Speaker Biographies Singapore 2016 Alphabetically by surname Chris Ash President Trade Finance Solutions

Chris Ash is currently President of London based TFS Europe Ltd, a subsidiary of the Trade Finance Solutions Group based in Toronto, Canada and Miami in the US. The TFS group has been actively engaged in Trade Finance for over 10 years. Chris has been tasked with the expansion of this established Alternative Finance Provider in the Trade Finance arena into the European, Asian and African regions, with plans to open a new office in Singapore shortly. TFS specialise in cross border Trade Finance for trading houses, manufacturers and distributors worldwide, and offer facilities in the $1m to $40m range. Prior to joining TFS, Chris was CEO of Trade Finance Partners, based in London, and held several previous senior roles with independent Trade Finance Houses, as well as major banks. He is a professionally qualified banker with over 30 years’ experience, and is a respected specialist in the Trade Finance space. Marc Auboin Counsellor Economic Research & Statistics World Trade Organization (WTO)

Dr. Marc Auboin is an Economic Counsellor in the World Trade Organization (WTO), responsible for the WTO's trade and finance agenda, which includes trade finance, trade and exchange rates, trade and growth and other related topics. He is also responsible for the daily management of WTO's relations with the IMF and World Bank. Previously he held several positions at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was Deputy-Secretary General of the Monetary Committee of the European Union, worked for the French Treasury. Mr. Auboin holds a PhD in Economics from Sciences-Po Paris, and was a research fellow at the London School of Economics and Yale University. He published pieces of research, views and articles on trade finance issues in the economic press and in academic books and articles. He has been active in developing the WTO agenda on trade finance, and as such, is liaising with multilateral development banks, the IMF and World Bank Group, as well as the G20, on policy issues related to the availability of trade finance

Nolan Bauerle Instigator Skuchain

Nolan was a researcher and writer for the Canadian Senate Banking Committee for several years, studying the 2008 financial meltdown, anti-terrorist financing and the future of Canada’s air industry. No study captured his imagination more than the Banking Committee’s report on cryptocurrencies. Nolan is serial entrepreneur and is excited to contribute to the blockchain revolution. He is a techno-optimist and the author of the science-fiction novel, The Blue Moon as well as the upcoming Diamond Igloo of Iqaluit. Steven Beck Head Trade Finance Asian Development Bank

Steven Beck is the head of trade finance at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In his nine years at the ADB, he has managed exponential growth of the bank’s trade finance program and implemented its first supply-chain finance business. Also while at the ADB, Mr Beck initiated the Trade Finance Register of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), which compiles the only industry-wide statistics on trade-finance default and loss rates. These statistics underpinned changes to the Basel III regulations, freeing billions of dollars to support trade in emerging markets. In 2013, he led an ADB study that, for the first time, quantified trade finance market gaps and their impact on economic growth and jobs. He began his career with roles as a special assistant to the Canadian minister for international trade and as a senior manager at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). He left CIBC to help design and implement a new multilateral development bank, the Black Sea Trade & Development Bank (BSTDB). In this capacity, he focused on Turkey, Russia and countries of the former Soviet Union. Following BSTDB, he took up roles as a senior consultant, including work with the United States Agency for International Development in southern Africa and with a start-up financial institution in Armenia. Mr Beck is on the advisory board of the ICC Banking Commission and the World Trade Board. He is also a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Working Group for Trade Finance. He has an MA from the Fletcher School at Tufts University and a BA from Queen’s University, Ontario.

Andrew Beechey Head Global Financial Risks, Asia Pacific Liberty International Underwriters

Andrew joined Liberty in March 2014 to head up the Asia Pacific region for the Global Financial Risks team. Based in Singapore, his role involves overseeing the development of the political risk, contract frustration and structured trade credit underwriting for the region. Prior to joining Liberty Andrew spent nine years at Zurich, where he was deputy head of the London credit and political risk team and had primary responsibility for new client development and overseeing the day to day underwriting within the team. Before embarking on his underwriting career Andrew spent nine years as a broker for Marsh, working in both the London and US markets. Andrew has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and is ACII qualified. Finbarr Bermingham Asia Editor GTR

Finbarr Bermingham is the Asia Editor of GTR, based in Hong Kong. He has been working in Hong Kong for one year, having previously been based in London and South Korea. As Asia Editor, Finbarr responsible for all Asia coverage in the magazine and its supplements and regularly travels to events around the region. He appears regularly in the international media to discuss Asian issues, particularly those associated with trade and development. He previously worked as the Trade Correspondent for the International Business Times in London, reporting most regularly on international trade and development, sanctions, free trade agreements and commodities fraud. His reporting has also appeared in a host of national and international titles, including Al Jazeera, the Times of London, The Asia Times and the Irish News.

Simon Bessant Director Credit & Political Risk Insurance Texel Finance

Simon Bessant became a Director of Texel Finance Limited in 2012 and manages a team of brokers placing political and trade credit risk insurance for bank, trader and corporate clients. In addition to his management duties, Simon specialises in structuring and negotiating insurance policies to meet clients’ risk management and regulatory needs and has a successful track record placing insurance for complex and/or difficult risks. Simon joined Texel in 2007 after 4 years at Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) where he worked as research analyst and then as a broker in the Credit and Political Risk team where he placed insurance for commodity trader and financial institution clients. Simon graduated from Bath University in 2003. Texel Finance Limited is a Lloyd’s registered and FCA regulated specialised credit and political risk broker, with a deep knowledge base of commodities and structured trade finance. Texel Finance’s parent company also owns Texel Asia Pte Limited, a Singapore-based broker, as well as Texel Capital Limited, which originates, structures, and distributes structured trade finance transactions. David Blair Managing Director Acarate

25 years of management and treasury experience in global companies David Blair was formerly vice-president treasury at Huawei where he drove a treasury transformation for this fast-growing Chinese infocomm equipment supplier. Before that David was group treasurer of Nokia, where he built one of the most respected treasury organisations in the world. He has previous experience with ABB, PriceWaterhouse, and Cargill. David has extensive experience managing global and diverse treasury teams, as well as playing a leading role in e-commerce standard development and in professional associations. He has counselled corporations and banks as well as governments. He trains treasury teams around the world and serves as a preferred tutor to the EuroFinance treasury and risk management training curriculum.

Bruce Blakeman Vice-President Corporate Affairs, Asia Pacific Cargill

Bruce Blakeman is the Vice President for Corporate Affairs in the Asia-Pacific region for Cargill stationed in Singapore. His responsibilities include managing government relations, stakeholder management, M&A, internal & external communications, issues management, and corporate social responsibility activities in the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to joining Cargill in October 2005, Bruce served four years as a Presidential Appointee in the Bush Administration. He was first appointed as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Department of Commerce where he ran the domestic operations of the U.S. Commercial Service (2001-2003). He was then asked to serve as the Secretary of Commerce Donald Evan’s special envoy to China stationed in the Beijing Embassy where he served for two years (2003-2005). Before joining the government, Bruce was a Senior Vice President for Wirthlin Worldwide, living in Washington, D.C., Singapore and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Wirthlin Worldwide was a global communications & branding strategy consultancy and political consulting firm headed by President Ronald Reagan’s chief strategist, Dr. Richard Wirthlin. In the early 1990s, Bruce was the first foreign political campaign advisor to the Liberal Party of Australia, based in Canberra for two-and-a-half years. Bruce began his career as a political campaign manager and consultant. He has also worked for the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee. Bruce is from Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA and grew up on a blueberry farm. Paul Bloxham Chief Economist HSBC

Paul joined HSBC in 2010 as Chief Economist for Australia and New Zealand. Prior to this, he spent almost 12 years as an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia where he held a range of different roles in the economics department, including heading up the overseas economies and financial conditions sections. Paul has published a number of papers, including on household finances, asset prices, monetary policy and global commodity price trends. Paul is a regular commentator on local and international business television and a frequent contributor of opinion editorials to the Australian newspapers. Paul is an adjunct professor at Curtin University and a member of the Australian National University’s shadow reserve bank board. Paul holds a master’s degree in public financial policy from the London School of Economics.

Natalie Blyth Global Head Trade & Receivables Finance HSBC

Natalie Blyth is the Global Head of Trade and Receivables Finance which provides financing and risk mitigation solutions to meet clients’ international and domestic trade requirements. Natalie has over 20 years investment banking experience. She joined the Global Commercial Banking business last year as the Global Head of Large Corporates then Global Head of Client Coverage. Before moving to the Commercial Banking business in 2015, Natalie spent eight years with Global Banking and Markets business as Global Head of the Consumer Group and as Co-Head of UK Banking. Natalie joined HSBC in 2007 from Deutsche Bank, where she spent three years as Head of Consumer. Prior to this, she spent 11 years at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. Before her move into banking, Natalie worked as a solicitor at Stephenson Harwood, focused on corporate law. Natalie has a BSc in Biochemistry from St Andrew’s University. Lee Ark Boon Chief Executive Officer IE Singapore

Mr Lee Ark Boon is the Chief Executive Officer of International Enterprise (IE) Singapore, the government agency promoting international trade and partnering Singapore companies in going global. He is also the Deputy Chairman of Singapore Cooperation Enterprise. Prior to joining IE Singapore, Mr Lee was the Deputy Secretary (Trade) for the Ministry of Trade and Industry from 2013 to 2016. During his tenure, he oversaw the negotiation and implementation of free trade agreements such as the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) and Turkey-Singapore FTA. He also promoted Singapore’s interests at regional and multilateral fora such as ASEAN, APEC and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). During the course of his career, Mr Lee has also served at the Ministry of Manpower, National Security Coordination Secretariat (Prime Minister’s Office), Ministry of Transport, Public Service Division (Prime Minister’s Office) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He graduated from the University Of California, Berkeley and Yale University.

Ong Boon Chye Deputy Director Monetary Authority of Singapore

Mr Ong Boon Chye oversees the development of the capital market in Singapore. Prior to this appointment, Boon Chye served as MAS’ Beijing Representative from 2013 to 2015. Boon Chye has also covered various aspects of MAS’ operations, including supervision of local and foreign banks, development of asset management and Islamic financial services as well as macroeconomic surveillance of Greater China. Boon Chye received his Degree of Bachelor of Business with First Class Honours from Nanyang Technological University. Mark Borton Head Product Management Asia, Global Transaction Banking NAB

Mark Borton is a career banker with over 25 years of experience in the trade finance and cash management space, covering roles at all levels across sales, product management, operations, channel management and customer services with a number of blue-chip banks. He has been with National Australia Bank for 6 years during which time he ran Trade Product Management for Australia before transferring to Singapore to establish an overall product management function for the bank in Asia. Mark now runs a combined team of product management and trade sales professionals dedicated to supporting their customers. Mark is well known within the industry having represented all of the banks that he has been employed with in various capacities on the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), including being chair of ICC Australia’s Banking Committee and one of the representatives on the group that was involved with introducing the ICC global Uniform Rules for Bank Payment Obligations (URBPO).

