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20 July 2026
Gombakomba joins ABSA as trade head
Natasha Gombakomba has joined ABSA as head of product - trade and working capital product in Johannesburg. Gombakomba was previously...
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TESTIMONIALS
TXF New York 2017
Transformative Trade, Tech & Talent
Sep 7, 2017
New York, United States
This was our first time in New York, but you can check out what past guests have said about the TXF experience...
Speakers
Dan Rashba
Director of Finance
TripAdvisor
Fabio Manca
Director
Arviem
Anil Sebastian
Senior Manager - Supply Chain
Microsoft
Len Floria
Structured Finance
Nokia
Mike McDonough
Head of Product Management
Union Bank
Joel Thomas
CFO
Alliance One International
Kitt Carswell
Vice President and Senior Offering Manager, Trade & Supply Chain Solutions
CGI
John Butala
Assistant Treasurer
Freepoint Commodities Singapore
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Dan Rashba
Director of Finance
TripAdvisor
Fabio Manca
Director
Arviem
Anil Sebastian
Senior Manager - Supply Chain
Microsoft
Len Floria
Structured Finance
Nokia
Mike McDonough
Head of Product Management
Union Bank
Joel Thomas
CFO
Alliance One International
Kitt Carswell
Vice President and Senior Offering Manager, Trade & Supply Chain Solutions
CGI
John Butala
Assistant Treasurer
Freepoint Commodities Singapore
Cristina Dolan
LATAM Managing Director - Head of Americas Channel and Global Alliances
InsureX
Stewart Hayes
Executive Committee
Commercial Finance Association
Jim Eckstein
CEO
TradeRocket, Inc.
Bob Belshaw
Director global trade solutions
BNP Paribas
Stephen Atallah
Senior Executive Vice President
COFACE SA
Suzanne Garrod
Head of the Americas
Zurich Insurance
Valerie Colville
Principal
CC Solutions
Louis De Bruin
Blockchain leader, Europe
IBM
Ken So
Co-founder & CEO
Flowcast
Jeffrey Abramson
Underwriting Manager
AXA XL
Rogier Schulpen
Global Head of Structured Trade & Commodity Finance
Santander
Aarti Rao
Managing Director
LiquidX
Doug Schoch
Vice President, Captive Business
Siemens
Joon Kim
Head -Global Trade Product
The Bank of New York Mellon
Sanjay Dhawan
Director, Treasury
Gerresheimer
Marie Torres Fisher
Consultant
Ellicott Dredges
Kenneth Goodwin
Senior Managing Principal & President
Jeanensis Capital Markets
Christophe Spoerry
Co-founder
Euler Hermes Digital Agency
Reid Sawyer
SVP - Credit, Political and Security Risks
Marsh JLT Specialty
Adrian Katz
Chief Executive Officer
Finacity
Regina Gordin
Deputy Managing Director
US EXIM BANK - Export-Import Bank of the United States
Tony Brown
President
The Trade Advisory
Dominik Kloiber
Co-Founder
Exile Group
Oliver O'Connell
Content Development Manager
TXF
Igor Zaks
President
Tenzor
Testimonials
The most innovative and creative networking conference I have ever attended. It is so
rewarding to see an out of the box approach to these types of conferences.
Orhan Gunes
Head of Commodity Trade Finance
Sberbank (Switzerland) AG
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
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
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
The TXF Trade, Fintech & Treasury event was very fruitful with valuable information gained that would not be possible elsewhere.
Ashank Pai
Partner, Sales Director
Zenfact
It was my first TXF conference and the quality is just superior.
Margherita Cioffi
Head of Structured and Export Finance
Leonardo Spa
TXF Trade and Treasury 2015 stands out by providing a unique bundle of presentation formats to maintain dialogue and interest.
Suresh Advani
Non Executive Director, Wyelands Bank PLC/Director
Wyelands Capital Limited
