Agenda

Conference Day One Monday 7th June
Conference Day Two Tuesday 8th June

DAY ONE: MONDAY 7TH JUNE 2010


08.15	Registration and coffee
08.45	Chairman's opening remarks Julian Van Kan, Global Head of Loan Syndications, BNP Paribas
09.00	Welcome address Martin Egan, Global Head of Primary Markets and Origination, BNP Paribas
09.25	Reactivating the UAE capital markets - challenges and opportunties Derek Rozycki, Executive Director, Project and Corporate Finance, Mubadala Jaafar Badwan, Deputy Director, Treasury, TDIC Chris Niehaus, Chief Executive Officer, Middle East, UBS
10.05	Assessing Middle East bonds and loans markets – how has the market evolved Mark Waters, Head of Energy and Commodities, Asset and Project Finance Loans Syndications, EMEA, BNP Paribas Jonathan Segal, Director, Head of CEEMEA Capital Markets, Barclays Capital Deepak Kohli, Head of Regional Capital Markets, MEPA, Standard Chartered Bank Nadeem Lodhi, Head of Capital Markets and Syndications, DIB Capital Moderated by: Arul Kandasamy, Head of Investment Banking, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
10.45	Coffee and networking
11.15	Have borrower attitudes changed about incorporating bonds and loans into the funding mix? Derek Rozycki, Executive Director, Project and Corporate Finance, Mubadala Stefan Zottmann, Senior Director, Group Treasury, Qtel Paul Oliver, Head of Financing, Emirates Investment Authority Jonathan Minor, Head of Treasury, Investcorp John Wartig, Group Director Finance, Al Futtaim Private Company Zulfe Ali, Head of Corporate Finance, Bahrain Mumtalakat Holdings Company Moderated by: Jonathan Segal, Director, Head of CEEMEA Capital Markets, Barclays Capital
12.00	How do private sector companies’ plan to raise capital in 2010? Pinak Maitra, Chief Financial Officer, Kipco Manish Joshi, Chief Financial Officer, R.A.K. Ceramics Ahmed El-Sayed, Group Chief Financial Officer, Al Ghurair Group Sandeep Arora, Finance Director, Tabreed Daniele Vecchi, Head of Group Treasury, Majid Al Futtaim Group Christopher Baines, Head of MENA Mezzanine, Investcorp Moderated by: Julian Van Kan, Global Head of Loan Syndications, BNP Paribas
12.45	Why project finance deals will increasingly be financed in the bond markets Jonathan Marsh, Head of Mergers, Acquisitions and Finance Department, Total Hasan Mustafa, Head of CEEMEA Debt Syndicate, Royal Bank of Scotland Peter Turney, Director, Bond Origination, Middle East, BNP Paribas Stephen deStadler, Managing Director, Middle East Business Development, Fitch Ratings Moderated by: Greg Fewer, Associate Director, Project and Corporate Finance, Mubadala
13.30	Lunch
14.45	Have Middle East bond and loan prices found their true level yet? Polina Kurdyavko, Head of Emerging Market Corporate Debt, Bluebay Asset Management Eric Swats, Head of Asset Management, Rasmala Investments Mohieddine Kronfol, Head of Asset Management, Algebra Capital Abdul Kadir Hussain, Chief Executive Officer, Mashreq Capital
15.30	How can Middle Eastern borrowers and issuers secure long term strategic investment from non-GCC investors? Christopher Watson, Head of Research, Finisterre Capital Jaafar Badwan, Deputy Director, Treasury, TDIC Simon Putt, Head of Debt Capital Markets, MENA, BNP Paribas Robert Mohamed, Co-Head of Investment Banking, Debt and Equity Capital Markets, National Bank of Abu Dhabi Peter Bulbrook, Managing Director, Loan Capital Markets, EMEA, Barclays Capital Anthony Barklam, Head of CEEMEA Capital Markets, MUFG Moderated by: Robert Parker, Vice Chairman, Credit Suisse Asset Management
16.15	Coffee and networking
16.45	Future of project finance: How will Middle East power and utility projects be financed? Karel Breda, Head of Acquisitions, Investments and Financial Advisory, MENA, GDF Suez Ghazali Inam, Global Head of Corporate Finance, Arab Bank Anthony Boon, Managing Director, Gulf Advisory & Execution Moderated by: Ravi Suri, Regional Head of Project and Export Finance, Europe, Middle East, Africa and South Asia, Standard Chartered Bank
17.30	How commodities, currencies and inflation are affecting the region’s growth – a macroeconomic overview Paul Gamble, Head of Research, Jadwa Investment Ann Wyman, Head of Emerging Markets Research, Europe, Nomura Securities Jarmo Kotilaine, Chief Economist, NCB Capital Moderated by: Fabio Scacciavillani, Director, Macroeconomics and Statistics, DIFC
18.15	Chairman’s closing remarks followed by cocktail reception

