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TXF South Africa 2019: Johannesburg Roundtable
Export, Project & Commodity Finance
Oct 1, 2019
Johannesburg, South Africa
The place to hear from active, senior figures in South African finance...
This year we took our intimate and focused discussions to Johannesburg, bringing 100 of the most talented members of the commodity, export and project finance communities with us.
The most experienced members of South Africa's active economic sectors joined us to forge new connections and get the inside scoop on future deals.
Discussion focused on:
The effects of new legislation, the drive for economic growth, power, mining and infrastructure deals, plus we recieved an update from Eskom and got the ECA perspective on the South African market.
For the next meeting for African export, project and commodity finance, have a look at TXF Africa 2020. Contact Andrew to find out about how you could benefit from attending.
Speakers
Angelica Adamski
CEO and Board Director
Grow The Future AB
Nick Piper
Director
Signal Risk
Christopher Wood
International Operations
Department of International Trade and Industry
Sincedile Shweni
Commodity Manager
Eskom Holdings
Craig Weitz
Principal : Export Credit Finance
Nedbank Corporate & Investment Bank
Robert Besseling
CEO
Pangea Risk
Keri Leicher
Director, Consulting Relations
EXX AFRICA
Hanting Li
Representative - South Africa Office
Sinosure - China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation
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Angelica Adamski
CEO and Board Director
Grow The Future AB
Nick Piper
Director
Signal Risk
Christopher Wood
International Operations
Department of International Trade and Industry
Sincedile Shweni
Commodity Manager
Eskom Holdings
Craig Weitz
Principal : Export Credit Finance
Nedbank Corporate & Investment Bank
Robert Besseling
CEO
Pangea Risk
Keri Leicher
Director, Consulting Relations
EXX AFRICA
Hanting Li
Representative - South Africa Office
Sinosure - China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation
Roberto Ferreira
Head of Business Development
Mota-Engil Group
Lodewyk Meyer
Partner
Baker McKenzie
Themba Madi
CEO
Ikhabe Capital Investments
Malcolm Wilken
General Manager
Busmark
Piwe Makaula
Board Member
Busmark
Luc Koechlin
Managing Director
EDF
Ronny Mkhwanazi
Managing Director
Railcor Africa
Brian Irvine
Head of Export and Agency Finance
Investec Bank
Anusha Parbhoo
Consultant
Investec Bank
JJ Stegmann
Senior Transactor Export & Agency Finance
Investec Bank
Ismail Carr
Head: Marketing, Communications & CSR
ECIC
Paul Mojalefa
Business Development Specialist
ECIC (Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa)
Sibusiso Ngobese
Economist
ECIC (Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa)
Kutoane Kutoane
Founder & CEO
Trade Finance Africa
Warren Koen
Manager: Office of the CEO
ECIC (Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa)
David Sawyerr
Transactor: Export Finance
Rand Merchant Bank
Thea Hiemstra
Transactor
Rand Merchant Bank
Jerome Fanning
VP, Credit Specialties
Marsh
Andre Kruger
Head CP3P Trainer
NEPAD Business Foundation
Derrick Naidoo
Export Sales Manager
CBI Electric Telecoms Cables
Vuyiswa Singeni
Sales Director
CBI Electric Telecoms Cables
Anna Riley
Business Development & Marketing Director
Mojo Group
Joseph Mbuyi
Direcor, Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Office
KfW IPEX-Bank
Ryno Verster
Vice President
KfW IPEX-Bank
Jonathan Berman
Managing Director
Fieldstone
Dida Seminari
Development Manager
TIAfrica SAS
Inal Henry
Head - ECA
Rand Merchant Bank
Allister Langford
Director - Global Business Development
Unisure
Veredith Van Dijk
Customer Relations Manager
Agri-Evolve
Lovell Emslie
Business Development Director
Agri-Evolve
Seshophe Mabote
Director- Operations
Bahai Construction and Engineering
Darren Ameer
