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19 May 2026
Markel appoints Rice as head of global development, trade credit
Markel Insurance has appointed Sebastian Rice as head of global development, trade credit, effective immediately. Rice reports to...
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TESTIMONIALS
TXF Amsterdam 2017
May 10 - May 11, 2017
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Straight from the horse's mouth...
No one puts it better than the speakers and guests who've joined us all around the world for our commodity, trade & treasury events. We thank them for their kind words and hope you enjoyed this one as much as they did!
Speakers
Philippe Chalmin
Founding Partner
Cercle Cyclope
Pierpaolo Di Fabio
Chief Financial Officer
KME Group
Nick Haslett
Senior Managing Director - Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Business Development
Castleton Commodities International (CCI)
Tawfik Sadfi
Global Head of STF & STF BD Origination
Gunvor
Razvan Coarca
Director of Vendor Financing
Liberty Global Group
Noel Morris
CFO
KAR Company for Electricity Power Production Ltd.
Rachel Pether
Senior Advisor
Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute
Fabio Manca
Director
Arviem
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Philippe Chalmin
Founding Partner
Cercle Cyclope
Pierpaolo Di Fabio
Chief Financial Officer
KME Group
Nick Haslett
Senior Managing Director - Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Business Development
Castleton Commodities International (CCI)
Tawfik Sadfi
Global Head of STF & STF BD Origination
Gunvor
Razvan Coarca
Director of Vendor Financing
Liberty Global Group
Noel Morris
CFO
KAR Company for Electricity Power Production Ltd.
Rachel Pether
Senior Advisor
Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute
Fabio Manca
Director
Arviem
Olivier Boujol
VP and MD
Archer Daniels Midland
Mugurel Ionita
Head of Sales
Satoshi Systems
Raman Jaggi
Chief Financial Officer
Riverdale Commodities
Dmitry Fedotov
Head of Corporate Finance
Dtek Holdings
James Waterman
Head of Trade Finance Europe
Liberty Commodities Group
Stephan Jansma
CFO
Trafigura Group Pte
Cheam Hing Lee
MD
Rhodium Resources Pte Ltd
Jasper Jorritsma
Senior Policy Advisor
Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets
Keith Flury
Head of Coffee Researcu
Ed&F Man Treasury Management
Rogier Schulpen
Global Head of Structured Trade & Commodity Finance
Santander
Marc Pfefferli
Group Treasurer
MET Group (UK)
Adrian Katz
Chief Executive Officer
Finacity
Sarah McNally
Partner
Herbert Smith Freehills
Mohamed El Sery
Group Director Supply Chain
Veon
Reinier Douque
Head Agribusiness, Food & Water
FMO Development Bank
Paul Horsnell
Global Head of Commodities Research
Standard Chartered
Niels De Ru
Partner
A&O Shearman
André Casterman
ITFA Chair of Fintech Committee and CMO
INTIX
Shailesh Gothal
CIO
Gemini Corporation
Caroline Kuijt
Director
ING Bank
Mark Segall
Partner
CMS
Bob Angliss
Head of Commodity Business Centre
Bank of China
Vlad Bobko
CEO, Nordics & Central Europe, Head of ECA EMEA
Aon
Pjotr Gainullin
Investment Manager
Reuben Brothers Limited
Jackie Froschauer
Global Head of Structured Trade Finance
BP
Julian Madgett
Head Commodity & Structured Finance
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
Catherine Lang-Anderson
Partner
A&O Shearman
Louis De Bruin
Blockchain leader, Europe
IBM
Robert Parson
Partner
Squire Patton Boggs
Alexander Waechter
Head of Structured Finance
SCCF Structured Commodity & Corporate Finance
Hiren Singharay
CEO / Member-Supervisory Board
Global Finance & Capital Ltd.
Roland Graaf
Audit Partner Corporate Clients
Deloitte
Simon Ring
Global Head Financial Markets Compliance
Pole Star
Katharina Michael
Co-Head of GTB Germany
UniCredit
Lavan Mahadeva
Research Director
CRU Group
Ion Sclifos
Head of Treasury & Financial Risk
Orange Romania
Ben Brophy
CEO
BlockLab
Vinco David
Secretary General
Berne Union
Elmar Diener
Managing Partner
Vicenda Group
Sean Edwards
Head of Legal
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
Frank Masteling
Senior Underwriter
Equinox Global
Michael O'Kane
Senior Partner - Head of Business Crime
Peters & Peters
Armin Eckermann
Managing Director
Eckermann Partners
Jean-Francois Lambert
Chairman
Lambert Commodities
James Burnett
Head Energy & Commodities
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
Sven De Zoeten
Director
Deutsche Bank
Gitai Zakh
Head of Operations
Wave
Jan-Jaap Atema
Vice President - Working Capital Solutions Structuring & Advisory
ING Bank
Adam Leonard
CEO
BlockEx S.a.r.l.
