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Chris Bozek Managing Director, Head of Trade & Supply Chain Product Management Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Chris Bozek is managing director and head of Global Trade and Supply Chain Products in Global Transaction Services at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In this position, Bozek leads the Global Trade and Supply Chain product team that is focused on delivering processing and financing solutions that improves a client’s end-to-end global supply chain, while optimizing working capital.

During his career, Bozek has led treasury and trade product teams to successfully build out e-invoicing, global trade, and procure-to-pay product offerings targeted to middle-market and global corporates.

Prior to joining Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bozek held global product management, general management, and business development positions with Fortune 500 companies, leading-edge start-up businesses, and global financial institutions. With this experience, Bozek provides a unique, practical perspective on the market dynamics and critical success factors. He is frequently interviewed for industry publications, and is a regular presenter at industry conferences.

Bozek has a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Rutgers University, and a Masters Degree in Finance from the Rutgers Graduate School of Management. Dan North Chief Economist Euler Hermes

Dan North has been with Euler Hermes North America since 1996, using macroeconomic and quantitative analyses to help manage Euler’s risk portfolio of more than $150 billion in annual U.S. trade transactions. As an economist he has appeared on CNBC, Fox Business News, France 24, and Bloomberg Radio and Television. He has been quoted by Barron’s, Business Week, Paris Le Monde, Tokyo Nikkei, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. After having predicted the 2008/2009 recession and its implications accurately, he was ranked 4th on Bloomberg’s list of the 65 top economic forecasters in 2010. Mr. North holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business.

Christopher Boone Executive Advisory Board Member, Intel Corporation Chief Executive Officer & Board Member, Coveroo Chairman of the Board, Cimbal

Mr. Boone is President & CEO of Coveroo, Inc., a software-driven customization platform for licensed sport, entertainment and lifestyle brands. His career includes senior executive positions in investment banking and product and corporate development operating roles at technology companies. Prior to Coveroo, Mr. Boone was Chairman & CEO of Cimbal, a secure mobile transaction company, CEO and Board Member of Visuvi, an image initiated search engine and Chairman, President & CEO of AppCentral, a desktop virtualization software company. Mr. Boone has worked in management consulting as a technology, media and telecommunications consultant where his client base included leading financial funds, law firms and technology companies, and as a director of business and corporate development heading eCommerce and eFinance at Excite@Home, a $6 billion public company. Mr. Boone was an investment banker with J.P. Morgan in New York where he managed a billion dollar derivatives portfolio for the firm. He began his career in corporate finance at Price Waterhouse. Mr. Boone is a recognized scholar with the Gerson Lehrman Group’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications council. He holds over a dozen US patents in payment, authentication, virtualization and distributed networks. Mr. Boone is a graduate of J.P. Morgan's Executive Finance Program which included graduate business school coursework and professors from Harvard, Wharton, Columbia and NY University. He holds a bachelor of science degree in medical physics from the University of Notre Dame where he was an Isko Foundation academic scholarship recipient and rowed varsity crew. Shannon Manders Editor Global Trade Review (GTR)

Shannon Manders is the Editor of GTR magazine, the world's leading international trade finance magazine. She has extensive experience in moderating discussions, both at GTR’s own conferences and also at a range of other industry events hosted by the likes of the ICC, IFC and SWIFT (Sibos). She also regularly covers stories from international locations, and has hosted numerous roundtable discussions and webinars. Shannon completed her degree in South Africa, and worked in the publishing industry there for five years before joining GTR in January 2009.

