TXF Global 2024: Export, Agency & Project Finance | Trade and Export Finance (TXF) | 10 June 2024 | Divani Caravel, Leof. Vasileos Alexandrou 2, Athina 161 21, Greece

Moving from Lisbon to ATHENS, hailed as the birthplace of the immortals, titans of export, agency, and project finance shall converge, with their minds as sharp as the spear of Athena and their ambitions soaring high like the wings of Icarus. Connections shall be forged, partnerships formed, and fortunes shaped at this two-day odyssey the likes of which have never been seen.

Step into this premier international gathering where over 1500 luminaries from ECAs, DFIs, exporters, borrowers, developers, project sponsors, SOEs, government ministries, commercial banks, private insurers, law firms and institutional investors converge at the go-to event of the year!

2024 Speakers

Themis Eftychidou
General Secretary, Government of the Hellenic Republic

Reta Jo Lewis
President & Chair, US EXIM BANK - Export-Import Bank of the United States

Hassatou N'Sele
Vice-President Finance & CFO, African Development Bank Group

Edna Schöne
Head of ECA Business, Euler Hermes

Gregory Stamatopoulos
CEO, Export Credit Greece

John Hopkins
CEO, Export Finance Australia (EFA)

Fernando Salazar Palma
Chairman & CEO, CESCE Credit Insurance

HE Raja Al Mazrouei
CEO, Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI)

Saad Alkhalb
CEO, Saudi EXIM Bank

Dhruv Menon
CFO, Ampyr Solar

Alicia Eastman
President, Intercontinental Energy

Ismael Nabe
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Government of Guinea

Malick Ba
Director of Financing and Public Private Partnerships, Ministère Economie Sénégal

Marie Aglert
Chief Investment Officer (CIO), Head of Investment Organisation, Swedfund

Olivier VINCENT
Executive Director of the Export Division, Bpifrance

Andrea Clerici
Director, Corporate Finance and Global Activities Department, EIB Global

Richard Amor
Director of Partnerships for Impact Department (Investments for operations outside of the European Union), European Investment Bank (EIB)

Anna Karin Jatko
Director General, EKN - The Swedish Export Credit Agency

Bert Bruning
CEO, Atradius

Oleksandr Riepkin
Member of the Board, Ukrainian Hydrogen Council

Tone Lunde Bakker
CEO, Export Finance Norway - Eksfin

Nabil Jijakli
Group Deputy CEO, Credendo

Andreas Klasen
Professor and Honorary Research Associate, University of Oxford

Eike Kreplin
Co-Chair of Interministerial Committee for Export Credit Guarantees, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Janusz Wladyczak
CEO, KUKE - ECA

Peter Gisler
Chief Executive Officer, SERV - Swiss Export Risk Insurance

Goksen Yilmaz
Senior Finance Manager, Canakkale Highway and Bridge Construction

Steve Kang
Director, Project Finance Group, KSURE - Korea Trade Insurance Corporation

Veli Yumuk
Head of Corporate Finance, Enerjisa Üretim

Emi Takehara
CFO, Grenergy Renovables

Nicolas Navas
CFO, Matrix Renewables

Elena Koritchenko
NZECA Secretariat, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative

Kome Ajegbo
Structured Product Solutions + Sustainability, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC)

Yazid Binsaeed
Corporate Finance Dept. Manager, Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)

Dan Riordan
Global Head of Political Risk & Credit, Vantage Risk

Murat Sarikaya
Chief Financial Officer, Canakkale Highway and Bridge Construction

Victor Chamadoira
DCM & Structured Finance Manager, Braskem S.A.

Georg Bauer
Head of Project Finance, Siemens Energy

Manav Futnani
Global Co-Head of Export Finance, HSBC

Bouilloz Benjamin
Director Capital Markets Europe, Royal Caribbean Group

Cecile Camilli
Global Head of Development & Structured Export Finance, Societe Generale

Werner Schmidt
Global Head of Structured Trade & Export Finance, Deutsche Bank

Michal Ron
Chief International Business Officer, SACE

Kofi Asumadu Addo
Head, Guarantees & Specialised Finance, Afreximbank

Giovanni Fiorendi
Global Head of Structured Export Finance, Intesa Sanpaolo

Julia Schultz-Berndt
Head of Financial Analysis & Structuring Europe, Nordex

Sian Aspinall
Group CEO, BPL Global

Isaac Solomon
President (Ag.), Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)

Aaron Ross
Global Head of Project and Export Finance, ANZ

Marianna Scaltriti
Corporate Head for Trade and Export Finance, Saipem

Jerome Friler
CEO, Satarem America Inc.

