Global SME Finance Forum 2023 | Eventbrite | 11 September 2023 | Grand Hyatt Mumbai Hotel & Residences, Bandra Kurla Complex, Siddharath Nagar, Vakola, Vicinity, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400055, India

This event is the world’s highest-level, most technically in-depth, most geographically diverse event focused solely on SME financing. It takes place in a different city each year, attracting C-level industry leaders, leading policymakers and regulators from 100+ countries.

Two themes have resonated throughout the history of these events: the importance of digitalization, both of financiers and of SMEs themselves, and the need to think beyond lending and beyond just financing in servicing the SME market. This year’s meeting will bring these two key themes together, focusing on how the cutting edge of SME financing has moved into broader digital ecosystem building for SMEs, their customers and their business partners.

Why you should attend?

This year’s meeting will focus on building digital ecosystems to win the SME market. SME financing is moving to beyond-banking ecosystems addressing target customers’ fundamental needs in a single, easy-to-use service. Their offerings include traditional banking products and many other business services, such as invoice management, payroll support, tax preparation, and inventory management.
The meeting will highlight India’s achievements in this area while also bringing in a wide range of other examples of successful ecosystem building from around the world.
You will learn how to participate, orchestrate or build a digital ecosystem platform.

The participants will also explore the ways to tackle SME ESG issues and through digital ecosystems. Other cross-cutting themes will be integrated into the 3-day event, including supply chain financing, financial inclusion of women entrepreneurs and migrant/displaced entrepreneurs, risk management, agrifinance and digital transformation.

2023 Speakers

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

Edwin Bautista
President and CEO, UnionBank of the Philippines

Alok Kumar Choudhary
Managing Director, State Bank of India

Mohamed Gouled
Vice President, Industries, IFC

Homam Hashem
CEO, Kafalah

Michael Jongeneel
Chief Executive Officer, FMO Entrepreneurial Development Bank

Shaji K V
Chairman, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

Sandy Kemper
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, C2FO

Dinesh Kumar Khara
Chairman, State Bank of India

Sopnendu Mohanty
Chief Fintech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore

Nandan Nilekani
Co-founder and Chairman of the Board, Infosys

Tomás Piuzzi
Director of Head of Small Business Lending, Mercado Libre

Sivasubramanian Ramann
Chairman and Managing Director, SIDBI

SPEAKERS:

Ody Akhanoba
Senior Manager, SME Development, Afreximbank

Seyed Mosayeb Alam
Chief Of Staff, ShopUp

Rajiv Anand
Deputy Managing Director, Axis Bank

Francisco Avendano
Senior Operations Officer, International Finance Corporation

Nagla Bahr
Managing Director, Credit Guarantee Company - Egypt

Rajesh Bansal
CEO, Reserve Bank Innovation Hub

Andiswa Bata
Head of the SME Segment, First National Bank

Maurits Fliehe Boeschoten
Senior Advisor, FMO - Dutch Development Bank

Jamie Burink
Businessline Manager, Topicus

Sankar Chakraborti
CEO, SMERA Ratings

Rajeev Chalisgaonkar
Head of Business Banking and NEOBiz, Mashreq Bank

Anju Chaudhary
Senior Director Sales India, Builder.ai

Letitia Chau
Co-founder and Vice Chairman, Linklogis

Nirav Choksi
Co-Founder and CEO, CredAble

Colin Daley
Global Advisory Specialist, IFC

Nina Fenton
Head of Regional Representation, South Asia, European Investment Bank

Matthew Gamser
CEO, SME Finance Forum, IFC

A K Goel
Chairman, Indian Banks' Association (IBA)

Avishek Gupta
Managing Director & CEO, Caspian Debt

Ramaswamy Iyer
Founder and CEO, Vayana

Vivek Joshi
Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, India

Mona Kapoor
Senior Director, Digital Strategy and Transformation, Accion

Sridhar Keppurengan
Head of Cross Border Payments India & South Asia, VISA

Drisha Kirkman
Head of Programme Management and Sustainability, Paymentology

Hans Koning
Global Chief Industry Specialist, Digital Finance, IFC

Thampi Koshy
Managing Director & CEO, ONDC

Hemalata Mahalingam
Regional Industry Manager, International Finance Corporation

Sudatta Mandal
Deputy Managing Director, SIDBI

Rahul Matthan
Partner - Corporate, Telecom, Media and Technology, Trilegal

Sunil Mehta
Chief Executive, Indian Banks' Association (IBA)

Syed Abdul Momen
Deputy Managing Director & Head of SME, BRAC Bank Limited

Sucharita Mukherjee
Co-Founder & CEO, Kaleidofin

Eric Naivasha
Associate Director - Energy & Environment, Equity Group Holdings Plc

Saloni Narayan
Deputy Managing Director (Finance), State Bank of India

Bonaventure Okhaimo
Chief Operating Officer, Development Bank of Nigeria

Ayodele Olojede
Divisional Head, Retail & SME, WEMA BANK

Wooinn Park
Deputy Director, Korea Credit Guarantee Fund

Michael Perera
Chief Product Officer, Koltiva

Jane Prokop
EVP of Small and Medium Enterprises, Mastercard

Praveena Rai
Chief Operating Officer, National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI)

Patrick Reily
Co-Founder, Uplinq

Carissa Reiniger
Founder & CEO, Small Biz Silver Lining

Matthew Saal
Digital Finance Specialist

Qamar Saleem
Incoming SME Finance Forum CEO, International Finance Corporation

Chanchal Chand Sarkar
Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, India

Ian Sayers
Senior Adviser for Access to Financing and Investment, International Trade Centre

Philip Sigwart
Group CEO, Baobab Group

Peter Simon
Managing Director, WSBI-ESBG

R. K. Singh
Head, Green Climate, Energy Efficiency and International Cooperation, SIDBI

Jaypee Soliman
Senior Vice President, UnionBank of the Philippines

Nadia Sood
Group CEO & Founder, CreditEnable

Alexander Sotiriou
Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank

Katrin Sturm
Secretary General, AECM

Collin Swan
Integrity Counsel, International Finance Corporation

Ghada Teima
Principal Operations Officer, International Finance Corporation

Wendy Teleki
Head of the Secretariat, Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi)

Onur Terzi
Agricultural Banking Marketing Senior Manager, TEB

Ravi Tyagi
Chief General Manager, SIDBI

Sameer Vakil
Cofounder & Chief Executive Officer, GlobalLinker

Sandeep Varma
CEO, CGTMSE

Arnaud Ventura
Managing Partner, Gojo & Co

Jessica Villanueva
Senior Director of Technical Areas of Practice, MEDA

Yuliia Vorchak
Risk Management Head, UKRGASBANK

Shalini Warrier
Executive Director, Federal Bank

2023 Sponsors

DIAMOND:
• SBI

GOLD:
• GB Tap
• Upling
• Visa

SILVER:
• Builder.ai