Post-event round-up

West Africa Trade & Export Finance Conference 2015

Lagos, Nigeria | Eko Convention Centre February 4-5, 2015

“Ideal opportunity to scan West Africa perspectives, combining financial and industrial aspects while networking the proper way.”N Van Damme, Bia Group

“A true and complete value adding experience in the global market. The real global deal! ”P Momodu, GZ Industries

“Great networking platform and an eye opener as to what can be done to boost trade in Africa.”E Ahiagbe, First Atlantic Bank

An excellent platform for corporate networking and most revealing in dynamics of trade flows.Laurine Ubanozie, ACE Global

2015’s VITAL STATISTICS

deLegATeS ATTended

301COMPAnIeS

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West Africa Trade & Export Finance Conference 2015Recognised as the biggest gathering of trade finance leaders in the region, the West Africa Trade & Export Finance Conference moved to Lagos for 2015.

Welcoming over 300 delegates, the conference brought together delegates from corporate, banking and financial services organisations to discuss key market issues within agribusiness, hard commodities, risk mitigation and infrastructural development.

Dedicated networking sessions provided attendees with the chance to establish new working relationships and become re-acquainted with old contacts with the prospect of developing business within Nigeria and beyond.

sectors rePreseNteD IN 2015

“An excellent forum with up to date information on trade and export finance in West Africa. ”N Giwa, Siemens

“Every key player in the commodities and financial services industries must be represented at this conference. Excellent and thought-provoking presentations and discussions.”N Okonkwo, Oando

46% Corporates & traders27% Banks & FinanCiers8% Media5% insurers & risk Managers3% non-Bank FinanCiers

3% eCas & Multilaterals3% lawyers2% Consultants2% other1% solution providers

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KOFA INTERNATIONAL CO.Export . Import . Consulting . Financing

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SPeAkerS InCLuded

●● Obinna Nwosu, Deputy Group Managing Director, Access Bank

●● Godwin Emefiele, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria

●● Pedro Neves, Managing Director, Structured Business, Europe, Africa & Asia, AG-Dangote

●● Henrique de Azevedo Avila, Head of Export Credit Division, Transaction Support in Africa, BNDES

●● Adewale Tinubu, Group Chief Executive, Oando

●● Kola Karim, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Shoreline Energy International

●● rolake Akinkugbe, Vice-President & Head, Energy & Natural Resources, FBN Capital

●● Edward George, Head of Research, Ecobank

●● Jason Barrass, Head of Africa Trade, Barclays Africa Group

●● Charles Darku, Managing Director, Tullow Ghana

●● Batchi Baldeh, Senior Vice-President & Head, Power, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC)

●● Benjamin Todd, Business Development for Africa, Global Business Development, US Ex-Im Bank

●● Moustapha Sow, Regional Manager, Africa, ICIEC

●● Tosin Adewuyi, Managing Director, Senior Country Officer, Nigeria, J.P. Morgan

●● Chris Andoh, Managing Director, Star Africa Commodities & Minerals

●● Mark Norris, Partner, Sullivan & Worcester UK

●● Mike Creighton, Head of Africa, Sace

●● Ed Harkins, Head of Export Credit Financing, Fieldstone Private Capital Group

●● Nicholas Oliver, Head of Business Development, NMS International Group

●● inal Henri, Head, Export Credit Finance, RMB

●● rupert Cutler, Managing Director, Financial & Political Risks, CGNMB

●● Geoffrey de Mowbray, Chief Executive, Dints International

●● Jean Craven, Head of Corporate Finance, Export Trading Group (ETG)

●● Tunji Owoeye, Group Managing Director, Elephant Group

●● Gregory Havermahl, Head, Trade & Working Capital, Rand Merchant Bank

●● Grace Asemota, Legal Director, Clyde & Co

●● Jason Barrass, Head of Africa Trade, Barclays Africa Group

●● Olaf Schmüeser, Senior Representative, Commerzbank Nigeria

●● Ndukaku Offiah, Head, Structured Trade & Commodity Finance, Agribusiness Finance, First City Monument Bank (FCMB)

●● Samuel Mugoya, Principle Economic Analyst, Special Funding Unit, Afreximbank

●● David Hennah, Head of Trade, Misys

●● Ngozi Okonkwo, Chief Legal Officer, Oando

●● André Soumah, Chairman, Ace Global Depository

●● Charles Weller, Managing Director, Africa Trade, Barclays

●● Vernon Darko, President, Equipxp

●● Emeka Uzomba, Head, Treasury & Financial Institutions, Diamond Bank

●● Wale Oyedeji, Executive Director, Corporate Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank

●● Nomso Ezenta, Head, Structured Funding & Correspondent Banking, First City Monument Bank (FCMB)

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301 delegates attended 2015’s conference representing the following companies:

