Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister of Foreign Trade of the United Arab Emirates confirms as a plenary speaker for the Global Investment and Finance Forum, the Ritz-Carlton, Moscow, 2 March.
The conference will include a special session on the increasingly close trade and investment links between Russia and the GCC, and topical themes related to the Arab world, such as property investment and finance - including a special look at Islamic Banking. As ties grow between Russia and the Middle East, it will be important to communicate about the business practices and values of each region, and the Forum will be a unique platform for financial institutions and other companies from the Gulf to promote and explain their customs and traditions to Russia's business and financial elite.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister of Foreign Trade of the United Arab Emirates
- William R. Rhodes, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Citibank and Senior Vice Chairman, Citigroup
- Arkady Dvorkovich, chief economic adviser to Russian President Medvedev
- Richard Koo, Chief Economist for Nomura
- Nazem Fawwaz Al Kudsi, Chief Executive Officer of Abu Dhabi Investment Company (ADIC)
- Gillian Tett, Editor, Global Finance Markets, Financial Times
- Valery Fadeyev, Editor-in-Chief of Expert Magazine, a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation
- Reiner Hartmann, Head of E.ON in Russia, and Chairman of the Association of European Businesses (AEB)
- Martin Walker, Senior Director, A.T. Kearney Global Business Policy Council (GBPC)
- Aleksei Venediktov, Editor-in-Chief, Ekho Moskvy Radio and many others.
The Forum will bring together corporate CEOs and CFOs, bankers, investors, political leaders, journalists and other opinion formers from all around the world, for a close look at the historic changes sweeping the global economy.
This follows the highly successful Russia Investment Roadshow, organised by Eventica in Dubai in November, with over 650 participants, including the Russian Ministry of Economy, Russian Railways, Troika Dialog Investment Bank, PIK Group and VTB Capital from the Russian side, as well as Mubadala, ADIC, Istithmar World, Nakheel, DP World, Ruwaad and other top names from the Gulf.
For more information about the Global Investment and Finance Forum please visit: http://www.eventica.co.uk/events/giff/2009/pdf/Global_Investment_&_Finance_Forum_2009.pdf
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