The countdown to AECM's Annual Event has begun!
AECM Annual Event:
Athens, 15-17 June 2023
“The regulatory framework of SMEs: how close are we to the red line of red tape?”
Venue
Radisson Blu Park HotelAlexandras Ave., 10
10682 Athens, Greece Tel. +30 21 0889 4500
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Our Great Speakers include:

Athina Chatzipetrou
CEO of the Hellenic Development Bank (HDB), Greece

Marjut Falkstedt
Chief Executive, European Investment Fund (EIF)

Mateusz Olszak
Director Guarantees and Sureties Department, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK), Poland

Jonathan Denness
Head of Unit, Financial Instruments and International Financial Institutions Relations, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO), European Commission

Chris Allen
Senior Expert, Resident Representative in Athens, Unit Greece, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), European Commission

Andreas Bergmann
Policy Officer – State Aid, Unit State aid: case support and policy, Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP), European Commission

Giorgio Chiarion Casoni
Director, InvestEU and financial institutions, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), European Commission

Kurt Leutgeb
Head of Guarantees and Equity, Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH (aws), Austria

Astrid Bartels
Head of Unit, Access to Finance, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), European Commission

Agata Mazurkiewicz
Head of Unit, State aid — Financial institutions II, Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP), European Commission

Ana Vizcaino Ochoa
Managing Director, Compañía Española de Reafianzamiento (CERSA), Spain

Kiril Velitchkov
Director European Projects and Financial Institutions, UBB, Bulgaria, Manager of KBC Group European Financial Instruments Competence Centre

Céline Kauffmann
Head of the Division on Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Tourism, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, OECD

Choi Won-mok
Chairperson & CEO, Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT)

Panagoula Pasxali
Director-General, Ministry of Development and Competitiveness and SME Envoy of Greece

Gerhard Huemer
Director Economic Policy, SMEunited

Tony Greenham
Director ESG, British Business Bank (BBB), UK

Burçak İnel
Director of Financing Sustainable Growth, European Banking Federation (EBF)

Giovanni Zazzerini
Secretary General, INSME – The International Network for SMEs

Lina Konstantinopoulou
Policy Director, Eurochambres – the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Giuseppe Gramigna
Senior Advisor i.a. of the World Bank Group and of AECM

László Tóth
Deputy CEO, Rural Credit Guarantee Foundation (AVHGA), Hungary

Gernot Rößler
Deputy Managing Director, Verband Deutscher Bürgschaftsbanken (VDB), Germany

Luz Stella Lozano
Secretary General of the Association of the Ibero-American network of guarantees, REGAR

Jose Fernando Figueiredo
Special Honorary President of AECM with the special mandate for international relations and founding Co-Cordinator of the Global Network of Guarantee Institutions (GNGI)

Nagla Bahr
President of the Euro-Mediterranean Guarantee Network (EMGN) and Managing Director, Credit Guarantee Company, Egypt

Cha Ji Yeong
Deputy General Manager, Korea Federation of Credit Guarantee Foundations (KOREG), Korea

Mohammed Al-Jafari
Chairman of the Jordan Innovative Start-ups and SMEs Fund (ISSF) and Director General of the Jordan Loan Guarantee Corp. (JLGC)
Programme
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Fees and registration
- AECM Seminar Fee – Member EUR 390 pp
- AECM Seminar Fee – Non-Member EUR 440 pp
Leisure programme
Gala dinner:
Acropolis Museum
Thursday 15 June 2023
From 19h30
Located on the Museum’s second floor, the restaurant features a dining area with panoramic views of the Acropolis and other historic hills of Athens!

EUR 150 pp
Excursion:
A daily cruise to the Greek islands
Hydra, Poros, and Aegina
Saturday 17 June 2023
• Embarkation time: 7:10–7:40 a.m.
• Return time: 7:40 p.m.
– REGISTRATION FOR THE CRUISE IS NOW CLOSED!



EUR 125 pp
– food and transportation with buses from the hotel to the port included
In case of any questions please contact info@aecm.eu