Community and History
LSEG CIS & CEE Conference 2016
11-03-2016
Capital Markets Day
By Invitation only
This event will focus on the current market environment in the region, including investment flows, growth forecast and access to capital markets. We have invited key industry experts to lead a series of panel discussions covering all aspects of primary and secondary markets.
Opening Address
Nikhil Rathi
CEO, London Stock Exchange Plc
Mr Rathi joined LSEG in May 2014 as Director of International Development and Chief of Staff, as well as a member of the LSEG Executive Committee. He joined LSEG from the UK Treasury, where he held a number of senior roles over the course of eleven years. Most recently, he was Director of the Financial Services Group, representing the UK Government's financial services interests in the EU and internationally. In that role, he served as the UK representative on the EU Financial Services Committee and led a number of legislative negotiations. Prior to that, he was Head of the Financial Stability unit, overseeing a number of the UK's financial stability interventions during the crisis. He also served as Private Secretary to the UK Prime Minister for three years from 2005 to 2008. Mr. Rathi grew up in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria and studied at Oxford University. He is married with two children.
Panel I: CIS and CEE – Macroeconomic Outlook for 2016
Phil Bennett
First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, EBRD
Philip Bennett oversees all banking operations of the EBRD. He chairs the Operations Committee, which reviews all investment and loan proposals before consideration by the Board of Directors, and oversees the formulation of the Bank’s strategy to effectively and efficiently promote the transition of the countries of operations in which the EBRD invests. Mr Bennett is also a member of the Bank’s Executive Committee.
Mr Bennett has more than 30 years of experience in the global financial markets, working primarily with Citigroup and its predecessor companies, Salomon Brothers and Salomon Smith Barney.
At Citigroup, he most recently held the position of Vice Chairman, Public Sector in Global Banking Division, prior to which he was Global Head of Public Sector in the Global Corporate Bank. In these roles, he was responsible for delivering the full range of banking products to Citi’s most sophisticated sovereign and public sector clients worldwide. From 1998 to 2006, he was Head of International Capital Markets in the Fixed Income, Currencies & Commodities Division at Citi where he was responsible for the origination of the full range of capital market financing products for corporate, financial institution and public sector clients globally. Throughout his career, Mr Bennett has had a particular focus on clients in and market development for the Emerging Markets, especially in Central/Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa.
Mr Bennett is a graduate of the University of North Carolina. He also holds a Master of Public Affairs degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and a MBA from the University of Chicago.
Michel Danechi
Partner, Duet Asset Management
(bio coming soon)
Magdalena Polan
Macroeconomist, Goldman Sachs
Magdalena Polan is a Senior European Economist and Executive Director within the CEEMEA economics team in the Global Investment Research division. She joined the firm in December 2009, and her primary focus is on the Hungarian, Polish and Czech economies, as well as regional issues related to Central Europe. Before joining Goldman Sachs, she spent six years in the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC, where she worked on various issues related to economic policy in emerging market countries, including public financial management, crisis prevention and resolution, and sovereign debt restructurings; she also provided extensive training and assistance in these areas to governments and central banks. She holds degrees in economics from the University of Leuven and Warsaw University, and also studied political science.
Jacob Grapengiesser
Partner, East Capital
Jacob Grapengiesser, a Swedish national, joined East Capital in 2002 and is today a Partner of East Capital, working within the Portfolio management team. He is member of the Board of B92 in Serbia and FESCO in Russia, and is based in Moscow.
Jacob was an analyst with Brunswick Emerging Markets for three years before joining East Capital. Prior to that, he worked at Khanty Mansiysk Oil Corporation (KMOC) in Moscow.
Jacob has studied at the Stockholm School of Economics, the Royal Institute of Technology and Cornell University, USA. Jacob is fluent in Swedish, Russian and English.
Dr Vladimir Tikhomirov
Chief Macroeconomist, BCS Global Markets
Dr. Vladimir Tikhomirov has joined BCS in June 2014 as Chief Economist.
Prior to that Vladimir has worked as Chief Economist at Otkritie Financial Corporation (2010-2014) and URALSIB Financial corporation and NIKOIL Brokerage which he joined in 2001.
