Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Euromoney Conferences is pleased to announce that the first Euromoney Jordan Conference will take place in Amman on 3-4 May 2011.

The Ministry of Finance will be the official partner and H.E. Dr. Mohammed Abu Hammour; Minister of Finance will deliver the opening keynote. Abdel Hamid Shoman, Executive Chairman, Arab Bank will also give a Keynote Speech

Other confirmed speakers include Mohamed Al Ja’fari, Director General, Jordan Deposit Insurance Corporation, Malek Al-Khatib, Head of Information Management, Euler Hermes Credit Insurance, HE Dr Maa'n Al-Nsoor, Director General, Social Security Corporation, Ziad Al Refai, Executive Director, Tamweelcom, Nadia Alsaeed, Managing Director, Union Bank, and Fayez Bataineh, Adviser to the Minister, Red-Dead Sea Project Manager, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

Additionally, Fawaz Ghanem, Chief Executive Officer, Ithmar Invest, Goeksenin Karagoez, Financial Services Credit Analyst, EMEA Ratings, Standard & Poor's, Fouad Khoury, Assistant Vice President, Finance and Treasury, Consolidated Contractors Company, Yarub Qudah, Director General, Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation, Halim Salfiti, Chairman of the Board, Al Tajamouat Group, Abdulla Shahin, Principal, Abraaj Capital, David Staples, Managing Director, Middle East and African Corporate and Sovereign Ratings, Moody’s, Samer Tamimi, Executive Vice President – Head of Corporate & Investment Banking, Arab Bank, Geoff Tan, Director, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Ghassan Tarazi, Chief Financial Officer, Arab Bank, and Jalil Tarif, Chief Executive Officer, Amman Stock Exchange

“The convening of the first Euromoney Jordan Conference at this precise time is a clear demonstration that Jordan is taking the need to revitalize its finance and investment environment very seriously,” said Richard Banks, Director of Emerging Markets for Euromoney Conferences. “Although the region exists in a state of some uncertainty, the fundamental outlook remains positive with the new social and economic direction being set in real time – I can think of no better time for us to be here.”
“There is a fundamental need in Jordan to move away from classical funding models such as bank lending towards a pragmatic use of more diversified capital sources” Mr. Banks said. “The Euromoney Jordan Conference 2011 will provide experts an environment in which to explore necessary legislative changes and a look at how international capital can be utilized to enhance funding diversification.”

The conference is supported by Arab Bank as the senior lead sponsor, Union Bank as lead sponsor and Egyptian Arab Land Bank as co-sponsor. It will be opened by the Managing Director of the Euromoney Institutional Investor group, Mr Richard Ensor.

Please visit www.euromoneyconferences.com/jordan for more details.