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 Adeeb Y. Al Aama, CEO, ITFC, Islamic Development Bank Group
HE Eng Saad Alkhalb, CEO, Saudi EXIM
HE Raja Al Mazrouei, CEO, Etihad Credit Insurance
Shaimaa Al-Sheiby, Vice President, Public Sector, 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
Daniel M. Best, President, Caribbean Development Bank
Dr San Bilal, Director, ecdpm
Dr Ben Caldecott, Director, Oxford Sustainable Finance Group
Nan Li Collins, Director, UNCTAD
Prof Catherine E. de Vries, Vice Dean and Professor of Political Science, IE University, and IiII Board Member
Moritz Dörnemann, Global Head Structured Trade & Export Finance, Deutsche Bank
Haytham El Maayergi, EVP, Afreximbank
Dr George Elombi, President and CEO, Afreximbank
Prof Sam Fankhauser, Professor of Climate Change Economics and Policy, Oxford Smith School, University of Oxford
Remco Fischer, Climate Lead, UNEP FI
Isabel Galdiz, Vice President, International Relations, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Silvia Gavornikova, Head of Division, OECD
Jacob van Gent, Director Strategy, Invest International
Prof Thomas Hale, Professor of Global Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, and IiII Board Member
Vera Hauser, Junior Researcher, IMP-HSG, University of St.Gallen
Paul Heaney, Secretary General, Berne Union
Juuso Heinilä, CEO, Finnvera
Michael Hugman, Lead Economist and Global Director Climate, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
Dr Marion Jansen, Director, OECD
Prof Christian Kastrop, President and CEO, Global Solutions Initiative, and lill Board Member
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
Taneli Lahti, Director for Sustainable Finance, Investment and Jobs; Economy that works for the People, DG INTPA, EU COM
Carolina Lonetti, Head of Exports and Soft Loans, SIMEST
Michael Maurer, Division Head Global Trade & Payments, LBBW
Prof Henning Meyer, Director, IiII Institute for Public Value
Alex Michie, Managing Director, GFANZ
Magnus Montan, CEO, SEK – Svensk Exportkredit
Faruq Muhammad, Global Head Development & Agency Finance, Standard Chartered
Alison Nankivell, CEO, Export Development Canada
Åke Nordlander, Director General, EKN
HE Prof Benedict Okey Oramah, IiII Honorary Symposium Chair, and lill Board Member
Ángela Pérez, Chairperson and CEO, COFIDES
Martin Pfister, Head Credit & Political Risk 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
Mike Sergeant, Leadership Communication Specialist, Sergeant Consulting
Dan Sheriff, CEO, Exile Group
Mariane Søndergaard-Jensen, DG INTPA, European Commission
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











