Hesham Zakai
Hesham Zakai
Speaker
Managing Director

TXF

United Kingdom

Hesham Zakai is the Managing Director of TXF, a leading media and events company specialising in trade, commodity and export finance, with a global portfolio of 20 conferences. He has previously worked at the Special Reports team of the Financial Times and in the Press department at the European Parliament. He is also the former editor-in-chief of London Student, and has published essays on topics ranging from the history of the Middle East to the impact of technology on local British communities.

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Icebreaker: TXF- Reed Smith Commodity Cocktail

Yasmina Rauber
Secretary General,
Zug Commodity Association (ZCA)
Alexander Peters
Board Member ,
Commodity Club Switzerland
Hesham Zakai
Managing Director,
TXF
Aife Howse
Commodities content manager,
Reed Smith

TXF Geneva 2023: Commodity finance and natural resources will kick off the night before the conference with an extended cocktail drinks reception. Guests will be welcomed by a series of keynote speeches delivered by industry VIPs, followed by a fun evening of drinks and networking! - A welcome from Simone Goligorsky, Partner, Reed Smith - The latest in maritime from Yasmina Rauber, Secretary General, Zug Commodity Association - The outlook for critical battery minerals, Alexander Peters, Board Member, Commodity Club Switzerland

Plenary
Agriculture/Soft Commodities Metals & Mining Oil & Gas Renewables Traditional Energy

Keynote crossover panel: Banks and corporates take the stage

Nicolas Jobert
Structured Finance - Head of EMENA,
Trafigura
Jean-Jacques Poublet
Global Head of Commodity Trade Finance,
UBS
Jeff Webster
CFO,
Gunvor
Jacques Erni
Chief Finance Officer,
BB Energy
Patrick Arnaud
Managing Director,
ING Bank
Raman Jaggi
CFO, EET Infra & Head Of Trade Credit,
EET Fuels
Moderator
Hesham Zakai
Managing Director,
TXF

This session gathers the biggest lenders and borrowers in commodities finance, as they ask each other their burning questions. The panel will round off with a family fortunes style gameshow finisher – during which the banks and corporates will form two teams and compete for victory!

·       Are lender and borrower expectations meeting in terms of appetite, pricing, and approach towards sustainability?

·       How are corporates continuing to diversify in terms of liquidity sources, and what role are banks playing in this diversification?

·       What are the biggest opportunities for banks and corporates going forward?