Venue
Epic Sana Lisboa
Epic Sana Lisboa, Av. Eng. Duarte Pacheco 15, 1070-100 Lisboa, Portugal

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Event Date Thu Jun 15 WEST - Fri Jun 16 WEST (over 1 year ago)
In your timezone (EST): Wed Jun 14 7:00pm - Thu Jun 15 7:00pm
Location Epic Sana Lisboa
Av. Eng. Duarte Pacheco 15, 1070-100 Lisboa, Portugal
Region EMEA
Details

This event is returning for the second year running! We bring you this innovative, unique and ultimate networking gathering which is absolutely crucial if you work in this industry.

Let the festival commence! Expect:
• Exclusive networking activities from the hugely popular Lisbon walking tour, to ice-breaker drinks & cocktail reception
• Unmissable debate and discussions with Global Heads and ECA CEO's
• Intimate roundtables and top table senior discussions
• Delegate list of all those on-site so you can arrange meetings in advance + 1-to-1 dedicated meeting spaces, and separately bookable meeting rooms
• Access to the virtual event platform – reach out to virtual-only attendees and watch all sessions on-demand

Speakers

2023 Speakers

António Costa Silva
Minister of Economy and Maritime Affairs

Bastian Kern
Chairman of the Interministerial Committee for Export Credit Guarantees, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

Paul Teboul
Directorate-general of the Treasury – Ministry of Economy and Finance, Ministry of Finance of France - DG Trésor

Vishal Gulati
CFO, GE Energy Financial Services

Nicolas Dufourcq
CEO, Bpifrance

Ratnakar Adhikari
Executive Director, Enhanced Integrated Framework Secretariat, World Trade Organisation (WTO)

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

Eric Usher
Head, UNEP Finance Initiative

Saad Alkhalb
CEO, Saudi EXIM Bank

Japhet Justine
Commissioner Sovereign Debt Management, Ministry of Finance & Planning Tanzania

Peder Lundquist
CEO, Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO)

Magnus Montan
CEO, Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK)

Fernando Salazar Palma
Chairman & CEO, CESCE Credit Insurance

Edna Schöne
Head of ECA Business, Euler Hermes

Janusz Wladyczak
CEO, KUKE - Export Credit Insurance Corporation Joint Stock Company

Pauli Heikkilä
CEO, Finnvera plc

Peter Gisler
CEO, SERV - Swiss Export Risk Insurance

Maelia Dufour
President, Berne Union

Manish Manchandya
Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President, Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)

Alexander Hartman
CFO, Northvolt AB

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

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

Hugo Duarte de Oliveira Rua
CFO, Aurora Lithium

Nigel Phillips
Director – Operations, Global Project & ECA Finance, Risk Management, Midrex UK

André Gazal
Global Head of Export Finance, Credit Agricole CIB

Alessandra Ricci
Chief Executive Officer, SACE

Aaron Ross
Global Head of Project & Export Finance, ANZ

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

Cécile CAMILLI
Global Head of Development & Structured Export Finance, Societe Generale

Yasser Henda
Global Head of Export Finance, BNP Paribas

Michiel de Vries
Managing Director, Global Head Structured Export Finance, ING Bank

Dr. Andreas Klasen
Professor of International Business, Offenburg University

Aline Ingram
Principal, Project Finance EMEA, NexantECA

Amila Colakhodzic
VP Project Financing, FREYR Battery

Gunnar Ohrås
VP - Global Head Customer Finance Advisory, Hitachi Energy

Guillermo Hombravella
Global Head Export & Agency Finance, Santander

Tim Reid
Chief Executive Officer, UK Export Finance

Philippe MILLS
CEO, SFIL

Gabriel Buck
Founder and Managing Director, GKB Ventures

Madiha Aslam
Head of Project & Structured Finance, ASGC Group

Nazeem Noordali
Chief Operating Officer, International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC)

Eileen Wang
Head of Global Strategy, The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)

Eila Kreivi
Director, Chief Sustainable Finance Advisor, EIB Global

Caroline Tran
Regional Product Leader Political Risk, Credit & Bond- Europe, AXA XL

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

Manav Futnani
Managing Director | Global Co-Head of Export Finance | Head of Real Assets Finance MENAT, HSBC

Alfonso Olivas
Head of Data and Analytics, TXF

Dario Liguti
Director, Sustainable Energy, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

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

Dominik Kloiber
Commercial Director, TXF

Dan Sheriff
CEO, TXF

Michael Foundethakis
Partner - Global Head of Trade & Export Finance, Baker McKenzie

