GTR MENA 2025 - Dubai | Global Trade Review (GTR) | 17 February 2025 | Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Sheikh Zayed Rd - Trade CentreTrade Centre 2 - Dubai - UAE

The annual two-day conference will provide high value networking opportunities, enabling delegates to catch up with industry friends, forge new business connections and meet with highly esteemed exhibitors from leading trade service providers across the Middle East and North Africa. Over 80 industry experts will explore the latest trends and developments, highlighting both challenges and opportunities whilst offering future projections of the market. The GTR team looks forward to welcoming you there!

2025 key discussion themes:
• Leadership, innovation and sustainability: Driving economic growth through empowerment
• Diversification, state support and ‘flight to quality’: The commodity financing melting pot
• Delivering trade growth: Do banks need to less cautious?
• Opening new doors for trade: The corporate perspective
• Milestones reached but challenges ahead: How can digital reach the parts others can’t?
• Is supply chain finance on a downward curve?

2025 event features:
• 45+ exhibitors
• 5+ hours of networking opportunities with key stakeholders in the industry
• Unparalleled expertise from 80+ speakers
• Exceptional content on topics and regions covered
• Enhanced networking with opportunities to schedule meetings and swap business cards
• Invitation to the evening networking reception

2025 Speakers

Abdulla Al-Taee
Chief Operating Officer, United Arab Bank

Ahmad Al Hassan
Chief Financial Officer, DP World GCC

Ahmed Madkour
Director, Recovery Advisers

Alexander Peters
Group Chief Financial Officer, Torq Commodities

Alexandre Toussaint
Senior Underwriter, Political Risk Insurance & Credit, Africa Specialty Risks

Amr El Haddad
Head of Transaction Banking, National Bank of Kuwait

Anirudha Panse
Managing Director & Head of Trade Finance Product Innovation, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

Asli Karapinar
Vice-President, Cash Performance, Data & Transformation, Schneider Electric

Bhupesh Sharma
Executive Head of Transaction Banking, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank

Bruno Massera
Chief Financial Officer, International Markets, BRF

Carlos Teixeira
Global Head, Business Strategy, Lending, Finastra

Caryn Pace-Messenger
Managing Director, Global Trade & Supply Chain Finance, Bank of America

Charles Ike
Vice-President, Maritime Trade, Pole Star

Charlie Steers
Director, Regional Head of Commodity Trade Finance MENAT, HSBC

Ehsaan Ahmed
Executive Vice-President, Head of Transaction Banking, RAKBANK

Eleonore Treu
Legal & Director of ICC Austria Trade Finance Week, ICC Austria

Eric Orsini
Global Head of Compliance & Regulatory Affairs, Lloyd's List Intelligence

Farooq Siddiqi
Ventures Lead, SC Ventures

Farrukh Siddiqui
Founding Partner, Emerging Capital Management Partners

Florian Witt
Managing Director, Head of International & Corporate Banking, ODDO BHF

Geoffrey White
Chief Executive Officer, Agility

George Koukis
International Business Development Director, Receivables & SCF Solutions, Qualco

George Wilson
Head, Institutional Trade Finance, Investec Bank

Gina Lim
Managing Director, Head of Asian Corporates, Commodities, International Centre Sales, DBS Bank

Graham Scopes
Country Head, UAE & Kuwait, UK Export Finance (UKEF)

Gwen Mwaba
Managing Director, Trade Finance & Correspondent Banking, Afreximbank

Hamayoun Khan
Head of Trade Finance & Working Capital, Commercial Bank of Dubai

Hussein Al Hussein
Regional Manager, MENA, Farm To Plate

Isabella Pateman
Chief Risk Officer, BACB

Ishwar Haswani
Chief Executive Officer, E3 Energy

Joon Kim
Managing Director & Global Head of Trade Finance, Cash Management & Solution Structuring Platform Group, BNY

Jose Payno
Managing Director & Head of GTB Corporate Product Sales, Abu Dhabi, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

Khalil Al Mansoori
Director General, Abu Dhabi Export Office (ADEX)

Krishna Prasad KS
Managing Director, Aster Marine Cargo

Laetitia Alonso
EMEA Sales Executive, Komgo

Laura Buckwell
Journalist & Broadcaster, Independent

Leo Tyndall
Chief Executive Officer, Tyndall Insurance

Lisa Knudsen
Vice-President & Head of ESG, RAKBANK

Madiha Aslam
Director, Structured Finance, Innovo Projects

Makiko Toyoda
Global Head, GTFP & GSCF, Trade & Supply Chain, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Marc Auboin
Economic Counsellor, World Trade Organization (WTO)

Marcelo Moulin
Head of Trade Sales, Middle East & Pakistan, Citi

Mark Emmerson
Head of Global Transaction Banking, Al Masraf Bank

Mark Lakin
Partner, Stephenson Harwood

Merlin Dowse
Executive Director, Global Trade Finance Product Management, J.P. Morgan