Elitsa Ivanova
Partner
CMS
Lionel Taylor
Managing Director
TAN
Yawar Mazhar
Assistant General Manager, Trade Solutions and Export Finance, London
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
Mario Messerschmidt
Head of Structured Finance + Syndication
AKA Ausfuhrkredit-Gesellschaft mbH
Stefan Böhlich
Global Head Structured Commodity Trade Finance
Commerzbank
Alexander Peters
Member of the Board
Commodity Club Switzerland
Emmanuel Galzy
Global Head of Supply Chain Management
BNP Paribas
Nataliya Frolova
Head of Trade and Corporate Finance
Gazprom Marketing & Trading
Sergei Mikhalev
Managing Director
Mac Macnamara
CEO
Carshalton Commodities
Jacob Katsman
Director
Global Trade Corporation
Nabil Abdul-Massih
CEO
INOKS Capital
Melinda Moore
Director - Coverage
ICBC Standard Bank
Adrian Mellor
Partner
A&O Shearman
Bas Rebel
Senior Director
PricewaterhouseCoopers ( PwC )
Nicolas Brand
Partner
Lakestar
Jan Lambregts
Global Head of Financial Markets Research
Rabobank
Peter Koeck
CFO
VA Intertrading AG
Simon Bessant
Director
Texel Finance Ltd.
Angel Bustos
Global Head of Advisory Trade & Working Capital Solutions, GTB
Santander
Suresh Advani
Non Executive Director, Wyelands Bank PLC/Director
Wyelands Capital Limited
Alexander Huetink
Business Development Manager
Bureau van Dijk
Hesham Zakai
Managing Director
TXF
Sander van Loosbroek
Director – Distributed Ledger Technology
Cegeka
Jonathan Bell
Editor-in-chief
TXF
Peder Broms
Manager Structured Trade Finance
SCCF Structured Commodity & Corporate Finance
Peter Hopkins
Managing Director
Drum Risk Ltd
Mustafa Kilic
CFO
Groupe SEB
Riccardo Greco
CFO
BB Energy
Tom Price
Global Commodity Analyst
Morgan Stanley
William Steeds
Senior Underwriter
AXA XL
James Esdaile
Chairman
BPL Global
Mauro Bonacina
Head of EMEA Trade Business Development, Treasury Services
The Bank of New York Mellon
John Goodridge
Head of Marketing & Origination, West Africa
BP plc
Matthias Heck
Vice President – Senior Analyst
Moody's
Joseph Israel
VP, Investment Team
Reuben Brothers Limited
Graeme McGowan
Technical Director
BeCyberSure
Andrew Taylor
CEO
BeCyberSure
John De Lange
MD
ING Bank
Jonathan Solomon
Partner
Reed Smith
David Wuttke
Assistant Professor
EBS Business School
Tom Dunn
Chairman
Orbian
Geoffrey Wynne
Partner
Sullivan & Worcester
Kris Van Broekhoven
Managing Director, Global Head of Commodity Trade Finance
Citi
Alfred Evans
Director of Strategy
Islan Investments
Willem Klaassens
Director Markets & SourceUp
IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative
Jean Craven
CEO & Director
Barak Fund Management
2016 Attendees
- Sucres et Denrées
- Glencore
- Louis Dreyfus Company
- Essar Group
- TotalEnergies
- Shell Trading & Shipping
- Stemcor
- SOCAR Trading
- Trafigura Group Pte
- Galena Asset Management
- Riverdale Commodities
- BB Energy
- BM Agriculture
- Czarnikow Group Limited
- Litasco
- Batseer LLC
- Mercuria Energy Trading
- Cargill
- Westford Trade Services LTD
- BP
- BP plc
- Gunvor
- Scipion Capital
- Cotecna
- BroadGrain Commodities
- Nidera
- Gemini Corporation
- Duferco
- Tricon Energy
- KazMunaiGas
- Kingbird Commodities
- Gerald Group
- Castleton Commodities International (CCI)
- Gazprom Marketing & Trading
- ADM International
- Sahara Energy Group
- Archer Daniels Midland
- Tiryaki Agro
- Liberty House Group
- Liberty Commodities Group
- Euronova Energies SA
- Noble Group
- Ameropa AG
- Bunge
- TOTSA
- Monjasa
- New Stream Trading
- Antipinsky Oil Refinery
- TOI Commodities SA
- ArrowResources AG
- Varo Energy
- Unipec UK Ltd
- Petroineos Trading Limited
- Belarusian Potash Company
- Clevis Research
- EDF Trading
- Uralkali Trading
- Citi
- Reuben Brothers Limited
- Rabobank
- EFA Group
- Mizuho
- MET Group (UK)
- Credit Agricole CIB
- IKB Deutsche Industriebank
- DZ Bank
- The Bank of New York Mellon
- FBN Bank (UK) Ltd.
