Day Two Wednesday 7th March 2012
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| 08.30 | Registration and refreshments | ||
| 08.50 |
Chairman’s opening remarks
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Emerging & Frontier Markets | |||
| 09.00 |
Keynote: are the BRICs overheating and are investors looking away from these areas?
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| 09.30 |
Panel session: investor appetite for the BRICs and new emerging markets
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| 10.00 |
Keynote: the China spotlight and investment opportunities in other emerging markets? Mr Alessandro Magnoli BocchiMr. Magnoli Bocchi is Chief Economist, member of the Management Team and the Investment Committee at the Kuwait China Investment Company (KCIC). Prior to joining KCIC, Mr. Magnoli Bocchi was with the World Bank as a Senior Economist. He also was a... more.. Mr Florian FennerMr. Florian Fenner is Chief Investment Officer for UFG Asset Management, one of Russia’s oldest and largest investment groups (originally founded 1994, AUM $1.3bn). He joined the firm as Managing Partner in July 2002, and runs UFG’s five Russian... more..
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| 10.30 | Morning refreshments | ||
| 11.00 |
Chairman’s opening remarks
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Middle East Investment Opportunities | |||
| 11.10 |
Showcasing regional investment opportunities
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| 11.40 |
Reaching new heights – the future of the GCC’s largest economy
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| 12.20 |
Investment Opportunities Case Study: Iraq
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| 12.50 | Networking lunch | ||
| 13.50 |
Panel session: how can institutional investors gain access and capitalise from the Middle East infrastructure boom Mr Mark LemmonMark Lemmon is the Chief Executive Officer of the MENA Infrastructure Fund. MENA Infrastructure Fund was established in September 2007 and to date has made investments in a container port operation in Egypt and in a power plant company (an IPP) in... more.. Jarmo KotilaineJarmo Kotilaine joined the National Commercial Bank (NCB) of Saudi Arabia as its Chief Economist in November 2010. Prior to that, since 2008, he had served as Chief Economist of NCB Capital, the investment arm of the NCB Group. Dr Kotilaine has... more..  Mr Adil MarghubAdil Marghub is the Manager of Infrastructure & Energy in the MENA Region for the International Finance Corporation (IFC). Adil has extensive experience in infrastructure investments (debt, equity, mezzanine) and advisory transactions in emerging... more..
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Alternative Investments – Conventional Success | |||
| 14.30 |
Panel session: private equity as the investment vehicle of choice Mr Ibrahim Mardam-BeyIbrahim Mardam-Bey is an entrepreneur, financier and business developer with extensive international experience. Currently the CEO of Merchant-Edge a merchant investment company, he was also the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at Siraj... more.. Mr Robert WagesMr. Wages is Head of Private Equity at National Holding, a private investment firm based in Abu Dhabi. Overseeing the group’s private equity activities, Mr. Wages has over 20 years of private equity experience in a variety of industry sectors... more.. Mr Sigmund HoenigsbergSigmund is a Strategy, M&A and Private Equity professional; in the last 10 years he has advised or managed investments for aggregated US$ 10b and at all stages of the M&A life cycle, in sectors as varied as... more..
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| 15.00 |
Private Equity case study: Investments in China's strategic growth sectors - healthcare and clean technologies
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| 15.20 | Afternoon break | ||
| 15.50 |
Panel session: enhancing portfolio’s by including commodities Amaury JuniorAmaury holds a PhD from MIT in Engineering and Applied Mathematics and an MSc and BSc from PUC Rio. Prior to Vision Brazil Investments, his professional experience included: (1) Founding Partner and CIO of Capitania Asset & Risk Management; (2)... more.. Mr M Askari ChandooAskari has over 20 years financial markets experience, with an emphasis on alternative investments. Prior to FourWinds, Askari managed a private client portfolio comprising traditional and alternative investments at Cantab Capital Management. He... more..
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| 16.30 |
Panel session: real estate - reassessment – restructuring - recovery Mr Tariq RamadanA leading real estate industry figure, Mr. Ramadan is the founder and Chairman of Tharaa Holding, Hadara Real Estate Development, RichVille Properties where he was involved in developing and marketing projects worth billions of Dirhams. Tariq... more.. Mr Gurjit SinghGurjit Singh is the Chief Operating Officer of Sorouh Real Estate PJSC in Abu Dhabi and oversees the property development operations of the company. Gurjit has been internationally active in the real estate industry for more than 25 years and has ... more..
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| 17.10 | Chairman’s closing remarks and end of Day Two |
