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Dubai, UAE February 12-14, 2017
As the world’s leading trade, commodity and export finance publisher and event organiser, GTR offers sponsors and advertisers unrivalled exposure and profiling among their peer and client groups. GTR can offer various appealing options that would strategically and effectively help raise the profile of the partner, and offer a highly effective platform with which to showcase its capabilities and mission.
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With established links to the region’s primary trade bodies, financial institutions and regulators, GTR’s annual event in Dubai plays a vital role in fostering face-to-face dialogue between all sectors involved in Middle Eastern trade.
The 14th edition of this series features an expanded focus, placing greater emphasis on corporate treasury matters and the issues facing treasurers today, in an ever changing global market. Furthermore, the newly extended 3-day format will incorporate a special ECA and infrastructure finance day, held in partnership and under the patronage of Dubai Economic Council.
Welcoming multinational companies, SMEs, financiers, insurers, risk managers, lawyers, consultants, government bodies and ECAs, this annual gathering of trade finance professionals provides unrivalled access to hundreds of companies and institutions engaged in regional trade.
Once registered, log-in to the new GTR Members Area to connect with fellow delegates, download event materials and more.
“A brilliant event with excellent sessions, dealing with timely issues. A great place at which to learn and network.”
A Mahate, Dubai Exports
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Introductionwww.gtreview.com
Sectors attended in 2016
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“GTR events are always very informative, as well as providing great networking.”
S Lata, Marsh
“Very well organised and precise seminar.”
A Ul Haq, Siemens
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NigeriaSouth AfricaSudan
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BrazilUnited States
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DenmarkFinlandFranceGermanyIrelandItalyLuxembourgThe NetherlandsSwitzerlandTurkeyUkraineUnited Kingdom
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277Companies represented
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603Delegates attended
2016’s vital statistics
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●● Abdulkader A Bazara, Head of Trade Finance Structuring, Global Transaction Banking, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
●● Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman, Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC)
●● Ali Sherwani, Regional Head, MENA, Central Asia & Asia, International Business Development, UK Export Finance
●● Anil Kumar Dudani, Head of Treasury, Dragon Oil
●● Anirudha Panse, Executive Director & Head of Value-Added Trade Products, National Bank of Abu Dhabi
●● Anisse Terai, Corporate & Structured Finance Manager, MENA, International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC)
●● Ankit Goel, Managing Director, DS-Concept Factoring UAE
●● Anthony Palmer, Deputy Chairman, BPL Global
●● Arash Shahraini, Board Member, Export Guarantee Fund of Iran (EGFI)
●● Arif Mir, Senior Vice-President, Regional Head of Trade Sales, Wells Fargo
●● Arup Roy, Head of Global Transaction Banking, Saudi British Bank (SABB)
●● Ashraf Mahate, Head of Export Market Intelligence, Dubai Exports
●● Bana Akkad Azhari, Head of Relationship Management, MEA & CIS, BNY Mellon Treasury Services
