Networking Continental Breakfast
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Welcome and Opening Remarks
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Mohamed Gouled, Vice President, Industries, IFC
Gonzalo Gortazar, CEO, CaixaBank
Nathalie Louat, Global Director, Trade and Supply Chain Finance, IFC

Macroeconomic and Trade Finance Outlook
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Paolo Mauro, Director, Economic and Market Research, IFC

• Global economic outlook and near-term perspectives
• Impacts on international trade from competing global blocs, conflict, and climate change

Networking Coffee Break
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Global Banks: Navigating a Fragmented World
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Mohamed Gouled, Vice President, Industries, IFC

Murat Demirel, Head, Financial Resources and Risk Management, Trade and Working Capital Solutions, Citigroup
Anand Jha, Global Head, Trade Finance Financial Institutions, Deutsche Bank
Nicolas Langlois, Global Head, Trade Distribution, Standard Chartered Bank
Christian Toben, Head, Financial Institutions – Emerging Markets, Commerzbank
Florian Witt, Divisional Head International and Corporate Banking ODDO BHF

Moderator: Anita Hawser, Europe Editor, The Banker

• Global bank perspectives on emerging market risk, managing the new hot spots, and opportunities
• Are trade fragmentation and the specter of de-globalization real or overhyped?
• What are the recent changes in emerging market asset allocation?

Networking Lunch
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Trade Shocks: Managing Relationships Amid Conflict, High Inflation, and Interest Rates
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Sohail Reza Khaled Hussain, Managing Director, Bank Asia Bangladesh
Gennady Khelemskyy, Head, Structured Trade, Ukrgasbank Ukraine
Faisal Rashid, Head, Financial Institutions, Bank Alfalah Pakistan
Vicente Miñana Rufat, FI Global Head, Banco Galicia Argentina
Simon Tiemtore, Chairman, Vista Bank Group Africa

Moderator: John Everington, Economics Editor, The Banker

• Perspectives from emerging market banks on surviving and thriving amid political and economic turbulence
• Stress tests: How are banks in emerging markets managing unusual volatility in capital flows?

IFC: 20 Years in Trade, Partnerships, and Perspectives
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Session Moderator: Akintunde Ogunmodede, Regional Lead, Trade and Supply Chain Finance – Asia, IFC

GTFP 20th Anniversary Panel
Syed Ather Ahmed, Group Executive, Habib Metropolitan Bank Pakistan
Rowly Isioro, Head, Trade and Global Transaction Banking, Access Bank Nigeria
Panel Moderator: Ahmed Hanaa, Regional Lead, Trade and Supply Chain Finance – Middle East, IFC

CaixaBank Partnership Panel
Alfonso Garcia Mora, Vice President, Europe and Latin America, IFC
Felipe Oriol, Global Head, Financial Institutions, CaixaBank
Panel Moderator: Aleksey Nikiforovich, Regional Lead, Trade and Supply Chain Finance – Europe, Central Asia and Türkiye, IFC

Institutional Partners Panel
Marc Auboin, Economic Counselor, World Trade Organization
Makiko Toyoda, Global Head, IFC Global Trade Finance Program and Global Supply Chain Finance Program

IFC Trade Advisory Panel
Mohamed Kamil, Deputy CEO, East African Bank, Djibouti
Ana Kavtarazde, Management Board Consultant, Basisbank, Georgia
Panel Moderator: Susanne Kavelaar, Senior Trade Finance Officer, Head, Trade Advisory, IFC

• A series of moderated discussions featuring leading IFC trade finance partners
• Perspectives on the growth and development of IFC partnerships over twenty years
• Landmark transactions, initiatives, reflections on the next 20 Years In Trade together

Networking Open Session
Grand Hyatt Barcelona

Conference Evening Cocktail
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Networking Continental Breakfast
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Welcome and Opening Remarks
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Nathalie Louat,Global Director, Trade and Supply Chain, IFC

Nearshoring and Friendshoring: Navigating the New Waves of Supply Chain Finance
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Ángel Bustos, Managing Director, Global Head, Supply Chain Finance, Banco Santander
Parvaiz Dalal, Global Head, Trade Payables, Citigroup
Sergio Rodriguez, Europe Head, Products and Propositions – Trade Finance, HSBC
Priyamvada Singh, Managing Director and General Manager, Global Head, Supply Chain Finance, SMBC

Moderator: Deepesh Patel, Editorial Director, Trade Finance Global

• Showcasing the launch of IFC’s Global Supply Chain Finance Program through our partnerships with Citi, SMBC, Santander, and HSBC for reverse factoring
• Development impacts of extending supply chain finance to emerging and frontier market buyers and suppliers

Toward The City Of Light: Aligning Trade Finance with the Paris Goals
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Souleymane Diagne, Group Head, Trade, Ecobank Group
Beril Oguz, Executive Vice President, Financial Institutions and Sustainability, DenizBank, Türkiye
Oleksandr Shchur, Member, Management Board, Ukreximbank
Severiano Solana, Head, Sustainability Strategy and Monitoring, CaixaBank

Moderator: Jon Hay, Corporates, Markets and Sustainability Editor, GlobalCapital

• Sustainability: Integrating it into trade finance business lines and platforms
• Where can trade finance optimally help banks and clients meet their ambitious global climate change targets?

Networking Coffee Break
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A Volatile Harvest: Responding to the Food Security Crisis
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Sérgio Pimenta, Vice President, Africa, IFC

Vincent Nobilet, Managing Director, Agribusiness, Trade & Sustainable Commodity Finance, Societe Generale
Benedict Pillonel, Director, Trade and Commodity Finance, ING
Steven de Vries Reilingh, Head, Trade and Commodity Finance (TCF Agri), Europe, Rabobank
Paul van Spaendonk, Chief Treasury Officer, ETG Group

Moderator: Agnieszka de Sousa, Global Food Czar, Bloomberg News

• Exploring responses to the current food crisis, exacerbated by regional conflicts and rising geopolitical risks
• How is trade finance addressing critical food security needs in a climate-affected and conflict-affected world?

Networking Lunch
Grand Hyatt Barcelona
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Better Together: Partnering for Global Reach and Impact
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Riccardo Puliti, Vice President, Asia and the Pacific, IFC

Alexia Boutin-Somnolet, Lenders Solution Group Leader, Europe, Marsh
Erik Frantz, Head, International Financial Institutions – Banks, CaixaBank
Volker Handrich, Head, FI Risks, Swiss Re

Moderator: John Basquill, Senior Reporter, Global Trade Review

• How mobilization of private-sector capital is scaling and deepening the impact of development finance
• IFC’s leading trade risk insurance and financing partners explore the landscape, including in fragile and conflict-affected markets

Closing Remarks
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Leopoldo Sposato, Global Manager, Trade and Supply Chain, IFC

Networking Open Session
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Gala Evening Cocktail
Museu Maritim
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IFC Gala Awards Dinner
Museu Maritim

Presentation of IFC’s 20 Years In Trade Partner Awards