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ExCred Africa
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ExCred Africa 2022 Agenda

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ExCred Africa 2022 Agenda

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08:15 - 09:1055 mins
Registration & Refreshments
    09:10 - 09:155 mins
    Chair’s opening remarks
    • Diana Smallridge - President, International Financial Consulting
    09:15 - 10:0045 mins
    Evolving geopolitical risks and developments
    • John Omollo - Chief Risk Officer, Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa SOC Ltd
    • Waldemar Rotfuss - Director, Regional Head Loan Syndication & Trade Asset Distribution, Middle East & Africa, Deutsche Bank
    • Emma Whiteacre, Independent Consultant
    10:00 - 10:3030 mins
    The macroeconomic outlook for Africa
    • Leon Bezuidenhout - Associate Director, Sovereign and Multilateral Institutions Ratings, S&P Global Ratings
    10:30 - 11:0535 mins
    Networking break
      11:05 - 11:2520 mins
      Integrated national financing frameworks (INFFs): Financing the SDGs
      • Orria Goñi - SDG Financing and South-South Cooperation Advisor, UNDP
      11:25 - 12:1550 mins
      Market update: Credit and Political Risk Insurance appetite and capacity
      • Fredrick Mutua - Senior Underwriter, African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI)
      • Goodman Chakanyuka - Director Credit Risk Management, Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (formerly PTA Bank)
      • Max Walker - Broker, The Texel Group
      • Stuart Hulks - Head of Insurance and ECA Finance, Rand Merchant Bank
      12:15 - 13:0550 mins
      Bridging the African trade finance gap
      • Bobby Madhav - Head of Trade - Structured Trade, First National Bank
      • Tim Muchiri Nyaga - Co-Founder & CEO, African Soil Capital
      • Jackie Boyce - Vice President - Africa, Global Trade & International Structured Finance, SMBC
      • Eltigani Ali - Head of Trade Finance, BADEA - Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
      13:05 - 14:0560 mins
      Networking lunch
      • Siyabonga Nxaba - Principal: Export Credit Finance, Nedbank CIB
      14:05 - 14:5550 mins
      The role of ECA finance in Africa
      • Craig Weitz - Principal: Export Credit Finance, Nedbank Limited
      • Gregg Wheelwright - Project and Export Finance, Investment Banking, Standard Bank
      • Thea Hiemstra - ECA Transactor, Rand Merchant Bank
      • Terry Makhubele - Senior Regional Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa, Export Development Canada (EDC)
      14:55 - 15:2025 mins
      Afternoon networking break
        15:20 - 16:1050 mins
        Getting projects across the line in Africa
        • Simon Bessant - Board Director and the Global Head of Insurance, The Texel Group
        • William Makwinja - Senior Investment Officer, Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
        • Paule Yaba Gosset - Vice President - Export & Agency Finance Africa, Commerzbank
        • Matthew Simpkins - Managing Director, Merchant West
        • Gregor Paterson Jones - Managing Partner, PJ & Company
        16:10 - 17:0050 mins
        Seeing the wood for the trees: Making sustainable trade finance work for Africa
        • George Wilson - Head Institutional Trade Finance, Investec
        • Daniel de Búrca - Head of Public Affairs, ICISA
        • Onyebuchi Memeh - Executive Director & Head of Trade, Transaction Banking, South Africa & Southern Africa, Standard Chartered
        • Audrey Caulliez-Louis - Partner and Impact Advisory Chair, ImpactA Global
        17:00 - 17:055 mins
        Chair's key takeaways
        • Diana Smallridge - President, International Financial Consulting
        17:05 - 18:3590 mins
        Evening networking reception
        • Stuart Hulks - Head of Insurance and ECA Finance, Rand Merchant Bank
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