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Tod Burwell is the President and Chief Executive Officer of BAFT. Prior to being promoted to CEO, he served as the Senior Vice President of Trade Products with oversight of all trade-related initiatives including the Global Trade Industry Council, Trade Committees, and other strategic initiatives of the organization. Mr. Burwell has over 25 years of trade, supply chain and cash management experience as a banking practitioner, as well as serving as a consultant to global corporations and suppliers of strategically integrated trade solutions. Prior to joining BAFT, Mr. Burwell was a Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase and held senior global management roles responsible for trade operations, launching the logistics business and managing global product sales for trade finance and logistics management.

Paul Camp is the Chief Executive Officer of BNY Mellon Treasury Services and a member of the BNY Mellon Executive Committee, the company’s senior-most governing body. The Treasury Services business offers solutions in global payments, trade services, cash management, and foreign exchange. It operates in 36 countries, helping organizations optimize cash flow, manage liquidity, and make payments more efficiently in more than 120 currencies. Its services help clients conduct payment operations, ensure adequate liquidity, and manage risk.

Peter Hall joined Export Development Canada (EDC) in November 2004. With over 30 years of experience in economic analysis and forecasting, Mr. Hall is responsible for overseeing EDC’s economic analysis, country risk assessment and corporate research groups. In addition to preparing strategic advice for senior management at EDC, Mr. Hall is a featured speaker at conferences, international roundtables and policy fora, and regularly appears in television, radio and print media commenting on the world economy and Canadian international trade issues. He produces a widely circulated print and video weekly commentary covering an eclectic range of current global economic issues. Prior to joining EDC, Mr. Hall directed the economic forecasting activities of the Conference Board of Canada.

Kevin Holmes currently serves as the Head of Trade Product Management team, within the Transactional Products and Services business. Kevin joined Standard Bank in 2008. Prior to assuming his current role, Kevin managed the Trade Solutions Structuring team, responsible for the structuring and execution of a bespoke range of trade finance and working capital solutions for Standard Bank’s Corporate client franchise across the African continent. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree. He is a Certified Associate of the Institute of Bankers (CAIB) and holds a Management Advancement Program through WITS Business School.

Christian Keller is a Managing Director and Head of Economics Research at Barclays, leading a global team covering both Developed and Emerging Markets. Mr. Keller is based in London and joined Barclays in 2007 from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) where he had worked since 1999. Based at the IMF headquarters in Washington D.C., Mr. Keller worked on IMF programs with Emerging Market economies in Europe, Latin America and Asia, and served as the IMF’s Resident Representative in Turkey from 2005-7. Mr. Keller graduated with a PhD in Economics from University of Köln, Germany, and holds a joined-MA in Economics and Finance from University of Köln and HEC, Paris.

Andy Kollegger runs the International Corporate and Institutional Clients business at UBS. He’s a member of the Executive Committee of UBS Switzerland AG, serves on the board of SIX Group AG and he is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee. Andy has been with UBS for over 30 years. He started his career in securities lending and prime brokerage, co-lead the firms securities execution business and was a founding member of the “UBS - The Bank for Banks” initiative before joining the corporate bank in 2011. Andy is a certified Swiss banking expert and Alumni of the Stanford Executive Program.

Sven Korschinowski is focused on digital strategies and FinTech. He is Head of FinTech and Innovation for the German practice and a key member of the KMPG Global FinTech team. In his role he has advised financial service firms on the successful implementation of FinTech and regulatory project, led integration discussions between banks and robo-advisors and conducted commercial due diligence for firms purchasing digital platforms.

Shannon Manders is the Editorial Director of GTR, the world's leading international trade finance publication. She is also a freelance financial journalist, editor and editorial consultant with 12 years of experience reporting on and producing print and online publications for the global trade and trade finance sector. Shannon has extensive experience in moderating discussions, both at GTR’s own conferences and at a range of other top industry events hosted by the likes of the ICC Banking Commission, the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation, SWIFT (Sibos) and the Commonwealth Business Forum. She regularly covers stories from international locations, and has hosted numerous roundtable discussions and webinars.

Preashnie Padayachee is an Executive Director at J.P Morgan and the Head of Treasury Services for Sub-Saharan Africa. She is based in Johannesburg where she runs the Cash Management and Trade Finance business for the continent. Preashnie also has oversight for Corporate Cash Product and Customer service management and is accountable for developing and implementing growth strategies across the different lines of business at J.P. Morgan. She works closely with the management teams regionally and globally in building the firm’s expansion strategies, in-country client franchises and product capabilities

Ms. Diane Reyes leads a multi-billion dollar business operating across five regions, in over 60 countries and territories. She represents HSBC on the BAFT Global Transaction Banking Leaders Forum. She is a senior sponsor for the Diversity program within HSBC’s Global Commercial Bank and has also chaired various councils on women's career development. Ms. Reyes has been featured regularly in the last ten years in the US Bankers Magazine’s ‘Most Powerful Women in Banking’ and ‘Women to Watch” categories, ranking number 5 in 2016. Diane earned her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh and completed the Program for Executives at Carnegie Mellon University.

Axel Rüger was appointed as the new head of the Royal Academy of Arts in 2019. The Royal Academy of Arts exists now for more than 250 year and recently unveiling a £56m redevelopment. Before that Axel had been in charge of Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum for more than a decade. And before the Van Gogh Museum appointment, Axel was curator of Dutch paintings at the National Gallery in London. Axel was born in Dortmund and studied art history in Berlin, Cambridge and Ontario. Known for being personable and down to earth, he makes regular appearances on TV and radio and is highly regarded in the art world. While at the National Gallery his exhibitions included the highly acclaimed Vermeer and the Delft School in 2001 and Masterpieces of Seventeenth Century Dutch Portrait Painting in 2007. At the Van Gogh Museum, Axel oversaw major renovations and a full redisplay of the collection. During his tenure, visitor numbers grew from 1.4 million to about 2.2 million a year.

Ville Sointu leads Nordea’s emerging technologies research and development team. He’s been working in financial technology space since 2002 and has held several key positions worldwide in financial services and connected devices industries. Ville is also a member of Mobey Forum’s board of directors and several industry working groups in EBA, Finance Finland, EBF and OECD.

Karin Walchshöfer is Managing Director and Head, EMEA for the Global Financial Institutions Group at BMO Capital Markets, and is primarily responsible for overseeing the growth and management of the bank’s relationships with financial institutions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. She is based in the UK and manages teams in London and Toronto. Ms. Walchshöfer joined BMO in 2000. Prior to this, she worked at National Westminster Bank in London where she held various positions in their Correspondent Banking and Card Services units. Ms. Walchshöfer has been a member of the BAFT Europe Council since 2008 and was elected as BAFT EC Co-Chair in March 2022. She is also on the BAFT Board of Directors.

