Speakers line up 2026

Neil Chantry

Independent Consultant on Trade Finance & Compliance, UK. 40 years with HSBC - on the international executive staff, serving countries in the Middle East & East Africa, on the UK Group executive staff, specialising in Trade Finance operations, procedures, finance, compliance. Recently, consultancy with Standard Chartered Bank. Neil held many ICC positions, e.g. Former Chair, Wolfsberg Group Trade Finance Committee; Joint Wolfsberg Group; Financial Crimes & Anti-Terrorist Financing Group; ICC & BAFT drafting group for the “Compliance Principles Paper; former Chair of the Executive Committee;).

Vera Economou

CEE Regional Lead for the Sustainable Solutions Group within Wholesale Banking at ING, Austria. In this role, she drives the execution of ING’s EMEA sustainable finance strategy across Central and Eastern Europe. She is an active member of the Sustainability Advisory Board of the Qorus Sustainability & Regulation Committee and regularly shares her expertise as a guest lecturer in Global Sustainability Management and CEMS Programs at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. She holds an MBA in International Finance from the WU Executive Academy and is a certified expert in multiple sustainability disciplines, including CESGA-certified ESG Analyst, ICMA-certified Sustainable Bond Expert, Sustainable Energy Consultant and Circular Economy and Sustainability Strategies Expert (University of Cambridge Judge Business School).

Amelie Huber-Starlinger

highly experienced dispute resolution mediator with over fifteen years of expertise, specializing inter alia in banking and financial services. She began her career as a lawyer and arbitrator and is now a full-time independent mediator, negotiation consultant, and trainer. In the banking and finance sector, she has negotiated complex loan and security agreements, including pledges and guarantees, adjudicated disputes as an arbitrator, and now helps parties resolve conflicts efficiently as a mediator. Throughout her career, Amelie has worked with leading institutions including VIAC, ICC, ICSID, and UNCITRAL.

Gabriele Katz

Director, Deutsche Bank AG, Germany; in charge of Global Transaction Banking in Product Management for the Documentary Trade Business for Europe & MENA; has a more than 25 years’ experience in the LC and BG business. Member of the ICC Germany Banking Committee;

Michael Lehotzki

Managing Associate General Counsel at HSBC – acts as global Wholesale Lead for Digital & Transformation projects using new and emerging technology such as DLT, digital assets or AI.

Glenn Ransier 

Principal Product Manager, Wells Fargo Bank NA, USA: 1 of 5 Technical Advisors to the ICC, One of the authors of URDG, ISBP, e-rules e.g. eURC, etc. Vice-Chair of ISDGP WG. In addition to ICC, he provides strong support to global community with organizations such as SWIFT (MT798 WG); BAFT (various committees), IIBLP (speaker), etc. Has led global operations and/or product management with 44 plus years of experience.

Christina Elisabeth Seierup 

Vice President, Trade Finance Operations, Dankse Bank AS, Denmark; Member Danish Banking Committee. Since 2010 Head of Training & Education for Trade Finance, Danske Bank Group - responsible for corporate Trade Finance and related subjects as AML trainings; She joined Danske Bank A/S in 1985 and has been working with International corporates since 1989;

Lorna K. Strong

Managing Director, Strong Consulting Group (SCG) & Associate Programme Director, MSc Law & Finance, London School of Economics (LSE), UK. For over 20 years, Lorna Strong has advised financial institutions on legal and regulatory risk, including international trade finance, financial crime compliance (AML & sanctions), int disputes, ESG, digital innovation, and policy development, and risk management and played a lead role in the finance industry’s regulatory and policy debates. For the last ten years, Lorna Strong has held the position of Managing Director and global lead counsel for HSBC Global Trade, As Deputy General Counsel, she managed HSBC legal counsel in over 50 jurisdictions. In 2024, Lorna left HSBC to join the Finance Department of LSE as Associate Programme Director of the MSc Law and Finance Programme and to set up Strong Consulting Group She continues as a member of the ICC Legal Committee and is also a regular lecturer with the ICC, IIBLP, LIBF, and BCR Receivables Finance & Alternative Finance Forums.

Mireille Troosters

Head Expert Trade Finance at KBC Bank Belgium, Board Member of ICC Belgium. Mireille started working in KBC bank in 1992 and switched to Trade Finance in 2005, as a Trade Finance Officer (a commercial job), then as Head of Operations Documentary Credits. In 2015 she switched to being Risk Manager Trade Finance and today is combining this with being Head Expert trade finance again.

Martin Wolfbauer

International Legal Department of STRABAG Group (CML). Martin is an Austrian and New York qualified lawyer. In STRABAG’s legal department he is in charge of guarantees in international projects. He gained extensive experience in reviewing, drafting and negotiating guarantees for major construction contracts in various countries but also advises and supports STRABAG entities in litigation and arbitration proceedings related to guarantees. Martin holds lectures on international law and securities.