Leading banks, financial institutions, government organisations and regional media set to support Forum

Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain: 22 February 2015

Euromoney Conferences, organisers of the 4th GCC Financial Forum, announced today that two top banks, the National Bank of Bahrain (NBB), Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (BBK) and The Oil and Gas Holding Company (nogaholding) have signed up as lead sponsors of this year's Forum. The two-day high-profile event, which is co-hosted by the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB), will be held on 24 and 25 February 2015 at the Sofitel Bahrain Zallaq Thalassa Sea and Spa, in the Kingdom of Bahrain. 

Besides the two banks, other organisations participating as sponsors for this year's Forum include: Gulf Finance House, as Islamic Banking Partner, Mumtalakat, Bahrain Bourse and Bahrain Development Bank as co-sponsors, Tamkeen as the strategic Partner; Baker & McKenzie and CITI as exhibitors; BNP Paribas and Sico Investment Bank and Standard Chartered as supporting organisations.

The media partners include: Arab Banking and Finance.com, Bahrain Association of Banks, Daily News Egypt, Gulf States News (GSN), Sovereign Wealth Centre and The Gulf magazine. 

Commenting on the announcement, Richard Banks, Director, Emerging Markets, Euromoney Conferences said: "We are proud to say that we have leading banks, financial institutions, government organisations and the media who have partnered with us again this year as sponsors for the 4th GCC Financial Forum.  This is a testament of the excellent platform the Forum provides for gaining financial insights and learning global trends through top-level presentations and panel discussions from national leaders, financial counsellors, practitioners and experts in the industry."

His Excellency Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed, Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications and Acting Chief Executive of EDB said: "We are pleased to be co-hosting this event yet again in Bahrain. It is high-profile events such as this Conference that highlight the opportunities not just in the Kingdom, but in the GCC, and start important conversations about the current financial climate."

Co-hosted by the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) the Forum is expected to attract a high level audience of financial experts and professionals from the region, with top senior business heads and government officials keen to discuss and debate the future direction of the region's financial services. More than 400 delegates from the international, regional and local financial industry community will come together to debate and discuss the global economic outlook, its recovery and its effects on regional financial markets.

A major highlight of this year's Forum will be an exclusive session, an Open 'Town-Hall' discussion with His Excellency Rasheed Mohammed Al Maraj, Governor of the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB). This is a new and interactive format which will allow audience members to put their questions directly to the Governor.

In addition, the two-day Forum will feature a high-profile "Macro-panel" which will examine the impact of the current global macroeconomic environment on the GCC and the outlook for the region led by internationally renowned American portfolio manager, lawyer, economist and Chief Global Strategist, James Rickards. 

A range of topics, will be discussed at the Forum this year and will include; Regional finance in the global market place; the role of private capital in public projects; Bahrain's real economy; the growth of local companies and the pipeline of hydrocarbon projects.

A working agenda is available on the Euromoney website www.euromoneyconferences.com/bahrain. This year Euromoney's multi-channel approach will utilise social media platforms such as Twitter: inviting interested participants to voice their opinions using the hashtag #emBahrain during the various sessions. To watch proceedings from 2014, please visit the Euromoney Conferences Online section of the Euromoney website.

Euromoney is the world's leading organiser of conferences for cross-border investment and capital markets for portfolio and direct investors, financial intermediaries, corporations' governments,' banks and financial institutions.  Since the late 1970s Euromoney Conferences has run events in more than 60 countries.

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