Brian Gordon started his banking career at National Bank of Commerce in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1989 while attending the University of Nebraska. In 2000 he joined Wells Fargo (via acquisition) where he focused his calling in the 7 states surrounding Missouri as a business development officer for the Wells Fargo HSBC Trade Bank. He then joined Sovereign Bank in the Mid-Atlantic & New England markets to build from scratch a structured trade finance group. Before returning to the Midwest to join Commerce Bank, he was with HSBC in New York City as an international business development officer covering CT, NJ, NY, PA, MD, VA, and Washington DC.

Jake Jacobson is practice leader commercial, corporate, and small business banking technology. Working with our world class CCSB business, strategy, and process experts EY is helping banks modernize and innovate around corporate lending, treasury and cash management, payments, trade, and supply chain. Jake joined EY in 2014, before that he was a director of strategy at IBM. Jake earned a BS in finance from the University of Minnesota and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Mr. Joon Kim has 25+ years of experience. He has held various senior positions at Standard Chartered Bank and American Express Bank, most recently as Managing Director and Head of Transaction Banking Sales for Corporate and Commodities for the Americas region. His various experiences include leading Trade Sales, Trade Product Management and Relationship Management teams, with an emphasis on development and sales of trade finance, supply chain financing, receivable services, trade processing and cross-border cash and liquidity management solutions to global financial institutions and corporations.

Dan Moran has over 30 years of experience in the technology & financial services industry. He has held a variety of IT, consulting & commercial roles in Europe, Asia and the Americas, including leading the SWIFT Customer Security Program for Americas-UK region. Dan is an avid advocate for good practices in cyber security defence, detection & response. With a background in software and finance, Dan has proven expertise in helping customers flourish even in the most challenging and critical business environments.

Rob Nichols is the president and CEO of the American Bankers Association, which represents banks of all sizes and charters and is the voice for the nation’s $20 trillion banking industry. Rob joined ABA in August 2015 following ten years at the helm of the Financial Services Forum, a non-partisan financial and economic policy organization. Before joining the Forum, Rob served in the George W. Bush administration as the assistant secretary for public affairs at the Treasury Department, a position requiring confirmation by the United States Senate. In this role, he acted as chief spokesperson and head of the office of public liaison, serving as Treasury’s lead representative with the media, business, professional trade organizations, consumer groups and the public. Rob’s earlier career highlights include working as communications director to U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton and press secretary to the late Rep. Jennifer Dunn, a former member of the House leadership, and in the West Wing as an aide in the Office of the Chief of Staff in the George H.W. Bush administration.

Mr. Steve Nichols is the BAFT Representative for Asia. Based in Signapore, he is responsible for growing the BAFT transaction banking community in Asia. Formerly an executive vice president and head of Global Trade Services for the Wells Fargo International Group (IG)., he was responsible for setting and implementing the overall trade strategy and direction for trade activities and ensuring that Wells Fargo trade businesses and initiatives are synchronized as an integrated business.

Amy Sahm joined Fulton Financial’s International Group in 2002 following a long-term career in the Japanese banking and trade industry. She works as department manager, overseeing product development, operations, sales and risk management. The International Group at Fulton is responsible for foreign exchange risk management and all international transactional products and services including Trade Finance for Fulton’s customer base. The International Group primarily serves import / export SME clients within Fulton’s five state footprint. She serves as a Board Member and Treasurer of both the World Trade Center of Harrisburg and the Mid-Atlantic District Export Council supporting the US Commercial Service Export Assistance Center. Amy is a member of the International Business Advisory Board of Elizabethtown College where she mentors students and presents guest lectures on international finance. Amy also holds a Board seat at BAFT as well as a Co-Chair position on the North American Council. In addition to BAFT, Amy is active throughout the North American regional bank network in several international banking industry groups.

Charlie Donovan joins the University of Washington Foster School of Business as a full-time Visiting Professor of Finance. In addition, he is the Executive Director of the Centre for Climate Finance and Investment at Imperial College Business School and Academic Director of the MSc Climate Change, Management and Finance. He is a Professor of Practice in the Department of Finance. In his corporate career, Charlie has been a clean tech company co-founder and CFO. He was previously Head of Structuring and Valuation for Global Power at BP plc and part of the strategy team that launched BP Alternative Energy with an $8 billion funding commitment. Charlie began his career as an Energy Policy Analyst with the US Environmental Protection Agency during the Clinton Administration. Professor Donovan holds a bachelor degree in Psychology from the University of Washington, graduated from the MBA program at Vanderbilt University, and completed a Doctorate in Management at IE Business School. He is the editor and co-author of Renewable Energy Finance: Powering the Future, now in its 2nd edition.

Marc Levinson is an independent historian and economist. Formerly an economic journalist, he served as finance and economics editor of The Economist in London. At JPMorgan Chase, he developed a unique industry economics function and then initiated the bank’s ESG research for investors. He later served as a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. His books include The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, a prizewinning history of an innovation that made globalization possible, and Outside the Box: How Globalization Changed from Moving Stuff to Spreading Ideas, published in 2020.

Michael Roberts is President, CEO and Executive Director of HSBC North America Holdings Inc., and also serves as Chairman of HSBC Bank USA, N.A., and HSBC USA Inc. He is a Group Managing Director of HSBC Holdings plc and a member of the Group Executive Committee. His appointment to these roles took effect in October 2019. Mr Roberts was appointed as CEO, Americas, with oversight responsibility for Canada and Latin America, with effect from April 2021. He oversees HSBC Holdings plc’s Americas businesses which serve domestic and international customers across Wealth and Personal Banking, Commercial Banking, and Global Banking & Markets. Previously Mr Roberts was at Citigroup, most recently as Global Head of Corporate Banking and Capital Management and Chief Lending Officer. In these roles, he managed 1,500 bankers across 100 countries, and was responsible for lending to institutional, private banking and retail customers globally. During his 33-year career at Citi, he held various senior leadership roles in the US and abroad, including Head of Global Financial Institutions, Head of Global Automotive and Industrials, CEO of Citibank Canada, and positions in France, Belgium and Turkey.

Jennifer Rosario is an IT Risk and Cyber Security leader with over 20 years of experience in IT Operations, IT Service Management, and Information Security (IS). She has a proven background in delivering expert-level cyber security guidance, developing, implementing and maturing IS programs. Her passion comes from bringing people, process and technology together to deliver value to the business. Jennifer’s certifications include CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), CRISC (Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control), and ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) Foundation.Joydeep has been instrumental in leading several large scale digital platform creation across markets in Asia. He is also a member of several policy-making groups in Asia focusing on financial sector reform and corporate governance. Joydeep serves on McKinsey's Global Client Council and the Global Knowledge Council which sets the Firm's knowledge and client agenda. He has led McKinsey’s Banking Practice in Asia for several years and currently leads McKinsey’s Strategy, Organization and Corporate Finance Practices in the region. Joydeep is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and is a graduate of the Shriram College of Commerce. Prior to joining McKinsey, Joydeep has spent 5 years with HSBC in various executive roles.