Banks & Financiers

Absa

Access Bank

Afreximbank

Barclays

Brazilian Development Bank

British Arab Commercial Bank

Citi

Commerzbank

Deutsche Bank

Diamond Bank

Ecobank

Ex-Im Bank

Export-Import Bank of the United States

FBN Captial

First Atlantic Bank

First Bank Nigeria

First City Monument Bank (FCMB)

GTBank

Guaranty Trust Bank

HSBC

J.P. Morgan

Keystone Bank

Nedbank Corporate

Nexim

Qatar National Bank

Rand Merchant Bank

SC Securities

Societe Generale

Stanbic IBTC Bank

Standard Bank

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

Swedbank AB

UBA Group

Union Bank

Union Bank of Nigeria

Unity Bank

Zenith Bank

Corporates & Traders

Aarti Steel

Abodsuccess

Acorn Petroleum

AG-Dangote

Anny Link Ventures

Ascon Oil Company

Beloxxi

Bhojsons

Bia Group

Cargill

Cocoa Prodcuts

Dints International

Dufil Prima Foods

Eastern Metal

Elephant Group

EMC3

Emmab Global Group

EquipXP

ETG Agro

Flour Mills Nigeria

Frigoglass Industries

FTN Cocoa

Gbedise

Global Smartfit Nigeria

Good Time

GZ Industries

Integrated Oil & Gas

JMG

Kausar Universal Logistics

Kay Group

Kofa International

Lino Laboratories

Louis Dreyfus Commodities

Mel-Tech

Moroborne

Multi Trex Integrated Foods

Nagode Group

NMS

Northwest Petroleum & Gas Company

Oando

Olam

Parco Group

Punnf Oil Services Nigeria

Raffles Oil Lftz Enterprise

Rain Oil

Richamboeg Constructions

Sahara Energy Resources

Sahel Group

Schokhi Industrials

Shoreline Energy International

Shoreline Power Company

Siemens

Star Africa Commodities & Minerals

Tak Agro

Tempo Paper & Pulp

Total Nigeria

TSL Logistics

Union Systems

Vanso

Velvetworth International

Waltersmith Petroman Oil

Wemy Industries

Media

BusinessDay Newspaper

Financial Nigeria

Media Managers PR

National Mirror

News Africa

Nigerian Tribune

Punch Newspaper

Sesema

The Guardian

The Nation Newspaper

ThisDay Newspaper

insurers & risk Managers

ACE Global Depository

CGNMB

CMI

ICIEC

L.A.U (Europe)

SACE

T.A. Braithwaite (Insurance Brokers) & Co.

Texel Finance

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Lawyers

Allen & Overy

Clyde & Co

ENSafrica

Sullivan & Worcester

Solution Providers

Misys

Non-Bank Financiers

Africa Finance Corporation

FCMB Capital Markets

Fieldstone Private Capital Group

PanAfrican Capital

Others

SMT Group Mam Impex

Consultants

ACE Collateral Management Greenback Advisors Secom Lagos

Key West Africa trade gathering takes place in Lagos

GTR, the global financial services information provider, were delighted to host the West Africa Trade & Export Finance Conference, in Lagos, Nigeria, at the Eko Convention Centre on the 4th & 5th February, 2015.

This two-day conference attracted over 300 business leaders and provided extensive networking opportunities for domestic and international financial institutions; local SME and global corporates; lawyers; policy makers, and specialist trade finance risk analysts.

The conference opened with a keynote address by Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, who addressed key issues in sustaining the Nigerian economy. This was followed by a case study in developing domestic and regional investment by Olakunle Alake, Chief Finance Officer of the Dangote Group.

As the biggest trade and export finance gathering in West Africa, the conference brought together decision makers from some of the country’s biggest corporate players, including Adewale Tinubu, Group Chief Executive of Oando, and Kola Karim, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Shoreline Energy International – as well as other niche industry specialists – to give their unique insights into today’s market. The conference also attracted many local and international delegates from the banking and financial services sectors to discuss liquidity

challenges, corporate demand for capital, the impact of changing global trade flows and specific industry case studies.

“Nigeria’s economy has flourished of late with optimism growing in many sectors,” says the producer of the event, Paul Greetham. “This conference brought together the people that really make a difference in the market to discuss new strategies, address industry opportunities and to strategically align their export policies with international financing standards.”

With so many high-level delegates in attendance, networking was a key feature throughout the day. With specific networking lunches, an evening drinks reception and numerous breaks, there was ample opportunity for anyone serious about doing business in West Africa to create new business contacts and build relationships with the market’s main players.

“The annual West Africa trade and export finance conference has rightly become a flagship event within the GTR calendar,” says Peter Gubbins, Managing Director of GTR. “Many delegates and supporters return year after year and have helped develop this key industry gathering into a hotbed of contemporary discussion and unrivalled networking. We look forward to facilitating business in the region for many years to come.”

ECAs & Multilaterals

BNDES

Export Trading Group

FMO

OPEC Fund For International Development

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NOTES

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