Aife Howse
Aife Howse
Speaker
Senior content manager

Exile Group

United Kingdom

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Plenary day 1

Opening presentation: The TXF Export Finance Report 2025

Hesham Zakai
Managing Director,
Exile Group
Aife Howse
Senior content manager,
Exile Group

We will kick off day 1 with a presentation on the findings of the TXF Export Finance Research Report 2025, featuring an audience participation quiz where we put you to the test!

Plenary day 1

In conversation: Strengthening partnerships with commodity traders

Stephen Jullien
Finance director - Europe,
BGN
Moderator
Aife Howse
Senior content manager,
Exile Group

Amid shifting geopolitical tensions, this session will explore how ECAs and commodity traders can continue to work together to boost resource security and manage trade flow

  • How can commodity traders work more effectively with ECAs to structure large cross-border deals?

  • What are the main challenges commodity traders face when accessing ECA-backed financing?

  • What innovative structures are being used in ECA-commodity trader collaborations?