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ESG impact on Credit Risk: Navigating through challenges

As the challenges in the economy increase, the integration of ESG criteria into credit risk assessment is becoming more and more essential for companies.
Companies are now required to take into account environmental, social and governance aspects in order to enhance their competitiveness while aiming for long-term growth.
Moreover, in this context, the role of new technology, and in particular artificial intelligence, is being added, which is making a positive contribution to the assessment and effective management of business risks in an environment of constant uncertainty.

 

The Conference will focus on the following topics:

  • Managing Credit Risk in the face of Continuing Economic Instability
  • Integrating ESG and Climate Risks in Risk Management
  • The Transformation of Credit Risk Management by new technologies
  • AI Unleashed: Transforming Corporate Growth and Culture with Generative AI

 

The Conference will be held in a hybrid format (physical presence at the “Athenaeum InterContinental” hotel Syngrou Avenue 89-93 Athens, and online).

 

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Topics

  • Managing Credit Risk in the face of Continuing Economic Instability

In 2024, in an evolving economic environment, traditional methods of assessing credit risk appear to be insufficient, with businesses looking for more accurate and adaptive methods. Using AI and applying ESG criteria is the next bet for a sustainable business.

 

  • Integrating ESG and Climate Risks in Risk Management

The integration of ESG and climate risk factors into the credit risk assessment model is necessary for businesses, with banks playing a key role in their adoption to achieve improved access and terms of financing for companies.

 

  • The Transformation of Credit Risk Management by new technologies

The use of new technologies such as AI and machine learning algorithms in credit risk management automates the analysis of large volumes of data and provides faster and more accurate assessments, outperforming traditional methods.

 

  • AI Unleashed: Transforming Corporate Growth and Culture with Generative AI

The impact of Gen AI on the business landscape is shaping the future by bringing revolutionary changes that can transform business processes, products, and services. The variety of practical applications that arise can lead to new prospects in data analysis, research and development, as well as in improving the customer experience.

Agenda

17th Credit Risk Management Conference
ESG Impact on Credit Risk: Navigating through challenges.
Wednesday November 6, 2024 _Athenaeum InterContinental_ Ballroom III

08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:05 Welcome Speech
Moderator: Giannis Foskolos, Journalist, Director of “Imerissia”, imerisia.gr
09:05 – 09:20 Welcome Speech – Opening remarks
Nikitas Konstantellos, Chairman & CEO, ICAP CRIF
09:20 – 10:10 Session 1:
Managing Credit Risk in the face of Continuing Economic Instability
Today, addressing uncertainty in a constantly evolving economic environment is creating new pressures and challenges for businesses. Traditional credit risk assessment methods appear to be insufficient, and companies are opting for holistic strategies and leveraging new technology in pursuit of sustainable growth.
Speakers
09:20 – 09:45 “Managing Credit Risk in times of Continuous Economic Instability: Navigating through challenges”
Konstantinos Logothetis
, General Manager, Head of Credit Risk Management, Piraeus Bank
09:45 – 10:10 Gerasimos Tzeis, Managing Director, Atradius Greece & Romania
10:10 – 12:10 Session 2:
Integrating ESG and Climate Risks in Risk Management
Τhe integration of ESG factors and climate risks into the credit risk assessment model is imperative. Banks play a crucial role in their adoption, improving access to and terms of financing, while companies are required to adapt to ESG criteria to have easier access to and better terms of financing.
Speakers
10:10 – 10:30 Giorgio Costantino, Executive Director Global Transformation Services, CRIF Group
10:30 – 10:55 Michael Haralabidis, Chief Risk Officer, Hellenic Financial Stability Fund
10:55 – 11:25 Break
11:25 – 12:10 Panel Session 2
Moderator: Theofanis Zois, Journalist, Naftemporiki
Anna Vasila, Manager, Sustainability and Industry Affairs, Athens International Airport
Panagiotis Skiadas, Senior Sustainability Director, Viohalco
Dimitrios Kokovinos, Director, Climate ESG & Enterprise Risk Management, Alpha Bank
Ioannis Petropoulos, Head of Risk Strategy & ESG Risks, Piraeus Bank
12:10 – 13:25 Session 3:
The Transformation of Credit Risk Management by new technologies
The use of new technologies such as AI and machine learning in credit risk management automates data analysis and provides faster, more accurate assessments.
Speakers
12:10 – 12:35 Aristodimos Antonopoulos, Senior Process Manager OTC, HEINEKEN Global Shared Services
12:35 – 13:00 “How is Artificial Intelligence transforming Credit Risk Management? Opportunities and Challenges”
Ioannis Kamitsos, Director, Financial Risk Management, KPMG
13:00 – 13:25 “Data and analytics for enhanced customer knowledge and greater value creation”
Daniele Vergari, Senior Director, Risk management & Consulting Transformation Services, CRIF
13:25 – 13:50 Break
13:50 – 14:50 Session 4:
AI Unleashed: Transforming Corporate Growth and Culture with Generative AI
The impact of Gen AI on the business landscape is shaping the future by bringing revolutionary changes that can transform business processes, products, and services. The variety of practical applications that arise can lead to new prospects in data analysis, research and development, as well as in improving the customer experience.
13:50 – 14:05 “The Future of Growth: Corporate Transformation through Generative AI”
Thomas Mavroudakis, PhD, CEO, Empedus
14:050 – 14:50 “AI Unleashed: Transforming Corporate Growth and Culture with Generative AI”
Natalia Shchelovanova, Global Open Innovation and Startups Ecosystem Director,InnovEcoS
Olivier Kenji Mathurin
, Emerging Tech Innovation and Adoption Program Lead, InnovEcoS
14:50 – 15:00 Conclusions of sections 1-4
15:00 – 15:30 Keynote Speaker
“The prospects of the Greek economy and businesses”
Nikos Vettas, General Director, IOBE, Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business
15:30 – 17:00 Lunch

Presentations

Presentation: Gerasimos Tzeis, Managing Director, Atradius Greece & Romania

Presentation: Giorgio Costantino, Executive Director Global Transformation Services, CRIF Group

Presentation: Michael Haralabidis, Chief Risk Officer, Hellenic Financial Stability Fund

Presentation: Ioannis Kamitsos, Director, Financial Risk Management, KPMG

Presentation: Daniele Vergari, Senior Director, Risk management & Consulting Transformation Services, CRIF

Presentation: Natalia Shchelovanova, Global Open Innovation and Startups Ecosystem Director, InnovEcoS
Presentation: Olivier Kenji Mathurin, Emerging Tech Innovation and Adoption Program Lead, InnovEcoS

Presentation: Nikos Vettas, General Director, IOBE, Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business

Speakers

Antonopoulos-Aristodimos-web

Aristodimos Antonopoulos
Senior Process Manager OTC
HEINEKEN Global Shared Services

Vasila-Anna-web

Anna Vasila
Manager of Sustainability Strategic Planning
Athens International Airport

Daniele-Vergari

Daniele Vergari
Director
CRIF Global Transformation Services

Vettas-Nikos-web

Nikos Vettas
General Director, IOBE
Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business

Zois-Theofanis-web

Theofanis Zois
NAFTEMPORIKI

Kamitsos-Ioannis-web

Ioannis Kamitsos
Director, Financial Risk Management
KPMG Greece

Kokovinos-Dimitris-web

Dimitris Kokovinos
Director, Climate ESG & Enterprise Risk Management
Alpha Bank

georgio costantino1

Giorgio Costantino
Executive Director ‐ Global Transformation Services
CRIF Group

NK_5 FINAL-web

Nikitas Konstantellos
President & Chief Executive Officer
ICAP CRIF

Logothetis-web

Constantinos Logothetis
Head of Credit Risk Management,
General Manager
Piraeus Bank

olivier_mathurin_web

Olivier Kenji Mathurin
Senior Research & Innovation Specialist
InnovEcoS, CRIF

Mavroudakis-Tomas

Thomas Mavroudakis, PhD
CEO
Empedus

Petropoulos-Ioannis-web

Ioannis Petropoulos
Head of Risk Strategy & ESG Risks
Piraeus Bank

Shchelovanova-Natalia-web

Natalia Shchelovanova
Global Open Innovation and Startups Ecosystem Director
InnovEcoS, CRIF

Skiadas-Panos-web

Panos Skiadas
Senior Sustainability Director
Viohalco

Tzeis_Gerasimos_web

Gerasimos Tzeis
Managing Director
Atradius Greece & Romania

Foskolos-Giannis-web

Giannis Foskolos
Journalist
Director of “Imerissia” imerisia.gr

Haralabidis-Mixalis-web

Michael P. Haralabidis
Chief Risk Officer
Hellenic Financial Stability Fund

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Credit Risk in the age of Crisis Continuum

In an era of increased uncertainty, identifying, assessing and managing credit risk is a priority for all businesses.

