2nd Annual
Structured Trade & Export Finance in Africa Conference
Financing Imports & Exports in and out of Africa
29th-30th September, 2009
Hilton Sandton, Johannesburg
Day one: Tuesday, September 29th
08:15 Registration and Refreshments
09:00 Chairperson’s opening remarks
Anne-Marie Woolley, Director, Head of Structured Trade & Commodity Finance – Africa, Standard Bank
09:10 Banking panel: Structuring deals and sourcing liquidity in the new economic environment
Craig Polkinghorne, Global Head and Director, Structured Trade and Commodity Finance, Standard Bank
Gurcharan Kadan, Head of Origination and Client Coverage, Southern Africa, Standard Chartered
Yusuf Khan, Senior Transactor & Head of Structured Trade Finance for Sub-Saharan Africa, Citi
Akin A. Ogunranti, Deputy General Manager/Head, Multilaterals & Conglomerates, Zenith Bank Plc
Werner Tappen, Director Trade & Export Finance for GCC and Sub-Sahara Region, WestLB AG
Yasser Henda, Deputy Global Head of Export Finance, Head of Regional Development & Origination, BNP Paribas
Charles Morrison, Partner, DLA Piper UK LLP
10:10 Taking action: The IFC Global Trade Liquidity Program
Gboyega Songonuga, IFC Global Trade Finance Program for Africa, IFC
10:40 Morning refreshments and networking break
11:30 Filling the gap: Examining the capacity & willingness of export credit agencies to finance African trade
Chris Thirion, Corporate Relations Officer, ECIC
Vinod Goel, Resident Representative & Deputy General Manager Export-Import Bank of India
Michael Creighton, Head of SACE SpA, Sub Saharan Africa, SACE Sub Saharan Africa
Ali Sherwani, Head of Business Development, ECGD
Christopher Wells, Acting Group Chief Executive, Transnet
Gabriel Buck, Head of ECA / CAPEX Finance, Barclays Capital
12:30 Breaching the African Trade Finance crunch: Commodity funds
Jean Craven, Fund Advisor, Barack Fund
13:00 Lunch
14:30 Soft commodity review: New trends in financing the African agricultural sector
Hercu Bloem, Chief Executive Officer, Gro Capital Financial Services (Pty) Ltd t/a AFGRI Financial Services
15:00 Evaluating energy sector developments: Trade finance as a tool for boosting African exploration and refining capacity
John Adet Esiegbuya, Executive Director, Finance, Lonestar Group
15:30 Supporting the industry that supports agriculture: The increasing importance and appeal of fertilizers in Africa
Anne-Marie Woolley, Director, Head of Structured Trade & Commodity Finance – Africa, Standard Bank
16:00 Afternoon refreshments and networking break
16:45 Focus on collateral risk management
Dheerie Govender, Business Development Manager, Global Inspections Group
17:10 Financing fish, fruit and flowers: Examining the growing importance of Africa’s fringe commodities
Riel Malan, Managing Director, Unlimited Group (PTY) Ltd
Pierre le Roux, Managing Director, Malawi Arbor Fish
Jerome Lambie, Managing Director, Savannah Seed
Andreas Rüsch, Bongani Consulting
17:55 Chairperson’s closing remarks
18:00 Evening reception sponsored by
Day two: Wednesday, September 30th
08:30 Morning refreshments
09:00 Chairperson’s opening remarks
Gurcharan Kadan, Head of Origination and Client Coverage, Southern Africa, Standard Chartered Bank
09:10 Case study: Farmsecure input finance facility
Zhann Meyer, Director – Agriculture, Origination & Client Coverage, Wholesale Banking, Standard Chartered
09:40 Evaluating the real benefits of insurance in African trade deals
James Cunningham, Political Risk & Structured Credit Practice Leader, Marsh
Humphrey Mwangi, Acting Chief Underwriting Officer, The African Trade Insurance Agency
Michael Creighton, Head of SACE SpA, Sub Saharan Africa, SACE Sub
10:10 Mining & mining finance in Africa: Is there still a role for the Juniors?
Maarten Van Alkemade, Director, Metmar Group SA
10:50 Morning refreshments and networking break
11:30 The changing role of multilaterals and development finance institutions: Effectively deploying credit lines to Africa
Gudrun Timm, Vice President - Product Innovation, DEG
Yotam Longwe, Divisional Executive, International Finance, DBSA
Hani Salem Sonbol, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, ITFC
Stephen Gaull, Senior Director, Millennium Challenge Corporation
12:15 Strengthening the defences: A review of the tighter legal structures and more comprehensive documentation emerging from the crisis
Geoffrey Wynne, Partner and Head of International Trade and Export Finance, Denton Wilde Sapte
12:45 Assessing the benefits of incorporating Islamic finance into African trade structures
Mohamed Nazeem Noordali, Acting GM Marketing, ITFC
13:15 Chairperson’s closing remarks
13:25 Close of conference following by networking lunch