Michael Spiegel is the Global Head of Transaction Banking at Standard Chartered and a member of the Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking Management Team. He is responsible for the strategic positioning of the business, including trade development and delivery of solutions across cash management and trade and working capital financing to corporate and financial institution clients. Most recently, Michael was the Global Head of Trade, responsible for the global delivery of trade solutions and products across Documentary Trade, Account Receivables and Supply Chain Financing for corporates and financial institutions. Michael is a veteran transaction banking and client coverage specialist. His career spans more than three decades in Europe, the United States and Asia where he has held senior management positions in Global Transaction Banking and Client Coverage.

Ralf Steger leads Heidelberg`s Financial Services Division and is a member of the several expert councils for Trade Finance in the German Association for Machine Manufacturers (VDMA) and Federation of German Industries (BDI). Ralf is also Managing Director for Heidelberg`s own Captive “Print Finance International”. Ralf`s background is banking. He plays a leading role in Heidelberg`s EaaS Model “Subscription” that had been launched some 2 Years ago. Ralf is also Co-Founder of Tr8fin a FinTech focused on digitization of small ticket transactions under ECA coverage. She is responsible for the company’s engagement with all digital ecosystems, strategic partnerships and business expansion into new payments for Asia-Pacific. She is widely recognized as an expert business manager with deep insights on emerging trends in the region and is passionate about nation building digitization agendas and entrepreneurial businesses. Beyond payments, Rama is passionate about supporting the gender across multiple causes of education, career mentoring, entrepreneurship guidance and health care. Besides her corporate role, Rama is also a Sub-Committee Member of the Future Economy Council of the Singapore Government, that focuses on Infocomm & Media, Financial Services and Professional Services. She is also a Board Member of ASEAN Financial Innovation Network, a company set up under the aegis of the Monetary Authority of Singapore to promote financial services innovation and inclusion in less developed markets within the ASEAN region and a platform for collaboration and innovation for financial institutions and FinTech firms.

Mencía Bobo Aritio, with more than 14 years’ experience in the financial sector, has held several positions in Global Debt Finance (GDF), Risk Division and Global Transaction Banking (GTB) since she joined Santander Corporate & Investment Banking in 2006. She joined Santander in 2006 as a member of the Global Project Finance Group, where she led complex structured transactions across different geographies and industries. In 2010, she moved to the Risk division, as Director of Structured Finance, becoming responsible, at a global level, for the Infrastructure and Natural Resources sector.

Marc Bayle De Jesse has a career that spans more than three decades in market infrastructure roles, positioning him well to lead CLS through the next phase of its evolution as it continues to strengthen its resilience, control functions and infrastructure as well as drive the uptake of its settlement, processing and data solutions. Before joining CLS, Marc spent over 20 years at the European Central Bank (ECB) where most recently, he was a Director General, Market Infrastructure, responsible for defining and steering the implementation of policies in market infrastructure and payments. He also held a number of other senior roles during his time at the ECB; he managed the T2S Programme and, before that managed dossiers related to the promotion of market integration and the definition of the Eurosystem’s operational framework. As Chairman of the European System of Central Banks Market Infrastructure and Payments Committee, and member of the BIS Committee for Payments and Market Infrastructure, he contributed significantly to the development of regulations and international standards for financial market infrastructures.

Janko Hahn started as Treasury Manager at Rieter Management AG in April 2010 and then joined the newly founded Autoneum Group Treasury department, when the Rieter Automotive Division was separated and got listed independently at the Swiss Stock Exchange in May 2011. Since September 2011 he is heading the Treasury Operations at Autoneum Management AG in Winterthur. Prior to his time at Rieter and Autoneum he worked for Timberland Switzerland GmbH in Schaffhausen in various Treasury roles since 2005 after finishing his studies of Economics at the University of Augsburg, Germany. Janko Hahn is married and has three kids.

Dr. Rebecca Harding is an independent economist specialising in trade and trade finance and CEO of Coriolis Technologies, providing data as a service to the trade and trade finance space. She is the co-author of the acclaimed “The Weaponization of Trade: the Great Unbalancing of Policy and Economics" and “Gaming Trade: Win-Win Strategies for the Digital Era.” She frequently appears on Ian King Live, Sky News, BBC World and BBC Radio 5 live, Newsnight and Radio 4 and is cited in the Broadsheet press, including recent articles in the Financial Times, Telegraph and CityAM, and citations in the Telegraph, the Times and the New Scotsman. She is a regular guest anchor on CNBC’s Squawk Box. She has written 11 books and over 200 academic articles and public policy reports. Rebecca is a member of the World Trade Board and is well-known in the trade and trade finance sector for her work on global trade. She is a strategic adviser to the Council of the Society of Professional Economists and until February 2017 was the Chief Economist of the British Bankers’ Association. Her senior roles in business and academic institutions include Founder and CEO of Delta Economics, CEO of Equant Analytics, Senior Fellow at London Business School, Global CEO of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, Head of Corporate Research at Deloitte, Chief Economist at the Work Foundation, Senior Lecturer at the Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, and Reader in Economics at the University of Brighton. She is currently a Fellow at Offenburg Institute for Trade and Innovation. She was a Specialist Advisor to the Treasury Select Committee and Chief Economic Advisor to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Entrepreneurship.

Patrik has a long and extensive experience in corporate banking prior to joining Visa in 2022. He has been leading Nordic and international teams for Nordea, SEB and Danske Bank. Focus has been on the Transaction Banking landscape, where he has earned a strong reputation for his strategic vision and commercial development expertise. He has been very engaged in the international bank to bank community in various boards and partnerships. He is member of the Board of Directors in BAFT. He has a track record of strategy, sales excellence, crossed new frontiers in service and concept development and in online banking services. Patrik is well-known for his success in developing industry leadership within financial services. He has a wide-ranging and well-established network throughout the banking business, nationally and internationally. Over the years, Patrik has appeared as a speaker and panelist at numerous industry events.

Carl Lambert is responsible for measuring and maximizing the value created by advanced analytics and artificial intelligence at National Bank of Canada. He has been working in the field of analytics since the beginning of his career in 1995. He taught actuarial science at the University Laval, UQAM and the University of Montreal for 8 years while working as an executive in the Financial Services and the Insurance Industry for 26 years. He is a member and founder of the CDAO Council of the Conference Board of Canada. He joined National Bank in June 2020. Carl is a father to 6 children and his passions are the guitar and motorcycle.

GIS Expert Dr Michael Leigh is a senior fellow at the Brussels-based economic think tank Bruegel and adjunct professor at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University in Bologna. In 2017 he was an Erskine fellow at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He has written and lectured extensively about the European Union and transatlantic relations. Sir Michael served as director-general for enlargement at the European Commission after a career of more than 30 years in European institutions. He holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University and a Ph.D. in political science from M.I.T.