Guillermo Hombravella
GLOBAL HEAD EXPORT & AGENCY FINANCE, Santander

André Gazal
Global Head of Export Finance, Credit Agricole CIB

Daniel Sheriff
CEO, Exile Group (TXF, Proximo & Uxolo)

Michiel De Vries
Global Head of Structured Export Finance, ING Bank

Yasser Henda
Global Head of Export Finance, BNP Paribas

Alfonso Olivas
Head of Data and Analytics, Exile Group (TXF, Proximo & Uxolo)

John Meakin
Managing Director, JP Morgan

Ed Harkins
Trade & Export Finance Ambassador, South African Chamber of Commerce

Francesca Beomonte
ECAs Senior Originator for natural resources, export and project finance, UniCredit

Henri D'Ambrieres
Manager, HDA Conseil

Eric Zandvliet
Head of France & Benelux, PRCB, AXA XL

Boris Jaquet
Global Head TF&L Distribution, Deutsche Bank

Gary Lowe
Managing Director & Head, Global Credit Insurance Group, Standard Chartered

Jan-Henrik Rufer
Director - Head of Project Finance, Ampyr Solar Europe

Yoav Brick
Structured Finance Director, Mitrelli

George Pitcher
Broker, Texel Finance Ltd.

Suresh Mistry
Head of Non-Banking Distribution, Trafigura Group Pte

Christian Kleboth
Head of Debt Mobilisation, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Maëlia Dufour
President Berne Union and Chief International Officer Bpifrance Assurance Export, Bpifrance

Hakan Svensson
Head of Export and Trade Finance, Linxon

Isabel Rodriguez
Managing Director - Renewable Energy Investments, Glennmont Partners

Nihal Yüksel
Project Finance & Business Development Director, Kalyon Holding

Yana Kalmykova
Corporate Finance Director, Metinvest

Evelina Zhdanova
Senior Manager, Metinvest

Bo Eskesen
Manager Business Development, Mitas Energy

Maira Madrid
President (CEO), ABGF - Brazilian Export Credit Insurance Agency

Chris Mitman
Managing Partner & Head of Origination, Acre Capital

Melanie Lawrence
Senior Manager, Afreximbank

Kona Nkanza
Vice President: Investments, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC)

Christoph Holzer
Managing Director, Allianz Capital Partners

MK Lee
Head of Corporate Finance Korea, ANZ

Vlad Bobko
Head of Crisis Management, Aon

Oleksii Grinchenko
CEO, Aon Ukraine

Rosario Mazza
Senior Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure Italy, Ardian

Huw Owen
CEO, Ark Data Centers

Bart Raemaekers
Advisor, Private Sector Operations Department and Head, Guarantees and Syndications Unit, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Kachi Nwokenna
Head of Credit and Structured Risks, Aspen Insurance

Manuel Moses
Chief Executive Officer, ATIDI

Hugo Rua
CFO, Aurora Lithium

Simon Morden
Underwriting Manager, Political Risk, Credit & Bond, AXA XL

Panos Tournavitis
CEO, Bank of Karditsa

Ali Al Aradi
Superintendent Project Finance, BAPCO Refining, Kingdom of Bahrain

Dominik Zimmer
Executive Director, Head of Trade & Export Finance, BayernLB

Frank Gardner
Security Correspondent, BBC

Piotr Kuffel
Director of Foreign Expansion Office, BGK Development Bank

Ram Shalita
CEO, Bluebird Finance & Projects

Rosina Andreoli
Head of Export Finance, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP)

Giles Pinot de Villechenon
Global Head of Financing & Treasury, Chantiers de l'Atlantiques

Richard Hodder
Managing Director, Citi

Fatma BAO
Head of Export Finance, Colas

Neeraj Agrawal
Group CFO & Board Member, Crescent Group

Alexandre Piffard
Deputy CFO, Dassault Aviation

Peter Boeskov
Chief Commercial Officer, Large Corporates, Denmark’s Export and Investment Fund (EIFO)

