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testimonials
TXF Singapore 2017
Trade, Treasury & Commodity Finance
Feb 28 - Mar 1, 2017
Singapore
Hear what our guests had to say about our past events:
Speakers
Tim Kuempel
Head of Trade & Commodity Finance Singapore
Rabobank
Fabio Manca
Director
Arviem
Jean Rohr
Trade S&SE Asia
National Australia Bank (NAB)
Jerry Dimos
SVP Asia Pacific
C2FO
Abel Martins Alexandre
Head of Commercial Treasury
Rio Tinto Group
Chris Pardey
CEO
RCMA Commodities
Christopher Emslie
Country Treasurer Singapore
ABB
John Teo
CFO
Singapore Pools
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Tim Kuempel
Head of Trade & Commodity Finance Singapore
Rabobank
Fabio Manca
Director
Arviem
Jean Rohr
Trade S&SE Asia
National Australia Bank (NAB)
Jerry Dimos
SVP Asia Pacific
C2FO
Abel Martins Alexandre
Head of Commercial Treasury
Rio Tinto Group
Chris Pardey
CEO
RCMA Commodities
Christopher Emslie
Country Treasurer Singapore
ABB
John Teo
CFO
Singapore Pools
Vincenzo Zinni
MD
Noble Group
Nicolas Marsac
Head of Structured and Trade Finance
Trafigura Group Pte
Munish Kaushal
VP Finance – Global Categories and R&D
GlaxoSmithKline
Jacky Hok
Head of Credit & BO
Total Marine Fuels
Aashish Pitale
Finance
Independent
Cedric Chehab
Global Head of Strategy
BMI Research
Leo Kirby
MD, Capital Advisory, Energy Financial Services
GE Capital
Frank Wu
Regional Head of Structured Commodity Trade Finance, Asia Pacific
Deutsche Bank
Kris Van Broekhoven
Managing Director, Global Head of Commodity Trade Finance
Citi
Michael Vrontamitis
Head of Trade, Product, Transaction Banking
Standard Chartered
Tim Warren
Head of Credit Lines | Asia Pacific
Zurich
Joseph Williams
Senior Advocacy Officer
Natural Resources Governance Institute
Abhishek Chhajer
Senior Underwriter, Head of Trade Credit APAC
Markel International
Jacob Katsman
Director
Global Trade Corporation
Jonathan Bell
Editor-in-chief
TXF
Pjotr Gainullin
Investment Manager
RB Capital
Vanessa Kilner
Senior Associate
Clyde & Co.
Simo Dafir
Managing Director
Volguard
Adnan Ghani
Global Head of Trade
Westpac
Barend van IJsselstein
Global Commodities Finance
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC)
Momchil Ivanov
Head of Structured Trade APAC, Global Transaction Banking
Santander
Alain Fanaie
CEO
Newway Advisory
Lionel Taylor
Managing Director
TAN
Rizwan Khan
Chief Financial Officer
Panoval Asia Limited
Samuel Ang
Global Head Credit Risk - LNG, Shipping & Shell Energy China
Shell Trading & Shipping
Jayant Parande
Group Treasurer & Global Head – TSF
Olam Group Limited
Desmond Loh
Head Trade Finance
CIMB Bank
Sébastien Bruyant
Senior Portfolio Manager
Alcora Global
Hesham Zakai
Managing Director
TXF
Audrey Zuck
Director
A2Z Risk Services
Harry McIndoe
Director
BPL Global
Tom James
CEO
NR Capital
Mark Houghton
Head of Specialty Asia
AXA XL
William Shaw
Managing Director
Texel
Alexander Malaket
President
OPUS Advisory Services International Inc.
