WAIFC participated in the Astana Finance Days on June 27-29
Astana Finance Days (AFD) is one of the largest financial conferences in the region, hosted by the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC). We congratulate AIFC to organize the Astana Finance Days again in June 2022, after the previous ones in 2018-2021 attracted over 15,000 participants from 100 countries.
We were excited to participate in the following panel discussions:
Monday, June 27, 18:00
"The Role of International Financial Centres in the Promotion of Sustainable Finance"
Moderator: Dr. Jochen Biedermann, Managing Director, WAIFC
Welcome: Jennifer Reynolds, Chairwoman, WAIFC
Introduction: Stilpon Nestor, Executive Chairman, Morrow Sodali EMEA & Former Head of the Corporate Affairs Division, OECD
Panelists:
- James Martin, Chief Investment Officer, AIFC
- Olivier Vigna, Deputy CEO, Paris Europlace
- Mourad Fathallah, Head of Strategy, Casablanca Finance City
- Hubertus Vaeth, Managing Director, Frankfurt Main Finance
Tuesday, June 28, 12:45
"EU-Kazakhstan Cooperation"
Moderator: Dr. Jochen Biedermann, Managing Director, WAIFC
Keynote Addresses:
- Bakhyt Sultanov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade and Integration, Government of Kazakhstan
- Johannes Stenbaek Madsen, Head of Cooperation, EU Delegation to Kazakhstan
Panelists:
- Hubertus Vaeth, Managing Director, Frankfurt Main Finance
- James Martin, Chief Investment Officer, AIFC
- David Cleave, Executive Director, International Science and Technology Centre
We are looking forward to being back to Nur-Sultan soon.