- AKA Ausfuhrkredit-Gesellschaft mbH
- Erste Group Bank
- Lambert Commodities
- ING Bank
- Macquarie Bank International Limited
- Credit Europe Bank NV
- Commerzbank
- Credit Suisse
- KfW IPEX-Bank
- Deutsche Bank
- IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative
- Sberbank (Switzerland) AG
- Barclays Bank
- Credit Europe Bank
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)
- BNP Paribas
- Garanti Bank International
- UniCredit
- HSBC
- ICBC Standard Bank
- Wyelands Capital Limited
- ABN AMRO
- MUFG
- Intesa Sanpaolo
- Raiffeisen Bank International
- Natixis
- Amsterdam Trade Bank
- Landesbank Baden - Wurttemberg (LBBW)
- Bank of China
- DeutscheBank
- Oschadbank
- Aon
- Texel Finance Ltd
- IRIA SA
- Swiss Re
- BPL Global
- Reed Smith
- Sullivan & Worcester
- Clifford Chance
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Thomas Cooper
- A&O Shearman
- Linklaters
- Islan Investments
- VA Intertrading AG
- Carshalton Commodities
- essDOCS Consulting
- ESS (EMEA) Limited
- SCCF Structured Commodity & Corporate Finance
- MMetalsGroup
- TXF
- Exile Group
- IROPEX
- Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
- Texel Finance Ltd.
- FloCert
- Munich Reinsurance Company
- CRU Group
- Calik Cotton
- No
- White & Case LLP
- Trafigura Pte Ltd
- Agravis
- A&O Shearman
- Independent
- Sedex
- Sullivan
- Sucres et Denrées
- Glencore
- Louis Dreyfus Company
- Essar Group
- TotalEnergies
- Shell Trading & Shipping
- Stemcor
- SOCAR Trading
- Trafigura Group Pte
- Galena Asset Management
- Riverdale Commodities
- BB Energy
- BM Agriculture
- Czarnikow Group Limited
- Litasco
- Batseer LLC
- Mercuria Energy Trading
- Cargill
- Westford Trade Services LTD
- BP
- BP plc
- Gunvor
- Scipion Capital
- Cotecna
- BroadGrain Commodities
- Nidera
- Gemini Corporation
- Duferco
- Tricon Energy
- KazMunaiGas
- Kingbird Commodities
- Gerald Group
- Castleton Commodities International (CCI)
- Gazprom Marketing & Trading
- ADM International
- Sahara Energy Group
- Archer Daniels Midland
- Tiryaki Agro
- Liberty House Group
- Liberty Commodities Group
- Euronova Energies SA
- Noble Group
- Ameropa AG
- Bunge
- TOTSA
- Monjasa
- New Stream Trading
- Antipinsky Oil Refinery
- TOI Commodities SA
- ArrowResources AG
- Varo Energy
- Unipec UK Ltd
- Petroineos Trading Limited
- Belarusian Potash Company
- Clevis Research
- EDF Trading
- Uralkali Trading
- Citi
- Reuben Brothers Limited
- Rabobank
- EFA Group
- Mizuho
- MET Group (UK)
- Credit Agricole CIB
- IKB Deutsche Industriebank
- DZ Bank
- The Bank of New York Mellon
- FBN Bank (UK) Ltd.
