Day 1 of The 4th International MENA Guarantee Forum - Le Bristol Hotel, Beirut
April 3, 2019
9:00 - 9:30
Registration
9:30 - 10:30
Opening speeches
Khater Abi Habib
Kafalat SAL | Lebanon
Chairman and General Manager
Chairman and General Manager
Hicham Zanati Serghini
Caisse Centrale de Garantie | Morocco
Beatriz Freitas
Iberoamerican Guarantees Network Association - REGAR
President
President
Bernhard Sagmeister
AECM
Chairman
Chairman
José Fernando Figueiredo
Global Network of Guarantee Institutions - GNGI
Coordinator
Coordinator
10:30 - 11:30
Session 1
Peer review of success factors and challenges for loan guarantee schemes.
Moderator
Nagla Bahr
Credit Guarantee
Company | Egypt
Managing Director
Company | Egypt
Managing Director
Amal Jaradat
Jordan Loan Guarantee Corporation | Jordan
Export Credit Manager
Export Credit Manager
11:30 - 12:00
Coffee break
12:00 - 13:30
Session 2
Academics & institutional vision on present trends to support, improve and evaluate guarantee actors.
Moderator
Giuseppe Gramigna
SME expert and SBA Chief Economist
Pierrick Baraton
Proparco | Groupe Agence Française de Développement
Investment Officer
Investment Officer
13:30 - 13:45
Group picture
13:45 - 15:00
Lunch break
15:00 - 16:00
Session 3
Impact of digitization on the guarantee activity:
an opportunity for better productivity and easier relationship with banks
an opportunity for better productivity and easier relationship with banks
Moderator
Jad Doumith
Risk Plus | Lebanon
CEO
CEO
Ahmed Islah Saad El Din
Credit Guarantee Company | Egypt
Risk Executive Director
Risk Executive Director
16:0 - 16:15
Coffee break
16:15 - 17:15
Session 4
Adapting and improving the decision-making process, from individual to portfolio guarantees:
ambitions and context barriers
ambitions and context barriers
Moderator
Guy Selbherr
Bürgschaftsbank Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Chairman
Chairman
19:30
Gala dinner at Le Mythe, Naccache - Metn (For directions call 04-407 707)
Day 2 of The 4th International MENA Guarantee Forum - Le Bristol Hotel, Beirut
April 4, 2019
9:15 - 10:15
Mena guarantee institutions business meeting
(by invitation only)
(by invitation only)
Moderator
Mohammed Al Jafari & Khater Abi Habib
JLGC/Kafalat
10:15 - 10:30
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:30
Session 5
New frontiers for the role of guarantees:
extending their role from traditional loans to equity and new forms of financing
extending their role from traditional loans to equity and new forms of financing
Moderator
Alexandre Hugo Laure
World Bank
Senior Private
Sector Specialist
Senior Private
Sector Specialist
Nicolas Rouhana
IM Capital - Lebanon
General Manager
General Manager
11:30 - 12:30
Session 6
Regulatory implications for guarantee institutions & SMEs
Moderator
Makram Sader
Association of Banks in Lebanon
Secretary-General
Secretary-General
Saad Andary
Banque du Liban
2nd Vice-Governor
2nd Vice-Governor
José Fernando Figueiredo
Global Network of Guarantee Institutions - GNGI
Coordinator
Coordinator
12:30 - 12:45
Closing session
Closing Session and Presentation of next year’s hosting country
Khater Abi Habib
Kafalat SAL | Lebanon
Chairman & General Manager
President
Chairman & General Manager
President
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00
End of day 2