZ

Rano Sidikova
Partner Success Manager, Plug and Play Tech Center

Jonathan Henick
U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan

Nurzhan Tursunkhanov
Director of Monetary Operations, National Bank of Kazakhstan

Bayan Carter
Associate Director, Private Equity, EBRD

Natalya Plotnikova

Anita Bhatia
Founder, The Gender Impact Collaborative

Mikayil Jabbarov
Minister of Economy, Republic of Azerbaijan

Afgan Isayev
Executive Director, Southern Gas Corridor

Ulvi Mansurov
Executive Director, Azerbaijan Investment Company

Umut Shayakhmetova
Chief Executive Officer, Halyk Bank, Kazakhstan

Hussein Ali Safadi
Chief Executive Officer, Aqaba Development Corporation

Cholponbek Jumashukurov
Co-Founder, Highland Capital

Edil Baisalov
Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Kyrgyz Republic

Martyna Boguslavets
Board Member, RISE Ukraine Coalition, Founder, Institute of Legislative Ideas

Mirsaidkhon Khadiev
Head of Correspondent Banking Relations, Asakabank, Uzbekistan

Firuza Hotamova
Senior Trade Finance operations Specialist, Bank Eskhata, Tajikistan

Mukhabbat Rakhimova
Chairwoman, NGO “Sharoit Plus"

Umarbek Sharipov
Founder and CEO, Tillo Domor

2023 Sponsors

FLAGSHIP SPONSOR:
• Mastercard

MAJOR SPONSORS:
• SQB
• Asakabank

PRIME SPONSOR:
• TBC Bank - Pay Me

SPECIAL EVENT SPONSORS:
• Akfen Renewable Energy
• ACWA Power

FOUNDATION SPONSORS:
• Ipak Yuli Bank
• Ipoteka Bank
• UniCredit

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• The Banker
• Daryo
• Euromoney
• Global Finance
• GlobalMarkets
• Spot.uz