9:00 – 11:00

Free time: opportunity to shop or explore
this stunning town

Explore the city’s beginnings as a humble Saxon town through to its current position as a world-famous seat of learning and
culture. Opportunity to visit many world-class centres of learning and discovery, for example, the amazing Pitt
Rivers Museum of Christ Church College, the alma mater of 13 British Prime Ministers and many outstanding University sights!

11:00 – 12:35

Private guided walking tour of Oxford

Starting at the Randolph Hotel, this private, guided tour will give you an insight into the history of Oxford, especially as a centre of learning and originally religious devotion, including entry into one of the colleges. The tour will finish at the Rhodes House, ready to begin the course

12:35 – 13:00

Lunch & Networking at
Rhodes House

13:00 – 13:15

Event Opening, Welcome
Introductions and Course
Objectives

Dr. Theodore Roosevelt Malloch
Programme Director, iGTB Oxford School of Transaction Banking, CEO, The Roosevelt Group, Former Professor of Strategic Leadership and Governance, Henley Business School, Senior Fellow in Management Practice, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Manish Maakan
School Sponsor, iGTB Oxford School of Transaction Banking & CEO, iGTB

13:15 – 14:00

Oxford opening speaker

Jean-Pierre Mustier
Former CEO, UniCredit

14:00 – 14:10
Setting the Context

Joshua Cohen
Head of Corporate Treasury and Liquidity
Product, iGTB

14:10 – 14:50

The Canvas for Transaction Banking

Rajesh Mehta
Former Regional Head, Treasury and Trade
Solutions, Asia Pacific, Citibank

14:50 – 15:30

A Transaction Banking Journey:
A Case Study

Ramesh Lakshminarayanan (TBC)
HDFC Bank

15:30 – 15:45

Break

15:45 – 16:15

Growing transation banking –
A Case Study

James Deely

Former Advisor, Office of the President,
Bangkok Bank, Former Regional COO,
Asia-Pacific, Global Transaction Banking, RBS
Bangkok Bank PCL

16:15 – 17:00

Commercial Payments:
The Time is Now

Sulabh Agarwal
Managing Director, Global Head of Payments, Accenture

17:00 – 17:30
Trade & Supply Chain:
The New Era

Vivek Ramachandran
General Manager, Head of Global Trade &
Receivables Finance, HSBC

17:30 – 18:00 

Joshua Cohen

20:00 – 21:30

Networking: High Table College Dinner at Rhodes House
Since its opening in 1929, Rhodes House has been an Oxford landmark, a historic Grade II* listed country house on the National Heritage List for England. A tribute to Cecil Rhodes, the Rhodes scholarships’ founder, this splendid edifice’s rich heritage and magnificent architecture, provides a nurturing environment where leaders, scholars, and visionaries converged to collaborate, innovate, and shape the future. Its legacy as a centre for learning and transformative dialogue continues to inspire and empower generations of exceptional individuals dedicated to making a positive impact on the world.

The State of the World

Dr. Nick Redman
Editor in Chief & Director of Analysis,
Oxford Analytica

08:45 – 09:00

Setting the context

Joshua Cohen

09:00 – 09:40
Operational Excellence: Case Study

Vivek Gupta (TBC)

President and Head Wholesale Banking Products,
Axis Bank

09:40 – 10:25
Running a Bank & KSA
Transformation

Aiedh Al-Zahrani
Chief Operating Officer, Arab National
Bank, KSA

10:25 – 10:55
Commercial Payments
Evolution in Canada

Kristina Logue

Chief Financial Officer,
Payments Canada

10:55 – 11:10

Break

11:10 – 12:10

Global Payments Roundtable

Trevor Torzsas – moderator

Managing Partner,
TCR Advisory

12:10 – 12:20
Setting the context

Joshua Cohen

12:20 – 13:00
The Challenge of Innovation

Olivier Sfartman
MD & Co-head of IT and Operations for
Financing and Transaction Banking,
Société Générale Corporate and
Investment Banking – SGCIB

13:00 – 13:45

Lunch & Group Photo

13:45 – 14:45
Panel Discussion:
A New Age of Fintech

David Revell
Global Chief Information Officer
(Retired), Board Director,
Strategic Advisor, Angel Investor

Guests

14:45 – 15:30

Key Challenges in Corporate
Transformation

Lucose Eralil (TBC)

COO, Security bank

15:30 – 16:15

Generative AI

Peter Hazou and Lilia Christofi

Director, Business Development, Financial
Services and EMEA Banking Leader, Microsoft

15:55 – 16:25

Joshua Cohen

16:25 – 18:45

Free time / Opportunity to
explore Oxford

18:30 – 20:00

Museum of Natural History Tour 

20:00 – 22:00

Dinner With The Dinosaurs

Dinner at the Museum of Natural History
The Museum of Natural History was
established in 1860 and holds an
internationally-significant collection of natural history specimens and archives in a stunning example of neo-Gothic architecture. The award-winning Museum collection includes the world’s first scientifically described dinosaur.

Group Photo

Dr. Andrew Davidson Briggs

Department of Nanomaterials,
University of Oxford, Professor Emeritus

08:45 – 09:00
Setting The Context

Joshua Cohen

09:00 – 09:45
Transforming The Brand

Erich Joachimsthaller

CEO, Vivaldi

09:45 – 10:30
The Ratings Game

James Longsdon
Managing Director and Global Head of
Bank Ratings, Fitch Ratings

10:30 – 10:45 

Break

10:45 – 11:30
Virtual Accounts

Matthew Fuellhart (TBC)
Executive Director, Liquidity Management,
Corporate & Investment Bank J.P. Morgan

11:30 – 12:15
Global Markets

TBC

12:15 – 12:30 

Break

12:30 – 13:15

The Future of Transaction Banking:
Group Work

Joshua Cohen

13:15 – 13:30
Closing Address

Dr. Theodore Roosevelt Malloch
Programme Director, iGTB Oxford School
of Transaction Banking

13:30 – 14:15

Lunch

14:15

Depart to London by Luxury
Executive Coach

16:15 – 17:00

Arrive at The Cavendish Hotel,
Mayfair, London

18:00 – 20:00

Cocktail Reception, Certificate
Presentation, Photographs &
Networking

Graduation Ceremony at the
Oxford and Cambridge Club
The Clubhouse is a Grade II* listed
building, and was designed for the
Oxford and Cambridge University Club
by Sir Robert Smirke (best known for
the British Museum). It opened to
members in 1838. The facade is an
important example of the Greek revival
style. In 1952 the Club extended its
premises to incorporate the
neighbouring house, 77 Pall Mall,
formerly the home of Princess Marie
Louise, a granddaughter of
Queen Victoria

20:00 – 22:00

Dinner

Oxford Closing Speaker

Naveed Sultan
Former, Chairman, ICG, Citigroup,
Professor of Practice at Imperial
College Business School, Member of
it’s Advisory Board, NED, Strategic
and Operating Advisor to PE firms

07:30 – 11:00

Breakfast

11:00 

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