The Central and Eastern European Forum 2019 | Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC. | 15 January 2019 | Vienna, Austria

Reconvening for its 24th year, the Central and Eastern European Forum will be held on 15-16 January 2019 in Vienna, and will welcome prominent issuers, investors, financial intermediaries and policy makers to discuss, debate and analyse the key issues facing the CEE markets.

Frequently touted as the leading networking events for anyone with an interest in Central and Eastern Europe, it will continue to be the premier event in the calendar helping to set the financial agenda for the year ahead.

Our audience for 2018 consisted of over 1200 of the leading voices and decision makers in the CEE markets. More information from the 2018 event, including videos of our keynote speakers, panels and exclusive interviews, can be viewed here.

Save the dates in your diary now for this must-attend event in January 2019.

2019 Speakers

Mr Vardan Aramyan
Minister of Finance, Minister of Finance Armenia

Mr Mamuka Bakhtadze
Minister of Finance, Government of Georgia

Mr Zdravko Marić
Minister of Finance, Government of Croatia

Ewald Nowotny
Governor, Oesterreichische National Bank

Mr Vilius Šapoka
Minister of Finance, Government of Lithuania

Mr Dragan Tevdovski
Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance

Dr Dušan Vujović
Minister of Finance, Government of Serbia

Manuel Adamini
Head of Investor Engagement, Climate Bonds Initiative

H.E. Mr Arben Ahmetaj
Minister of Finance, Albanian Ministry of Finance

Tim Ash
Senior Emerging Markets Sovereign Strategist, BlueBay Asset Management

Bas Bakker
Senior Regional Resident Representative for Central and Eastern Europe, IMF

Gyorgy Barcza
Chief Executive Officer, Hungary Debt Management Agency (AKK)

Angus Bell
Executive Director, Portfolio Manager Fixed Income and Currency Alternatives, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Vojtech Benda
Member of the Board, Czech National Bank

Tamas Bernath
Chairman And Chief Executive Officer, Hungarian Development Bank (MFB)

Luca Bertalot
Secretary General
European Mortgage Federation - European Covered Bond Council (EMF-ECBC)

Martin Blum
Head of Desk Strategy, Raiffeisen Bank International

Frank Bock
Vice-President of the Management Board, Head of Financial Markets, mBank

Dimitar Bogov
Governor, National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia

Christoph Boschan
Chief Executive Officer, Vienna Stock Exchange

Peter Brezinschek
Global Head of Research, Raiffeisen Bank International

Tom Britton
Director, Tradeweb

Dan Bucşa
CEE Chief Economist, UniCredit

Daniel Bytčánek
Director, Debt and Liquidity Management Agency (ARDAL), Government of Slovakia

Vincent Chaigneau
Head of Research, Generali Investments

Michal Cieciorski
Vice President of the Management Board, Warsaw Stock Exchange

Andrea Diamanti
Head of CEE Corporate & Investment Banking, UniCredit

Marek Dietl
Chief Executive Officer, Warsaw Stock Exchange

Marjan Divjak
Director General, Treasury Directorate, Ministry of Finance, Government of Slovenia

Branko Drcelic
Director, Public Debt Administration, Ministry of Finance, Government of Serbia

Noel Edison
Director Of Financial Institutions, EBRD

Demetrios Efstathiou
Director, Blue Diagonal Capital

Nick Eisinger
Principal, Fixed Income, Emerging Markets and European Rates, Vanguard Asset Management

Barna Erdelyi
Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Waberer’s International

Nikola Fabris
Vice Governor, Central Bank of Montenegro

Arturas Feiferas
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Victoria Bank

Toby Fildes
Managing Editor, GlobalCapital

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker
Emerging Europe Editor, Euromoney Magazine

Christopher Garnett
Senior External Adviser, Euromoney Conferences

Mauro Giorgio Marrano
Macro Economist CEE, UniCredit

Koba Gvenetadze
Governor, National Bank of Georgia

Jon Hay
Corporate Finance and Sustainability Editor, GlobalCapital

Agnes Hornung
Minister of State for Financial Policy Affairs, Ministry for National Economy

Gyula Horváth
Chief Financial Officer, Aegon Group Hungary

Andrej Hronec
Head of Treasury and Asset Liability Management, VUB

Dhaval Joshi
Senior Vice President, European Investment Strategy, BCA Research

Kit Juckes
Head of FX Strategy, Societe Generale CIB

Josep M. Julia
Global Head, Distressed Asset Investments Group, IFC

Gabriel Kadasi
Vice President, Credit Research: European Financials, Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Dmitry Kalechits
Deputy Chairman of the Board, National Bank of the Republic of Belarus

