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Testimonials
TXF Americas 2017
Project, Export & Commodity and Trade Finance
Feb 1 - Feb 2, 2017
Miami Beach, United States
Thank you to all our attendees! Hear what past guests thought of their TXF experience:
Speakers
Victor Luque
Managing Director for State owned Enterprises
Ministry of Energy, Mexico
Regina García Cuellar Céspedes
Chief of Staff to Pemex CEO
Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX)
Marcello Estevão
Secretary for International Affairs
Ministry of Finance, Brazil
Sabrina Borlini
Director, Syndicated Loans and Mobilization
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Antje Gibson
Vice President & Treasurer
Royal Caribbean Group
Josh Weinstein
Treasurer
Carnival Corporation
Aashish Pitale
Finance
Independent
Nick Haslett
Senior Managing Director - Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Business Development
Castleton Commodities International (CCI)
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Victor Luque
Managing Director for State owned Enterprises
Ministry of Energy, Mexico
Regina García Cuellar Céspedes
Chief of Staff to Pemex CEO
Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX)
Marcello Estevão
Secretary for International Affairs
Ministry of Finance, Brazil
Sabrina Borlini
Director, Syndicated Loans and Mobilization
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Antje Gibson
Vice President & Treasurer
Royal Caribbean Group
Josh Weinstein
Treasurer
Carnival Corporation
Aashish Pitale
Finance
Independent
Nick Haslett
Senior Managing Director - Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Business Development
Castleton Commodities International (CCI)
Fabio Jose Fagundes
Chief, Financial Products & Services Division
IDB Invest
Volker Helms
Managing Director
Landesbank Baden - Wurttemberg (LBBW)
Jeffrey S. Cain
Sr. Vice President - Project and Export Finance
Siemens Financial Services
Sarvesh Suri
Regional Industry Director
IFC
Satheesh Sundararajan
Practice Manager
World Bank Group
Bart Pattyn
CEO & President
COFACE SA
Daniel Riordan
President, Political Risk, Credit & Bond
AXA XL
Leandro Alves
President & COO
Falvez Energy
James Brache
Deputy Managing Director
Zurich
Lenny Floria
Head of Americas Regional Treasury & Structured Finance
Nokia
Alejandro Fernandez
Sr. Manager of Trade Finance Solutions Latin America
Bunge
Chris Patterson
Executive Director: Structured Finance (Americas)
Caterpillar Financial
Marcos Hepp
Director, Structured Trade Finance & Credit Management
Volvo Group Latin America
David Hanna
Executive VP & CFO
BroadGrain Commodities
Mark Schaltuper
Global Head of Country Risk
BMI Research
Terry Pierce
VP, Customer Strategy
Hijro Network
Alejandro Figari Alzamora
Director General
Oleana
Rob Morgan
President
Agile Energy
Manuel Andrade
CEO
Padtec
Julio Varela
Treasurer
Nidera Sementes
Doug Schoch
Vice President, Captive Business
Siemens
Julio Garcia
Head of Infrastructure – North America
IFM Investors
Suzanne Gaboury
Chief Investment Officer
Development Finance Institute Canada (FinDev)
Thilo Tecklenburg
Chief Operating Officer North America
Meridiam U.S.
Pietro Amico
General Counsel
Risk Analytics Ltd
Michal Ron
Chief International Business Officer
SACE
Hal Pontez
President & Owner
HPI LLC
Isabel Galdiz
Vice President
US EXIM BANK - Export-Import Bank of the United States
Larry Schwartz
Chairman & CEO
Seaborn Networks
Topi Vesteri
Deputy CEO
Finnvera plc
Tony Smith
Commercial Director
Igor Zaks
President
Tenzor
Jens Kruse
Head of Underwriting Latin America
Euler Hermes Aktiengesellschaft
Christophe Spoerry
Co-founder
Euler Hermes Digital Agency
Lucy Morris
Senior Marketing Manager
Exile Group
Alan Beard
Managing Director & CEO
Interlink Capital Strategies
Christophe Petit
Co-Founder, President and Managing Partner
Star America Infrastructure Partners
Kitt Carswell
Vice President and Senior Offering Manager, Trade & Supply Chain Solutions
CGI
Zaki Manian
Founder
Skuchain, inc.
