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Neal MilsomCFOEE

Murat Dogan ErdenCFOTURKCELL

Catherine BirkettCFOINTEROUTE

Babis MazarakisCFOOTE

EE on driving revenues through innovative services

AT&T on capitalising on the opportunities in the enterprise space

ALTICE on how mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures will change the telco landscape

MEDITEL on managing finance requirements in the current climate

CITI on the challenges and opportunities for investment in emerging markets

TELE2 on the changing role of the finance function

TELECOMS FINANCE 201615 & 16 M A R C H , LO N D O N

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Telecoms Finance 2016 is the only event offering comprehensive coverage of cutting edge industry best practice, innovation and transformation. Whether you’re interested in emerging business models, M&A activity, emerging markets, new service creation or tapping into commercial opportunities, the Summit unites telecoms finance leaders to discuss how best to take the next step in delivering value and driving growth.

Senior decision makers must examine longer-term and more far reaching commercial, financial and economic risks than ever before and Telecoms Finance 2016 will answer the most pressing challenges facing CFOs and the finance function.

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W H O YO U W I L L M E E T

P R E V I O U S PA R T I C I PAT I N G C O M PA N I E S I N C L U D E :

The agenda will focus on the key, evolving areas of the finance function – operational strategy, corporate development, regulation, governance and the evolving finance landscape.

Drawn from CFOs, FDs and industry thought-leaders, the panel debate format will allow for candid discussion and information sharing by peers.

With a higher concentrationof senior executives than many other telecom events, the networking opportunities will enable delegates to meet and connect with some of the industry’s most senior executives.

Hear directly from the major carriers and telecommunication companies in the world and the executives responsible for setting their strategy.

A NEWLY E X TENDEDPROGRAMME

AN UNRIVALLEDSPE AKER L INE UP

NETWORKING OF THEHIGHEST QUALITY

MARKET INTELLIGENCEAND STRATEGIC INSIGHT

• 3• ALTICE• AT&T• BT• CITI BANK• COLT• CREDIT AGRICOLE• DEUTSCHE TELEKOM• EIRCOM

• EUNETWORKS• IFC• INTEROUTE• JAWWAL• KING.COM• LEVEL 3• MÉDITEL• MTN• MTS

• OOREDOO• ORANGE• OTE• ROSTELECOM• SOCIETE GENERALE• TELE2• TELECOM EGYPT• TELECOM ITALIA• TELEFONICA

• TELEKOM MALAYSIA• TELIASONERA• TURKCELL• UBS• VODAFONE• VIMPELCOM• ZAIN

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Finance Director

Finance Administration

Investment and M&A

Strategy and Corporate

Development


8:30am Registration & Refreshments

9:00am OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR Alan Burkitt-Gray, Editor, GLOBAL TELECOMS BUSINESS

OPERATIONAL STRATEGY & CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT

9:10am KEYNOTE PANEL: DRIVING TOP LINE GROWTH: BOOSTING REVENUES THROUGH NEW SERVICES

Operators need to drive revenues by opening up new services if they are to survive in the disrupted telecoms marketplace, but which business models will prove most effective? How can telcos, OTT players, technology and media providers work together? Where do investors see value and upside, and what are the likely disrupters? In this session leading investors, CFOs and finance leaders discuss new opportunities, investment and partnership strategies.

Murat Dogan Erden, CFO, TURKCELL Neal Milsom, CFO, EE

10:00am THE M&A PANEL: MERGE, ACQUIRE, PARTNER OR CONSOLIDATE – SURVIVING & THRIVING IN A COMPETITIVE MARKET

M&A activity in the TMT market is showing no signs of slowing down, but how will mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures change the landscape? Who will lead consolidation in emerging markets? Leading mergers and acquisitions practitioners and advisers discuss the next wave of transactions, explain the best strategies for complex deals and assess regional opportunities for investment, JVs and partnerships.

Bazlan Osman, Executive Director & Group CFO, TELEKOM MALAYSIA

Jonathan Corp, Strategy Director, BT Olivier Gernandt, Investor Relations Director, ALTICE Thomas Koehrer, Managing Director, UBS Herve Malaussena, Managing Director, MOELIS

Moderator: Michael Minzlaff, Interim Management and Consulting in TMT

10:50am Networking Coffee Break

11:30am CASE STUDY: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE MERGER DOESN’T!

John Strand, CEO, STRAND CONSULT

12:00pm THE FINANCE PANEL: ASSESSING FINANCING OPTIONS

Widespread consolidation, investment in new services and an expansion of networks does not happen without raising capital but how should telecoms operators manage financing requirements in the current climate - IPOs, private equity or alternative fundraising? Our panel of leading investment bankers, telcos, investors and financiers outline the latest financing opportunities, capex management, monitoring of return of investment and trends.

Ahmed Benjas, Finance Manager, MEDITEL Anwei Li, Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis, KING.COM David Rowe, CEO, BLACK GREEN CAPITAL Nikó Szigetvári, Global Head - TMT Group, TMT,

VC and Funds Department, IFC William Shao, Vice President, ZTE

12:40pm DUAL PERSPECTIVE: HOW IS CONVERGENCE, BYOD AND THE CONSUMERISATION OF IT TRANSFORMING THE ENTERPRISE SPACE?

Telcos are increasingly looking to transform and support businesses in our anywhere, anytime culture as the intersection of mobility, social and cloud computing continues to influence enterprise communications. Combined with the underlying trends of the consumerization of IT and emergence of big data the enterprise market offers significant opportunities for telco operators. How can operators unlock the value in this market, what are the requirements of different enterprises, where are the rewards and the potential pitfalls?

