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ECA-DFI Finance in Asia 2014
Nov 26, 2014
Kowloon, Hong Kong
TXF went on the road again and took their ECA Finance event from Paris to the bright lights of Hong Kong. Feedback suggested the Asian export finance market needed a revamp and TXF set out to make this happen.
Heres what some of our guests had to say:
Speakers
Woo Yong Lee
Deputy director
Export Import Bank of Korea - KEXIM
Ralph Lai
Commissioner
Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation
Won Hyup Kwon
Deputy Managing Director
Export Import Bank of Korea - KEXIM
Henry Ma
Director & Regional Treasurer, Corporate Treasury
Emerson Electric
LynnTze Wee
SVP Financial Services
General Electric
Ingrid Furukvist
Senior Financial Advisor
Ericsson
Yo Miyama
General Manager, Finance Department
Marubeni Corporation
Robert Wallin
Executive Director, Customer Financing
Huawei Technologies Company
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Woo Yong Lee
Deputy director
Export Import Bank of Korea - KEXIM
Ralph Lai
Commissioner
Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation
Won Hyup Kwon
Deputy Managing Director
Export Import Bank of Korea - KEXIM
Henry Ma
Director & Regional Treasurer, Corporate Treasury
Emerson Electric
LynnTze Wee
SVP Financial Services
General Electric
Ingrid Furukvist
Senior Financial Advisor
Ericsson
Yo Miyama
General Manager, Finance Department
Marubeni Corporation
Robert Wallin
Executive Director, Customer Financing
Huawei Technologies Company
Pankaj Khanna
Chief Executive Officer
Pioneer Marine Advisers
Juliana Chen
Sinosure - China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation
Kyuyeol Cho
Director General Ship & Offshore Finance Department
Export Import Bank of Korea - KEXIM
Andre Lockhorst
ABN AMRO
Vijay Peruri
Senior Advisor- Financial Advisory & Structuring
Siemens
Sue Yueng
VP & CFO
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co
Isabel Galdiz
Vice President
US EXIM BANK - Export-Import Bank of the United States
Topi Vesteri
Deputy CEO
Finnvera plc
Kai Preugschat
Director, Asia Pacific
Recovery Advisers
Henri D'Ambrieres
Manager
HDA Conseil
Gert Van Melkebeke
Head of Export Finance BeNeLux - France
BMI Research
Peter Gilbert
Head of Asia Pacific
BPL Global
Ken Leysen
Director, Project Finance
Samsung C&T
Timothy Histed
Head of Thailand
MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
Fernando Artaza
International Finance Director
Abengoa
Mark Chan
Director, Sales and Project Finance
General Electric
Chris Green
Head of Asia Pacific
Portland Advisers
Harsh Dalmia
CEO
Watermark Capital
Kevin Tam
Senior Advisor
Ericsson
Rohan Doctor
Managing Director
Goldman Sachs
Kyungbae Bang
Director, Project Finance
KSURE - Korea Trade Insurance Corporation
Bill (Byeong-il) Lee
Director, Structured Export Finance, Korea International & Institutional Banking
ANZ (Australia and New Zealand Banking Group)
Shantanu Chakraborty
Senior Advisor, Private Sector Operations Department
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Munetaka Horiguchi
Executive Officer for Asia and Pacific
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
Glenn Maguire
Chief Economist, South Asia, ASEAN and Pacific
ANZ (Australia and New Zealand Banking Group)
Andreas Back
Senior Manager, Financial Services
Wärtsilä Financial Services
Peter Luketa
Senior Adviser, Export Finance, Managing Director
CB Advisers
Isabelle Roux-Sharpe
Head of Export Finance Business Units & Project team
Societe Generale
Arnaud Cachard
Managing Director - Co Head of Export Finance
Credit Suisse
Frederic Surdon
Head of Asset Finance
Societe Generale
Matthias Schemuth
Partner
DLA Piper
Laura Galvin
Managing Director, Export Finance Asia
HSBC
Mike Creighton
Head of Africa
SACE
Denis L'Heureux
Chief Representative, Greater China
EDC - Export Development Canada
Parth Jindal
General Manager
Hoegh LNG Asia
Damian Karmelich
Partner
Political Monitor
Yasukazu Irino
Head of Singapore Office, Chief Representative for Asia and Oceania
NEXI - Nippon Export Investment Insurance
Limi Zhu
Treasury
Minsheng Financial Leasing Company
Grace Ge
Legal Counsel, Financing Department
Spring Airlines
Ivee Tan
Associate
Standard Chartered
Jed Lim
Director, Head of Project Business Regulatory Department, Shenzhen Branch
Sinosure - China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation
Tahir Ahmed
Head of Civil and Defence Projects
UK Export Finance
Takayuki Mizukami
Mitsubishi Corporation
Guido Fieret
Treasurer
Royal IHC
Fumitaka Horiuchi
Director
Itochu Corporation
Erwin Boon
Executive Director, Global Export FInance Debt Solutions
ABN AMRO
Takashi Sengoku
Global Head of Structured Finance Tokyo
Sumitomo Corporation
Mitsuru Tsuboi
Director & GM
Mitsui & Co., Ltd
Takaki Nakamura
Structured Finance Dept.