- AKA Ausfuhrkredit-Gesellschaft mbH
- Erste Group Bank
- Lambert Commodities
- ING Bank
- Macquarie Bank International Limited
- Credit Europe Bank NV
- Commerzbank
- Credit Suisse
- KfW IPEX-Bank
- Deutsche Bank
- IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative
- Sberbank (Switzerland) AG
- Barclays Bank
- Credit Europe Bank
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)
- BNP Paribas
- Garanti Bank International
- UniCredit
- HSBC
- ICBC Standard Bank
- Wyelands Capital Limited
- ABN AMRO
- MUFG
- Intesa Sanpaolo
- Raiffeisen Bank International
- Natixis
- Amsterdam Trade Bank
- Landesbank Baden - Wurttemberg (LBBW)
- Bank of China
- DeutscheBank
- Oschadbank
- Aon
- Texel Finance Ltd
- IRIA SA
- Swiss Re
- BPL Global
- Reed Smith
- Sullivan & Worcester
- Clifford Chance
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Thomas Cooper
- A&O Shearman
- Linklaters
- Islan Investments
- VA Intertrading AG
- Carshalton Commodities
- essDOCS Consulting
- ESS (EMEA) Limited
- SCCF Structured Commodity & Corporate Finance
- MMetalsGroup
- TXF
- Exile Group
- IROPEX
- Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
- Texel Finance Ltd.
- FloCert
- Munich Reinsurance Company
- CRU Group
- Calik Cotton
- No
- White & Case LLP
- Trafigura Pte Ltd
- Agravis
- A&O Shearman
- Independent
- Sedex
- Sullivan
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Corporates
- Sucres et Denrées
- Glencore
- Louis Dreyfus Company
- Essar Group
- TotalEnergies
- Shell Trading & Shipping
- Stemcor
- SOCAR Trading
- Trafigura Group Pte
- Galena Asset Management
- Riverdale Commodities
- BB Energy
- BM Agriculture
- Czarnikow Group Limited
- Litasco
- Batseer LLC
- Mercuria Energy Trading
- Cargill
- Westford Trade Services LTD
- BP
- BP plc
- Gunvor
- Scipion Capital
- Cotecna
- BroadGrain Commodities
- Nidera
- Gemini Corporation
- Duferco
- Tricon Energy
- KazMunaiGas
- Kingbird Commodities
- Gerald Group
- Castleton Commodities International (CCI)
- Gazprom Marketing & Trading
- ADM International
- Sahara Energy Group
- Archer Daniels Midland
- Tiryaki Agro
- Liberty House Group
- Liberty Commodities Group
- Euronova Energies SA
- Noble Group
- Ameropa AG
- Bunge
- TOTSA
- Monjasa
- New Stream Trading
- Antipinsky Oil Refinery
- TOI Commodities SA
- ArrowResources AG
- Varo Energy
- Unipec UK Ltd
- Petroineos Trading Limited
- Belarusian Potash Company
- Clevis Research
- EDF Trading
- Uralkali Trading
Financial Institutions
- Citi
- Reuben Brothers Limited
- Rabobank
- EFA Group
- Mizuho
- MET Group (UK)
- Credit Agricole CIB
- IKB Deutsche Industriebank
- DZ Bank
- The Bank of New York Mellon
- FBN Bank (UK) Ltd.
- AKA Ausfuhrkredit-Gesellschaft mbH
- Erste Group Bank
- Lambert Commodities
- ING Bank
- Macquarie Bank International Limited
- Credit Europe Bank NV
- Commerzbank
- Credit Suisse
- KfW IPEX-Bank
- Deutsche Bank
- IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative
- Sberbank (Switzerland) AG
- Barclays Bank
- Credit Europe Bank
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)
- BNP Paribas
- Garanti Bank International
- UniCredit
- HSBC
- ICBC Standard Bank
- Wyelands Capital Limited
- ABN AMRO
- MUFG
- Intesa Sanpaolo
- Raiffeisen Bank International
- Natixis
- Amsterdam Trade Bank
- Landesbank Baden - Wurttemberg (LBBW)
- Bank of China
- DeutscheBank
- Oschadbank
Insurance companies
- Aon
- Texel Finance Ltd
- IRIA SA
- Swiss Re
- BPL Global
Law firms
- Reed Smith
- Sullivan & Worcester
- Clifford Chance
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Thomas Cooper
- A&O Shearman
- Linklaters
Other
- Islan Investments
- VA Intertrading AG
- Carshalton Commodities
- essDOCS Consulting
- ESS (EMEA) Limited
- SCCF Structured Commodity & Corporate Finance
- MMetalsGroup
- TXF
- Exile Group
- IROPEX
- Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
- Texel Finance Ltd.