John Bugeja Managing Director Trade Advisory Network

John Bugeja is a highly experienced trade, supply chain and invoice finance specialist with more than 40 years’ experience in senior leadership roles with HSBC, NatWest, RBS, Barclays and Lloyds Banking Group. Now Managing Director of Trade Advisory Network Limited, an advisory network specialising in the strategic development of global supply chain, trade and invoice finance. Trade Advisory Network Limited works with financial organisations, corporates and industry bodies to ensure optimal benefits realisation. Key areas of expertise include origination, risk and governance, product management and development, business development, organisation design, change management, process facilitation, training and management development. John is passionate about promoting the development of supply chain finance in all its forms and was a member of the drafting group that wrote the ICC rules for the Bank Payment Obligation (URBPO) and is now a member of the BPO commercialisation group. John is now actively involved in the development of Blockchain based supply chain finance solutions within the bank, non-bank finance provider and FinTech sectors. Frederick Burke Managing Partner Baker & McKenzie

Fred Burke has over 30 years experience practicing in the area of international trade and investment law. He served as the Practice Group Leader of the Firm’s Global WTO & International Trade Practice Group from 2006 to 2007, and has been ranked by Chambers Global as a leading lawyer in both Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions and International Trade for successive years. He is currently a member of the Ministry of Justice’s Advisory Council on Administrative Reform in Vietnam, and holds leadership positions in the Vietnam Business Forum’s Investment & Trade Working Group, the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam and the Hong Kong Business Association in Vietnam. Fred is highly regarded for his work on foreign investment projects in Vietnam, as well as his work on numerous trade issues. He provides practical advice in the areas of regulatory compliance, project finance, corporate structuring and property development, M&A, tax, labor and dispute resolution. He also has extensive experience in working closely with Vietnamese law drafters on the many new laws and decrees that have been introduced to integrate Vietnam into the global economy in accordance with its commitments undertaken in respect to its accession to the WTO and other international agreements.

Mr. Burke graduated from the Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1981 (with honors); Columbia University School of International Affairs: Master of International and Public Affairs, 1986; and Columbia University School of Law: Juris Doctor, 1987. He is admitted to practice in New York (1987) and Washington, D.C. (1988). He is a registered foreign lawyer in Vietnam (since 1996).

Stephen Capon Regional Manager Political Risks & Credit, Asia Pacific Chubb Global Market

Steve joined Chubb (legacy-ACE) in February 2002 to develop the Country & Credit Risk Management department within Political Risks & Credit. As of the 1st June 2014 he relocated to Singapore as Regional Manager, Asia Pacific, Political Risks & Credit, while retaining strategic global responsibility for Country & Credit Risk Management. He has 12 years’ experience as a banker of which about 7 years were spent in relationship management and specialist product roles and 5 years in country and credit risk management. He has worked for Lloyds Bank Plc, The United Bank of Kuwait Plc (now Ahli United Bank (UK) Plc) and latterly for Sumitomo Bank Ltd (now SMBC). Prior to joining Chubb, Steve was Assistant General Manager, Trade, Structured Trade and Commodity Finance at Sumitomo Bank in London. Steve has experience of working with corporates from a wide variety of industry sectors and ‘hands on’ experience of not only treasury functions and general corporate finance but aircraft finance, commercial property lending, high yield bond and investment, project finance and all aspects of trade finance. He has also held positions on investment advisory panels for equity funds while at The United Bank of Kuwait. As Head of Country & Credit Risk Management he continues to have direct responsibility for portfolio management and, capital @ risk and return on capital modelling, as well as the development of Realistic Disaster Scenarios and strategic business planning. While, as Regional Manager Asia Pacific he is responsible for the development of all aspects of ACE’s Political Risks & Credit operations across the region. He has a Masters in Modern History with Middle Eastern Politics from St Andrews University, Scotland and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.

CJ Chong Head Operations, Asia Pacific Treasury Centre Shell

CJ has spent the past 13 years in Shell’s Asia Pacific treasury centre. He is currently Head of Operations, managing the centre’s front office and back office teams. The teams are responsible for all FX and MM transactions of Shell network companies in the East, as well as for providing advice on exposures, risks, and financial markets. Prior to his current role, he served as Treasury Manager covering several countries including The Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, India and Pakistan. He acted as treasurer for the companies and was accountable for all treasury matters of the entities, including their capital structures, FX exposures, and cash management activities. He joined the company in 2003 as Senior Markets Dealer and witnessed much of the region’s treasury centralization and streamlining journey. Before Shell, CJ was an interbank FX trader including 4 years of market making at JP Morgan & Co and 3 at Bankers Trust Company. He is a graduate of the National University of Singapore and a CFA® charter-holder. Fabien Conderanne Chief Executive Officer & Head Structured Trade and Political Risk Insurance, Asia Pacifc Coface

Fabien Conderanne is currently the Acting CEO for South Asian countries which includes ASEAN, India and Australia. Fabien has been the CEO & Country Manager for Coface in Singapore since October 2012. He is also in charge of the Structured Trade & Political Risk Insurance business line for Asia Pacific. Fabien spent 8 years in various positions in the Group Finance Department at the Coface Head Office in Paris, heading the team in charge of Acquisitions, Asset Management and Financial Communication. He then moved to Singapore in May 2009 when he was appointed as Regional CFO for Asia Pacific. Fabien is a graduate of HEC School of Management (Paris) and Ecole Centrale in Lyon.

Maria Cooper Treasury Operations Manager, Asia Pacific Treasury Centre East Shell

I am the General Manager for Shell’s Asia Pacific Regional Treasury Centre in Singapore. Shell has operations in more than 14 countries in the Asia Pacific region with businesses including oil and gas exploration and production; production and marketing of liquefied natural gas and gas to liquids; manufacturing, marketing and shipping of oil products and chemicals and renewable energy projects. Shell’s Treasury is probably one of the world’s largest corporate treasuries and is responsible for handling all of the Group’s liquidity, foreign exchange, cash management and funding requirements and providing treasury support to the business. As a member of the global treasury operations management team I’m responsible for driving change in the region, ensuring the banking and treasury operations are optimised in terms of cost and service level across the region as well as being responsible for delivering treasury expertise to the businesses including fx risk management and capital structuring. Prior to coming to Singapore, I worked in Shell’s Financial Markets team in London. I have been with Shell for 13 years and I am MCT qualified. Prior to Shell I worked for Powergen. Sean Corrigan Head of Programs & Solutions, Asia Pacific International Trade Services Wells Fargo Bank

Sean Corrigan is a senior vice president and head of Programs and Solutions, Asia Pacific (APAC) for Wells Fargo International Trade Services. Based in Tokyo, he oversees strategic trade and supplier finance initiatives throughout Wells Fargo’s APAC region. Prior to his most recent position, Sean was head of International Trade Services’ Strategic Trade Solutions team in the United States. This team managed Wells Fargo’s largest trade clients and their global supply chains. In 2005, Sean opened the southeast region, and went on to launch Wells Fargo’s electronic payments initiative in the Eastern United States. Sean joined Wells Fargo’s Treasury Management division in 2001. A financial services veteran with more than 20 years of experience, Sean started his career with PNC Financial Services in Pittsburgh, where he held various corporate banking positions. Before joining Wells Fargo, Sean was a senior director at a FinTech company. Sean earned his B.S. degree in marketing management from Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania, and holds an M.B.A. in finance and information technology from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. He has a Certified Treasury Professional designation from the Association for Financial Professionals, and holds a

Matthew Cox Partner Simmons & Simmons

Matthew Cox is a Banking and Finance Partner with Simmons & Simmons Singapore office. Matthew is an expert in Structured Trade and Commodity Finance. He regularly acts for banks, borrowers, commodity traders, commodity producers and multilaterals across the full range of commodity finance structures. He advises on bilateral and syndicated corporate financings, structured trade finance, export credit agency supported transactions, borrowing base facilities, supply chain and receivables finance, warehouse finance, trade finance liquidity programmes, asset finance, project finance and finance leasing. He also advises on commodity finance related matters such as regulatory issues, disputes, defaults and work-outs and the packaging and distribution of trade related assets. Matthew has worked on transactions involving commodities such as oil, copper, steel, tobacco, cocoa, uranium, palm oil and coffee. He has completed transactions for borrowers in the emerging markets of Africa, the CIS, South America, the Middle East and has a particular focus on Asia. Bernard de Haldevang Global Head Specialty Sompo Canopius

Bernie de Haldevang is Global Head of Specialty insurance lines at Sompo Canopius, the London based subsidiary of Japan's Sompo insurance group, based at Lloyd's of London. He has over three decades of experience in the insurance industry, his original core practice including credit & political risk, war, terrorism, political violence and kidnap for ransom insurance lines. Following two years of Articles at De Pinna, a west end law firm, he began his insurance career in 1983 as a political risk broker at Hogg Robinson Group plc and his career has included board, senior management and executive committee positions, in London and East Africa, at Berry Palmer & Lyle Limited, Wellington Underwriting plc, Atrium Underwriters Ltd and at the African Trade Insurance Agency, the Nairobi based multilateral insurer, which he founded for the World Bank as Chief Executive & head of diplomatic mission. Most recently, he spent over eight years at Aspen Insurance Group where he managed financial & professional liability lines, credit & political risk, cyber, accident & health, piracy and kidnap for ransom insurance lines. Bernie is also a Governor of Step by Step School in East Grinstead, Vice Chairman of Limpsfield Parish Council and a Global Fellow of the Project for the Study of the 21st Century (PS21), a non-traditional think tank formed in 2015. He lives in the south east of England with his wife and the three youngest of his five children. Alisa Di Caprio Research Fellow ADB Institute (ADBI) Asian Development Bank

Alisa is a research fellow at Asian Development Bank.

Paul Dowling Principal Analyst East & Partners

Paul is a co-founder of East & Partners, a leading analyst and consulting firm in Asia Pacific’s business and institutional banking markets. Paul has worked with the majority of the region’s leading business banks over the past 20 years and has special interests in market segmentation analysis, payments and relationship management modelling in business banking. He has previously held senior consulting roles within the executive search industry and the technology research industry, working in Asia, North America and Europe with a global top five search practice and Gartner Group of the US respectively. Paul’s educational qualifications are in psychology. Jolyon Ellwood-Russell Partner Trade Finance Simmons & Simmons

Jolyon is a Partner at Simmons & Simmons based in Hong Kong and a finance lawyer with a wide variety of experience in banking and finance transactions and in particular is a specialist in Trade, Receivables and Commodity Finance. He works on products such as trade receivables, trade finance, asset based and borrowing base facilities across Asia covering a diverse portfolio of underlying soft and hard commodities. Most recently he has also been recognised as a leading adviser in Trade Based Money Laundering (TBML), and Fintech for Trade Finance. Jolyon is author of Structures and Solutions in Trade Finance which is a guide to over 50 different Trade Finance techniques and products. Simmons & Simmons was named Best Trade Finance Law Firm in Asia Pacific by Global Trade Review (2015). Deborah Elms Executive Director Asian Trade Centre

Deborah Elms is Executive Director of the Asian Trade Centre in Singapore. The Asian Trade Centre works with governments and companies to design better trade policies for the region. She is also a senior fellow in the Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry’s Trade Academy. Previously, she was head of the Temasek Foundation Centre for Trade & Negotiations (TFCTN) and senior fellow of international political economy at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her current research involves the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), and global value chains. She has provided consulting on a range of trade issues to governments including the United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Taiwan, and Singapore. Dr. Elms received a PhD in political science from the University of Washington, a MA in international relations from the University of Southern California, and bachelor’s degrees from Boston University.

