Agenda

Registration and networking

Recitation of the Holy Quran

Chairman’s opening remarks

Speakers

• Mona Al Tawil, Chief Executive Officer, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

Macroeconomic overview: What are the challenges and opportunities on the horizon for Saudi Arabia’s economy?

• Global monetary and fiscal policy: How are developed countries managing their economies? What is the impact on capital flows?
• Oil and gas price outlook and its effect on Saudi Arabia’s short, medium and long-term growth prospects?
• How are structural changes driving growth in Saudi Arabia?

Speakers

• Dr. Nasser H. Saidi, President, Nasser Saidi & Associates

How to attract Global Fixed Income Investors, Foreign Direct Investors and Qualified Foreign Investors to Saudi Arabia

• What is the overall objective to investment? How does their strategy when entering a market reinforce the objective?
• What is the list of criteria that need to be fulfilled for investors to enter a market?
• Areas of focus: What do they feel the key areas of development are for Saudi Arabia to attract greater foreign investment in project finance (FDI), bond/sukuk markets (fixed income) and equity markets (QFIs)?
• More liquidity from the inclusion of Saudi Arabia into Global EM bond indices: What’s different in 2019 versus 2018?

Moderator

• Salah Shamma, Head of Investment - MENA Equity, Franklin Templeton Investments (ME) Ltd

Speakers

• Nick Di Giampasquale, Vice President, Portfolio Solutions, Morgan Stanley Investment Management

• Mohamad Al Hajj, Head of MENA Strategy, EFG Hermes

• Abdul Kadir Hussain, Head of Fixed Income Asset Management, Arqaam Capital

• Todd Gosserand, Head of Financial Risk & Treasury Projects, TAQA Global

• Jamil Hallak, Senior Vice President, Head of Investments Section, Riyad Bank

Case study: Preparing, structuring, packaging and distributing Saudi Arabia’s first-ever corporate bond

• From start to finish: How long does the process take? What preparations does the corporate need to make before going to market?
• The (private and public) rating process: What does it involve? How much do companies need to disclose? How ratings be beneficial to the company business planning beyond issuance
• Roadshowing, pricing and printing: What CFOs and Treasurers should expect from their dealers when the deal goes live
• Financial and non-financial benefits to the company of diversifying corporate funding portfolios from (bilateral and syndicated) loans to bond/sukuk explained
• From local to global: how to issue sukuk internationally

Moderator

• Roderick Gordon, Head of Debt Capital Markets and Syndicate, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB)

Speakers

• Paul Gay, Finance Executive, Almarai Company

• Fawaz Abusneineh, Acting Head of Global Corporate Finance, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

• Timucin Engin, Senior Director, Cross-Practice Coordinator, GCC Region, S&P Global

• Roy Pearce, Partner, Baker McKenzie

Coffee and networking

Loan Financing in Saudi Arabia: How can borrowers and lenders work together to extract maximum mutual benefit?

• Market Capacity: Is a wider international banking audience needed to meet the country’s burgeoning USD financing requirement?
• Is excess SAR liquidity a help or a hindrance?
• Fees: Why do they matter if margins cover the risk?
• Syndications vs bilaterals: What are the trade-offs worth making to attract a wider banking group?
• LMA Documentation: What’s not to like?
• What is the role for non-bank institutional investors?

Moderator

• Eric Zimny, Managing Director, Co-Head of Corporate Origination, Loan Capital Markets, EMEA, SMBC EMEA

Speakers

• Manish Manchandya, Group Chief Financial Officer, Saudi Electricity Company

• Naush Malik, Managing Director, Head of Leveraged & Acquisition Finance, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

• Zain Zaidi, Managing Director, Head of CEEMEA Loans & Leveraged Finance, Citi

• Brian Dominic Tellis, Director, Loan Syndications and Structured Finance, Emirates NBD

What are the financing options being considered by Saudi Arabia’s corporates, and at what pricing?

• Bonds/sukuk vs. loans vs. equity: What funds can be raised in each market and at what price?
• What do companies in the Kingdom have planned, and what funding needs do these plans present?
• Who is best placed to provide this financing?
• How do different funding instruments fit into short, medium- and long-term corporate strategy? What are the costs of the different options, and what are their benefits?

Moderator

• Mourad Jeddi, Head of Corporate Banking KSA, Citi

Speakers

• Alwaled Al-Moaither, GM Treasury & Capital Management, Saudi Telecom Company

• Noubi Ben Hamida, Chief Financial Officer, SATORP

• Bashar Al Natoor, Global Head of Islamic Finance, Fitch Ratings

• Talal AlNafie, General Manager, Treasury, Tasnee

Networking lunch hosted by MUFG

Green bonds/sukuk: How are investors integrating ESG into their approach to fixed income investments? What metrics are they using?

• Why go green: What is driving global investor demand for green bonds/sukuk?
• What are the capital and economic advantages to issuing green bonds/sukuk?
• Is there a link between ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) and accessing new pools of capital?
• Are issuers in danger of losing existing buyers of bonds if they do not issue green?
• Message from global investors looking at opportunities in Saudi Arabia: What are investors’ expectations for ESG?

Moderator

• Geraint Thomas, Head of Sustainable Finance, EMEA, MUFG

Speakers

• Mahmoud Nawar CFA, Head of Debt Capital Markets, GIB Capital

• Sharif Eid, Portfolio Manager, Global Sukuk and MENA Fixed Income, Franklin Templeton Investments (ME) Ltd

• Orith Azoulay, Global Head of Green & Sustainable Finance, Natixis

• Umera Ali, Partner, Head of Banking & Finance (Middle East) and Global Head of Islamic Finance, DWF (Middle East) LLP

Privatisation and PPPs of non-power-and-water projects: How to structure deals to attract local and international investors

• Pipeline of PPPs and privatisations: What is coming online in what sectors and how much capital is needed to finance projects?
• Shifting from corporate to project/PPP risk: Gauging Saudi banks’ appetite for non-power-and-water projects:
• What are the challenges for international banks assessing projects away from the power and water sector in Saudi Arabia?
• How is the NCP reforming companies/assets before privatisation and issuing bonds/sukuk? How are non-power/water projects being developed to meet international standard risk allocation?
• Structures, case studies and solutions: What can be applied from successful deals in the power and water sector to sectors such as transport, hospitals and schools to meet international standard risk allocation?
• How is the government reforming companies and assets before privatisation and issuing bonds/sukuk?

Moderator

• Shibeer Ahmed, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs

Speakers

• Alexander Pollak-Boick, Chief Financial Officer, Siemens Mobility Saudi Arabia

Chairman’s closing remarks and close of conference

Speakers

• Mona Al Tawil, Chief Executive Officer, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)