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_GEORGIA FORUM 2018
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TFP TRADE F, INANCE FORUM 2018
TGEORGIA
he EBRD held its seventh annual EBRD TFP Trade Finance Forum in Tbilisi on the 18 and 19 October 2018. In past years this event has been successfully held in Vienna, Frankfurt,
London and Istanbul.
More than 200 representatives from over 100
financial institutions and trade finance organisations from more than 40 countries came together to discuss the latest trends, developments, challenges and opportunities in trade finance.
Giorgi Kobulia, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, opened the conference, alongside Bruno Balvanera, Managing Director for Central Asia, EBRD, and Alexander Saveliev, Director, Financial Institutions, EBRD.
The event was sponsored by local partners Bank of Georgia, Basis Bank and TBC Bank, as well as international partners. l
Guests from Armenian and Georgian banks
From left to right: Shota Dekanosidze, Liberty Bank, Georgia; Firuza Hotamova, Bank Eskhata, Tajikistan; Teona Jolokhava, TBC Bank, Georgia; Kamola Makhmudova, EBRD; Tamuna Guguishvili, TBC Bank, Georgia; Zara Ayvazyan, HSBC Bank Armenia
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