CCR Interactive - in association with Phillips' Homecoll Service

Room Sponsor - Bureau van Dijk

As the international economy starts to emerge, credit professionals will play a key role in ensuring that their companies find a way to 'do the deal'.

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Economic Keynote Speaker
Trevor Williams, chief economist, Lloyds Banking Group, corporate
Mr Williams is one of the leading economic analysts of his generation, as well as being chief economist at Lloyds Banking Group, corporate, he is also one of the elite voting members of the Institute of Economic Affairs’ influential shadow monetary policy committee and is a well-respected analyst in the national and international media, appearing regularly in The Times, BBC television and radio, The Independent, The Express, Bloomberg, and The Financial Times, as well as Lloyds’ own podcasts.

Political Keynote Speaker
Kevin Brennan, shadow minister for consumer affairs
Mr Brennan was a minister of state at both the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, assistant government whip, and parliamentary secretary for the Cabinet Office. He has been chairman of the Public Administration Committee and a member of the Special Standing Committee on the Finance Bill. Well respected as one of the clearest thinkers on political issues in Parliament today, he will bring an understanding of the political establishment and financial regulation.

Stream Chair
Nick King, financial services business manager, EMEA, Nacco Materials Handling Group

Stream Speakers

• John Kelly, senior credit manager EMEA, Doosan Infracore International
  Decentralised credit teams - what they do not tell you in handbook.
  
• Stuart Hopewell, credit manager, FujiFilm
  Agents, distributors and subs ... spot the difference!
• Gabriele Orsini, credit manager, Delice De France
  Building and maintaining a winning team – from organisation to incentives, getting it right.
  
• Josef Busuttil, director general, the Malta Association of Credit Management
  Using credit management to gain a competitive advantage in your marketplace.
  
• Jon Swan, head of credit control, Bookpoint
  Managing your policy, process and controls in international credit management.
  
• Gary Brooks, group credit manager, Hitachi Europe
  Credit in a box – the use of web-based technology and outsourcing in international collections and risk strategies.
  
• Steve Savva, chair, the Association of Credit Professionals
  Making the right commercial credit decisions to facilitate international trade.
  

Topics to be discussed include:

• Economic overview – who is emerging and who is struggling?
• Using credit management to develop a competitive advantage.
• Working through local agents.
  
• Taking the opportunities around the world.
• Getting the best from your team.
• Risk mitigation.
• Finding information on companies in emerging markets.
• Dealing with Eastern Europe.
• Reviewing your KPIs.
• Synergy between the sales and the credit teams.
• Finding the right partners.