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ITFA represents the rights and interests of banks, financial institutions and service providers involved in trade risk and asset origination and distribution.Our Mission
The ITFA Board is pleased to announce that ITFA, Berne Union and IE School of Global and Public Affairs are jointly organising a Trade and Export Finance Educational Seminar which is going to be held on the 23rd March 2020 in Madrid, Spain. The seminar will take place at IE Business School Aula Magna (C/ María de Molina 11. 28006 Madrid.
The preliminary agenda is as follows:
| 14:45 | Registration | |
| 15:00 | Welcome by the host (IE School of Global and Public Affairs) | |
| Daniel Kselman, Vice Dean of Academic Affairs | ||
| 15:05 | Trade & Export Finance: The basics of a vibrant industry. | |
| Duarte Pedreira (ITFA, Head of Emerging Leaders) Aycan Ertugrul (Berne Union, Investment Committee Manager) | ||
| 16:00 | ITFA, who we are and what we do. | |
| Sean Edwards (ITFA Chairman & SMBC, Head of Legal) | ||
| 16:15 | Libor replacement: impact in the trade finance market | |
| Sean Edwards (ITFA Chairman & SMBC, Head of Legal) | ||
| 16:45 | Networking Coffee Break (sponsored by TWC) | |
| 17:15 | Trade Finance Panel – Market Trends (Trade Finance Gap, FinTech, Base IV Trade Finance impact, Trade Finance Distribution Initiative) | |
| Moderator: Zeyno Davutoglu (Credit Europe, EVP Banks Relations and ITFA Head of Education) | ||
| Panelists: – Miguel Aguirre (Coface, Head of Political and Single Risk) – Baihas Baghdadi (TWC, CEO & Founder) – Andre Casterman (INTIX, Tradeteq and ITFA Head of Fintech) – Sean Edwards (SMBC Head of Legal and TFA Chairman) – Duarte Pedreira (Crowns Agent Bank, Head of Trade Finance and ITFA Head of Emerging Leaders) | ||
| 18:00 | Export Finance panel – Market Trends | |
| 18:45 | Trade Finance, the oil that keeps world trade engine going. An exciting career choice. | |
| Moderator: Elvira Bobillo (Trade & Export Finance Professor) | ||
| Panelists: – Alberto Carrion (Santander, Private Debt Mobilization, Corporate and Investment Banking) – Rafa Duarte (Bankinter, Head of International Financial Institutions) – Enrique Larroque (Sabadell, Head of Global Trade Finance) – Natalia Mesa (Caixabank, Trade Finance / Syndicated Guarantees) | ||
| 19:30 | Closing Remarks | |
| Sean Edwards | ||
The purpose of this seminar is to spread knowledge of trade and export finance within the academic community and encourage discussion with banks, insurance companies, fintech, law firms and any institution involved in trade finance.
May we take the opportunity to remind our former Spanish ITFA members of the benefits of ITFA membership, as well as those institutions that have never been ITFA members. We encourage you to visit the ITFA website for a list of membership benefits.
Should you wish to attend please RSVP by sending an email on lanika@itfa.org by latest Thursday 19th March. Attendance is free of charge for ITFA members with a maximum of 5 participants per ITFA member institution. A more detailed agenda will follow in due course.
Looking forward to seeing you in Madrid.
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