Matthew Strong Partner, Credit, Political & Security Risks JLT Speciality

Matthew Strong serves as Head of the Credit, Political & Security Risks (“CPS”) team for the US at JLT Specialty. Previously he has served as a Senior Partner in the CPS team at JLT Specialty in London and was responsible for business development within the global CPS division. Prior to this Matthew was based in Singapore for five years where he was the Managing Director of JLT CPS business in Asia. During this time he successfully developed the business so that it is now one of the leading specialized credit and political risks brokers in Asia with a team of specialists across the Asia region. Matthew has over nineteen years of experience in the insurance broking sector and for the last sixteen years has specialized within the credit, political and security risk insurance market. Matthew has also lived and worked in Zimbabwe as well as Asia. Charles Tang Chairman Brazil-China Chamber of Commerce

Charles Tang is Chairman of the Brazil-China Chamber of Commerce. He has been a member of the World Policy Institute of New York and is a member of the Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics in Sao Paulo. He was an investment banker and introduced leasing into Brazil as an executive for the Bank of Boston. He also established the first leasing company in Spain with Banco del Descuento in Madrid. Charles is Honorary President of the Beijing International Chamber of Commerce; member of the International Advisory Council of the Wuhan Government; economic adviser to the Governments of Jilin City and Huainan; Special Consultant for the Government of Huludao; Adviser to the Government of Jiangxi Provincial Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the Nanning sub-council of the CCPIT; Councilor of the Foreign Trade Council of the Federation of Commerce of São Paulo and Director of the Federation of International Chambers of Commerce. He was President of the Polo Federation of Rio de Janeiro, and a member of the US and UK Polo Associations. Joined YPO at the age of 25 and was a member of WPO. Charles is quoted by The New York Times, The Economist, Financial Times, USA Today, BBC World TV, Le Figaro, Shibom TV, KBS TV, Jiji Press, Exame and others. Charles is a commentator for CCTV News and has contributed articles to the “Folha de São Paulo”. “Estado de São Paulo”, “Globo”, “China Daily”, “International Finance News” of China’s People’s Daily, “The Economist”, “International Business Daily" of Beijing, “World Policy Journal" of New York and other distinguished publications. He has authored a book, “Brazil China Alliance – A Strategy for Prosperity”, by Editora Aduaneiras in Brazil. He has been a speaker for The Economist, The Economist Intelligence Unit, The Financial Times, Asia Finance, UNCTAD’s World Investment Forum, United Nations CEPAL, UNEP at Rio+20, China Economic Review, China Mining, London Business School, University of Oxford, MIT Sloan, Yale University, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Fundação Dom Cabral, Mare Forum, Global China Business Meeting, GTR Latin America Trade Finance Conference 2015 and others. He has a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University, completed law school at the Estácio de Sá University, where he was also an Assistant Professor of Economic Development, and completed his doctoral course at Paris V, Sorbonne.

Paul Szurek Strategy & Partnerships Blockchain

Blockchain is the world's leading Bitcoin software platform, providing the most-trusted, most-used Bitcoin wallets, APIs, and market data engine. With $30.5 million in Series A venture funding, Blockchain spearheads global innovation in the Bitcoin ecosystem's core infrastructure, making the technology easier to use, more secure, and more valuable for consumers, developers, and businesses in over 100 countries. Paul Szurek leads Blockchain's strategy and partnerships team, identifying high-value use cases for Blockchain software and forging relationships with top players in key industry verticals to build transformative products and applied solutions. Prior to joining the Blockchain team, Paul was an Associate at Insight Venture Partners, where he led investments and portfolio growth strategy in Marketplace, e-Commerce, and SaaS businesses - including DeliveryHero, HelloFresh, CarTrawler, Ensighten, DataSift, and Qualtrics. Paul started his career as a consultant with Bain & Company, working on product and marketing strategy for software and Internet media clients, along with M&A due diligence in Bain's Private Equity Group. Paul graduated /summa cum laude /from Wake Forest University with a B.S. in Mathematical Economics and Spanish, where he held the Carswell academic merit scholarship. Srinivsam Sriram Founder & Chief Executive Officer Skuchain

Sriram is a passionate entrepreneur looking to bring efficiencies into the Supply Chain. He has previously built Risk Management software at Salomon Bros., founded an ecommerce startup during the dot-com heyday and played EIR with a small fund. He enjoys hackathons and has done the Executive Program at Stanford GSB. Fabio Federici Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer Coinalytics

