Trade Treasury Payments (TTP) has expanded its Global Advisory Panel, bringing in a new group of specialists to support our work across global trade, treasury, and payments. The panel plays an important role in how we shape our coverage, giving us practical insight and independent guidance as part of TTP’s wider governance structure.

New members of the Global Advisory Panel

• Alex Gray, Director, Trade and Transaction Banking, LIBF (Trade)
• Ana Kavtaradze, Senior Executive Consultant for Financial Institutions, Global Banking, Trade and Supply Chain Finance (Europe and Central Asia)
• Anton Posner, CEO, Mercury Resources & The Mercury Group (Commodities)
• Cruz González Agrelo, Global Head of Receivables & Supply Chain Finance, WTW (Insurance)
• Deepa Sinha, Senior Vice President, Payments & Financial Crimes, BAFT (Payments)
• Francesco Burelli, Partner, Arkwright Consulting AG (Payments)
• George Riddell, Managing Director, Goyder Ltd (Trade)
• Gerard Hartsink, Senior Advisor Standards for International Supply Chains, Henry Stewart Publications (Standards)
• Jochen Anton-Boicuk, Group Head, Correspondent Banking, DZ Bank (Europe and Central Asia)
• John Omoti, Vice President of Trade and Supply Chain Finance, Bank of China (East Asia & Pacific)
• Jonathan Lonsdale, Global Head of Trade & Working Capital Solutions, Private Debt Mobilisation, Banco Santander (Trade Distribution)
• Kenn Torben Jensen, Associate Director, EIFO – Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (Europe and Central Asia)
• Khilola Turaeva, Director, Global Trade Risk Distribution, Bank of America (Trade Distribution)
• Louise Taylor-Digby, Head of Trade Strategy, Swift (Standards)
• Luca Castellani, Legal Officer, UNCITRAL (Standards)
• Lucas Nasz Sant’Anna, International Business Development Manager, RTS International (Latin America & Caribbean)
• Parvaiz Dalal, Global Head of Supply Chain Finance, Citi (Open Account)
• Piotr Cichocki, Managing Director, Secro (Technology)
• Qamar Saleem, CEO, SME Finance Forum (Emerging Markets and SMEs)
• Rakesh Ranchhoddas, Global Customer Solutions & Insurance Bank Relations, ADM (Commodities)
• Ramadurai Krishnan, CEO, Global Credit Data Consortium (Private Credit)
• Tomasch Kubiak, Policy Manager, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) (Trade)

The GAP sits alongside our Editorial Board and helps ensure that the issues we cover are informed by people with experience across different sectors and regions. Members include practitioners from commodity finance, documentary trade, digital assets, technology, payments, insurance, private credit, and emerging markets, as well as experts on standards, multilaterals, and open account finance. Our geographic panel includes experts from the Americas, Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, the Nordics, India, Asia, MENA, and the UK and Western Europe.

By expanding the panel, we aim to make sure we continue drawing on a broad mix of perspectives as the industry moves through a period of rapid change. The new joiners bring additional depth in several areas, complementing the experience of our existing members and strengthening the way we sense-check themes, shape editorial priorities, and stay connected to developments across the market.