Sojitz Corporation
Shinji Kawabata
M&A and Specialty Finance Section
Marubeni Corporation
Ashish Sethi
Structured Finance - Asia Pacific and India
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN)
Marie Aglert
Director, Head of Business Area Large Corporates
EKN - The Swedish Export Credit Agency
Zenda Kuo
Director - Investment Analysis
CLP Group
Betty Lam
VP - Finance
Diamond Generating Corporation
Sukjoo Kang
Vice President - Head of Treasury
Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction
Yu Chak Kwan
Director of Credit Control
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co
Cesar L. Lugtu
CFO
Steel Asia Manufacturing Corporation
Le Huyen Trang
Financial Officer
Petrovietnam Power Corporation (PV Power)
Stanley Yang
Executive VP,Group Corporate Development
First Pacific
Aaron Domingo
EVP & GM
Meralco Power
Diego Pugliesso
CFO, Finance Department
Construtora Norberto Odebrecht
Ricardo Unzer
Procurement Director
Odebrecht
Steven Mulder
Commercial Excellence Lead APAC
ING Bank
Paul Orton
Global Head of Project & Export Finance
ANZ (Australia and New Zealand Banking Group)
Shinebayar Bat
CEO
Batseer LLC
Alice Phan
Administration & Finance Manager
Vinci Construction Grand Projects
Partner
Icebreaker sponsor
Supporters
Endorsed by
Testimonials
Congratulations to the very well organised and successful event.
I am already in talks with the institutions I met at the TXF conference.
Michael See
Advisor to Executive Chairman
Otto Marine
A major event for the Asian market
Peter Luketa
Senior Adviser, Export Finance, Managing Director
CB Advisers
As something of an export finance veteran now, I have been to a fair few conferences over the years and I really felt that this was one of the very best, in terms of the high proportion of relevant EF practitioners (be it borrowers, exporters, banks), the mix of plenary sessions and smaller break out groups, and the interactive sessions.
Tim Lamey
Head, Export Finance, Asia Pacific,
BNP Paribas
Best ECA Finance conference in Asia
Topi Vesteri
Deputy CEO
Finnvera plc
Perfect mixture of attendees combined with interesting presentations and interactive discussions
Evert-Jan Zondag
Managing Director | Head of Structured Trade & Export Finance Asia
Deutsche Bank
We appreciated the conference.
The presentations were lively ones and we had the opportunity to meet customers, Banks and MLA. A very efficient tool for gathering market intelligence and networking.
Isabelle Roux-Sharpe
Head of Export Finance Business Units & Project team
Societe Generale
A fresh breeze in conference style!
Markus Kluczka
Senior Advisor Project & Export Finance
Siemens Financial Services
Well organised and well represented by all parties
Vijay Peruri
Senior Advisor- Financial Advisory & Structuring
Siemens
Thoughtful agenda and a great networking with borrowers, exporters, agencies and banks
Sumanta Panigrahi
Managing Director, Americas Head – Export & Agency Finance, Treasury & Trade Solutions
Citi
The conference attracted a diverse audience to whom the content was extremely relevant
Brenton Lynch
MD
Caterpillar Financial
Wonderful event with appropriate mix of streams and social networking
Chris Green
Head of Asia Pacific
Portland Advisers
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