“Corporate Governance and the Role of DFIs in Responding to the Financial Crisis”
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - November 10-11, 2009
AGENDA - DAY 1
9:00 - 9:30 Registration
9:30 - 10:00 Welcoming Address
o Peter Vonk, Vice President, CAF
o Ivan Magalhães Junior, Head of Capital Markets Department , BNDES
10:00 - 11:00 Corporate Governance and the Financial Crisis- a Global Perspective
o Daniel Blume, Principal Administrator, OECD
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee & Tea
11:30 - 12:30 Corporate Governance as a DFIs Tool for Facing the Financial Crisis (Strategies & Experiences of DFIs)
o Darrin Hartzler, Manager, IFC
o Linda Broekhuizen, Manager, FMO
12:30 - 13:30 Implementation of the Approach Statement: Where Do We Stand?
o Sanaa Abouzaid, Corporate Governance Officer, IFC
o Gian Piero Cigna, Senior Counsel, EBRD
13:30 - 14:45 Lunch - Novo Mercado: a Case Study
o Mike Lubrano, Managing Director, Cartica Capital
o Patricia Pellini, Manager, BOVESPA
15:00 - 16:00 Breakout Session 1: Implementation of the Approach Statement: Developing/Adopting Guidelines & Tools
o Marin Marinov, Senior Counsel, BSTDB
16:00 - 16:15 Coffee & Tea
16:15 - 17:15 Breakout Session 2: Implementation of the Approach Statement: Developing Training for DFIs’ Staff and Nominee Directors
o Marie Rosencrantz, Socially Responsible Investment Manager, CDC
17:15 – 17:30 Wrap-up Session of Day 1
o Michael Penfold, Associate Director, CAF
20:30 - 22:30 Dinner
AGENDA - DAY 2
DFIs’ Nominee Directors’ Best Practices
9:00 - 10:30 Nominee Directors: Key Issues (Sharing DFIs Practices & Experiences)
o Davit Karapetyan, Corporate Governance Officer, IFC
o Huw Williams, Senior Banker, EBRD
o Ekue Samuel Mivedor, Manager, AfDB
Ø Moderated by Sanaa Abouzaid, Corporate Governance Officer, IFC
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee & Tea
11:00 - 12:30 Workshop - Part I
Nominee Directors’ Management
o Heloisa Bedicks, Managing Director, IBGC
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Workshop - Part II
Building an Effective Board of Directors
o Eliane Lustosa, Director, IBGC
o Suzanne Hopgood, Director, NACD
15:30 – 16:00 Wrap-up Session of Day 2 & Next Steps
o Moira Paz, Brazil Representative, CAF