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Conference Presentations:

Wednesday, September 29, 2004

9:30-10:50AM Workshop - Assessing Africa Equity Capital Markets

Colin Coleman, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (Moderator) *
Adam Horowitz, CEO Merrill Lynch South Africa *
· Noah Greenhill, Manager, Alt x, Johannesburg Stock Exchange
· David Griffiths, Senior Managing Director, New York Stock Exchange
· Janet Johnstone, Vice President, Bank of New York


1:00-2:00PM Plenary Lunch-Governance

· Keynote Speaker: Arunma Oteh, Treasurer, African Development Bank


2:00-4:30PM Workshop- Debt Markets

· Mahesh Kotecha, CEO, Structured Credit International Corporation (Moderator)
· Jim Polan, Vice President, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
· Ileana Boza, Global Finance Head-Operations, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (forthcoming)
· Jill Mann, Rand Merchant Bank Treasury-Debt Capital Markets, Africa & First Rand, Head, Debt Origination, Africa    Addendum One Document
· Andrew Millard, Head of Specialized Finance & Treasury, Imperial Bank
· Rick Lupini, Head of Capital Debt Markets-Corporate, Citigroup


4:40-6:00PM Workshop – Africa Economics: Transitioning to Credit Worthiness

· Stephen D. Cashin, Managing Director, Pan-Africa Capital Group, LLC (Moderator)
· Willene Johnson, Adviser-Division of International Finance, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
· Ian Plenderleith, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of South Africa *
· David King, Chairman, Global Credit Rating African Operations
· Brian Baltimore, Sofitel Capital Corp


Thursday, September 30, 2004


7:30-9:00AM Plenary Breakfast Topic-Financing IT in Africa

· Robert Carolina, Partner, Carolina & Associates (Moderator)
· Fola Ogunsiakan, Managing Director, Accelon Nigeria, Ltd.
· Claudia Koch, Chief Executive Officer, Ethos Technology Fund *


9:00-10:30AM Workshop- Project/Structured Trade Finance

· Nathan Mintah, Director, Corporate Finance and Advisory, HSBC Bank plc (Moderator)
· Kenneth Hansen, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke
· Natalie Scott, Citigroup
· Thomas Meyer, Head, Transport Infrastructure Finance, Imperial Bank
· John Schuster, Director—Power Projects, U.S. Ex-Im Bank


10:30-12:00 Noon Workshop-SME’s and Financing

· Mima Nedelcovych, Managing Director, ShafferGlobal Group (Moderator) *
· Paul Christensen, Chief Executive Officer, ShoreCap Management
· Justin Chinyanta, Chief Executive Officer, Loita Capital
· Roy Ross, Director Business Bank/Retail Bank, Standard Bank


Workshop-Agribusiness Financing

· Phillip Nel, Financial Services and Sector Development Manager, ECI Africa (Moderator)
· Piers Kenyon, Executive Director, Equity Africa
· Peter Martin, Director Agricultural Finance, Structured Trade-Africa, Barclays Bank


Workshop- Equity Markets

· Harold Doley, Chief Executive Officer, Doley Securities (Moderator) *
· Okey Enelamah, CEO, African Capital Alliance
· Papa Madiaw Ndiaye, Director of the AIG African Infrastructure Fund
· Michael Power, Strategist, Investec Asset Management


1:40-3:00PM Workshop-Housing Finance Models

· Stephen Bernstein, Senior Advisor, U.S. Treasury (Moderator)
· Simon Stockley, CEO, South Africa Home Loans
· Soula Proxenos, Managing Director International Housing Finance Services, Fannie Mae
· Fernando Gama, Senior Vice President, Everson Dodge International


Workshop-Black Economic Empowerment and Investment in South Africa

· Modise Moatlhodi, CEO, First Rand Banking Group–Public Sector Banking Division (Moderator) *
· Lionel October, Deputy Director General, Department of Trade and Industry
· Leslie Maasdorp, International Advisor, Goldman Sachs International/ABSA Bank (to review this presentation please contact Pippa Truman-Davies at Goldman Sachs via this email address Pippa.truman-davies@gs.com)
· Teresa Booth, Manager –Corporate Planning and Corporate Secretary, Caltex
· Dr. Don-Terry Veal, Associate Director of the Center for Governmental Policy and Editor of the Entrepreneurship Journal, Auburn University (forthcoming)


Workshop-Strategic Partnerships and Alliances
Financing mergers and acquisitions between Foreign and African businesses

· Frank Kennedy (Moderator) *
· Robert Tibbs, CEO, Accelon Pty Limited, South Africa
· Dr. Mark Jennings, Managing Principle, Zephyr Management Africa
· Mr. Reuel Khoza, Chairman, Eskom Holdings, Ltd. *

* Indicates No Available Digital Document
 

Speaker Biographies

Individual Projects

Algeria - Skikda Desalination Plant

Cameroon - Port of Limbe

Cape Verde - Ports of Praia and Palmeira

Egypt - EBIC Ammonia

Kenya/Uganda Oil Pipeline

Lesotho - Metolong Dam

Madagascar - Undersea Fiber Optic Cable

Mali - Sugar Project

Nigeria - Akwa Ibom State Agricultural Projects

Nigeria - Sirius Wireless

Nigeria - Tinapa Business Resort

South Africa - Intaba Marriott

Uganda - Entebbe Airport