Christopher Emslie Country Treasurer, Singapore ABB Group

Chris has held various financial positions in South Africa since 1997 after having completed his articles at a small Audit and Accounting firm in Johannesburg. He has been involved in various companies in the financial sphere including Transport & Freight, Security and IT. He joined ABB in 2008 first as a SAP consultant for their ERP implementation, then as their Country Credit Manager and then finally as their first Country Treasurer looking after South Africa as well as Southern Africa with all their treasury concerns and establishing the first ABB treasury operation in Southern Africa. He has moved to Singapore with ABB to be there Country Treasurer looking after all Treasury functions for the business and assisting in the region. He holds a B Compt Honors degree in Accounting Science from the University of South Africa. Jonas Falk Managing Director SKF

Jonas Falk recently (Aug 2016) re-joined SKF Treasury Centre Asia & Pacific Pte Ltd. He left Singapore, and SKF, in 2006 after a few years as a FX-trader/Assistant Treasurer. Prior to that, he had the same role at the Treasury Centre in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the head office. After leaving SKF in 2006 Jonas joined one of the world’s oldest trading houses, Ekman & Co as “Head of derivatives”. He was market making the wood pulp contracts at NYBOT and was, together with people from Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), part of the set up of the new wood pulp contract at CME. After almost three years of commodity trading he joined Nordea (Markets), one of the largest banks in Europe, in 2009. At Nordea Jonas had a client advisory role covering all aspects of treasury management and hedging strategies (FX) to execution. To move from the buy side to the sell side gave Jonas very useful insights and experience that he now, back on the buy side again, is enjoying as Managing Director for SKF Treasury Centre Asia & Pacific Pte Ltd in Singapore. Jonas is married, father of two boys and a passionate photographer.

Kai Fehr Head of Trade, Asia Pacific International Trade Services Wells Fargo Bank

Based in Singapore and as Head of Trade – Asia Pacific, Kai Fehr leads International Trade Service to further build Wells Fargo’s trade business for Financial Institutions and Corporate Clients in Asia Pacific. Kai joined Wells Fargo from Barclays Bank in Singapore, where he was Managing Director and Head of Trade & Working Capital for Asia Pacific, leading trade sales, trade product and trade asset distribution. Prior to Barclays, Kai was with UniCredit’s Markets and Investment Bank in Singapore where he had various roles leading a distressed debt special situation fund in the Philippines as well as being responsible for structured trade facilities, commodity finance for Asian clients. Kai has also been the Chair of the Banking Environmental Initiative (BEI) sustainable shipment working group to achieve zero net deforestation through innovation in the trade finance supply chain. Kai was born in Germany, and has a Master degree in Law from the University of Munich (LMU) and a Bachelor degree in Economics from the University of Bayreuth. Holger Frank Head of FIG & GTB Asia Pacific Region UniCredit Bank

Holger has worked in UniCredit Group since 1991 in different legal entities, locations and functions. During the last 8 years he worked in UniCredit's Financial Institutions Group covering institutional clients around the globe being responsible for the Global Client Relationship Management. Just recently he was appointed as Head of Financial Institutions Group and Head of Global Transaction Banking in the Asia Pacific Region. Before his current function he covered large corporate customers, worked in the Corporate Development department and executed a number of M&A transactions for UniCredit's own shareholdings as Managing Director and Head of its M&A department. Holger studied business administration in Hamburg.

Arnon Goldstein Managing Director & Regional Head Sales & Relationship Management, APAC BNY Mellon

Arnon Goldstein is Head of Sales & Relationship Management for BNY Mellon’s Treasury Services business in Asia Pacific. In this role, Arnon directs BNY Mellon’s Treasury Services business and relationship management in Asia. Products include cash/ payments, trade processing/ trade finance, liquidity and foreign exchange. Prior to assuming this role, Arnon was Head of Sales and Relationship Management for Treasury Services in South APAC since 2012. Arnon has been involved with the Transaction Banking and Client Management businesses for more than 19 years – holding positions of increasing seniority in New York, Shanghai and Singapore. He joined BNY Mellon in 1996 as a credit trainee. That role exposed him to the wide range of services offered by the bank, including those of the Treasury Services business. In 1999, Arnon moved to China, where he worked as part of the team responsible for opening the bank's Shanghai branch, and was heavily involved in the development of the bank's Trade Services business. In 2003, Arnon relocated to Singapore to establish the Credit Underwriting function supporting the Treasury Services business, and also became responsible for marketing Trade Services across the South APAC region. In 2007, Arnon joined Global Client Management in Singapore, initially with responsibility for Singaporean clients, and subsequently for clients in India and the Philippines as well. Arnon is a member of BNY Mellon’s Asia Pacific Executive and Operating Committees and previously served as a coordinating member of the Asia Revenue Council and its Cross Referral Program. He is BNY Mellon’s representative on the Asia Council of BAFT. Arnon holds both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from Columbia University in New York City and has studied Mandarin Chinese and Arabic. Sarah Gulston Divisional Director Credit & Political Risks Arthur J. Gallagher

Sarah is a divisional director of credit and political risks at Arthur J. Gallagher. Rajan Gupta Group Treasurer Hyva Group

Rajan Gupta is the Group Treasurer for Hyva Group of companies, A Dutch business group. In this capacity, he is responsible for managing group treasury function of over 40 Hyva entities in 30 different countries. Prior to joining Hyva, Rajan was Global Treasurer for Telstra International, part of Telstra Group of Australia. Earlier in his career he held senior treasury positions with Nortel Networks of Canada, Deutsche Bank Group and Daewoo Group of Korea. Rajan has over 15 years of Treasury experience and holds MBA and LLB qualifications.

Piyush Gupta Managing Director & Founder Riqueza Capital Group

Mr. Piyush Gupta brings a deep understanding of International financial markets through his work experience in Hong Kong, Middle East and India. He has worked under various profiles ranging from managing Investments, Offshore Structuring, Corporate Finance and Trade Finance. He was part of organizations such as Société Générale, Sun Hung Kei Group, Kitara Capital, ICT Oman and Amicorp Group. During his career, he witnessed the constantly widening gap of availability & demand of trade finance in Asian markets which motivated him to start a boutique trade finance advisory business named Riqueza Capital Group in 2014 headquartered in Hong Kong with recent expansion to Singapore, Delhi and Mumbai. Since last 2 years, he along with his team are in constant endeavor to identify various alternate channels of finance for corporate clients from Asia and the Middle East. Having presence in financial hubs such as Hong Kong and Singapore, it offers greater access to such channels and ease of catering the clientele. Mr. Piyush Gupta is an Aerospace Engineering graduate from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. Giles Hedley Client Liaison Officer Investor Relations Barak Fund Management

Giles attended Hilton College in the Kwa-Zulu Natal midlands in South Africa, matriculating in 2007. From 2008-09 he attended the University of San Diego, studying Business Finance and playing Division I golf. He returned to South Africa in mid-2009 to 2012 and obtained his Business Science Degree from the University of Cape Town, majoring in Finance. Thereafter he worked at Dimension Data as an Enterprise Client Manager. After a short stint at an Offshore Wealth Management Company where he gained exposure to global markets and experienced dealing with offshore fund portfolios, he joined Barak Fund Management and Riparian Commodities in November 2015 as Head of Investor Relations. He has been involved with growing Barak’s flagship Structured Trade Finance Fund from US$250 million to US$370 million during his tenure to date. Giles is busy working towards his CAIA credentials. Roland Hinterkoerner Founder & Director Expertise Asia

Roland is an experienced professional in large-scale corporate financing, having enjoyed an international banking career over a total of 26 years. He has extensive equity, debt and derivative product knowledge, having held key c-suite level account management responsibilities across both Europe and Asia Pacific. Roland is fluent in English, German and Japanese, having been educated in the US.

Ivone Hodiny Managing Director & Head Structured Trade, Commodity & Trade Finance DBS Bank

Ivone joined DBS Bank in 2010 and currently heads the Sales for both Cash Management and Structured/Trade Finance under Global Transaction Services, based in Singapore. She is responsible for the development and growth of the Bank’s large corporates cash management business and structured trade financing covering both the commodity and non-commodity portfolios, working hand in hand with the various business units within the Bank as well as in the region. Prior to DBS, Ivone has 18 years of extensive trade experience which include responsibility in managing the trade business in Singapore and the region with focus in origination, structuring and execution of trade transactions (commodity and non-commodity) across Asia. She spent a total of 11 years in ANZ, of which a number of this was to head its trade business in Singapore and the region with primary focus on commodity trade flows ranging from oil/ energy to metals and agri commodities. In the latter years in ANZ, Ivone was also responsible for the bank’s Trade and Supply Chain business in Singapore. Ivone has also worked in UFJ and ABN Amro with responsibility in structured trade financing and particularly with ECAs during her years with the latter. Ivone holds an MBA in International Management from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia and Bachelor of Science from the University of Leeds, UK. She is also fluent in Bahasa Indonesia (including reading and writing). Jacky Hok Manager Credit & Back Office Manager Total Marine Fuels

Jacky Hok is the Head of Credit at TOTAL Marine Fuels. He started his career in the investment bank at Credit Agricole in Singapore in the structured finance team before moving to the commodities industry. He was based in Geneva, Switzerland at Total Oil Trading S.A., the trading arm of Total, as credit manager from 2005 till 2012. Subsequently, he relocated as Global Head of Credit and Back-Office Operations, running back-office operations and credit for the French oil giant for the marine fuels worldwide business, headquartered in Singapore. A Masters holder in Science from the Toulouse Business School (France) in 2002, Jacky is now also MBA holder from the Chicago Booth, University of Chicago Business School (US). Given his academic education and international experience, Jacky is a frequent guest speaker on credit and risk management to universities (ESSEC and the Singapore Management University), sharing his experience with students and helping them bridge the gap between case studies and the realities of the field.

Mark Houghton Regional Manager Political Risk & Trade Credit, Asia Pacific XL Catlin

Mark is currently the Asia Pacific Regional Manager for XL Catlin’s Political Risk & Trade Credit business based in Singapore focusing on cross border trade and investment into emerging markets. Having spent 15 years in banking including roles in origination and client coverage, project and export finance, syndications, securitization, portfolio management and alternative risk distribution before joining XL Catlin in June 2012. Starting his career with the National Australia Bank, he moved to London where he worked for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC). Mark established SMBC’s global insurance distribution function as an alternative risk management tool to supplement other non-functioning markets. In this role he coordinated the purchase of political risk and trade credit insurance globally for SMBC. Returning to Asia Mark joined Standard Chartered where he was responsible for managing the political and credit risk insurance requirements for Transaction Banking on a global basis. Having worked intimately with the insurance market from a client perspective, Mark brings to XL Catlin a unique understanding of a client’s need for, and perspective of, political risk and trade credit insurance. Oliver Hsieh Director Commodity & Energy Risk Management KPMG

Oliver Hsieh leads the Corporate Treasury team, based out of KPMG Singapore’s Financial Risk Management practice. He specialises in Commodity Price Risk Management and Corporate Treasury Transformation. He has many years of professional and consulting experience: firstly as a technical engineering consultant; he then spent a number of years in on the trading floor trading commodity and FX derivatives; with the most recent years spent specialising in commodity price risk management and corporate treasury consulting. He has worked closely with Corporate Treasuries, initially in banks as a trading counterparty, and later as an advisory and consulting in Risk Management. Oliver’s background in engineering and experiences in consulting has given him a sound understanding of how businesses work and a strong comprehension of the issues facing his client's businesses regionally and globally. Additionally his hand-on approach is key in the way that he help his clients to identify, quantify, manage and control their various financial risks. Many of his clients are corporations, trading houses, MNCs and financial institutions across the Asia Pacific region. Oliver has an MBA from Melbourne Business School, and a bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering. When he's not working his time is spent between reading up on the latest technologies, listening to music and travelling around the region.