 

This year’s Conference will focus on the following themes:

  • Macro Risks in the Age of Social, Sovereign and Geopolitical Instability
  • Climate Change and ESG Risks in Debt and Equity Corporate Finance
  • Technology Disruption Risk in Finance
  • Compliance – Optimal Risk Screening

 

The Conference will be held in a hybrid format (physical presence at the ‘’Grand Hyatt Athens’’ hotel and online).

 

Under the Auspices of

Topics

  • Macro Risks in the Age of Social, Sovereign and Geopolitical Instability

The succession of crises at the international and national levels forms a complex macroeconomic and business environment picture. What instability conditions do borrowers, financiers, and market institutions have to cope with?

 

  • Climate Change and ESG Risks in Debt and Equity Corporate Finance

Climate change is the most drastic risk factor in the context of ESG sustainability in terms of the irreversibility of its effects. How does it prioritize and co-construct in the ESG framework the new corporate finance terms?

 

  • Technology Disruption Risk in Finance

What are the opportunities and threats from the accelerating entry of new technologies into the economy, such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Automation and Robotics, Cyber Security Advances, Edge Computing, Headless Tech, “As-a-Service” Computing, Decentralized Finance? How do they affect finance’s availability, speed, and quality?

 

  • Compliance – Optimal Risk Screening

As the economy faces a series of interconnected risks in the context of ongoing crises, how necessary is access to legal audit information of companies and executives, international sanctions, and money laundering?

 

 

Workshop

  • The Workshop that will be held on the topic of “Cases of Applied ESG Failure Risk Ratings for Corporates” will also be of great interest.

The sustainability assessment of companies is usually based on the examination of their degree of compliance with ESG behavioral criteria. However, this picture ignores the possibility of ESG failure despite compliance as well as vice versa.
The workshop will present the ESG Failure Risk Rating methodology, developed by ICAP CRIF Credit Rating Agency, and discuss the results of company ratings from different sectors of the economy.

Agenda

09:00 – 09:15 Welcome Speech – Opening remarks
Nikitas Konstantellos, President & CEO, ICAP CRIF
09:15 – 09:20 Grand Sponsor address
Gerasimos Tzeis, Managing Director, Atradius Greece & Romania
09:20 – 09:50 Keynote speech
Gikas Hardouvelis, Chairman of the Board of Directors, National Bank of Greece
Session 1: Macro Risks in the Age of Social, Sovereign and Geopolitical Instability
09:50 – 10:10 Speech
Dimitris Malliaropoulos, Director of the Economic Research and Analysis Department, Bank of Greece
10:10 – 11:00 Panel
Dr. Tasos Anastasatos, Group Chief Economist, Eurobank
Dr. Panagiotis Kapopoulos, Group Chief Economist, Alpha Bank
Dr. Ilias Lekkos, Group Chief Economist and Head of Investment Strategy, Piraeus Bank
Dr. Nikos Magginas, Chief Economist, National Bank of Greece
Gerasimos Tzeis, Managing Director, Atradius Greece & Romania
11:00 – 11:30 Break
Session 2: Climate Change and ESG Risks in Debt and Equity Corporate Finance
11:30 – 11:50 Speech
Christos Adam, Group Chief Risk Officer, Eurobank
11:50 – 12:05 Speech
Giorgio Costantino, Executive Director of Global Transformation Services, CRIF
12:05 – 12:50 Panel
Dimitris Siokis, Group Treasurer, Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company
Maria Alexiou
, Chair of the Board of Directors, CSRHELLAS
Georgios Plevrakis
, CEO, Hellenic Environmental Center
Rallis Retelas
, Group Internal Auditor, ELTON Group
Session 3: Technology Disruption Risk in Finance
12:50 – 13:20 Speech
Natalia Shchelovanova, Global Open Innovation and Ecosystem, InnovEcoS
Olivier Kenji Mathurin, Senior Research & Innovation Specialist, InnovEcoS
13:20 – 14:00 Panel
Regina Aslanoglou, Chief of Staff and Transformation Officer, Attica Bank
Ioannis Kamitsos, Director, Financial Risk Management, KPMG
Marianna Polykrati, Group Treasurer, Avramar S.A.
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch
Session 4: Compliance – Optimal Risk Screening
15:00 – 15:20 Speech
Paola Galassi, Executive Director Global B2B & B2C Services, CRIF
15:20 – 16:00 Panel
Maria Manousaki, Senior Director Compliance, Pancreta Bank
Sofoklis Karapidakis, Compliance & GDPR Director/DPO, MYTILINEOS S.A.
Georgios Chlomoudis
, Group DPO, Head of InfoSec & Risk Mgt Governance, ICAP CRIF
16:00 – 17:30 Workshop: Cases of Applied ESG Failure Risk Ratings for Corporates
17:30 End of Conference

Presentations

Presentation: Nikitas Konstantellos, President & CEO, ICAP CRIF

Presentation: Gikas Hardouvelis, Chairman of the Board of Directors, National Bank of Greece

Presentation: Christos Adam, Group Chief Risk Officer, Eurobank

Presentation: Natalia Shchelovanova, Olivier Kenji Mathurin, InnovEcoS

Presentation: Paola Galassi, Executive Director Global B2B & B2C Services, CRIF

Speakers

Christos-Adam-web

Christos N. Adam
Group Chief Risk Officer
Eurobank S.A.

Alexiou-Maria-web

Maria Alexiou
Chair of the Board of Directors
CSRHELLAS

Anastasatos-Tasos

Dr. Tasos Anastasatos
Group Chief Economist
Eurobank

Aslanoglou-Regina-web

Reggina Aslanoglou
Chief Transformation Officer
Attica Bank

Vessi-Katerina

Katerina Vessi
Director of Compliance Function
ICAP CRIF Credit Rating Agency

Paola-Galasi-web

Paola Galassi
Executive Director, Global B2B & B2C Information Services
CRIF

Kamitsos-Ioannis-web

Ioannis Kamitsos
Director, Financial Risk Management
KPMG

Kapopoulos

Dr. Panayotis Th. Kapopoulos
Group Chief Economist
Alpha Bank

Karapidakis-Sofoklis

Sofoklis Karapidakis
Compliance & GDPR Director/DPO
MYTILINEOS

Konstantellos-Nikitas-web

Nikitas Konstantellos
President & Chief Executive Officer
ICAP CRIF

Lekkos-web

Ilias Lekkos
Chief Economist
Piraeus Bank Group

Magginas_Nicholas

Dr. Nicholas S. Magginas
Chief Economist
National Bank of Greece

olivier_mathurin_web

Olivier Kenji Mathurin
Senior Research & Innovation Specialist
InnovEcoS

Malliaropoulos-Dimitris

Dimitris Malliaropulos
Chief Economist – Director of Economic Analysis and Research
Bank of Greece

Manousaki-Maria

Maria Manousaki
Senior Director of Regulatory Compliance
Pancreta Bank

Oikonomou-Giorgos-web

Georgios Oikonomou
Head of Analytics
ICAP CRIF Credit Rating Agency

Plevrakis-Giorgos-web

Γιώργος Πλευράκης
CEO
Hellenic Environmental Center

Polykrati-Marianna-web

Marianna Polykrati
Group Treasurer
Avramar

Rallis P. Retelas
Chief Audit Executive
ELTON Group

Shchelovanova-Natalia-web

Natalia Shchelovanova
Global Open Innovation and Ecosystem
InnovEcoS

Siokis-Dimitris-web

Dimitris Siokis
Group Treasurer
Coca Cola Hellenic

Tzeis_Gerasimos_web

Gerasimos Tzeis
Managing Director
Atradius Greece & Romania

Fotopoulos-Konstantinos-web

Constantinos Fotopoulos
Reporting and PMO Manager
ICAP CRIF Credit Rating Agency

Gikas-Hardouvelis-web

Gikas Α. Hardouvelis
Chairman of the Board of Directors
National Bank of Greece

Nektarios-Notis

Co-ordinator

Nectarios Notis
Founder-CEO
Notice Content and Services

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Co-ordinator

George Chlomoudis
Group DPO, Head of InfoSec & Risk Mgt Governance
ICAP CRIF

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Co-ordinator

Athanasios Adamopoulos
Editor in chief
“NAFTEMPORIKI”

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Credit Risk in the Age of ESG Sustainable Finance

Sustainable ESG finance is destined to redetermine the way we think about credit. Key driver is the component of credit risk attributed to ESG risks. A relationship which is expected to transform not only credit granting criteria, but also the formation of corporate and structured debt instruments. Creditors, investors, and policy makers alike are in search of a “greenium” in debt pricing, assessing new balances between macro-financial risks, required returns and policy objectives. Our ICAP CRIF 2022 Conference brings together leading market experts to address the challenge of sustainable finance in a practical decision-making context.
The Conference will be held in a hybrid format (physical presence at the Divani Caravel Hotel and online).

