Paths to prosperity: forging growth, trade and investment between Europe and Asia

Souâd Benkredda

Member of the Board of Managing Directors

DZ BANK

Prakash Kannan

Chief Economist and Director, Economics & Investment Strategy Department

GIC

Prakash Kannan is managing director, chief economist and head of total portfolio management at GIC. He is also a member of GIC’s investment management committee and currency risk management group. He is chair of the investment committee of the Economic Society of Singapore and previously served on the advisory board of the Centre for Asset Management Research & Investments at the National University of Singapore Business School. Prior to GIC, he worked at the International Monetary Fund and Bank Negara Malaysia.

David Marsh

Chairman

OMFIF

David Marsh is Chairman and Co-Founder of OMFIF. Before starting at OMFIF in late 2009, he worked for City merchant bank Robert Fleming, corporate finance boutique Hawkpoint, German management consultancy Droege and London investment firm London & Oxford. Marsh took over the chairmanship from John Plender on 1 January 2018 having been Managing Director since 2014. He moved to a non-executive role following John Orchard’s appointment as Chief Executive effective 1 January 2020.

Joachim Nagel

President

Deutsche Bundesbank

Joachim Nagel is president of the Deutsche Bundesbank. He is also member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank. Prior to joining Bundesbank, he was deputy head of banking at the Bank for International Settlements. He was previously member of the supervisory board of Deutsche Börse and executive board of KfW Group.

Olli Rehn

Governor

Bank of Finland

Cornelius Riese

Chief Executive Officer

DZ BANK

Frank Scheidig

Global Head of Senior Executive Banking

DZ BANK

Frank Scheidig is global head of senior executive banking at DZ BANK. He joined DZ BANK in 2004 as global head of capital markets international clients. In 2013, he became global head of senior executive banking. He is also deputy chairman of OMFIF’s advisory board.