Supply chain finance is emerging as a vital part of corporate banking since the financial crisis.
For many years we have seen the top-tier corporates as drivers of supply chain programmes, but now their suppliers have seen these programmes in action and are approaching banks to implement the same system for their supply chain.
Supply chain finance means a lot of different things to different people. The Supply Chain Finance Europe Conference accurately breaks down this varied and widespread sector: Analysing specific forms of financing with deal-specific case studies and clearly presented solutions to the myriad problems corporates face in their supply chains.
Types of financing explored include:
· Payables finance, receivables finance, pre-shipment financing, inventory finance, securitization and further alternative solutions available to the supply chain.
The event will also include high-level debate on the factors that also affect the market such as:
· Cash management, risk, cross-border solutions, the role of technology and platform providers, non-bank investors and the effects of costs of funds and regulation on bank balance sheet expansion.
A lot of companies are looking at ways to increase their working capital, while others are looking at the sustainability of their supply chains. With speakers from some of the most respected international corporations, a special focus will also be conducted into:
· The Internal corporate dynamics between the treasury and procurement departments in getting supply chain finance solutions off the ground with banks.
Sign up today to network with some of the biggest names in the industry and join the debate to enable financiers to further push liquidity into new areas of the market, free up working capital and improve the businesses of their clients.
Confirmed speakers include:
· Klaus-Peter Mueller, Vice President,The International Chamber of Commerce Germany
· Nicole Bjugger, Director Supplier Financial Solutions, Volvo
· G.Subramaniam,President, Refinery Division, Reliance Industries Ltd
· David Vermylen, Global Credit manager, BP Petrochemicals
· Thomas Dobis, BPO OTC Lead, Hewlett-Packard
· Vera Vajda, Treasury and Cash Management Team Lead, Vodafone
· Norbert Giese, Director of Offshore Projects, Repower Systems
· PierPaolo di Fabio, Corporate Director, Finance, KME Group
· Jim Carter, Head of Policy and Procurement Operations, Network Rail
· Bert Schierholz, Director Purchasing Europe & Mercosur, Dematic
· Friedemann Kirchhof, Senior Manager, Supply Chain Finance, Siemens Treasury
· Mazaud, Marie-Laure, Global Head of Project Finance Credit and Collection, Alcatel-Lucent
Topics under discussion include:
· Payables Finance: How do you best on-board suppliers to programmes?
· Receivables Finance: Making the most of a company’s assets to increase its cashflow
· How do you sell SCF internally in corporations?
· Cash Management: Creating an effective process within SCF solutions
· What are the issues that need to be overcome when creating solutions for cross-border suppliers?
· Looking at risk in the supply chain: How much risk are banks willing to put on their balance sheets?
· Banks Vs. Third-party platform providers: Who wins?
· Non-bank investors: To what extent can they be used to fill the gaps?
· Inventory finance: What success are market players being rewarded with and is it going to catch on?
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