 

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Agenda

Agenda

08:45 – 09:00 Opening Talk
Nikitas Konstantellos, Chairman & CEO, ICAP CRIF
09:00 – 09:05 Gerasimos Tzeis, Managing Director, Atradius Greece
09:05 – 10:05 Macro and Financial Stability Risks of ESG Transition
09:05 – 09:25 Talk: Miranda Xafa, CEO E.F. Consulting Ltd
09:25 – 10:05 Panel:
George Pagoulatos, Director General ELIAMEP, Professor of European Politics and Economy AUEB
George Kremlis, Honorary Director of the European Commission, Member of the environmental and social advisory council of the EBRD
Miranda Xafa, CEO, E.F. Consulting Ltd
Gerasimos Tzeis, Managing Director, Atradius Greece
10:05 – 11:30 Credit vs ESG Ratings in Sustainability Transition Economies
10:05 – 10:20 Talk 1:
Dr George Christodoulakis, Executive Member of ICAP CRIF BoD, Head OF Credit Rating Agency,ICAP CRIF
10:20 – 10:35 Talk 2:
Giorgio Costantino, Executive Director of Global Transformation Services, CRIF
10:35 – 10:50 Talk 3:
Heather Gibson, Director-Advisor, Bank of Greece
10:50 – 11:30 Panel:
Heather Gibson, Director-Advisor, Bank of Greece
Michael Haralabidis, Chief Risk Officer, HFSF
Alexandros Benos, CFO, Cenergy Holdings
11:30 – 12:00 Break
12:00 – 13:00 The Challenge of Accessing Corporate ESG Credit
12:00 – 12:20 Lefteris Economides, Group Chief Credit Officer, Eurobank
12:20 – 13:00 Panel:
Thanos F. Vlachopoulos, General Manager, Corporate & Investment Banking, Piraeus Bank
Pantelis Tzortzakis, Executive Vice Chairman, Hellenic Development Bank
Andreas Taprantzis, CEO, Avis
13:00 – 14:00 The Emergence of ESG Corporate Bonds and Securitization Debt
13:00 – 13:20 Talk: Dr George Christodoulakis, Executive Member of ICAP CRIF BoD, Head of Credit Rating Agency, ICAP CRIF
13:20 – 14:00 Panel:
Dimitra Krouska, Head of Investment Banking, National Bank of Greece
Panagiotis Antonopoulos, CEO, Alpha Asset Management MFMC
Chris Aesopos, CEO, ALPHA TRUST
14:00 – 14:30 Keynote Speech
Christos Megalou, CEO, Piraeus Bank
14:30 – 15:30 Lunch Break
Workshop
15:30 – 17:00 Legal and Regulatory Requirements in ESG Credit & Investment for Corporates and SMEs
Dimitris Tsibanoulis, Dr. jur. Senior and Managing Partner Tsibanoulis & Partners Law Firm
George Kremlis, Honorary Director of the European Commission, Member of the environmental and social advisory council of the EBRD
Charilaos Mertzanis, Professor of Finance, Abu Dhabi University
Nikos Kontizas, Of counsel at Tsibanoulis & Partners
Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Αssociate at Climate Strategy and Delivery unit of EBRD
Dionysia Xirocosta, Of counsel at Tsibanoulis & Partners
Katerina Vessi, Compliance Senior Manager, ICAP CRIF CRA

Topics

The conference covers the following topics:

 

Session 1
Macro and Financial Stability Risks of ESG Transition
In a constantly evolving environment, markets witness increasingly severe and disturbing shocks, originated in the spheres of the economy, society, environment, and geopolitics. This session provides an assessment of the economy-wide risk profile and addresses key policy making in the context of global ESG sustainability agenda.

 

Session 2
Credit vs ESG Ratings in Sustainability Transition Economies
ESG risk is emerging as the key driver in sustainable finance. How does one measure and forecast ESG risk? What is the effect of expected ESG risk on credit risk? And how key credit and investment decisions are affected? This session is designed to provide conference attendees with clear and empirically validated answers.

 

Session 3
The Challenge of Accessing Corporate ESG Credit
Corporate financing criteria are rapidly being transformed through expected ESG risk forecasts. How do credit institutions and debt investors change their risk preferences and appetite? How does “greenium” get offered in the market? This session is designed to provide conference attendees with answers enhancing access to sustainable finance options.

 

Session 4
The Emergence of ESG Corporate Bonds and Securitization Debt
New ESG asset classes emerge along with investor appetite and policy-making initiatives, redefining both corporate bonds and structured finance debt notes. Which criteria should be satisfied? What is the level of acceptable ESG risk and how is “greenium” realized in the pricing of corporate and structured debt? This session is designed to provide conference attendees with analysis on the existing and expected benefits and risks of market based ESG financing.

 

Workshop
Legal and Regulatory Requirements in ESG Credit & Investment for Corporates and SMEs.Corporate sustainable finance is conditioned on a continuously developing framework of legal and regulatory requirements. This session is designed to provide conference attendees with a state-of-the-art practical guide on the legal and regulatory requirements of ESG financing, both through credit institutions and investor channels. The session will be delivered by a major law firm and a panel of legal and regulation experts.

Speakers

Aesopos-Chris

Chris Aesopos
CEO
ALPHA TRUST

Antonopoulos-Panagiotis

Panagiotis Antonopoulos
CEO
Alpha Asset Management MFMC

Vlachopoulos_Thanos

Thanos F. Vlachopoulos
General Manager, Head of Large Corporate & Wholesale Products
Corporate & Investment Banking, Piraeus Bank

Gibson-web

Heather Gibson
Director of the Banking Supervision Department
Bank of Greece

Dimopoulos-Konstantinos

Konstantinos Dimopoulos
Αssociate at Climate Strategy and Delivery unit of EBRD

georgio costantino1

Giorgio Costantino
Executive Director
Global Transformation Services CRIF Group

Konstantellos-Nikitas_web2

Nikitas Konstantellos
President & Chief Executive Officer
ICAP CRIF

Kontizas-Nikos-web

Nikos Kontizas
of Counsel at Tsibanoulis & Partners

Kremlis-George

George Kremlis
Honorary Director of the European Commission
Member of the environmental and social advisory council of the EBRD

Krouska-Dimitra

Dimitra Krouska
Head of Investment Banking, Corporate & Investment Banking
National Bank of Greece

Megalou-Christos-web

Christos I. Megalou
CEO, Piraeus Bank

Mertzanis-Xarilaos-web

Charilaos Mertzanis
Professor of Finance
Abu Dhabi University

Benos_Alexandros

Alexandros Benos
CFO
Cenergy Holdings

Xafa Miranda

Miranda Xafa
CEO
E.F. Consulting Ltd

Xirokosta-Dionysia

Dionysia Xirocosta
of Counsel at Tsibanoulis & Partners

Oikonomidis_photo2-web

Lefteris Economides
Group Chief Credit Officer
Eurobank

Pagoulatos-George-web

George Pagoulatos
Director General ELIAMEP
Professor of European Politics and Economy AUEB

TaprantzisAndreas_Avis

Andreas Taprantzis
CEO
Avis

Tzeis_Gerasimos_web

Gerasimos Tzeis
Managing Director
Atradius Greece

Tzortzakis-Pantelis

Pantelis Tzortzakis
Executive Vice Chairman
Hellenic Development Bank

Tsibanouils-Dimitris-web

Dimitris Tsibanoulis, Dr. jur.
Senior and Managing Partner
Tsibanoulis & Partners Law Firm

Haralabidis-Michalis-web

Michael P. Haralabidis
Chief Risk Officer
Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF)

Christodoulakis_web

Dr George Christodoulakis
Member of ICAP CRIF BoD
Head of Credit Rating Agency

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Credit Risk Management conference presents, for 14 consecutive years, the best practices in the field of credit and associated risks. The effect of the pandemic in the structure model of the international and Greek economy as well as the implementation of new policies and technologies, created new areas of entrepreneurship and expanded credit risk management. The financial system and the businesses are called to prepare themselves to face the challenges effectively in a rapidly changing environment with new dynamics in the technology and data.