Business Development
Bahai Construction and Engineering
Maxwell Chiyangwa
Senior Client Executive
Marsh JLT Specialty
Lynn Harrod
Surety & Political Risk Practice Leader- Africa
Marsh
Sizakele Mbatha
Client Executive
Marsh
Mark Taylor
Business Developer
DesSoft
Colin Grieve
South African Chief Representative Officer
AfrAsia Bank
Ted Jood
Director
Fledextro
ANTONIO SALA
Executive Director Origination Africa
Banco Santander
Susana Sedano Nuñez
Global Head ECA distribution desk
Santander
Ralph Gunn
SVP
Standard Bank
Greg Fyfe
Head ECA and Agency Finance
Standard Bank
Asanda Tsotsi
Head: Project and Export Finance
Standard Bank
Chantel Van zyl
Senior Associate
Baker McKenzie
Penjani Mseteka
Associate
Baker McKenzie
Marlize Dumas
Candidate Attorney
Baker McKenzie
Kira Whyte
Associate
Baker McKenzie
Bridgett Majola
Senior Associate
Baker McKenzie
Jen Stolp
Partner
Baker McKenzie
Wildu du Plessis
Partner
Baker McKenzie
Alexander Vergus
Director, Johannesburg Representative Office
Mizuho
Ryohei Oikawa
Chief Representative, Johannesburg Representative Office
Mizuho
Moses Singo
Senior Director, Johannesburg Representative Office
Mizuho
Conrad Hefer
Managing Director
Cresco Project Finance (Pty) Ltd
Alan Narayadu
Senior Underwriter- Energy and Extractive Sectors
MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
Sam McManus
Business Relations Manager
TXF
Vivien Naidoo
Director
Turner & Townsend
Denys Denya
Executive Vice President, Finance, Administration and Banking Services
Afreximbank
Mandla Maleka
Interim Group Treasurer
Eskom Holdings
Paul Wroblicki
Senior Consultant
J Maynard
Cheikh Diagne
Underwriter & Investment Guarantee Officer
MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
Linda Sadler
Lead Transactor
Barak Fund Management
Mahlatse Ndabane
Export Sales Manager
MAN Automotive
Sunil Gopal
Distribution Lead
Barak Fund Management
Siya Nxaba
Principal: Africa Infrastructure Finance
Nedbank Corporate & Investment Bank
Bernadette Zeiler
Head: International Trade
Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Cheikh Tidiane Diagne
Underwriter / Investment Guarantee Officer
MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
Jodene Du Plessis
Marketing Administrator
ECIC (Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa)
Melanie Lawrence
Senior Manager
Afreximbank
David Riley
Chairman
Mojo Group
John Finlayson
COO
African Connection Logistics
Hein Strohm
general operations Manager
African Connection Logistics
Pierre Bester
Trader
Sotic International
Mbali Kubheka
Associate: Export Credit Finance
Nedbank Corporate & Investment Bank
Trevor Barnard
General Manager
Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe
2019 Attendees
- Grow The Future AB
- Mota-Engil Group
- Railcor Africa
- CBI Electric Telecoms Cables
- TIAfrica SAS
- Agri-Evolve
- Barak Fund Management
- MAN Automotive
- Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe
- Nedbank Corporate & Investment Bank
- KfW IPEX-Bank
- Investec Bank
- Rand Merchant Bank
- AfrAsia Bank
- Santander
- Standard Bank
- Mizuho
- Sinosure - China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation
- ECIC
- ECIC (Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa)
- Afreximbank
- Marsh
- Unisure
- Marsh JLT Specialty
- Baker McKenzie
- Eskom Holdings
- MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
- TXF
- Signal Risk
- Pangea Risk
- EXX AFRICA
- Ikhabe Capital Investments
- Busmark
- EDF
- Trade Finance Africa
- NEPAD Business Foundation
- Mojo Group
- Fieldstone
- Bahai Construction and Engineering
- DesSoft
- Banco Santander
- Cresco Project Finance (Pty) Ltd
- Turner & Townsend
- J Maynard
- Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Department of International Trade and Industry
- Fledextro
- African Connection Logistics
- Sotic International
- Unknown
- Magna Holdings
- Al-ternative
- Grow The Future AB