Vladimir also has over 20 years of research experience in academia. He worked as Director of the Centre for Russian and Euro-Asian Studies and Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He was also member of the Executive Committee of Australia-Russia Business Council and Vice President of Australasian association of Post-Communist Studies.
Previously, Vladimir held positions of Associate Professor of School of Finance at the International University in Moscow (1991-1993), Visiting Professor at Wiwatersrand University, South Africa (1991-1992), Deputy Director of the Centre for Southern African Studies, Moscow (1989-1991), Director of Studies at the Africa Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1988-1991) and Member of the Board of the Division of World Economy and International Relations of the Academy of Sciences (1988-1991).
Vladimir has been continuously ranked as one of top macro economists on Russia/CIS in Thomson Extel and Institutional Investor surveys. He is a member of Editorial Board of International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Markets (IJEPEE) and a member of Economic Advisory Council of the Institute of International Finance (IIF, Washington).
Vladimir holds an MA degree in International Relations from Kiev State University and Ph.D. degree in Political Economy from the Russian Academy of Sciences. He authored five books, was editor of four books and published over 100 articles in academic journals on Russia, South Africa and problems of transition.
Doron Lowinger
Partner, White & Case
Doron Loewinger is a US qualified partner in the Firm's Capital Markets group in London. He has extensive experience advising on equity and debt capital markets transactions, and on liability management transactions, with a primary focus on developing and emerging markets. He is also the Chairman of the firm's London US Securities Policy Committee, and as such is responsible for the implementations of policies and procedures aimed to ensure the quality and consistency of US securities law related advice. Doron has more than 15 years of experience representing both issuers and underwriters in a wide range of US and cross-border private and public capital markets transactions, including registered and unregistered offerings of equity, senior and high-yield debt and hybrid securities. He also has extensive experience representing both issuers and managers in a wide range of liability management transaction, including complex cross-border tender offers, exchange offers, consent solicitations and other debt and equity restructurings.
Panel II: Capital Raising Environment in CEE
Peter Bryde
Head of Equity, EBRD
originally joined the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (‘EBRD’) in 1995. After heading up Standard Bank’s Agribusiness department for four year, Peter re-joined EBRD in 2009 as Deputy Director for Agribusiness. In 2013, Peter was made Director for the Equity team of the EBRD. Peter has a master’s degree in finance from Copenhagen Business School.
Ivana Gazic
CEO, Zagreb Stock Exchange
Graduated in Finance from the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Zagreb in 1997 and gained the Executive MBA degree from the International Executive Development Center Bled (Slovenia) in 2001. She also holds the investment advisor license.
Ivana is currently a PhD student of communication and author of several papers on investor relations.
She gained wide professional experience working for leading Croatian companies and financial institutions.
Ivana started her career in 1998 at Pliva Plc. where she served until 2003 as a Head of Capital Market Operations. Since 2003 till 2005 she worked at Lura Plc. as a Head of strategic financing project and the assistant to CEO.
In 2005 Ivana joined Société Générale - Splitska Bank Plc. where she worked as a Deputy Head of Corporate Department and a Head of Structure Finance Department. In 2007 she continued her career in Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank Plc. taking the position of Executive Director in the Investment Banking Unit responsible for financial markets, private banking, corporate finance, asset management and investment funds.
Since May 2010 she is the President of the Management Board of Zagreb Stock Exchange.
She is also a Member of the Supervisory Board of Metal Industry Varaždin Plc. and Central Depository and Clearing Company Plc. as well as the president of the supervisory board of the SEE LINK Skopje, legal entity founded in 2014 with the aim to establish regional order routing service between Bulgaria, Macedonia and the Zagreb Stock Exchange. Following the acquisition of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange in late 2015, she is also the president of its supervisory board.
Over the years Ivana improved her knowledge through various professional seminars on banking and capital markets. She was a speaker, lecturer and participant in numerous conferences and professional gatherings on the subject of banking, finance and capital markets.