The Conference will focus on the following topics:

  • Strategies in the Greek Economy
  • ESG: Framework and Tools for Sustainable Development
  • Structured Finance and Securitization Techniques for improving the Funding of the Greek Economy
  • FinTech: The technology trends in the financial services

 

We would like to inform you that the Credit Risk Management conference will be held in a hybrid format with a predetermined number of participants with physical presence, in accordance with the current health protocol at the Divani Caravel Hotel.
In the case of physical presence, delegates are required to be fully vaccinated (presentation of a vaccination certificate) or to have been sick in the last six months. A valid vaccination certificate or a certificate of infection is sufficient for entry to the conference venue.

At the same time, the conference will be held digitally through the LiveOn platform, where you will be able to follow the conference proceedings and communicate with other delegates and sponsors who will be attending the conference online, exchange information and communicate via video & chat.

 

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Agenda

09:15 – 09:30 “Rating Dynamics in Greece 2011-2021 – the future”
Nikitas Konstantellos, ICAP
09:30 – 09:50 “Credit Risk in the Age of Disruption & Evolution”
Keynote Speaker : Fokion Karavias, Eurobank
Macro Risk in the Presence of Disruption and Evolution
09:50 – 10:10 “Global and macro business risks in times of increasing uncertainties”
Tassos Giannitsis, University of Athens, Lamda Development
10:10 – 10:30 “Economic Outlook: Macro risks in Greece and Beyond”
Miranda Xafa, E.F. Consulting Ltd
10:30 – 10:50 “The Fragility of the Eurozone. Endemic or temporary?”
Paul de Grauwe
, London School of Economics
10:50 – 11:30 Panel: Miranda Xafa E.F. Consulting, Tassos Giannitsis University of Athens, Lamda Development, Gerasimos Tzeis Atradius, George Veliziotis Euler Hermes Hellas, Peter Kerkhoff Marsh, Dr George Christodoulakis, ICAP
Moderator: Dr George Christodoulakis, ICAP
11:30 – 11:50 Break
ESG & Sustainability: Framework & Tools
11:50 – 12:10 “ESG and CRIF Sustainability Framework: Creditworthiness evaluation, the role of data and advanced analytics”
Giorgio Costantino, CRIF
12:10 – 12:30 “Banking in the ESG era: Piraeus Bank leading the way in ESG and sustainable finance”
Athanassios Vlachopoulos, Piraeus Bank
12:30 – 13:00 Panel: Giorgio Costantino CRIF, Constantine Tsolakidis Interamerican P&C, Annie Tryfon Designia Insurance Brokers, Leda Condoyanni MYTILINEOS, Athanassios Vlachopoulos, Piraeus Bank, Dr Alexandros Benos, Cenergy (Viohalco Group)
Moderator: Dr Alexandros Benos, Cenergy (Viohalco Group)
13:00 – 14:00 Break – Lunch
Structured Finance and Securitization
14:00 – 14:20 “Securitisation-Enhanced Corporate and Systemic Financial Stability”
Dr George Christodoulakis, ICAP
14:20 – 14:40 “Securitization: : Opportunities and Risks”
Vasilis Kosmas
, ALANTRA
14:40 – 15:20 Panel: Vasilis Kosmas Alantra, Nikolaos Koutsogiannis Attica Bank, Konstantinos Vrettos Eurobank, Aggelos Danopoulos AVIS, Dr George Christodoulakis, ICAP
Moderator: Dr George Christodoulakis, ICAP
15:20 – 15:35 Break
15:35 – 15:55 “Fintech: The international trends in the financial services industry”
Andreas Athanasopoulos, Eurobank
FinTech Trends & Business Insights
15:55 – 16:15 “The impact of FinTect on Financial Services”
Maria Parpou, Paysafe
16:15 – 16:35 “Reflecting on the impact of global disruption in the context of business decision-making”
Anthony Scriffignano, Dun & Bradstreet
16:35 – 16:55 “Ηow AI can help organizations to improve Insights from their Data”
Dr. Michail Mavroforakis, InTTrust
16:55 – 17:10 “Sector inquiry of the Hellenic Competition Commission on Financial Technologies”
Hara Nikolopoulou, Hellenic Competition Commission
17:10 – 17:40 Panel: Myladie Stoumbou Microsoft, Maria Parpou Paysafe, Hara Nikolopoulou Hellenic Competition Commission, Aggelos Vlachopoulos IBM, Diomidis Spinellis, AUEB
Moderator: Diomidis Spinellis, AUEB
17:40 – 17:55 “Credit Risk – the way foreword”
George Kourtis, ICAP

Speakers

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Keynote speaker

Fokion Karavias
CEO, Eurobank

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Andreas Athanasopoulos
Deputy CEO,
Group Chief Transformation Officer, Digital & Retail, Eurobank

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George Veliziotis
Commercial Director, Euler Hermes Hellas

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Aggelos Vlachopoulos
IBM Software Sales Manager, IBM Greece & Cyprus

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Thanos F. Vlachopoulos
General Manager, Corporate & Investment Banking, Piraeus Bank

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Konstantinos Vrettos
Group Strategy, Remedial & Servicing Strategy, Eurobank

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Tassos Giannitsis
Professor emeritus at the University of Athens, Dept. of Economics
Chairman of the Board, Lamda Development

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Paul De Grauwe
John Paulson Professor at the London School of Economics

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Aggelos Danopoulos
Chief Risk Officer, AVIS

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Peter Kerkhoff
Managing Director and Credit Specialties Leader Continental Europe and Russia, Marsh

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Giorgio Costantino
Executive Director Global Transformation Services, CRIF

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Leda Condoyanni
Corporate Governance Director and Company Secretary, MYTILINEOS

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Vasilis Kosmas
Partner, Alantra

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Nikolaos Koutsogiannis
CFO, Attica Bank

Μιχαήλ-Μαυροφοράκης

Dr. Michail Mavroforakis
CTO, InTTrust

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Alexandros Benos
CFO, Cenergy Holdings

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Hara Nikolopoulou
Director at the Directorate General for Competition, Hellenic Competition Commission

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Miranda Xafa
CEO, E.F. Consulting Ltd

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Maria Parpou
SVP Product, Paysafe

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Anthony J. Scriffignano
SVP, Chief Data Scientist, Dun & Bradstreet

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Diomidis Spinellis
Professor of Software Engineering in the Department of Management Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business

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Myladie Stoumbou
Regional Director for Partner Business Development, Microsoft Corp.

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Gerasimos Tzeis
Managing Director,
Atradius Crédito y Caución S.A. de Seguros y Reaseguros (Hellenic Branch)

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Annie Tryfon
Vice Chairman and CEO, Designia Insurance Brokers

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Constantine Tsolakidis
Senior Underwriter, Corporate & Special Risks’ Solutions
Interamerican P&C

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Dr George Christodoulakis
Member of the ICAP Board of Directors, Head of the Credit Rating Agency

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2020 has been quite a year, with unprecedented conditions not only for Greece but for the whole world, in terms of health and economy.

ICAP is always monitoring market developments and needs while adapting to changes. Thus, this year the 13th Credit Risk Management Conference, a conference for CFOs, Credit Risk Managers and other Executives and professionals in the field, will be held virtually on Tuesday, November 10, 2020.

