MENA sovereign, supranational and agency forum
The MENA sovereign, supranational and agency forum brings together SSA issuers from across the Middle East and North Africa, alongside global investors and market participants, for an in-depth discussion on the forces shaping the region’s debt capital markets.
As global monetary conditions evolve and fiscal frameworks adapt, MENA issuers are navigating a rapidly transforming funding landscape, marked by rising issuance volumes, a push to diversify funding sources and investor bases, and the accelerating adoption of green, sustainability-linked and sukuk instruments. These developments reflect a broader shift towards more resilient, transparent and innovative market structures.
The forum will explore macroeconomic and policy trends, investor sentiment and the region’s growing role in global fixed-income markets. It will also spotlight efforts to enhance secondary-market liquidity, scale infrastructure financing and leverage digitalisation to strengthen market efficiency and access.
Speakers
Yvette Babb
Fixed Income Portfolio Manager
William Blair
Yvette Babb
Fixed Income Portfolio Manager
William Blair
Luther Bryan Carter
Head of Global Emerging Markets Debt; Senior Adviser
HSBC Asset Management; Emerging Markets Investors Alliance
Luther Bryan Carter
Head of Global Emerging Markets Debt; Senior Adviser
HSBC Asset Management; Emerging Markets Investors Alliance
Annabel Dunne
Head of Institutional Relations
OMFIF
Annabel Dunne
Head of Institutional Relations
OMFIF
Annabel Dunne is head of institutional relations at OMFIF. She is responsible for delivering a portfolio of industry-leading events convening issuers and investors across the global sovereign, supranational and agency debt community. She manages sovereign debt institute’s key relationships with stakeholders across the international capital markets. She also serves on the OMFIF leadership team.
Christopher Garnett
Senior Adviser, Sovereign Debt Institute
OMFIF
Christopher Garnett
Senior Adviser, Sovereign Debt Institute
OMFIF
Christopher Garnett is senior adviser at OMFIF. He also runs the consultancy ChuteCourt Asesores. Before this, he was principal permanent adviser for the UK to the executive president of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration. Previously, he was director of conferences business and a group executive committee member at Euromoney.
Emek Günaydın
Deputy Director General, Public Finance
Ministry of Treasury and Finance, Türkiye
Emek Günaydın
Deputy Director General, Public Finance
Ministry of Treasury and Finance, Türkiye
Pedro Guazo
Head of International and Responsible Investing
Northern Trust Asset Management
Pedro Guazo
Head of International and Responsible Investing
Northern Trust Asset Management
Jana Harvey
Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager, Emerging Markets
RBC BlueBay Asset Management
Jana Harvey
Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager, Emerging Markets
RBC BlueBay Asset Management
Nevine Mansour
Adviser to the Minister of Finance for Economic Institutions
Ministry of Finance, Egypt
Nevine Mansour
Adviser to the Minister of Finance for Economic Institutions
Ministry of Finance, Egypt
Elina Theodorakopoulou
Managing Director, Portfolio Manager
Manulife Investment Management
Elina Theodorakopoulou
Managing Director, Portfolio Manager
Manulife Investment Management
Ali Salman Ali Alkhalif
Chief Executive Officer
Bahrain Future Generations Reserve Fund Council
Ali Salman Ali Alkhalif
Chief Executive Officer
Bahrain Future Generations Reserve Fund Council
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