Peter Groznik
CFO, Gorenje
After graduating from the Faculty of Economics – University of Ljubljana in 1996, Peter Groznik further pursued his academic career and completed his master’s studies in economics at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, USA, and later received his PhD in finance in 2003 from the same institution.
After completing his PhD, he began his professional career as a consultant on financial regulation for the company Mobitel, followed by employment at various companies of KD skladi, where he was in charge of fund management from 2005 to 2009. In March 2009, he was appointed CEO of KD skladi; his term ended in September 2010.
He is the founder of the investment consultancy firm NorthGrant Consulting. His cooperation with Gorenje dates back to September 2011 when he was hired as an independent consultant for financial issues. He became a member of the Management Board on 19 April 2012.
Since 1996, he has taught several courses at the Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana. He was also a lecturer and visiting professor at the Kelley School of Business, USA and the International Graduate Business School in Zagreb. Since 2005, Peter has held several positions in expert and strategic bodies of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, including that of Chairman of the Strategic Council of Economic Development from 2007 to 2009.
He has received several academic awards, participated in many seminars and conferences at home and abroad, and has published several articles in Slovenian and international expert journals.
Greg Konieczny
CEO Fondul Proprietatea Romania / Executive VP at Franklin Templeton Investment Management Ltd
Grzegorz Konieczny, executive vice president/portfolio manager, joined the Franklin Templeton organization in 1995. He has research and portfolio management responsibilities in Central and Eastern Europe. From September 2010 he has been the Portfolio Manager of Fondul Proprietatea, the largest closed-end investment fund in Romania.
Prior to joining Templeton, Mr. Konieczny was director of Capital Market Transactions at Bank Gdanski SA, one of the largest financial institutions in Poland at the time.
Mr. Konieczny earned a master's Degree in economics and foreign trade from the University of Gdansk (Poland). In 1994, he obtained an investment advisor license from the Polish Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Konieczny speaks Polish, English,
and Russian
Daniela Lulache
CEO, SN Nuclearelectrica SA
Daniela Lulache is economist by profession, having graduated from Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies in 1993. She continued to improve her expertise in economics by earning diplomas in corporate finance and restructuring, structured financial products, brokerage, and strategic management, management of change and principles of communication.
Daniela Lulache held strategic top management positions over the years in both private and state-owned sectors that required high level expertise in financial management due to their inherent complexity.
Before being recruited for the position of General Manager of Nuclearelectrica in 2013, Daniela Lulache occupied the position of Counselor of the Vice-Governor of the National Bank of Romania with responsibilities in structuring the contingency plan in case of commercial banks default while previously to this position she was General Manager and President of the Board of Directors of Fondul Proprietatea (Property Fund), managing the entire activity of the Fund (Euro 4 bill. investment fund) including startup, establishment of corporate structure and corporate governance, investment strategy design and implementation, portfolio management.
In addition, Daniela Lulache has a long and rich experience in banking and financial consulting sectors, holding throughout the years important management positions.
In May of 2013, Daniela Lulache was recruited as Chief Executive Officer of Nuclearelectrica (the only nuclear energy producer in Romania) as part of the Government’s strategy to apply corporate governance to state-owned companies.