John Slamecka, VP Europe, AT&T Ben Jones, CTO, EUROMONEY

1:20pm Networking Lunch

GOVERNANCE, RISK & SECURITY IN A GLOBAL MARKET

2:40pm PANEL DEBATE: EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES IN EMERGING MARKETS: DO THEY STILL EXIST AND ARE THEY WORTH IT?

As emerging markets continue to open up, transformation is happening in the business models, investment opportunities and tax structures. With businesses operating across geographies the changing financial structures necessitate a transformation in operating frameworks. This session will offer insights into the emerging trends and the corresponding impact on their businesses

Erik Arveschoug, Managing Director, Head of Corporate Finance, CEEMEA, CITI Gabor Burchner, Managing Director, Global TMT Group, CREDIT AGRICOLE Bonface Ndawala, CFO, ZAIN SOUTH SUDAN

Harminder Sehmi, CFO, TRUPHONE

3:30pm DATA INSIGHT: KEY POINTS FOR A PRIVACY

PROGRAMME FOR MULTINATIONALS Steve Coope, Lead Compliance & Regulatory Counsel, ORANGE

4:00pm Afternoon coffee and Networking

4:30pm REGULATORY INSIGHT: INTERNATIONAL

REGULATION AND REPORTING How can companies with cross-border operations ensure

their cross-border activities are compliant with international regulations? What processes should be implemented to ensure firms are not in danger of suffering penalties, litigation, and reputational damage? What frameworks best stimulate growth

Diane Mullenex, Partner, PINSENT MASONS Christoph Wagner, Partner, MORRISON & FOERSTER


AGENDA | DAY ONE: TUESDAY 15 MARCH 2016


5:00pm RISK PANEL: COMBATING RISK IN THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE

Operators are subject to a huge number of unforeseeable variables — from civil strife and earthquakes to hyperinflation and exchange rates. How can the finance function plan for all eventualities while continuing to ensure the business runs profitably? In what ways are new technologies such as big data, analytics, and the ongoing threat of cybercrime changing the ways in which organisations make decisions? What indicators can you use to determine when it’s time to exit a particular region?

Mojtaba Akbari, Senior Advisor, BT Bonface Ndawala, Chief Financial Officer, ZAIN SOUTH SUDAN

Bazlan Osman, Executive Director & Group CFO, TELEKOM MALAYSIA

Claudio Zezza, Vice President Administration and Control, TELECOM ITALIA SPARKLE

5:30pm CLOSING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR

5:40pm Networking Drinks Reception

8:30am Registration & Refreshments

9:00am OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR

THE CHANGING ROLE OF FINANCE

9:10am KEYNOTE PANEL: THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE FINANCE FUNCTION

As telcos progressively become more complex and their range of services ever more diverse, the role of the finance function continues to evolve. Alongside their traditional mandate of financial decision making, providing insights on results and managing global tax risks, finance decision makers must increasingly also contribute towards shaping the organisational strategy and innovating the finance function. How can finance work across the organisation to break down silos and traditional lines of communication? How will the advent of new service portfolios impact the finance function? This session will examine organisational shifts and how they can be used to implement growth strategies for the future, and to drive transformation within the organisation.

Ahmed Benjas, Finance Manager, MEDITEL Catherine Birkett, CFO, INTEROUTE James Maclaurin, Group CFO, TELE2 Babis Mazarakis, CFO, OTE

9:50am CASE STUDY: WHAT DOES THE CFO THINK OF PROCUREMENT? ASSESSING FINANCE’S IMPACT ON PROCUREMENT

Babis Mazarakis, CFO, OTE

10:10am INTERVIEW SESSION: FINANCE AND IT PARTNERSHIPS: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ROI AND TECHNOLOGY COSTS

Alessandro Vigilante, VP Strategy & Business Development, COLT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

10:30am Morning Coffee and Networking

THE EVOLVING FINANCE LANDSCAPE

11:00am FINANCE IN THE DIGITAL AGE: USING BIG DATA & ANALYTICS TO INFORM YOUR INVESTMENT DECISIONS

Technology is revolutionising the way in which investment decisions are made. Data and analytics are making it easier to interpret information and see the full picture, encompassing all of the firm’s activities and financials. With a wealth of data at their fingertips telcos are in a privileged position, but only if they are able to extract actionable insight. In what ways can data help telcos to monitor, scrutinise and enhance profitability of particular markets or the performance of different functional areas of the business?

Anwei Li, Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis, KING.COM

11:20am CLOSING KEYNOTE: OPERATING IN THE AGE OF

INNOVATION – WHAT WILL DRIVE THE NEXT WAVE OF INVESTMENTS?

This keynote panel will look at the key consumer and end-user trends driving the next generation of communications. Leading investors, innovation leaders and company CEOs discuss new opportunities, investment and partnership strategies. Which digital business models are most effective? What are the latest challenges for delivering profitable content and applications? How can telcos, OTT players, technology and media providers work together? What will the converged landscape look like in five years, and where will telcos, tech and media companies fit in it? Where do investors see value and upside, and what are the likely disrupters? Join the panellists as they consider these trends, their impact on the future of telecom businesses and the implications to your finance department.

Murat Dogan Erden, CFO, TURKCELL Kai-Uwe Mehlhorn, CFO, ROSTELECOM

12:20pm CLOSING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR

12:30pm Networking Lunch

2:00pm Close of Summit

AGENDA | DAY TWO: WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH 2016



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