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Deepesh Patel is Editorial Director at Trade Finance Global (TFG). In this role, Deepesh leads efforts in developing TFG’s brand, relationships and strategic direction in key markets, including the UK, US, Singapore and Dubai. Deepesh regularly chairs and speaks at international industry events held by the IFC, EBRD, IMN, WTO, Financial Times and Economist Impact, as well as industry associations including ICC, FCI, ITFA, ICISA and BAFT. Deepesh is the host of the ‘Trade Finance Talks’ podcast and ‘Trade Finance Talks TV’. He is co-author of ‘Blockchain for Trade: A Reality Check’ with the ICC and the WTO, alongside other industry research. In addition to his work at TFG, Deepesh is a Strategic Advisor for WOA, and works closely with ITFA. He also sits on the Fintech Working Group of the Standardised Trust. Prior to TFG, Deepesh worked at Travelex where he was responsible for the cards business and the Travelex Money app in Europe, NAM, UK, and Brazil. Deepesh is Chair of Governors and co-opted LA Governor of the Wyvern Federation, which has responsibility for five primary schools in South London.

Shan Aboo is the Regional Commercial Director at Allianz Trade in Asia Pacific. Shan joined Allianz Trade in Dubai nearly fifteen years ago. He has been in Asia since 2012 and worked as the Commercial Director for ASEAN, Regional Director of Allianz Trade for Multinationals APAC, and most recently as the CEO of ASEAN. Based in Singapore, he was appointed to his current role in August 2022, overseeing the commercial portfolio for twelve APAC markets. In 2008, he joined Euler Hermes (now Allianz Trade) as a Business Development Manager in Dubai. Over 15 years, he progressed to roles spanning bank partnerships, commercial director for ASEAN in Singapore, and leadership positions in Hong Kong. He was appointed ASEAN CEO upon his return to Singapore in 2021 and assumed Chief Commercial Officer for the Asia Pacific business since 2022. Let’s hear more from the man himself.

Gary launched Pound Sterling Live in 2013 and has since expanded the site’s editorial team, data offering and corporate relationships. Previously he worked in the business-to-business publishing industry and has a tertiary education in economics and journalism.

Jacco possesses over 35 years’ experience in the International Trade and Commodity Finance Banking space, having worked both for and with numerous major Trade Banks over the past three decades. With his vast wealth of knowledge and deep understanding of Trade Finance and digitisation processes from a Bank, Corporate and FinTech perspective, Jacco serves as a trusted advisor to numerous Corporates and Financial Institutions across the globe. In his role as Head of Global Sales, Jacco is expanding Bolero’s global network and developing collaborative partnerships with new technology initiatives such as Blockchain. As a SWIFT-certified Trade & Supply Chain Finance consultant, Jacco frequently moderates, speaks and participates in panels at international Trade and Supply Chain Finance events organized by institutions such as SIBOS, ICC, FIBA, SWIFT and more.

Sheena is responsible for the TFG Weekly Trade Briefings and content at Trade Finance Global. With an extensive background in WordPress CMS and Digital Marketing, she loves the digitalization of trade and is fascinated about its impact on day to day transactions.

Mark heads up the trade finance offering at TFG where his team focuses on bringing in alternative structured finance to international trading companies. Prior to joining TFG (tradefinanceglobal.com), Mark qualified as a lawyer with a top ranked global trade and structured commodity finance team. Mark has previously advised commodity trading firms, banks and alternative capital providers on international structured trade financings, pre-export, prepayment and limited recourse structures – notably in the oil, soft commodities and metals sectors. This has included mining finance projects, structured letter of credit facilities, receivables discounting and forfaiting agreements.

Ross is currently a full-time Business Analyst and part-time writer for TFG. Having studied Economics at University, he is particularly interested in global currency movements, international political relations and macroeconomic policy implications. For his degree, Ross wrote his dissertation on the extent to which monetary policy in the US economy affected their trade balance sheet from 2007-2016.

Carter is a Research Associate at Trade Finance Global focusing on the impact of macroeconomic trends and emerging technologies on international trade. He holds international business and science degrees from the European Business School in Germany as well as Brock University and Queen’s University in Canada where he served as the director of operations and finance for the student executive council and as an operations associate for the Queen’s University Alternative Asset Fund. Carter’s work has been featured in publications and articles supported by the SME Finance Forum, managed by the International Finance Corporation, World Trade Organization, and International Chamber of Commerce. Carter is a graduate of the Trade Accelerator Program (TAP) through the Toronto Board of Trade and the head of international business development at the Canadian-based building supply exporting firm, The Great Egress Co. He is also a Certified International Trade Professional (CITP) and a member of the exam development panel for the Forum for International Trade Training (FITT) where he developed exam questions for the update of the CITP Professional Exam as part of FITT’s application for ISO 17024 Accreditation.

James joined New Narrative in 2019 and is a Director of New Narrative’s UK division as well as Senior Editor, focusing on financial and professional services. He has 20 years of experience in business-focused publishing and insight, mostly in London. Before joining N/N, James was managing editor at Hong Kong-based consultancy A2 Global Risk, Head of Political Risk at IHS Markit, and Market Insight Editor at De La Rue Plc. His commentaries on current affairs have been cited in media such as CNN, CNBC and the Financial Times. James holds Masters degrees in Philosophy & English Literature from the University of Glasgow and in South Asia Area Studies from SOAS (University of London). He has contributed to several non-fiction books.

Studied MSc International Business and now currently working on a rotational graduate scheme for a food manufacturing company.

Bejal Patel is as a passionate writer and likes to shares opinions and viewpoints on the current economic issues.

Keri Clark is a first class economics graduate currently working as a finance associate in Birmingham, having had several internships prior, developing understanding primarily within marketing, recruitment and financial markets.

Morgan Lee is a Humanities teacher at Kingsford Community School. She is passionate about international, domestic affairs, project management and development issues. Having recently received a first class honours from the University of Birmingham in International Relations.

Professionally trained in finance and accounting (University of Birmingham; Nankai University), Xinran is now an IFRS Reporting Analyst at Yildirim Asset Management Holding B.V. Having set her career with KPMG, Xinran have extensive audit experience in many audit projects of various industrial groups, including automobile industry, real estate industry, chemical industry and optoelectronic industry.

Owen is an Economist at the Bank of England. He worked predominantly on financial stability risks from capital markets, with a particular focus on: liquidity mismatch in open-ended funds, risks and opportunities from cryptoassets and DeFi, and the market structure and resilience of the gilt repo market. He recently been promoted to a role looking at the capacity of the banking system to support the real economy (and associated risks). He is holder of two MSc degrees with high distinction grades in Behavioural Economics, and Central Banking and Financial Regulation respectively. Additionally, he hold an undergraduate degree in Economics, Politics and International Studies (all Warwick University/Warwick Business School).

Miradam Aghayev is graduated from Durham University Business School with MSc in Finance & Investments degree. He is currently supervising financial institutions with regard to their Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism affairs.  Aghayev is actively trading in financial markets.

Yuen Kit is currently working in the Central Bank of Malaysia, having graduated from the University of Warwick with a Bsc Economics degree. He enjoys analysing financial markets, with a special interest in big data analytics and econometric research. Writing has always been a passion for him; this explains his tendency to write finance-related articles, especially on topics regarding investing and trading. He was also an author at the Market Mogul. In his free time, he enjoys reading and playing chess.