Werner Grub
Managing Director, Origination, Denmark’s Export and Investment Fund (EIFO)

Armel Castets
Deputy Assistant Secretary in Charge of Export Finance and Trade Promotion, DG Trésor

Ralph Lerch
Head of Export Finance, DZ Bank

Carl Burlock
Executive Vice-President & Chief Operating Officer, EDC - Export Development Canada

Angela Perez
Head of Structured Finance, Elecnor

Basil Gygax
Head of Customer Finance - EMEA, Embraer

Spyros Venetsianos
Head of Structured Finance, Eurobank S.A

Adam Jirousek
Policy Coordinator, Directorate General for Trade, European Commission

Tom Pycraft
Senior Producer, Exile Group (TXF, Proximo & Uxolo)

Katy Rose
Director, Exile Group (TXF, Proximo & Uxolo)

Hesham Zakai
Managing Director, Exile Group (TXF, Proximo & Uxolo)

Katharine Morton
Head of Trade, Treasury and Risk, Exile Group (TXF, Proximo & Uxolo)

Jonathan Bell
Editor-in-chief, Exile Group (TXF, Proximo & Uxolo)

Dominik Kloiber
Co-Founder, Exile Group (TXF, Proximo & Uxolo)

Max Thompson
Editor, Exile Group (TXF, Proximo & Uxolo)

Ayan Bektybayeva
Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Member of the Board, Export Credit Agency of Kazakhstan

Massimo Nelci
Head of Group Treasury & Corporate Finance, Fincantieri

Uday Mathur
Global Leader, Capital Markets, GE Capital

Cristina Bergomi
SVP, GE Capital

Gabriel Buck
Founder and Managing Director, GKB Ventures

Natalia Borrego
CFO, Globaltec

Panayiotis Hassapis
Executive Vice-President, Greek Exporters’ Association (SEVE)

Christopher Bredholt
Chief Underwriting Officer, Green Guarantee Company

Pablo Otin
CEO, Grenergy Renovables

Alex Holcroft
Senior Underwriter Credit and Political Risk, HDI Global Specialty

Aida Topcagic
Managing Associate General Counsel | EMEA Head of Infrastructure and Export Finance Legal, HSBC

Madiha Aslam
Director, Structured Finance, Innovo

Steve Head
Head of Origination and Structuring, Export Finance, Investec Bank

Tetsuya Sakuraba
Chief Representative, JBIC Representative Office in Istanbul, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)

Antje Rigó
Director Export Finance, Jebsen & Jessen Financial Solutions

Aldana Caunedo
Vice President - Export and Agency Finance, JP Morgan

Erhan Mumeyyizoglu
Global Finance Director, Kastamonu Entegre Wood Industry Inc.

Aizhan Balabatyrova
Deputy General Director, CFO, KazAzot

Anar Bakirova
Head of Project Finance, KazAzot

Jens-Oliver Schuenzel
Director / Team Head, KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH

Alev Demirtaş Varlik
Corporate Finance Director, KOLOGLU HOLDING

Nanette Bubik
Head of Export Finance, Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg (LBBW)

John-Patrick Sweny
Counsel, Latham & Watkins

Ankita Dutta
Senior Underwriter, Liberty Specialty Markets

Angel Jose Guijarro Castro
Chief Proposal Officer, Linxon

Kam Hessling
Senior Director, Loan Market Association

Chris Nishan
Director - Infrastructure Debt, M&G Investments

Silvia Zunzunegui
Head of Structured Finance Europe & Latam, Matrix Renewables

Paulo Oliveira
CFO, MCA Group

Giulia Noli
Director, European Infrastructure & Project Finance, MetLife Investment Management

Heikki Keränen
Director, METSO

Miguel Siliceo
Head of Investment Unit, Ministry of Finance Mexico

Alfonso Piccirillo
CFO, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company

Christopher Marks
Head of Growth Markets, Innovative Finance and Portfolio Solutions EMEA, MUFG

Lars Warrink
Director, Structured Finance, MUFG

Guillaume Leprieur
Head of Structured Finance, France, MUFG

Arnaud Sarret
Head of Structured Export Solutions, Natixis

Thibaud Huillet
Executive Director Structured Export Solutions, Natixis

Thomas Mason
Head of Corporate Biodiversity, Nature Positive, a member of the RSK Group

