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The UNEP Finance Initiative Regional Roundtable in Africa and Middle East will be held on the 10th and 11th of April 2019 at the Nile Ritz-Carlton in Cairo, Egypt.
The biennial Regional Roundtable will bring together UNEP FI members and sustainable finance practitioners for two days of insights into advances in sustainable finance. The event will provide insight into key developments such as the benefits of sustainable finance integration in national economies in Africa and Middle East, uptake and implementation of the Principles for Responsible Banking, positive impact measurement and growth, delivering resilient infrastructure with insurers and investors, climate related disclosures, natural capital stress testing as well
Hussein Abaza
Senior Advisor, Minister of Environment, Egypt
Amro Abouesh
Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder, Tanmeyah
Jesica Andrews
Investment Lead
Butch Bacani
Head of Insurance
Toussaint Badolo
Deputy Director of Enterprises and Financial Institutions, West African Development Bank (BOAD)
David Barker
Senior Manager-Banking and Insurance, Financial Services Regulatory Authority, Abu Dhabi Global Market
Gregg Brill
Deputy Director: Green Economy Programme, Department of Economic Development and Tourism, Western Cape Government, South Africa
Craig Davies
Head, Climate Resilience Investments Energy Efficiency & Climate Change Team, EBRD
Dr Barney Dickson
Director of Strategy and Policy at the Global Center on Adaptation in Rotterdam and Co-Director of the Global Commission on Adaptation
Dalia Akmal Nour El Din
Sustainability Communication Specialist, The Arab African International Bank (AAIB)
Wendy Dobson
Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting
Adel El-Ashmawy
Head Credit Underwriting, Commercial International Bank (CIB)
Dr Wadid Erian
Advisor, League of Arab States, Egypt
Mohamed Farag
Chief Global Transaction & Digital Banking Officer, CIB Egypt
Walid Fawzy
Head of Credit and Investment Exposure Management, Commercial International Bank (CIB)
Remco Fischer
Climate Lead
H.E. Dr Yasmine Fouad
Minister of Finance, Egypt
Abdul-Majeid Haddad
Deputy Regional Director, UN Environment Wes Asia Office, Kingdom of Bahrain
Khaldoun Hajaj
Head of Public Affairs and Sustainability for Africa and Middle East, Standard Chartered
Gajanana Hedge
Team Leader, Sustainable Development Mechanisms, UNFCCC
Stuart Hutton
Chief Investment Officer, Simply Ethical
Mostafa Mahmoud Ibrahim Ismail
Sustainability Communication Executive, The Arab African International Bank (AAIB)
Kishan Khoday
Team Leader in the Arab Region Climate Change, DRR, Energy and the Environment, UNDP
Heather Linton
Senior Environmental and social Risk Manager, FirstRand
David Lunsford
Head of Development, Carbon Delta
Will Martindale
Director of Policy and Research, Principles for Responsible Investment
Dorothy Maseke
Africa Lead, Nature Finance & TNFD, FSD Africa
Simon Messenger
Implementation Lead, Net-Zero Banking Alliance
Mukiri Muthuri
Head of Credit Analysis, Commercial Bank of Africa
Hannah Ndarwa-Karuri
Head of Legal and Human Resources, Credit Information Sharing Association of Kenya
Puleng Tumelo Ndjwili-Potele
Co-Lead, Banking
Anders Nordheim
Ecosystems and Land Use Lead, UNEP FI
Dr Mohammed Omran
Executive Chairman, Financial Regulatory Authority Egypt
Wole Oshin
Managing Director, Custodian Investment Plc
Chris Perceval
Director, Head of Business Development EMEA (Financial Institutions) at Trucost, part of S&P Global
Gareth Philips
Manager of the Climate and Environmental Finance Division, African Development Bank
Nehru Pillay
General Manager – Research and Intelligence, Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa
Bas Rekvelt
Manager, Financial Institutions Africa, FMO (Dutch Development Bank)
Musa Salah
Head of Environmental and Sustainability Management, Ecobank, Togo
Dr. Shahira Abdel Shahid
Senior Advisor to Chairman for Investor Protection, Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), Egypt
Judith Sidi Odhiambo
Group Head Corporate Affairs, KCB Group (Kenya)
Eric Usher
Head, UNEP Finance Initiative
Liesel van Ast
Deputy Head
Bennie van Rooy
CEO (Acting), Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa
Omobolanle Victor-Laniyan
Head of Sustainability, Access Bank
| 08:00- 09:00 | Registrations | |
| 09:00 – 09:20 | Welcome & Opening remarks Alf Leila Ballroom Master of Ceremonies: • Stuart Hutton - Chief Investment Officer, Simply Ethical Welcome remarks: • Eric Usher - Head, UNEP FI |
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| 09:20 – 10:30 | The Case for Sustainable Finance in Africa and Middle East Alf Leila Ballroom Plenary Panel • Dr Mohammed Omran - Executive Chairman, Financial Regulatory Authority, Egypt • Wole Oshin - Managing Director of Custodian Investment Plc • Eric Usher - Head of UNEP FI • Moderator: Will Martindale - Director of Policy and Research. PRI |
