TXF Mena 2017 | TXF News | 7 November 2017 | The Address Dubai Mall, Next to Dubai Mall, Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard, Downtown Dubai - Dubai - United Arab Emirates

For starters, the data doesn't lie. The Middle East was the largest ECA market in 2016/2017 according to TXF Data. And it currently presents a perfect environment for ECA Structured Finance.

But why does that matter? Well if the opportunity is there all you need to do is meet the right people and get the right insight to help you make your next deal.

2017 Speakers:

Venugopal Venkatesh
Chief Financial Officer, Oman Shipping Company

Abdelrahman Al Naqbi
Legal Counsel (Project Development & Finance), Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation

Qaisar M Zaman
General Manager - Investments, Nogaholding

Abdullah Alhabsi
Project Director, Salalah Ammonia Project, Salalah Methanol Company

Neeraj Agrawal
Group CFO, Crescent Group

Terence Cardoz
Head - Treasury, Meeras

Ali Ayub
Director, Acquisitions And Project Finance, ACWA Power

David Meredith
Head of Legal
Hassan Foods, Qatar Investment Authority

Amer AlJabri
General Manager - Finance, Oman Gas Company

Paul Norris
Head of Infrastructure
Debt Management Office, Abu Dhabi Department of Finance

Tom Koczwara
Head of Debt Management Office, Government of Sharjah

Robert Wallin
Executive Director Customer Financing, Huawei Technologies Company

John Joseph
CFO And Vice President, Dubai World Trade Centre

Yoshinori Utaka
CEO, Middle East & Africa Projects, Mitsui & Co

Guto Davies
Managing Director, General Electric

Igor Yegorenko
Corporate Finance Manager
Dtek Holdings

Derek Nicholson
Finance Director, Qaiwan Group

Wassim Al Khatib
Managing Director, Head of Investment Banking, NCB Capital

Martin Bradley
CFO, Beeah

Rani Selwanes
Managing Director & Head of Investment Banking, NBK Capital

Christos Mimikopoulos
Executive Director, Etihad ESCO

Owais Diyan
Operations Manager, Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), Esam El-Makkawy

Esam El-Makkawy, Chief Financial Officer, Souq Extra

Cécile Boselli, Responsable D’affaires Garanties Publiques, Bpifrance Assurance Export

Dario Liguti
MD, GE Energy Financial Services

Edna Schoene
Member of The Board of Management Responsible For The Federal Export Credit Guarantees, Euler Hermes Aktiengesellschaft

Ryo Kuwahara
Representative, Representative Office In Dubai, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)

David Benguigui
Senior Vice President | Renewable Energy, Structured Finance Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

Manav Futnani
Head of Export Finance Mena, HSBC

YoungKee KIM
Senior Advisor, Ph.D. In International Development, Global Business Development Group, Export Import Bank of Korea- KEXIM

Peter Gisler
CEO, SERV - Swiss Export Risk Insurance

Zeeshan Sheikh
Senior Investment Officer
Emena Infrastructure & Natural Resources, International Finance Corporation

Jason Crowell
Managing Partner, Peace | Crowell LLP

Marco Peruzzi
Business Development Director
Petrofac

Dhruv Sharda
Structured Trade Credit And Political Risk Underwriter, Visionary Underwriting Agency

Andrew Fairie
Managing Director, Wilben Trade

Imran Saeed
Senior Executive Vice President UAE, Siemens Financial Services

Umer Ahmad
Vice President, Investment Development, SNC-Lavalin Capital

Marco Ferioli
Head of UAE, Middle East & Africa, SACE

Pierre-Marie Debreuille, Head of Export Credit, Sfil

Halina Bernard
Treasurer, General Motors

Holger Eger
Director Sales, Ferrostaal Middle East GmbH

Andreas Carleton-Smith, CEO Mena, Control Risks

Labib Othman
Medical Equipment Division Manager, Gulf Drug LLC

Eva Ohlsson
Director, Export Finance, Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK)

Naoki Tamaki
Chief Representative For The Middle East, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)

Richard Simon-Lewis, Head of Civil, Infrast & Energy & Int'l Business Development, UK Export Finance

Alarik D'Ornhjelm, Director, Structured Trade And Export Finance, Deutsche Bank

John Greenwood
Managing Director - Project, Infrastructure & Principal Finance, Goldman Sachs

Christopher Cantelmi
Principal Infrastructure Investment
IFC World Bank Group

David Albagli
Head Global Trade Finance Italy & Middle East, BBVA

Ed Bullen
Managing Director, Co-Head of Structured Export Finance, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

Jan von Allwoerden
Director International Business Development, Euler Hermes Aktiengesellschaft

Giles Hedley
Client Liaison Officer
Barak Fund Management

Veronique De Blic
Head of Export Finance Europe, Middle East & Africa, BNP Paribas

Hasan Juma
Director of Asset Management, Ibdar Bank

Laurent Hawath
Head – Transaction Banking, Commercial Bank of Dubai

Harriet Smith
Head of BPL Global, DIFC Branch, BPL Global

Mauro Bonacina
Head of Emea Trade Business Development, Treasury Services, The Bank of New York Mellon

Tim Lamey
Head, Export Finance, Emea, Mizuho

Faruq Muhammad
M.D., Head of Sef, Europe, Middle East And Africa, Standard Chartered

Rahul Bhushan
Head of Trade Product Management, UAE, Standard Chartered

John Dewar
Partner, Milbank,Tweed, Hadley & McCloy

Rodolphe de Lambertye
Head of Strategy And Business Origination, Global Export & Agency Finance, Santander Bank

Richard Evans
Director Export & Agency Finance Treasury And Trade Solutions, Citi

Firas Modad
Senior Middle East Analyst, IHS Markit

Simon Lee
Managing Director, Head of International Trade & Transaction Banking, Credit Agricole CIB

Dr. Sebastian Hofert von Weiss, Head of Project Finance, EY/AHB

Fabio Manca
Managing Director, DHL Inventory Finance Services GmbH

Rachael Anstock
Head UK - Credit & Political Risks, Zurich

Dr. Robert Besseling, Executive Director, EXX AFRICA

Alastair Hensman
Vice President : Energy & Chemicals Advisory, Nexant

Laurent Eurin
Head of Export Finance Asia, Middle East And Turkey, Société Générale

Hans-Peter Busson, Global ECA Coordinatioin Leader, EY/AHB

Francisco Anzola
Principal, CC Solutions

Peter Luketa
Senior Adviser, Export Finance, Managing Director, CB Advisers

2017 Sponsors:

• BNP Paribas
• CITI Bank
• Milbank
• Sace Simest
• SMBC
• Ibdar Bank
• Intesa San Paolo
• Peace Crowell