When: Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Where: Le Méridien Piccadilly, 21 Piccadilly, Mayfair, London W1J 0BH (MAP)
Leading figures from the Ukrainian banking world are finetuning their messages for the 2nd annual Ukrainian Banking Day in London, which takes place on 11th June at Le Meridien Piccadilly Hotel, with the official support of the Embassy of Ukraine in the UK and the Independent Association of Banks of Ukraine.
Following the sector’s return to profit in 2018 and with a new President-elect in place, the Forum will be a timely platform to discuss such key issues as the outlook for the state-owned banks, how to resolve NPLs, the impact of digital banking and fintech on the sector, creditor rights protection, capital requirements and further consolidation and M&A activity in the sector.
Ukrainian Banking Day
Expert speaker panel includes:
- Former NBU Governor, Valeria Gontareva, who is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the LSE’s Institute of Global Policy, and who will address the topic of “New challenges for the financial sector of Ukraine”. Ms Gontareva joins a panel featuring her former colleague, Kateryna Rozhkova, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine
- Yannis Kyriakopoulos, Country Manager and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Piraeus Bank in Ukraine, will join a panel of his peers, including Alfa-Bank and Citi, to discuss the operating environment with a strong focus on how digital and mobile bankingservices are shaking up the sector;
- Jan Willems, Head of Global Markets, Clearstream, joins the panel just as the international securities depositary is about to launch its service providing international investors with simplified access to Ukraine’s domestic government bond market.
- Kateryna Rozhkova, Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, and Ruslan Demchak, Deputy Head of the Financial Policy & Banking Committee of the Verkhovna Rada, who will discuss what the top priorities are for the reform process;
- Key executives of the state-owned banks, who will outline the transformation of and strategic visions for their institutions, including Teimour Bagirov, Independent Member of the Supervisory Board of Ukrgasbank, Sergii Manokha, Advisor to the Chairman of Ukreximbank and Artem Shevalev, Alternate Board Member at the EBRD and Supervisory Board Member of PrivatBank;
- Representatives of the banking community in Ukraine, including Ivan Svitek, General Manager of Alfa-Bank Group, Alexander McWhorter, Country Officer & CEO, Citi Ukraine and Roman Shpek, Head of the Independent Association of Banks of Ukraine, will discuss the operating environment with a strong focus on how digital and mobile banking services are shaking up the sector;
- The IFIs, including Francis Malige, Managing Director, Financial Institutions, EBRD, and Jason Pellmar, Regional Manager, IFC, will discuss how they are working closely with the government and the banking sector to push through vital reforms;
- The challenge of how to tackle NPLs will be a major topic of discussion and Svitlana Rekrut and Taras Yeleyko of the Deposit Guarantee Fund, together with their former colleague, Julia Bereshchenko of Wood & Co, will lead the debate;
- They will be joined by an impressive group of international advisors and commentators, who will provide expert insight into the Ukrainian banking system, including Giovanni Salvetti of Rothschild, Tim Ashof BlueBay Asset Management, Ian Clark of White & Case and Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker of Euromoney.
You can view the full speaker line-up to date and programme here.
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Organiser:
Strategy Council
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