John Wilkinson
Executive Director, Head of Equity Capital Markets for CEE/CIS/MENA at Goldman Sachs
John Wilkinson is responsible for ECM origination and execution within emerging markets in Europe, Middle East and Africa at Goldman Sachs International, focused on Initial Public Offerings and equity capital raises for public companies and their shareholders. John joined Goldman Sachs in 2005 and has spent the majority of his time focused on emerging markets ECM. Between 2011 and 2014 he was based in Hong Kong, also within the ECM group focused on Southeast Asian clients. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, John worked at Deutsche Bank in the Energies, Utilities, Chemicals and Healthcare group within Global Corporate Finance. He received a B.Sc. (Hons) in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Panel III: CIS Capital Markets: Russia, Kazakhstan, and Georgia
Igor Baryshnikov
Director for stategy and capital markets, TMK
Director for Strategy and Capital Markets in “TMK” – one of the world’s top three producers of steel pipes for the oil and gas industry with 48,000 employees and more than 6 billion USD turnover. Mr. Baryshnikov is responsible for strategy, capital markets, investor relations, risk-management and credit ratings. He was involved in the following capital markets deals: TMK’s IPO (1 billion USD), Eurobonds (4 deals with total amount up to 2 billion USD) and convertible bonds (412 million USD). Before “TMK” he worked in “Sistema Telecom”, a part of “AFK Sistema” and “Norilsk Nickel” – the world largest nickel producer
Inigo Esteve
Partner, White & Case
Inigo Esteve is a partner in the Capital Markets group in London. He focuses primarily on IPOs as well as on other forms of secondary share issuances on the London Stock Exchange. His recent transactions on the LSE include advising: J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley on the £405 million IPO; J.P. Morgan, Merrill Lynch International and RBC Europe Limited on the US$100 million rights issue by Hochschild Mining; CVC in connection with the €350,000,000 IPO of one of its funds; Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch on the £485 million IPO of Partnership Assurance; Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Mirabaud Securities and Renaissance Capital on the US$250 million RusPetro IPO; HSBC and Barclays on the £213 million Crest Nicholson IPO and Citi, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley on the US$10 billion Glencore IPO. Inigo is recognized as an “Up and Coming” ECM lawyer in the recent edition of Chambers UK 2016.
Dr. Agris Preimanis
Associate Director, Regional Lead Economist Central Asia & Georgia, EBRD
Agris is an Associate Director, Regional Lead Economist at the EBRD. He is heading EBRD’s economic and policy engagements in the Central Asia and Georgia, engaging with governments, regulators and private sector on formulating economic policies, strategies and structural reforms with focus on the economy-wide questions, as well as the sector level (financial institutions, capital markets, and other sectors). Agris is overseeing the analysis of macroeconomic environment and reforms in this region. He also maintains a broader role in the venture capital and private equity sector across the EBRD region.
Previously, Agris held a position of Senior Economist for financial, VC and PE sectors in Russia and Central Asia. Before EBRD, for 10 years he held a position at Oxera, a UK-based advisory firm, advising financial services firms and regulators in the UK, Europe and US. Agris holds a DPhil in Financial Economics from University of Oxford, MSc in Finance from Birkbeck College and BSc in Economics and Business Administration from Stockholm School of Economics in Riga.
Stefan Scholz
Managing Director, ScholzvonGleich
Stefan Scholz is a senior investment banker with a successful track record of over 20 years in banking, and extensive experience gained at both Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and JPMorgan across different industries in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
From 2006 to 2011, Stefan built up as Head of Investment Banking the leading local investment banking franchise in Central Asia with activities across Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Mongolia and China, closing transactions in excess of USD 12 billion and being voted “Best Corporate Finance and M&A Team” and “Best Local Investment Bank” in the CEE & CIS Banking Awards 2009 and 2010.
Stefan co-founded ScholzvonGleich in 2011 in response to the increasing need for an independent firm in Kazakhstan to provide professional financial advisory services in relation to Mergers & Acquisitions, Equity Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets, Financings, Restructurings, Privatizations and related matters to corporations, individuals, governments and other clients.
Stefan studied Economics and Business Administration in Germany and the UK and holds a full-time MBA from the Henley Management College.
Sean Wade
Director of International Media and Investor Relations, TBC Bank
Sean has approximately 20 years of experience in the field. Prior to joining TBC, he acted as the Head of Investor Relations and Group Communications at Asia Resource Minerals plc, where he was also a Member of the Executive Committee. Between 2007 and 2012, he was a founding shareholder and a leading member of the Pan-European Equity Sales team at Liberum Capital, where he advised a broad range of UK-listed companies on investor relations strategy. From 1993 to 2007, he worked at Cazenove and Co. (currently J.P. Morgan Cazenove) in a variety of roles, including as a Director of the firm in the main equities team leading a large number of capital market transactions in Emerging Markets.
Peter Whelan
Partner, Equity Advisory, PwC
Peter joined PwC to in November 2013 to lead our Equity Capital Markets Advisory team from Rothschild where he was a Managing Director and Head of Emerging Markets Equity Advisory.