Stephen Lindsay joined SWIFT in 2007 and currently leads the business stream evolving SWIFT’s strategic platform to enable instant and frictionless cross-border transactions. Previously Stephen ran the Standards team at SWIFT, responsible for the development, maintenance and adoption of key financial industry standards including ISO 20022. Prior to joining SWIFT, Stephen spent 17 years as a technical architect and product manager for a financial software vendor, specializing in the design and implementation of payments and integration software for an international market.

Manny Maceda is the Worldwide Managing Partner and Chairman of the Board of Bain & Company. He is responsible for all aspects of the firm's strategy and people across Bain's global network of over 60 offices in 37 countries. Manny leads the firm in its mission to help clients create high levels of value while overseeing a culture perennially named as one of the world’s best places to work. Throughout his 30-year Bain career, Manny has advised CEO’s from around the globe while being recognized as one of the foremost experts on advising companies through large-scale transformations.

Mr. Walter J. Mix III is a Managing Director and heads the Financial Services practice at Berkeley Research Group. He is a former commissioner of the California Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) and also previously served as a banking executive at Union Bank of California. He advises domestic and international bank clients on corporate governance, risk management, strategic planning, and financial advisory assignments. He has significant experience in strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, enterprise risk management, regulatory compliance, and capital planning. He joined BRG from LECG, LLC and before that The Secura Group; serving as managing director in both firms. He serves as chairman of the International Bankers Association of California.

After graduating in ESCP Business School Master Degree in Finance and Marketing, Frantz Teissèdre joined Societe Generale Group (herafter SG Group) in 1996 as a financial controller of the International Department. In 1998, he was appointed as SG Group’s Investment Bank Division financial analyst in the insurance and banking sector. In 2002 he moved to Fiditalia SpA, one of SG Group’s largest financial services companies. He was then in charge of commercial development. In 2008, he was appointed Head of Fiditalia National Partnerships and Communication Division and was subsequently nominated member of Fiditalia’s executive committee. In 2012, he joined SG Groups’ Global Transaction and Payment Services Division as Deputy Head of the Interbank Relationships Department. In 2014, he was appointed Head of SG Interbank Relationships Department. Frantz Teissèdre is also acting as Board Member at EBA CLEARING and as SG Group shareholder/member representative at Euro Banking Association, Groupement des Utilisateurs de SWIFT en France (GUF), Comité Français d'Organisation et de Normalisation Bancaires (CFONB) and at the European Payments Council (EPC).

Chris Ward is head of Wholesale Payments at Truist. He is responsible for developing and delivering comprehensive and integrated payment capabilities for Truist’s clients. He is intensely focused on continuous payments modernization and application of the latest technology to enhance the client experience and drive new business growth. In Ward’s last role as the executive vice president and head of product management and delivery for treasury management at PNC, he focused on continuous payments modernization and application of the latest technology to enhance the client experience and drive new business growth. Ward held several leadership positions at Capital One, including head of product management innovation and integration for the treasury management business. He has led strategic product development and commercialization initiatives to drive revenue growth, ensure customer retention and enhance customer satisfaction. Previous experience also includes 11 years at Wells Fargo.

Maram Al-Jazireh is SVP/ Global Head of Financial Institutions at Arab Bank and is responsible for relationships and business development activities with financial institutions globally. She is also a member of the Financial Institutions Credit Committee. Maram grew up in Kuwait and graduated from Oklahoma State University with a major in Accounting. Prior to joining Arab Bank in 2001, she worked at Talal Abu-Ghazaleh International, Cairo Amman Bank, Citibank N.A, Amman and ABN Amro Bank, Dubai. She is co-chair of BAFT MENA Council and an advisory board member of Beyond Capital’s governance committee. She is also a fellow of the Middle East Leadership Initiative, a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network and founder of Mid The Art Reach Project.

Mr. Vincent Davignon is since July 2018 in charge of the Trade Product Management and Regulatory Affairs reporting to the Global Head of BNPP Trade Finance. He has over 25 years of experience in the Banking industry. Before that he has been in charge European Desk Manager (based in New York), head of Cash management Business Development and head of Corporate Trade Finance. For the last ten years, he was the head of the International Retail Banking Trade Finance having the responsibility to lead 60 sales specialists spread between Poland, Turkey, Ukraine, The USA (Bank of the West), Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Mali, Ivory Coast and Gabon.

Stacey Facter has been Senior Vice President for Trade Products at BAFT for the last six years. Ms. Facter is responsible for managing all the Association’s activities related to trade products and serves as the primary subject matter expert for trade issues, overseeing and managing BAFT’s trade councils, committees and working groups and helps members develop guidance tools for the trade industry. Ms. Facter serves as a public spokesperson for the organization to stakeholders, regulators and policy makers on industry matters affecting the international trade finance community and is BAFT’s primary technical resource for trade related education and training.Ms. Facter has more than twenty-five years of experience in international banking, including over twenty years with JP Morgan Chase Bank, covering emerging markets, international trade finance, cash and risk management, and securities collateral management.

Esther Galiana is the Global Head of Financial Institutions at BBVA. She is also involved in BBVA´s agenda regarding transformation and sustainability. Ms. Galiana has extensive corporate & investment banking experience combined with corporate experience in the health care sector. Additionally, she has been active in strategy and business development at BBVA e-commerce and BBVA Wholesale Banking & Asset Management. Prior to BBVA, she worked with Santander New York in Structured Trade Finance. Earlier in her career, Ms. Galiana worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in banking supervision. She has been Vice Chair of BAFT and co-chair of the BAFT Europe Council. Ms. Galiana is also a professor at the Masters in Banking and Financial Regulation of the University of Navarra.

Christian Hausherr is the European Product Head of Supply Chain Finance for Deutsche Bank’s Payables Finance solution, bringing to the role over 20 years of experience in Banking, In-house Consulting and Product Management for Cash Management and Supply Chain Finance. Mr. Hausherr spent his career within Deutsche Bank in various divisions and regions, mostly spanning across Europe and the Transaction Banking business. He holds a diploma in business administration from the University of Bayreuth and has worked in Germany, The Netherlands, Great Britain, Spain, the US, as well as in India and Uganda on Corporate Social Responsibility assignments in the financial and educational sector.