Fabio Federici initially founded Coinalytics in 2014 and is since Chief Executive Officer of the company. He continues to wear several hats at the company and maintains relationships to customers, manages product development and secures the necessary resources. Prior to founding Coinalytics Fabio was enrolled at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Art in Switzerland, pursuing a Master in Business Administration. One semester into the program Fabio got handed the opportunity to take Coinalytics and join the acclaimed 500 Startups accelerator program in Mountain View, California. In the short time since inception the company has raised over $1 million in venture capital from Silicon Valley, obtained various nominations, like “Top Technology to Watch 2014” from the Government Technology Research Alliance and participated in the finals of the BBVA “Open Talent” Competition, as well as the UBS “Future of Finance Challenge” in 2015.

Edan Yago Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer Epiphyte

Edan Yago is the Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Epiphyte. Maureen Sullivan Managing Director, North American Trade Sales Head Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Maureen Sullivan is managing director and head of North American Sales for Global Trade & Supply Chain Finance Solutions at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Ms. Sullivan’s team is responsible for delivering the full spectrum of trade finance solutions including structured trade and supply chain finance programs as well as traditional trade services to a diverse customer base across all industry segments located in North America. Previously, Ms. Sullivan served as Global Trade Product Manager at JPMorgan Chase specializing in the development of innovative trade tools that assisted clients with working capital optimization, process improvements and risk management. Additionally, she spent many years with Citigroup’s Global Trade Finance division where her responsibilities included origination/sales management, global product management and regional business head. Ms. Sullivan is a frequent speaker at trade forums and publishes articles on trade finance dynamics.

Robert Krieger President Krieger Worldwide

Born in New York. Graduated Hamilton High School is Los Angeles. BA Biology (1977) San Francisco State University. I started working part time for my late father in the late 1960’s. After graduating SFSU, I briefly attended medical school and was hired as a full time messenger by Norman Krieger Customhouse Broker in 1979. I was transferred to the Los Angeles airport office in 1981. I trained under Roy Powers, a former Customs Agent, where I learned the Customs Regulations, classification and valuation. I obtained my Customs Brokers License in 1982. In 1984, I became Vice President of Norman Krieger Inc. In 1995, I became President of Norman Krieger Inc. I taught the GLS class on Customs Brokerage at Cal State Long Beach. I taught a class on International Transportation and Logistics at UCLA. I taught numerous classes in Los Angeles titled “How to Start an Import/ Export Business”. I testified in a case at the Court of International Trade and have provided expert witness testimony in a couple of court cases. I have given presentations to foreign groups in Hong Kong SAR, Guanzhou PRC, Melbourne, Sidney, and Brisbane Australia, and Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban South Africa, and Nuouvo Hamburgo, Brazil. I have given presentations to many trade groups in the U.S. including the Footwear Distributors and Retailers Association (FDRA), the US Association of Importers of Apparel and Textiles (currently known as the USFIA), the California Fashion Association (CFA), the Fashion Business Institute (FBI) and numerous other trade functions. I’ve served on the Customs Committee of the Los Angeles Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association (LACBFAA) and as a Director of the Foreign Trade Association of Southern California (FTA). I have participated in two Trade Missions- one to the Peoples Republic of China, and the other to the Republic of South Africa. My greatest achievement is that I am the father of 6 children. My hobbies include collecting art deco, watches, and fountain pens, camping and hiking. My next greatest achievement is helping companies who import achieve their goals of on time delivery of their products, paying the lowest amount of duties possible, while being fully compliant with all government rules and regulations. I’m also proud to work with a wonderful dedicated group of professionals and to have helped many clients build their successful import/ export program and helped save them large amounts of freight and duty.

