LMA Sub Saharan African Syndicated Loans Conference 2018 | Loan Market Association (LMA) | 4 July 2018 | Hilton Sandton, 138 Rivonia Rd, Sandown, Sandton, 2196, South Africa

We are holding our annual LMA Sub Saharan African Syndicated Loans Conference on 04 July 2018. Speaking will be some of the most respected and senior professionals working in the market. It is an ideal opportunity to network with peers and join the debate on the issues shaping the Sub Saharan African Syndicated Loans market today.

Event Speakers will be some of the most respected and senior professionals working in the market. It is an ideal opportunity to network with peers and join the debate on the issues shaping the Sub Saharan African Syndicated Loans market today.

Session topics include:
• Update on LMA Activities and LIBOR discontinuance
• South Africa and SSA: an Economic Exposé
• Syndicated lending in SA & SSA: is there such a thing as a safe harbour?
• The impact of security risks on the lending environment in Africa
• Project Finance in SSA: how to create a bankable market
• Lending to Mozambique - how to mitigate legal risk
• Funding through volatility: Lending trends in structured trade and commodity finance
• South African Restructuring Trends and the use of business rescue

Registration will open at 08:30 hrs, and the conference will start promptly at 09:30 hrs. Lunch and refreshments will be provided throughout the day and the event will close with a drinks and networking reception from 17:30 hrs.

This event is free of charge and for LMA members only.

2018 Speakers

Clare Dawson
Chief Executive, LMA

Gina Schoeman
South Africa Economist, Citi Research

David Cowan
Africa Economist, Citi Research

Jason Wilkinson
Partner, Bowman Gilfillan

Humphrey Nwungo
Acting Regional COO, Afreximbank

Josh Klipin
Principal: Distribution, NedBank

Matome Modiba
VP Syndication, ABSA Capital

Roshel Mahabeer
Executive Director, Africa Loan Syndications. Standard Chartered Bank

Dymitr Fedenczak
Director - Loan Sales and Trading, Citi

Nick Piper
Director, Signal Risk

Wildu du Plessis
Partner, Baker McKenzie

Steven Gamble
Director, Norton Rose Fulbright

Keith Flemmer
Principal: Distribution, ABSA Capital

Jonathan First
Lead Specialist Product Innovation Unit, Development Bank of Southern Africa

George Kotsovos
Director, Standard Bank

Francisco Ferraz de Carvalho
Partner, Linklaters

Anina Boshoff
Partner, Hogan Lovells

Stewart Makura
Director, Citi

Leon Winterboer
Senior Investment Officer, Agri and Food Industries, Sub-Saharan Africa, FMO

Simon Loughor-Clarke
VP: Structured Trade and Commodity Finance, ABSA Capital

Craig Weitz
Principal, Nedbank

Gary Oertel
Partner, ENS Africa