MEBF alumni host workshop on foreign exchange situation

On 12 April, the MEBF alumni of CFVG organized a lunch workshop on “Foreign exchange situation/ currency risk - Worldwide and Vietnam”. This video conference roundtable takes place at HCM and Hanoi offices of Jade River Management Ltd and featured speakers representing both domestic and foreign banks as well as financial companies. Apart from keynote speaker, Prof. Joel Metais, professor of International Finance, from Paris Dauphine University, others panelists included Mr. Jean Charles Belliol – Advisor of Tri Tin International and Mr. Nguyen Duc Vinh – CRO of Techcombank in Hanoi point, and Mr. Jean-Eric Jacquemin – ECO of Jade River Management Ltd., in Hochiminh point. Pr. Bruno Ponson - the President of the Board of Directors of CFVG and Pr. Andre Schmitt – Co-director of CFVG Hochiminh attended the workshop.

The Participants to this workshop are CFVG’s alumni who graduated the highly Specialized Master in Economics of Banking and Finance (MEBF) and are now holding senior management positions in banks, securities and fund management companies as well as other financial institutions, namely HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, Citigroup, Mekong Securities, BIDV, Vietinbank, IFC…

The MEBF alumni association was formed in January 2010, following the initiative discussed among the 02 MEBF program scientific directors and alumni during the MEBF Gathering Party 2009. At the very beginning, the MEBF alumni association starts with professional workshops or roundtables with CFVG’s professors coming from Europe and top executive managers of the field in Vietnam. In January 2010, the first workshop on “Merger & Acquisition” with Prof. Jioty Gupta has been organized in Hanoi with nearly 30 MEBF graduates, which is recognized as the first success in connecting this potential network. “The idea is that the group of MEBF alumni and students are now large enough to form an association which enable us to make leverage of a wide network in banking and finance industry, to exchange knowledge and views, to hold professional activities etc… and last but not least, to strengthen the MEBF program position amongst others” said Ms. Bui Thu Thuy, MEBF graduate – 1st intake, Director, Head of Investors & Intermediaries, Standard Chartered Bank Limited.