 

The aim of the conference is to inform about:

  • the new reality on financial and risk issues for businesses,
  • the new models and practices in credit risk management
  • the use of new technology and trends in data analysis

 

 

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Agenda

10:00 – 10:05    Introduction
Argiris Kaldiris
, Director, Marketing, ICAP SA
10:05 – 10:30 The Post Pandemic Economic & Financial Landscape in Greece
Gikas A. Hardouvelis
, Prof of Finance and Economics in the University of Piraeus, Senior Independent Director of the National Bank of Greece
10:30 – 11:00 The Pandemic and Corporate Credit
Richard Hunter, Global Group Head Corporate Ratings, Fitch Ratings
11:00 – 11:30 Country Risk and COVID – What’s in Store for the Global Economy in 2021?
Markus Kuger, Chief Economist, Dun & Bradstreet
11:30 – 11:45 Break
11:45 – 12:10 Credit Reports: What data were included, why you should care and what every credit risk analyst must know
Kyriakidou Myrto, Executive Director, Credit Risk Services, ICAP SA
12:10 – 12:40 Credit Risk and Machine Learning
Paschalis Antoniou, Credit Risk Data Scientist, National Bank of Greece
12:40 – 13:10 Compliance as a new necessity in business word today
Andrzej Osiński, President of Management Board
13:10 – 13:30 Break
13:30 – 14:00 Accelerate your Financial Functions with AI and thrive in times of uncertainty
Pantelis Xanthoulis, Head of Data and AI Software Solutions for IBM Greece and Cyprus
14:00 – 14:30 Credit Risk Analysis & Extroversion
Dimitrios Lakasas,
President of Olympia Electronics S.A.
14:30 – 15:00 Covid 19 – The Impact in Greek Business and Sectors – ICAP survey
Stamatina Pantelaiou, Director Economic Research & Sectorial Studies, ICAP
15:00 -15:30 How to communicate Risk to upper management
Michael Samonas, Group CFO, SIDMA S.A.
15:30 End of conference

Topics

THE NEW “STANDARDS” OF THE WORLD AND GREEK ECONOMY

  • Country Risk and COVID 19  – What’s in Store for the Global Economy
  • Risk perspectives on emerging markets
  • The impact of Covid 19 in Credit Risk Management, Portfolio and Industries Analysis in Banking Sector

 

TRENDS AND BEST PRACTICES in Credit Risk Management

  • Benefits of new technology and data analytics solutions
  • Credit Risk Modeling and Machine Learning
  • Credit Reports: What data were included, why you should care and what every credit risk analyst must know
  • How to communicate Risk to upper management’

 

ADJUST TO THE NEW REALITY OF COVID – 19

  • Covid 19 – The Impact on Greek Business and Industries
  • Covid 19 – The impact on a company and the ways of managing the Credit Risk
  • The feedback of Greek Businessmen  : Change of priorities and facing new conditions

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Speakers

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Richard Hunter

Global Group Head Corporate Ratings, Fitch Ratings

Richard Hunter is the global head of Fitch’s corporate rating practice, which covers industrials, utilities and real estate companies. Fitch's corporate group rates over $14 trillion in bond and bank debt, built on the opinions of 400 dedicated corporate analysts, based in 28 cities around the world.

Fitch’s corporate group covers all aspects of the rating and surveillance of upwards of 2,000 non-financial corporations across the globe, as well as publishing timely commentary on different sector trends, scenario analyses for industries and individual companies, issuer forecasts, commodity price decks, and loan and bond performance across regions.

Previously, Richard served at Fitch as the Regional Credit Officer responsible for Europe and Asia, after heading the agency’s global power practice in New York. Most recently, Richard ran Fitch’s international corporate and utility rating practice for Europe and Asia.
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Markus Kuger

Chief Economist, Dun&Bradstreet

Markus is the Chief Economist of Dun & Bradstreet and is based in the company’s London office. He holds a Diploma in Economics with a specialisation in labour markets, monetary policy and European economics.In 2009, he obtained a Robert Schuman Scholarship in the European Parliament where he worked for the Committee for Economic and Monetary Affairs, as well as assisting in the Monetary Dialogue between the Parliament and the European Central Bank.After a stint as academic research assistant at the University of Würzburg, he joined Dun & Bradstreet’s Country Insight Services in the UK as a Country Risk Analyst in 2010. In this role, he is covering the UK, France and his home country Germany, combining the company’s vast micro-economic data with his macroeconomic and political expertise. Since 2016 he has been one of Dun & Bradstreet’s media spokespersons. In this role, he has featured in newspapers and magazines many times and has also participated in interviews on national television. In addition, he regularly speaks in front of domestic and international audiences.

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Michael Samonas

Group CFO, SIDMA S.A.

Michael Samonas is the Group CFO of SIDMA S.A., the leading steel service center in Greece with subsidiaries in Romania and Bulgaria.
Along with his practical experience, he teaches specialized courses in Financial modelling & Equity Valuation at the American College of Greece – Deree and Mastering Credit Risk at University of Piraeus & ICAP Risk Training Institute.
He is a Fellow member of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and a board member of the Hellenic Association of Risk Managers, a member of FERMA, the Federation of European Risk Management Associations.
Michael holds an M.Sc. and a PhD degree from the Electronic Engineering department of the University of Surrey as well as an MBA from the University of La Verne California. He also holds a BSc degree in Applied Accounting from University of Oxford Brooks (with honors) and a Postgraduate diploma from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). He finally holds a BSc in Physics from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and is the author of Financial Forecasting, Analysis and Modelling: A Framework for Long-Term Forecasting, Wiley Finance Series, Feb. 2015.

His interests lie in the field of Credit Risk, Financial Modelling & Valuation.

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Myrto Kyriakidou

Executive Director, ICAP Credit Risk Services

Myrto Kyriakidou is Executive Director of the Credit Risk Services at ICAP and responsible for the function of ICAP as a Credit Rating Agency.
Prior to ICAP, she was Director of the Portfolio Analytics Department of Qualco, leading a team of experts who evaluated and designed credit & collections strategies, based on data mining findings and risk modelling. She has held a Risk Analytics consultancy position at National Bank of Greece (NPL Division), contributing to the improvement of Credit and Collections processes. As Head of Statistical Decisions Hellas, she analyzed and evaluated credit portfolios for leading Retail Banks. Her first position was actuary at Interamerican Property & Casualty Insurance Company S.A.

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Paschalis Antoniou

Credit Risk Data Scientist, National Bank of Greece

Paschalis Antoniou has a BSc in Computer Science from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, an MSc in Information Systems from the Athens University of Economics and Bussiness, and an MSc in Machine Learning (with Distinction) from University College London. For his thesis while at UCL, he worked on Reinforcement Learning techniques at Google Deepmind under the supervision of David Silver (creator of AlphaGo). Parts of his work have been published in the Operation Research Perspectives journal and presented in the Credit Scoring and Credit Control Conference. He has extensive (10-year) experience on Risk Analytics, Model Development, Model Validation and Software Engineering, and has worked at the Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation S.A., Singular Logic S.A. and the National Bank of Greece S.A.

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Pantelis Xanthoulis

ΙΒΜ Data and AI Solution Expert, IBM Greece and Cyprus

Pantelis Xanthoulis is the head of Data and AI Software Solutions for IBM Greece and Cyprus. He has been working in IBM since 2007, starting his career in the area of Collaboration Solutions. Since then he has been involved in designing Campaign Management and Customer Experience Analytics solutions in major projects in Financial and Telecommunications organizations.
He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and a Master's degree in Information Systems from the Athens University of Economics and Business.

Gikas Hardouvelis

Gikas A. Hardouvelis

Professor of Finance and Economics in the University of Piraeus, Senior Independent Director of the National Bank of Greece

Gikas A. Hardouvelis is Professor of Finance and Economics in the University of Piraeus, the Senior Independent Director of the National Bank of Greece, and the First Vice President of the Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research. He has served as Minister of Finance of the Hellenic Republic from June 2014 to January 2015.

In the past, he served as Research Adviser to the (central) Bank of Greece and to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He was also the Chief Economist of NBG and, later, of Eurobank as well as the President of the Scientific Council of the Hellenic Bank Association. He was a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Athens Derivatives Exchange and helped its creation. He also served twice as the Director of the Prime Minister’s Economic Office of the Hellenic Republic under two different prime ministers.

