DOHA: Euromoney Qatar Conference, the major event set for Qatar in December, has announced its opening day line-up of financial experts from around the world.
The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani is opening the conference. H E Yousuf Hussein Kamal, Minister of Economy and Finance, will also address the audience.
Prominent figures from Qatar will participate in interactive roundtables at the event. Attendees include H E Sheikh Abdullah Saoud Al-Thani, Governor of Qatar Central Bank; Ali Shareef Al Emadi, CEO of Qatar National Bank Group; and Shashank Srivastava, CEO of Qatar Financial Centre Authority.
Topics to be addressed include the new global economic paradigm in the wake of the global financial crisis, the role of capital-exporting nations like Qatar, Islamic finance and if it could have prevented the financial crisis, the role of the financial sector in Qatar’s National Vision 2030, and adapting the current real estate financing model.
International speakers will come from countries in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia. The speakers include Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia; Marek Belka, the President of the National Bank of Poland; Chedly Ayari, Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia; and Murat Çetinkaya, the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey.
Richard Banks, Euromoney’s Regional Director, said: “We’re working hard to make this conference and its associated projects meaningful to our audience and our partners in Doha.” Euromoney’s editorial teams will also be speaking, in addition to participants such as Ibrahim Dabdoub, CEO of National Bank of Kuwait Group; Roger Jenkins, Managing Partner of BTG Pactual; Charlie Mc Creevy, the former EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services and former Ireland Minister for Finance; and Lado Gurgenidze, the CEO of Liberty Capital and former Prime Minister of Georgia.
“Global Finance: Re-Designed,” is being co-hosted by QCB, and is being sponsored by QNB; Commercial Bank; International Bank of Qatar, J P Morgan, Masraf Al Rayan, QFC, QIB, Saxo Bank, and QFIB. The conference is the first part of a three-year programme to chart the role of nations such as Qatar in the emerging global financial system.
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