The Central & Eastern European Forum 2021 | Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC | 12 January 2021 | Virtual Event

This event is renowned for bringing together issuers, investors and intermediaries with an interest in this important region – this year will be no exception. We will be providing a sophisticated virtual platform for the conference delegates to take part online. Attendees will be able to attend meetings, chat to other delegates, visit sponsor exhibition stands, collect stand giveaways, and listen to content. As always, we will assemble leading financial market participants to debate and analyse the economic future of the region.

2021 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Fatmir Besimi
Minister of Finance, Republic of North Macedonia

Kiril Ananiev
Minister of Finance, Republic of Bulgaria

Alfred Kammer
Director of the European Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Tadeusz Kościński
Minister of Finance, Development Funds and Regional Policy, Republic of Poland

Zdravko Marić
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Republic of Croatia

Mairead McGuinness
European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union, European Commission

Lilyana Pavlova
Vice President, European Investment Bank (EIB)

Odile Renaud-Basso
President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Mihály Varga
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Hungary

SPEAKERS:

Anita Angelovska Bezhoska
Governor, National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia

Zoltan Arokszallasi
FX and Rate Strategist, CEE, Erste Group Bank AG

Zoltan Balazs
Group Treasurer, MOL Group

Vojtěch Benda
Member of the Board, Czech National Bank

Alessia Berardi
Head of Global Emerging Markets and Strategy Research, Amundi Asset Management

Ingo Bleier
Chief Corporates and Markets Officer and Member of Management Board, Erste Group

Martin Blum
Desk Strategist, Raiffeisen Bank International

Kristine Braden
Head of Europe and Chief Executive Officer, Citigroup Global Markets Europe

Peter Brezinschek
Chief Analyst, Raiffeisen Bank International

Michael Bures
Head of Debt Capital Markets, Corporates, Raiffeisen Bank International

Daniel Bytcanek
Director, Slovak Debt and Liquidity Management Agency (ARDAL)

Jason Channell
Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Finance, Citi Global Insights

Radoslaw Cholewinski
Deputy Head Of Fixed Income, Pekao TFI

Mirela Covasa
Chief Financial Officer, NEPI Rockcastle

Karol Czarnecki
Director of the Public Debt Department, Public Debt Department, Ministry of Finance of Poland

Viktoriia Denysova
Head of CEE EU Funds, International Clients Management, UniCredit

Marjan Divjak
Director General, Ministry of Finance, Slovenia

Marek Drimal
EMEA Strategist, Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking

Esty Dwek
Head of Global Market Strategy, Natixis Investment Managers Solutions

Vera Economou
Sustainable Finance Expert, Coordinator of Corporate ESG Experts in Central and Eastern Europe, Raiffeisen Bank International

Toby Fildes
Managing Editor, GlobalCapital

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker
ESG and Emerging Europe Editor, Euromoney

Fabio Fornaroli
Head of Corporate and Investment Banking Central and Eastern Europe, UniCredit

Axel Fougner
Policy Officer in DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission

Christopher Garnett
Senior Adviser, GlobalCapital Conferences

Koba Gvenetadze
Governor and Chairman of the Board, National Bank of Georgia

Michaela Hessmert
DCM Origination FI/SSA, NORD/LB

Łukasz Januszewski
Board Member Markets and Investment Banking, Raiffeisen Bank International

Richard Kemmish
Editorial Consultant, GlobalCapital Conferences

Christian Kopf
Head of Fixed Income, Union Investment

Richard Kosecky
Head Of Balance Sheet Management, Slovenska sporitelna, a.s.

Borislav Kostadinov
Director at Finance in Motion, advisor to the Green for Growth Fund, Green for Growth Fund and Finance in Motion

Jacek Kubas
Associate Director, EBRD

Frederik Kunze
Markets Strategy and Floor Research, Covered Bond Analyst, Director, NORD/LB

Zoltan Kurali
Chief Executive Officer, Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK Zrt)

György László
State secretary of Ministry of Innovation and Technology, Hungary

Stanislas Lecat
Head of Financial Institutions Emerging Europe Coverage, Societe Generale

Aleksandar Lejic
Chief Financial Officer, Animal Commerce

Dinko Lucić
President of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer, Privredna banka Zagreb

Mariam Meskin
Emerging Markets Editor, GlobalCapital

Gilles Moëc
Chief Economist and Head of Research at AXA IM, AXA Group

Kevin A Murray
Chief Executive Officer for Central Europe, Citi

Martin Novak
Chief Financial and Operations Officer, CEZ

Mihály Patai
Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Hungary

Ann Pettifor
Director of Policy Research in Macroeconomics, Prime Economics

Ognjen Popović
Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Serbia - Treasury

Tadrak Przemyslaw
Director, Finance Management Division, Santander Bank Polska

Dimitar Radev
Governor, Bulgarian National Bank

Kalin Radev
CEO, Software Group BG

Heike Reichelt
Head of Investor Relations and Sustainable Finance, World Bank Treasury

Debora Revoltella
Director, Economics Department, European Investment Bank

Wiebke Schloemer
Director for Europe and Central Asia, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Ralf Schuster
Financial Institutions, Relationship Management Banks, Capital Markets, Helaba

Gent Sejko
Governor and Chairman of the Supervisory Council, Bank of Albania

Kyrylo Shevchenko
Governor, National Bank of Ukraine

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

Niccolo’ Ubertalli
Co-Chief Executive Officer of Commercial Banking, Central Eastern Europe, UniCredit Bank

Vincent Van Steensel
Head of Portfolio Guarantees, European Investment Fund

Boštjan Vasle
Governor, Bank of Slovenia

Boris Vujčić
Governor, Croatian National Bank

Azad Zangana
Senior European Economist and Strategist, Schroders Investment Management

Alexander Zeidler
Vice President, Senior Credit Officer, Covered Bonds, Structured Finance Group, Moody's Investors Service

2021 Sponsors

LEAD SPONSORS:
• RBI
• UniCredit

CO-SPONSORS:
• Citi
• Societe Generale

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• BNP Paribas
• Erste Group
• European Investment Bank
• EFSE
• Finance in Motion
• Helaba
• Nord/LB
• PBZ