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
Wednesday, May 8
9:00AM
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10:00AM
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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
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11:00AM
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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
11:30AM
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12:30PM
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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?
2:30PM
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3:30PM
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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
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5:00PM
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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
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6:30PM
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6:30PM
Networking Open Session
Grand Hyatt Barcelona
Thursday, May 9
9:15AM
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9:30AM
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9:30AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
CaixaBank Auditorium
Nathalie Louat,Global Director, Trade and Supply Chain, IFC
9:30AM
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10:15AM
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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
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11:00AM
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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?
11:30AM
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12:30PM
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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?
2:30PM
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3:20PM
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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
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3:30PM
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3:30PM
Closing Remarks
CaixaBank Auditorium
Leopoldo Sposato, Global Manager, Trade and Supply Chain, IFC