Original members of the Global Advisory Panel

• Alexander Malaket, President, OPUS Advisory (Multilaterals)
• Alisa Rusanoff, Director, ACS Fund (Private Credit)
• André Casterman, CEO, TFDi (Private Credit)
• Andrea Frosinini, Independent (Digital Trade)
• Azzizza Larsen, Managing Director, Marsh Credit Specialities, Marsh (North America)
• Baldev Bhinder, Partner, Blackstone Gold (East Asia & Pacific)
• Chris Southworth, Secretary General, ICC United Kingdom (Europe and Central Asia)
• Cruz González Agrelo, Global Head of Receivables and SCF, WTW (Insurance)
• David Meynell, Owner, Trade LC Advisory (Documentary Trade)
• Derryn Faure, Head of Trade Finance Structuring, Syndication & Documentation, Investec Corporate & Institutional Banking (Sub-Saharan Africa)
• Doaa Hafez, General Manager, Head of Technical Functions & Alternate Head of International Factoring, Egypt Factors (Middle East and North Africa)
• Duarte Pedreira, Global Head of Trade & Working Capital Finance, Crown Agents Bank (Sub-Saharan Africa)
• Enno-Burghard Weitzel, Chief Solutions Officer, Surecomp (Trade)
• Fatenah Al Danab, Trade and Working Capital Middle East, Barclays (Middle East and North Africa)
• Federico Avellán Borgmeyer, Chief Partner Officer, efcom GmbH (Open Account)
• Gerardo Gutierrez-Olvera Cabrales, Head of Trade Finance and International Business; Vice Chair, Banorte / ICC Mexico (Latin America & Caribbean)
• Harpreet Mann, President, Amynta Trade Credit and Political Risk Solutions (North America)
• Harri Rantanen, Business Developer, Cash Management, Corporate & Investment Banking, SEB (Europe and Central Asia)
• Harsha Mehta, Trade Asset Distribution, Citigroup (Trade Distribution)
• Imran Khan, Executive Director, ICC India (South Asia)
• Irina Tyan, Principal Banker, EBRD (Europe and Central Asia)
• Izabela Czepirska, Product Expert, Komgo (Technology)
• John Macnamara, CEO, Carshalton Commodities (Commodities)
• Kalyan Basu, Managing Director, India, MonetaGo (South Asia)
• Ketan Gaikwad, Managing Director and CEO, RXIL (South Asia)
• Merisa Lee Gimpel, Founder and Managing Director, Digital Trade Works (Open Account)
• Oswald Kuyler, Senior Digital Trade Advisor, Asian Development Bank (Technology)
• Patrik Zekkar, CEO, Enigio (Europe and Central Asia)
• Paul Heaney, Secretary General, Berne Union (Insurance)
• Pinaki Roy, Senior Advisor, MonetaGo (South Asia)
• Pradeep Taneja, Secretary General, ICC Bahrain (Middle East and North Africa)
• Robert Besseling, CEO, Pangea Risk (Sub-Saharan Africa)
• Sarah Green, Head of Digital Assets & Trade Finance, D2 Legal Technology (Crypto)
• Sarah Murrow, CEO, UK & Ireland, Allianz Trade (Insurance)
• Shona Tatchell, Director of Trade Facilitation Programme, EBRD (Multilaterals)
• Sian Aspinall, Group CEO, BPL (Insurance)
• Stephan Wolf, Chair, Verifiable.Trade Foundation (Standards)
• Tony Brown, Founder & CEO, The Trade Advisory (North America)
• Veronica Assandri Foldnes, Global Head Commodity & Energy Transition Finance, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions (Insurance)
• Vincent O’Brien, Executive Director, ICC UAE (Middle East and North Africa)
• Vishnu Purohit, Group Head – Trade Product Management, Emirates NBD Bank PJSC (Middle East and North Africa)
• Wayne Mills, Managing Director, Atom Advisory (Open Account)

As TTP grows, the GAP remains an important way for us to stay close to the conversations that matter to practitioners and policymakers. We are grateful to all members, old and new, for giving their time and expertise to the community.

Our full updated Global Advisory Panel (GAP)

SECTOR CATEGORIES

Commodities

• Anton Posner, CEO, Mercury Resources & The Mercury Group
• John Macnamara, CEO, Carshalton Commodities
• Rakesh Ranchhoddas, Global Customer Solutions & Insurance Bank Relations, ADM

Crytocurrency and DLT

• Andrea Frosinini, Founder, The Open Working Group
• Sarah Green, Head of Digital Assets & Trade Finance, Newmans Row Arbitration

Documentary Trade

• David Meynell, Owner, Trade LC Advisory

Multilaterals

• Alexander Malaket, CEO, OPUS Advisory Services International Inc.
• Shona Tatchell, Director of Trade Facilitation Programme, EBRD

Open Account

• Parvaiz Dalal, Global Head of Supply Chain Finance, Citi
• Federico Avellán Borgmeyer, Chief Partner Officer, efcom GmbH
• Merisa Lee Gimpel, Head of Supply Chain Finance, Revolut
• Wayne Mills, Managing Director, Atom Advisory