Janet Hyde Relationship Manager Asian Development Bank

Janet has worked with the Trade Finance Program of the ADB for nearly 4 years as the Relationship Manager for banks in Myanmar as well as Cambodia, Nepal and Sri Lanka. She has 30 years' banking experience working predominantly in the trade finance sector in London. Prior to joining ADB, she worked for DBS Bank Ltd. and as a Group Relationship Manager for Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, financing the trade and investment flows between Europe and Asia for clients operating across the energy, metals, and agricultural commodities markets. She also has experience working in the structured trade and syndicated loan businesses for UK and European banks based in London and as a credit analyst for a commodity trading company. Janet is a national of the United Kingdom, an Associate of the Institute of Financial Services in the UK and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree. Yasukazu Irino Head of Singapore Office Chief Representative for Asia & Oceania NEXI

Mr. Yasukazu Irino has been Head of Singapore Office, Chief Representative for Asia and Oceania at NEXI Singapore, assigned by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) since June 2014. Prior to this, he served as Director General of Planning Department at Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) from 2011 to assist Japanese local governments and small and medium enterprises to expand their exports of agricultural, industrial and other products to overseas’ market. Mr. Irino graduated with a Law degree from Tokyo University and upon graduation he joined METI in 1987. After then, he has held various positions including experience working overseas as visiting fellow at Stanford University in the US and Commercial Counsellor at Embassy of Japan in UK. In Japan, he worked as Senior Fellow at Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, Director of Small and Medium-sizes Enterprise Agency, and Natural Resources and Energy Agency in METI. He also worked as Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State of METI and Chief Representative for Parliament affairs at Minister’s Secretariat of METI.

Hitendra Jain Director Asia Global Commodities

Hitendra is a seasoned commodities trader on physical side. He has been in business for over 24 years associated with market leaders & Fortune 500 companies on senior positions heading Physical Trade business of Agro Products, Coal and Steel Raw Materials in India, & Singapore. He has been speaking on structured trade and commodity finance for Asia Pacific for couple of years in various seminars specially in Singapore and Switzerland. Currently associated with Asia Global Commodities as one of Promoter director and Asia Global has interest in Physical Trading of Coal, Steel Raw Material, Hospitality Industry in India, Agro Processing business in India. Neil Johnson Head Business Development, Asia Pacifif Bolero International

As Bolero’s Head of Business Development for Asia Pacific, Neil is focused on ensuring that as many businesses as possible harness the benefits of Bolero’s end to end supply chain digitization solutions, and thereby minimize cost, increase efficiency and reduce workload. Prior to joining Bolero, Neil was Commercial Director for TNETS, a disruptive technology and services provider to the global customs industry. TNETS handles vital day to day customs processing for some of the world's largest freight, logistics, manufacturing and trading businesses. Neil has been involved in the global supply chain industry for more than twenty years and has designed, implemented and managed solutions for businesses as diverse as BP, Nokia, HP, Halliburton, ST Micro, and Accenture. Jateen Kapoor Director Midland Metals

Jateen Kapoor is a seasoned trade professional, with 26 years’ experience both in India and overseas, including spells in Hong Kong and Nigeria in positions such as CFO and Executive Director. Jateen has worked across a range of industries, including the steel sector, textiles, coal, carbon and for leading brands such as Pepsi, Phillips, professional management and family-run businesses. Jateen's experience and skills include business, financial strategy and leadership, including fund raising, team leadership, effective control and management of working capital, foreign exchange, financial and commodity risk management and business operations.

Kevin Khoo Director Structured Commodity Finance Westpac Banking Corporation

Kevin Khoo is currently a Director in Westpac’s Structured Commodity Finance business and is based in Singapore. He deals with a range of commodity financing products including prepayment facilities, pre-export financings, borrowing base facilities and commodity repos. Prior to joining Westpac, Kevin spent close to 8 years at Standard Bank where he held various roles across front office, transaction management and legal. Most recently, he was Standard Bank’s Head of Legal for Singapore where he was involved in structuring and executing commodity trading and financing transactions across Asia. Kevin is a qualified Singapore lawyer and a CFA charter holder. Vanessa Kilner Associate Political Risk Clyde & Co

Vanessa Kilner is a Senior Associate at Clyde & Co Clasis Singapore, an international law firm specialising in insurance and reinsurance matters. She previously worked in Clyde & Co's London office before relocating to Singapore. Her work involves advising on a wide range of insurance and reinsurance issues, including insurance regulation, policy wordings, coverage, subrogation/recoveries and dispute resolution. Vanessa has experience across a number of different classes of insurance, but has particular expertise advising political risk and trade credit insurers, both in London and in Singapore, on the adjustment and defence of insurance claims. Vanessa has specialised in this area since 2009, during which time she has handled a large variety of claims involving all types of political risk and trade credit policies such as expropriation (CEND), contract frustration, aircraft non-repossession, insolvency and non-payment, including claims arising out of key events in the political risk and credit market, such as the 2009 banking crises and the Arab Spring.

Rakshith Kundha Managing Director Global Trade & Supply Chain Finance Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Rakshith Kundha currently heads teams which focus on delivering traditional Trade and Supply Chain solutions to clients across South and South East Asia as well as the structuring and delivery of Structured Trade solutions to clients across Asia Pacific. He also heads the Asia Pacific Trade Risk Distribution desk for the bank. He is considered a Transaction Banking Specialist with Cross Geographical Experience in cash and trade across Asia - having worked out of Mumbai, Bangalore, Hong Kong and Singapore. He joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch in 2010 at their Singapore office, to help start the Trade Risk Distribution desk. Earlier to this Rakshith was a part of Standard Chartered Bank’s Transaction Banking Group where he headed a team selling Treasury and Trade solutions to Global Corporates and Commodity Clients for a specific region in South India. Prior to Standard Chartered, Rakshith began his career in the project finance division at ICICI Bank Limited, and subsequently moved to start and head a team managing FI relationships across South and South East Asia. He then moved to begin and head the Global Trade Product team for ICICI bank. During his stint as the head of Trade Products, he was also based in Singapore and Hong Kong with additional sales responsibility for the regional trade book. Rakshith is also an alumni of the Harvard Business School. Shameek Kundu Chief Data Officer Standard Chartered

Shameek Kundu is Chief Data Officer (CDO) for Standard Chartered Bank globally. He is based in Singapore and is part of SCB’s global Leadership Team, and IT/ Operations Management team. As CDO, Shameek is responsible for building the technology underpinning data and analytics (including Hadoop/ big data, traditional data warehouses and BI/ analytics) and the governance of data quality. The CDO team plays a key role in incubating and/ or enabling analytics initiatives in different parts of the business – e.g., use of transactional data to understand client ecosystems and serve them better, stitching client and counterparty data from multiple global databases together to support Financial Crime investigations. Since May 2016, Shameek has also taken on the additional role of Global Head, Architecture and Innovation. In this expanded role, Shameek is responsible for the bank’s ‘eXellerator’ lab in Singapore. The eXellerator acts as a platform to speed up the development and testing of ideas, through design thinking and rapid proto-typing. Prior to joining SCB in 2009, Shameek was an Associate Partner in McKinsey & Company in their London office. At McKinsey, Shameek was focused on strategy, technology and operations work for financial services clients in the UK, Ireland, France, Scandinavia and the Netherlands.

Stanley Kwok Chief Administrative Officer International Trade Services, Asia Pacific Wells Fargo Bank

Stanley Kwok is a Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for Wells Fargo International Trade Services (ITS) in Asia Pacific. Stanley leads several key functions for ITS including data analytics and reporting, financial and business controls, service quality and process improvement, compliance and risk management. Stanley brings more than 15 years of experience, with knowledge across a wide range of products in securities and fund services, loan syndication, cash management, structured trade and traditional trade finance, etc. Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Stanley spent 10 years with Citi Hong Kong where he was the Head of Treasury and Trade Solutions Operations responsible for managing the operational handling, formulating and implementing the overall operational strategy for cash management and trade finance functions. Stanley earned his master degree in Economics from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Stanley is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin. Paul Landless Partner Clifford Chance

Paul Landless is a partner in our Singapore office who specialises in exchange and OTC-traded derivatives and other financial market products including structured notes, securitisations, repackagings, securities lending and repo and leads the derivatives team in Singapore and South East Asia. He also has extensive experience in various types of structured transactions, including in relation to physical commodities, and he regularly advises on clearing, credit risk management and both global and local financial market regulatory developments.

Raof Latiff Managing Director & Regional Head Product Management, Global Liquidity & Cash Management, Asia HSBC

Abdul Raof Latiff is responsible for the management and development of cash & liquidity management products and services throughout the Asia-Pacific region covering 19 markets. He manages a group of Regional Product Heads and Country Cluster Product Management Heads in Asia that are solely focused in the development and commercialization of the entire Cash & liquidity Management product suite covering the entire Corporate and Financial Institution client base. He has deep of knowledge of the Asia Pacific region, its practices and developments and he is familiar with both corporate and financial institutions client segments and their solutions and services. Raof joined HSBC from JPMorgan where he has spent the last 10 years. His most previous role was Regional Head of ASEAN for the Treasury Services group where he was responsible for the delivery of cash and trade finance and services products. Prior to that, Raof spent 10 years at Citibank Malaysia and Citibank regional office in Singapore where he was responsible for a number of cash products and service at both a country and regional capacity. Raof holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Information Systems from Curtin University, Western Australia and MBA from University of Leicester, United Kingdom.

Cheam Hing Lee Managing Director Rhodium Resources

Mr Cheam Hing Lee is the Managing Director of the Rhodium Group. Mr Cheam has transformed this company from a small enterprise into one of Singapore’s leading independent commodity traders, with four product lines, a footprint in 20 geographies, and offices not just in Singapore but also in Hong Kong, China and Dubai – all within the short span of four years. Mr Cheam is driven by a passion for people and trade. “Trade is not only about getting the right information. It’s about values, people, knowledge and expertise,” Mr Cheam says. “We believe that there is only one way to trade and that is by making the right judgement, following the principles of best practices and staying true to the ethics of trade. At Rhodium, we call this Pure Trade.” Mr Cheam’s corporate wisdom is a result of being a 25 year industry veteran in trade finance. He has served in roles from commodity specialist to director with various foreign banks and as a director with Cargill TSF Asia. Mr Cheam remains in charge of setting the strategic direction at Rhodium, developing its unique selling propositions working with financial institutions and credit risk underwriters to provide innovative financial solutions to his customers. He encourages an open and transparent culture respectful of Asian business values. He nurtures, a collegiate atmosphere, empowering his people and soliciting ideas and group participation, but retains the power of decision-making in order to ensure strategic outcomes. At 54, he retired as a volunteer Colonel in the Singapore Armed Forces and has received two Public Service awards: PPS and PPM. Edward Lee Head ASEAN Economic Research Standard Chartered

Edward leads the ASEAN economic research team. He is based in Singapore. He provides macroeconomic analysis and on-the-ground views on major economic issues in the region. He is regularly featured in international and local news media. Edward was a founding member of the Asian Rates Strategy team in Standard Chartered and was previously Head of Asian Rates Strategy. He joined Standard Chartered in 2000. Edward holds an Honours degree in chemical engineering from the National University of Singapore and a Masters in applied economics (Dean’s List) from the Singapore Management University.