Deepesh Patel is Editor-in-Chief at Trade Finance Global (TFG). In this role, Deepesh leads efforts in developing TFG’s editorial and research strategy in key markets, including the UK, US, Singapore, Dubai and Hong Kong. Deepesh regularly chairs and speaks at industry events covering trade, treasury and payments, including The Economist, Reuters, UN, WEF and WTO, as well as industry associations including BAFT, FCI, ICC, ICISA and ITFA. Deepesh hosts the popular ‘Trade Finance Talks’ podcast and TV station, with a combined 300+ episodes and 50k+ followers. He is co-author of ‘Blockchain for Trade: A Reality Check’ and ‘Accelerating Trade Digitalization to Support MSME Financing’ with the ICC and the WTO, alongside other industry research. Deepesh is an advocate for promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) within the industry, founding the Women in Trade, Treasury and Payments initiative in 2019. In addition to his work at TFG, Deepesh is a Strategic Advisor for WOA, and is a Member of the ITFA ESG Committee. He also sits on the Fintech Working Group of the Standardised Trust. Prior to TFG, Deepesh worked at Travelex where he was responsible for the cards business and the Travelex Money app in Brazil, Europe, US and UK. Deepesh is Chair of Governors and co-opted LA Governor of the Wyvern Federation, which has responsibility for 5 primary schools in South London.

Diana Rodriguez is Vice President, International Policy at BAFT where she leads the association's global government relations strategy, focusing on prudential, regulatory and global trade policy matters. Her portfolio includes Basel III implementation, Libor transition, and U.S. trade policy. She coordinates joint advocacy with partner trade associations and other global stakeholders to advance BAFT policy priorities. Prior to joining BAFT, Diana served in the Obama Administration as Senior Advisor for International Trade at the U.S. Small Business Administration. There, she advised the SBA Administrator on a global portfolio of trade policy and trade finance matters, and oversaw the Agency’s global entrepreneurship promotion efforts in Asia, Europe and Latin America. Before that, she served as a Director in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s International Affairs Division leading trade policy efforts in Mexico.

John Taylor specializes in international law, finance, trade and corporate governance. He is a director of the Centre for Applied Sustainable Transition Law (CASTL) and an Honorary Professor at Queen Mary University of London. He advises banks and other clients on cross-border sustainablility, financial regulation and international business opportunities. He has held legal and banking positions in the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and EBRD, where he was General Counsel. His other experience has been in law firms in Australia, the US and the UK and in an international investment bank, a private equity firm and a large fund management group. He is an Honorary Member of BAFT and has been a member of BAFT’s Europe Council since 2010.

Dante Disparte is the Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy for Circle, a leading digital financial services firm building the most trusted treasury and payments infrastructure for the internet, including the fastest growing dollar digital currency, USDC. Prior to joining Circle, Dante served as a founding executive of the Diem Association, leading public policy, communications, membership, and social impact. Dante comes to Circle with two decades of experience as an entrepreneur, business leader and global risk expert, most recently as founder and CEO of Risk Cooperative, a strategic risk advisory and insurance brokerage based in Washington, D.C. Dante also serves as an appointee on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Advisory Council, the United States’ federal emergency response agency. He is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Digital Currency Governance Consortium, helping drive global standards and regulatory harmonization for digital currencies.

Sherif Elbehery is currently the Chief Executive Officer for Misr Digital Innovations, a Banque Misr subsidiary. Sherif brings a variety and diversity of expertise to the role having worked in various areas throughout his career in SMEs, Retail banking, Finance, Business Development and Strategy capacities. Prior to this post he held the role of Head of SMEs & Micro Finance and Islamic Banking for Banque Misr. Before joining Banque Misr Sherif has been the Director of Retail & Business Banking for Barclays Bank Egypt. He joined Barclays Bank Egypt in 2010 as the Director of Strategy, Planning, and Marketing & Corporate Affairs. Prior to that, he was based in UAE- Barclays Africa Centre, where he has spent nearly four years moving between senior roles in the Emerging Markets Centre and Russia.

James Grant is an American writer and publisher. The founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, a twice-monthly journal of the financial markets, he is the author of Money of the Mind (1992), The Trouble with Prosperity (1996), John Adams: Party of One (2005), Mr. Speaker: The Life and Times of Thomas B. Reed, the Man Who Broke the Filibuster (2011), and The Forgotten Depression (2014) among other works. His most recent publication is Bagehot: The Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian (2019), a biography of the brilliant and influential English banker, economic and political writer, and editor of the Economist, whose ideas about central banking informed the U.S. Federal Reserve's response to the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-09.

Matt Jolley is Head of ESG Origination for the Corporate Bank at Barclays, a role which involves supporting global coverage and origination colleagues to bring sustainability discussions and solutions to their clients, and supporting the development of appropriate green and sustainable product solutions. Matt has been in corporate banking for over 20 years across a variety of client coverage, debt finance and leadership roles in Australia and the UK. He has been with Barclays for the last 9 years, and prior to moving to his new role this year he was Head of Asia, Middle East & Africa Subsidiary coverage in International Corporate Banking.

Ross Leckow is Senior Adviser Fintech - Strategy and Legal in the Innovation Hub of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, Switzerland. Mr. Leckow advises on the Hub’s strategy and work programme, leads all work on the Hub’s institutional design and expansion into new jurisdictions, and is responsible for all legal matters relating to the Hub. Before joining the BIS in 2019, Mr. Leckow served as Deputy General Counsel in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, DC. He directed the Legal Department’s work on IMF crisis lending operations in member countries, the design of the legal and policy framework governing IMF activities, and the provision of legal policy advice to member countries on issues of financial sector reform. Beginning in 2015, Mr. Leckow co-led the development of the IMF’s extensive Fintech programme comprising both policy development and country operations.

Ms. Elham held a Bachelor with honor degree in Business Administration, American University in Cairo with 34 years of banking experience. Ms. Elham joined Commercial Bank of Kuwait in the year 2000 as Manager, International Banking Division and progressively held top-executive positions holding the position of GM – New York Branch, Acting GM – International Banking, GM – International Banking. Ms. Elham was assigned to take over the duties and responsibilities as Acting CEO from June 2010 until February 2012. She was promoted to Deputy CEO in April 2012. Then on 1/11/2013 she was appointed as Acting CEO. She was confirmed as CEO of the Bank from 20th November 2014. In her capacity as CEO of the Bank she is in charge of directly supervising and leading the profit centers/ divisions at the Bank in addition to the support departments such as (Operations, ITD, HRD, etc.). Ms. Elham is responsible for the preparation and development objectives and vision. Ms. Elham directs and controls the development of the Bank’s operations in accordance with strategic guidelines, thus contributing to the achievement of the Bank’s mission, strategy, goals and objectives. Ms. Elham is the Chairperson in various Executive Committees such as the Credit & Investment Committee, ALCO, and Management Committee and participates in the meetings of the Board related committees.

Michaela Ludbrook joined Deutsche Bank in 2014 in New York and serves as the Americas Corporate Bank Head and Corporate Coverage Co-Head. She joined Corporate Banking in 2018 as the Head of Strategic Execution, and also led the Securities Services Business from 2019. She is a member of both the Corporate Banking Global and the Americas Executive Committees. Previously, she served as the Global Head of Equities and Fixed Income/Currencies Operations and led the Americas Cross Operations Leadership Forum. Previously she worked at Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan based in London, New York and Tokyo.

