ITFA NERC Annual Spring Event, Amsterdam

The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that the ITFA Northern European Regional Committee (NERC) will be partnering with Credit Europe Bank N.V., to organise the Annual Spring Event and will be hosting ITFA members on Tuesday the 16th of May 2023 in Amsterdam.

The event, which is open for ITFA members only, will kick off with a topical seminar at 14:00 and will be followed by a drinks, dinner and networking reception from 18.30 onwards. 

Venue: Amstel Boathouse, Amsteldijk 223, 1079 LK Amsterdam.

The final agenda is as follows:

 14:00 – Arrival and Registration

14:15 – Welcome notes from your hosts Credit Europe Bank N.V. and ITFA

14:30 – Russia’s War in Ukraine: One year and counting 
Discussion of various scenarios with Ilayda Nijhar, Global Risk Analyst at ODI.

15:30 – Tracing African opportunities through unprecedented times.
Presented by Robert Besseling, CEO and Founder of Pangea Risk

16:30 – Turkey at a Crossroads: where to from here?
Panel discussion with David Hauner, Head of Cross Asset Strategy and Economics for EEMEA at Bank of America Merrill LynchErich Arispe, Senior Director at Fitch Ratings and Osman Cevdet Akçay, Independent Economist and Advisor on Turkey. The panel will be moderated by Zeyno Davutoglu, ExCo Member, Head of Bank Relations and SCF at Credit Europe Bank N.V.
 
17:30 – ESG: Banks’ best practices.
Panel discussion with Joel Bensoor, Portfolio Director & Head of FSG Portfolio Management at British International Investments and Jorrit Baken, Commercial Director & ESG Leader Northern Europe at Allianz Trade. The panel will be moderated by Natasa Kovac, Trade Distribution and Portfolio Management at ING Bank NV

18:30 till late – drinks, dinner and networking reception
 
 Given the high number of participants we urge to secure your place and register asap since the latest date of registration is Thursday, May 11. Kindly submit your registration through the online form here.

Whilst we thank all those who have already registered, should you, for any reason, no longer wish to attend or in case you need to cancel due to unforeseen circumstances, may we kindly ask you to drop a short email to sec@itfa.org advising us accordingly.

We look forward to see you there!