●● Baris Kalay, Director, Head of Trade Product Sales, CEEMEA, Global Transaction Services, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
●● Barry Lynch, Managing Director, Onshore Procurement, Construction & Operations, Mainstream Renewable Power
●● Bharat Gupta, Regional Head, Structured Trade Finance, Middle East & Africa, Louis Dreyfus Commodities MEA Trading DMCC
●● Bora Bariman, Head of Energy & Marine, National Bank of Fujairah
●● Casey Bell, Head of Trade Credit, GCC, AIG
●● Catherine Aubert, Managing Director, Head of Trade Credit & Political Risk Insurance, Société Générale
●● Charles Berry, Chairman, BPL Global
●● Chirag Shah, Executive Vice-President, Strategy & Business Excellence, Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC)
●● Crispin Hodges, Senior Executive Officer, Underwriter Political & Contingency Group, Political Risks & Contingency, Beazley Middle East
●● Devvrat Singh Chauhan, Product Head, Trade & Receivable Finance Group, Transaction Banking, Emirates NBD
●● Eva Steinhaus, Director, Structured Export & Trade Finance, Dubai, Commerzbank
●● George Wilson, Regional Credit Controller, MENAP, Intertek
●● Gergely Abraham, Head of Structured Finance, MEA, Nokia Networks
●● Gert Demmink, Managing Director, Philip Sidney
●● Greg Fairlie, Broadcaster, Dubai One
●● Harriet Smith, Head of Dubai Representative Office, BPL Global
●● Haytham El Maayergi, Global Head of Transaction Banking, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
●● Henry Balani, Head of Innovation, Accuity
●● His Excellency Hani Al Hamli, Secretary General, Dubai Economic Council (DEC)
●● Huny Garg, Regional Head of Trade, Transaction Banking, MENA, Standard Chartered Bank
●● Jamshed Patel, Chief Financial Officer, Rivoli Group
●● Jeffrey Rhodes, Chief Executive Officer, Zee Gold DMCC
●● John Burbidge-King, Chief Executive Officer, Interchange Solutions
●● John Iossifidis, Group Head, Corporate & Investment Banking, Mashreq Bank
●● Khalid Shaikh, Head of Compliance & Bank MLRO, Audit, Fraud & Compliance Group, Mashreq
●● Kunal Chowdry, Senior Compliance Consultant
●● Kwabena Ayirebi, Regional Head of Trade & Receivables Finance, MENA, HSBC Bank Middle East
●● Lamin Sanneh, Executive Director & Acting Chief Executive Officer, Commodity Connect DMCC
●● Leroy Almeida, Senior Executive Officer, Senior Underwriter & Head of Trade Credit, Middle East, Markel International (Dubai)
●● Maninder Bhandari, Director, Derby Group
●● Melodie Michel, Deputy Editor, Global Trade Review
●● Mihir Kulkarni, Regional Head of Credit, Johnson Control
●● Milan Kalajdzic, Financial Advisory & Structuring Southern Europe, Africa & Latin America, Siemens Financial Services
●● Mohamed Al-Afif, Managing Director, Cash Solutions Co.
●● Mohamed Shyam Anver, Senior Program Manager, China Systems Middle East
●● Mojtaba Khosrowtaj, Deputy Minister of Industry, Mines & Trade, Government of Iran
●● Morten Sørensen, Senior Director, Head of Large Corporates, EKF
●● Motasim Iqbal, Regional Head of Transaction Banking, MENA, Standard Chartered Bank
●● Nasser Al-Thekair, Assistant General Manager MENA, International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC)
●● Neil Ross, Regional Manager, EMEA Trade Credit, AIG
●● Nila Davda, Senior Executive Officer, Sovereign Risk Insurance (Dubai)
●● Owais Diyan, Head of Operations, Dubai Representative Office, Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investments & Export Credit (ICIEC)
●● Nizardeen Kumardeen, Head of Trade Finance & Corporate Operations, Emirates Islamic Bank
●● Patrick Murphy, Partner, International Trade, Clyde & Co.
