Announcing the newly set up African Regional Committee

As discussed during the ITFA Conference in Edinburgh, 2018 will be ”The Year of Africa” within ITFA. Not only will the next annual conference be held in Cape Town, but we also want to make decisive progress in terms of getting new members from Sub-Saharan Africa to join our ranks and benefit from everything that ITFA has to offer.

Within that context, the ITFA Board is pleased to announce the creation of an African Regional Committee. The committee will be mandated to set ITFA’s agenda in Africa and also execute the association’s strategy in the continent.

We are pleased to announce that the African RC Board has now been officially set up as follows:

Chairman:

• Duarte Pedreira – ITFA Board Member, Crown Agents Bank

Voting Members:

• Forfaiting Working Group – Afreximbank
• Christian Karam – Africa Trade Finance Ltd
• Ian Henderson – Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd
• Alastair McLeod – JLT
• Louis du Plessis – Rand Merchant Bank
• Simon Cook – Sullivan and Worcester
• Marieme Niang Camara  – Wilben Trade

The ITFA Board is confident that the new African RC will add value to the members it represents, as well as to the whole Association.

Please join us in congratulating the new regional committee members, and wishing them all the best of luck in their new roles.