ITFA Seminar and Christmas Party 2024, London

The event will take place on Monday, December 9th, 2024, at The Steel Yard in London, offering a joyful evening of celebration exclusively for ITFA members.

Before the festivities begin, we’re also hosting an insightful Seminar starting at 2:00 PM. This will be an engaging session filled with valuable content, and we encourage you to join us for both the Seminar and the Party.

The agenda is as follows:

13:30 – 14:00    Welcome coffee and registration

14:00 – 14:10    Welcome by Sean Edwards, ITFA Chairman

14:10 – 15:10    Don’t be an ostrich in the sand! 

Moderator
Peter Sargent, Head of Transaction Banking, DNB Bank

Speakers:
Alexandra Shipulina, Legal Counsel, Bank ABC
Grant Eldred, Partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
Geoffrey Wynne, Partner, Sullivan & Worcester UK LLP

15:10 – 15:30           Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:30    Global trade risk in 2024

Moderator: 
Paul Fennell, Director Trade Distribution, Lloyds Bank

Speakers:
Adam Clark, Senior Underwriter – Financial Risk Solutions, Liberty Specialty Markets
Shona Tatchell, Director, EBRD
Elcin Onat, Senior Vice President, Citi
Amine Drissi-Kamili, Business Development Director, BACB

16:30 – 17:15    ESG Frameworks and Principles – Focusing on the ‘S’ in ESG

Moderator:
Dr. Rebecca Harding, Independent Trade and Trade Finance Economist; Founder, Rebeccanomics 

Speakers:
Rob Palfrey, CEO, Minerva SRM
Tobias Miarka, Head of Corporate Banking, Coalition Greenwich
Jonathan van der Westhuizen, Executive, British International Investment plc
More speakers to be confirmed

17:15 – 17:30   Closing remarks 

18:00 – 00:00    Christmas party – Complimentary beer and wine served till 10pm.
 
REGISTER HERE 

We kindly request that the Main Delegate of each member institution completes the registration form. In case this right will need to be delegated, we kindly ask the main delegate to advise us by sending an email to sec@itfa.org.

The numbers are restricted to 2 delegates per member institution attending both the Seminar and Cocktail Party and an additional 3 delegates attending the Cocktail Party only. The deadline for registration is Friday, November 22, 2024. We would like to emphasize that access to the event is limited to confirmed guests only.

NOTE: If your institution was a Silver sponsor or higher, at our Annual Conference in Cyprus, or if you’ve already secured Silver sponsorship or higher for the 2025 ITFA Annual Conference in Singapore, please reach out to us at sec@itfa.org for additional complimentary tickets.

Whilst we thank you for your interest, should you, for any reason, no longer wish to attend the seminar or the party, or in case you need to cancel due to unforeseen circumstances, may we kindly ask you to drop us an email at sec@itfa.org advising us accordingly.

We look forward to seeing a good number of you there!