IFC Global Trade Partners Meeting 2024 Conference Program

Barcelona, Spain | May 7-9, 2024

IFC Global Trade Partners Meeting 2024 Conference Program

Barcelona, Spain | May 7-9, 2024

Agenda at a Glance

Tuesday, May 7

11:00 AM

6:30 PM

Conference Registration and Networking Open Session
Grand Hyatt Barcelona

7:00 PM

10:00 PM

Welcome Reception
Torre Melina Hotel Terrace
Sponsored by Access Bank

Wednesday, May 8

8:00AM

9:00AM

Networking Continental Breakfast
CaixaBank Auditorium Foyer
Sponsored by CaixaBank

9:00AM

10:00AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks
CaixaBank Auditorium

Mohamed Gouled, Vice President, Industries, IFC
Gonzalo Gortazar, CEO, CaixaBank
Nathalie Louat, Global Director, Trade and Supply Chain Finance, IFC

10:00AM

11:00AM

Macroeconomic and Trade Finance Outlook
CaixaBank Auditorium

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

11:00AM

11:30AM

Networking Coffee Break
CaixaBank Auditorium
Sponsored by CaixaBank

11:30AM

12:30PM

Global Banks: Navigating a Fragmented World
CaixaBank Auditorium

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?

12:30PM

2:15PM

Networking Lunch
Grand Hyatt Barcelona
Sponsored by Marsh

2:30PM

3:30PM

Trade Shocks: Managing Relationships Amid Conflict, High Inflation, and Interest Rates
CaixaBank Auditorium

Sohail Reza Khaled Hussain, Managing Director, Bank Asia Bangladesh
Andrii Romanov, Deputy Head, Structured Trade Finance, Ukrgasbank Ukraine
Faisal Rashid, Head, Financial Institutions, Bank Alfalah Pakistan
Vicente Miñana Rufat, FI Global Head, Banco Galicia Argentina
Martial Goeh-Akue, VistaGui Chief Executive Officer Martial, Vista Bank

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?

3:30PM

5:00PM

IFC: 20 Years in Trade, Partnerships, and Perspectives
CaixaBank Auditorium

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

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
Ana Kavtaradze, Management Board Consultant, Basisbank, Georgia
Massetou Traore
, Deputy Managing Director, NSIA Banque, Cote d’Ivoire
Panel Moderator: Susanne Kavelaar, Senior Trade Finance Officer, Head, Trade Advisory, IFC

CaixaBank Partnership Panel
Alfonso Garcia Mora, Regional Vice President, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, 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

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

5:00PM

6:30PM

Networking Open Session
Grand Hyatt Barcelona

7:00PM

10:00PM

Conference Evening Cocktail
Gran Teatre del Liceu
Sponsored by Coris Bank International 

Thursday, May 9

8:00AM

9:00AM

Networking Continental Breakfast
CaixaBank Auditorium Foyer
Sponsored by CaixaBank

9:15AM

9:30AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks
CaixaBank Auditorium

Nathalie Louat,Global Director, Trade and Supply Chain, IFC

9:30AM

10:15AM

Nearshoring and Friendshoring: Navigating the New Waves of Supply Chain Finance
CaixaBank Auditorium

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

10:15AM

11:00AM

Toward The City Of Light: Aligning Trade Finance with the Paris Goals
CaixaBank Auditorium

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?

11:00AM

11:30AM

Networking Coffee Break
CaixaBank Auditorium Foyer
Sponsored by CaixaBank

11:30AM

12:30PM

A Volatile Harvest: Responding to the Food Security Crisis
CaixaBank Auditorium

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?

12:30PM

2:15PM

Networking Lunch
Grand Hyatt Barcelona
Sponsored by Ecobank Group

2:30PM

3:20PM

Better Together: Partnering for Global Reach and Impact
CaixaBank Auditorium

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

3:20PM

3:30PM

Closing Remarks
CaixaBank Auditorium

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

3:30PM

6:30PM

Networking Open Session
Grand Hyatt Barcelona

Sponsored by Vista Bank

7:00PM

8:00PM

Gala Evening Cocktail
Museu Maritim
Sponsored by HD Bank

8:00PM

11:00PM

IFC Gala Awards Dinner
Museu Maritim

Presentation of IFC’s 20 Years In Trade Partner Awards