Katarzyna Kowalska
Katarzyna Kowalska
Speaker
Deputy CEO, CRO

KUKE - Export Credit Insurance Corporation Joint Stock Company

Poland
Exile: Project & Export Finance

Invitation Only: Credit and Asset Distribution Forum

Baldev Bhinder
Managing Director,
Blackstone & Gold
Alexander Klepp
Underwriting Manager Single Risk,
Credendo
Ted Low
Head of Portfolio and Collateral Management,
Clifford Capital
Katarzyna Kowalska
Deputy CEO, CRO,
KUKE - Export Credit Insurance Corporation Joint Stock Company
Ashish Makhija
Director, Credit Sales, Global Markets,
Barclays Bank
Moderator
Katharine Morton
Head of Export, Project and Development Finance,
TXF

The discussion then goes to the heart of the matter with a practical walk-through of how credit insurance is being used across the deal lifecycle in Asia, from origination and balance sheet management through to default, claims, recoveries and final payout. The focus will be on what is working, what is not, and where friction still sits between banks, brokers, insurers and reinsurers.

  • How banks in Asia are embedding credit insurance alongside syndication, distribution and SRT from origination to unlock lending headroom
  • Where CPRI is proving most useful across Asian trade, export, commodity, infrastructure and project finance portfolios
  • Whether Singapore is becoming the natural hub for regional insurance distribution, placement and portfolio management
  • If banks centralise insurance operations globally, what is the benefit of dedicated insurance distribution desks in key Asian markets such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo or Sydney?
  • Is there enough insurance and reinsurance capacity for large, complex or emerging market Asian risks, including Indonesia, Vietnam, India, the Philippines and frontier ASEAN markets?
  • What is working, and what is not, in current policy wordings, structures, pricing and placement speed for Asian bank risk?
  • How insurers are responding to longer-tenor infrastructure, energy transition, ECA-backed and sovereign-linked exposures in the region
Exile: Project & Export Finance

International ECAs in Asia: what’s bankable, what’s tied, what’s actually available

Flavio Castri
Head of South-East Asia & Oceania,
SACE
Carsten Böhler
Head of Project Finance & Infrastructure,
SERV - Swiss Export Risk Insurance
Katarzyna Kowalska
Deputy CEO, CRO,
KUKE - Export Credit Insurance Corporation Joint Stock Company
Anne Crepin
Head of Export Credit,
SFIL
Dougal Crawford
GM, Institutional International, Southeast Asia,
EFA - Export Finance Australia
Chia Wan Liew
Regional Vice President for South & Southeast Asia,
EDC - Export Development Canada
Moderator
Paula Gil
Executive Director, Export & Agency Finance,
JP Morgan
  • Analysing where ECA appetite in Asia is strongest (countries/sectors).
  • Examining what “tied vs. untied” really allows in practice.
  • Evaluating how much capacity is genuinely deployable vs. headline.
  • Reviewing the most executable structures (guarantees, buyer credits, direct loans).
  • Investigating how ECAs are sharing risk with banks/DFIs/other ECAs.