Technology

• Izabela Czepirska, Product Expert, Komgo
• Oswald Kuyler, Senior Digital Trade Advisor, Asian Development Bank
• Piotr Cichocki, Managing Director, Secro

Payments

• Deepa Sinha, Senior Vice President, Payments & Financial Crimes, BAFT
• Francesco Burelli, Partner, Arkwright Consulting AG

Insurance

• Cruz González Agrelo, Global Head of Receivables & Supply Chain Finance, WTW
• Sarah Murrow, CEO, UK & Ireland, Allianz Trade
• Paul Heaney, Secretary General, Berne Union
• Veronica Assandri Foldnes, Global Head Commodity & Energy Transition Finance, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions

Private Credit

• Alisa Rusanoff, CEO, Eltech.ai
• André Casterman, CEO, TFDi
• Ramadurai Krishnan, CEO, Global Credit Data Consortium

Standards

• Stephan Wolf, Chair, Verifiable.Trade Foundation
• Luca Castellani, Legal Officer, UNCITRAL
• Louise Taylor-Digby, Head of Trade Strategy, Swift
• Gerard Hartsink, Senior Advisor Standards for International Supply Chains, Henry Stewart Publications

Trade

• George Riddell, Managing Director, Goyder Ltd
• Enno-Burghard Weitzel, Chief Solutions Officer, Surecomp
• Tomasch Kubiak, Policy Manager, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
• Alex Gray, Director, Trade and Transaction Banking, LIBF

Trade Distribution

• Harsha Mehta, Trade Asset Distribution, Citi
• Jonathan Lonsdale, Global Head of Trade & Working Capital Solutions, Private Debt Mobilisation, Banco Santander
• Khilola Turaeva, Director, Global Trade Risk Distribution, Bank of America

Emerging Markets and SMEs

• Qamar Saleem, CEO, SME Finance Forum

GEOGRAPHIC CATEGORIES

Sub-Saharan Africa (Africa)

• Duarte Pedreira, Global Head of Trade & Working Capital Finance, Crown Agents Bank
• Derryn Faure, Head of Trade Finance Structuring, Syndication & Documentation, Investec Corporate & Institutional Banking
• Robert Besseling, CEO, Pangea Risk

North America (Americas)

• Tony Brown, Founder & CEO, The Trade Advisory
• Azzizza Larsen, Managing Director, Marsh Credit Specialties, Marsh
• Harpreet Mann, President, Amynta Trade Credit and Political Risk Solutions

Latin America & Caribbean (Americas)

• Gerardo Gutierrez-Olvera Cabrales, Head of Trade Finance, ICC Mexico / Banorte
• Lucas Nasz Sant’Anna, International Business Development Manager, RTS International

East Asia & Pacific (Asia)

• John Omoti, Vice President of Trade and Supply Chain Finance, Bank of China
• Baldev Bhinder, Partner, Blackstone Gold

Europe and Central Asia (Central & Eastern Europe, Nordics, UK & Western Europe)

• Jochen Anton-Boicuk, Group Head, Correspondent Banking, DZ Bank
• Ana Kavtaradze, Senior Executive Consultant for Financial Institutions, Global Banking, Trade and Supply Chain Finance
• Irina Tyan, Principal Banker, EBRD
• Patrik Zekkar, CEO, Enigio
• Kenn Torben Jensen, Associate Director, EIFO – Export and Investment Fund of Denmark
• Harri Rantanen, Business Developer, Cash Management, Corporate & Investment Banking, SEB
• Chris Southworth, Secretary General, ICC United Kingdom
• Wayne Mills, Managing Director, Atom Advisory

South Asia (India)

• Kalyan Basu, Managing Director, India, MonetaGo
• Imran Khan, Executive Director, ICC India
• Ketan Gaikwad, Managing Director and CEO, RXIL
• Pinaki Roy, Senior Advisor, MonetaGo

Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

• Doaa Hafez, General Manager, Head of Technical Functions & Alternate Head of International Factoring, Egypt Factors
• Fatenah Al Danab, Trade and Working Capital Middle East, Barclays
• Vincent O’Brien, Executive Director, ICC UAE
• Vishnu Purohit, Group Head – Trade Product Management, Emirates NBD Bank PJS