With trader and producer SMEs often left without affordable or attainable bank or alternative lender liquidity, the relationships between corporates is even more crucial at a time when the industry is making constant changes towards a greener future. This panel will look at how medium to large corporates are working with smaller producers to bridge the financing gap, and navigate the energy transition. 

·       Is this support going beyond financing, and towards logistics and hedging support?

·       Can the trading arm of corporates be instrumental to expand the pool of lenders for independent producers, especially in view of the lowering appetite from traditional lenders?

·     How are corporates pushing the energy transition by investing in new technologies and providing funding for low carbon and renewables production? 

Natalia Haas

Managing Partner,

Mercator Commodities AG

Hamsika Gopalan

General Manager,

Rescom Holdings

Filippo Bof

Head of Business Development, Africa,

Shell Trading & Shipping

Brian Marcus

GM, Commercial & Corporate Finance,

Seplat Energy

Nick Brown

Structured Trade Finance ,

BP

Moderator

Archie Matheson

Structured Finance & Trader - Africa,

Czarnikow Group Limited