Professor Hardouvelis has a Ph.D. in Economics from U. C. Berkeley, and M. Sc. & B. A. degrees in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University. His academic work is in the areas of Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy and Finance and has been published in the AER, QJE, J. Finance, RFS, JME, REStat, and other prestigious top-ranking academic journals.

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Stamatina Pantelaiou

Director Economic Research & Sectorial Studies ICAP

Stamatina Pantelaiou is the Director of Economic Research & Sectorial Research Department in which are designed and conducted Sector studies for various industries of the Greek Economy. Sector Studies provide an in-depth analysis of the structure, competition, challenges and prospects of each sector. They assess the size of the market - consumption, domestic production, imports and exports and estimate the shares of the major “players”.
She is also responsible for designing and conducting special surveys and studies (on Employment, Women's Entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibility, etc.) that have been included in annual publications issued by ICAP Group (Leading Sectors, Leading Employers, Leading Women, etc), for publishing of “Krisimi Enimerosi” for Industry Watches, etc.

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Andrzej Osiński

President of Management Board, Bisnode

A graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics in the field of: International Economic Relations, Banking and Finance, as well as postgraduate Financial Liquidity Management.
He has been associated with the Bisnode D&B company over last 17 years. In the last 13 years, he co-created the strategy and supervised the development of products supporting automatic business decisions and the first commercial predictive models based on Bisnode and D&B data. In 2011, he became the member of the Management Board of Bisnode in Poland, and from 2012 - the President of the Management Board, responsible for the development of all business lines in Poland, in particular in the fastest growing area of Risk & Compliance.
In 2016-2018 he coordinated the introduction of the latest Dun & Bradstreet solutions to the Polish market regarding the automation of the KYC process for the financial sector and supervised the first implementations in the banking sector. Those projects led to build internal knowledge about optimization of processes in banking sector and built ground for the latest regulation of AML UE Directive.
From 2018 he coordinates the project of building a private credit office Bisnode mBIG S.A. in order to expand the availability of consumer data for the strongly developing e-commerce market in Poland. In 2020 he finalized the process of negotiations the strategic agreement with Euler Hermes regarding the purchase of part of the company's assets and the takeover of the client portfolio, which significantly impacted the market share of Bisnode D&B in Poland.

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Dimitrios Lakasas

President, Olympia Electronics S.A.

Ο Δημήτριος Λακασάς γεννήθηκε στις 14.04.1973 στον Κολινδρό Πιερίας. Ο κ. Λακασάς είναι Πρόεδρος της Olympia Electronics A.E, η οποία ιδρύθηκε το 1979 και απασχολεί 200 εργαζόμενους. H εταιρεία δίνει ιδιαίτερη έμφαση στην τεχνολογία αιχμής, τη καινοτομία, την ποιότητα και την υψηλή αξία σε σχέση με την τιμή των προϊόντων που παράγει. Αποτελεί τη μεγαλύτερη αμιγώς ελληνική παραγωγική μονάδα ηλεκτρονικών συστημάτων ασφαλείας στην Ελλάδα και μία από τις δέκα μεγαλύτερες στην Ευρώπη. Η κύρια δραστηριότητα της είναι η ανάπτυξη ηλεκτρονικών συστημάτων ασφαλείας με δυναμική παρουσία σε περισσότερες από 72 χώρες του εξωτερικού. Παράλληλα με την επιχειρηματική του δραστηριότητα, ο κ. Λακασάς έχει διατελέσει: • Πρόεδρος Σ.Ε.Β.Ε. – Σύνδεσμος Εξαγωγέων Βορείου Ελλάδος (Σ.Ε.Β.Ε.) • Αντιπρόεδρος του Πανελληνίου Συνδέσμου Βιομηχάνων Βιοτεχνών Παραγωγής Ηλεκτρολογικού Υλικού (Π.Σ.Β.Β.Π.Η.Υ.) • Μέλος Δ.Σ. Συνδέσμου Βιομηχανιών Βορείου Ελλάδος (Σ.Β.Β.Ε.) • Μέλος Γ.Σ. του Συνδέσμου Επιχειρήσεων & Βιομηχανιών (Σ.Ε.Β.) • Μέλος Δ.Σ, ΕΔΑΠ / ΤΠΘ ΑΕ • Αντιπρόεδρος του Ινστιτούτου Στρατηγικής Ανάπτυξης Πιερίας (Ι.Σ.Α.Π.) Είναι κάτοχος Μεταπτυχιακού Μ.Β.Α. στη Διοίκηση επιχειρήσεων (UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD) με προπτυχιακές σπουδές (Bachelor) στον τομέα των Οικονομικών και του Marketing (CITY COLLEGE – UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD). Ο κ. Δ. Λακασάς έχει στο ενεργητικό του συμμετοχή σε διεθνή συνέδρια και δημοσιεύσεις σε οικονομικό και κλαδικό τύπο.

ICAP organizes the 12th annual Credit Risk Management Conference, the premier event in Greece dedicated the crucial subject of managing credit risk.

The conference aims to inform the participants for all changes and developments in the field of Credit Risk, that have an immediate effect on companies. Best practices for managing the credit profile of a company will also be presented, in addition to information and discussion on the Greek and European economy and overview of the trends for utilizing data to support quick and informed business decisions.

For more information, please contact 2107200050.

Agenda

08:30 – 09:00                      Registration
09:00 – 09:30 Introductory Remarks
Nikitas Konstantellos, President & CEO, ICAP
09:30 – 10:00 “The role of Banks after the crisis – Challenges and Opportunities”
Christos Adam, Group Chief Risk Officer, Eurobank Ergasias SA  
10:00 – 10:30 “Risk Overview of Balkans & Europe”
Emre Özer, CFO, Coface Mediterranean & Africa region
10:30 – 11:10 “Update on global trends of debtor risk management”
Christian Berger, Senior VP, Practice Leader, Surety & Political Risks, Central and South Eastern Europe, Marsh
11:10 – 11:40 “The Journey to AI supporting Financial Insight”
Pantelis Xanthoulis, ΙΒΜ Data and AI Solution Expert, ΙΒΜ Greece and Cyprus   
11:40 – 12:10 Coffee break
12:10 – 12:40 “Ratings Innovation: Corporate Bonds”
George Christodoulakis, Αcademic at Alliance Manchester Business School
12:40 – 13:10 ‘Legal + Compliance In the Digital Age’’
Efthimios Latsoudis, Latsoudis  & Associates Law Firm
13:10 – 13:40 “Corporate and SME Credit Management evolution in the new era of Open Credit. Market scenario, Value Added Services and Real Cases”
Giorgio Costantino, Executive Director Transformation Services Global & EMEA, CRIF Group
13:40 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 -15:50 Panel: Hellenic Factors Association
Coordinator:
George Chatzileontis, Sales Director Solicited Ratings Products & Services, ICAPParticipants:
Georgios Karagiannopoulos, CEO Eurobank Factors SA, Vice-Chairman Hellenic Factors Association
Alexandros Kontopoulos,
CEO Ethniki Factors SA, Chairman Hellenic Factors Association
Maria M. Raikou,
CEO ABC Factors SA, Vice President Hellenic Factors Association
15:50 -16:30 “Ratings Innovation: Corporate Governance”
Myrto Kyriakidou, Executive Director Credit Risk Services, ICAP
16:30 -17:00 “Re-inventing Receivables Management & Collections”
George Sotiropoulos, CEO, Cycle Credit
17:00 End of Conference

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ICAP support Make-A-Wish (Make-A-Wish Greece)

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Christos N. Adam

Group Chief Risk Officer Eurobank Ergasias S.A.

Mr. Adam has an extensive experience of more than 30 years in the banking area.
He joined Eurobank Ergasias S.A. in 1990 and has been a General Manager, Group Chief Risk Officer since November 2013.
He is actively participating to the highest bodies of the Bank (Strategic Planning Committee, Executive Board, Group Asset & Liabilities Committee and Management Risk Committee), with main mandate to best contribute to the Strategic / Risk decisions and financial results of the Bank.
Mr. Adam has a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor USA and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Economic School of the University of Athens.

