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

Networking Lunch