Agenda: Middle East Meeting 2019

Monday, October 21, 2019
8:40 AM - 9:20 AM																Registration & Morning Coffee
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM																The Network Forum Welcome
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM																MSM Official Welcome Ahmed Saleh Al Marhoon - Director General-Muscat Securities Market
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM																Regulator Address H.E. Abdullah Salim Al-Salmi - Executive President-CAPITAL MARKETS AUTHORITY, Sultanate of Oman
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM																Geopolitical Update John Raines - Head of Political Risk, Economics & Country Risk-IHS Markit
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM																Spotlight on Securities Services Financial Crime Compliance Vivek Padmanabhan - Head of Compliance Transaction Banking, AME-Standard Chartered
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM																Morning Coffee
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM																Panel: Latest Custody and Post Trade Services In Focus– A Regional Update On The Latest Offerings And Initiatives Gunsel Topbas - MD-Citi Kashif Darr - Managing Director, Head of Securities Services-First Abu Dhabi Bank Manoj Aidasani - Head of Securities Services GCC-Deutsche Bank Mustafa Domanic - Principal-Oliver Wyman Yasser Zaazaa - Head of Custody-QNB Al Ahli
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM																Panel: What’s Missing And What Does The Network Management Community Need And Want Now? An Operations Wishlist Dianne Heard - Director- Head of Europe and Deputy Head of Global Custody Network Management-Citi Bogart Miheaye - Head of Sub-Custody Network Management, BNP Paribas Securities Services-BNP Paribas Securities Services Rawad Zeineddine - Securities Network Manager-J.P. Morgan Bruce Lawrence - MD-HBL Consultancy Services
1:00 PM - 2:20 PM																Lunch and Country Focus Groups – Meet The Regulator/FMI Oman - MSM Bahrain - BAHRAINCLEAR UAE – ADX Kuwait – KCC
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM																Innovation in the Region Mahmoud Sulaiman PMP, B.Sc - Director-Investera
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM																Panel: Account Structures In The GCC – Investigating Challenges & Possible Solutions Steven Costermans - Network Manager-Standard Chartered Bank Dubois Alain - Senior Netwok manager-the Bank of New York SA NV Bruce Lawrence - MD-HBL Consultancy Services
3:00 PM - 3:40 PM																Panel: Exchanges In Focus – Where Is The Market Headed? Ahmed Saleh Al Marhoon - Director General-Muscat Securities Market Konstantin Saroyan - Secretary General-FEAS Ahmad Aweidah - CEO-Palestine Stock Exchange
3:40 PM - 4:10 PM																Afternoon Break
4:10 PM - 5:00 PM																Panel: Addressing Key CSD Initiatives In The Region. When Can We See Streamlined Cross Border Settlement? Abdulla Abdin - COO-Bahrainclear Haitham Al Salmi - CEO-Muscat Stock Exchange Khaldoun Altabtabaie - CEO-Kuwait Clearing Company György Dudás - Partner-Bourse Consult
5:00 PM - 5:40 PM																Panel: The Regulators Dashboard – What Can We Expect To See Emerging To Progress The Market In The Next 12- 18 Months? Eric Salomons - Director, Head of Markets-Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) Nasser Al Habsi - Partner-Addleshaw Goddard Oman Khalfan Al Sharji - Chief Researcher-CMA Oman
5:40 PM - 5:50 PM																Chairman's Closing Remarks
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM																Evening Networking Dinner Reception - hosted by TNF, Citi, Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered Your chance to discuss the days issues in a casual environment, get to know your regional counterparts better and forge new relationships - all overlooking the beautiful Arabian Sea
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM																Morning Coffee
9:40 AM - 9:50 AM																TNF Welcome Back
9:50 AM - 10:30 AM																Panel: Saudi Market In The Spotlight Charles Cohen - Director, SeS KSA-Deutsche Bank Madhur Bhandari - Head of Securities Services, HSBC Saudi Arabia-HSBC Romil Patel - Director, International & ESG Editor-Funds Europe
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM																When Digital Meets Custody – 5 Themes On How Digital Is Shaping The Future Of Custody Paul Clark - Global Head of Digital - HSS-HSBC
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM																Morning Coffee
11:30 AM - 12:10 PM																Digital Assets & Blockchain Impacts On Post-Trade In The Region: Assessing Latest Initiatives And Market Engagement Scott Dickinson - Managing Director, Regional Head of Financing & Securities Services, AME, Financial Markets-Standard Chartered Haitham Al Salmi - CEO-Muscat Stock Exchange Lina Hediah - CEO-Chain Tech Solutions Remy Zambarakji - Founder-First Digital Global
12:10 PM - 12:40 PM																Fireside Chat I: Fixed Income And Bond Market Access In The Region: Where Are We Now? Michael Grifferty - President-The Gulf Bond and Sukuk Association (GBSA) Bernard Ferran - Chief Commercial Officer-Euroclear
12:40 PM - 1:10 PM																Fireside Chat II: Client Assets In The Spotlight Leago Papo - Special Surveillance-DFSA
1:10 PM - 2:30 PM																Lunch
2:30 PM																Close Of Meeting