The AEB is pleased to invite you to a briefing by Bruno Balvanera, Managing Director of Central Asia at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, titled “Uzbekistan, upcoming business opportunities on the back of a strong reform agenda”.
The event will be held on January 21st, 2020, at the AEB Conference Centre (Butyrsky Val., 68/70, bldg. 1, ground floor, office 13) from 13:00 till 14:30 (registration will start at 12:30).
Please note that registration will close as soon as we reach the maximum number of participants and in any case on 21 January 2020 at noon.
Bruno Balvanera is the Managing Director of Central Asia at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) based in Kazakhstan from where he leads a regional team of more than 170 staff in 6 countries (Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz republic, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) with 7 main resident offices and an additional 7 satellite offices with the specific objective of supporting the development of SMEs in the region.
Bruno has more than 30 years’ experience in development banking industry. A national of Mexico, he started his career in Mexico City where he worked for the 2 leading development banks, Nafin and Bancomext particularly on structuring project finance deals in Latin America in a wide range of sector including tourism, telecoms, infrastructure and oil & gas.
Bruno joined the EBRD in 1996 as a principal syndications officer. He was then promoted to the new position of the Head of Business Development, a unit that he created to leverage EBRD knowledge of the region to attract foreign direct investors. In 2006 he was appointed as the Head of the St Petersburg office where he significantly contributed to increasing investments in the private sector as well as in the public infrastructure. As of 2008, Bruno led the activities of the EBRD in the regions of Russia opening new offices in Samara, Rostov and Krasnoyarsk while building a strong portfolio of projects financed by the Bank throughout the country.
In 2013, Bruno was appointed as the Director for Caucasus, Moldova and Belarus. Under his tenure, the banking activities in the 5 countries under his supervision significantly increased as well as the depth and breadth of the support of EBRD to the transformation of the countries via focused policy dialogue engagements.
In 2018 he replaced Natasha Khanjenkova as EBRD Managing Director, Central Asia. In this position he is responsible for one of the most geographically diverse regions of the Bank’s operations, with current commitments close to US$ 13.5 billion (€11.6 billion).
Meetings with high ranking experts from international financial organisations are a long and well established AEB tradition. The event promises to be very enlightening and we hope that you will once again use this opportunity to gain valuable insight into the economy of Russia and its neighboring countries.
This event will also be the continuation of the AEB business-mission to Uzbekistan on 11—14 November 2019.
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All payments are to be made through bank transfer or credit card ahead of the event. Once the transfer is made, the sum is not refundable. Please note that online payment with personal or corporate credit card is available. Please choose the “online payment” link when registering.
Attendance fees
Assigned member: 0₽ Additional member: 4 620₽ Non-member: 9 240₽All fields are required / Все поля обязательны к заполнению
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