Agenda

12:30 pm

Registration - Tea and Coffee

 

1:00 - 1:25 pm

Welcome and Introduction

  • Ashok Parameswaran, President and Founder, Emerging Markets Investors Alliance

  • Erin Bigley, Chief Responsibility Officer, AllianceBernstein

  • Lisa Sachs, Director, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), Columbia University

1:30 - 2:20 pm

Removing Hurdles to EM Investing

 

  • Sebastian Renaud, Head of New Products Development, OLGF

  • Hassatou N'Sele, VP Finance and CFO, African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

  • Aroldo Miranda Costa Junior,  Analyst, Banco Central do Brasil

  • Gautam Jaim, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy,  Columbia University

Moderator

  • Marie Aimee Boury, Head of Impact-Based Finance, Société Générale

2:25 - 3:05 pm

Climate Adptation and Resilience

Speakers

  • Pallavi Sherikar, Manager, Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)

  • Matt Kaczmarek, Global Head of Emerging Market Credit, GIP BlackRock

  • Joseph F. Maji, Head of Asset & Liabilities Management, CRDB - Tanzania Development Bank

Moderator

  • Sara Rosner, Director—Responsible Investing Research, AllianceBernstein

3:10- 4:00 pm

Blended Finance in Action

Speakers

  • Agathe Gouot, Senior Advisor to the Chief Investment Officer, FinDev Canada

  • Leticia Ferreras Astorqui, Head of Development Finance, Allianz Global Investors

  • Luke Franson, Director of Fund Management & FX/Treasury, Finance in Motion

  • Jennifer Park, Partner and Head of Impact, ALTÉRRA

Moderator

  • Christopher Clubb, Managing Director, Convergence Blending Finance

4:00- 4:30 pm

Coffee Break

 

4:30- 5:20 pm

Investable Opportunities in Natural Capital

Speakers

  • Niki Doshi, Director, Sustainable Debt, The Nature Conservancy

    Lourdes Robaina, Senior Vice President, Product and Innovation Manager, SCOR

  • Virginia Guazzelli, Climate Investments, Patria

  • Adam Guerino, Assistant Portfolio Manager, Nuveen

Moderator

  • Marie Clara Buellingen, Head of Sustainable Investment Banking Americas, Société Générale

5:25 - 6:05 pm

Covered Sovereign Transactions

Speakers

  • Avinash Persaud, Special Advisor on Climate Change to the President, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

  • Daniel Ballesta, Partner, Enosis

  • Lydia Knoll, Political Risk & Credit Underwriter, AXA XL

Moderator

  • Katrina Butt, Portfolio Manager, AllianceBernstein 

6:05 - 6:20 pm

Closing Remarks

  • Ashok Parameswaran, President and Founder, Emerging Markets Investors Alliance

  • Rekha Nair, Managing Director, Société Générale

6:20 - 7:30 pm

Cocktails / Networking