●● Paul Hussey, Corporate Vice-President, Treasury, Aecom
●● Peter Chin, Executive Vice-President, Premium Technology
●● Peter Matza, Engagement Director, Association of Corporate Treasurers
●● Rahul Daswani, Senior Manager, Structured Finance, Treasury Capital Management, Microsoft
●● Rebecca Harding, Chief Executive Officer, Equant Analytics
●● Robert Nijhout, Executive Director, International Credit Insurance & Surety Association (ICISA)
●● Roshun Tulkens, International Treasury Manager, Reckitt Benckiser
●● Sanjay Sethi, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Signature Agri Ventures
●● Sanjoe Mathew, Regional Director, Trade & Export Finance, Huawei Tech
●● Saurabh Sharma, Head of Trade Finance Sales, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
●● Semih Ozkan, Vice-President, Trade Finance & Cash Management Corporates, MENA, Deutsche Bank
●● Simon Cook, Partner, Sullivan & Worcester UK
●● Sonam Kapadia, Executive Director, Head of Corporate Trade Sales & Advisory MENA Wholesale Banking, National Bank of Abu Dhabi
●● Sriram Ganeshan, Chief Financial Officer, Redington Gulf
●● Sriram Srinivasan, Chief Executive Officer, Skuchain
●● Steven van der Hooft, Chief Executive Officer, Capital Chains
●● Sudhakar Tomar, Managing Director, Hakan Agro
●● Sui Kheng Cheong, Executive Director, Global Transaction Banking, Group Internal Audit, National Bank of Abu Dhabi
●● Suoud Al Agroobi, Director of International Relations, UAE Federal Customs Authority
●● Svitlana Skrypnyk, Sales Director, Safin Gulf
●● Vincent O’Brien, Chair, ICC Banking Commission, Market Intelligence Group
●● Yazan Al Nasser, Chief SCF Officer, Tawreeq Holdings
●● Yusuf Ali Khan, Head of Trade for Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan & Turkey, Treasury & Trade Solutions, Citi
●● Zubair Shaikh, Vice-President, Head of Trade Finance Sales, Riyad Bank
Speakers www.gtreview.com2016’s speakers included
Banks & Financiers
ABN AMRO Bank
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
Afreximbank
Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait
Arab Bank
Axis Bank
Banco do Brasil
Bank ABC
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Bank of Montreal
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
BankMed
Barclays
BMI Bank
BMO Capital Markets
BNP Paribas
BNY Mellon
Citi
Citic Bank International
Commercial Bank International (CBI)
Commercial Bank of Dubai
Commercial Bank of Qatar
Commerzbank
Deutsche Bank
Diamond Bank
Emirates NBD
Europe Arab Bank
FBN Bank
FIMBank
First Gulf Bank
HSBC
HSH Nordbank
Ibdar Bank
Itau BBA
Mashreq
Mizuho Bank
National Bank of Fujairah
Natixis
NBAD
Noor Bank
Riyad Bank
Saudi British Bank
SEB
Societe Generale
Standard Chartered
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
The Access Bank UK
Wells Fargo Bank
Zenith Bank (UK)
Corporates & Traders
Abba Electronics
Abdul Latif Jameel International
Actco General Contracting
ADM
Aecom
African Commodities
Agri Finance
AIC Commodities
Al Dobowi Group
Al Futtaim
Al Ghandi Auto
Al Ghurair Investments
Al Jazirah Vehicles Agencies
Al Nowais
Al Shafar General Contracting
Al Yousuf Group
Alvean
Arasco
Arcelor Mittal
Awin Resource International
Baqer Mohebi
Bhatia Brothers
BLG industrial Solutions
Bunge
Camtech Manufacturing
Canon Inc.
