1. 2nd Annual Trade Finance in the Nordics Forum
nd
June 2 , 2010
Venue: The Hotel Continental
Oslo, Norway
Sponsored by:
SEB
DNB Nor
BNY Mellon
AGENDA
08:00 Registration and coffee
08:45 Welcome from SEB
Lars Hagne, Head of Trade Finance sales, Norway, SEB
08:50 Chairman’s introduction
Dominic Broom, Head of Treasury Services Business Development EMEA, BNY
Mellon
09:00 Keynote speaker
• The importance of trade to Norway and Scandinavia
Rikke Lind, State Secretary. Ministry of Trade and Industry Oslo
09:30 Economic overview
Stein Bruun, Chief Economist, SEB Oslo
10.00 Nordic banking panel – experience from the front line
• Trade finance in the current market environment
• Where are the opportunities?
• Reviewing strategies – innovating to combat crisis
• Does a cash management approach work best?
• The availability of credit in the Nordic region
• Working capital – a company’s lifeblood
Lars Hagne, Head of Trade Finance sales, Norway, SEB
Borghild Holen, Head of International, DnB NOR Bank ASA
Tore Skoglund, Head of Trade Finance Norway, Fokus Bank
Senior representative – Nordea
Colin Robertson, Treasury Services Sales Head, Northern Europe, BNY Mellon
(Moderator)
10:45 Networking break
11:15 Corporate Case Study: Volvo Construction Equipment
• Pros and cons of trade solutions
Patrik Achtman, Finance Director, Volvo Construction Equipment
11:45 Nordic Trade Finance in the wake of the financial crisis
Borghild Holen, Head of International - DnB NOR Bank ASA
12:15 ECA Panel – mitigating risks and filling gaps in the market
Edvard Stang, Director, GIEK
Henrik Welch, Senior Director, Guarantees and Project Finance, EKF
Kerstin Gedung Executive Director, Head of Structured Finance, SEK
Helén Seemann, Director of Business Area for Large Enterprises, EKN
Moderator – TBC

2. 13:00 Lunch and networking break
14:30 BNY Mellon presentation
Liquidity Issues
15:00 SEB presentation
Lars Hagne, Head of Trade Finance sales, Norway, SEB
15:30 Networking break
16:00 The Benche now your financial community
Håkan Aldrin, Sheriff at the Benche
16.20 Nordic corporate panel
• How have banks performed in the downturn?
• Which products and solutions have been of most value?
• What is the new normal?
• The challenges ahead
Flemming Lippert, Head of Trade Finance sales, Denmark, SEB (Moderator)
Patrik Achtman, Finance Director, Volvo Construction Equipment
Øyvind Halvorsen, Head of Corporate Finance, Aker Solutions ASA
Bjørn Sandmoe, Head of Corporate Credit, StatoilHydro ASA
17:05 Chairman’s closing remarks