John Monaghan has been with Citi for 16 years and during this time has held senior TTS Trade roles, bringing forth various trade finance and liquidity solutions to meet our Corporate, FI and Public Sector client needs. Prior to Citi, John worked in similar roles for ABN AMRO bank as part of their Transactional Banking unit. John was previously the Global Head of Trade Working Capital Finance.

Appointed as the Chairperson of Export Development Bank of Egypt on the 20th of November, 2016 with the mandate to drive the Bank’s strategic role in helping to grow the Egyptian export sector. She possesses over 35 years of banking experience in local, regional and global institutions and brings to EBE vast experience through her senior international and regional roles within these banks. Mervat served various senior positions from 1991 until 2017. She worked as the Regional Head of Financial Institutions coverage for North Africa and Levant in HSBC Middle East, Dubai; Vice President Global Transaction Banking in Deutsche Bank Egypt covering the same North Africa and Levant region. In addition, she held other various senior roles within local and regional banks and helped develop the business strategy for these banks’ growth in the Egyptian Market.

Steven Beck is the head of trade and supply chain finance at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He has managed exponential growth of the bank’s trade finance business and implemented its first supply- chain finance business. While at the ADB, Steven initiated a tool that maps the entire supply chain for COVID-related goods to address shortages. He 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. He created the ADB led study that, for the first time, quantified trade finance market gaps and their impact on economic growth and jobs. Under Steven’s leadership, a gender audit was conducted of ADB partner commercial banks to develop specific recommendations to attract, retain, and promote more women in banking. Steven undertook several initiatives to make global trade and supply chains more robust through digitization, including establishing the Digital Standards Initiative in partnership with the Government of Singapore and the ICC. 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 start up a new multilateral development bank, the Black Sea Trade & Development Bank (BSTDB), which focused on economic development in 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.

Geoff Brady is managing director and head of Global Trade and Supply Chain Finance in Global Transaction Services (GTS) at Bank of America. In this role, he oversees management of the origination and delivery of supply chain, receivables and trade finance products that provide liquidity, risk mitigation, and working capital optimization for the bank’s Corporate, Commercial and Business Banking clients. He is based in New York. Prior to joining the bank in August 2018, Brady was the Americas region executive for JP Morgan’s Global Trade & Loan Products business. Brady has more than 20 years of experience in banking and has held management roles in a variety of businesses including Portfolio Management and Payments in addition to Trade Finance.

Tod Burwell is the President and Chief Executive Officer of BAFT. Prior to being promoted to CEO, he served as the Senior Vice President of Trade Products with oversight of all trade-related initiatives including the Global Trade Industry Council, Trade Committees, and other strategic initiatives of the organization. Mr. Burwell has over 25 years of trade, supply chain and cash management experience as a banking practitioner, as well as serving as a consultant to global corporations and suppliers of strategically integrated trade solutions. Prior to joining BAFT, Mr. Burwell was a Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase and held senior global management roles responsible for trade operations, launching the logistics business and managing global product sales for trade finance and logistics management.

Francesco is the Chief Executive Officer at Barclays Europe. Based in Dublin, he serves on the Board of Barclays Bank Ireland PLC, and leads the Barclays Europe Executive Committee. Barclays Europe is Barclays’ principal platform for regulated activities in the EEA. It has approximately €93bn in IFRS total assets and €3bn in equity. Francesco joined Barclays in London in 2010, as Global Head of Barclays Corporate Development, where in addition to corporate activity on Barclays’ behalf, he was responsible for all Principal Investments across Barclays Group. In 2018, he moved to the Investment Bank as Co-Head of Barclays EME Financial Institutions Group and was subsequently appointed Chief Executive Officer for Barclays Europe in 2020. Prior to Barclays, Francesco worked as a Senior Banker at JP Morgan in New York. Before JP Morgan, he held a number of senior roles at Bear Sterns, Lazard and GE Capital.

Kunal Jhanji is a core member of Boston Consulting Group’s Financial Institutions practice. He leads BCG's payments work in the UK and is a member of the firm’s Transaction Banking and Payments management team. He has extensive experience working on payments topics with banks, core payments providers (schemes, acquirers, PSPs), and non-banks (regulators, merchants, fintechs). Kunal also leads BCG's global open banking proposition. He recently defined an innovative partnership strategy, including RFP support, for a cobranded loyalty credit card partnership deal at a European bank; and was part of the BCG leadership team of a large program for a major African bank for its new digital transaction bank and payments build. Prior to joining BCG, Kunal was a management consultant at Oliver Wyman, EY, and Deloitte. At Wyman, he was COO for the European payments practice, and he also served as head of policy for the Open Banking Implementation Entity, UK, while on secondment.

Manny Maceda is the Worldwide Managing Partner and Chairman of the Board of Bain & Company. He is responsible for all aspects of the firm's strategy and people across Bain's global network of over 60 offices in 37 countries. Manny leads the firm in its mission to help clients create high levels of value while overseeing a culture perennially named as one of the world’s best places to work. Throughout his 30-year Bain career, Manny has advised CEO’s from around the globe while being recognized as one of the foremost experts on advising companies through large-scale transformations.

James Pearson is the Global Head of Financial Institutions at Mashreq Bank, which includes coverage of clients in the Banks, Central Banks and Non-Bank Financial Institutions segments. The Financial Institutions business is an integral part of Mashreq Bank’s Corporate and Investment Banking Group. In his role at Mashreq, James is responsible for devising and implementing the overall business strategy for the Financial Institutions segment working closely with Head of CIBG to deliver a broader range of products to the Bank’s clients while driving other growth initiatives. James possesses over 30 years’ experience in corporate and investment banking and has worked extensively with banks, insurers, investors and intermediaries. Before joining Mashreq, he worked with Nomura where he served as Head of Financial Institutions, Asia (ex-Japan). Prior to Nomura, he worked at Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore for seven years, where he was the Global Head of Financial Institutions Industry Coverage and Global Head of Insurance Clients.

Dr. Rhian-Mari Thomas is CEO of the Green Finance Institute, backed by UK Government and City of London Corporation. Rhian spent 20 years in banking and was awarded an OBE for services to green banking. She is an Emeritus Member of TCFD and co-chair of TNFD. She is a member of numerous advisory groups and boards across UK Government.

Katherine Zaveri is Senior Vice President at StoneX Payments, where she specializes in helping financial institutions, corporates, and development organizations make payments around the world. In 2019, Katherine was the first from StoneX to participate in the BAFT Future Leaders Program. Since then, she has spoken on several BAFT panels, speaking on topics ranging from cross-border payments to the future of the workplace in a post-pandemic world. Prior to joining StoneX, Katherine worked under Ray Dalio at Bridgewater. She has lived and worked throughout Latin America and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

Peter Zotos is Managing Director and Client Executive for the North American Banks & Broker Dealers segment in Wholesale Payments at J.P. Morgan. In this role he is responsible for overseeing the growth of the client base and the delivery of cash management, clearing, trade finance, and liquidity management solutions for clients. Mr. Zotos has served in a number of leadership roles internationally during his career, including Global Head of Network Management and Head of Correspondent Banking for the Americas with Standard Chartered Bank and has experience across the full range of transaction banking products including Cash Management, Clearing, Trade Finance and Custody.