Inwha Huh Regional Head, Global Trade & Receivables Finance HSBC

Inwha Huh is Executive Vice President, Head of Global Trade and Receivables Finance, North America, for HSBC Bank USA, N.A., a subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE:HBC), one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organizations. In this role, she is responsible for leading and managing GTRF business across Commercial and Global Banking clients. With 20+ years of experience in the trade finance market, Inwha joined HSBC from GE Capital, where she was head of global business development and capital markets of Working Capital Solutions. Prior to that, she was head of structured trade finance and distribution-Americas, at Deutsche Bank. She held a variety of roles in syndicated loans and trade finance in the U.S., UK and Asia. Inwha holds a MBA in International Finance from American University, attended Clark University & Columbia University School of International Public Affairs. She has served as a board member on the Association of Trade Finance & Forfaiting, Financial Women’s Association and Friends International. Geoffrey de Mowbray Chief Executive Dints International

Geoff is an experienced entrepreneur having created several businesses since his late teens, although his first was trading snap bracelets and t-shirts in the school playground aged 7! While living in Cameroon in his late teens Geoff began working at an IT college fixing imported computers with the local students. He began importing goods and parts for local companies who were struggling to find parts for their operations and this was the beginning of the business as it is today. Following experiences with IT, satellite communications and London property development, Geoff created Dints International in 2007 focusing the company on supporting the heavy equipment industries in Africa. Drawing on his experience of businesses and cultures throughout Africa, Europe, USA, South America and Asia, his objective is to develop effective and tangible supply chain solutions around the globe while promoting responsible and sustainable business. John Stillwaggon Vice-President, Sales DS-Concept Factoring

John Stillwaggon is Senior Vice President of Sales at DS-Concept Factoring USA. Mr. Stillwaggon is responsible for sales of all of DS-Concept’s financial products, including cross-border non-recourse factoring, reverse factoring, and trade finance for small and middle market companies around the world. Prior to joining DS-Concept, Mr. Stillwaggon held business development roles at both a major credit insurance carrier as well as a boutique brokerage. Stillwaggon holds a BA from Siena College, an MA from Boston University, and a dual certificate in international trade, logistics, and finance and credit analysis from New York University.

Ken Rosenberg Senior Vice-President & Manager, International Banking Department Bridge Bank

Ken Rosenberg is a senior executive with over 30 years of experience in international banking and trade finance and heads up the International Banking Group at Bridge Bank. Mr. Rosenberg is an expert in international banking, trade finance and export trading company operations and has conducted business in 35 countries. He has extensive experience in the creation and delivery of unique international financial products and services. He pioneered the concept of outsourcing inventory ownership of goods in the supply chain and developed the concept of using trading company techniques to finance international trade transactions. Mr. Rosenberg has developed and implemented business plans for several major banks including the start-up of an international banking corporation, a foreign accounts receivable factoring company and a supply chain finance division. Mr. Rosenberg has testified as an expert witness on Export Trading Companies before the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He is a regular speaker at industry and trade seminars and conferences. Mr. Rosenberg received his education at Oregon State University and Portland State University with an emphasis on marketing and finance.

Jim Miller President Global Trading Partners

In 1992 Jim Miller founded Global Trading Partners, Inc., a trade and purchase order financing company. Since inception, the company has financed thousands of domestic and international trade transactions and supported transactions from as small as five thousand dollars to in excess of one million dollars in funding requirements. Jim formed the company for the purpose of providing transactional financing alternatives that didn’t currently exist to start-up, entrepreneurial, small and mid-size businesses. Born in Seattle, Washington and raised in California, Jim has been associated with the banking and financing industry since graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Finance degree from Santa Clara University. Prior to founding Global Trading Partners, Jim was Vice President with US Bancorp’s wholly-owned subsidiary, US World Trade Corporation and Vice President of Union Bank of California. Passionate about his family and community, Jim coaches his three sons in baseball and soccer and remains active as past president and board member of his North County San Diego community’s Little League and other community organizations. Outside of business and community interests, Jim and his wife Holly maintain an active travel schedule and enjoy visiting all places far and near their home in San Diego, California.

