Southern Africa Trade & Infrastructure Finance Conference 2018 | Global Trade Review | 21 November 2018 | Avani Victoria Falls Resort, Mosi-oa-Tunya Road, Livingstone 20100, Zambia

GTR is delighted to announce that the inaugural Southern Africa Trade & Infrastructure Finance Conference will take place at Victoria Falls, Zambia, on November 21-22, 2018.

Examining the wealth of trade and infrastructure investment opportunities in markets including Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia and Botswana, a cutting edge programme will provide the latest business critical information on this exciting region.

Featuring a speaker roster including sovereign and corporate borrowers, project sponsors, risk management experts and leading financiers, the discussion agenda will include key infrastructure projects and sectors, political and sovereign risk profiles, oil, metals and soft commodity market analysis, and the financing techniques and risk management structures being utilised to facilitate investment.

2018 Speakers

Angelica Adamski
Chief Executive Officer, Swedafrica Consulting

Robert Besseling
Executive Director, EXX Africa

Gabriel Buck
Managing Director, GKB Ventures

Carosin Buitendag
Group Treasurer, Omnia

Dave Chalila
Head of Africa, Sace

Simon Cook
Partner, Sullivan & Worcester

Michael Creighton
Head, Export Credit finance, Nedbank

Rupert Cutler
Director, Financial & Political Risks, Parker Norfolk & Partners

Stephen Duggan
Chief Executive Officer, Housing Africa Corporation

Farid Fezoua
President & Chief Executive Officer, GE Healthcare Africa

Matthew Goddard
Senior Director, Exworks Capital

Dheerie Govender
Chief Executive Officer, Global Collateral Control

Inal Henry
Head of Export Credit Financing, Rand Merchant Bank

William Hunnam
Co-Founder, Orbitt

Brian Irvine, Head
Export & Agency Finance, Investec

Wouter Kool
Director, Trade & Commodity Finance, Rabobank Kenya

Chee Boon Lim
Regional Director, RHQ for Middle East & Africa, CrimsonLogic

Pizzaro Lukhanda
Regional Underwriter, Southern Africa, African Trade Insurance Agency

Michael Marnell
Vice-President, Commodity Business Centre (London), Bank of China

Lodewyk Meyer
Partner, Hogan Lovells

Zhann Meyer
Head of Agricultural Commodities, Nedbank CIB

Chris Mitman
Head of Export & Agency Finance, Investec

Stewart Mumba
Head, Trade Finance & Working Capital, Atlas Mara Zambia

Munyaradzi Musamba
Founder & Director, Thermal Agriculture

Hon. Margaret Mwanakatwe
Minister of Finance, Republic of Zambia

Felistus Ndawi
Finance Director, Seed Co Zimbabwe

Mandisi Nkuhlu
Chief Operations Officer, ECIC

Mark Norris
Partner, Sullivan & Worcester

Nick Oliver,
Head of Business Development, NMS International

Benedict Okey Oramah
President & Chairman of the Board of Directors, Afreximbank

Robert Parson
Partner, Clyde & Co

Duarte Pedreira
ITFA Board Member; Chairman, ITFA Africa Regional Committee; Head of Trade Finance, Crown Agents Bank

Derek Postma
Executive, Barak Fund Management

Ebbe Rabie
Head of Specialty, Price Forbes

Rainor Robinson
Consultant Partner, Manokore Attorneys

Rt. Hon. Mark Simmonds
Former Foreign & Commonwealth Office Minister for Africa; Chairman of the Advisory Board, Invest Africa

Hiren Singharay
Member of the Supervisory Board, Global Finance & Capital Limited

George Wilson
Head, Institutional Trade Finance, Absa

Jonathan Wood
Head of Corporate Finance, Rift Valley Corporation

Denias Zaranyika
Regional Managing Director, Zimbabwe, Malawi & Mozambique, Seed Co Zimbabwe

2018 Sponsors

EVENING RECEPTION SPONSOR:
• BARAK FUND MANAGEMENT

DELEGATE BAG SPONSOR:
• Investec Specialist Bank

SILVER SPONSORS:
• AFREXIMBANK
• China Systems
• SULLIVAN & WORCESTER

CO-SPONSORS:
• EXWORKS CAPITAL
• Rabobank
• WILBEN

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS:
• African Agri Council
• FCI
• Chamber International
• UK Export Finance
• SOUTH AFRICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
• NMS

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• CIOP
• Credit Insurance News
• African Business
• African Banker