Mr. Rob Barnes is co-founder of TRADEIX. Mr. Barnes’ trade finance experience and expertise started in the logistics and financial technology sectors. In 2002, he founded PrimeRevenue Inc and was the CEO of one of the pioneers of supply chain finance (SCF) applications. He developed the largest non-bank SCF application with over $120B in annual processed volume through a combination of technology and services. In 2007, Mr. Barnes founded the consulting company Aradya and advised banks including HSBC, RBS, Morgan Stanley and Westpac on supply chain and trade finance.

Chavan Bhogaita currently works as Managing Director & Head of Market Insights and Strategy at First Abu Dhabi Bank. Earlier, he worked with the Alternative Investments and Fixed Income teams within the bank’s Global Markets Division. He joined NBAD in 2009, specialising in GCC credit markets (bonds and sukuk) across all sectors. He has over 25 years of professional experience in banking and finance, of which 20 years have been in credit research and analysis. His previous roles include Head of Middle East Credit Research at HSBC (Dubai), Head of Credit Research at Commerzbank (London), and senior credit analyst at Bear Stearns (London), and 6 years prior to his time in financial markets were spent in the areas of corporate recovery & insolvency, audit, and corporate finance in the UK.

Marie-Laure Gastellu is the Global Head of Trade Services since November 2016. Engaged in the transformation of trade finance, she is an executive banker with 30 years of experience in banking, transformation, innovation and management of large French and international teams. Marie-Laure joins Societe Generale in 1989 within the internal consulting department. In 1994, she takes responsibility for a portfolio of corporate clients in Paris and then in New York, and runs SG Americas’ Marketing division from 2001 to 2004. Until 2006, Marie-Laure is Global COO of Societe Generale’s division for corporate clients and investors, and then Chief of Staff to Chairman and CEO Daniel Bouton between 2006 and 2009.

Diana Rodriguez is Vice President, International Policy at BAFT where she leads the association's global government relations strategy, focusing on prudential, regulatory and global trade policy matters. Her portfolio includes Basel III implementation, Libor transition, and U.S. trade policy. She coordinates joint advocacy with partner trade associations and other global stakeholders to advance BAFT policy priorities. Prior to joining BAFT, Diana served in the Obama Administration as Senior Advisor for International Trade at the U.S. Small Business Administration. There, she advised the SBA Administrator on a global portfolio of trade policy and trade finance matters, and oversaw the Agency’s global entrepreneurship promotion efforts in Asia, Europe and Latin America. Before that, she served as a Director in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s International Affairs Division leading trade policy efforts in Mexico.

Sido Bestani, as Regional Director for the Middle East, Turkey & Africa, leads major SWIFT initiatives in the region, working on synergies, collaboration and business development, between SWIFT’s offices in Africa and the Middle East – Johannesburg, Nairobi, Accra, Dubai. From 2008 – 2015 he was Head of Middle East & North Africa and led the creation of SWIFT’s consultancy hub in Dubai in 2012. He began his career as an IT consultant then worked for an insurance company in Paris as a trader. From there, Sido joined SWIFT for five years, first as an instructor in training then as a relationship manager, before moving to CACEIS in Paris for five years where he gained extensive project management and sales experience in the securities business. He re-joined SWIFT in 2008. He holds a Bachelor in Mathematics and a Master in Mechanical Engineering.

Mr. Jochen Cerny was a Managing Director and Senior Relationship Manager at Commerzbank, Frankfurt with global responsibility for major Financial Institutions in North America, UK, Japan, Australia and Portugal. After finishing Law School, he started his career as a General Council at a major German Trust company. He joint Commerzbank in 1987 to become involved in the international business. Prior to his latest assignment at Commerzbank’s Head Office in Frankfurt, he established the Financial Institutions Group at Commerzbank’s New York Office where he worked for nearly 10 years. Jochen is a Co-founder and former Co-Chairman of the EAC (BAFT’s European Advisory Council). He spearheaded the BAFT initiative to create a Global Master Risk Participation Agreement which has become the legal standard in the modern Trade Finance world. Joydeep has been instrumental in leading several large scale digital platform creation across markets in Asia. He is also a member of several policy-making groups in Asia focusing on financial sector reform and corporate governance. Joydeep serves on McKinsey's Global Client Council and the Global Knowledge Council which sets the Firm's knowledge and client agenda. He has led McKinsey’s Banking Practice in Asia for several years and currently leads McKinsey’s Strategy, Organization and Corporate Finance Practices in the region. Joydeep is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and is a graduate of the Shriram College of Commerce. Prior to joining McKinsey, Joydeep has spent 5 years with HSBC in various executive roles.

Marwan Forzley is an innovator and visionary who is passionate about building companies through disruptive technologies and global strategies. After founding and selling eBillme to Western Union, Forzley became the GM of eCommerce and Strategic Partnerships with Western Union. Forzley is now the co-founder and CEO of Veem, a global payments network helping small businesses transfer money domestically and internationally. Veem is revolutionizing global business payments with innovative technologies like blockchain to help small businesses grow at home and abroad. Forzley is also the author of “Small Business in a Big World: A Comprehensive Guide to Doing International Business”, which teaches small businesses everything they need to know about taking their operations to the international level, from business culture to negotiation tactics.

Ingrid Holmes is the Executive Director of the Green Finance Institute. The GFI sits at the nexus of the public and private sectors and convenes and leads sectoral coalitions of global experts that identify and unlock barriers to investment towards impactful, real-economy outcomes, to benefit our environment, society, and business. Key areas of focus currently include energy efficiency in buildings, electric vehicle roll out, emerging markets infrastructure financing and financing nature based solutions. Ingrid was previously a Director and Head of Policy and Advocacy at Federated Hermes International. She was also the firm’s climate change coordinator. She has over 15 years of experience working on environmental policy and sustainable finance issues. Prior to joining Hermes Ingrid was a Director at sustainable development think tank E3G, leading a range of global initiatives on sustainable and inclusive finance. She has also held positions at the low carbon asset manager Climate Change Capital; been an energy and environment adviser in the UK Parliament; and adviser at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Prior to that she had a career in science publishing and journalism.

Regional Head of Innovation for HSBC Global Liquidity and Cash Management in Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. Currently responsibilities include driving innovation in the liquidity and cash management space throughout the HSBC MENAT region, including working collaboratively with clients, partners and fintech firms to create new products and services which can support digital transformation journeys.