- Mota-Engil Group
- Railcor Africa
- CBI Electric Telecoms Cables
- TIAfrica SAS
- Agri-Evolve
- Barak Fund Management
- MAN Automotive
- Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe
- Nedbank Corporate & Investment Bank
- KfW IPEX-Bank
- Investec Bank
- Rand Merchant Bank
- AfrAsia Bank
- Santander
- Standard Bank
- Mizuho
- Sinosure - China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation
- ECIC
- ECIC (Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa)
- Afreximbank
- Marsh
- Unisure
- Marsh JLT Specialty
- Baker McKenzie
- Eskom Holdings
- MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
- TXF
- Signal Risk
- Pangea Risk
- EXX AFRICA
- Ikhabe Capital Investments
- Busmark
- EDF
- Trade Finance Africa
- NEPAD Business Foundation
- Mojo Group
- Fieldstone
- Bahai Construction and Engineering
- DesSoft
- Banco Santander
- Cresco Project Finance (Pty) Ltd
- Turner & Townsend
- J Maynard
- Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Department of International Trade and Industry
- Fledextro
- African Connection Logistics
- Sotic International
- Unknown
- Magna Holdings
- Al-ternative
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Corporates
- Grow The Future AB
- Mota-Engil Group
- Railcor Africa
- CBI Electric Telecoms Cables
- TIAfrica SAS
- Agri-Evolve
- Barak Fund Management
- MAN Automotive
- Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe
Financial Institutions
- Nedbank Corporate & Investment Bank
- KfW IPEX-Bank
- Investec Bank
- Rand Merchant Bank
- AfrAsia Bank
- Santander
- Standard Bank
- Mizuho
ECAs
- Sinosure - China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation
- ECIC
- ECIC (Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa)
- Afreximbank
Insurance companies
- Marsh
- Unisure
- Marsh JLT Specialty
Law firms
- Baker McKenzie
Government
- Eskom Holdings
DFI/MFI
- MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
Other
- TXF
- Signal Risk
- Pangea Risk
- EXX AFRICA
- Ikhabe Capital Investments
- Busmark
- EDF
- Trade Finance Africa
- NEPAD Business Foundation
- Mojo Group
- Fieldstone
- Bahai Construction and Engineering
- DesSoft
- Banco Santander
- Cresco Project Finance (Pty) Ltd
- Turner & Townsend
- J Maynard
- Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Department of International Trade and Industry
- Fledextro
- African Connection Logistics
- Sotic International
- Unknown
- Magna Holdings
- Al-ternative
Venue
We’re being hosted by the lovely Baker McKenzie at their offices in Johannesburg. Centrally located in the Sandhurst district you can access the venue in 25 minutes from Sandton Station and in 45 minutes from the international airport.
Need somewhere to stay?
33 Melville Road
4 star hotel | 12 minutes walk from the venue | Rooms from 4486. ZAR per night
33melvilleroad.co.za
Illovo Hotel GIBS Business School
3 star hotel | 14 minutes walk from the venue | Rooms from 870 ZAR per night
https://www.gibs.co.za/about-us/Pages/hospitality.aspx
The Captial Empire Hotel
4 star hotel | 15 minute walk from the venue | Rooms from 1717 ZAR per night
thecapital.co.za
Villa Vittoria Lodge & Conference Facilities
3 star hotel | 15 minutes walk from the venue | Rooms from 941 ZAR per night
villalodge.co.za
Testimonials
Useful conference, great content
Anna Riley
Business Development & Marketing Director
Mojo Group
Excellent event and understanding of the market. Great networking opportunity
Sekai Chiwandamira
Business Development Manager
Dentons
Well run, well worth it!
Andrew Pigott
Business Development Manager
AJ Power
A well connected network of financial institutions, ECAs, insurers and other industry participants to share experiences on export credit and trade finance in Africa
Melanie Lawrence
Principal: Export Credit Finance
Nedbank Corporate & Investment Bank
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