Mohamed El Ghamry
Head of Corporate & Transaction Banking, National Bank of Fujairah (NBF)

Mohamed Sharaf
Chief Operating Officer for Investment Attraction, Dubai Economic Development Corporation

Mohammad Miladi
Head of Trade Product, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB)

Nader Aboushadi
Group Treasurer, Sidara

Naresh Aggarwal
Associate Policy & Technical Director, Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT)

Nicolas Pochon
Lead, Trade Finance & Supply Chain Finance, Tesselate

Niraj Kumar
Head of Global Transaction Banking, United Arab Bank

Nora Sena
Regional Treasurer, MEA, Pakistan & Turkey, Nestlé

Olasunkanmi Owoyemi
Managing Director, Sunbeth Global Concepts

Pamela Mar
Managing Director, ICC Digital Standards Initiative (DSI)

Peter Matza
Council Member, Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT)

Raja Al Mazrouei
Chief Executive Officer, Etihad Credit Insurance

Ramy Fahmy
Regional Treasury Lead, MENA, Jacobs

Rasheed Hinnawi
Regional Head of PMD MENAT, HSBC

Rebekah Fajemirokun
Head of Trade Finance, Eminent Energy

Reda Ezzat
Senior Vice-President, Head of Structured Trade Finance, Mashreq

Rene Canezin
Managing Partner & Co-founder, Evolution Credit Partners

Renganathan Kandiyur
Head of Product Development, Group Transaction Banking, Bank ABC

Robert Besseling
Chief Executive Officer, Pangea-Risk

Rohini Kamath
Head of Commercial Banking Trade, UAE, HSBC

Sachin Rustagi
Head of Trade Finance, Wio Bank

Sarath Sasikumar
President & Co-Founder, Cleareye.ai

Selima Mehiri
Head of Trade & Working Capital APAC & Middle East, Barclays

Shona Tatchell
Director, Trade Facilitation Programme, EBRD

Sinan Ozcan
Senior Executive Officer & Board Director, DP World Trade Finance

Stephan Wolf
Chair, Verifiable.Trade Foundation

Steven Beck
Director, Trade & Supply Chain, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Sunil Senapati
Chief Executive Officer, XDC Trade Network

Syed Imtiaz Hussain
Regional Head of Product & Propositions, MENAT, HSBC

Syed Khurrum Zaeem
Head Trade & Working Capital & TB AME, Standard Chartered

Toby Shore
Senior Director, Group Treasury, Risk & Insurance, Emirates Aluminium

Torsten Richter
Director, Treasury & Funding, CEER National Automotive Company

Vincent O'Brien
Director, ICC UAE

Vinit Mishra
Head of Treasury, Nutrisco (ETG Group)

Waldo De Vleeschauwer
Chief Executive Officer, Artis Finance

Warren Rogers
Head of Trade Finance, Tether

Xu Jun
Deputy General Manager, Global Transaction Banking, Bank of China

Zena Brake
Credit Director, Middle East, Allianz Trade

Zhann Meyer
Head of Agricultural Commodities, Nedbank CIB

Zul Javaid
Chief Executive Officer, Emirates Investment Bank

2025 Sponsors

PLATINUM & DIGITAL SPONSOR:
• RakBank

PLATINUM & LANYARD SPONSOR:
• FAB

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• DP World Trade Finance
• HSBC
• Tether

GOLD & COMMUNICATION SPONSOR:
• ADCB

GOLD & WATER BOTTLE SPONSOR:
• Commercial Bank of Dubai

GOLD SPONSORS:
• ADEX
• ADIB
• BACB
• Bank ABC
• Barclays
• Citi
• Credit Agricole CIB
• DBS
• Finastra
• NBK
• Standard Chartered
• United Arab Bank

NETWORKING BREAK SPONSOR:
• NBF

LUNCH RECEPTION SPONSOR:
• AON

DRINKS RECEPTION SPONSOR:
• Artis Finance

PLATFORM SPONSOR:
• Pole Star

THOUGGHT LEADERSHIP SPONSOR:
• Mashreq

CHARGING STATION SPONSOR:
• Allianz Trade

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Al Masraf
• Arab Bank
• BNP Paribas
• BNY
• China Systems
• City Elite
• Cleareye.ai
• IDB
• CIB
• Qualco
• Recovery Advisers
• SIS
• Tesselate
• Trade Bank of Iraq
• Trade Assets
• Veefin
• WIO Business
• XDC
• Zenith UK

CO-SPONSORS:
• ABSA
• CA Global
• EDB
• Komgo
• Lloyd's List Intelligence
• ODDO BHF
• Premium Technology
• Stephenson Harwood
• The Access Bank UK
• Tyndall Insurance