Rafael de la Rosa Director Government Relations Silicon Valley Leadership Group

Rafael De La Rosa is the Director of Government Relations for the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. In this capacity, he promotes and advances the Leadership Group’s priorities by working with elected officials, state leaders, coalition partners, and member company government relations representatives. Working closely with these groups, he helps align the goals of the Leadership Group by facilitating forums, discussions and advocacy trips to Sacramento and Washington DC. The Leadership Group focuses on advancing legislation that supports the growth of the innovation economy. Before joining the Leadership Group, Rafael was Legislative Director to Assemblymember Matthew Dababneh (AD-45), Chairman of the Banking and Finance Committee for the California State Assembly. He served as lead staffer to Assemblymember Dababneh overseeing issues relating to the financial services sector as well as business and consumer protection concerns. Additionally, before joining Assemblymember Dababneh's staff in Sacramento, he worked as a Legislative Assistant on Capitol Hill for Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-30) who is a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee. He is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles and was born and raised in Ventura, California. Bryon Borgardt Chief Financial Officer Vinculum Communications

Currently CFO of Vinculum Communications, a privately held VoIP Telecom Company, since 2007. Participated in increasing revenue by 300 plus percent and turning business from a negative cash flow position to positive while substantially increasing profits. Recently sold a losing retail division for one times revenue. In 2015 completed a conversion of investor convertible notes to preferred stock and negotiated an EXIM guaranteed bank line of credit. Prior to joining Vinculum led the sale of two businesses owned by private equity achieving an excellent return for investors. Earlier career was employed by $2 billion public International Building Products Company based in Australia in various financial and operational roles. Substantial experience with international businesses both in financial roles and management. Spent two years living in Australia as General Manager of an Irrigation subsidiary and had bottom line responsibility for several USA subsidiaries. Led the acquisition of several companies and the sale of several more. Additional experience in raising capital, debt, and international tax. Hold an MBA and have attended the Institute of Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Thomas Burr Director, Transactional Trade Finance MUFG Union Bank

Thomas Burr is a seasoned trade finance specialist with over 30 years of experience in traditional trade finance, structured trade finance, and international finance advisory services. During his career Thomas has gained deep experience with the export and import requirements of large corporate clients as well as with small business and middle market companies (SMEs). Mr. Burr is fluent in export credit agency (ECA) and multilateral and development bank programs designed to finance the export of capital goods and services as well as direct foreign investment. He is also very experienced with the effective use of external resources such as the US Commercial Service, Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) and the SBA in advising US companies about the development and implementation of export strategies. Presently Thomas Burr is the manager of MUFG Union Bank’s Global Trade Services team delivering traditional trade finance and working capital structures to the SME, middle market and corporate banking clients. MUFG Union Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., a subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. one of the world's largest financial organizations. Prior to joining Union Bank Mr. Burr was Managing Director at Guggenheim Sovereign LLC, a joint venture with Guggenheim Capital in Chicago where he was responsible for ECA finance structures for sovereign projects in the Middle East and Latin America. Prior to his time at Guggenheim he was the manager of the Export Finance team at City National Bank in Los Angeles serving the SME and Middle Market segment. Prior to his time at City National Bank he was a Managing Director at Bank of America in the Structured Trade Finance Division covering large corporate clients and the Asian Market. Mr. Burr is currently a member of the District Export Council of Southern California and is on the editorial staff of the Global Trade Review magazine covering the SME market for the West Coast. Jeff Deiss Regional Export Finance Manager-Northern California, International Trade Finance Manager-Western US US Small Business Administration

Jeff Deiss (pronounced “Deese”) is a Regional Export Finance Manager with the US Small Business Administration (SBA), a position he has held since 2011. He is one of 20 such SBA loan officers in the nation who provide export financing assistance as part of the suite of services available from multi-agency US Export Assistance Centers (USEAC’s). After working 2 years in Portland, OR, Jeff opened SBA’s San Francisco, CA export office in late 2013. He works with exporters and commercial lenders in northern and central California to find export financing solutions for small businesses. He also serves as the team leader for all of SBA’s export finance officers in the Western US. Prior to joining SBA, Jeff was involved in commercial lending at USDA Rural Development where he was responsible for delivering a variety of financing programs to address the needs of rural communities. From 2005 to 2011, Jeff was USDA’s Business Programs Director in Oregon where he oversaw the delivery of business financing and economic development programs. He began his career with USDA in 1983 doing agricultural lending. Jeff holds an MS and BS from the University of California Davis, and a BA from Claremont McKenna College.

