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Matt is a trade finance specialist with a focus on deal-structuring and negotiation, investor relations and hedge fund marketing. He is actively involved in providing trade finance to commodity traders on four continents with a core focus on African cocoa exports, pulses and South American tobacco. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, Matt decided to pursue a career in trade finance and joined the Challenger Trade Finance Fund where he currently works as a Senior Deal Associate.

Mohua Banerjee is a seasoned business leader with nearly 24 years of experience in the banking and financial services industry. She has successfully managed multi-disciplinary projects, led multi-cultural teams, and navigated complex challenges. Her career includes roles such as program director, strategist, solution evangelist, account director, and client relationship director across various regions, including Australia, the UK, Europe, South-East Asia, and India. Currently serving as Vice President of Financial Services at Capgemini, Mohua works closely with global clients, helping them join or build business networks using cutting-edge technologies. She leverages her expertise in customer relationship management, consulting, business analysis, and delivery excellence to drive revenue, enhance customer satisfaction, and foster digital innovation. Additionally, Mohua completed an executive program at Stanford University Graduate School of Business to further develop her leadership skills in business and finance. Passionate about connecting with people, executing innovative ideas, and collaborating with teams, she consistently aims for market success.

An articulate and commercially astute organisational leader experienced in educational, Royal Chartered, registered charity and commercial sectors. Adept at creating new business opportunities and implementing strategic change. Highly motivated with an entrepreneurial approach to problem solving. A compelling leader and advocate, skilled at team building with an insightful approach to challenging the status quo. Experienced at establishing trust and credibility with a range of national and international stakeholders including government departments; funding bodies; the media; volunteers; clients and partner organisations. Specialties: Industry leadership; Regulatory compliance; Government liason; International business development; Trustee and Non-Exec engagement; Organisational change and restructuring; Marketing; Communication; Public, Stakeholder and Media Relations; Campaigning; Team building; Sponsorship; Revenue diversification; Bid leadership; Business creation; Brand development.

Globally recognized as progressive leader in the factoring industry and an acknowledged expert in Association Management. As Secretary General of IFG initiated, negotiated and brought to successful implementation the merger between IFG and FCI on 31/12/2015. Initiated and launched with European national associations the EU Federation for Factoring & Commercial Finance (EUF) in 2008. Perfect trilingual Dutch-French-English and excellent active knowledge of German.

Chief Market Officer and member of the Atradius N.V. Management Board and former President of ICISA. Mr Tesch has been a member of the Atradius N.V. Management Board since 2011 and has 13 years of experience in Director roles with Atradius. Mr Tesch described the recent credit insurance environment as moving into a more positive stage. “Insured exposure increased to a record Euro 2 trillion, confirming the improved outlook for trade and stabilizing claims environment. Compared to pre-crisis (2007) numbers, premium income of ICISA members is up 31% and insured exposure is up 15%.”

Jason McGeown is a Senior Director of Communications at Verisk Maplecroft. He has extensive experience in developing and executing communication strategies, creating engaging content, managing media relations, and shaping brand messaging. He has previously worked in corporate communications at joiningthedots.tv and Mercury Media International, where he was responsible for marketing and publicity in the entertainment industry. Jason holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism from the London School of Journalism and a BA Hons in English and American Studies from Brunel University London.

Harri is a Business Developer at SEB Corporate and Investment Banking, Cash Management. He has over 30 years’ experience of implementing large international corporate group cash and liquidity management solutions. Currently, Harri’s main focus is at the future of Financial Services and especially from Large Corporations’ and Financial Institutions’ point-of-view. He also represents SEB at the Common Global Implementation Market Practice Group earlier also leading that group for four years as the other co-convener. Harri’s other passion is to make an impact on Trade Finance digitalisation. In this task he acts as a chair for International Chambre of Commerce Finland Digital Economy Commission as well as the coordinator for the Standardised Trust community.

Passionate about technology and global trade, Arnaud Doly founded Nabu in 2018 with one mission in mind : leverage artificial intelligence to transform trade finance’s centuries old processes.

Eleonore, a German lawyer, is in-house legal counsel at ICC Austria. Her day-to-day activities include international capacity building, business development and project management in Trade Finance, Letters of Credit, Bank guarantees and Arbitration. She is a member of the “Legal Committee” of the “ICC Banking Commission”, a member of the acceptance stream of the ICC Task Force on Digitalisation and founding member of the “Regional Banking Forum CEE and Central Asia”. She frequently travels to those regions to speak on ICC’s priorities, on opportunities for capacity building and on various ICC policy agendas. Eleonore regularly teaches at Austrian universities and has published several essays and articles. Prior to joining ICC Austria she worked at the “Institute for International Civil and Civil Procedural Law” at the University Leipzig and the Law Department of the “University of Applied Science” in Wiener Neustadt.

Kevin is a key member of the Institute’s management team and an energetic and self-motivated individual with a strong knowledge of education, trade and finance and international trade, built up over many years in senior management positions. His experience includes delivering year on year sales growth of 15%+, managing revenue lines totaling more than £50m. He has managed top 100 banking connections in HBOS covering International Trade strategy and procedures, including Sports Direct, Alexander Dennis and innocent Drinks. Supported complex International Trade structures. Kevin has been instrumental in winning large financial services and trade finance business with connections such as Arcadia, innocent Drinks and Towergate Insurance, and supported international trade growth in a number of SME exporting businesses. Kevin was a member of the Bank of Scotland Management Development Programme supporting top talent in the business leading large teams in diverse locations with different skills sets. Kevin has developed trade and customs qualification programmes and delivered specific learning programmes to large organisations including Scottish Enterprise, UK Export Finance, Invest Northern Ireland, Barclays Bank, Bolero and Coface. Kevin has also led overseas trade initiatives in Estonia, Saudi Arabia and Tajikistan.

