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Asia Finance and

Risk Mitigation Forum 2013

Facilitating South-South Trade and Investment

30 April 2013, Taj Mahal Palace Apollo Bunder, Mumbai, India

Asian Development Bank – Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Asia Finance and Risk Mitigation Forum 2013

Facilitating South-South Trade and Investment

30th April 2013: Mumbai

PROGRAMME

TUESDAY ~ 30 April 2013

8:00 am onwards

Registration – Coffee/Tea

9:30 am – 9:35 am Welcoming Remarks

Dr. A. Didar Singh, Secretary General, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (India)

9:35 am – 10:15 am

Opening Remarks Keynote Address

Ms. Lakshmi Venkatachalam, Vice President Private Sector and Cofinancing Operations, Asian Development Bank (Philippines)

Dr. Arvind Mayaram, Secretary (Economic Affairs), Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance Government of India (India)

10:15 am-10:30 am

Coffee/Tea

10:30 am – 11:45 am PANEL 1 Using Risk Mitigation Products to Finance Cross Border Investments

What are the most important risk mitigation products, and who are the leading risk mitigation providers to support south-south

investments?

What are the new initiatives of ADB and other multilateral development banks to enhance cooperation with traditional risk mitigation providers (Export Credit Agencies, Export-Import Banks and private political and credit risk insurers)?

What are the most important risks in Public Private Partnership (PPPs) projects, and how can these risks be mitigated?

What can the development finance community do to catalyze other sources of capital for development (e.g. ECA insurance capacity, private capital from investors, banks and private insurers)?

MODERATOR:

Mr. Chris Vermont, Head of Capital Markets, GuarantCo (United Kingdom)

PANELISTS:

Mr. Michael Barrow, Director, Infrastructure Finance Division 1, Private Sector Operations Department, Asian Development Bank (Philippines)

Mr. Lav Chaturvedi, Chief Risk Officer, Reliance Capital (India)

Mr. Pankaj Gupta, Manager, Financial Solutions Group Sustainable Development Vice Presidency, The World Bank (United States of America)

Mr. Khawar Iqbal, Director Project & Export Finance, HSBC Securities & Capital Markets India Pvt. Ltd. (India)

Mr. Mohamud Hussein Khalif, Acting Director, Structured Finance & Investment Insurance Department, Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of the Investment and Export Credit (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

Mr. N. Shankar, Chairman & Managing Director, Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd. (India)

11.45 am – 12:00 noon

Coffee/Tea

12:00 noon – 1:15 pm

PANEL 2 Financing Medium to Long Term Trade

What are the main challenges for exporters in financing MLT trade?

How can governments, commercial banks and private insurers support MLT export finance?

What are the most important developments in financing MLT export credits?

What are the consequences of Basel II & III for the availability and pricing of MLT export finance?

MODERATOR: Mr. Paul Mudde, Sustainable Finance

and Insurance (The Hague) PANELISTS:

Mr. Fabien Conderrane, Chief Executive Officer, Coface (Singapore)

Dr. Francis Mbroh, Director, Research, Planning and International Cooperation, African Export-Import Bank (Egypt)

Mr. Hideo Naito, Director General, Power and Water Finance Department, Committee Chair, Project Finance Committee, Japan Bank for International Cooperation

(Japan)

Mr. T.C.A. Ranganathan, Chairman and Managing Director, Export-Import Bank of India (India)

Mr. Abu Rashed, PPP Advisor, Prime Minister’s Office, Government of Bangladesh (Bangladesh)

Mr. Ramesh Subramanyam, Chief (F&A), Indian Subsidiaries, The Tata Power Company Limited (India)

1:15 pm- 1:30 pm

Address on ‘Developing and Supporting trade in

the Asian region’

Mr. John McCormick, Chairman RBS Group & CEO, Markets & International Banking (Asia Pacific)

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Lunch

2:30 pm – 3:45 pm

PANEL 3

(This panel is organized in cooperation with the Inter-American Development Bank) Creating bank links to support South-South trade

Are bank-bank relationships important to underpin more trade?

Why are there so few relationships between Asian and Latin American banks?

What products and services are available for exporters/importers involved in south-south trade and how is this business now getting done in the absence of direct bank-bank relationships?

What are the key challenges in supporting trade between Asia and other developing regions?

How can ADB, Inter-American Development Bank and other Multilateral Development Banks facilitate more south-south trade?

MODERATOR:

Mr. Steven Beck, Head, Trade Finance Unit, Private Sector Operations Department, Asian Development Bank (Philippines) PANELISTS:

Mr. Yaw Adu Kuffour, Head of Trade Finance, African Development Bank, (Tunisia)

Mr. Rajat Misra, Senior Vice President, SBI Capital Markets Ltd. (India)

Ambassador Josal Luiz Pellegrino, Consul General, Embassy of Brazil (India)

Ms. Gema Sacristan, Chief Financial Markets Division, Inter-American Development Bank (United States of America)

Ms. Manohari Swarnamitta Gunawardhena, Senior Vice President Group Treasury and Resource Mobilisation, DFCC Bank, (Sri Lanka)

3:45 pm – 4:00 pm

Coffee/Tea

4:00 pm – 5:15 pm

PANEL 4

Mitigating Contractual Risks related to Trade and Investment

What are the most important contractual challenges for south-south investments and trade?

Finding the right balance between commercial objectives and legal liabilities.

How can some of the contractual risks be mitigated?

How can natural disasters affect meeting contractual obligations?

What key lessons can be learned from arbitration cases?

What are the main benefits of Bilateral Investment Treaties?

MODERATOR: Mr. Sanjay Kedia, Chief Executive Officer, Marsh (India)

PANELISTS:

Dr. Nicolas Banerjea-Brodeur, Head of Group Contracts, Legal and Government Affairs, Bombardier Transportation India Ltd. (India)

Mr. Emil Elastianto Dardak, EVP Project Appraisal & Structuring, Indonesia Infrastructure Guarantee Fund

(Indonesia)

Mr. Luigi de Pierris, Consultant, Private Sector Operations, African Development Bank (Tunisia)

Mr. Stefan Schussele, Vice President, Public Sector Affairs, Munich Re (Germany)

Mr. Tim Warren, Deputy Regional Manager, Asia Pacific, Zurich Credit & Political Risk (Singapore)

6.00 pm Cocktail Reception