Rob Pierson Letter of Credit Specialist Whalen Furniture Manufacturing

Rob Pierson is a Letter of Credit specialist with Whalen Furniture, a Li and Fung Products company. Focusing on the logistical financial side of the company is responsible for oversight of document preparation and presentation for Big Box Retailers. Responsible for coordinating with Supply Chain in China and financial headquarters in Hong Kong to process close to 150 million in a year in receivables. Working solely with LC’s and Open Accounts, responsible for streamlining efficiency by utilizing new changes in industry and reducing discrepancies. Concentrating on straight through processing, servicing our customers, and regulating DSO. All process completed with one goal in mind-reducing costs in Trade Services. Jeff Finley Chief Financial Officer Westside Trading

Westside Trading's Chief Financial Officer, Jeff Finley, has spent the last 19 years in the areas of finance, asset management, and marketing in major markets such as New York, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and California's Central Valley. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in International Business, with a minor in Economics ('96) and his Master of Business Administration degree ('05) both from California State University, Fresno. Mr. Finley has also been a professor in the Department of Marketing and Logistics at California State University, Fresno for the last 8 years teaching courses on the subjects of Marketing Principals, Research, Consumer Behavior, and Export and Global Marketing.

Debra Davis Credit Manager Crystal Creamery (Foster Farms Dairy)

My career in credit and collections began in 1988 at Harris Moran Seed Company. Harris Moran sold vegetable and flower seed throughout the world. We managed an extensive international customer base with letters of credit, performance bonds and open lines of credit. In 1992 they were picked up in a hostel stock take over and most of the company’s patents were taken over resulting in a massive downsizing of the company. From 1992 to 2002 I worked in the wholesale building industry. We had a branch in Tokyo and shipped a significant amount of product to the Asian markets, primarily on open lines of credit. With letters of credit not being supported by senior management our bad debt for international sales was extremely high in comparison to our domestic sales. In 2002 I side stepped my credit management position and took an opportunity to work for a non- profit credit management association. There I consulted with credit managers in everything from building materials to pharmaceuticals. I worked with them on credit reports, collections, international sales, material liens and educational opportunities until 2009 when they downsized the northern CA division in 2009. In 2010 I became a member of the Board of Directors for the Association. I was on the board until 2015. Just prior to the associations downsizing I signed a new client, Foster Dairy Farms. When they learned I was available they immediately contacted me with an offer to join their team as the credit manager. Since becoming a member of the Foster Family in 2009 we have purchased 3 companies and expanded into international sales. We now ship product to China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Vietnam, Holland, Iran and Mexico.

Danielle Austin Director, International Trade Solutions, Americas Wells Fargo

Danielle Austin is a recognized professional for providing informative articles, workshops, in-house training, and webinars on Export Trade Finance. She is a speaker, writer and a practitioner for over 20 years working for Fortune 500 and now on the bank side facilitating trade for 100s of clients as Director International Trade Services – Americas located in San Francisco. She helps clients mitigate risk for both buyers and sellers while maximizing both sides of the logistics flow, by stretching Importers DPO and decreasing the Exporters DSO! She is actively managing all aspects of Trade within Agriculture, Manufacturing or the Technology space. She teaches Export LCs coast to coast as well as internationally presenting from the Beneficiary’s point of view. She enlightens Exporters how to simply master the art of this process of the LC and take the intimidation factor out of it. She’s been on a mission to “Educate the Exporters” equip them to ship around the world and get paid in days! She is published through various International Trade journals and was a contributing editor for LCM-Letter of Credit Monitor, NACM, Credit Today and an active participant with the District Export Council on the educational committee. She represented U.S. Exporters for a UCP600 revision meeting in Paris on the U.S. Banking Committee through the United States Council for International Business (USCIB). With a comprehensive understanding of the UCP (Uniform Customs Practice), ISBP (International Standard Banking Practice), and Incoterms 2010, her training provides the most effective methods to manage the process internally. Her motto is “Turn your discrepancies into payments, never be at the mercy of your customer, their Freight Forwarder or the Issuing bank, understand how to take control of this process!”

