February 9, 2026

Looking toward the GTR Nordic 2020 conference in November, this interactive webinar provided the opportunity to gauge the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the trade and export finance market to-date, and consider future implications for Nordic trade.

Discussions seeked to encourage maximum engagement between participants, allowing key market stakeholders to have their say and to bring the trade finance community together in these most challenging of times.

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Hosted by: Matthew Solley, Managing Director, Structured Credit & Political Risk, Gallagher

 

Overview: A new world of trade risk

How are the export and supply chain related risks faced by Nordic companies evolving, and how are corporates’ financing and risk management strategies responding to the crisis? How has trade finance performed in terms of its availability and pricing relative to other sources of credit? What of the credit insurance market’s response to the coronavirus outbreak?

Patrik Zekkar, Head, Trade & Working Capital Management Sales, Nordea

Birgitta Lindström Kruk, Director, Structured Finance, Large Corporates, SEK

 

Heightened ECA support: Emergency measures and medium-term strategy

Highlighting the trade support being made available for the region’s exporters in response to the pandemic: Has demand varied across regional markets and SME / large corporate segments? How are agencies’ medium-term strategies and priorities taking shape?

Marie Aglert, Director, Large Corporates, EKN

Jussi Haarasilta, Executive Vice-President, Large Corporates, Finnvera

 

Guarding against emerging compliance threats

Criminal elements are increasingly seeking to exploit the pandemic through physical trade activity and the related financing: This session will share practical perspectives on emerging compliance threats and the measures that should be taken to protect your business as the crisis progresses.

Matti Malminen, Vice-President, Trade & Export Finance, Trade Compliance, Konecranes

Antti Niemelä, Head of Transaction Banking Sales, OP Financial Group

 

Adapt and overcome: Market outlook followed by Q&A

– Supply chain shocks: To what extent is demand for goods returning in key markets? Have physical trade bottlenecks been overcome?

– How effective is the financing support is being made available to Nordic SMEs?

– A catalyst for change: The beginning of the end for paper-based trade?

– Maintaining sustainability and ESG standards: Harder to justify, or more important than ever?

Beatrice Wassing, Head, Transaction Banking, Sales & Implementation, Handelsbanken

Jacco de Jong, Global Head of Sales, Bolero

 

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Matthew Solley

Managing Director, Structured Credit & Political Risk, Gallagher

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Patrik Zekkar

Head, Trade & Working Capital Management Sales, Nordea

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Birgitta Lindström Kruk

Director, Structured Finance, Large Corporates, SEK

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Marie Aglert

Director, Large Corporates, EKN

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Jussi Haarasilta

Executive Vice-President, Large Corporates, Finnvera

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Matti Malminen

Vice-President, Trade & Export Finance, Trade Compliance, Konecranes

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Antti Niemelä

Head of Transaction Banking, Large Corporates & Institutions, OP Financial Group

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Beatrice Wassing

Head, Transaction Banking, Sales & Implementation, Handelsbanken

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Jacco de Jong

Global Head of Sales, Bolero

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2020-06-17T14:17:37+01:00

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