Cargill
Daewoo
Dal Group Company
Danube Building Materials
Darvesh Group
Darwish Bin Ahmed & Sons Group
DNTA
Dodsal
Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction
Dragon Oil
Dubai Cable Company
Easa Saleh Al Gurg
Emirates Global Aluminium
Emirates National Oil Company
Emirates Steel Industries
Energy Pioneers
ENOC
ESAG
ETA Melco
Eurostar Communications
Farzana Trading
Fistco
General Electric
Gerab National Enterprises
Global Collateral Control
GM
Gulf Petrochem
Hakan Agro
Hawai Office Furniture
Huawei Technologies
IFFCO
Ikon Petroleum
International Chemicals
Intertec
Intertek
ITELCO
ITR Middle East
Ittihad Investment
Jaykal Exports
JBF RAK
Jebal Atlas
Johnson Controls
Joy Alukkas Jewellery
Kisan International Trading
L&T Construction
Lal Mahal
Larsen & Toubro
Liberty Fe Trade
Liberty Global
Litasco
Logicom
Louis Dreyfus Commodities
lrajhi Steel Industries
Mainstream Renewable Power
Majid Al Futtaim Group
ME Trade
Micro Automation
Microsoft Corporation
Millennium Petroleum
Mondiale Consulting
Mosart Marble
Mubadala Development Company
Mulk Holdings
National Marine Dredging
National Oilwell Varco
National Petroleum Construction
National Petroleum Services
National Trading and Development Group
Nikai Group of Companies
Nimex Petroleum
Noble Resources
Nokia Siemens Networks
NOV Kenya
Novartis International
Novelis
Oando
Oman Trading International
Oracle
Pan African Group
Philips Capital
Planet Core Group
Platinum Corporation
Promising International Trading
Radiant World
Rakha Al-Khaleej International
Ravago Group
Rawfert Offshore
Reckitt Benckiser Group
Rhodium Resources
Rivoli Group
Safin Gulf
SAIC
Saudi Grains & Fodder Holding
Schneider Electric
Senaat
Siemens
Signature Agri Ventures
Sinochem International
So Safe Water Technologies
Sony Corporation
Tayseer Arar Trading
Televeras Group
Tetra Pak Export
Twinkle
Unilever
Union Copper Rod
Vallourec
Vink Corporation
Vision RX Lab
Wipro Arabia
Zafco
Insurers & Risk Managers
AIG Europe
Alpha Lloyds
Amlin
Aon
AU Group
Beazley Group
BPL Global
Chubb
Coface
Commodity Connect
Edge Brokers (London)
Euler Hermes
JLT Specialty
Markel International
Marsh
Miller Insurance Services
Nasco M.E. Insurance Brokers
Prudence Insurance Brokers
QBE Trade Credit
RFIB
Sovereign Risk Insurance
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“Extremely good insight on the Mena economy and political challenges ahead. Presentations discussed best ways forward, audience polling was excellent and speakers had great knowledge of subject matters.”
A Patro, Wipro
Attendees www.gtreview.com603 delegates attended 2016’s conference representing the following companies
ECAs & Multilaterals
EKF
Export Credit Insurance Company
Export Guarantee Fund of Iran (EGFI)
ICIEC
ITFC
UK Export Finance
Consultants
Capital Chains
Global Finance Capital
Interchange Solutions
Oldeman & Partners
Redington
Trade Advisory Network
Media
Al Bayan
Brunswick
Cash & Trade Magazine
CityNews
CNBC Arabia
Dar Alkhaleej
Golin
GTR
Islamic Finance News
Italian Press Association
MEED
OSN
Thomson Reuters
Non-Bank Financiers
Blend Financial Services
CMS Credit Financial Services
Dar Al Tawreeq Forfaiting and Factoring Services
DS Concept
EFA Group
Falcon Group
Federated Investors
Menafactors
Prime Investrade
SABIC Capital
SCCF Structured Commodity & Corporate Finance
Siemens Financial Services
Tawreeq Holdings
Lawyers
Clyde & Co
Holman Fenwick Willan
Ince & Co
Philip Sidney
Sullivan & Worcester
Solution Providers
Accuity
Bolero International
Cash Solutions
China Systems
Encore Solutions
Equant Analytics
Nucleus Software
Premium Technology
Skuchain
Other
London Metal Exchange Savills Stratus Holding Group
Govt Orgs & Public Bodies
Arab Union for Industrial Exports Development
Association of Corporate Treasurers
DMCC
Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Dubai Economic Council
Dubai Exports
Dubai International Financial Centre
Government of Ras Al Khaimah
ICISA
Ministry of Industry
SME Chamber of India
UAE Federal Customs Authority
“The stature of this event is growing year on year. Its healthy mix of delegates from financial institutions, banks, government and corporates makes it the most anticipated event of the year in the financial world.”
M Kulkarni, Johnson Controls
“If you want to be well informed about trade finance business in this region, then you must make sure that you attend GTR Mena Trade Finance Week.”
H Khaleif, Bank ABC
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Attendees www.gtreview.com603 delegates attended 2016’s conference representing the following companies
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