Christina Li Senior Vice-President & Head Hong Kong Trade Sales & Strategic Trade Solutions, Asia Pacific International Trade Services Wells Fargo Bank

Christina Li is a Senior Vice President and the Head of Trade for Hong Kong, and also the Asia Head of Strategic Trade Solutions for Wells Fargo International Trade Services. Based in Hong Kong, she manages and leads a marketing team in delivering full range of trade products and services to corporate and financial institutional customers including trade payables finance programs and vendor onboarding activities for the regions. Christina has more than 20 years of banking industry experience in Hong Kong and the U.S., covering the Asia, Europe and U.S. markets. She has extensive expertise in international trade finance-from operations to sales and market to product and development. Prior to joining legacyWachovia Bank in 2006, Christina held various positions in different banks in cash management and international trade finance for corporate and financial institutions. She worked with Calyon as Trade Finance Sales Manager covering Asia Pacific region. She held positions with Chase Manhattan in Hong Kong as Trade Finance Sales, and Product Manager for Cash Management and Trade, and in New York as Global Trade Product Manager overseeing product development and sales for the regions, and with Citibank focused largely on the corporate market. Michael Lum Underwriter Political Risks & Contingency Group Beazley Group

Michael is Beazley’s resident political risks and trade credit underwriter in Singapore and is responsible for underwriting political risks and trade credit for the Asia Pacific market. Before moving to underwriting, Michael was previously responsible for managing and dealing with political risks, trade credit, terrorism and contingency claims arising from business underwritten by the syndicate’s global offices. Michael is a lawyer by training with over 10 years of experience in Malaysia, Guernsey and England. Prior to joining Beazley in September 2011, Michael worked as a lawyer in the insurance and reinsurance department of a leading International law firm in London, where he specialised in coverage, defence and subrogation work for various Lloyd’s managing agencies and company market insurers. Michael is admitted as a Solicitor of the Senior Court of England & Wales, an Attorney and Counsellor at Law (New York) as well as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court in Malaysia (Malaya). Beazley is a specialist insurer with three decades of experience in providing clients with the highest standards of underwriting and claims service worldwide.

Samuel Mathew Head Solutions Structuring Team Standard Chartered

Samuel Mathew heads up the Documentary Trade Product team for the Transaction Banking business at Standard Chartered Bank. In his current role Samuel’s team is in charge of leading the Bank’s Documentary Trade capabilities, vision and P&L as also leading the sustainable trade finance initiatives. His previous roles include Regional Head of Sales- ASEAN for Local Corporates & Commodity clients, Global Head - Trade Solutions Structuring, Regional head of Product Management for SEA , Global Head of Collections & A/R product solutions, Regional Product Manager in charge of Receivables solutions etc. Samuel has over 20+ years of transaction banking experience with leading banks such as Standard Chartered Bank, Citibank N.A and Deutsche Bank. A graduate of Bombay University, Mumbai with 1st Class Honors in Engineering, Samuel also an MBA from the Nanyang Business School in Singapore. TP Mathew Regional Sales Manager Trade Finance & Cash Management Corporates Deutsche Bank

Based in Singapore, Mathew is a product specialist with 9 years of experience in Deutsche Bank. He focuses on managing the growth of the Bank’s Cash Management Corporates and Trade Finance (TF/CMC) business with US multinationals in the Asia Pacific. Prior to his current role, Mathew was responsible for the German multinationals business. Mathew joined Deutsche Bank as a graduate trainee and in his first role after the graduate programme, he worked in a team which specialized in advising clients on regional treasury and shared service set ups. Mathew graduated from National University of Singapore with a Bachelors Degree in Engineering and Minor in Business. He is married with two children and enjoys drumming as a hobby. Peter Matza Engagement Director Association of Corporate Treasurers

Peter Matza is the Speakers’ Chair at the Association of Corporate Treasurers, acting as Chair at selected ACT events and supporting events and content development on a part-time basis. Peter joined the ACT in September 2006, was appointed Head of Publishing in May 2008, Engagement Director in February 2012 and moved to his latest role in July 2016. Peter is a Fellow of the ACT (having been a member since 1992) with over 30 years of treasury and banking experience.

Philipp Merten Vice-President Deal Originator Export Finance Commerzbank

Philipp Merten is Vice President at Commerzbank AG – Structured Export & Trade Finance South East Asia. Philipp is based in Singapore and covers all of Southeast Asia as well as parts of South and East Asia. His responsibilities are covering all aspects of export finance, including origination, arranging, financing and syndication as well as building and enhancing relationships with importers and strengthening the efforts of Commerzbank’s export finance activities throughout the region. Previously, Philipp worked as a Relationship Manager at Raiffeisen Bank International - Singapore Branch, managing accounts for large multinational corporates as well as supporting structured trade and export finance business in Asia. Philipp graduated with honors in 2012 from the US Temple University, with an Executive Masters of Business Administration. Through his longstanding interest and presence of over 12 years in Southeast Asia, he is well acquainted with the business and cultural aspects of the region. Zhann Meyer Head Agricultural Commodities, Global Commodity Finance Nedbank

Zhann Meyer is the Head for Nedbank Corporate and Investment Bank’s Agricultural Commodity Finance Business. He has a mandate to promote and expand the Bank’s Soft Commodity Trade Finance Strategy on the African continent. Zhann joined the Nedbank Group in 2012 after having run the African Agriculture Portfolio for Standard Chartered Bank’s Wholesale Bank for 6 years. Zhann brings invaluable knowledge and experience to this critical sector, having structured financial products for participants across the supply chain in the agricultural and related commodity arena for over 18 years. Zhann is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has served his articles as an Audit Manager at KPMG in South Africa. He is registered with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Mark Millar Managing Partner M Power

Mark Millar is the author of “Global Supply Chain Ecosystems” - commissioned by leading business publisher Kogan Page of London - which has sold in over 40 countries and earned praise from industry leaders around the world. In the book Mark explores several critical aspects of a global supply chain – including visibility, risk, resilience, sustainability and collaboration – and provides invaluable practical advice on developing strategies for competitive advantage in a complex, connected world. A respected authority on market developments and industry trends across the Asia region, Mark has been engaged by clients as Speaker, Moderator, MC or Conference Chairman at more than 400 corporate events, customer functions and industry conferences across 25 countries. As a trusted Advisor, he leverages more than 30 years’ global business experience to provide value for clients with independent and informed insights. Mark’s Asia Supply Chain Insights series of corporate briefings, knowledge sharing forums, presentations, consultations, white papers and seminars, all deliver practical knowledge and educated insights that help companies navigate the complex landscapes in Asia, develop new business opportunities and make better informed business decisions. A Visiting Lecturer at Hong Kong Polytechnic University since 2012, Mark has also delivered Guest Lectures at Georgia Tech (Atlanta and Hong Kong), HKU SPACE (Hong Kong), RMIT (Ho Chi Minh City), Warwick University (WMG) and SP Jain (Singapore and Dubai). Mark’s commitment, passion and active industry participation have seen him recognised in the China Supply Chain Top 20, as one of Asia’s Top 50 Influencers in Supply Chain and Logistics and in the USA listing of Top Pros-to-Know in Supply Chain 2016.

Kaushik Mukherjee Senior Vice-President & Head Trade, South & South-East Asia & Australia Wells Fargo Bank

Kaushik Mukherjee is a Senior Vice President and Head of Trade, South & South-East Asia and Australia, for International Trade Services at Wells Fargo. Kaushik joined Wells Fargo Hong Kong in 2011, from Axis Bank where he spent 14 years within Trade Operations, International Banking, Corporate Trade & Cash Management, Credit and Treasury in Mumbai and Hong Kong. With Wells Fargo, Kaushik managed the trade business for India subcontinent and Hong Kong for first two years and then moved to Singapore to oversee trade for India sub continent, South-east Asia and Australia. Currently he is designated as Head of Trade for South Asia (which includes Indian sub-continent, South-east Asia and Australia). He and his team manage both corporate and FI trade in the region, promoting trade business of the bank to both FI as well as corporate clients of the bank. Sriram Muthukrishnan Managing Director & Regional Head Business Development, Global Trade & Receivables Finance, Asia Pacific HSBC

Sriram Muthukrishnan is Managing Director, Regional Head of Business Development and Head of International Countries for HSBC’s Global Trade and Receivables Finance (GTRF) business in Asia-Pacific. In his role, Sriram is responsible for GTRF business development and client management activities across the Global Banking and Commercial Banking corporate segments, leveraging HSBC’s focus on working capital optimization, supply chain and structured open account trade finance and Financial Institutions strategy. Since the beginning of 2016, Sriram has taken on the additional responsibility for managing ten International Countries in the Asia Pacific region. Previously, Sriram spent 14 years at Standard Chartered where he was most recently Global Head of Trade Products for the Bank Segment Singapore. He has also held global leadership roles in Supply Chain Finance, Structured Agricultural Finance and regional leadership roles as Head of Trade Sales and Supply Chain finance in Standard Chartered's UAE business. Prior to Standard Chartered, Sriram held positions at ABN Amro and in the private sector.

David Neckar Product Development Director Political & Credit Risks Willis Towers Watson

David Neckar is the Product Development Director for the Willis Towers Watson Financial Solutions business division, which is a global division led from London, specialising in political and credit risks, with dedicated teams in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Sao Paolo, Singapore, Hong Kong and Melbourne. The WTW group also has strong representation in Paris through its wholly-owned subsidiary Willis Gras Savoye. David Neckar’s responsibilities include strategic development, Basel III issues, and managing relationships with key clients and export credit agencies. He has over thirty years of specialist financial risk experience which includes senior positions in both underwriting and broking (including reinsurance as well as direct insurance). His early career was spent in the Lloyd’s insurance market, as a lead underwriter of political risk, pioneering expropriation and contract frustration coverage. This was followed by senior underwriting and management positions in the Euler Hermes Group and the Royal & Sun Alliance Group. David has an MA degree from Oxford University, and an MBA from INSEAD. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. E-May Neoh Asia Head Liquidity Management, Global Transaction Services Bank of America Merrill Lynch

E-May Neoh is the Asia Head of Liquidity Management for Global Transaction Services based out of Hong Kong. In this role, which she assumed in May 2016, E-May and her team are responsible for managing the balance sheet of the business as well as driving liquidity product strategies across twelve countries. E-May joined the bank in October 2011 as a regional liquidity solutions specialist and was promoted to Asia Head of Liquidity Management Solutions, where she leads a team of professionals to provide market leading liquidity solutions to clients. E-May’s banking career spans more than 17 years. She began her career with Citibank Malaysia as a Management Associate and has worked in the product management role specializing in cash management products including payables, receivables and liquidity & investments. In 2005, she relocated to Hong Kong as a regional product manager for receivables before moving on to manage liquidity management in 2007. Prior to joining Bank of America Merrill Lynch, she was a Senior Regional Solutions Manager for Liquidity & Investments with Citigroup. E-May graduated from University of Bristol, England, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.

Sean Norris Head APAC Accuity

Sean comes with over a decade of experience in solutions and data for financial services with a keen focus on the Governance, Risk & Compliance and Trade Finance segment. He has been involved in implementation and process improvement projects involving watch list compliance with organisations across EMEA and APAC. As the Managing Director of Asia Pacific at Accuity, Sean is responsible for leading the overall business, strategy and direction, while overseeing teams located in Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, China, India and Australia. Vincent O'Brien Chair Market Intelligence Group ICC Banking Commission

Vincent ‘Vin’ O’BRIEN is Member Executive Committee of ICC Banking Commission and Chair of ICC Banking Commission, Market Intelligence Group. He has been actively involved in trade finance for more than a quarter of a century and has delivered technical trade finance assistance in more than 100 countries. He has played a major role in contributing expert content in the development of ICC’s Online Training Programs for Trade Finance Operations and in the application of ICC’s trade facilitating rules. Vincent’s primary activity is trade facilitation with the major Multilateral Development Banks. His specialty is dispute resolution and where he often acts as Expert Witness in Trade Disputes and Settlement Cases. Vincent also holds the position of the Associate Director of the Institute of International Banking Law and Practice.

