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Åke Nordlander, director general at EKN discusses strategy in his new role, the increased prominence of defence, which now forms the largest part of the Swedish ECA’s cover. He’s also piloting new forms of cover that have an element of development finance with them, while continuing work on transition energy deals and interesting rail infra projects.
TXF spoke with PuiYin Tham, vice president of business development at Marubeni to outline the benefits of taking the ECA funding route and how the Japanese developer’s deal pipeline is shaping up in the APAC region.
Andy Bagus, senior vice-president treasury and strategic finance, at Indonesia’s national oil company Pertamina discusses project and export finance strategy amid a volatile global market. He views his role like being an air traffic controller.
Åke Nordlander, director general at EKN discusses strategy in his new role, the increased prominence of defence, which now forms the largest part of the Swedish ECA’s cover. He’s also piloting new forms of cover that have an element of development finance with them, while continuing work on transition energy deals and interesting rail infra projects.
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Connecting the Middle East and Africa. Step into the vibrant world of trade, agency and project finance at Exile’s (TXF, Proximo and Uxolo) MEA 2026.
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