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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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