In this article, Sean Edwards, chairman of ITFA, offers some admittedly unreliable predictions for the year ahead in trade finance
This article is the first in our Winter 2021-22 edition of our quarterly magazine, Trade Finance Talks
Sean Edwards is the chairman of the International Trade and Fortfaiting Association (ITFA).
He is an English solicitor, formerly with Clifford Chance, and is now Head of Legal and Special Adviser to the Global Trade Finance Department at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe Limited.
He takes a particular interest in trade finance matters, and as chairman of the Market Practice Committee, he has been closely and heavily involved in the drafting of the ITFA Guidelines and Introduction to the Primary Market.
He is the author of the User’s Guide to the ITFA Guidelines, and has written articles on forfaiting for all the major trade finance magazines.
In this article, Sean Edwards, chairman of ITFA, offers some admittedly unreliable predictions for the year ahead in trade finance
This article is the first in our Winter 2021-22 edition of our quarterly magazine, Trade Finance Talks
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