GTR MENA 2025
Meet us at the GTR MENA 2025 in Dubai! We are thrilled to be part of the region’s premier event for the global trade, export, commodity, and supply chain finance community.
We invite you to visit our booth number 34, where our team of experts will be available to discuss a range of topics, including sustainability, supply chain finance, and digital trade growth.
Don't miss the chance to engage with our experts, ask questions, and discover how Finastra can support your business needs.
Meet our team of experts at the GTR MENA 2025
Carlos Teixeira
Global Head, Business Strategy, Lending, Finastra
Ahmad El Jacques
Sales Director – MENAT, Lending, Finastra
Matthieu Andrieu
Head of Corporate Banking for Middle East, Africa and Asia, Finastra
Mamadou Traore
Senior Sales Executive, Finastra
About the event
Join us at the annual two-day conference that will offer unparalleled networking opportunities. This event is your chance to connect with industry peers, establish new business relationships, and engage with top exhibitors from leading trade service providers across the Middle East and North Africa. With over 80 industry experts on hand, you'll gain insights into the latest trends and developments, uncovering both challenges and opportunities while exploring future market projections.
We invite you to visit our booth to meet our experts and discuss how we can support your business needs.
2025 Key Discussion Themes:
- Leadership, Innovation, and Sustainability: Driving economic growth through empowerment
- Diversification, State Support, and ‘Flight to Quality’: The commodity financing melting pot
- Delivering Trade Growth: Do banks need to be less cautious?
- Opening New Doors for Trade: The corporate perspective
- Milestones Reached but Challenges Ahead: How can digital reach the parts others can’t?
- Is Supply Chain Finance on a Downward Curve?

Carlos Teixeira
Global Head, Business Strategy, Lending, Finastra
Milestones reached but challenges ahead: How can digital reach the parts others can’t?
18 February 2025, 14:15 – 15:00 GST
Catch Carlos Teixeira moderate this session consisting of key stakeholders from BNY Mellon, HSBC, ICC Digital Standards Initiative, Tesselate, and XDC Trade Network discussing how the trade finance industry can bring all sides of the ecosystem together to collectively boost trade digitalisation efforts, from changing the perception of the use of digital documents to the role of government in providing favourable policies, legal frameworks and investment, as well as the way in which banks are increasingly investing in technology as a driver for increasing efficiencies, streamlining processes and ultimately reducing costs.
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