We have speakers to share their knowledge and experience and offer high-level and varied expertise on EU financial instruments. The conference will offer a platform for exchanges of views and ideas between experts from the EU institutions, practitioners and other public and private stakeholders.
Conference opening and introductory presentation:
Klaus-Heiner Lehne, President, European Court of Auditors
Iliana Ivanova, Dean of Chamber II, Member, European Court of Auditors
Morning Panel discussion:
Moderator: Mark Rogerson, Spokesperson of the European Court of Auditors
Ingeborg Grässle, Chair of Committee on Budgetary Control, European Parliament
Pier Luigi Gilibert, Chief Executive, European Investment Fund
Vazil Hudák, Vice-President, European Investment Bank
Nicholas Martyn, Deputy Director-General, Compliance and Performance, DG Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
Iliana Ivanova, Dean of Chamber II, Member, European Court of Auditors
Afternoon Panel discussions:
Panel 1: Leverage of private capital: How can financial instruments be more successful in attracting private sector capital?
Moderator:
Tony Murphy, Head of Private Office of Mrs Iliana Ivanova, European Court of Auditors
Sophie Barbier, Director of the Caisse des Dépôts European affairs Division
Fabio D'Aversa, Partner, PwC Luxembourg
Roger Havenith, Deputy Chief Executive, European Investment Fund
Patrycja Wolińska-Bartkiewicz, Managing Director of EU division in Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, Polish development bank
Panel 2: Revolving effect: How to ensure that financial instruments are effectively re-used?
Moderator: Niels-Erik Brokopp, Principal Manager, European Court of Auditors
Giorgio Chiarion Casoni, Head of Unit Financing of climate change, infrastructure policies and Euratom, DG for Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
Frank Lee, Head of Division - Financial Instruments Advisory, European Investment Bank
Kenroy Quellenec-Reid, Financial Engineering Manager, European programmes unit, Greater London authority
Panel 3: Management fees and costs: How to implement financial instruments at a reasonable cost?
Moderator: Martin Weber, Director of Chamber II, European Court of Auditors
Luigi Amati, Co-founder and CEO of META
Christoph Kuhn, Director of Mandate Management Department, European Investment Bank
Nicholas Martyn, Deputy Director-General, Compliance and Performance, DG Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
Audrius Zabotka, Director General of INVEGA (Lithuania) and Member of the Board of AECM
Panel 4: EFSI and SMEs Initiative: The way forward for financial instruments
Moderator: Mark Rogerson, Spokesperson of the European Court of Auditors
Hubert Cottogni, Deputy Director, Head of Mandate Management, European Investment Fund
Lucia Cusmano, Senior Economist, SMEs and Local Development, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Merete Clausen, Head of Unit for Financing on innovation, competitiveness and employment policies, DG Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission
Mihails Kozlovs, Chamber V, Member, European Court of Auditors
Iliyana Tsanova, Deputy Managing Director, European Fund for Strategic Investments
Closing remarks
Iliana Ivanova, Dean of Chamber II, Member, European Court of Auditors