DAY TWO: TUESDAY 8TH JUNE 2010

08.30	Registration and coffee
09.00	Chairman's opening remarks Eric Josserand, Head of Fixed Income, Middle East, BNP Paribas
09.15	Assessing the economic rationale behind companies choosing sukuk Aris Kekedjian, Managing Director, Strategic Development, GE Capital Jaafar Badwan, Deputy Director, Treasury, TDIC Ali Al Ali, Vice President, MENA Financing, Goldman Sachs Dilshan Hettiaratchi, Head of Debt Capital Markets, MENA, Standard Chartered Bank Moderated by: Samad Sirohey, Chief Executive Officer, Citi Islamic Investment Bank
10.00	What are regional financial institutions’ strategies to fund their commercial activities? Kevin Taylor, Head of Treasury and Investments, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Tony Bush, Managing Director, Global Funding, Global Markets and Treasury, Emirates NBD Shafiqur Rahman Adhami, Head of Financial Institutions, Syndications and Islamic Banking, First Gulf Bank Stephen Jordan, Head of International Money Markets, National Bank of Abu Dhabi Moderated by: James Sadler, Head of Debt Capital Markets, Middle East and Asia, UBS
10.45	Coffee and networking
11.15	Oxford style debate: This house believes that the bond market will fade into the background when the loan markets return Chiradeep Deb, Head of Corporate Finance and Syndications, Mashreqbank Peter Bulbrook, Managing Director, Loan Capital Markets, EMEA, Barclays Capital David Basham, Co-Head of Loans, EMEA, Citi Andrew Dell, Head of CEEMEA Debt Capital Markets, HSBC Paul Maguire, Unit Head, Corporte and Institutional Banking, Al Khalij Commercial Bank Ikbal Daredia, Head of Capital Markets, Unicorn Investment Bank Moderated by: Hasan Mustafa, Head of CEEMEA Debt Syndicate, Royal Bank of Scotland
12.00	Why now for fixed income in the Middle East? Eric Swats, Head of Asset Management, Rasmala Investments
12.30	What are investors’ criteria for investing in the Middle East Teeja Boye, Investment Analyst, Insparo Asset Management John Bates, Head of Fixed Income, Silk Invest Daniel Smaller, Head of Distribution, Algebra Capital Ziad Shaaban, Head of Fixed Income, EFG Hermes Asset Management Moderated by: Abdul Kadir Hussain, Chief Executive Officer, Mashreq Capital
13.15	Lunch
14.15	Breakout sessions: These sessions will take place on tables of 10 and be led by a group of workshop leaders. Participants can move from session to session freely and can join a discussion at any time. Workshop A: Derivatives Glyn Jones, Chief Investment Officer, P-Solve Ben Clissold, Director, P-Solve Workshop B: Corporate Governance and Risk Advisory Nina Pfifer, General Manager, P-Solve Mark Davies, Director, P-Solve
16.00	Close of conference

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