Adam Smith Conferences would like to thank all participants – speakers, sponsors, media partners and delegates – for the success of the 1st International UKRAINIAN BANKING FORUM, which took place 7th-9th November in Kyiv!

The Forum brought together over 300 key international and domestic bankers from 25 countries to evaluate the latest M&A deals in the sector and discuss the future of the Ukrainian banking industry!

Participants enjoyed two days of extensive information-gathering, discussions and networking at the highest level. Lively debate and discussions compared the banking sector of Ukraine and Poland, looked at the current M&A deals, growth in retail banking, consumer finance and mortgages, opportunities in the capital markets, trade and project finance, securitisation and many more... 

The key industry decision-makers were featured in the impressive speaker line-up at this timely forum – including:

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Vladimir Lavrenchuk, Chairman of the Board, Raiffeisen Bank Aval, Nikolay Lagun, CEO, Delta Bank, Sergey Tigipko, Chairman, TAS-Kommerzbank, Yuri Blaschuk, CEO, International Mortgage Bank, Taras Kirichenko, Deputy Chairman of the Board, UkrSibbank, Alexander Grishko, Deputy Chairman, Director, Retail Business, Oschadbank, Andrew Chulack, Managing Director, Mergers & Acquisitions, EMEA, Deutsche Bank ,Adriano Arietti, Executive Director, M&A, Banca Intesa, Borys Timonkin, Chairman, Ukrsotsbank, Fedele Di Maggio, Chief Operating Officer, UniCredit Bank, Dominique Menu, Head of Kiev office, BNP Paribas, Mats Kjaer, Executive Vice President and Head of Eastern European Banking Division, SEB, Lou Naumovski, Senior Vice President CEMEA, VISA International, Paweł Samecki, Member of the Board, Director, International Department, National Bank of Poland, Sait Erda, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley, Igor Mazepa, CEO, Concorde Capital, Matthew Vogel, Head of emerging EMEA Strategy, Barclays Capital, Sergey Voloboev, Director, Emerging Markets, Economics, Credit Suisse, Dmitry Shemetilo, Director, Strategy-Emerging Markets, West LB, Paul Hewitt, Global Head, Securitisation, Standard Bank Plc and many others.

Do revisit this site in the coming days for a photo gallery from the forum and extensive press coverage of the event.

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To learn about preparations for the 2nd Ukrainian Banking Forum, scheduled for autumn 2007, and for how you may get involved, please contact Natalia Millman on +44 20 7490 3774 or at natalia@adamsmithconferences.com

For information about becoming a corporate sponsor of the Ukrainian Banking Forum 2007, please contact Eugene Andrus on: +44 20 7017 7427 or at Eugene@adamsmithconferences.com

Particular thanks go to the corporate sponsors of the Ukrainian Banking Forum for making the event possible:

VISA, Delta Bank, Ernst & Young, Concorde Capital, Dragon Capital, Chadbourne & Park, SSB, Standard & Poor's, ZEB, Big5x, IBM, Doors, Newline Capital Partners, Foyil Securities and Fiserv.

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