EBRD TFP Trade Finance Forum 2019 | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) | 23 October 2019 | Hotel Grande Bretagne, 1 Vasileos Georgiou A, Syntagma Square Str, Athina 105 64, Greece

As in previous years, the aim of the Forum is to discuss key challenges and new opportunities in trade finance in the EBRD’s countries of operations and beyond and to provide an excellent networking opportunity. We expect about 250 participants from our network of issuing banks, confirming banks and co-financing partners under the TFP, trade finance associations and providers of trade finance services to attend.

Thanks to the generous support from our sponsors and partners, we are once again able to offer attendance to the Forum free of charge to our valued TFP partner banks.

Following lunch on Thursday 24 October, there will be an excursion outside of Athens, so please therefore plan your trip accordingly.

2019 Speakers

SPEAKERS:

Marc Auboin
Economic Counsellor, WTO

Olivier Paul
Director Finance for Development, ICC

Peter Mulroy
Secretary General, FCI

Sean Edwards
Chairman, ITFA

Zuzana Franz
Director, ODDO BHF

Evy Passa
Senior Director, Group Head – Global Transactions Services, National Bank of Greece

Vlachopoulos Athanassios
Deputy General Manager, Piraeus Bank

Kyriakos Apergis
Senior Relationship Manager – Corporate Banking, Aegean Baltic Bank

Piero Rizzi
Director, Financial Institutions and Correspondent Banking, Citibank

Alexandros Kontopoulos
CEO, NBG Factors S.A, National Bank of Greece and Chairman of the Board, Hellenic Factors Association

Chara Vardakari
CEO, Piraeus Factoring

Çagatay Baydar
FCI Executive Committee Member and TEB Faktoring General Manager

Ammar Al-Saleh
Senior Counsel, EBRD

Vincent O’Brien
Member Executive Committee ICC Banking Commission

Ana Kavtaradze
Member of Executive Committee, ICC Banking Commission and Director, Trade Finance Department, Bank of Georgia

Irina Chuvahina
Head of Doc.Operations and Guarantees Dept., Priorbank JSC, RBI Group

Erdenedelger (Degi) Bavlai
Vice President, Corporate Banking, Khan Bank

Hyungsuk Kim
Relationship Manager in European country, Financial Institutions Business Division, KEB Hana Bank

Chinara Alybaeva
Head of Global Transaction Banking Department, Optima Bank

Alexandra Voronkova
Head of Doc. Operations and Trade Finance, Bank Dabrabyt

Natalia Savca
Trade Finance Manager, B.C. VictoriaBank S.A.

Andy Romanov
Deputy Head of Structured Trade Finance, UKRGASBANK

Hans-Joerg Krohn
Regional Head Financial Institutions, Commerzbank

Chinara Alybaeva
Head of Global Transaction Banking Department, Optima Bank

Lisa Rosen
Managing Director, Chief Compliance Officer, EBRD

Josep Oriol i Utesà
Global Financial Institutions – Director Europe, Banco de Sabadell S.A.

Lakis Pantelides
Manager Trade Services Department, Bank of Cyprus

Şakir Sömek
Executive Vice President of FI, Alternatifbank A.Ş

MODERATORS:

Rudolf Putz
Head of Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP), EBRD

Michael Bickers
BCR

Anna Brod
Principal Banker, EBRD

Marco Nindl
Senior Banker, EBRD

Kamola Makhmudova
Senior Banker, EBRD

Maria Mogilnaya
Associate Banker, EBRD

2019 Sponsors and Partners

MAIN SPONSOR:
• Taiwan Business

LOCAL PARTNERS:
• Alpha Bank
• EuroBank
• National Bank of Greece
• Piraeus Bank

SPONSOR:
• Oddo BHF

CONTRIBUTORS:
• ABBank
• HPD LendScape