Giuseppe Artizzu
Chief Executive Officer, Nhoa Energy

Kunle Adeyemi
CEO, NLÉ Works

Frederik Hsu
Chairman, NMS Infrastructure Group

Juliette Barre
Head of Structured Credit Distribution EMEA, Global Credit Risk Insurance @ Nord/LB

Gustavo Bergamasco
Head of Credit and Export Finance, OEC

Silvia Gavornikova
Head of Division, Export Credits and Competition Division, OECD

Dimitris Kyparissis
CEO, Optima Bank

Robert Besseling
CEO, Pangea Risk

Christina Sakellaridis
President, Panhellenic Exporters Association

Pietro Bozzo
CFO, Paul Wurth

Hannah Vernon
Underwriter, Pernix Specialty Limited

Ayman Al-Ghadayer
Global Capital Finance Division, PIF

Nick Tostivin
Partner, Head of Finance, London, Pinsent Masons

Mohamed Al-Jalahma
Sr Manager of International Finance and Credit Insurance, QDB

HE Mohammed Aldarraji
Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister of Iraq, Chairman of Sovereign Guaranty Initiative, Republic of Iraq

Yeliz Tufekcioglu
Head of Europe and Middle East, SACE SpA

Bart White
Managing Director, European Head of Energy Structured Finance, Santander

Juan de la Serna
Executive Director - Global Structured Finance, Santander

Sergio Margutti
Head of Export & Agency Finance - Brazil, Santander

Sunjung Lee
Managing Director, Santander

Feras Nasrallah
Director-General of Business Enablement & Studies, Saudi EXIM Bank

Moustapha Sow
Chairman, SF Capital Advisory

Philippe Mills
CEO, SFIL

Tobias Behringer
Head of Finance Advisory, Siemens Financial Services

Hironari Kagami
Deputy Head of Structured Export Finance, SMBC

Armando de Luna
Senior Manager - Structured Finance, Solarpack

David Flory
Global Head of Project Finance, Sonnedix

Asanda Tsotsi
Head, Project & Export Finance, Standard Bank

Faruq Muhammad
MD and Global Head Structured Export Finance, Standard Chartered

Robert Doyle
Chief Financial Officer, Sun Africa & UGT Renewables

Sean Keating
Editor, TXF

Tom Nelthorpe
Editor, TXF

Adnan Mohammed
Head of Project Finance, UKEF

Philipp Censkowsky
Doctoral Researcher, UNIL Université de Lausanne

Akbarkhon Ibrokhimov
Deputy Director, Financial Institutions and Investor Relations Department, Uzbek Industrial and Construction Bank

Andreas Back
Senior Manager, Financial Services, Wärtsilä Financial Services

Florian Kutzbach
Partner, Watson Farley & Williams

Riko Vanezis
Partner, Watson Farley & Williams

Carole Marchand
Senior Underwriter, World Bank - MIGA

2024 Sponsors and Partners

SPONSORS:
• Afreximbank
• Aon
• AXA XL
• Baker McKenzie
• Bank of America
• BBVA
• Cassa Depositi e Prestiti
• DZ Bank
• Fitch Ratings
• JP Morgan
• KBRA
• KfW IPEX-Bank
• Landesbank Baden Wurttemberg
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
• Natixis
• Pinsent Masons
• SIMEST
• TD Bank
• UCC Energy Concessions & Constructions
• UniCredit
• Watson Farley & Williams

CORPORATE SPONSORS:
• Jebsen & Jessen Financial Solutions
• MCA Group
• Reliance Industries Limited

HOST PARTNER:
• Export Credit Greece

PARTNERS:
• ANZ
• BNP Paribas
• Citi
• Credit Agricole CIB
• Deutsche Bank
• HSBC
• ING Bank
• Intesa Sanpaolo
• MUFG
• Santander
• SMBC
• Societe Generale
• Standard Bank
• Standard Chartered

ECA PARTNERS:
• Bpifinance
• CESCE Credit Insurance
• Credendo
• Denmarks Export and Investment Fund
• ECIC
• Export Development Canada
• Euler Hermes
• KUKE
• Saudi EXIM Bank
• Swiss Export Risk Insurance
• Export Import Bank of the United States