Minsk awards special

Trade finance’s next generation, Minsk, 2018

The EBRD’s TFP team hosted the annual graduation ceremony for the EBRD Trade Finance e-Learning Programme in Minsk on 21 March 2018

Almost 4,000 students from many of the countries where the EBRD invests finished the course by the end of 2017

The EBRD’s TFP team hosted the annual graduation ceremony for the EBRD Trade Finance e-Learning Programme in Minsk on 21 March 2018.

In total, almost 4,000 students from many of the countries where the EBRD invests finished the course by the end of 2017 and we are proud to share with you the top 25 graduates.

The EBRD Trade Finance e-Learning Programme is supported by funding from donors such as the EBRD’s Shareholder Special Fund and the European Union.

The EBRD also greatly appreciates the enthusiastic support from international commercial banks; each year our top students spend trade finance internships in Austria, France, Germany and Italy.

Huge thanks also go to our other sponsors Commerzbank, KBC Bank Belgium, Banca Popolare di Sondrio, ICC Austria, ICC Paris, Deutsche Bank, BRC Publishers, China Systems and Coastline Solutions.

Our e-Learning Programme is growing from year to year, and 2018 follows this trend with large numbers of students having enrolled.

We congratulate all our graduates. These trade finance professionals are a true example for peers in the sector and we are looking forward to following their successful careers.

We congratulate all our graduates. These trade finance professionals are a true example for peers in the sector and we are looking forward to following their successful careers.

From left to right
Front row: Athanasia Koumi (Greece), Olimbi Marko (Albania), Oyunbolar Tseeleinamsan (Mongolia), Joachim Bald (trainer, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management), Ute Buhler (trainer, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management), Alla Klishcha (Ukraine), Natalia Savca (Moldova), Alla Gadaichuk (Ukraine)
Middle row: Ivana Rajndl (Croatia), Heba Youssef Amin Kamal (Egypt), Zorana Milovic (Serbia), Jasna Laudanovic (Serbia), Mehdi Berrada (Morocco), Inci Yilmaz (Turkey), Levent Bayroglu (Turkey), Gulsana Satarova (Kyrgyz Republic), Max Dutsyak (Program Office, JVI), Olivera Jovansovska (FYR Macedonia)
Back Row: Azjargal Chuluunbaatar (Mongolia), Andriy Perekhoda (Ukraine), Tigran Yesayan (Armenia), Davit Barghutyan (Armenia), Mohamed Aly Abdelkawy Zahran (Egypt), Vahe Grigoryan (Armenia), Mavlonbek Isakov (Uzbekistan), Giorgi Dolidze (Georgia), Bakhodir Halmetov (Uzbekistan), Akromali Umaraliev (Uzbekistan)

Top 25 graduates 2018

  • Kateryna Prus

    Oschadbank, Ukraine

  • Ayman Ibrahim el Sayeed Ibrahim

    National Bank of Egypt, Egypt

  • Heba Yousef Amin Kamal

    QNB Alahli, Egypt

  • Valeriy Mazur

    Oschadbank, Ukraine

  • Oleg Denisov

    Bank Saint Petersburg, Russia

  • Mohamed Magdy Mohamed Mostafa

    QNB Alahli, Egypt

  • Vahan Harutyunyan

    Inecobank, Armenia

  • Mohamed Ahmed Mahmoud

    National Bank of Egypt, Egypt

  • Nesma Gamal Mohamed

    QNB Alahli, Egypt

  • Tanja Shiljkovski

    NLB Banka Skopje, FYR Macedonia

  • Natalia Vladimirovna Obyskalova

    Sberbank Russia, Russia

  • Olga Bogatyrova

    Oschadbank, Ukraine

  • Yanina Ropitska

    Raiffeisen Bank Aval, Ukraine

  • Vahe Grigoryan

    Converse Bank, Armenia

  • Ivana Gladkova

    Stopanska Banka, FYR Macedonia

  • Olivera Jovanovska

    Stopanska Banka, FYR Macedonia

  • Olena Levada

    First Ukrainian International Bank, Ukraine

  • Dmytro Malov

    First Ukrainian International Bank, Ukraine

  • Svitlana Fedorova

    Raiffeisen Bank Aval, Ukraine

  • Mohamed Abdelhady Gomaa

    QNB Alahli, Egypt

  • Irena Klymenko

    Oschadbank, Ukraine

  • Sergii Kochuk

    Oschadbank, Ukraine

  • Elena Dergacheva

    BPS-Sberbank, Belarus

  • Wessam Ahmed Abouel-Ezz

    National Bank of Egypt, Egypt

  • Hadeel Hussein

    Cairo Amman Bank, Jordan

The course is excellent and I especially like itspractical step-by-step nature.

Dmytro Malov

First Ukrainian International Bank, Ukraine

This training course is extensive and complex, but at the same time very interesting due to the huge amount of information and practical examples.

Kateryna Prus

Oschadbank, Ukraine

Anna Brod, EBRD, presents Ayman Ibrahim el Sayeed Ibrahim, National Bank of Egypt with the prize of attendance to KBC's International Bankers' School
David Bischof
of ICC Paris
The team from Bank BelVEB, Belarus

The graduation ceremony and the chance to network with banking colleagues from other countries tops all the knowledge I gained from my studies. It’s wonderful that the e-Learning Programme is available to representatives from the non-banking sector, like me.

Lesia Kravchuk

CLAAS Group, Germany

David Bischof, ICC Paris, presents Tanja Shiljkovski with the award of top student of the ICC-EBRD e-Learning Programme

Being one of the first e-Learning graduates back in 2011, I always enjoy this ceremony where the TFP family welcomes its next generation of professionals. I believe that my e-Learning experience was essential for achieving best practice in trade finance.

Innesa Amirbekyan

IDBank, Armenia

Dennis Sigtoff, DZ Bank, with Kamola Makhmudova, EBRD

I recommend the EBRD Trade Finance e-Learning Programme to all my colleagues. It’s no exaggeration when I say that this study was one of the reasons behind my career success.

Mohamed Ahmed Mahmoud

National Bank of Egypt, Egypt

Mohamed Ahmed Mahmoud, National Bank of Egypt, Egypt, Eleonore Treu of ICC Austria and Ivana Gladkova, Stopanska Banka, FYR Macedonia

Our winners

Our winners
Vahan Harutyunyan, Inecobank, Armenia, Kamola Makhmudova, EBRD, and Vahe Grigoryan, Converse Bank, Armenia

The TFP e-Learning Programme has been instrumental in helping me to develop professionally. The course materials are very accessible and have given me a deep professional knowledge.

Vahe Grigoryan

Converse Bank, Armenia

Trade finance royalty!