#FiCSG7
FiCS / G7 Special Event
As a global platform uniting Public Development Banks and key development finance actors, Finance in Common (FiCS) is convening a high-level event in the context of the French G7 Presidency. The dialogue will foster a collective voice of PDBs and demonstrate how they can contribute to G7 priorities while reinforcing a more coherent and effective multilateral financial architecture.
This half-day dialogue will be structured around three sessions — Work as a System, Regulatory Frameworks as Enablers, and Financial Instruments to Lower the Cost of Capital — addressing interoperability across institutions, enabling regulatory environments, and innovative tools to mobilize investment at scale.
Format & Attendance
The event will take place in person in Paris as a high-level policy dialogue, with a networking space to foster informal exchanges. In-person participation is reserved for professionals from the development finance community and subject to accreditation due to limited venue capacity. Confirmed participants will receive an invitation with access details by email.
The event will also be accessible via livestream, with online access provided upon registration.
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Event Agenda
- Opening Session • 09:00 – 09:30 • Strengthening the international financial architecture and the role of a coherent Public Development Bank system.
- Session 1: Work as a System • 09:30 – 10:30 • Exploring interoperability between MDBs, NDBs and development finance institutions, and the role of Country Platforms as coordination frameworks.
- Coffee Break • 10:30 – 10:45
- Session 2: Regulatory Frameworks as Enablers • 10:45 – 11:45 • Discussing prudential frameworks, credit rating methodologies and regulatory reforms to unlock capital.
- Session 3: Financial Instruments to Lower the Cost of Capital • 11:45 – 12:45 • Showcasing guarantees, blended finance and currency risk solutions to mobilize private investment.
- Closing Session • 12:45 – 13:00
- Networking Lunch • 13:00 – 14:00
PARTICIPANTS
The event will bring together major stakeholders and institutions from the global development finance community
Confirmed Delegates
Mathias CORMANN
Secretary General, OECD
Rémy Rioux
CEO, AFD
Chairman, Finance in Common
Lori KERR
CEO, Findev Canada
Anton LEIS GARCIA
CEO, AECID
Jorge VELARDE
President, COFIDE
Kim Skov Jensen
Chief Financial Officer, Nordic Investment Bank
Yann LE PALLEC
President, S&P Global Ratings
Thierry DéAU
CEO, Meridiam
Nick MABEY
CEO, E3G
Christine CARALIS WALLIER
Head of Strategic Partnerships, Building Bridges
Jean-Baptiste SABATIE
Deputy CEO, Proparco
Fernand KAMANZI
Director Strategy and Resource Mobilization, DBR
Christian KRÄMER
Member of the Management Committee, KfW
Jose CARLOS VILLENA
Director Development Finance, COFIDES
Diana SMALLRIDGE
CEO, Momentus Global
Carlo Rossotto
Director, International Cooperation and International Institutions, CDP
Alan Donnelly
Chairman, G20 & G7 Health and Development Partnership
Antonella Baldino
CEO, Istituto per il Credito Sportivo e Culturale
Sandrine GAUDIN
Vice Governor, Council of Europe Development Bank
Fahad AL SULAITI
Director General, Qatar Fund for Development
Isabelle Lessedjina
Chair, Rawbank
Teruyuki ITO
Vice President, JICA
Rodrigo Salvado
Global Head, Strategic Financing Partnerships, HSBC
Ambroise Fayolle
Vice President, EIB
Rajkiran GUNDYADKA RAI
Managing Director, NaBFID
Junaid KAMAL AHMAD
VP Operations, MIGA
Aniket SHAH
Managing Director, Jefferies
Morgan DESPRES
Executive Director, ECF
Manfred Schepers
CEO, ILX Fund
Martin KESSLER
Executive Director, Finance for Development Lab
Marc Uzan
Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods
Alexander DE CROO
Administrator, UNDP
Crispian Olver
Senior Advisor, Country Platforms Hub
Cassilde Breniere
Deputy Managing Director, Expertise France
Sidi OULD TAH
African Development Bank
Amal-Lee Amin
Managing Director, British International Investment
Ilan GOLDFAJN
President, Inter-American Development Bank
Gabriel Felpeto
Vice President of Finance, CAF
Samaila ZUBAIRU
CEO, Africa Finance Corporation
Khalid Safir
Director General, CDG
Reynaldi Hermansjah
CEO, PT. Sarana Multi Infrastruktur
Burkhard KUBEL-SORGER
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, EBRD
Daniel BEST
President, CDB
Vera SONGWE
Co-Chair, IHLEG
Makhtar DIOP
Managing Director of IFC, World Bank Group
Admassu TADESSE
Group President and Managing Director, TDB
Krisztina TORA
Managing Director, GSG Impact
Matthieu PEGON
Deputy CEO, CIF
Alvaro LARIO
President, IFAD
Alain Beauvillard
Director, Department of Strategy, Policy and Innovation, GCF
Sarah Strack
Director, Forus
Boitumelo Mosako
CEO, DBSA
Serge Ekué
President, BOAD
Chairman, IDFC
Marie-Laure Mazaud
CEO, STOA Energy
Adama MARIKO
Secretary General, Finance in Common
Serhat KOSKAL
President, BSTDB
Éléonore Caroit
Minister Delegate for Francophonie, International Partnerships & French Nationals Abroad, France
Shaji KV
Chairman, NABARD
Hun KIM
Chief Partnerships Officer, AIIB
Philippe VARIN
President, ICC
