Agenda

Registration and coffee

Chairman's opening remarks

Julian Van Kan, Global Head of Loan Syndications and Trading, BNP Paribas

Financing the World Cup – how much of the funds will come from the debt markets?

Assessing where global markets are today and what can be expected in the coming year

Martin Egan, Global Head of Primary Markets and Origination, BNP Paribas

Searching for value in the Middle East bond market

Lenka Polackova, Vice President, Fixed Income, Morgan Stanley

Placing the Middle East into a global context – assessing investment trends into and out of emerging market debt

Robert Parker, Vice Chairman, Credit Suisse Asset Management
Jeremy Brewin, Head of Emerging Market Debt, Aviva Investors
Christopher Watson, Head of Research, Finisterre Capital
Juan Pedro Moreno Fierro, Director of Research, Greylock Capital Management
Mohieddine Kronfol, Head of Asset Management, Algebra Capital
Eric Swats, Head of Asset Management, Rasmala
Abdul Kadir Hussain, Chief Executive Officer, Mashreq Capital

Coffee and networking

What challenges do high-grade issuers face when raising capital and should they be treated more like developed market credits?

Greg Fewer, Associate Director & Deputy Head, Structured Finance and Capital Markets, Mubadala
Stefan Zottmann, Senior Director, Treasury, Qtel
Jaafar Badwan, Deputy Director, Treasury, TDIC
Zulfe Ali, Head of Corporate Finance, Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company
Thomas Sorenson, Director, Debt Advisory, Lower Gulf, KPMG

What are the prospects to developing a high yield bond market in the Middle East?

Bryant Edwards, Chair of Middle East Practice, Latham & Watkins
Christoph Paul, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
Bruce MacKenzie, Managing Director, Head of High Yield Capital Markets, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Samad Sirohey, Managing Director, Capital Markets, Citigroup
Amir Ahmad, Managing Director and Head of Acquisition Finance, HSBC Middle East
Usama Barwani, Director, MB Holdings
Todd Youngberg, Global Investment Director, Fixed Income and Head of High Yield Investments, Aviva Investors

Demystifying launching international bond transactions for first-time issuers

Ali Najafbagy, Head of Capital Markets, Mubadala
John Bates, Head of Fixed Income, Silk Invest
Anthony Barklam, Head of CEEMEA Capital Markets, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International
Simon Putt, Head of Debt Capital Markets, MENA, BNP Paribas
Roger Wedderburn-Day, Partner, Allen & Overy
Mark Aitken, Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets, Knight Libertas

Networking lunch hosted by Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International

New money deals in the Middle East syndicated loan market – what is needed to kick-start activity?

Arul Kandasamy, Head of Investment Banking, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
David Smith, Deputy General Manager, Head of Project Finance and Syndications, Alinma Bank
Steve Perry, Head of Project, Aircraft and Shipping Finance Syndications and Regional Head for Syndications, MEPA, Standard Chartered Bank
Alexis Postel-Vinay, Head of Loan Syndications Middle East, BNP Paribas
Enrico Grino, Assistant General Manager, Structured and Project Finance, Qatar National Bank
Paul Maguire, Unit Head Corporate and Institutional Banking, Al Khaliji Commercial Bank
Dimitri Abdulkarim, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi

Balancing what investors gain in structure with loss of liquidity – why creativity is essential to finding financing solutions for issuers in 2011

Hans Christensen, Chief Executive Officer, MJX Asset Management
Ludovic Nobili, Head of Financing Solutions, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
Andre Portelli, Head of Debt Capital Markets, Middle East, UBS
Teeja Boye, Investment Analyst, Insparo Asset Management
Hasan Mustafa, Head of Debt Capital Markets, CEEMEA, Royal Bank of Scotland
Biswajit Dasgupta, Head of Treasury & Trading, Invest AD - Abu Dhabi Investment Company

Coffee and networking

Are classic 20 year project finance structures back on the table or will mini-perm structures refinanced with a project bond revolutionise the market?

Rajit Nanda, Chief Financial Officer, ACWA Power
Charlie Seymour, Financial Advisor, ADWEA
Stefano Terranova, Head of Acquisitions, Investments and Financial Advisory, MENA, GDF Suez
Irfan Said, Head of Corporate Finance, Samba Capital
Mark Waters, Head of Energy & Commodities, Asset and Project Finance Loan Syndications & Trading, EMEA, BNP Paribas
Nick Collins, Partner, Latham & Watkins

How are private sector companies funding themselves?

Ahmed El Sayed, Group Chief Financial Officer, Al Ghurair Group
John Wartig, Group Director Finance, Al Futtaim Private Company
Malcolm Weaver, Head of Mergers and Acquisitions, Zamil Group
Gordian Gaeta, Group Finance Committee Convener, Al Fardan Group
Robert Farrow, Corporate Treasurer, Al Ghanim Industries

Chairman's closing remarks followed by cocktail reception hosted by Allen & Overy

Registration and coffee

Chairman's opening remarks

Christopher Hall, Partner, Latham & Watkins

Borrowers vs. lenders oxford style debate: This house believes that at current loan pricing one party is exploiting the other

Pinak Maitra, Group Chief Financial Officer, Kipco
Manish Joshi, Chief Financial Officer, R.A.K Ceramics
Daniele Vecchi, Head of Group Treasury, Majid Al Futtaim Group
Haseeb Haroon, Executive Director, Alpen Capital
Natasha Isakova, Head of Origination, CEEMEA, Loan Capital Markets, Barclays Capital
Grainne Molloy, Director, Loans Sales and Syndicate, HSBC
Kashif Raza, Head of Capital Markets & Syndications, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank

What can bankers, issuers and investors do to boost secondary bond and sukuk market liquidity?

Yisr Barnieh, Head of Capital Markets, Arab Monetary Fund
Ziad Shaaban, Head of Fixed Income, EFG Hermes Asset Management
Samer Solh, Managing Director, Amwal Asset Management

Coffee and networking

Successfully issuing riyal sukuk in the local market – is there any sense for Saudi issuers issuers going to the international markets?

Abdulaziz AlOnaizan, Head of Treasury, Alinma Bank
Intikhab Ahmad, Head of Investment Banking, Samba Capital
Jonathan Marsh, Head of Mergers, Acquisitions and Finance Department, Total
Yavar Moini, Executive Director, Global Capital Markets, Morgan Stanley
Jarmo Kotilaine, Chief Economist, National Commercial Bank

Loans vs. bonds - is the bond and sukuk market the only way in which financial institutions (FIs) can access medium term funding?

Amr Ghadallah, Global Treasurer, Arab Banking Corporation
Kevin Taylor, Head of Treasury and Investments, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
Paul Oliver, Head of Financing, Emirates Investment Authority
James Sadler, Director Debt Capital Markets, MENA, UBS
Hani Deaibes, Executive Director, MENA Investment Banking and Head of MENA Debt Capital Markets, JP Morgan

As M&A opportunities continue to rise what financing options are available?

Faisal Sarkhou, Head of Corporate Finance, Kamco
Vinzenz Schwegmann, Managing Director, UAE,  AlixPartners
Yahya Jalil, Head of Private Equity, The National Investor
Paul Reynolds, Head of Debt and Equity Advisory, Middle East, Rothschild
Christian Saunders, Partner, Allen & Overy
Matthew Epstein, Managing Director, MENA, ICE Canyon

Chairman's closing remarks followed by networking lunch