Emerging Markets Trade & Political Risk, London

Event Review

The gathering has quickly established itself as the premier event for the political and trade risk community among insurers, brokers, bankers and corporates.

Issues facing risk practitioners such as regional risks, premium levels, trade finance environments, trends and developments in the private market, risk management and risk pricing, reinsurance for banks, legal issues, economic meltdown scenarios and much more was on the agenda.

The whole second day was devoted to terrorism and how the trade finance market can and should approach such threats. We were lucky enough to have the BBC's senior editor John Simpson there to address delegates on his incisive insight on Middle East politics and risk.

Networking for attendees, as ever with Exporta conferences, was a priority with an evening reception laid on after the first day.

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The gathering has quickly established itself as the premier event for the political and trade risk community among insurers, brokers, bankers and corporates.

Issues facing risk practitioners such as regional risks, premium levels, trade finance environments, trends and developments in the private market, risk management and risk pricing, reinsurance for banks, legal issues, economic meltdown scenarios and much more was on the agenda.

The whole second day was devoted to terrorism and how the trade finance market can and should approach such threats. We were lucky enough to have the BBC's senior editor John Simpson there to address delegates on his incisive insight on Middle East politics and risk.

Networking for attendees, as ever with Exporta conferences, was a priority with an evening reception laid on after the first day.

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Programme

Day One

10.15 The Russian credit environment: Structured trade finance – fact or figleaf?
John MacNamara, Managing Director, CIB/GTF/Structured Trade & Export Finance, Deutsche Bank AG

10.45 Networking break

11.15 From oil boom to investment boom: political risks, economic reforms and business opportunities in the Middle East
Nader Habibi, Head of Middle East Desk, Global Insight

11.45 Structured trade and projects in Sub-Saharan Africa
Peter Hornsby, Managing Director, Political Risks Division,
Alexander Forbes Risk Services (UK) Limited

12.15 Lunch

14.00 Trends and developments in the private market
Sian Aspinall, Senior Vice-President, Political Risk & Trade Credit, Emerging Markets, Zurich

14.40 Risk management and risk pricing
Steve Capon, Head of Country and Credit Risk Management, ACE Global Markets

15.20 Networking break

15.50 Reinsurance for banks: a third way to manage trade finance credit risk between PRI and syndication
Paul Wollny, Vice-President, GE Insurance Solutions, Bank Trade Finance

16.30 Non-payment insurance policies and Basel II
Charles Berry, Chairman, BPL Global

17.10 Defaulted debt: investment recovery
Jurriaan Braat, Managing Director, Omni Whittington Emerging Markets BV;
Nina Hall, Senior Legal Counsel, Omni Whittington Emerging Markets Ltd

17.50 Close of day one, followed by evening reception

Day Two

11.15 Economic meltdown: stress testing the system and your bottom line
Michel Léonard, Chief Economist and Head of Emerging Markets Consulting, Jardine Lloyd Thompson, LLC

12.00 Interactive panel discussion: project finance, lenders interest and insurance cover available
Keith Martin, Senior Marketing Specialist, MIGA;
Sandy Cheetham, JLT Risk Solutions;
David James, Terrorism and Political Risk Underwriter, Ascot;
Stephanie Hudson, Director, Oil and Gas Project Finance, Standard Chartered Bank;
David Claridge, Managing Director, Janusian Security Risk Management plc

13.15 Lunch

14.30 Trends of terrorism against business
David Claridge, Managing Director, Janusian Security Risk Management plc

15.00 Forecasting terrorism – when and where
Darko Bredic, Managing Director, Avance EMS

15.30 Terrorism in perspective
Bill Durodié, Senior Lecturer in Risk and Security, Resilience Centre, Cranfield University, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

16.00 The financial industry – fighting terrorism and its funding
David Leppan, Chief Executive Officer, World-Check

16.30 Conclusions and close of conference followed by networking break

Sponsors

Sponsorship opportunities including exhibition stands are available for this event.

To become a sponsor, please contact Tom Whitehead, Head of Sponsorship Sales at twhitehead@exportagroup.com.

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