Sustainability and Governance Forum
Agenda
Please note the agenda is subject to change
8:30 am
Registration
9:00 - 9:05 am
Welcome and Speaker Introduction
- Ashok Parameswaran, President & Founder, Emerging Markets Investors Alliance (EMIA)
9:05 - 9:10 am
Opening Remarks
- Samy Muaddi, Head of Emerging Markets, T. Rowe Price
9:10 - 9:50 am
Moderated Discussion 1
Transparency in Sovereign Debt
Speaker
- Ben Heller, Portfolio Manager,
HBK Capital Management
Moderator
- Abby McKenna, Senior Advisor and Program Director, Sovereign Debt Restructuring Campaign, EMIA
9:55 - 10:35 am
Moderated Discussion 2
Speaker
- Yasser Sobhi, Vice Minister of Finance for Fiscal Policies, Arab Republic of Egypt
Moderator
- Roger Scher, Head of Sovereign Programs, EMIA
10:35 - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 - 11:10 am
Fireside Chat
Bretton Woods at 80: Financing for Africa in an Age of Climate Stress
Guest
- Patrick Achi, Former Prime minister of Côte d’Ivoire
Host
- Samy Muaddi, Head of Emerging Markets Fixed Income, T. Rowe Price
11:15 - 11:55 am
Moderated Discussion 3
Speaker
- Jose Roberto Acosta Ramos, General Director of Public Credit and National Treasury, Republic of Colombia
Moderator
- Eva Sánchez-Ampudia, Director, Enhanced Labeled Bonds Standards Campaign, EMIA
12:00 - 12:40 pm
Moderated Discussion 4
Governance Linked Bonds and Reform in Sri Lanka
Speaker
- Shanta Devarajan, Professor of the Practice of International Development, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Moderator
- Samy Muaddi, Head of Emerging Markets Fixed Income, T. Rowe Price
12:45 - 1:00 pm
Fireside Chat
The Future of ESG in Emerging Markets
Speaker
- Rick Scott, Director, Portfolio Manager EMD CTI, Columbia Threadneedle Investments
Speaker
- Tim Goodell, Managing Director and Head of Institutional Investor Sales,
BBVA Securities
1:00 - 1:05 pm
Closing Remarks
- Jane Heap, Director, Relationship Management, EMIA
1:05 - 2:00 pm