BAFM Seminar 2017 Agenda
Event Anchor Tom Minney
Thursday,
18th May 2017
Topics
Speakers
08:30 - 09:30
Registration & Coffee
09:30 - 09:45
Welcome Addresses
Karim Hajji (CEO) - Casablanca Stock Exchange
Oscar N. Onyema (CEO) - Nigerian Stock Exchange & President ASEA
Nezha Hayat (President) - Moroccan Capital Markets Authority (AMMC)
09:45 - 10:00
Building the Financial Hub: Casablanca Finance City
Mohammed Rachid (Deputy Director in charge of relations with institutions and international organizations) - Casablanca Finance
City
10:00 - 10:15
Keynote address: Demutualization – Catalyst for driving growth in African Capital
Markets
Abimbola Ogunbanjo (First Vice-President) - the Nigerian Stock Exchange & (Managing Partner) - Chris Ogunbanjo & Co (Solicitors)
10:15 - 11:00
Enhancing Liquidity in Emerging Market Exchanges
Siobhan Cleary (Head of Research and Public Policy) - WFE
Quinton Goddard (Principal, Financial Services, Market Infrastructure) - OLIVER WYMAN
11:00 - 11:15
Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:00
The New US administration: What does it mean for African markets?
Mark Bohlund (Senior Economist Africa and Middle East) - Bloomberg Intelligence
Michelle Bond (Deputy Head of Global Regulatory and Policy Affairs) - Bloomberg L.P.
12:00 - 12:45
12:45 - 14:00
Unlocking opportunities in Africa pension schemes
Edward Odundo (Former CEO) - Kenya Retirement Benefits Authority
14:00 - 14:15
Lunch
Keynote Speaker - Models and instruments for financial inclusion in Africa. Case of
Mpesa
Ronald Webb (Director-Financial Services) - Safaricom Ltd
15:45 - 16:00
The role and importance of derivatives markets: lessons to be learned from the
Canadian market place
What can be done to get private equity investors to use African Capital Markets as an
exit strategy
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:15
Supporting the Development of African Capital Markets - Bloomberg
Selloua Chakri (Head of Market Structure Strategy MEA Region)- Bloomberg L.P.
16:15 - 17:15
Listing SME's : ELITE program as a means to accelerate SME's growth opportunities
Badr Benyoussef (Head of Business Development) - Casablanca Stock Exchange
Sheffield Doug (Senior Manager Global Business Development) - London Stock Exchange Group
Nejib Elhidri - (Head of Analysts) - Tunis Stock Exchange
14:15 - 15:15
15:15 - 15:45
Leon Bitton (Former head of Research & Development, Derivatives Market - Montreal Exchange)
Omar Laalej (Senior Investment Officer) - AfricInvest
BAFM Seminar 2017 Agenda
Event Anchor Tom Minney
Friday,
19th May 2017
Topics
Speakers
08:30 - 09:30
Registration & Coffee
09:30 - 09:45
Keynote Speaker: IFC’s advisory support on Climate Financing to Financial Institutions
Riccardo Ambrosini (Climate Finance specialist) - IFC World Bank Group
in the MENA region
Panel Discussion
Moderator - Doug Sheffield
Karim Hajji (CEO) - Casablanca Stock Exchange
Siobhan Cleary (Head of Research and Public Policy) - WFE
Medhat Nafei (General Manager, Risk Management Dept.) - Egypt Stock Exchange
Ikhlass Mettioui (Asset Management Director) - Moroccan Capital Markets Authority
09:45 - 11:0O
Green Finance as an agent in reshaping African economies
Green finance as a means to bridging Africa’s infrastructure gap
Marrakeck Pledge
11:00 - 11:15
Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:30
IT Infrastructure:
Global principles for financial markets IT infrastructures
Market Infrastructures Standardization & compliance
Mohammed Saad (Chief Information Officer) - Casablanca Stock Exchange
Azagrouze Ridouane (Chief Information Officer) - Maroclear
12:30 - 13:15
Developing Debt Capital Markets
Christelle Fink (Head of local capital markets development in the southern and Eastern Mediterranean region) - EBRD
13:15 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:00
The Blockchain, Impacts on the financial markets
Mohamed Horani (Chairman & CEO) - HPS
Ghassan Callas - DXC technology
15:00 - 16:00
Regulation and corporate governance best practices as enablers for business growth.
Tom Kimaru (Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs) - Nairobi Securities Exchange
16:00 - 16:15
Coffee Break
Panel Discussion
16:15 - 17:00
17:00 - 19:00
Regional Integration of African Capital Markets. Growing Pains: Perspectives from
West, East, North and South
Farewell cocktail
Moderator - Tom Minney
Nasama Massinda (CEO) - Tanzania Capital Markets Securities Authority
Agama Emomotimi (Deputy Director) - Securities and Exchange Commission (Nigeria)
Harouna Ouedraogo (Head of Financial operations department) - CREPMF
Edoh Kossi Amenounve (President) - WACMIC