Srinath Keshavan
Chief Executive
Trade Risk Consulting
Jessica Kenworthy
Partner
Reed Smith
Peter Zaman
Partner
Reed Smith
sabine gosse
Relationship manager
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Steve Wilford
Senior Partner - Asia
Control Risks
2016 Attendees
- Louis Dreyfus Company
- Ocean Partners
- Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN)
- Nokia
- IHS Markit
- First Resources Limited
- Chevron
- Sivantos Group
- Lenovo
- Daily Life Renewable Energy
- Procter & Gamble
- LYS Energy
- Gerald Group
- Gerald Metals
- Glencore
- Cargill
- Czarnikow Group Limited
- Stemcor
- Labuan IBFC
- Noble Group
- Agrocorp International
- Valency International Trading
- Valency International Pte Ltd
- MRI Trading
- SOCAR Trading
- Huawei Technologies Company
- LUKOIL
- Batseer LLC
- Helm Asia
- Gunvor
- Ameropa Asia
- Vale
- ECOM Agroindustrial Corporation
- Sport and Fashion Management
- Itochu Corporation
- Trafigura Group Pte
- IE Singapore
- Pansing Books
- Midstar (Singapore)
- Arch Coal
- Petredec
- R1 International
- World Fuel Services
- Petron Singapore Trading
- Shandong Energy International
- Lotus Resources
- Kctex International
- C2FO
- Oriental Energy International Trading
- Siemens
- China Hongqiao Group
- Bright Vision Trading Investments
- Shandong Chuanyang Group
- Sinowin Trading
- Xinren Aluminum Holdings
- Asia Pacific Mining
- Minmetals South-east Asia Corporation
- Petroeast Singapore
- Shell Trading & Shipping
- Asia Global Commodities
- Bright Ruby Resources
- Baosteel Singapore
- Bunge
- Reliance Industries Limited
- Mercuria Energy Trading
- BP
- Noble Corporation
- ArcelorMittal
- Deutsche Bank
- EFA Group
- Convergence Capital Group
- Landesbank Baden - Wurttemberg (LBBW)
- Orbian
- Nuevo Asia
- Commerzbank
- MUFG
- Westpac
- Citi
- Santander
- National Australia Bank (NAB)
- ABN AMRO
- Zurcher Kantonalbank
- JP Morgan
- The Bank of New York Mellon
- ING Bank
- XL Catlin
- BPL Global
- AXA XL
- Miller Insurance Services
- Zurich
- Texel
- Reed Smith
- Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- YCH Group
- Newway Advisory
- Olam Group Limited
- Carshalton Commodities
- Integra Petrochemicals Pte. Ltd.
- EssDOCS
- SPR Resources
- Coeclerici
- Triumph Global
- Vitra Commodity Trade Finance
- Adani
- Enterprise Singapore
- Liberty International Underwriters
- Key Step Capital
- Hoegh LNG Asia
- Accel Advisors
- Louis Dreyfus Company
- Ocean Partners
- Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN)
- Nokia
- IHS Markit
- First Resources Limited
- Chevron
- Sivantos Group
- Lenovo
- Daily Life Renewable Energy
- Procter & Gamble
- LYS Energy
- Gerald Group
- Gerald Metals
- Glencore
- Cargill
- Czarnikow Group Limited
- Stemcor
- Labuan IBFC
- Noble Group
- Agrocorp International
- Valency International Trading
- Valency International Pte Ltd
- MRI Trading
- SOCAR Trading
- Huawei Technologies Company
- LUKOIL
- Batseer LLC
- Helm Asia
- Gunvor
- Ameropa Asia
- Vale
- ECOM Agroindustrial Corporation
- Sport and Fashion Management
- Itochu Corporation
- Trafigura Group Pte
- IE Singapore
- Pansing Books
- Midstar (Singapore)
- Arch Coal
- Petredec
- R1 International
- World Fuel Services
- Petron Singapore Trading
- Shandong Energy International
- Lotus Resources
- Kctex International
- C2FO
- Oriental Energy International Trading
- Siemens
- China Hongqiao Group
- Bright Vision Trading Investments
- Shandong Chuanyang Group
- Sinowin Trading
- Xinren Aluminum Holdings
- Asia Pacific Mining
- Minmetals South-east Asia Corporation
- Petroeast Singapore
- Shell Trading & Shipping
- Asia Global Commodities
- Bright Ruby Resources
- Baosteel Singapore
- Bunge
- Reliance Industries Limited
- Mercuria Energy Trading
- BP
- Noble Corporation
- ArcelorMittal
- Deutsche Bank
- EFA Group
- Convergence Capital Group
- Landesbank Baden - Wurttemberg (LBBW)
- Orbian
- Nuevo Asia
- Commerzbank
- MUFG
- Westpac
- Citi
- Santander
- National Australia Bank (NAB)
- ABN AMRO
- Zurcher Kantonalbank
- JP Morgan
- The Bank of New York Mellon
- ING Bank
- XL Catlin
- BPL Global
- AXA XL
- Miller Insurance Services
- Zurich
- Texel
- Reed Smith
- Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- YCH Group
- Newway Advisory
- Olam Group Limited
- Carshalton Commodities
- Integra Petrochemicals Pte. Ltd.