Mike has policy responsibility for commercial finance at UK Finance, which covers the corporate and SME markets. This includes engagement with government, regulators and key market stakeholders on access to finance, enhanced customer protection, serving customers better, supporting the economy and competitiveness. Prior to joining UK Finance, he gained over 35 years’ experience in the banking industry at HSBC, in branch, regional and head office roles, including retail and commercial banking, marketing, strategic planning and implementation, e-commerce. He also led on SME, commercial and corporate banking policy issues including the Business Finance Taskforce. Whilst at HSBC, he completed two secondments with the London Enterprise Agency and HM Treasury. Mike is an associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.

Tat Yeen Yap, Head of Supply Chain Solutions at Maybank Singapore (starting April 2024), brings over two decades in banking and supply chain finance. Launching his career with a pioneering SCF deal in Malaysia in 2000, he later led product management across Asia for three global banks, introducing SCF in key markets. Transitioning to fintech in 2020, Tat Yeen helped build innovative trade finance systems and contributed to the Trade Finance Registry in Singapore. He is actively involved in industry forums, including as Sherpa of APFF’s Digital Trade Finance Lab and a DOCDEX Expert for ICC’s ADR Centre.

Robert Meters is Director Global Business at SCHUMANN and Director at SCHUMANN International Limited in London. He studied Business Administration and International Management at the University for Economics and Management. He has been in the credit risk management industry since 1993 and has worked for leading information service providers as well as in the telecommunications industry. He advises and takes care of customers in the automation of credit decisions and the implementation of a fully integrated credit management workflow system that also supports onboarding and KYBP processes. SCHUMANN offers the leading credit risk management solution for the financial services sector with excellent references in leasing, factoring, banking and trade credit insurance. SCHUMANN is creating the future technological standards for the management of trade credit risk globally.

Dr. Özge TOSUN is a legal counsel at Export Credit Bank of TURKEY (Turk Eximbank) since 2013.  During his tenure, he has focused on various types of insurance contracts such as the short term export credit insurance, buyer’s credit insurance, working capital insurance and letter of credit confirmation insurance. He also contributed to syndications and international trade finance and buyer’s credit projects. Prior to joining to Turk Eximbank, he worked in leading Turkish shipyards as in house counsel and gained experience in legal matters concerning shipbuilding and maritime trade. He also worked as a legal counsel at Holland-based FORTIS\’ Istanbul headquarters after working as lawyer in esteemed law firms early in his career.  He graduated with a law degree in 2005 from Istanbul University School of Law, where he also completed his master’s studies in the area of fiscal law in 2010. He obtained a second master’s degree in 2012 from Stockholm University\’s School of International Commercial Arbitration Law. In 2020, he successfully defended his dissertation (also from Istanbul University\’s School of Law) and became a doctor. His doctoral study examined export credit insurance contracts with a specific focus on Turk Eximbank operations. Dr. Tosun continues to work on international finance and export/insurance related matters.

Christian Hausherr is the European Product Head of Supply Chain Finance for Deutsche Bank’s Payables Finance solution, bringing to the role over 20 years of experience in Banking, In-house Consulting and Product Management for Cash Management and Supply Chain Finance. Christian spent his career within Deutsche Bank in various divisions and regions, mostly spanning across Europe and the Transaction Banking business. He holds a diploma in business administration from the University of Bayreuth and has worked in Germany, The Netherlands, Great Britain, Spain, the US, as well as in India and Uganda on Corporate Social Responsibility assignments in the financial and educational sector. Christian authored the open account section of the Wolfsberg Trade Finance Principles. He also acts as a technical advisor for the Supply Chain Finance section of the ICC Trade Register and has recently been appointed as the chairman of the Global Supply Chain Finance Forum

Dr Elitsa Garnizova is a Senior Project Manager and Researcher at LSE Consulting. She directs the Trade Policy Hub, LSE Consulting’s specialised advisory service dedicated to trade and investment policy. TPH has secured funding from two entrepreneurial programmes and is developing into an incubator for trade policy ideas. Elitsa’s primary research interests include European trade and investment policy, European foreign policy, and international affairs. Elitsa holds an MA in European Studies: Transnational and Global Perspectives from KU Leuven, Belgium, and a BSc in International Economic and Management from Bocconi University, Italy. She is a co-founder of TradeExperettes, organization of female trade experts working in the fields of trade policy.  

José Manuel Campa, is the Chairperson of the European Banking Authority (EBA). He was appointed in March 2019 and is serving a renewable five-year term. He represents the Authority and by chairing the meetings of the Board of Supervisors and of the Management Board, he steers the strategic direction of the Authority. He has served on the boards of Prime Collateralised Securities (PCS) Europe, Bruegel, and General de Alquiler de Maquinaria. José Manuel Campa holds a Ph.D. and a master degree in economics from Harvard University and a Licenciatura in law and in economics from the Universidad de Oviedo.

Vikram Sahu is head of Asia Pacific Research and a member of the firm’s Asia Pacific Executive Committee. Vikram also serves on the Global Research Executive Committee. Before joining Bank of America in 2014, Vikram spent 14 years at Goldman Sachs in roles across Europe and Asia. Prior to his career in finance, Vikram worked for the United Nations in New York and Maastricht and also spent two years in the biotech industry. Vikram has a bachelor’s degree from St. Stephen’s College and a master’s degree from Northern Illinois University.