Mr. Jebeyli is the Group Head for legal and compliance, covering all Group Audi entities. He is a General Manager, member of the Group Executive Committee, Chairman of the Compliance Officers Committee of the Association of Banks in Lebanon and President of Compliance Officers Committee at the World Union of Arab Bankers. Prior to joining Bank Audi in 1997, he was the Managing Director for Legal & Compliance at Citibank – Middle East & North Africa. Before Citibank, he was in private legal practice in the USA with focus on commercial and banking matters. Mr. Jebeyli is a former Lebanese Judge and a member of the N.Y. and American Bar associations. He has an LLM in International Banking from Boston University, School of Law.

Luka Lightfoot advises lenders, DFIs, ECAs, sponsors and borrowers on a wide variety of international and emerging markets financing transactions and restructurings. He is primarily involved in cross-border export and project finance, structured trade finance, syndicated lending and restructurings.

Andreas Meletiou is a Senior Vice President in the Financial Institutions Group at Mashreq Bank, the UAE’s leading financial institution. Andreas joined Mashreq in January 2021 and is responsible for leading and implementing the overall business strategy for our East Asia, Russia, CIS, GCC and Turkey markets. Andreas is also responsible for Mashreq’s FI Branch and “Corridors” strategy and the FI teams in Mashreq’s branches in New York, London and Hong Kong. Andreas brings over two decades of experience in corporate and investment banking and has worked extensively with banks and NBFIs in many regional markets. Prior to joining Mashreq, Andreas was the Global Head of Financial Institutions in ADIB. Before ADIB, Andreas held various positions at Standard Chartered Bank, including as CEO of Iraq, Regional Head of GTB FI (MENAP) and Chief of Staff to the Global FI Head.Moynihan participates in several organizations that focus on economic and market trends, including the World Economic Forum International Business Council (chair), the Financial Services Forum, the Bank Policy Institute, the Business Roundtable, the Clearing House (chair), the American Heart Association CEO Roundtable (co-chair), the Business Council and the Federal Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Board. He is also a member of the Vatican Council for Inclusive Capitalism and co-chair of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales’ Sustainable Markets Initiative.

Dr. Mohieldin, is an economist with more than 30 years of experience in international finance and development. He is an Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund. He has been United Nations Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Development Agenda since February 2020. He was the former Minister of Investment of Egypt from 2004-2010, and most recently, served as the World Bank Group Senior Vice President for the 2030 Development Agenda, United Nations Relations and Partnerships. His roles at the World Bank also included Managing Director, responsible for Human Development, Sustainable Development, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, Finance and Private Sector Development, and the World Bank Institute; World Bank President's Special Envoy on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Post-2015 Development Agenda (later, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)), and Financing for Development; and Corporate Secretary and Executive Secretary to the Development Committee of the World Bank Group's Board of Governors.

Brian Moynihan leads a team of more than 200,000 employees dedicated to making financial lives better for people, companies of every size, and institutional investors across the United States and around the world. Bank of America has been recognized as a leader in financial services, including on Fortune magazine’s list of The Best Big Companies to Work For, named Global Finance’s Best Bank in the United States and North America in 2020 and placed on Forbes’ World’s Best Employers List in 2019. The company is the top global bank on Fortune’s Change the World list. It was also the 2019 Catalyst Award winner for supporting the continued development, empowerment and advancement of women in the company and around the world, and is recognized annually as a top employer by Working Mother, LATINA Style, Black Enterprise, Military Times and U.S Veterans Magazine. Bank of America is included in the Forbes Corporate Responders List of 25 companies leading through the health crisis caused by the coronavirus. Moynihan participates in several organizations that focus on economic and market trends, including the World Economic Forum International Business Council (chair), the Financial Services Forum, the Bank Policy Institute, the Business Roundtable, the Clearing House (chair), the American Heart Association CEO Roundtable (co-chair), the Business Council and the Federal Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Board. He is also a member of the Vatican Council for Inclusive Capitalism and co-chair of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales’ Sustainable Markets Initiative.

Scott is an AVP in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Supervision Group, where he serves as a team lead in the Federal Reserve System’s LISCC Capital program with a focus on pre-provision net revenues. Previously, he led efforts in the development of supervisory approaches to the LIBOR transition. From 2016 to 2019, Scott was a member of the Secretariat of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, where he supported the development of the BCBS market risk and leverage ratio standards. He is a graduate of Haverford College and of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

Tom is responsible for delivering all of TXF’s market sentiment reports that span the commodity trade finance, export finance, project finance, and trade finance sectors. These include our in-house flagship reports, namely the Global Commodity Trade Finance Industry Report, the Global Export Finance Industry Report, and the Global Trade Finance Report and our array of more focused reports for our Intelligence subscribers. Tom also produces bespoke reports for paying clients who want to explore a topic in detail, but do not have the experience or time to explore it.

Joydeep is a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company. Over the last 25 years, he has focused on helping leading institutions around the world transform the performance and health of their businesses. He has deep expertise in architecting and leading multi-year business transformations with a large variety of institutions across Asia and Europe. His experience in banking, digital, analytics, strategy, organization, culture, change management and leadership enables him to counsel and work closely with CEOs and Boards on creating stakeholder value and sustainable change. Joydeep has been instrumental in leading several large scale digital platform creation across markets in Asia. He is also a member of several policy-making groups in Asia focusing on financial sector reform and corporate governance. Joydeep serves on McKinsey's Global Client Council and the Global Knowledge Council which sets the Firm's knowledge and client agenda. He has led McKinsey’s Banking Practice in Asia for several years and currently leads McKinsey’s Strategy, Organization and Corporate Finance Practices in the region. Joydeep is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and is a graduate of the Shriram College of Commerce. Prior to joining McKinsey, Joydeep has spent 5 years with HSBC in various executive roles.

Rama Sridhar is an experienced business head, strategist and a senior leader in payments. She has led businesses across geographies and industries in Asia Pacific, for over 3 decades, contributing her critical strategic thinking, commercial acumen and ability to drive transformational growth. She is responsible for the company’s engagement with all digital ecosystems, strategic partnerships and business expansion into new payments for Asia-Pacific. She is widely recognized as an expert business manager with deep insights on emerging trends in the region and is passionate about nation building digitization agendas and entrepreneurial businesses. Beyond payments, Rama is passionate about supporting the gender across multiple causes of education, career mentoring, entrepreneurship guidance and health care. Besides her corporate role, Rama is also a Sub-Committee Member of the Future Economy Council of the Singapore Government, that focuses on Infocomm & Media, Financial Services and Professional Services. She is also a Board Member of ASEAN Financial Innovation Network, a company set up under the aegis of the Monetary Authority of Singapore to promote financial services innovation and inclusion in less developed markets within the ASEAN region and a platform for collaboration and innovation for financial institutions and FinTech firms.