GTR Africa 2019 | Global Trade Review (GTR) | 14 March 2019 | Cape Town International Convention Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

With extensive opportunities for networking and business development, the event will provide a comprehensive agenda covering all aspects of trade, commodity, export and infrastructure finance, whether it be funding options available to African corporates, key regional hotspots and opportunities for projects or the current risk environment and the various mitigation products and solutions being utilised.

2019 Speakers

Mohammad Akshar Maherally
Managing Director, WTS Tax Consulting

René Awambeng
Director, Client Relations, Afreximbank

Goolam Ballim
Chief Economist, Standard Bank Group

Jean-Bernard Ruggieri
Chief Representative, Team Leader, Africa, Export Development Canada

Talitha Bertelsmann-Scott,
Head, Regional Observatory, South African Institute of International Affairs

Robert Besseling
Executive Director, EXX Africa

Graham Bright
Head, Compliance & Operations, Euro Exim

Gabriel Buck
Managing Director, GKB Ventures

David Buckle
Chairman, SD Capital Advisory

Andre Casterman
Founder/Managing Director, Casterman Advisory; Chair, Fintech Committee, ITFA

Dave Chalila
Head, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sace

Carl Chirwa
Head, International Banking, Bank One

Simon Cook
Partner, Sullivan & Worcester UK

Louis Du Plessis
Head, Corporate & FI Trade Sales, Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), Board Member, African Regional Committee, ITFA

Wildu du Plessis
Partner, Head of Africa, Baker McKenzie

Riccardo Fanelli
Managing Director, Concrete Finance

Celeste Fauconnier
Economist, Sub-Saharan Africa, Rand Merchant Bank (RMB)

Portia Gumbo-Dube
Head, Business Development, Export Credit Insurance Corporation (ECIC)

Sam Hoexter
Regional Head, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America & India, UK Export Finance

Rt. Hon. Mark Simmonds
Former UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office Minister, Africa, Chairman,Advisory Board, Invest Africa

Robert Hovenier
Chief Executive Officer, MITCO Group

Boris Jaquet, Regional
Head, Distribution & Trading, EMEA, Deutsche Bank

Christian Karam
Director, Africa Trade Finance

Chidinma Lawanson
Consultant, Financial Institutions Group, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Quan Le
Chief Executive Officer/Co-Founder, Binkabi

William Limb
Underwriter, Global Financial Risks, Liberty Specialty Markets

Gerald Low
Director, Senior Relationship Manager Africa, Rabobank

Gary Lowe
Managing Director, Head, Global Credit Insurance Group, Standard Chartered Bank

Stewart Makura
Supply Chain Finance Head & Trade Commodity Finance, Sub-Saharan Africa, Citi

Shannon Manders
Editorial Director, Global Trade Review (GTR)

Alex Marshall
Group Marketing & Compliance Director, Clarke Energy

Maureen Mba
Associate Director, Compliance, Afreximbank

Zhann Meyer
Head, Agricultural Commodities, Nedbank CIB

Guy Michel Rivaud
Senior Relationship Manager, Corporate & Institutional Banking, The Mauritius Commercial Bank

Marcus Miller
Managing Director, Global Lenders Solutions Group Leader, Marsh

Faruq Muhammad
Managing Director, Structured Export Finance, Standard Chartered Bank

Niren Murugan
Regional Head, Southern Africa, ETG Agri Inputs

Munyaradzi Musamba
Managing Director, Thermal Agriculture

Allan Musona
Senior Advisor, Loita Capital Partners

Dr Nigel Chanakira
Executive Chairman, Success Motivation Institute (Zimbabwe), Former Chairman, Zimbabwe Investment Authority

Lanre Oloniniyi
Co-Founder, Orbitt

Robert Parson
Partner, Clyde & Co.

Nasreen Patel
Head, Product, Aerobotics

Duarte Pedreira
Head, Trade Finance, Crown Agents Bank, Chair, African Regional Committee, ITFA

John Purchase
Chief Executive Officer, Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz)

Dr Rob Davies
Minister, Trade & Industry, Government of South Africa

Jason Robinson
Africa Analyst, Oxford Analytica

Jules Samain
Regional Director, West & North Africa, GuarantCo

David Sawyer
Investment Banking Transactor, Rand Merchant Bank (RMB)

Aba Schubert
Founding Partner, Aethel Partners; Co-Founder, Dorae

Yang Sheng
Representative, South Africa Office, Sinosure

Elizabeth Stephens
Founder/Managing Director, Trendline Analytics

Justin Vermaak
Owner/Director, Specialised Agri Solutions (SAS)

Andreas Voss
Chief Country Representative Nigeria, Deutsche Bank

Elena Williams
Trade Director, Southern Africa, UK Department for International Trade (DIT)

Rob Withagen
Co-Founder/CEO, Asoko Insight

Paul Woodman
Chief Operating Officer, International, ASGC

Oliver Wright
Director, BPL Global

2019 Sponsors:

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Deutsche Bank
• Standard Bank
• Standard Chartered
• NedBank CIB

HOST BANK SPONSOR:
• Export Credit Insurance of Corporation of South Africa SOC Limited

GOLD SPONSORS:
• BPL Global
• Rand Merchant Bank

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Afreximbank
• AON
• Bank One
• CDC
• China Systems
• Citi Bank
• Clyde & Co
• FBN Bank UK
• Gallagher
• GCC
• Hogan Lovells
• Liberty International Underwriters
• Marsh
• Rabobank
• Sullivan & Worcester
• 1tfc

LUNCH SPONSOR:
• Euro Exim Bank

LANYARD SPONSOR:
• Africa Trade Finance

CO-SPONSORS:
• Crown Agents Bank
• ens Africa
• gkb ventures
• Orbit
• Mitigram

EVENING RECEPTION SPONSOR:
• Barak Fund Management

SOCIAL MEDIA SPONSOR:
• Trade Bank of Iraq

HOST AGENCY SPONSOR:
• Export Credit Insurance of Corporation of South Africa SOC Limited

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS:
• African Agri Council
• AFTI
• BExA
• Chamber International
• FCI
• ICC
• ITFA
• Invest Africa
• South African Chamber of Commerce
• UK Export Finance

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Credit Insurance News
• Corporate Africa
• inAfrica24.com