He has over 18 years’ ECM experience across a range of markets from the initial IPO of Billiton in bringing the South African company to the London Stock Exchange through to Rosneft, KazMunaiGaz E&P, ENRC and the listing of Rusal in Hong Kong.
He has worked on IPOs in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Russia and the CIS. He was recently leading the advisory team on one of the largest transactions from Russia and the CIS for a leading private equity house and advising a significant group in West Africa.
Peter’s earlier experience included equity capital markets and investment banking roles at ABN AMRO Rothschild, Flemings, London Stock Exchange and an earlier accounting career with KPMG.
Leonid Fink
Managing Director, FTI Consulting
Leonid is Managing Director at FTI Consulting and head of Financial Communications for Russia and Eurasia, based in London. Previously, he was responsible for leading Instinctif Partners’ business in Russia, Central Asia and CEE, advising corporate clients on a wide variety of strategic communications issues. He has provided counsel on many financial transactions, including IPOs, M&A, privatisation deals and litigation situations. His current and recent clients have included Polymetal International, United Wagon Company, ALROSA, Lenta, Kcell, Kazkommertsbank, KAZ Minerals, amongst others. Leonid is a frequent visitor to Azerbaijan where he has advised PASHA Bank, the largest corporate bank in the country.
Prior to moving to strategic communications in 2006, he had a successful career in business journalism. He spent 17 years at the BBC, where he worked for the Russian Service as Business Editor and commented on Russian business affairs for the World Business Report at the BBC World TV.
Panel IV: Current Trading Environment and Flows in Russia, CIS and CEE
Luke Barrs
Executive Director, Fundamental Equity Client Portfolio Management, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Luke Barrs is an Emerging Markets specialist at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. In this role he is focused on helping clients gain appropriate access to emerging markets, as well as assisting with their strategic asset allocation decision making process. As part of his role, Luke worked closely with Jim O’Neill – creator of the BRIC, N-11 and Growth Markets concepts – and the Office of the Chairman within GSAM, helping launch GSAM's Growth Markets and N-11 Equity strategies. Luke continues to act as client portfolio manager in GSAM's Fundamental Equity team, responsible for their Global Emerging Markets, N-11 and India equity strategies. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs Asset Management he received a first-class B.A. (Hons) in Economics & Management from Exeter College, University of Oxford. He was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 2013.
Tim Bevan
CEO, BCS Prime Brokerage
Managing Director and CEO of BCS Prime Brokerage Limited, Tim’s primary role is to develop the international Prime Brokerage platform and manage the international sales team. Tim began his career at Tilney Investment Management and then spent over 5 years at the London Stock Exchange, where he managed the ETF and structured products platform and latterly was involved in the launch of Russian derivatives on Turquoise Derivatives (then EDX). Tim moved to the sell side joining Renaissance Capital to develop structured products, later equity sales. Prior to joining BCS, Tim was at Otkritie Securities Limited where he developed and built up the DMA/prime brokerage platform.
Dr. Evgeny Kunts
CEO, Otkritie Capital International Ltd
Evgeny Kunts joined the Otkritie Group of companies in 2007, first sitting on the Board of Directors for Otkritie Finance Cyprus, and then in 2008, he held the position of Deputy CEO with oversight responsibility for legal, compliance and finance at Otkritie Securities Ltd (OCI). Dr Kunts was appointed CEO of OCI January 2013. Prior to this, Dr Kunts held the position of Executive Director at BrokerCreditService (Cyprus) Ltd, where he was responsible for corporate development activities. He has also held a number of senior Board and committee positions in other companies. Mr Kunts holds a DBA in Strategic Management of Financial Services Providers from the International School of Management (Paris, France) and an MBA in Strategic Management from Maastricht School of Management. He has also been certified as a financial services auditor (CFSA) by the Institute of Internal Auditors and is a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, UK.
