If you are considering Export Financing for your next project, this is a great opportunity to meet Team Sweden & partners, where we will discuss project and opportunities all the way from Africa to LATAM. You will:

• Get insights into the unique perspectives regarding EPCs content sourcing in projects financed by Swedish Export Financing
• Learn about the comparative advantages of Swedish Export Financing
• Discuss your projects and receive direct feedback from EKN & SEK
• Have B2B-meetings with other participants

Building on the previous successful Construction Summits during the previous years, we are combining the strengths of Swedish Financing, Swedish Technology Providers, and top EMEA Contractors under the newly launched “EPC Alliance By Sweden” platform.

Swedish companies provide innovative and high-quality solutions for the Construction Sector, not only in EMEA but also in LATAM. Swedish Financing, with its global outreach, supports the procurement of Swedish technologies.

The physical event in Lisbon will give plenty of opportunity for interactions, relationship-building, as well as discussing upcoming projects with Team Sweden and Swedish technology providers.

The focus areas of the Construction Summit 2022 are:

• Solidifying cooperation and discussing upcoming projects
• Innovative and high-quality solutions by Swedish companies for construction sector
• Swedish technology & financing offer for projects in and outside of EMEA & LATAM

Targeted participants are among others representatives from:

• EMEA & LATAM contractors with global portfolio
  • Head of Tender & Procurement and Team
  • Head of Business Development and Team
  • Head of Project Financing and Team
• Swedish technology, product and solution providers
  • Business Development EMEA & LATAM and CA
  • Regional Management EMEA & LATAM and CA
  • Engineering and consultancy companies
• Public stakeholders from EMEA & LATAM and Sweden

Venue: EPIC SANA Marquês Hotel:

Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, nº 8 1069-310 Lisboa, Portugal https://www.marques.epic.sanahotels.com

Team Sweden consists of: Business Sweden, Consulate General of Sweden in Istanbul, Embassy of Sweden in Madrid, EKN (Swedish Export Credit Agency) and SEK (Swedish Export Credit Corporation).

Learn more about Swedish Financing:

The Swedish Export Credit System – EPC Alliance

Agenda

09:00 – 09:15

Opening Remarks

Magnus Montan, CEO – Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK) Anna-Karin Jatko, Director General – The Swedish Export Credit Agency (EKN)

09:15 – 10:20

Swedish Export Financing Solutions & Case Presentations

Kjell Forsberg, Deputy Director of Business Area, – Swedish Export Credit Agency (EKN) Joakim Tornberg, Director – Structured Finance & Lending, – Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK) Olov Hemström, Head of Business Ecosystem – Ecosystem Smart Energy and Transportation, Business Sweden

Case Presentations by EPC’s and Banks

• Yoshi Ichikawa, Managing Director, Head of Europe Structured Export Finance, Standard Chartered Bank

Title: New case study of EKN supporting Turkish EPC contractor for a large railway project in Turkey

Content: SCB recently structured a multi-ECAs financing of EUR 1.24bn for the Turkish sovereign borrower (Ministry of Treasury and Finance, Turkey) to fund the development of a new high-speed railway line. The railway line will link the cities of Bandirma and Osmaneli in the North West of the country. The EPC contractor was a local Turkish contractor. This transaction showcases EKN’s flexibility to support foreign EPC companies even in a large transaction.

• Ram Shalita, CEO, Partner – Bluebird Finance & Chris Mitman, Global Head of Export & Agency Finance at Investec Bank

Title: Structuring Finance around the supply chain

Content: Investec, DB and Bluebird have recently closed 2 mega projects in Ghana, in total loans amounts of 912 million EUR, for construction of a railway line and hospitals. The key for the success of both deals was the support of the unique Swedish financing system (EKN-SEK), and our ability to adjust the supply chain and content matrix accordingly, as well as South African supply chain and certification of the loans as the first ever Sustainable Export credit globally.

• Tiago Brasileiro, Structured and Export Finance Director, QGMI Group

Title: Case study of EKN supporting EPC contractor for projects in Ghana and Angola

Content: QGMI is acting as EPC Contractor of two projects of around €100m funded by an EKN/SEK-supported financing for the Ministry of Finance Ghana. The execution of these community roads, located in Accra and Tamale, will be finalized during this summer. Additionally, QGMI is supported by EKN/SEK for the export of equipment for waste collection activities in Luanda (Angola) with total financing of ~€100m. These transactions illustrate EKN and SEK ability to support the EPC Contractors activities in developing countries.

10:20 – 10:50

Coffee Break

10:50 – 11:25

Upcoming infrastructure investments in Africa

• Molly Gbodimowo, Director Strategy, Africa 50 Overview of Infrastructure projects in Africa
• Panel discussion about trends in infrastructure investments in Africa, key speakers, EPCs and Swedish Technology Providers
  • Ibrahim Karahan, Project Finance Director, Yapi Merkezi
  • Molly Gbodimowo, Director Strategy, Africa 50
  • Torben Sjöholm, Regional Sales Manager, Hitachi Energy

Moderated by Anthonia Adenaya-Huard, Head of West Africa – Business Sweden

11:25 – 12:00

Business Climate in LATAM

• Ramón Villagrasa, Finance Dept. Analyst at Makiber
  • EPC LATAM: Challenges & Opportunities in Healthcare
• Panel discussion about trends in infrastructure investments in Latam, key speakers, EPCs and Swedish Technology Providers
  • Ramón Villagrasa, Finance Dept. Analyst at Makiber
  • Marco Simões, Managing Director, Systeamir S.A
  • Tony Lindström, Head Finance Sales Europe, Volvo Construction Equipment

Moderated by Samira Grylin-Allalou Market Area Director and Trade Commissioner, Business Sweden

12:00 – 13:15

Networking Lunch

13:00 – 18:00

Physical B2B Meetings

Swedish Companies

• Hitachi Energy
• Elof Hansson
• Systemair
• Volvo Group
• Linxon
• XLIT Group
• Prysmian Group
• U-lift
• Greenpipe Group AB

Participants