Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister, H.E. Ratnasiri Wickramanayake, will inaugurate the 29th ADFIAP Conference scheduled to be held on May 10, 2006 during the Association’s Annual Meetings at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo. Over a hundred foreign and local delegates, mostly chief executives of member-institutions are expected to attend this year’s event. The theme of the conference is “DFIs: Are they Sustainable?/Opportunities in Sustainable Investments”.
The other highlights of the Annual Meetings include the 59th Board of Directors Meeting, the Committee Meetings, the General Assembly Meeting, and the ADFIAP Awards presentation. A first this year is the ADFIAP Expo, a photo showcase of the achievements and successful projects of member-banks.
For the conference, the keynote speaker is Mr. Aftab Quereshi, Adviser to the World Bank Board. Other speakers and experts from international organizations which have confirmed to provide their insights on the event’s theme include: Mr. Hirokazu Hironouchi, Senior Executive, Development Bank of Japan; Mr. Aziz Latip, Assistant Chief Executive Officer, The Brunei Economic Development Board; Mr. Michael Kundt, Head of the CSCP, UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production; Mr. TC Venkat Subramanian, Chairman & Managing Director, Export-Import Bank of India; Ybhg. Dato’ Abdul Rahim Mohd. Zin, President/Group Managing Director, Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad; Ms. Edmee Metivier, Executive Vice President, Integrated Risk and Technology Management, Business Development Bank of Canada; Mr. Ranjith Fernando, Former Secretary, Ministry of Industries and Former General Manager, National Development Bank of Sri Lanka; Mr. Anton G. van Elteren, Senior Environmental Specialist, The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO); Mr. Takejiro Sueyoshi, Special Advisor, Asia-Pacific Region, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative; Dr. Norbert Kloppenberg, Senior Vice President, Europe & Asia, KfW; and Mr. Zaigham Mahmood Rizvi, Chairman & Managing Director, House Building Finance Corporation and Mr. Geoffrey Mintz, Director of Business Development, Foundation for International Business Economic Research (FIBER).
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