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| 10:30– 10:55 | Morning Break | |
| 10:55 – 11:10 | Keynote Launch of first Sustainability report by the Egyptian Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) Alf Leila Ballroom • Dr Shahira Abdel Shahid - Senior Advisor to Chairman for Investor Protection, Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), Egypt |
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| 11:10 – 12:10 | Transforming Banking: Principles for Responsible Banking Alf Leila Ballroom UNEP FI member banks worldwide have developed global Responsible Banking Principles that will define the banking industry’s role and responsibilities in aligning financing with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The draft Principles were launched in November 2018, and are currently open for consultation until 31 May. In this session we hear from the founding banks on how they expect the Principles to change the way they do business. UNEP FI will also present on the Principles. Dialogue • Bennie van Rooy - Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa • Eric Usher - Head, UNEP FI Zoom in: Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) • Puleng Ndjwili-Potele - Banking Coordinator, UNEP FI Reflections from Regional PRB Core-Group members: • Bennie van Rooy - CEO (Acting), Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa • Walid Fawzy - Head of Credit and Investment Exposure Management, Commercial International Bank (CIB) • Wendy Dobson - Head, Group Policy, Advocacy and Sustainability, Standard Bank Group • Heather Linton - Senior Environmental and Social Risk Manager, FirstRand • Judith Sidi Odhiambo - Head of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs, KCB |
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| 12:10 - 12:30 | Youth as Sustainability Leaders of Tomorrow Alf Leila Ballroom Leaders Showcase • Salma Zahran - Arab African International Bank (AAIB) • Mohannad Abdel Latif - QNB Alahli •Moderator: Dalia Nour El Din -Sustainability Unit, Arab African International Bank (AAIB) | |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Development Banks' Outlook on Developing Financing Models for Meeting the SDGs Alf Leila Ballroom Leaders’ Dialogue • Bas Rekvelt - Manager FI Africa, The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) • Gareth Phillips - Manager Climate and Environmental Finance, Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth Complex, African Development Bank (AfDB) • Moderator: Hussein Abaza - Senior Adviser, Ministry of Environment, Egypt |
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| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Financial Inclusion in the Digital Age & its Impact Alf Leila Ballroom • Hannah Ndarwa-Karuri - Head of Legal and Human Resources, Credit Information Sharing Association • Wendy Dobson - Head, Group Policy, Advocacy and Sustainability, Standard Bank Group • Mohamed Farag -Chief Global Transaction & Digital Banking Officer, Commercial International Bank (CIB) • Amr Abouesh - Chairman and Managing Director, Tanmeya, Egypt •Moderator: Bas Rekvelt - Manager FI Africa, The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) |
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| 15:00 – 15:30 | Role of Financial Centers in Greening the Economy Alf Leila Ballroom Leaders’ Dialogue • David Barker - Senior Manager-Banking and Insurance, Financial Services Regulatory Authority, Abu Dhabi Global Market, UAE • Emmanuel Etaderhi - Divisional Head of Economic Development, FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange, Nigeria • Moderator: Liesel van Ast - Membership and Regional Co-ordination Manager, UNEP FI |
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| 15:30 – 16:00 | Afternoon Break | |
| 16:00 – 17:10 | Parallel Sessions 1 - 2 Please choose which session you would like to attend and go to relevant room. |
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| 15:55 – 17:10 | Delivering Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Alf Leila Ballroom - Parallel Session 1 • Craig Davies - Head, Climate Resilience Investments Energy Efficiency & Climate Change Team, EBRD • Mukiri Muthuri - Head of Credit Analysis, Commercial Bank of Africa • Gregg Brill - Deputy Director: Green Economy Programme, Department of Economic Development and Tourism, Western Cape Government, South Africa •Moderator: Stuart Hutton - Chief Investment Officer, Simply Ethical |
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| 15:55 – 17:10 | Impact analysis in mainstream finance: the gateway to closing the SDG financing gap Abdeen Room - Parallel Session 2 • Will Martindale - Director of Policy and Research. PRI • Nehru Pillay - General Manager – Research and Intelligence, Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa • Moderator: Puleng Ndjwili-Potele - Banking Coordinator, UNEP FI |
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| 17:10 – 17:15 | Closing Remarks • Abdul-Majeid Haddad - Deputy Regional Director,West Asia Office, UN Environment |
