ECA collaboration with DFIs is a crucial development across developing markets, notably Egypt and Turkey. This panel will discuss how partnerships between ECAs and DFIs can help mobilise capital into crucial projects:

• What role will blended finance play in the future of developing markets?

• Uncovering the challenges around local content requirements and technological transfer

• The prospect of ECA and DFI cooperation for large scale development projects

Wale Shonibare

Director, Energy Financial Solutions, Policy & Regulation, African Development Bank (AfDB)

Anita Yadav

Senior Advisor, New Development Bank

Christopher Cantelmi

Principal, Natural Resources & Infrastructure, IFC - World Bank Group

Moderator

Alarik D'Ornhjelm

Director - Head of STEF MEA, Deutsche Bank

Understanding the geopolitical landscape is key to success in any market. We kick off this session with a risk overview of the Middle East, before inviting leaders in trade credit insurance to discuss how they navigate the Middle Eastern market.

• Country by country risk assessment

• How does the trade credit insurance market respond to the Middle Eastern market?

• What cover is available, and what are the key risks that banks look out for when doing business in this region?
• What are banks and corporates looking for from trade credit insurance?

Matthew Burnard

Director, Political and Regulatory Risk, Control Risks, Control Risks

Boris Jaquet

Global Head TF&L Distribution, Deutsche Bank

Matthew Beckett

Executive Director, Head of Insurance Placement, SMBC Bank International plc

Jonathan Bell

Editor-in-chief, TXF

Haitham Al Khazaleh

Director of Risk, Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI)

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. 

Hesham Zakai

Managing Director, TXF

Hesham Zakai

Managing Director, TXF

Alarik D'Ornhjelm

Director - Head of STEF MEA, Deutsche Bank

Mathilde Cottard

Executive Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

Moderator

Maninder Bhandari

Director, Derby Group