Anthony Palmer Deputy Chairman BPL Global

Anthony Palmer has worked in London, Paris and Singapore as a credit and political risk insurance broker since 1975. He co-founded Berry Palmer & Lyle Ltd (BPL Global) in 1983. BPL Global specialises in emerging market risk. Most of its clients are major multinational corporations and financial institutions. It has offices in London, Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai, and affiliated offices in Boston, Dallas, Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Sao Paulo and Shanghai. Currently BPL Global holds the following awards: Best Trade Credit and Political Risk Insurance Broker (Global Trade Review), Best Insurance Broker in Trade (Trade Finance) and Best Trade Credit Broker (Trade & Forfaiting Review). Anthony is a regular speaker and writer on credit and political risk insurance. A graduate in Modern History from Oxford University, he has an MBA from INSEAD. He is a Chartered Insurance Broker and an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute. In July 2012 he set up BPL Global’s Asia Pacific head office in Singapore. He returned to London in April 2015, and is responsible for the group’s operations in Asia Pacific and Dubai. Chris Pardey Managing Director RCMA Commodities, Asia

Chris Pardey is CEO of RCMA group, based in Singapore. RCMA Group is a leading player in global trading and supply chain management of natural rubber, synthetic rubber, coffee, cotton, sugar, vegoil and energy with 15 offices globally. Chris joined RCMA Group in 2010 from Barclays Capital where he had been global trading head of agricultural products, coal, freight and iron ore for 2 years. Chris started his commodity career in 1985 with Cargill in the UK, trading grains and oilseeds. For 20 years he assumed various trading and asset management roles in UK, Germany and Switzerland. He was global head of Cargill vegetable oil trading between 1999 and 2005. He moved to Asia in 2005 as Noble group head of Asia and middle east agriculture business. From 2006 to 2008 Chris was director with Merrill lynch commodities trading coal and freight.

Rebecca Paris Consultant Blackstone Compliance Services

Rebecca Paris, located in Melbourne, Australia, serves as the lead consultant in Blackstone’s Asia Pacific practice. Rebecca began her career in sanctions compliance at the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) compliance branch where she was part of a team of analysts examining all rejected and blocked assets and created better processes to identify violations, emerging threats and increased information sharing between the various divisions of OFAC. While at OFAC she advised major banks, Fortune 500 companies and lawyers on sanctions regulations. Likewise, she spearheaded the elimination of a backlog of several thousand pending cases. Rebecca then went on to serve as a sanctions compliance analyst with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, ensuring that prohibited transactions were interdicted in accordance with OFAC regulations. Her duties included the review of other major central banks, conducting account reviews of high risk banks in the Middle East and North Africa region and conducting a branchwide sanctions risk assessment. While at the Fed, she implemented major reforms to the due diligence process including the addition of specific compliance tools, addressed upcoming risks in the industry and promoted greater awareness of specific sanctions typologies. Following her work at the Federal Reserve, she served as an assistant vice-president at HSBC North America as part of the sanctions advisory team. In this capacity she engaged the KYC team and business lines on a range of sanctions issues, conducted lookbacks of high risk client accounts, and managed the sanctions compliance risk of affiliates and correspondent accounts. This professional graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in International Studies from American University. She is a member of the Association of Certified AntiMoney Laundering Specialists. Steffen Pedersen Partner Thomas Cooper

Steffen Pedersen is a Hong Kong and English-qualified solicitor. A native Dane he went to high school in Hong Kong, speaks Mandarin and has a Master's Degree in Chinese History and Politics from SOAS in London. Steffen has spent this entire career in the Far East with a particular emphasis on China and North East Asia. He is married to a South Korean, and has lived in Hong Kong, Taipei, Shanghai, Beijing and Singapore, and travelled extensively in the region. Steffen is a partner of Thomas Cooper Singapore LLP the Singapore office of the oldest maritime law firm in London founded in 1825. He specialises in all things maritime including construction contracts, charters, bills of lading and disputes relating thereto. He has been involved in some of the biggest cases for and against Chinese shipyards and owners. He is also a qualified arbitrator.

Robert Perry Leader Political Risk & Structured Credit, Asia Pacific Marsh

Robert joined Marsh in early 2016 having spent the past 28 years in the insurance industry and for the last 20 years specializing in Political Risk Insurance. Prior to joining Marsh, Robert worked for another Broker in London, New York and Singapore. Robert has spent the last 8 years working in Singapore placing large and complicated Political Risk Insurance policies for large Asian based corporations and financial intuitions. Throughout his career, Robert has focused extensively on working with a diverse range of multi-national corporations, commodity traders, financial institutions as well as public agencies. He has worked on large and complex projects in power, mining, oil and gas, telecoms, aviation and infrastructure industries. Having worked in the 3 major Political Risk Insurance markets hubs of London, New York and Singapore, Robert has established a very broad experience in placing business for Clients originating from around the world into the global insurance and reinsurance market place. Russell Phillips Head Treasury, Asia Pacific British American Tobacco

Russell Phillips is the Head of Treasury, Asia-Pacific, for British American Tobacco. He has more than 15 years of corporate treasury experience covering transaction execution, cash management, foreign-exchange risk management, corporate finance and commercial treasury. Based in Singapore, Mr Phillips heads a small team providing risk-management advisory and business partnership to business units in the Asia-Pacific region. Vivek Ramachandran Global Head Product Global Trade & Receivables Finance HSBC

Vivek Ramachandran is the Global Head of Product, Trade and Receivables Finance, HSBC. He is responsible for managing the current product suite, developing new solutions and leading the digital efforts across the business. Prior to joining HSBC, Vivek was co-founder and CEO of VTA, a boutique advisory firm working with banks across Europe and Asia. Vivek was previously a Managing Director at Barclays and Lloyds TSB. He has a PhD in Economics from Carnegie Mellon University, where he taught MBA and undergraduate students.

Simon Ring Global Head Pole Star Space Applications

I am System architect and Global Head of financial markets for Pole Stars regulatory compliance technologies. I work with Banks, commodity trading companies, Insurers and Governments with sanction and regulatory exposures in Maritime transportation and supply chains. Deep Roy Associate Partner Economic Laws Practice

Deep Roy is an Associate Partner at Economic Laws Practice (ELP), and a part of the firm’s Banking & Finance and Corporate & Commercial practices. He graduated with a law degree from the Symbiosis University, Pune. Deep’s experience includes structured finance, acquisition finance, asset finance, restructuring and other syndicated lending transactions. He has been involved several project finance transactions. He regularly advises banks, corporates (including private equity participants) and non-banking financial companies with regard to India law aspects of debt transactions. Such debt transactions include cross border structures including matters dealing with security and contractual comforts and also with regard to the client’s debt documentation within India. Deep has also advised clients on aspects of the external commercial borrowing regulations, overseas direct investment regulations and other foreign exchange regulations. Prior to joining ELP, Deep was part of the Corporate Legal Department at ICICI Bank Ltd. During his tenure with ICICI, he has worked in the structured finance and the strategic investment teams. Deep Roy has been Recommended by the RSG India Report 2015 and the report quotes that he “is considered to be one of the best in the business of client service through his understanding of client’s needs.” Mimi Rumpeltin Underwriter Aspen Insurance

Mimi Rumpeltin underwrites Credit & Political Risk at Aspen Insurance in London. Prior to joining Aspen she worked at Zurich Insurance in London and Ex-Im Bank in Washington DC. Mimi has a Master’s Degree in International Affairs from the Johns Hopkins University (SAIS) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Tufts University.

Saket Sarda Executive Director Product Management & Transaction Banking Standard Chartered

Over 20 years experience as an IT Consultant and in Banking. Worked with Standard Chartered for 11 years in various roles, like Strategy, Business Finance, Client Coverage, Transaction Banking and Trade Product Management. Clement Schappler Chief Risk Officer EFA Group

As Chief Risk Officer, Mr Schappler is responsible for the Group’s credit, portfolio, and transactional risk management and reporting, and manages various risk-related projects across all business units. Mr Schappler has nine years experience in corporate finance, investment banking and wealth management with UBS and Credit Suisse. Before joining EFA, Mr Schappler was a Director with UBS in Switzerland where he originated and executed several M&A transactions across sectors and geographies. Mr Schappler has a BS in Business Administration from the University of Geneva. Shivkumar Seerapu Managing Director & Regional Head Trade Finance, Asia Deutsche Bank

Based in Singapore, Shivkumar Seerapu is currently the Regional Head for Deutsche Bank’s trade finance business in the Asia Pacific with responsibility for business strategy, product P&L and sales. In addition, he also heads the Working Capital Advisory team for the region, with responsibility for identifying and executing complex Trade Finance and Cash Management deals in Asia-Pacific. Prior to this, Shivkumar assumed dual roles, where he was the Global Product Head for Financial Supply Chain Solutions and was responsible for developing the bank’s global supply chain finance product capabilities. He was also the Regional Product Head for Trade Finance in Asia, where he oversaw the development and execution of Trade Finance product strategy for Asia including development and enhancement of new products and business opportunities. In this role, he focused on the building and enhancing of the Bank’s trade finance product capabilities in Asia with a special emphasis on open account financing solutions across the corporate supply chain. Shivkumar has more than 20 years of experience in transaction banking. Prior to Deutsche Bank, he was with Standard Chartered Bank for 10 years where he held various roles in trade finance.

Pascal Serre Head Trade, Project Finance & Credit Asia Pacific Alcatel Lucent

Pascal got a diversified 25 year experience in project and trade finance all over Asia Pacific, having worked for both corporations and banks. He joined 15 years ago Alcatel (purchased this year by Nokia), one of the major telecom vendors. He was in charge of trade, project financings and credit for the whole Asia Pacific region. He is now more focusing on Asia North and South. In addition, he is also supervising the export financings of the Chinese subsidiary, Alcatel Shanghai Bell. His work is mainly to bring customers short term to long term financing solutions for projects as diversified as mobile or fixed networks, submarine cables, etc. Civil engineer + MBA, he initially worked in setting up BOT schemes for Bouygues, one of the world leading construction and infrastructure group, with projects in Greece, France, then Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand. Later, he took responsibility in two large banks, namely Credit Agricole and Bank of China, to lead advisory and project financing in Asia for sectors such as power, oil & gas, water treatment, rail & roads and infrastructure. Pascal has been based in London, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Singapore. Ashish Sethi Head Structured Finance Nokia

Ashish is a seasoned Finance professional with experience in Treasury, Trade and Structured Financing. He started his career in 1999 with Deloitte from where is also did his articles. He then went on to work in the non-Banking Finance Companies of Citigroup and General Electric in India where he held various positions in their Corporate Treasury and Capital markets organisations. Ashish joined Nokia in its India operations in 2010 to head its Structured Finance operations and after a 4 years stint there moved to Singapore and is now responsible for Nokia’s Trade and Structured Financing operations in Asia Pacific. Ashish is a Chartered Accountant and has been living in Singapore since the last 2 years.