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Christian Berger

Senior VP, Practice Leader, Surety & Political Risks, Central and South Eastern Europe, Marsh

Christian Berger is Practice Leader for Trade Credit in Marsh’s Central and South Eastern European region, encompassing activities in 17 diverse markets from the Baltics to Israel. Christian is based in Vienna and manages, among other things, the links of the regional trade credit teams with the wider Continental European and Global Marsh Trade Credit Practice. Before joining Marsh in 2016, Christian spent 17 years as a manager at Coface, where he was responsible for the establishment of the trade credit network in Central Europe. During his career at Coface he held numerous CEE regional as well as national management positions, including the country manager of Austria and the Czech Republic.

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Giorgio Costantino

Executive Director, Transformation Services Global & EMEA, CRIF Group

After graduating and following 6 months’ experience within the Finance Area of an important Italian retailer, I joined Accenture in 2000 in the Business Consulting Area and Financial Services market. I spent 14 years in Management Consulting, where I became a manager in 2006 and senior manager in 2010 and was involved in the launch and development of the “Finance & Risk” and “Credit Services” practices and Service lines. During my experience at Accenture, I focused on the following areas of specialization: Credit Risk Management, Basel Validation Advisory and Support, Banking Accounting, Credit Process Operational Excellence, Organization Strategy Evolution and Business Planning.
In 2014, I studied for my first Executive Master’s in Strategy and Enterprise Management and in January 2015, I joined CRIF, as Director of the entire Management Consulting area for Italian and international direct markets. In January 2017, I became Executive Director of the Management Consulting and Solutions area for EMEA with the task of coordinating consulting on a global level.
In 2018, I took on responsibility for Transformation Services, to support the transformation of the company as a FINTECH. In June 2019, I gained an Executive MBA with distinction from the Catholic University in Milan, with my final thesis on the evolution of information providers as FINTECHs, Market Makers and Digital Solutions Providers.
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Reference person for relationship, professional speeches with the Italian Banking Association (ABI), member of the Italian Risk Managers’ Association, and member of the Italian Banking Planning Association. University Faculty and Subject Matter Expert.

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Georgios Karagiannopoulos

CEO Eurobank Factors SA, Vice-Chairman Hellenic Factors Association

Georgios Karagiannopoulos is the CEO of Eurobank Factors since 2010, having served as General Manager of the same company since 2007 as well as factoring network coordinator for Eurobank in Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey. Previously, he held the positions of Regional Director of Corporate Banking and Senior Manager of the Division of Eurobank for Large Corporate, coming from the corresponding Division of Societe Generale and Bank of Cyprus. He is currently Vice Chairman of the Hellenic Factors Association after 4 years serving as Chairman (2012-2016).
He has been the author of many articles appearing in the specialized Press in Greece and abroad. He is also the writer of the book “Factoring: From theory to practice” , a frequent conference speaker and Academic lecturer.
Finally, he is a graduate of Cass (former City) Business School London (MBA Finance) as well as of the University Denis Diderot of Paris (Maitrise, Math appliquees aux Sciences Fondamentales).

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Alexandros Kontopoulos

CEO Ethniki Factors SA, Chairman Hellenic Factors Association

Alexandros Kontopoulos has a factoring experience of over twenty years. He is founding C.E.O of NBG Factors S.A, a 100% subsidiary of National Bank of Greece, the oldest banking institution in Greece with over 170 years of history. He has served as Head of Factoring Division in Bank of Cyprus (Greece 2002-2008) and Account Manager in ABC Factors (Greece 1997-2002). He is chairing for second term the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Factors Association which he has served as member since 2009. He is also member of the Economics and Statistics Committee of EUF and a Board Member of NBG Insurance Brokers S.A. He has lectured a number of conferences and authored various articles on Factoring. He holds a Master’s Degree on Accounting and Finance from the University of Manchester, UK and a Bachelor’s degree in Financial and Banking Management from the University of Piraeus, Greece.

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Myrto Kyriakidou

Executive Director, ICAP Credit Risk Services

Myrto Kyriakidou is Executive Director of the Credit Risk Services at ICAP and responsible for the function of ICAP as a Credit Rating Agency.
Prior to ICAP, she was Director of the Portfolio Analytics Department of Qualco, leading a team of experts who evaluated and designed credit & collections strategies, based on data mining findings and risk modelling. She has held a Risk Analytics consultancy position at National Bank of Greece (NPL Division), contributing to the improvement of Credit and Collections processes. As Head of Statistical Decisions Hellas, she analyzed and evaluated credit portfolios for leading Retail Banks. Her first position was actuary at Interamerican Property & Casualty Insurance Company S.A.

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Ευθύμιος Γ. Λατσούδης

Latsoudis & Associates Law Firm

Ο Ευθύμιος Γ. Λατσούδης (Ντέμης) είναι Εταίρος στη Δικηγορική Εταιρεία L+A, η οποία λειτουργεί από το έτος 1926.
Είναι τρίτης γενιάς δικηγόρος και διαθέτει εικοσαετή εμπειρία στο Εμπορικό και το Εταιρικό Δίκαιο.
Διατελεί ως νομικός σύμβουλος σε μερικούς από τους μεγαλύτερους επιχειρηματικούς Ομίλους στην Ελλάδα.
Ο Ντέμης είναι ειδικευμένος στο να παρέχει δημιουργικές λύσεις σε σύγχρονους επιχειρηματικούς Ομίλους & επιχειρήσεις, ενώ διαθέτει ιδιαίτερη εξειδίκευση στη Νομική Στρατηγική, τη Διαχείριση Νομικού Κινδύνου και στο Legal Software, προσεγγίζοντας τις λύσεις πάντοτε από μια πολύπλευρη και διεπιστημονική σκοπιά.
Η σχεδόν 100ετής τεχνογνωσία της L+A στο Εμπορικό & Εταιρικό Δίκαιο, καθώς και στο Ελληνικό επιχειρείν έχει ενσωματωθεί και επεκταθεί στην Gnosis, την Compliance & Legal πλατφόρμα της L+A.
Τέλος, ο Ντέμης είναι διευθυντής του GCS Group στη ΝοτιοΑνατολική Ευρώπη και μέλος του Δικηγορικού Συλλόγου Πειραιά. Έχει Μεταπτυχιακές Σπουδές στο Ευρωπαϊκό Δίκαιο και στο Διεθνές Δίκαιο των Επιχειρήσεων.

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Emre Özer

CFO Coface Mediterranean & Africa region

Emre has B.A. degree from Bosphorus University in the field of Business Administration. He started his career at Directorate of Banking and Exchange at the Undersecretariat of Treasury of the Republic of Turkey, responsible of supervision of banks, financial institutions and capital markets.
Emre moved to Doğuş Group in 1997 and worked until 2007 in different companies of the Group. He worked in Azerbaijan for 3 years and established the first leasing company together with IFC of World Bank. From 2000 to 2004 he worked at Garanti Leasing responsible for structured finance, asset & liability management and financial institutions. Between 2004 and 2006 he worked at Doğus Holding Strategic Planning and Business Development Department dealing with privatization and M&A transactions including sale of Garanti Bank shares to GE Capital. Before joining Coface, he was the Head of Treasury and Asset & Liability Management at Garanti Factoring.
He started his career at Coface as country CFO in 2007 then appointed as COO starting from 2010. He was also the board member of Coface Emirates and Coface Egypt. In May 2015, he is appointed as CEO and Board Member of Coface Turkey.
Since May 2019 Emre continues his career at Coface as CFO of Mediterranean & Africa region based in Milan.

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George E. Sotiropoulos

CEO Cycle Credit

George Sotiropoulos is the Chief Executive Officer of Cycle Credit, the leader in Receivables and Debt Collection, with presence in Greece, Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia; Cycle Credit is a member of ICAP group and today accounts more than 20 years of experience, with over 200 employees and € 1 billion of assets under management.
Before joining Cycle Credit, George was the Head of Strategy, Policies & Programs in PQH, the Single Special Liquidator assigned by Bank of Greece to manage all financial institutions under special liquidation. George has been the Risk Mitigation Head and Head of Credit Cards in Citibank for 10 years and the Consumer Liabilities Head in Bank of Cyprus. George combines a solid commercial and academic profile, given that he initiated his career as Marketing Manager in L’Oréal Cosmetics, and since 1995 he is visiting lecturer of Strategy and Marketing in the Hellenic American University.
He has been awarded in 1991, by the European Union (ECUBA) for his propositions regarding the ECU being introduced as the single European currency. He holds a BSc in Economics, Athens University and an MBA degree, Cardiff University, UK.