Gary Cutress International Sales Director Bolero

Gary Cutress joined Bolero in December 2013 to lead and expand world-wide sales operations. With more than 23 years’ experience in the software industry, working at all levels of the business, Mr Cutress is responsible for Bolero’s ePresentation and Multi-Bank Trade Finance solutions globally. During his time with Bolero he has been responsible for helping customers achieve the digitisation of trade documentation and providing a different way to optimise complex international trade chains. Providing corporate customers with access to a community of trade enablers, from banks to ocean carriers, users are able to manage their complete financial and trade processes. From multi-banking connectivity for Treasury, through to the integration of electronic Bills of Lading and ePresentation under eUCP, these solutions dramatically reduce time in the trade cycles and provide serious benefit to all connected parties. Mr Cutress came to Bolero from Progress Software who acquired Corticon (Business Rules leader) in 2011. As EMEA Sales and Marketing Director at Corticon he was focussed on the implementation and sales growth of the EMEA & Emerging Markets focussing on Business Process and Change Management. He joined Corticon from Global360, where he was responsible for the implementation and growth of Business Process Management (BPM) in financial systems and Electronic Document Management (EDM) solutions across EMEA & Emerging Markets. Prior to that he held the position of EMEA Managing Director for Attunity. In this position Mr. Cutress established vertically-aligned sales operations whereby all sales and pre-sales were focused on industry solution and restructured and led the sales, pre-sales, marketing and professional services operations. Prior to Attunity, Mr. Cutress was the European Sales Director at Metastorm, another leading company in the BPM space. During his 5 year tenure he increased EMEA revenues on average over 30% year on year. Bolero provides a range of SAAS based software solutions designed to deliver value to all participants in a trade chain. Bolero’s customers benefit from increased operational efficiency, reduced cost of operations and accelerated time to cash. Glenn Kocher Managing Director Receivables Exchange

Glenn Kocher is a Managing Director at The Receivables Exchange, where he is responsible for institutional sales, supporting corporates trading over the exchange. Prior to RecX, Glenn was Head of Trade Finance and Working Capital Americas at Barclays, where he led the delivery of traditional trade and open account products to the bank's corporate and financial institutions clients. Glenn has held previous trade finance roles in the bank's London and Paris offices. Prior to Barclays, Glenn worked for a number of years in the buy-side asset management industry with institutional investment firm, Cambridge Associates, both in their Washington DC and London offices. Glenn holds a degree in International Economics from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and an MBA from INSEAD.

Terry Pierce Strategic Account Executive, Americas PrimeRevenue

As a Senior Strategic Account Executive at PrimeRevenue, Inc., Terry is responsible for the marketing/sales, delivery, and ongoing strategic support of PrimeRevenue’s OpenSCi suite of products to new and current clients. Terry has specific focus on the continued growth and dominance of PrimeRevenue’s Supply Chain Finance, A/R Finance, and Dynamic Discounting products. Terry began his career in the National Football League, drafted in the 2nd Round (51) of the 2003 NFL Draft to the Denver Broncos after leaving Kansas State University after his Junior season as an Academic All-American and All-American Linebacker. He later joined the NFL’s Business Program, a joint program with Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business where he studied Commercial Banking, Investments, and Entrepreneurship. Prior to joining PrimeRevenue, Terry held a number of leadership positions in financial services ranging from Global Private Client Wealth Advisor with Merrill Lynch to Managing Director at MassMutual Financial Group. Terry joined Pollenware in 2010 as the Manager of the newly created Supplier Relationship Team to help the start-up build the process for selling the Buyer Funded Dynamic Discounting Solution to their suppliers. Terry holds a Bachelor of Business Administration-Financial Management from Kansas State University, an Associate of Business Administration-Commercial Banking from University of Missouri-KC, and his series 7 and 66 securities licenses. He is a member of the International Factoring Association, Association for Financial Professionals, International Trade and Finance Association, and the National Football League Retired Players Association. Don Harkey Senior Vice-President Arthur J Gallagher & Co