- EssDOCS
- SPR Resources
- Coeclerici
- Triumph Global
- Vitra Commodity Trade Finance
- Adani
- Enterprise Singapore
- Liberty International Underwriters
- Key Step Capital
- Hoegh LNG Asia
- Accel Advisors
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Corporates
- Louis Dreyfus Company
- Ocean Partners
- Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN)
- Nokia
- IHS Markit
- First Resources Limited
- Chevron
- Sivantos Group
- Lenovo
- Daily Life Renewable Energy
- Procter & Gamble
- LYS Energy
- Gerald Group
- Gerald Metals
- Glencore
- Cargill
- Czarnikow Group Limited
- Stemcor
- Labuan IBFC
- Noble Group
- Agrocorp International
- Valency International Trading
- Valency International Pte Ltd
- MRI Trading
- SOCAR Trading
- Huawei Technologies Company
- LUKOIL
- Batseer LLC
- Helm Asia
- Gunvor
- Ameropa Asia
- Vale
- ECOM Agroindustrial Corporation
- Sport and Fashion Management
- Itochu Corporation
- Trafigura Group Pte
- IE Singapore
- Pansing Books
- Midstar (Singapore)
- Arch Coal
- Petredec
- R1 International
- World Fuel Services
- Petron Singapore Trading
- Shandong Energy International
- Lotus Resources
- Kctex International
- C2FO
- Oriental Energy International Trading
- Siemens
- China Hongqiao Group
- Bright Vision Trading Investments
- Shandong Chuanyang Group
- Sinowin Trading
- Xinren Aluminum Holdings
- Asia Pacific Mining
- Minmetals South-east Asia Corporation
- Petroeast Singapore
- Shell Trading & Shipping
- Asia Global Commodities
- Bright Ruby Resources
- Baosteel Singapore
- Bunge
- Reliance Industries Limited
- Mercuria Energy Trading
- BP
- Noble Corporation
- ArcelorMittal
Financial Institutions
- Deutsche Bank
- EFA Group
- Convergence Capital Group
- Landesbank Baden - Wurttemberg (LBBW)
- Orbian
- Nuevo Asia
- Commerzbank
- MUFG
- Westpac
- Citi
- Santander
- National Australia Bank (NAB)
- ABN AMRO
- Zurcher Kantonalbank
- JP Morgan
- The Bank of New York Mellon
- ING Bank
ECAs
- XL Catlin
Insurance companies
- BPL Global
- AXA XL
- Miller Insurance Services
- Zurich
- Texel
Law firms
- Reed Smith
Government
- Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd
DFI/MFI
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Other
- YCH Group
- Newway Advisory
- Olam Group Limited
- Carshalton Commodities
- Integra Petrochemicals Pte. Ltd.
- EssDOCS
- SPR Resources
- Coeclerici
- Triumph Global
- Vitra Commodity Trade Finance
- Adani
- Enterprise Singapore
- Liberty International Underwriters
- Key Step Capital
- Hoegh LNG Asia
- Accel Advisors
Venue
TXF Singapore 2017 returned to the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. The hotel is situated on the edge of the Marina Bay and directly next to the 'Gardens by the Bay', which features the iconic Supertree Grove.
Guests were able relax and unwind after a long day of networking, enjoying scenic views from the world's largest infinity pool, overlooking the Singapore skyline.
Testimonials
Well focused, informative and interactive trade finance event.
David O’Rourke
Group Trade Finance Manager
Ornua Co-operative
Great content and innovative approach.
Mark Rowland
Treasury and Credit Risk Specialist
Norton Rose Fulbright
Market leading event in an informal setting, where professionals come together to update each other and network.
Caspar Jonk
Head of Trade South & South East Asia
National Australia Bank (NAB)
Good content, well attended, really well-developed industry event!
Peter Koeck
CFO
VA Intertrading AG
I thoroughly enjoyed the event - the calibre of the venue, content and attendees were all excellent.
Imogen Bunyard
Senior Product Manager
Zerado
Excellent opportunity to meet fellow comrades in the commodities & financing jungle.
Gaurav Kumar
Senior Relationship Manager
Amsterdam Trade Bank
The best networking event in the industry given the presence of many relevant representatives of banks and corporates
Kris Van Broekhoven
Managing Director, Global Head of Commodity Trade Finance
Citi
Good, fun, interesting!
Zane McWilliam
Trade Finance
Uralkali Trading
It was a pleasure to be a part of this great event (in both aspects structural and joining my co -speakers). Though a first contact with your team, I found the event interesting in terms of coverage and global approach.
Ion Sclifos
Head of Treasury & Financial Risk
Orange Romania
An excellent mix of practical, learning sessions and "big picture" trade issues.
Douglas G. Ziurys
Senior Vice President
FImetrix
Great conference, good quality speakers, very relevant for corporates and bankers.
Hari Janakiraman
Head - Global Core Trade Product
ANZ (Australia and New Zealand Banking Group)
Interesting and insightful workshops, excellent networking opportunity beyond bankers thanks to platform providers and clients presence.
Sabine VIGNERON
Manager Digital Export Finance - SmaTiX
AKA Ausfuhrkredit-Gesellschaft mbH
It was a real pleasure attending the event - we truly appreciate what TXF does in the space. I look forward to participating in future events.
Michael Spiegel
Global Head Of Trade Finance & Cash Management Corporates
Deutsche Bank
I always find TXF conferences to be highly professional and very informative on contemporary subjects.
Dan Stadnik
Senior Managing Director, Independent Representative
Finacity