Mike Brown
Partner
Reed Smith
Jean-Baptiste Piette
Head of Export and Agency Finance USA
Banco Santander
Rafael Cervantes
Vice President, Export & Agency Finance
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
Piers Constable
Senior Advisor
Private Export Funding Corporation (PEFCO)
Valentino Gallo
Partner
Carlos Sagaón-Garza
Partner
Baker McKenzie
Willem Sutherland
Managing Director, Head of ING Latin America
ING Bank
Marcial Nava
Principal Economist
BBVA
Georges Romano
Managing Director & Head of Export & Agency Finance, Latin America
Citi
Michael Oka
Managing Director – Commodities & Structured Trade Finance
MUFG
Alexander Borisoff
Partner
Milbank LLP
Angel Merino Torrealba
Global Trade Finance USA
BBVA
Suzanne Durney
Managing Director, Head of Commodity Structured Debt
BNP Paribas
Sergio Robredo Nunez
Head of Structured Export & Agency Finance
Santander
Venue
TXF Americas 2017 took place at the stunning beachside resort: The Palms Hotel and Spa.
Set in the heart of Miami beach overlooking the ocean, the hotel provides guests with a sophisticated yet laid back atmosphere from which to enjoy the event. So sit back, relax and let us take care of you!
Testimonials
TXF speakers and conference attendees are experts of the highest calibre. Way to bring out the best from the best in the business.
Isabel Galdiz
Vice President
US EXIM BANK - Export-Import Bank of the United States
Truly exceptional, professional staff, interesting speakers, great networking, and I am looking forward to their next event.
Peter Appelbaum
President
Aretep
Your event was perfect from the beginning to the end and the way you lead it brings a wind of freshness to our community! Young, dynamic, participative, inspiring, a lot of sharing and networking....Really a good job for & by Super Heroes.
Pedro Novo
Executive Director in charge of Export
Bpifrance
Absolutely great event for networking
Rogelio Wong
Director - Structured Export Finance Americas
Societe Generale
TXF move from strength to strength as they navigate around the world delivering quality conferences
Olwyn Buldhoo
Head of ECA Finance
MUFG
I found the event to be very informative and the diversity of the crowd was excellent
Brad Dunderman
Executive Director
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
It was a pleasure to be a part of this great event (in both aspects structural and joining my co -speakers). Though this was my first contact with your team, I found this TXF event interesting in terms of coverage and global approach
Ion Sclifos
Head of Treasury & Financial Risk
Orange Romania
Very good speakers and content. Much appreciated the senior level of parties that were involved. Very serious in doing business.
Lenny Floria
Head of Americas Regional Treasury & Structured Finance
Nokia
The quality of the group of people you managed to bring together was excellent. You must have worked very hard to ensure you got the right calibre of people that were able to articulate on key issues. That does not happen very often in “ECA Land".
Simon Jones
Head of Export & Agency Finance, EMEA
TD Securities
One of the best financial conferences I've attended. Very diverse participants.
Shinebayar Bat
CEO
Batseer LLC
Excellent location and hospitality, very good networking opportunities!
Jan Christoph Meyer
Director Project Finance
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
Very informative sessions, highly professional team, great choice of venue.
Gerelchuluun Iderchuluun
Business Development Manager
Batseer
Good content, well attended, really well-developed industry event!
Peter Koeck
CFO
VA Intertrading AG
Excellent opportunity to meet fellow comrades in the commodities & financing jungle.
Gaurav Kumar
Senior Relationship Manager
Amsterdam Trade Bank
A spectacular line-up of speakers
Sergei Mikhalev
Managing Director
All the right people in the Export Finance industry discussing the right issues in the right context.
Jim Cruse
Senior Vice President, Policy and Planning
US EXIM BANK - Export-Import Bank of the United States
Great content and innovative approach.
Mark Rowland
Treasury and Credit Risk Specialist
Norton Rose Fulbright
Excellent organisation, good audience in a refreshing environment!
Gert Van Melkebeke
Head of Export Finance BeNeLux - France
BMI Research