Pavel Mamai
Co-Founder , Promeritum Investment Management
Pavel is a Managing Partner of Promeritum Investment Management LLP. He is responsible for the research and business development of the firm. Prior to launching Promeritum, Pavel was a senior credit analyst and an executive director within Goldman Sachs FICC EM trading, responsible for credit analysis and trading idea generation in EEMEA credits with an additional focus on debt restructurings and special situations. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs in 2010, Pavel held the position of a senior credit desk analyst and Director at Lehman Brothers and Nomura, covering corporates and financial institutions in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. In his role he was responsible for credit research but also involved in origination, structuring, pricing and distribution of privately structured fixed income transactions. Pavel worked alongside Anton at Renaissance in 2002-2007 as a senior credit analyst and Deputy Head of Fixed Income Research. Pavel’s career started in Credit Risk Management at CSFB, where he spent six years in London and Zurich. He holds a major in banking from The University of St.Gallen and a major in finance from the Humboldt-University.
Tim McCarthy
Co-CIO, VTB Capital Investment Management
Tim McCarthy has 25 years of experience in financial markets. He has portfolio management track records in a range of long-only and long/short equity and fixed-income funds and strategies span more than 18 years. Tim joined VTBC IM from Valartis Asset Management in Geneva, Switzerland, where he was the Head of Asset Management and the lead portfolio manager of three Russia & CIS Funds and two GEM funds for 6 years. Prior to this, Tim was the CIO and PM at Red Star Asset Management for 2 years, and before this he was the CIO and Senior PM at Troika Dialog Asset Management for 7 years. Before coming to Russia in 1994, Tim was a Senior Consultant at Deloitte & Touche Management Consulting in New York. Tim has an MBA in Finance and a BS in Economics from the State University of New York.
Gene Zabezhinsky
Portfolio Manager, Charlemagne Capital
Gene, US, joined Charlemagne Capital in 2013. Gene lived in Moscow between 1997 – 2000 and then again between 2005 – 2012 and worked for a number of international as well as local Russian groups. Previous to joining Charlemagne Gene worked for Renaissance Capital where he was a Director responsible for Proprietary Trading; he was with Morgan Stanley and ING in Moscow on the Research and Sales Trading previous to this. Gene worked at Regent European Securities, Troika and DB in Moscow in the 1990s. Between 2002-2004, Gene worked in Global Distressed Debt securities out of Greenwich, CT. Gene has an MBA degree in Finance from Columbia Business School, an MSc from London School of Economics, and a BA in Economics from the University of California; Berkeley .
Dr Robert Barnes
CEO, Turquoise
Robert Barnes is Chief Executive of Turquoise, the pan European multilateral trading facility majority owned by London Stock Exchange Group in partnership with the user community. Prior to his joining in August 2013, he worked at UBS from February 1994, gaining experience as yellow jacket on the Liffe derivatives trading floor and most recently as CEO of UBS MTF and Managing Director, Equities. His industry roles include serving as Chairman, 2004-2009, of the Securities Trading Committee of the London Investment Banking Association and participating on key advisory and policy groups within the financial services sector. Robert holds a BA from Harvard, a PhD from Cambridge, and is a Chartered Fellow and Board Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.
Panel V: Increasing Visibility & Liquidity in the CEE region: Key Steps and Challenges
Jon Aarons
Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting
Jon Aarons is a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, based in London. He is responsible for coordinating cross-border business and developing the Strategic Communications network of offices and affiliates, providing solutions for clients across a wide range of global markets. Mr. Aarons is a specialist in international issues, crisis and litigation communications, with particular experience in emerging markets. In Central and South East Europe, he follows markets closely and maintains extensive relationships on the firm’s behalf, advising on both inbound and outbound matters.
Marko Čižmek
Member of the Management Board, Valamar Riviera
Marko Čižmek graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Zagreb in 1996. His career started in 1996 in the Croatian National Bank, followed by several years in corporate finance at Investmentbank Austria and ICF Ltd. From 2001 to 2004, he was a Member of the Management Board of EURO Invest, an investment fund management company. He has held various senior positions in the Valamar Group: a Member of the Management Board of Rabac Inc. (from 2004 to 2011), a Member of the Management Board of Dubrovnik-Babin kuk Inc. (from 2009 to 2013), and a Member of the Management Board of Valamar Adria Holding Inc. (from 2008 to 2014). Together with successfully passing the brokers and investment advisors exams, he is also a Member of the Board of the Croatian Association of Financial Analysts and the Croatian Association of Corporate Treasurers. As a Member of the Management Board of the Valamar Riviera Inc. since 2011, Mr. Čižmek is responsible for finance and accounting, treasury, investor relations, and IT..
