Impact & Blended Finance Conference
Agenda
Please note the agenda is subject to change
1:30 pm
Registration
1:55 - 1:57 pm
Welcome and Speaker Introduction
- Ashok Parameswaran, President & Founder, Emerging Markets Investors Alliance (EMIA)
1:58 - 2:00 pm
Opening Remarks
- Patrick O'Connell, AllianceBernstein
2:00 - 2:10 pm
Presentation: ”Why Blended Finance Fails to Scale - and What Must Change”
- Ana Maria Camelo Vega, Senior Economics and Finance Researcher, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Columbia University
2:15 - 3:05 pm
Panel 1: Initiatives and solutions to scale impact investments in EMDEs
Speakers
- Mariyam Zhumadil, Lead for Structured Climate Debt Funds Investments, IFC-WBG
- Iftin Fatah, Senior Program Officer, Development Policy and Finance at the Gates Foundation
- Jozef Henriquez, Director – Head of Resource Mobilization Financial Solutions, Mobilization & Asset Sharing, IDB Invest
- Lapo Guadagnuolo, Managing Director, Head of the Centre of Excellence, S&P Global Ratings
Moderator
- Marie Aimee Boury, Head of Impact-Based Finance, Societe Generale
3:05 - 3:40 pm
Panel 2: Tackling Complexity and Identifying Opportunities in Novel Blended Finance Transactions
Speakers
- Katrina Butt, Portfolio Manager – Emerging Markets Debt, AllianceBernstein
- Matt Lawton, Portfolio Manager, Global Impact Credit, T. Rowe Price
- Stephen Liberatore, Head of Impact, Global Fixed Income, Nuveen
Moderator
- Marie Clara Buellingen, Head of Sustainable Finance Americas, Société Générale
3:40 - 4:00 pm
Coffee Break
4:00 - 4:40 pm
Panel 3: World Bank Outcome Bonds
Speakers
- Gabriel Silva, Co-founder and CFP, MOMBAK
- Asbjørn Purup Andersen, Senior Portfolio Manager, Velliv
- Avril Benchimol, Senior Specialist, Blended Finance Coordinator, Global Environment Facility
Moderator
- Naomi Cooney, Senior Financial Officer, Market Solutions & Structured Finance, The World Bank
4:45 - 5:05 pm
Fireside Chat: Transparency Covenants in Restructured Bonds
Speaker
- Ajata Mediratta, President, Greylock Capital Management
Moderator
- Daniel Hewitt, Director, Sovereign Debt Sustainability Campaign & International Affairs
5:10 - 5:50 pm
Panel 4: Debt for Nature Swaps: It's Only the Beginning...
Speakers
- Svetoslav Gatchev, Managing Director, Sustainable Debt, The Nature Conservancy
- Conal Duffy, Practice Leader - Political Risk at Alliant Insurance Services, Alliant
Moderator
- Matthew Cox, Partner, Baker McKenzie
5:50 - 6:00 pm
Closing Remarks
- Sara Rosner, Director of Responsible Investing Research, AllianceBernstein
- Rekha Nair, Head of FX and EM Sales, Société Générale
6:00 - 7:00 pm