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The 4th Global Financial Markets Forum is the premier financial markets event in the Middle East. It is an annual exclusive invitation-only event which runs over two days. The programme will provide timely updates and commentary on a range of topical issues including:

Euro zone challenges and opportunities

Market fundamentals - opportunities in MENA

The commodities debate

Real estate: investment challenges and opportunities for global real estate in the new norm

Geopolitics - the new shape of MENA

Evolving power paradigms and their impact on global financial markets

UAE market fundamentals

Institutional investor roundtable

Alternative investments: are supersized returns still realistic in todays economy

Focus on FX - currencies

H.E. Khalid Al Gaith

Assistant Minister for Economic Affairs, UAE

Paul Volcker

Former Chairman of the US Federal Reserve

From public politics to private business, a living legend of finance

Axel Weber

Former President of the Deutsche Bundesbank and Prospective Chairman of UBS

An extraordinary insight into the heart of Euro zone economics

Nik Gowing

Journalist and Broadcaster

A rigorous review of geopolitics in the Middle East

David McWilliams

Economist and Broadcaster Author

A fresh and stimulating take on what's next for the Euro zone

Mr. Michael Hardwick Tomalin is a senior international wholesale and private banker with hands-on executive experience in the UK... Michael Tomalin	Alessandro Magnoli Bocchi is Chief Economist and a member of the management team and the Investment Committee at KCIC... Alessandro Magnol Bocchi
Mr. Mahmood Ebraheem Al Mohmood is Executive Chairman of ADS Securities, the Abu Dhabi head-quartered FX and commodities trading platform... Mahmood Al Mohmood	Paul has over 20 years' experience as an adviser in the banking, debt and equity capital markets, having worked at... Paul Reynolds

Mr. James Hogan was appointed CEO of Etihad Airways on 10 September 2006, bringing more than 30 years of travel... James Hogan	Florence Eid is the Founder & CEO of Arabia Monitor, a research and advisory firm focused on the Middle East & North Africa... Dr. Florence Eid
Tony Douglas is responsible for steering the development of ADPC's extensive portolio of projects, including the flagship Khalifa Port... Tony Douglas	Datuk Noripah Kamso is the Chief Executive of CIMB-Principal Islamic Asset Management Sdn Bhd. Since 2008, she has successfully... Datuk Noripah Kamso

Jean Michaud is a Managing Director and Senior Commodity Strategist within the Commodity Division of Jefferies Assets Management... Jean Michaud	Alex O'Cinneide is the Director of Masdar Capital and General Manager of Masdar Investments LLC. He joined Masdar Capital in January 2007... Alex O'Cinneide
Based in London, Steve Jacobs is a managing partner of BTG Pactual and a member of the BTG Pactual Group Management Committee... Steven Jacobs	Nicholas J. Gartside, managing director, is the International Chief Investment Officer, within J.P. Morgan Asset Management's... Nicholas Gartside

Riad Hamade is Bloomberg News' Managing Editor for the Middle East and Africa, leading the news organisation's expansion... Riad Hamade	For more than 17 years, Caroline has worked as a reporter, editor and manager across the Middle East, in Europe and in the... Caroline Drees
Dan joined the investment industry in 1995 and is currently Head of Global Markets Alpha portfolio management and is responsible... Dan James	Chavan Bhogaita joined NBAD in 2009 to work as part of our Proprietary Trading and Investments Group covering... Chavan Bhogaita

Since mid 2010, Head of Macroeconomic Research in the Investment Strategy department, at AXA IM since 2007... Raphael Gallardo	Ng Yong Ngee has 18 years of trading and risk management experience. He started his career with Union Bank of Switzerland as an analyst in the... Ng Yong Ngee
Mr. Serge Lepine is responsible for the strategic asset allocation of Mumtalakat's funds as well as managing the long-term... Mr. Serge Lepine	John Tilney is the Portfolio manager for the Armajaro Commodities Fund and has over 30 year experience in the commodities industry. ... John Tilney

19 years of private equity and investment banking experience... Mark Bandak	Russell Read is Chief Investment Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer for the Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC) in Kuwait City... Russell Read
Christophe Frankel has been CFO and Deputy CEO of EFSF since its creation in 2010. Prior to that, he was Head of Financial Markets... Christophe Frankel	Jeremy Waters has worked in Commercial Property Investment for over 18 years. His primary focus has been acquisition and disposal of large investment grade commercial .. Jeremy Waters

Ricky oversees the treasury portfolio at Etihad Airways, which includes the treasury, corporate investments... Ricky Thirion	Daniel Fineren, Senior Middle East Energy Correspondent based in Dubai. Daniel covered European energy and global gas issues for 10 years in Europe before joining the Reuters... Daniel Fineren
Lim brings with him more than 15 years of experience in proprietary trading, portfolio and fund management as well as investment... Lim Say Cheong	Andrew J. Barden is Bloomberg News' Team Leader for economic and political news in the Middle East and Africa, overseeing the news ... Andrew J. Barden

Mr. Gibson-Moore has had a career in investment banking and asset management. Before joining LGT Group... David Gibson-Moore	He is responsible for the Fixed Income business and Structured Products. He has over 24 years' experience in the fund... Mark Watts
Graham has over 22 years of real estate experience in the UAE, Europe and Asia... Graham R. Hallett	Joined Abu Dhabi Investment Council in March 2008 responsible for “Special Situations” Prior to that date was ... Mark Cutis