- FloCert
- Munich Reinsurance Company
- CRU Group
- Calik Cotton
- No
- White & Case LLP
- Trafigura Pte Ltd
- Agravis
- A&O Shearman
- Independent
- Sedex
- Sullivan
VENUE & HOTELS
TXF events are interactive, innovative and idea-led. That is why we keep returning to the DeLaMar Theater.
Situated in the heart of Amsterdam, this converted warehouse has hosted pioneering performances for the past 70 years and is the perfect place to inspire the business imagination...
Testimonials
TXF Amsterdam has been the most innovative and creative networking conference I have ever attended and it is so rewarding to see the out of the box approach to this type of conferences.
Orhan Gunes
Head of Commodity Trade Finance
Sberbank (Switzerland) AG
Great event, great opportunity to meet all key players of the commodity world.
Wenfang Fan
Vice President
Swiss Re
Good content, well attended, really well-developed industry event!
Peter Koeck
CFO
VA Intertrading AG
"Great content and innovative approach"
Mark Rowland
Treasury and Credit Risk Specialist
Norton Rose Fulbright
Excellent opportunity to meet fellow comrades in the commodities & financing jungle.
Gaurav Kumar
Senior Relationship Manager
Amsterdam Trade Bank
I thoroughly enjoyed the event - the calibre of the venue, content and attendees were all excellent.
Imogen Bunyard
Senior Product Manager
Zerado
I would like to congratulate you for the great conference you arranged in Amsterdam. I had a great time and managed to refresh old contacts and enlarge my network even further.
Alexander Peters
Member of the Board
Commodity Club Switzerland
Well focused, informative and interactive trade finance event.
David O’Rourke
Group Trade Finance Manager
Ornua Co-operative
Great opportunity to test what is really happening in the market, meet old friends, and make new ones.
John Goodridge
Head of Marketing & Origination, West Africa
BP plc
Another benchmarking conference orchestrated by TXF. Great speakers, great content, great venue. Worth every single Euro/Pound
Mario Messerschmidt
Head of Structured Finance + Syndication
AKA Ausfuhrkredit-Gesellschaft mbH
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)
I have attended more of these events in my career than I wish to disclose. This has been one of the best I have attended. Real people, very practical and extremely well organised.
Gilles Thieffry
Partner
GTLaw
Your event was very rich in content and very enjoyable given the unique atmosphere your team is succeeding to create. We will be very keen to join the next edition.
André Casterman
Global Head Corporate and Supply Chain Markets
SWIFT
Unique- this event offered a genuine opportunity to meet and build relationships with key players in the industry.
Lorena Lopez
Managing Director
Latin Trade Links Limited
Thank you for a wonderful TXF conference in Frankfurt. You did an exceptional job and projected great energy!
Nicolas Brand
Partner
Lakestar
Good, fun, interesting!
Zane McWilliam
Trade Finance
Uralkali Trading
I enjoyed the event immensely. It was hard to believe that Traders and Bankers could come together and share the dilemmas that we are facing. Thanks to all your colleagues for their great support and hospitality.
Shaheen Butt
Assistant Manager Trade Services
Zenith Bank
I would like to congratulate with you for the excellent organization of the event in Amsterdam. I truly enjoyed every single moment of the two days, and I really hope to participate also next year.
Andrea Barbati
Relationship Manager
Banca UBAE S.p.A
An innovative, interesting and enjoyable production with lively discussion and topics covered.
Mike Marnell
Vice President, Commodity Business Centre
Bank of China
The TXF, Trade, Fintech & Treasury event was very fruitful with valuable information gained that would not be possible elsewhere. In addition, the networking aspect to the event helped see individuals you wouldn't otherwise.
Ashank Pai
Partner, Sales Director
Zenfact
It was a pleasure to attend and speak at the conference. Hopefully I will join you again!
Irfan Afzal
Executive Director Debt Capital Markets
Wimmer Financial
Astutely covers the wide range of risk issues facing the commodity finance industry.
Alfred Evans
Director of Strategy
Islan Investments
A spectacular line-up of speakers
Sergei Mikhalev
Managing Director
This was definitely one of the better conferences that I have attended. There was a broad range of delegates across the sector from traders, banks, lawyers, insurers\insurance brokers and research analysts many of whom have a wealth of knowledge and experience.
Julian Belcher
Senior Director
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
Informative and offered a variety of subjects with excellent networking opportunities.
Joanne West
Treasury Business Manager
The Royal Mint
It was a pleasure to participate in the conference and to enjoy your gracious hosting. You should take pride in a successful conference.
Adrian Katz
Chief Executive Officer
Finacity