Phoenix Kalen
Director of Emerging Markets Strategy, Societe Generale CIB

Astrid Frey Kaufmann
Chief Macroeconomist EMEA, Swiss Re

Taleh Kazimov
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pasha Bank

Richard Kemmish
Editorial Consultant, Euromoney Conferences

Samuel Kerr
Equity Capital Markets Editor, GlobalCapital

Miroslav Klepac
Chief Finance Officer, Croatia Insurance

Dmitry Krutoy
First Deputy Minister of Economy, Republic of Belarus

Jacek Kubas
Principal, EBRD

Elvira Lefting
Managing Director, Finance in Motion

Andrew Lennon
Director Capital Markets, Euromoney Conferences

Viktor Levkanic
Chief Investment Officer, APS Holding

Shangqian Li
RMB and Panda Specialist, EMEA Debt Capital Markets, Bank of China

Julian Mayo
Senior Vice President and Investment Strategist, Fiera Capital (UK) Limited

Vladimir Mlynek
Chief Executive Officer, VUB Generali DSS

Andreea Moraru
Associate Director - Senior Banker, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Kevin. A. Murray
CEO for Central-Europe and Country Head for Hungary, Citi

My-Linh Ngo
Head of ESG Investment Risk, BlueBay Asset Management

Jakub Niesluchowski
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, PKO

Chioma Okoye
Director, Emerging Markets, Tradeweb

John Orchard
Managing Director, Banking and Finance Group, Euromoney Institutional Investor

Philip Owen
Head of Unit, DG Climate Action

Troels Halck Pedersen
Chief Portfolio manager, BankInvest

Mehmet Seyhan Pencabligil
Chief Executive Officer and Board Member, Banka Kombetare Tregtare (BKT)

Enzo Puntillo
Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income, GAM Investment Management

Martin Rast
Vice President, Moody's

Debora Revoltella
Director, Economics Department, EIB

Gavin Ryan
Member of the Board of Directorsm, Victoria Bank

Matjaz Schroll
Head of Private Equity, Central and Eastern Europe, Franklin Templeton Investments

Michael Schulz
Managing Director, Head of Fixed Income Research & Macro, NORD/LB

Richard Segal
Senior Analyst, Manulife Asset Management (Europe)

Gent Sejko
Governor, Bank of Albania

Jozef Sikela
Member of the Management Board for Corporate Banking, Erste Group

Dmytro Sologub
Deputy Governor, National Bank of Ukraine

Robert Stehrer
Scientific Director, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw)

Noah Steinberg
CEO, WING Zrt

Sergiu Stoianov
Director, Strategy and Marketing Department, Victoriabank

Johann Strobl
Chief Executive Officer, Raiffeisen Bank International

Alexis Taffin de Tilques
Head of CEEMEA Debt Capital Markets, BNP Paribas

Gergely Tardos
Chief Economist, OTP Bank

Illes Toth
Senior associate, FHB Mortgage Bank Plc.

Pavel Trenka
CEO, HB REAVIS

Jos Tromp
Head of Research, CBRE

Zdenek Turek
Chief Executive Officer / Country Officer – Ireland and Europe Cluster Head, Citibank Europe Plc

Kerim Turkmen
Partner, Mid Europa Partners

Tim Umberger
Portfolio Adviser and Deputy Head of Eastern Europe, East Capital

Hans van Houwelingen
Chief Executive Officer, ACTIAM

Barnabas Virag
Executive Director, Central Bank of Hungary

Carlo Vivaldi
Head of CEE Division, UniCredit

Liviu Voinea
Deputy Governor, National Bank of Romania

Mikhail Volkov
Chief Executive Officer, Ingosstrakh Insurance Russia

Remon Vos
CEO, CTP

Boris Vujcic
Governor, Croatian National Bank

Marco Vukadinovic
Deputy Head of CEE Financial Institutions Group, UniCredit

Krzysztof Walenczak
Chief Country Officer - Poland, Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking

Laszlo Wolf
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, OTP Bank

Maksim Yermalovich
First Deputy Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Belarus

Francesca Young
Emerging Markets Editor, GlobalCapital

Patrick Zehetmayr
Head of Divison, Erste Group Bank AG

2019 Sponsors and Partners

LEAD SPONSORS:
• Raifeissen Bank International
• UniCredit

CO-SPONSOR:
• BNP Paribas
• Citi
• Erste
• Societe Generale

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• Banca IMI
• PBZ
• Bank of China
• Bayern LB
• EFSE
• Finance in Motion
• Green for Growth Fund
• Goldman Sachs
• ICAP
• Nord LB
• Pasha Bank

ROUNDTABLE SPONSORS:
• Otp Bank

EXHIBITORS:
• Banca Imi
• Colt

SUPPORTING SPONSOR:
• PBZ

MEDIA PARTNER:
• Global Capital