Arnaud Sarret
Head of Structured Export Solutions, Natixis

Ramona Homfeld
Director CPRI and Portfolio Solutions, KfW IPEX-Bank

Alf Stenqvist
Senior Credit Risk Adviser and Deputy Chief Credit Risk Officer, Risk Management Department, EKN - The Swedish Export Credit Agency

Muhsin Alrustom
Group Chief Financial Officer, Asyad Group

Bassirou Sarr
Technical Advisor to the Minister of Finance& Budget, Ministry of Finance Senegal

Paulo Martelli
VP & Chief Investment, FinDev Canada

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

Aislinn Bakker
Portfolio Manager, Development Finance, Allianz Global Investors

Ralph Lerch
Head of Export Finance, DZ Bank

Stephanie Wray
Group Board Director and Chief Sustainability Officer, RSK Group

Mairead Lavery
President & CEO, EDC - Export Development Canada

Valerio Ranciaro
Chief Credit & Restructuring Officer, SACE

Hesham Zakai
Managing Director, TXF

Nabil Jijakli
Group Deputy CEO, Credendo

Victoria Miles
Founding Partner, ImpactA Global

Aditi Bhattacharya
Investment Specialist, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Holger Caspar
Executive Director - Head of Export Finance Origination l, Landesbank Baden - Wurttemberg (LBBW)

Amal‑Lee Amin
Managing Director and Head of Climate, Diversity and Advisory, British International Investment (BII)

Francesca Beomonte
Global Head of Structured Trade and Export Finance, UniCredit

Dr Zaki Hassan
Finance Director, Crescent Group

Ali Al Aradi
Superintendent Project Finance, Bahrain Petroleum Company ( BAPCO )

Jose Moncada
CEO, Fondo Bolsa Social

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

Natalie Chiaramonte
Division President, Sovereign Risk Insurance Ltd.

Manfred Schepers
Founder and CEO, ILX Fund

Antonio Mena
Senior Finance Manager, Bechtel

Chris Mitman
Head of Export & Agency Finance, Investec Bank

Henri D'Ambrieres
Advisory Services - Export, Trade and Project Finance, Henri D’Amrbieres

Rita Sousa
Partner, Faber Ocean/Climate Tech

Boris Jaquet
Global Head TF&L Distribution, Deutsche Bank

Kade Spears
CEO, Pernix Specialty Limited

Katharine Morton
Head of Trade, Treasury and Risk, TXF

Joao Macedo
Country Head - Portugal, Akuo Energy

Gennadiy Khelemskyy
Head of Structured Trade Finance Ukrgasbank, JSB UKRGASBANK

Faysal Talata
Head of Finance, Ocean Winds

Bill Caudle
President, Bechtel Enterprises

Marco Wiedijk
VP, Business Development, Principle Power

Junaid Ahmad
Vice President, Operations, MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

Stuart Davidson
Vice President, Insurance Placement, Distribution, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

Laure Duvernay
Director- Project Finance and Business Development, Alcatel Submarine Networks

Angela Perez
Head of Structured Finance, Elecnor

Dr. Manuel Probst
Managing Director, Jebsen & Jessen Industrial Solutions GmbH

Paulo Oliveira
CFO, MCA Group

Martha Brown
Broker, Texel

Kam Hessling
Senior Director, Loan Market Association

Megha Khanduja
Senior Underwriter, Global Political Risk, Credit & Bond, AXA XL

Vlad Bobko
Managing Director, Aon

Mayank Goyal
Senior Operations Officer, IDA World Bank

Aida Topcagic
Vice President, JP Morgan

Cristina Bergomi
Senior Vice President, GE Capital

David Drysdale
Head of Export Credits and Competition Division, Oecd

Kofi Asumadu Addo
Head, Guarantees & Specialised Finance, Afreximbank

Melanie Lawrence
Senior Manager | Guarantees & Specialised Finance, Afreximbank

Andrew van den Born
Managing Director, Financial Solutions & Global Head of CPRI for Financial Institutions, WTW

Guido Clary
Head of Western Balkans and Turkey, European Investment Bank (EIB)

Michal Ron
Chief International Business Officer, SACE

Faheen Allibhoy
Managing Director & Head of the J.P. Morgan Development Finance Institution, JP Morgan

Toshimichi Hasegawa
Senior Representative, Representative Office in Paris, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)

Tobias Behringer
Vice President, Treasury & Corporate Finance – Projects & Regions, Siemens Energy

Charlotte Hampshire
Director, BPL Global

George Bellord
Director, BPL Global

Edward Bullen
Managing Director, Co-Head of Structured Export Finance, International and Structured Finance Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