William Shaw Managing Director Financial Services Texel Finance

William is Managing Director at Texel Asia Pte Limited, having been with the Texel Group for 13 years, now based in Singapore. William has 25 years of commodity trading, commodity finance and risk mitigation experience. Prior to joining Texel, William spent 5 years at WestLB as a Director of the Global Commodity Finance team, in Düsseldorf and in London. He also spent 9 years as Head of Finance at a global steel trading company. Through its insurance brokerage business, the Texel Group serves institutions that need to insure trade credit and political risk, through Texel Finance Limited, regulated by the FCA, as well as Texel Asia Pte Limited, regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. All Senior Texel employees have had extensive experience as Commodity Finance bankers or at Commodity Trading companies or as Insurance Underwriters. This level of experience is unique in the insurance broking community and allows the Group to truly understand the needs of its clients, to represent them fully and to develop bespoke, creative solutions. Meetu Singh Head Global Corporate Sales & Transaction Banking Office, Asia & Oceania Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU)

Ms Meetu Singh has extensive experience delivering solutions across cash management, trade and supply chain to large global and local corporates. She joined BTMU in October 2015 and is responsible for leading the Bank's trade and cash management sales teams across 13 markets within the Asia and Oceania region. Ms Singh has worked across various areas of banking and across various geographies adding to the wealth of knowledge she brings to the team. Ms Singh has held leadership positions in India, Australia, Singapore and most recently in the United States, where she was heading up the Transaction Banking initiative for DBS Bank. Prior to DBS Bank, she held senior positions at JP Morgan Chase and HSBC. Ms Singh holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics (Hons) from Delhi University and a MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

Bhriguraj Singh Head Trade & Supply Chain HSBC

Ms Meetu Singh has extensive experience delivering solutions across cash management, trade and supply chain to large global and local corporates. She joined BTMU in October 2015 and is responsible for leading the Bank's trade and cash management sales teams across 13 markets within the Asia and Oceania region. Ms Singh has worked across various areas of banking and across various geographies adding to the wealth of knowledge she brings to the team. Ms Singh has held leadership positions in India, Australia, Singapore and most recently in the United States, where she was heading up the Transaction Banking initiative for DBS Bank. Prior to DBS Bank, she held senior positions at JP Morgan Chase and HSBC. Ms Singh holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics (Hons) from Delhi University and a MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. Dominic Siu Group Chief Financial Officer MTQ Corporation

Mr Siu is the Group Chief Financial Officer of MTQ Corporation Limited. He is an experienced finance manager and has held senior finance positions in Greater China and south East Asia regions. Mr Siu graduated with a Bachelor of Civil and Structural Engineering (Honours) degree. He is fellow members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Association of Corporate Treasurers and Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr Siu is also members of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and Singapore Institute of Directors.

Venkatesh Somanathan Regional Head Trade Finance Cash Management Corporates Deutsche Bank

Venkatesh Somanathan is a Director and the Global Head of Supplier Financing Solutions in Deutsche Bank’s Global Transaction Banking division. He is responsible for leading Supplier Financing product initiatives and developing and executing the trade finance/supplier financing product strategy for the bank globally. A core element of his mandate is to ensure that the Financial Supply Chain team realises the ambitious goals for this product segment. He is also a subject matter expert on Trade Finance, Risk Distribution and RMB and has been instrumental in spearheading related projects for the trade finance business across the bank’s franchise. Venkatesh is also the Regional Head of Trade Finance Product Management, Asia Pacific. His key responsibilities include managing and developing the bank’s Trade Finance products in this region. Venkatesh has about 20 years of experience in the Trade Finance area. He started his career with Deutsche Bank in 1997 in India. During the intervening years from 2003 to 2006, he was with ABN Amro Bank in India, heading their Supply Chain Financing business. Venkatesh holds a Bachelor’s degree in commerce from Mumbai University. He is also qualified as a Chartered Accountant and a Cost & Management Accountant. He lives in Singapore with his wife and two children. Ludovic Subran Chief Economist & Director Economic Research Euler Hermes

Ludovic Subran is the Chief Economist and Director for Economic Research at credit insurer Euler Hermes, a company of Allianz. He leads a team of a dozen experts, responsible for macroeconomic forecasts and sector analyses worldwide. Every year, his department produces 300 publications and meets with over 8000 C-level executives. Ludovic is also a Member of the Board of Directors of Solunion, Euler Hermes’ joint venture for Spain and Latin America. Ludovic Subran started his career in 2002 with the French Ministry of Finance, where he was responsible for short-term growth and inflation forecasts for the Eurozone and developed particular expertise in economic diagnostics for advanced economies. In 2006, he joined the United Nations’ World Food Program as economic advisor in the Office of the Executive Director, based in Rome, where he helped to develop and implement the humanitarian response to the 2007 food crisis. In 2009, he was appointed economist and team leader at the World Bank in Washington DC. He led technical assistance and lending operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, West Africa and the Middle East. Ludovic has worked for more than a decade on economic policy issues in more than 30 countries around the world.

Gerald Sun Vice-President Business Development, Trade & Industry, Asia Pacific MasterCard Worldwide

Gerald leads MasterCard’s global trade digitization efforts. He is responsible for state, NGO and industry partnerships to drive an inclusive digital trade infrastructure. As a part of this charge, is also responsible for MasterCard's public sector digital payment solutions in Asia Pacific. In his prior role heading commercial solution sales at MasterCard, he transformed the organization towards B2B payments and led the organization to double the business in 3 years, amid sustained share growth. He has more than 10 years of experience in helping large organizations digitize how they collect & pay; for example, he pioneered Singapore Airlines eCommerce business. He has held various sales, marketing and product roles across Finance, Manufacturing & Travel. He continues to work with some of the largest companies and governments in Asia Pacific and their partners on improving their working capital and operations through innovation in payables & receivables. Gerald has a Masters of Engineering in Engineering Management (Finance & Logistics), Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Engineering (Operations Research & Industrial Engineering) from Cornell University, NY, USA. MasterCard has been at the forefront of innovating and developing digital commercial payments globally. Region-wide, commercial payments are relatively new, but over the last ten years, the commercial card solutions in Asia Pacific have emerged to be at the leading edge of global commercial solutions. Ilkka Tales Managing Director APAC Greensill Capital

Ilkka is responsible for originating and structuring supply chain finance solutions for clients across the Asia Pacific region. Prior to Greensill Capital, Ilkka has held senior global roles at MyriadGroup AG and Philips, appointed CEO of three Australian listed companies, a successful entrepreneur having grown businesses to scale globally across a number of industry sectors. Ilkka is a highly regarded innovator having won the Australian Innovation Award for ENGIN. Ilkka is a chair at the CEO Institute and holds a number of board seats.

Kah Chye Tan Chief Executive Officer Tin Hill Capital

Kah Chye is the CEO and Founder of Tin Hill Capital. Tin Hill Capital invests in, incubates, and operates trade finance and working capital related initiatives. Kah Chye also serves as an independent board member and advisor for a select number of global organisations such as ICC Academy and financial institutions such as Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Markham Rae and EFA Group. Most recently, Kah Chye was the Chairman of the ICC Banking Commission, the leading industry body for the establishment of Trade Finance standards and policies. Under Kah Chye’s leadership, ICC introduced the ICC Trade Finance Register to assist the industry in formulating the right Basel III capital adequacy policy. Kah Chye also co-founded the ICC Academy to provide industry leading business education. This is achieved through the ICC Academy leveraging on the ICC global network of 6.5 million businesses across 130 countries. Kah Chye was also a member of various global organisations such as WTO Trade Expert Group and Swift Trade Services Advisory Board. Kah Chye’s career spans across Singapore, London and Frankfurt. Most recently, Kah Chye was the Vice Chairman of Barclays Corporate Banking, Managing Director at JPM and the Global Head of Corporate Cash and Trade for Standard Chartered Bank. During his banking career, he helped one of the banks to quadruple its income; led the world’s first synthetic Trade securitization; developed working capital linkages across Trade, Supply Chain Finance, Cash Management and Foreign Exchange businesses; and established a centralised operation in Chennai. Kah Chye holds a BBA (Hons) and an MBA from Dalhousie University in Canada and is married with two sons.

Marc Tattersall Head Trade Finance, South & South East Asia NAB

I commenced my trade finance career over a decade ago and through that time have been located across Asia and Australia. I have had the opportunity to develop deep expertise in soft and hard commodity trade finance over the last 6 years. This has been complemented with broader exposure to diversified industrials, consumer and agricultural sectors over the course of my career. My roles have been primarily geared towards the support of Institutional clients through provision of tailored risk management and working capital advisory and consulting. My most recent role has seen me hold regional leadership responsibility for NAB’s trade finance business in South East Asia, India and Japan overseeing a team of 9 covering both front and middle office functions. NAB’s mandate is to primarily focus on Australia-Asia trade flows and support clients on both ends. This strategic focus leveraging the expertise and capabilities of our local teams has seen NAB become a leading force in Australia and increasingly in Asia as our team engages proactively with key clients in the various regions. I have attended and contributed to panel discussions at a number of GTR and other industry events over the last few years. The topics have covered collaboration of trade finance banks to provide better holistic support to clients and electronic trade finance and the emergence of technology platforms shaping our industry. Having a technology-focussed tertiary education has given me a deep insight into the potential opportunities and challenges associated with increased use of this automation in trade finance. Lionel Taylor Managing Director Trade Advisory Network

Lionel Taylor is a trade, supply chain and invoice finance business leader having over 30+ years experience at senior management and director level with major financial institutions including RBS, Rabobank, Citibank and Lloyds Banking Group and with non-bank independents. Now Managing Director of Trade Advisory Network Limited, which specialises in the strategic development of global supply chain, trade and invoice finance with a client base of regional banks independent finance providers, fintechs and technology providers, his key areas of expertise include new business strategy, turnaround, organisation design, new product design, product management, marketing, origination, credit, team building and training. Lionel also has extensive factoring and international experience with a specific understanding of Asia and China, having opened, managed and successfully developed business and operations in that region. He currently is a Non-Executive Director of a growing UK based Fintech, sits as the independent credit committee member for another non-bank finance provider and is frequently invited to comment and write for specialist international trade publications as well as chairing and speaking at international events.

Truong Thi Thu Ba Executive Vice-President Financial Institutions Bank for Investment & Development of Vietnam

Ba, Truong Thi Thu has 15 years of Financial Institutions experience with BIDV (the largest among joint stock commercial bank in Vietnam). She is looking after the bank’s relationship with banks based in Asia (including ADB) and domestic banks, and did in her career manage the bank’s relationship with banks globally, from America to Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Oceania. She has been engaged in analysing banks, proposing credit lines and overall policies of cooperation, through hard times of US subprime crisis and the following global financial crisis, and domestic banking turmoil in 2011. She has led deals of syndications and bilateral term loans for BIDV with aggregate value in billions of US dollars, and led negotiations for providing various cash, payment and trade products to other banks. She has an MBA from Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (program in Hanoi, Vietnam) and a Bachelor degree in International Economics at Hanoi Foreign Trade University. Jarno Timmerman Head Treasury, South East Asia Pacific Akzo Nobel

Jarno Timmerman has over 15 years of treasury experience, for multinationals in the airline, apparel and chemicals industry. He has broad coverage in the Treasury space: cash management, financial risk management, financial markets, trade finance, corporate finance, treasury accounting and control and M&A. He is currently heading up the Asia Pacific Treasury hub for AkzoNobel in Singapore. Jarno holds a university degree in economics and a post graduate degree in Treasury Management both at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Mario Tombazzi Group Head Liquidity Management & Account Services DBS Bank

Mario Tombazzi oversees the DBS Institutional Banking Group’s liquidity management solutions and deposit products across Corporate, Non-Bank Financial Institutions and Financial Institution segments, and is based in Singapore. Prior to joining DBS, he was the regional head for Liquidity and Investments at HSBC, covering all markets in Asia Pacific from their Hong Kong office. Mr. Tombazzi started his banking career at JPMorgan Chase Bank’s Treasury Services division, and held postings both in Europe (London) and Asia (Singapore). Before that, he held senior treasury positions at IBM and Kuwait Petroleum.