Hyginus 'Gene' Leo
Executive Director, DBRP
Soraya MELLALI
CEO, SoNext Sustainable Futures
Simon O'CONNELL
CEO, SNV
Céline KAUFFMANN
CPO, IDDRI
Pierre CAILLETEAU
Managing Director, Lazard
Seong-Wook KIM
Chief Partnership Officer, ADB
Alex Michie
Managing Director and Global Head of Strategy and Networks, GFANZ
Nicolas Picchiottino
Secretary General, IDFC
Confirmed institutions
National Public Development Banks
- Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
- Banco de Desarrollo del Ecuador (BDE)
- BPI France
- Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC)
- Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion (CDG Maroc)
- Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP)
- Corporación Financiera de Desarrollo (COFIDE)
- Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD)
- Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
- Istituto per il Credito Sportivo e Culturale (ICSC)
- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- KfW Development Bank (KfW)
- National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
- National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID)
- National Development Fund (NDF)
- PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur (PTSMI)
- Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD)
Multilateral or Regional Development Banks
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Africa Finance Corporation (AFC)
- African Development Bank (AfDB)
- Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA)
- Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
- Black Sea Trade & Development Bank (BSTDB)
- Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
- Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF)
- Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB)
- Development Bank for Resilient Prosperity (DBRP)
- ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID)
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- European Investment Bank (EIB)
- InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB)
- Nordic Investment Bank (NIB)
- West African Development Bank (BOAD)
- World Bank Group (WBG)
Financial Institutions & Development Finance Institutions
- British International Investment (BII)
- FinDev Canada
- Proparco
- Turkic Investment Fund (TIF)
International Organizations
- Expertise France
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Private Sector & Financial Institutions:
- Alvarez & Marsal
- Bank of America
- EY
- Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)
- GSG Impact
- HSBC Infrastructure Finance and Sustainability (HSBC)
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
- ILX Fund (ILX)
- Jefferies
- Lazard
- Meridiam
- Mirova
- Phitrust
- Rothschild
- S&P Global Ratings (S&P)
- SoNext Sustainable Futures
- STOA Energy
- The Currency Exchange Fund (TCX)
Networks, Associations & Initiatives
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Pact for Prosperity, People and the Planet (4P)
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Latin American Association of Development Financing Institutions (ALIDE)
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Berne Union (BU)
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Global Capacity Building Coalition (GCBC)
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International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits (IAPB)
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International Development Finance Club (IDFC)
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Institut de la Finance Durable (IFD)
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Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS)
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One Planet Sovereign Wealth Funds (OPSWF)
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World Economic Forum (WEF)
Think Tanks, Academia & Civil Society
- Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G)
- Finance for Development Lab (FDL)
- Imperial College London
- Independent High Level Expert Group on Climate Finance (IHLEG)
- Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI)
- McMaster University
- Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
- ODI Global
- Sciences Po Paris
- SNV
- SOAS University of London (SOAS)
- Sussex University
- The Nature Conservancy
- University College London (UCL)
- Open Society Foundation
Central Banks
Logistical Information
Logistical Information
Venue
Ministry of the Economy and Finance
Pierre Mendès France Conference Center
139 Rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
Access
The event is accessible to pre-accredited guests only. Participants must present valid ID upon arrival.
→ If you are arriving on foot, please go to 139 Rue de Bercy.
→ If you are arriving by car, please go to 145 Rue de Bercy.
Public transport access
→ Metro and RER stations: Bercy (metro line 6 and 14) – Gare de Lyon (metro line 1, RER A and D)
→ Bus lines: 24, 87, 20, 63 and 65
Timing
→ Registration opens at 08:00
→ Event: 09:00 – 13:00
→ Networking lunch: 13:00 – 14:30