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Maria M. Raikou

CEO ABC Factors SA, Vice President Hellenic Factors Association

She was born in Athens. She has graduated from the Economics Department of the Law School at the Aristotelion University of Thessaloniki and holds a postgraduate degree Msc in Money Banking and Finance from University of Birmingham, UK.
From 1990 until 1995 she worked in BARCLAYS BANK PLC, London, initially as an Officer in Private Banking, then the area of medium-sized enterprises and finally for three years as Senior Account Officer in the Large Multinational Enterprises Sector in the Head Office of the Bank, while she acquired professional expertise during her Chartered Institute of Bankers’ training programme.
Since 1995 she is working at ABC FACTORS (ALPHA BANK GROUP). Starting as a Senior Account Officer in the Customer Relations Department, and after successfully completing Internal Projects, in 2000 she was promoted to the position of Director of this Department. In November 2005 she was appointed General Manager and since 2002 she has also held the position of Chief Executive Officer. From 2009 to 2011 she served as President of the Hellenic Factoring Association and has held the position of Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Union since then.

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George Christodoulakis

Αcademic at Alliance Manchester Business School

Dr George Christodoulakis is a member of the ICAP Board of Directors and ICAP Ratings Supervisory Board, academic at Alliance Manchester Business School, financial advisor and entrepreneur. He has served as the State Secretary for Asset Privatizations of Greece, Advisor to the Governor of the Bank of Greece, member of the Hellenic Corporate Governance Council, and academic at Cass Business School. A quant financial economist with studies in London and Athens, his expertise concentrates on strategic, credit and market risk, asset pricing, forecasting and regulation. His research appears in top research journals and books and has published the volumes Managing Risks in the European Periphery Debt Crisis, Palgrave Macmillan 2015, The Analytics of Risk Model Validation, Elsevier 2008, as well as the Journal of Risk Model Validation, Risk Journals since 2006.

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Pantelis Xanthoulis

ΙΒΜ Data and AI Solution Expert, IBM Greece and Cyprus

Pantelis Xanthoulis is the head of Data and AI Software Solutions for IBM Greece and Cyprus. He has been working in IBM since 2007, starting his career in the area of Collaboration Solutions. Since then he has been involved in designing Campaign Management and Customer Experience Analytics solutions in major projects in Financial and Telecommunications organizations.
He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and a Master's degree in Information Systems from the Athens University of Economics and Business

The Annual Credit Risk Management Conference by ICAP, one of the most important Credit Risk Conferences in Greece, will take place on November 8th, 2018 in Athens.

For more information, please contact 2107200050.

Agenda

08:30 – 09:00    Registration
09:00 – 09:20 Introductory Remarks
Nikitas Konstantellos, President & CEO, ICAP Group
09:20 – 09:55 ”Greek Economy growth prospects in a highly uncertain environment”
Michael Massourakis, Chief Economist SEV
09:55 – 10:35 ”Understanding credit risks – what happens when the cycle turns?”
Colin Ellis, Chief Credit Officer,  Moody’s EMEA
10:35 – 11:15 “Reflections in the age of intelligence: It’s just the beginning”
Mauro Macchi, Senior Managing Director, Accenture FS ICEG Lead
11:15 – 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 – 12:25 ”Risky Business, Making Decisions in a Rapidly Changing World”
Anthony Scirffignano, Senior Vice President, Chief Data Scientist, Dun & Bradstreet
 
12:25 – 13:15 ”The Global Economy in 2019: Key Risks to Watch”
Andrea Misticoni, CEO, 
Euler Hermes Hellas
Katharina Utermoehl
, Senior Economist, Western Europe at Allianz SE 
13:15 – 13:30 ”How did the new General Data Protection Regulation affect your business?”
George Chlomoudis, Data Protection Officer, ICAP Group
13:30 – 14:45 Lunch
14:45 – 15:15 “Rethinking Enterprises, Ecosystems and Economies with Blockchains”
Fotis Kosmatos, IBM Global Technology Services Sales Manager, Greece & Cyprus
15:15 – 15:45 Credit Risk Management Survey’s Results
Serko Kougioumtzian, Executive Director Sales & Marketing, ICAP Group
 
15:45 -17:30 Workshop
“Credit in action”: How to analyze the credit profile of a company (credit limit, credit rating etc) and what actions could you take based on this analysis.
Myrto Kyriakidou, Director Credit Risk Services, ICAP Group
 
17:30 End of Conference

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Speakers

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Colin Ellis

Chief Credit Officer, Moody’s

Colin Ellis is Moody’s Chief Credit Officer in EMEA, and a Managing Director in the Credit Strategy team. He is responsible for identifying and analyzing the broad macro and credit trends, and leading and coordinating Moody’s ratings approach, across franchises in the region. He is also a member of Moody’s Macroeconomic Board, which sets the global forecasts that underpin Moody’s universe of ratings. Colin is a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, a fellow of the RSA, and has published on a variety of topics including price setting, investment, monetary policy, stress testing and credit risks.

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Mauro Macchi

Senior Managing Director, Accenture FS ICEG Lead

Mauro Macchi is Financial Services ICEG lead; in this role he leads the Accenture Business practices in the Banking, Insurance and Capital Markets areas in Italy, Central Europe and Greece.
Mr. Macchi has more than 28 years of experience working for Accenture. Prior to his current role, he was leading Banking Global Industry Strategy, he also served as Accenture Strategy lead in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Latin America and client Strategy director for Intesa Sanpaolo Group. Mr. Macchi was also managing director of Accenture Management Consulting for Italy, Eastern Europe and Emerging Markets.
At the beginning of his career, Mr. Macchi contributed to establishing the strategy group in Italy. He led several projects involving mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate strategy and sales and distribution, primarily for the banking industry.
Mr. Macchi has a Bachelor of Science in economics and a Master of Business Administration from the Graduate School of Management at the University of California. He is based in Milan, Italy.

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Michael E. Massourakis

Chief Economist, SEV

Michael Massourakis is the Chief Economist of SEV Hellenic Federation of Enterprises. Prior to his SEV appointment in April 2015, he had been the Chief Economist at Alpha Bank (since 1996). After studying economics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (PhD, 1983), he worked as an Economist at the International Monetary Fund (1983-1986), and as a Senior Economist at the Council of Economic Advisors (1987-1996) in the Ministry of Finance of Greece. He served as an Alternate Member for Greece at the E.U. Monetary Committee (1988-1996), and as a Member of the Board of the Capital Market Commission (2000-2004). He is currently a member of the Scientific Committee of the Hellenic Federation of Banks and Member of the Board of the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research.

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Anthony J. Scriffignano, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President, Chief Data Scientist, Dun & Bradstreet

Anthony Scriffignano in an internationally recognized data scientist with experience spanning over 35 years, in multiple industries and enterprise domains. Dr. Scriffignano has extensive background in linguistics and advanced algorithms, leveraging that background as primary inventor on multiple patents worldwide. He provides thought leadership globally.
Recently, he briefed the US National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee and contributed to reports to the President on Big Data Analytics, Emerging Technologies Strategic Vision, and Internet and Communications Resilience. Additionally, Scriffignano provided expert advice on private sector data officers to a group of state Chief Data Officers and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He also served as a forum panelist and keynote speaker at the World Internet Conference in China hosted by President Xi Jinping and the China Development Forum. Scriffignano was recently recognized as the U.S. Chief Data Officer of the Year 2018 by the CDO Club, the world's largest community of C-suite digital and data leaders.
He was recently published or quoted in various publications including CIO.com, Forbes Insights, Huffington Post, Business Insider, InformationWeek, China Daily, PCWeek Russia, Taiwan News, Bangkok Post, Mint (India), and others.
Scriffignano regularly presents at business, government and academic venues globally regarding emerging trends in data and information stewardship, the “Big Data” explosion, artificial intelligence, multilingual challenges in business identity and malfeasance in commercial settings.

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Katharina Utermoehl

Senior Economist for Western Europe at Allianz SE

Katharina Utermoehl is Senior Economist for Western Europe at Allianz SE. Prior to joining Allianz in 2014 Katharina worked as an analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit and Roubini Global Economics in London and New York. She holds a bachelor’s degree in International Economics and Management from Bocconi University and a master’s degree in International Affairs and Finance from Columbia University.

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