Sectors

Corporate Governance

Day 1

DFI CONFERENCE ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

COLLABORATING ON OUR APPROACH AS EMERGING MARKETS INVESTORS

Amsterdam – 8 March 2007

BEURS VAN BERLAGE

AGENDA

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM REGISTRATION

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM OPENING SESSION

ARTHUR ARNOLD

CEO, Netherlands Development Finance Company, FMO

EDWARD NASSIM

- VP, International Finance Corporation, IFC

9.30 AM – 10:30 AM THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Governance and risk. Governance and sustainable development. The central role of the Board of Directors. Our role as DFIs.

MIKE LUBRANO

Manager, Corporate Governance and Capital Markets Advisory Department, IFC

GEORGE MELTZER

Director, Investment Review Department, FMO

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Q&A

10:45 AM – 11:15 AM COFFEE & TEA

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM IN FOCUS: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

The special role of FIs in the economy.

GRANT KIRKPATRICK

Corporate Affairs Division, OECD

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM LUNCH

1:30 PM – 1:45 PM GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

SPEAKER –

Minister for Development Cooperation, the Netherlands [to be confirmed]

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM IN FOCUS: FAMILY- and STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES

Relationship- vs contract-based business environments. Safeguarding the common good. Enabling a level-playing field.

BENGT HALLQVIST

Founder of the Brazilian Institute for Corporate Governance; Family Business Network

DAG DETTER

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Detter & Co.

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM Q&A

3:15 PM – 3:45 PM INTRODUCTION DRAFT APPROACH STATEMENT

TERESA BARGER

Director, Corporate Governance and Capital Markets Advisory Department

World Bank Group/IFC

3:45 PM – 4:00 PM Q&A

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ROUNDTABLE

Introduction draft Approach Statement. Discussion on past experiences and the way forward.

HUGH SCOTT-BARRET

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Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Management Board, ABN Amro

ANNE SIMPSON

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Executive Director, International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)

YTBD

, CAF [to be confirmed]

ANTHONY STALKER

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Partner, ADM Capital, Hong Kong/London

MATS ISAKSSON -

Head, Corporate Affairs Division, OECD (Moderator)

5:00 PM – 5:15 PM CONCLUSION

MIKE LUBRANO

Manager, Corporate Governance and Capital Markets Advisory Department

IFC

FREDERIK VAN PALLANDT

Corporate Governance Specialist, Investment & Mission Review Department, Netherlands Development Finance Company, FMO

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM NETWORKING BREAK

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM DINNER

To sign up please fill out our Registration Form and submit it according to the instructions in the form.

For a link to FMO's conference web page please click here.

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