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| 08:15 – 09:00 | Registrations | |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Lightning Innovation Round Alf Leila Ballroom Transformative stories of AME members’ journey through sustainability. The session will include narratives around initiatives and innovation to inclusive finance and highlight engagement (policy level/programmatic level) on sustainable finance in Africa and in the Middle East. • Abdul-Majeid Haddad - Deputy Regional Director,West Asia Office, UN Environment, Bahrain • Dr Wadid Erian -Senior Adviser, League of Arab States, Egypt • Judith Sidi Odhiambo - Head of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs, KCB Bank • Dorothy Maseke - Group Head of Risk and Compliance, ICEA LION Group • Ragia Afifi - Environmental Specialist, IFC, Egypt |
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| 09:30 – 09:45 | Keynote Alf Leila Ballroom • H.E. Dr Yasmine Fouad - Minister of Environment, Egypt |
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| 09:45 –09:50 | Transition between sessions Please select which session you would like to attend and go to the relevant room. |
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| 09:50– 11:20 | Parallel Sessions 3 - 4 | |
| 09:50– 11:20 | Regional Consultation on the Principles for Responsible Banking Alf Leila Ballroom - Parallel Session 3 • Wendy Dobson - Head, Group Policy, Advocacy and Sustainability, Standard Bank • Nehru Pillay - General Manager – Research and Intelligence, Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa • Adel El-Ashmawy - Credit Underwriting Head, Business Banking Risk, Commercial International Bank • Mostafa Mahmoud Ibrahim Ismail - Sustainability Unit, Arab African International Bank (AAIB) • Nuran Atef - Social and Environmental Risk Officer, Commercial International Bank (CIB) • Heather Linton -Senior Environmental and Social Risk Manager, FirstRand • Judith Sidi Odhiambo -Head of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs, KCB • Moderator: Puleng Ndjwili-Potele - Banking Coordinator, UNEP FI |
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| 09:50– 11:20 | Climate Change – Managing Physical Risks and Financing Adaptation Abdeen Room - Parallel Session 4 • Craig Davies - Head, Climate Resilience Investments Energy Efficiency & Climate Change Team, EBRD • Kishan Khoday - Team Leader in the Arab Region Climate Change, DRR, Energy and the Environment, UNDP • Barney Dickson - Director, Strategy and Policy, Global Commission on Adaptation • Oliver Marchand - Co-Founder and CEO, Carbon Delta • Dorothy Maseke - ICEA Lion Kenya • Moderator: Remco Fischer - Climate Lead, UNEP FI |
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| 11:20– 11:40 | Morning Break | |
| 11:40 – 13:00 | Parallel Sessions 5 - 6 | |
| 11:40 – 13:00 | The Energy Transition & Finance: Opportunities, Risks, Commitment Alf Leila Ballroom - Parallel Session 6 • Simon Messenger - Director of France and UK, 2° Investing Initiative • Toussaint Badolo - Deputy Director of Enterprises and Financial Institutions, West African Development Bank (BOAD) • Khaldoun Hajaj - Regional Head of Public Affairs and Sustainability, Standard Chartered • Gajanana Hegde - Team Leader, Sustainable Development Mechanisms Programme, UNFCCC • Chris Perceval - Director, Head of Business Development, Trucost, part of S&P Global • Moderator: Jesica Andrews - Consultant, Climate Change and Investment, UNEP FI |
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| 11:40 – 13:00 | Environmental risk management – new insight and solutions Abdeen Room - Parallel Session 5 • Heather Linton - Senior Environmental and Social Risk Manager, FirstRand, South Africa • Musa Salah - Group Manager/Head Environmental and Sustainability Management Unit, Ecobank, Togo • Anders Nordheim - Ecosystems and Land Use Lead, UNEP FI • Gregg Brill - Deputy Director: Green Economy Programme, Department of Economic Development and Tourism, Western Cape Government, South Africa |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Climate Tools Workshop Alf Leila Ballroom The climate tools workshop will bring together investors, banks and regulators to focus on fostering interaction between the participants, developing a more comprehensive understanding of their needs for climate-related tools, as well as to showcase and gather feedback on existing and emerging tools. InvECAT, PACTA, and TCFD-relevant tools will be explored. Participants will be invited to share input and ‘co-create’ the functionality of the InvECAT tool. • Remco Fischer - Climate Lead, UNEP FI • Jesica Andrews - Consultant, Climate Change and Investment, UNEP FI |
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| 14:00 | End of UNEP FI Regional Roundtable Africa and Middle East | |
Please contact Mustafa Chaudhry (mustafa.chaudhry@un.org) for more information on partnership opportunities, registrations and general inquiries.