Don Harkey is a Senior Vice President at Arthur J Gallagher & Company in New York and is charged with the expansion of their N. American trade credit and political risk business. Don has worked on all sides of international insurance and finance structures for the past almost 40 years having been a banker, an insurance broker and an underwriter. Arthur J Gallagher & Co. is the world’s 4th largest insurance broker and risk management services firm. The firm provides a full range of retail and wholesale property/ casualty insurance brokerage and alternative risk transfer services globally.

Rani Christie Managing Director, California Euler Hermes North America

Rani Christie joined Euler Hermes in 2005. He began his career in the investment banking industry and then moved into sales. He held various high-level sales management positions with Private Business, Inc., MediTract, Inc., and DigiScript, Inc., before joining Euler Hermes as Regional Vice President of Sales. He was later named National Sales Director for UMA, the collections arm of Euler Hermes. In 2011, Rani was promoted to Senior Vice President, National Sales Director and Regional Head of Distribution for the Americas Region. In this role, he implemented a number of key sales initiatives which were important contributors to making 2012 an outstanding year for Euler Hermes North America. In 2013, Rani took over as Managing Director of Euler Hermes California, where he is using his distribution experience and focus on top-line growth to create more opportunities in the marketplace. Peter Jordan Senior Vice-President, Trade Credit & Political Risk Insurance Marsh

Peter Jordan is a Senior Vice President within Marsh, Inc.’s US National Trade Credit Practice and is based in Los Angeles. Peter is responsible for business development and key account relationships for the Western Region. With over twenty-four years of trade credit experience, Peter provides a high level of expertise in trade credit risk program design and alternative risk transfer solutions. Peter also specializes in political risk insurance placements and consulting. Prior to joining Marsh in 2012, Peter was a Director at another trade credit broker for twenty-seven years, managing relationships for a portfolio of multinational clients. During this time, Peter was also a broker for Marine and Energy Insurance and worked as a Political Risk broker at Lloyd’s of London. Peter started his insurance career with Cigna and AFIA as a Political Risk insurance underwriter. Previously, he worked for a political risk consultant. Andre Python Vice-President, Underwriting FCIA Management Company

André F. Python, Jr. is Senior Vice President of Underwriting for FCIA Management Company, (FCIA). FCIA offers a wide array of flexible Trade Credit & Political Risk coverages for companies and financial institutions either on a portfolio or individual risk basis. André manages FCIA’s Multi-Buyer Underwriting Operations. In addition to these responsibilities André is also a member of FCIA’s Senior Credit Committee, Claims Committee and Business Development Committee. He received his B.A. degree in History from Manhattan College and his M.B.A. from Pace University. Since completing his undergraduate studies at Manhattan College, Mr. Python has spent the majority of his career in the trade credit and political risk insurance field.

Gary Mendell President Meridian Finance Group

Gary Mendell is President of Meridian Finance Group, a company providing credit, insurance, and trade finance tools that exporters use to expand their international sales. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1976, Gary has over 35 years of experience in domestic and international sales, distribution, and finance. Prior to Meridian Finance Group, he held positions managing international business development for companies in the pharmaceutical, aerospace, and plastics industries. Gary has received the President’s “E” Award and recognition from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Ex-Im Bank, and the Small Business Administration for Meridian’s contributions to international trade. Rob Hough Broker, Financial & Political Risks CGNMB

Rob was a founding member of the Financial & Political Risks team in 2011 and has been part of the successful growth of the team. The team help to place many deals all over the world on behalf of Banks, Traders and Corporates and have won a GTR Award for their expertise on the African Continent. Product lines include protection against losses linked to the following perils: Trade Credit, Contract Frustration, Confiscation, Expropriation, Nationalisation, Forced Abandonment, War, Civil War, Strikes, Riots, Civil Commotion and Terrorism.