Agenda: Africa Meeting 2021

Tuesday, March 9, 2021
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM																Morning Networking
8:00 AM - 8:10 AM																The Network Forum Welcome Andrew Barman - MD-The Network Forum Ltd Edward Jones - MD-The Network Forum Ltd. Rachel Bo Shields - Head of Operations-The Network Forum
8:10 AM - 8:20 AM																Chairman's Opening Remarks Charl Bruyns - Head of Investor Services-Standard Bank
8:20 AM - 8:50 AM																Interview & Audience Q&A: SADC Political Risk In The Spotlight Andrew Barman - MD-The Network Forum Ltd Langelihle Malimela - Lead - SADC Political Risk-IHS Markit
8:50 AM - 9:00 AM																Quick Break
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM																Fire-Side Chat: Innovation As A Growth Catalyst For Investment In Africa Changing Investment Models and Impacts On Post-Trade Operating, Client Access And Commercial Models Margaret Harwood-Jones - Managing Director, Co-Head, Financing and Securities Services-Standard Chartered Mark Kerns - CEO-Adapa Advisory
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM																Break & Online Delegate Networking
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM																African Regional Capital Markets In Focus– Where Are The Opportunities For Next Level Development? And How To Implement International Best Practice Standards Gunsel Topbas - MD-Citi Olivier Lens - Head of Sub-Sahara Africa-SWIFT Julia McKenny - Advocacy: Securities Services-Independent Hari Chaitanya - Head, Investor Services, Product Management-Standard Bank Lourens Harmse - Head Of Africa Trading-Rand Merchant Bank
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM																Break & Online Delegate Networking
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM																CHATHAM HOUSE RULE: Beneficial Ownership Disclosure & Asset Safety - How Do You Get The Balance Right? A Network Manager’s Wishlist And Lessons Learnt Grant Taylor - Network Manager - EMEA-Credit Suisse Bruce Lawrence - MD-HBL Consultancy Services Joanne King - SVP, Network Management-Northern Trust David Curtis - Network Manager-JP Morgan Sarah Gibson - Network Manager-State Street
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM																Extended Break & Online Delegate Networking
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM																CSDs In The Spotlight – Costs and Value Propositions: Collaborative Measures And Stories From the Frontline Michelle Swanepoel - Managing Director, Regional Head of Financing & Securities Services, Africa-Standard Chartered Vipin Mahabirsingh - Managing Director-CDS (Mauritius) Nkoregamba Mwebesa - CEO-CDSC (Kenya) Andre Nortje - CEO-Strate (Pty) Ltd Haruna Jalo-Waziri - MD/Chief Executive Officer-Central Securities Clearing System Plc (Nigeria)
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM																Break & Online Delegate Networking
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM																Market Access and Regional Exchanges Creativity – What’s New And What Next? And How Can The Role Of Industry Associations At A Local, Regional And Global Level Assist Market Improvement? Tom Minney - African Exchanges Linkage Project-African Securities Exchanges Association Thapelo Tsheole - CEO-Botswana Stock Exchange Ltd Langa Manqele - Head - Equities & Equity Derivatives-Johannesburg Stock Exchange Dr Mohamed Farid Saleh - Executive Chairman-The Egyptian Exchange Sunil Benimadhu - CEO-The Stock Exchange of Mauritius Geoffrey Odundo - CEO-Nairobi Securities Exchange
3:45 PM - 3:50 PM																Final Words of The Day & Final Networking Charl Bruyns - Head of Investor Services-Standard Bank
3:50 PM - 4:30 PM																Closing Networking
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM																Morning Networking
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM																Chairman's Opening Remarks Scott Dickinson - Managing Director, Regional Head of Financing & Securities Services, AME, Financial Markets-Standard Chartered
8:40 AM - 9:40 AM																Regulatory Roundup – Addressing Improvements In Regulatory Change Management In The Region And How To Make Capital Markets More Attractive To Foreign, Regional And Local Investors Ogbarmey Tetteh - Director General-Securities & Exchange Commission (Ghana) Wyckliffe Shamiah - CEO-CMA (Kenya) Okechukwu Umeano - Head, Office of the Chief Economist-SEC (Nigeria) Tiaan Bazuin - CEO-Namibian Stock Exchange Hari Chaitanya - Head, Investor Services, Product Management-Standard Bank
9:40 AM - 10:10 AM																Break & Online Delegate Networking
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM																The Shift To A Services-Focused Platform Organisation: Client Servicing In A Digital Environment Rod Poole - Chief Change and Business Transformation-Standard Bank Group Adrian Vermooten - Head Digital Innovation-Standard Bank Richard de Roos - Head of Foreign Exchange-Standard Bank Charl Bruyns - Head of Investor Services-Standard Bank
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM																Short Break
10:50 AM - 11:20 AM																Central Bank Digital Currency – What You Need To Know Now Professor Monica Singer - South Africa Lead-ConsenSys
11:20 AM - 11:50 AM																Break & Online Delegate Networking
11:50 AM - 12:50 PM																North Africa in Focus Hany Samir - Head of Custody & Securities Services-National Bank of Egypt Ridouane AZAGROUZE - CIO-MAROCLEAR Yasser Zaazaa - Head of Securities Services, North Africa and Pakistan-Citi Khaled Abdel Rahman - Managing Director-MCDR (Egypt) Jim Micklethwaite - Director - Head of Operations-Thomas Murray
12:50 PM - 1:40 PM																Break & Online Delegate Networking
1:40 PM - 2:40 PM																ESG In Focus - Gauging The Current Climate Shameela Soobramoney - CSO-JSE Romil Patel - Director, International & ESG Editor-Funds Europe Paul Boynton - CEO-Old Mutual Alternative Investments Lucie Mouzin - Director, Sustainable Finance-Standard Chartered Bank Nigel Beck - Global Managing Director: Sustainable Finance & ESG Advisory-Standard Bank
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM																Final Words of The Day Andrew Barman - MD-The Network Forum Ltd Scott Dickinson - Managing Director, Regional Head of Financing & Securities Services, AME, Financial Markets-Standard Chartered Edward Jones - MD-The Network Forum Ltd.
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM																TNF Africa Pub Quiz - supported by Standard Bank and Standard Chartered Bank Grab a pen and a drink and join us for an hour of fun filled Africa themed quizzing! This particular event will be held on ZOOM –not on the event platform - so that we can get to see as many of the industry’s faces joining in together. See your friends around the world and have a bit of competitive fun! We will send the link to join this on the day of the quiz. Prizes to be announced!