Steven van der Hooft Chief Executive Officer Capital Chains

Steven holds a master’s degree in Economics from Tilburg University in the Netherlands and gained extensive experience in the field of Supply Chain Finance and Financial Supply Chain Management, through roles as director banking at Inchainge, senior management consultant at Capgemini Consulting and while working at ING. In 2015 he founded Capital Chains, a company that specializes in Training & Consultancy on Financial Supply Chain Management issues for both banks as well as corporates. The motto of Capital Chains is “Financial Game Changers”. Steven’s main area of interest is the interaction between the physical and financial supply chain, as well as the required change processes for the organization from a client and employee perspective. In this area of expertise, Steven gained experience in training/working with clients in countries such as Canada, Indonesia, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, the United States of America and the majority of the European countries. Vijay Vashist Managing Director Global Transaction Services, Trade & Supply Chain Finance & Trade Asset Management DBS Bank

Vijay Vashist is the M.D & Group Head of Trade & Supply Chain Finance and Trade Risk Distribution in DBS’ Global Transaction Services, based at the head office in Singapore. He is directly responsible for developing open account trade product innovation, strategizing market expansion, driving investment agenda, and promulgating trade risk distribution channels. His wide purview extends across DBS core markets in Asia and beyond. Within DBS, he also has oversight on product offering across all client segments ranging from large corporates to SMEs. Vijay joined DBS in April 2011 from Standard Chartered Bank, where he was previously Managing Director and Global Head of Open Account Trade Finance. He has had over 25 years of experience within Institutional Banking covering areas of corporate relationship banking, Supply Chain, Leasing, Open Account and traditional trade business lines, working at StanChart, HSBC and GE Capital.

Thomas Verhagen Senior Programme Manager University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership

Thomas works at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), where he is responsible for the Banking Environment Initiative (BEI). He is driven to make the BEI attain its mission. This is to lead the banking industry in collectively directing capital towards environmentally and socially sustainable economic development. A Dutch native, Thomas worked for ten years at ABN AMRO bank prior to his engagement with the University of Cambridge. During his time as a banker, he experienced first-hand the great opportunities for change by working in his two main fields of expertise: credit portfolio management and business model innovation. At ABN AMRO he had a range of account roles as well as roles in risk management and financial restructuring. Also he was the chief of staff of ABN AMRO’s Innovation Centre. Thomas holds a BSc and an MSc in International Business from Tilburg University, the Netherlands. Michael Vrontamitis Head Transaction Banking & Trade Product Management Standard Chartered

As Head of Trade, Product Management, Transaction Banking Michael is responsible for the P&L and delivery of the Bank's Trade Finance capabilities globally in Documentary Trade, Receivables Finance, Supply Chain Finance, and working capital solutions, to all of the Bank’s clients across Corporate & Institutional, Commercial and Business clients. He is also accountable for the Bank's Trade Finance distribution. Michael is a member of the BAFT Global Trade Industry Council and the ICC Banking Commission Advisory Board. He chairs the SWIFT Offshore CNY Best Practice Working Group – Cash & Trade Group and in March 2014 he was recognised by The Asset as The Renminbi Banker of the Year in the Industry Achievement Awards of the Triple A Treasury, Trade and Risk Management Awards. He joined Standard Chartered Bank in 1995 and has worked in Hong Kong, London and Singapore across a number of business areas including Corporate Relationship Management, Cash Management and Trade Product Sales, Investor Relations, Business Planning and Strategy for the CEO of the Consumer Bank, Customer Segmentation and Branding, and Customer Experience Management. Most recently Michael was the Head of Product Management for Asia, Transaction Banking where he had product oversight and P&L responsibilities across the suite of solutions for Cash Management, Trade Finance, Securities Services and Clearing for the bank's clients in the region. He is on the board and the honorary treasurer of KELY support group, a Hong Kong based Charity. KELY is focused on providing education and intervention for youth targeting drugs, alcohol and self-esteem issues through peer support. More detail: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-vrontamitis/0/818/879

Azim Walli Head Trade & Supply Chain Finance Products, Transaction Banking Office, Asia & Oceania Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU)

Mr. Azim S Walli has more than 20 years of experience in financial services. Mr Walli is responsible for developing, commercialising and managing the Bank’s Trade and Supply Chain suite of products across 13 markets within the Asia and Oceania region. Mr Walli has worked in relationship management, risk management, strategy and trade and supply chain sales in various global banks in North America, Europe and Asia. He has held leadership positions in Trade and Supply Chain Products at Credit Suisse in Zurich and most recently at ANZ in Singapore. Mr Walli holds a degree in French Language and Linguistics and a degree in Law, both from Université Laval in Canada. Tim Warren Regional Head APAC, Credit & Political Risk Zurich Insurance Group

Tim is a Senior Vice President and the Asia Pacific regional head of Credit & Political Risk Insurance at Zurich. Zurich is one of the largest global providers of credit & political risk insurance and holds a leadership position in the Berne Union, the club of export credit agencies and major private international credit insurers. Tim has been with Zurich for almost 10 years underwriting the full spectrum of short/medium term credit, sovereign debt and political risk insurance products. He transferred to Singapore from Zurich’s London office at the start of 2010 to assist in establishing their Singapore office and Asia Pacific regional hub. He has worked extensively with banks, corporates, export credit agencies and insurance brokers based throughout the Asia Pacific region and currently manages underwriters in Singapore, Tokyo, Melbourne and Sydney. He is a frequent speaker and panelist at trade finance conferences. Prior to joining Zurich Tim worked with Ace Global Markets in the Lloyd’s of London marine insurance market. Tim is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Insurers and holds an economics degree from the University of Birmingham (UK).

Chris Wohlert Business Leader General Electric

Chris Wohlert is the Business Leader for the Commercial Distribution Finance platform in Asia for GE Capital International. In this role, he leads the inventory financing and cross-border factoring business serving multinational manufacturers across a variety of industries in coordination with the Commercial Distribution Finance platforms in GE Capital globally. Mr. Wohlert has twenty years of experience in the fields of commercial lending, inventory finance and factoring where he has managed and structured global financing programs across North America, South America, Europe, Middle East/Africa and Asia Pacific. He has spent nineteen years at GE Commercial Distribution Finance and its predecessor companies in roles of increasing responsibility in the areas of portfolio management, special assets, business development and leadership. Mr. Wohlert is also an active member of the Asia Pacific Financial Forum, part of the APEC Finance Minister’s Process, where he serves as the leader for secured transaction reform for the Financial Infrastructure Development Network, launched in November 2015 as part of the Cebu Action Plan. Mark Wong Managing Director Credit, Political & Security Risks JLT Specialty

Mark Wong is Managing Director of Credit, Political & Security Risks for Jardine Lloyd Thompson (“JLT”) in Asia and is based in Singapore. Mark has over sixteen years of broking and advisory experience in the credit, political risk and surety market. Mark currently works extensively with banks, export credit agencies, multinational companies and commodity traders addressing their credit, political risk and surety requirements. Prior to JLT, Mark worked for another leading insurance broking firm and was head of their credit, political risk and surety team in Singapore. Over his tenure, Mark predominantly focused on clients in Asia and assisted them in managing their regional and global credit and political risk exposure.

Frank Wu Regional Head Structured Commodity Trade Finance, Asia Pacific Deutsche Bank

Appointed Regional Head of Structured Commodity Trade Finance, Asia Pacific in January 2013, Frank Wu leads teams across Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai which specialise in providing a wide range of innovative structured trade finance solutions to clients in the commodity sectors including metals and mining, energy and agriculture. Prior to this appointment, Frank was the Head of Trade Finance and Cash Management Corporates, Greater China from 2011 to 2012 and Head of Structured Trade & Export Finance, China from 2008 to 2011. Before joining Deutsche Bank, Frank was the Head of Metals and Mining, Origination and Client Relationships at Standard Chartered Bank with pan-China coverage responsibilities for miners, producers and traders in the metals sector. Prior to Standard Chartered, Frank worked for 12 years at HSBC covering a variety of corporate banking roles in Hong Kong and mainland China. Frank holds an MBA degree from China Europe International Business School and a B.Eng in Computer Science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Cheng Ye Relationship Manager International Trade Services Wells Fargo Bank

Cheng Ye is a senior vice-president and China head of trade of Wells Fargo International Trade Services. Based in Shanghai, and leading three teams of total 15 international trade finance experts in FI trade, Corporate trade and commodity trade, Cheng is focused on growing the international trade business throughout the country as Wells Fargo expands its international services for U.S.-based commercial and corporate customers doing trade business in China, and financial institutional clients around the world handling trade flows from and to China. Before joining Wells Fargo 10 years ago, Cheng held a variety of positions in Bank of Nova Scotia Shanghai Branch, China Everbright Bank and China Construction Bank, mainly focusing on trade finance, financial institution and corporate lending. He earned his MBA degree from Simon Fraser University of Canada.

Yuan You Yi Senior Treasury Manager New Hope Community Services

Yuan You Yi is a Senior Treasury manager at New Hope Singapore Pte Ltd. It’s parent company, New Hope Liuhe, is listed in Shenzhen stock exchange. New Hope Liuhe is in the agriculture, food and financial business. Its products range from animal feeds to high quality food products focusing on poultry, beef, dairy and swine. It has the leading top 3 brands in China with annual revenue of CNY 80 billion. Its’ sister companies are in various industries such as real estate, financials, hospitals, dairy farm, etc. You Yi studied in National Junior College before receiving a Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours, BSocSci (Hons), in Economics and Psychology from National University of Singapore. His interest lies in foreign exchange market since 2005 and he has tapped on his expertise to understand the market’s behavioural pattern. He is a Singaporean and current holds the rank of Major in his 10th year in national service. Before his current role, You Yi was in the banking sector in United Overseas Bank as well as working in a commodities trading firm. He has helped to streamline their systems and policies and has worked with senior management in both corporates and in the Army. His hobby is in travelling and he has previously taken a year off to tour Europe. Just like the markets movement of ups and downs, he is fascinated with collecting yoyos. Least of all, he is an advert believer of giving back to society. Audrey Zuck Director Insurance A2Z Risk Services

Audrey Zuck provides technical services and training to the political and credit risk insurance market through her company, A2Z Risk Services Ltd. Current clients include multinational insurance companies, Lloyd’s syndicates, specialty insurance brokers and internationally active banks. Previously she was a Director of Texel Finance Ltd for 8 years, structuring and negotiating political and comprehensive risk insurance for a variety of complex structures for financial institutions and commodity trader clients. In this capacity, Audrey provided training on managing the operational risks of insurance to clients’ loan operations departments and to new users of insurance. Audrey joined Texel in 2006, having spent 3 years at Willis placing non-payment risks for banks as well as political risks for North American corporate clients. Prior to becoming a trade credit and political risk insurance broker, Audrey worked in the Agency Finance & Insurance group at Bank of America, arranging financing for emerging market clients from multilateral and bilateral agencies as well as negotiating cross-border risk mitigation for loans arranged by the bank.