Mathilde Cottard

Speaker

Executive Director

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

United Kingdom

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TXF: Export Finance

Pastures new: Untied financing for commodities trade

Mathilde Cottard

Executive Director,

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

Suresh Mistry

Head of Non-Banking Distribution,

Trafigura Group Pte

Natasha Saleh

Project Manager,

Abu Dhabi Exports Office (ADEX)

Moderator

Ralph Ivey

Reporter,

Exile Group

In the last year, we've seen commodities traders start to borrow on the ECA market. This new trend is taking the market by storm, but what do the deals actually look like? This session will consider:

How to effectively structure untied ECA backed debt for commodities traders
Which borrowers have capitalised on these deals and what have their experiences been like?
Will we see more traders borrowing on the ECA market in 2023?

Invitation-only workshops

MENA Heads of Export & Project Finance Roundtable

Hesham Zakai

Managing Director,

Exile Group

Hesham Zakai

Managing Director,

Exile Group

Alarik D'Ornhjelm

Head of Structured Trade & Export Finance MEA,

Deutsche Bank

Mathilde Cottard

Executive Director,

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

Moderator

Maninder Bhandari

Director,

Derby Group

Following its soft launch in 2022, TXF is delighted to host the first MENA Heads of Export & Project Finance roundtable of 2023 during its flagship Dubai conference. This is a behind-closed-doors session, where leaders in MENA's export & project finance space can debate everything from market performance and the growth of regional ECAs, to new projects and talent acquisition.