Robert Doyle
Group CFO, Sun Africa LLC & UGT Renewables LLC

Michael Crabb
VP Finance, Last Energy

Maria Celeste Hagatong
President, Banco Português de Fomento (BPF)

Bin Wang
Vice President (Offshore Renewables), Norwegian Hull Club

Chris Cox
Global Head of Trade and Working Capital Solutions, Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi

Derek Halpenny
Managing Director, Head of Research, Global Markets EMEA, MUFG

Ed Harkins
Managing Director, GKB Ventures

Rocio Uriarte Chavarri
Deputy Director - Strategy & International Relations. State Account Division, CESCE Credit Insurance

Tuomas Haapakoski
Director Financial Services, Wartsila

José Vairinhos
President of the Board of Directors, COSEC - Companhia de Seguro de Créditos, SA

Gregory Stamatopoulos
CEO, Export Credit Greece

Mais Haddadin
Principal, Lead on Sustainability, Nexant

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

Jonathan Bell
Editor-in-chief, TXF

Tom Nelthorpe
Editor, TXF

Denis Kurochkin
Head of Finance, ATOME

Olivier Mussat
CEO , ATOME

Nihal Yüksel
Project Finance & Business Development Director, Kalyon Holding

Katy Rose
Director, TXF

Andre Salgado de Matos
Partner, CS’Associados

Franziska Loeke
Seconded National Expert, European Commission

Piers Lakin
Senior Associate, Ocean 14 Capital

Abdelaziz Yatribi
CEO, Yamna

Joshua Koehler
Associate Director, Berne Union

Youngkuk Kim
Head of Project Finance Coordination Department, KSURE - Korea Trade Insurance Corporation

Ralf Schwarzhaupt
Managing Partner, Jebsen & Jessen Industrial Solutions GmbH

Vineyesh Sawhney
Head of Financial Resources and Senior Vice President, Reliance Industries Limited

Sun Jung Lee
Managing Director, Head of Export &Agency Finance, Asia Pacific, Santander

Nadine Holzhausen
Head of Export Finance, Jebsen & Jessen Industrial Solutions GmbH

Tim Streeter
Head of Investor Relations, Private Infrastructure Development Group ( PIDG )

Miguel Siliceo
Head of Investment Unit, Ministry of Finance Mexico

Laurent Eurin
Head of Development Structured & Export Finance for Americas & Asia, Societe Generale

Esi Eshun (OBE)
Director of Business Group, UK Export Finance

Ines Rocha
Managing Director, Impact and Partnerships, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Pete Cairns
Senior Licensing Manager | eFuels, Topsoe SOEC

Tom Pycraft
Senior Producer, TXF

Justo Garcia
Director, Structured Finance, HOMT España S.A.

Edward HUI
Regional Head of Structured Trade & Export Finance, Asia Pacific, Deutsche Bank

Francisco Santos Costa
Partner, Cuatrecasas

Melanie Schrader
Project Manager, Landesbank Baden - Wurttemberg (LBBW)

Mandisi Nkuhlu
CEO, ECIC (Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa)

Tone Lunde Bakker
CEO, Export Finance Norway - Eksfin

Werner Grub
Managing Director, Head of Origination, Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO)

Charles Berry
Founding Director, BPL Global

Carlos Guevara
Subdirector de Finanzas, Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE)

Héctor Eduardo Iturribarria Pérez
Gerente de Planeación Financiera, Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE)

Ankita Dutta
Senior Underwriter, Liberty Specialty Markets

Vomic Nur Shah
Head of Origination, UKEF

Helen Brume
Director of the Project and Asset Based Finance, Afreximbank

Christine Jordan
Head of Structured Export Finance Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Standard Chartered

Tufan Özkan
Executive Board Member, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Bozankaya Group

Sponsors & Partners

2023 Sponsors and Partners

PARTNERS:
• ANZ
• BNP Paribas
• Citi
• Credit Agricole
• Deutshe Bank
• HSBC
• ING
• J.P Morgan
• MUFG
• Santander Corporate & Investment Banking
• Societe Generale
• Standard Chartered
• SMBC
• TD

ECA PARTNERS:
• BPI France
• Cesce
• Credendo
• ECIC
• EDC
• Euler Hermes
• EIFO
• KUKE PFR Group
• SACE
• SERV
• UK Export Finance

SPONSORS:
• AON
• AXA
• Baker Mckenzie
• Bank of America
• DZ Bank
• FinDev Canada
• KFW IPEX Bank
• LBEBW
• Natixis
• UniCredit

CORPORATE SPONSORS:
• Jebsen & Jessen
• MCA
• Reliance

LUNCH SPONSOR:
• Afreximbank