GTR Nordics - Trade, supply chain and export finance conference

That’s a wrap! Thank you to everyone who joined us for GTR Nordics! A special thanks our excellent event chair, our specialist speakers and our supporters who contributed to a thought-provoking day of discussion and high-level networking in #Stockholm. Stay tuned for our post-event wrap up email, the event photos and the conference highlights video, which will be available soon! For now, GTR will take a short break before returning in the new year for our next set of events, including: » January 21-22 - GTR Training 2025 Integrating ESG Risk into Commodity Trade Finance » February 18-19 - GTR MENA 2025 Dubai » March 13-14 – GTR Africa 2025 Cape Town » April 24-25 – GTR West Africa 2025 Lagos » April 29 – GTR Future-Proofing Trade Finance » May 14 – GTR India 2025 Mumbai » May 21-22 – GTR East Africa 2025 Nairobi » June 12 – GTR UK 2025 London In the meantime, don't miss your chance to read our latest Supply Chain Issue. Visit https://lnkd.in/ef6aVCpD to view this as well as past issues!

Non-credit risks including #cybersecurity threats, hybrid warfare, #sanctions expansions and increased regulations to name a few are posing significant challenges for the international trade ecosystem. At GTR Nordics, our expert panel considered these key vulnerabilities and how to navigate the risks. 🎥Check out the clip below to hear what our speakers had to say! ➡️Watch the full panel discussion: https://lnkd.in/eRhyeDeT #GTRNordics #TradeFinance #InternationalTrade Camilla Wiwe Lipsker (Cparta Cyber Defense), John Sahlén (SEB) and Richard Tornberg (Ericsson)

China-based production already poses an #ESG challenge, with the potential for trade war escalation to compound supply chain risks for Western-aligned companies that are dependent on Chinese #suppliers. At GTR Nordics, thought leaders explored the challenges faced in making projects bankable where transitional technologies yet to hit commercial scale are involved. 📢Hear what our panelists had to say in the teaser clip below! 👉Watch the full panel discussion: https://lnkd.in/e8Rhf34y #GTRNordics #TradeFinance Amy Barnes (Marsh) and Moritz Doernemann (Deutsche Bank)

At GTR Nordics, esteemed practitioners explored the ‘two-speed’ nature of the global transition within sustainable #transportsystems, highlighting how more developed markets are investing in #electrification and cutting edge autonomous driving #technologies. 🚨Catch the highlights from our expert speakers in the teaser clip below! ➡️Watch the full panel: https://lnkd.in/ddwvsS47 #GTRNordics #TradeFinance #Sustainability Lena Bertilsson (EKN Exportkreditnämnden), Peter Votkjaer Jorgensen (WasteFuel) and Kristina Jungkarp (Scania Financial Services)

GTR Nordics 2024 kicked off with an insightful keynote address, exploring the key trends impacting global businesses with an alternative take on the issues and drivers related to #globaltrade. 👉 Watch the clip below to hear what David McCandless had to say! 🎥 Check out the full panel: https://lnkd.in/dntUHmKw #GTRNordics #TradeFinance

Welcoming a record-breaking 644 attendees, we would like to thank everyone who participated in GTR Nordics 2024! Without your support we simply wouldn’t have been able to host such a great event. 🎥 Check out the post-event video below to hear the latest trends covered by our event speakers, and why they continue to participate year after year. We are excited to announce the next instalment of GTR Nordics will take place on November 26 in #Stockholm and hope that you will join us again! Visit gtreview.com/gtrnordics for more details and announcements. In the meantime, make sure you: 🤝 Access the free GTR Directory containing contact details of over 2,000 trade finance representatives. Visit gtreview.com/directory 📢 Stay up-to-date with #tradefinancenews. Visit gtreview.com/news to access 4 publications or news articles a month! 🚨 Read our latest GTR+ Risk publication! View gtreview.com/publications to read this, as well as our previous issues this year. #GTR #GlobalTradeReview #Trade #TradeFinance

Matti Malminen (Konecranes) has closed 2024’s GTR Nordics conference, by sharing his unique insights gained from a 40 year career within the trade finance industry, spanning the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the introduction of the internet to the global financial crisis of 2008, and lastly the global pandemic in 2020. Touching on the birth of #digitaltrade #finance in Finland and the future of #tradedigitisation, Matti shared the lessons learned related to country risk, letters of #credit, #exportfinance and political risk insurance through many black swan events, economic booms and busts and addressed how the market can prepare for the rest of this decade and beyond. We’d like to say a huge thanks to Matti for his years of contribution at GTR Nordics as well as his participation at our most recent GTR CEE conference this year. Matti will be retiring after 40 years within the trade finance and we wish you all the best! #GTRNordics #Trade #Exports #SupplyChains

Sentiment across the #globaltrade and #tradefinance sector points towards a deterioration of the macro environment. Higher interest rates, the lasting effects of #inflation, and rising geopolitics-driven #trade disruption risks are threatening #supplychains. Innovative #workingcapital optimisation and agile #tradefinancing capabilities are offering proactive mitigation to the risks associated with sudden disruption in supply chain and a challenge for the financing environment. At GTR Nordics today, expert panellists reviewed the primary supply chain risks Nordic corporates are facing in the present geopolitical environment as well as diversifications initiatives supplier are utilisiling in response. Special thanks to our speakers: 📢 Richard Hayes (Nordea) 📢 Antti Niemela (OP Financial Group) 📢 Dhiresh Dave (Falcon Group) 📢 Jean-Marc Monshausen (Santander) 📢 Tony Whiddett (Silver Birch Finance) We hope you enjoyed the panel! Follow GTR and event discussions at #GTRNordics #Stockholm #Trade #Exports #SupplyChains

Being both a prolific #importer and #exporter, Turkiye has been long recognised as a gateway into Middle East markets and those further afield. However, its economy is still experiencing volatility and structural changes, which is affecting #globaltrade. At GTR Nordics today, muzaffer aksoy (Bank ABC), André Lundvall (EKN Exportkreditnämnden) and Laurie Flaux (Aon) explored the significant #trade and #export opportunities presented by the Turkish market, as well as the risks and challenges faced by those undertaking and #financing this business both within the country and across the MENA region. We hope you enjoyed the panel! Follow GTR and event discussions at #GTRNordics #Trade #Exports #SupplyChain

The regulatory overhaul, related to the utilisation of digital negotiable instrument (#DNI), is gaining worldwide momentum. Key #economies and financing hubs are now following in the steps of the UK, Singapore and Mexico. While the regulatory environment is already enabling #transactions and utilising #eBills as collateral, looking beyond the financial sphere might suggest that trade finance is lagging far behind other areas of the ecosystem. In Stockholm today, Joshua Kroeker (Mitigram), Rebeca Suup (Alleima), Patrik Zekkar (Enigio), Christer Norén (Swedbank), Chris Southworth (ICC United Kingdom) and Lars Karlsson (A.P. Moller - Maersk) reviewed some of the contentious issues relating to trade digitalisation, learning from more digitally advanced areas of the ecosystem. We hope you gained valuable insights! Continue to stay up-to-date with the conference at #GTRNordics #Stockholm #TradeFinance #ExportFinance #SupplyChainFinance