ITFA IC Day and Insurance Awards Ceremony, Switzerland

The Insurance Committee is delighted to announce the upcoming ITFA Insurance Committee Day, which will conclude with the prestigious ITFA Insurance Awards. This exciting event will take place on Thursday, 5 June 2025, at the Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue, Gheistrasse 37, CH-8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland.

We are pleased to inform you that the agenda has now been finalised, and we look forward to sharing a day of insightful discussions and recognition of excellence within the industry.

This exclusive ITFA event in Zurich is set in a purpose-built space designed to foster meaningful connections. To elevate the networking experience, we’ll be offering extended opportunities to engage over lunch, coffee breaks, and an apéro riche.

Agenda:

12:00 onwards – Guest registration

12:30 – 14:00  –  Standing Lunch in Foyer & Coffee lounge

14.00 – 14:15  –  Welcome from Swiss Re 

• Veronica Assandri Foldnes, Global Head Commodity, Trade & Sovereign Credit, Swiss Re
• Marilyn Blattner-Hoyle, Head Public Sector Solutions, Swiss Re

14:15 – 14:30  –  ITFA Introduction. Topic: The Role of the Insurance Committee and a Review of Work over the last 12 months. 

• Sian Aspinall, CEO BPL, Chair of ITFA Insurance Committee

14:30 – 15:00  –  Tariffs and trade tensions – An overview of how different geopolitical and trade tension scenarios are shaping the global macroeconomic outlook.

• Charlotte Mueller, European Chief Economist at Swiss Re

15:00 – 15:30  –  Evolving Insurance with AI – This session explores how AI is transforming the insurance and credit industries.

Moderator: Jay Hopkins, Divisional Director of Technology and Partnerships at Howden CAPSpeakers: 

• Daniel O’Connor, Co-Founder and CEO of ProSyft
• Tom Powell, Co-Founder and CEO of BondAval

15:30 – 16:00            Coffee Break

16:00 – 16:45  –  Regulatory Insurance Working Group: Insights from Europe.

• Silja Calac, Head of Advocacy Group and Head of Treasury, ITFA / Head of Private Debt Mobilization GTB Europe at Banco Santander

Insights from the US.  This panel will be held remotely.

• Harpreet Mann, President of Amynta Trade Credit & Political Risk Solutions, Chair of ITFA Americas Insurance Committee,  
• Sanjeev Ganjoo, Managing Director – Global Head Trade Receivable Finance & Commercial Bank Trade Products at Citibank / ITFA Americas Board Member

16:45 – 17:20  –  Insurance Defense – Discussion around Europe’s emerging defense agenda, and how the banks finance and insure defense companies and transactions.

Moderator: Vazgen Abgaryan, Geo Lead EMEA & Senior UW – Trade Finance and Working Capital Solutions at Swiss Re

Speakers: 

• Boris Jaquet, Global Head, Distribution (Corporate Bank, TF&L) at Deutsche Bank AG
• Robert Jaeger, Head Corporate Lending Germany at Commerzbank AG

17:20 – 18:00  –  Closing the Trade Finance Gap – Public-private collaboration to close the TF Gap.

• Duarte Pedreira, ITFA Board member and Global Head of Trade & Working Capital Finance at Crown Agents Bank
• Shona Tatchell, Director of the EBRD Trade Facilitation Programme (joining remotely)

18:00 – 18:45  –  Awards Ceremony

• Sian Aspinall, CEO BPL, Chair of ITFA Insurance Committee
• Geoffroy de Loisy, – Director – Head of Transaction Group at BNP Paribas

19:00 – 21:00  –  Apéro on Terrace or Foyer & Coffee lounge

REGISTER HERE

Ensure your attendance by reserving your spot by Friday, May 23rd, 2025, with a limit of three (3) attendees per member institution on a first-come, first-served basis. We’d like to emphasize that the event is open to all interested ITFA participants, not just members of the Insurance Committee.

We also extend our gratitude to Swiss Re for graciously hosting this event.