Uroš Ivanc
Member of the Management Board, Zavarovalnica Triglav
Uroš Ivanc holds an MScBA degree from the Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana, where he graduated in 2004. The same year he obtained the CFA charter. He developed his business career within Triglav Group, where he started as a Securities Market Analyst in 2001. In 2004 he became Head of Corporate Finance Department and in 2005 Executive Director of the Finance Division (up to 2014). Meanwhile he acted as a portfolio manager for the Triglav pension fund in Serbia (2007-2012) and General Manager of Slovenijales (in 2008). In 2014 he became a Member of the Management Board in Triglav. Throughout his career he served in many supervisory boards. Currently he is a Supervisory Board member in NLB Group and Adriatic Fund B.V. and a Member of the Board of Directors in Triglav INT. He is the President of CFA Society Slovenia.
Matthias Siller
Investment Manager, Barings Asset Manager
Matthias joined Barings in 2006 as a senior fund manager. He is the lead manager for Baring Emerging Europe Plc. He began his career in fund management at Raiffeisen Zentralbank Austria in 1997 as a Market Maker/Proprietary Trader in Central & Eastern European Equities and Derivatives. He joined Bawag – PSK Invest as an EMEA Equity Portfolio Manager in 2001 and moved to Raiffeisen Capital Management in 2003, where he was a Portfolio Manager for Central & Eastern European Equities. Matthias has a degree from Vienna University in Economics & Business Administration. Matthias was awarded the CFA designation in 2006 and speaks fluent German.
Emil Tedeschi
CEO, Atlantic Grupa
Emil Tedeschi is the founder and majority shareholder of Atlantic Grupa. He was a member of Croatian Parliamentary Committee overseeing negotiating process with the EU, a member of the Social and Economic Council, and from 2005 to 2007 he was the President of Croatian Employers Association. He is a member of the Trilateral Commission, as well as the INSEAD Alumni Association, the Program Council of the Zagreb School of Economics and Management, Board of Trustees of MGIMO, and the Business Council at the Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana. He is the Vice-president of the Supervisory Board of RTL Hrvatska, and an honorary consul of Ireland in Croatia. From 2010 to 2015 he was a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the President of the State.
Moderator: Matko Maravic
President of the Management Board, InterCapital Securities
Matko holds a bachelor’s degree from Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and the LLM Finance degree from Goethe University (Institute for Law and Finance) in Germany. Matko Started his professional career in 2008 when he joined Agrokor Inc. in their Strategy and Capital Markets division where he primarily worked on debt capital markets financings. In 2010 Matko joined InterCapital Securities in their investment banking department and was primarily responsible for ECM & M&A transactions. In 2016 he became the President of the Management Board at InterCapital Securites. Matko is also a part time lecturer at the Zagreb School of Economics and Management.
Closing remarks
Nicolas Bertrand
Head of Equity & Derivatives, LSEG
Nicolas Bertrand is Head of Equities and Derivatives for London Stock Exchange Group. Appointed in 2010, Nicolas is responsible for UK and Italian equity markets and the Group's derivatives markets. Nicolas joined Borsa Italiana in November 1999 and has been responsible for IDEM, the Italian Derivatives Market of Borsa Italiana, since January 2004.
In July 2009, Nicolas was appointed head of the newly created 'Equity Markets and IDEM' division within the London Stock Exchange Group, which combined the equity cash and derivatives markets for Italy and the UK. He is also a board member of FTSE and Turquoise.
Prior to joining the Exchange, Nicolas worked for Citibank and developed his expertise trading on various markets and asset classes. Nicolas graduated in econometrics and holds a postgraduate degree in finance (DESS 203) from Universite Paris IX-Dauphine in Paris.
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