Speakers
lill Global Symposium 2026 | Rhodes House | Oxford
Dr Ratnakar Adhikari, Executive Director, Enhanced Integrated Framework, WTO, and IiII Distinguished Fellow
Yuichiro Akita, President, Berne Union
HE Eng Saad Alkhalb, CEO, Saudi EXIM
HE Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri, UAE Minister of Economy
HE Raja Al Mazrouei, CEO, Etihad Credit Insurance
Shaimaa Al-Sheiby, Vice President, Public Sector Operations, OPEC Fund for International Development
HE Abdulrahman Hesham Alsowaidi, CEO, Qatar Development Bank
Bianca Barilla, Policy Lead Sustainable Finance, CDP
Tobias Behringer, Head Financial Advisory, Siemens Financial Services
Dr San Bilal, Director, ecdpm
Prof Catherine E. de Vries, Professor of Political Science, Bocconi University, and IiII Board Member
Koen Doens, Director General, DG INTPA, European Commission
Moritz Dörnemann, Global Co-Head Structured Trade & Export Finance, Deutsche Bank
Mafalda Duarte, Executive Director, Green Climate Fund*
Haytham El Maayergi, EVP, Afreximbank
Dr George Elombi, Incoming President, Afreximbank
Prof Sam Fankhauser, Professor of Climate Change Economics and Policy, Oxford Smith School, University of Oxford
Silvia Gavornikova, Head of Division, OECD
Maria Håkansson, CEO, Swedfund
Prof Thomas Hale, Professor of Global Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, and IiII Board Member
Paul Heaney, Secretary General, Berne Union
Jusso Heinilä, CEO, Finnvera
Dr Marion Jansen, Director, OECD
Prof Andreas Klasen, Director, IiII Institute for Public Value
Dr Heribert Knittlmayer, COO, SERV
Dr Simone Krummaker, Associate Professor of Insurance and Head of Faculty, Bayes Business School, and IiII Senior Fellow
Nan Li Collins, Director, UNCTAD
Michael Maurer, Division Head Global Trade & Payments, LBBW
Andrew McDowell, Director General, EIB Global, European Investment Bank*
Prof Henning Meyer, Director, IiII Institute for Public Value
Faruq Muhammad, Global Head Development & Agency Finance, Standard Chartered
Alison Nankivell, CEO, Export Development Canada
HE Prof Benedict Okey Oramah, IiII Honorary Symposium Chair
Ángela Pérez, Chairperson and CEO, COFIDES
Martin Pfister, Head Credit & Surety Reinsurance, Swiss Re
Tim Reid, CEO, UK Export Finance
Dan Riordan, Head PR&C, MSIG NA
Prof Kuno Schedler, Professor of Public Management, University of St.Gallen, and IiII Distinguished Fellow
Edna Schöne, Executive Board Member, Euler Hermes
Dr Anupama Sen, Head of Policy Engagement, Oxford Smith School, University of Oxford
Dan Sheriff, CEO, Exile Group
Elsebeth Søndergaard Krone, State Secretary, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mariane Søndergaard-Jensen, Senior Director, EIFO
UK Senior Government Official*
Eric Usher, Head, UNEP Finance Initiative
Romina Ventura, Global Head of Structuring & Product Development, Santander
Dr Roseline Wanjiru, Associate Professor, Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, and IiII Senior Fellow
Marck Wengrzik, CEO, AKA Bank
Janusz Wladyczak, CEO, KUKE
* requested speaker







