Newsletter - October/November 2006

Rome and Dubai Are ‘Full Steam Ahead’
Please Book the Dates in Your Diaries Now

The first Rome ‘flyer’ should be published by the end of this month. We have an excellent Conference in prospect from 11 to 13 February with a Tuesday Workshop highlight from Kevin Chandler of Halliburton Energy Services on ‘Global Credit and Collections Management’.

A Programme Committee Established for Dubai – 18 to 20 March 2007 where the focus will be on the educational requirements of the international credit fraternity from both the global and local company environment. The Conference will examine the Regional Economy, Risk Mitigation and Local Credit Management Practice, together with other key issues of the day. Please look out for the first ‘flyer’. All FCIB members will be welcome at the Conference, together with their Middle East Regional colleagues.

Concerned About Those Non-Secured Receivables or Undertaking Your Credit Analysis Review?
If so, why not try a FCIB Credit Report? They are all freshly investigated, customised to your in depth requirements and include a credit limit recommendation and currency trend analysis. Natalye Turner will be pleased to discuss your requirements on 00 44 (0)
1865 481 631 or natalyet@fcibglobal.com or visit http://www.fcibglobal.com/reports/credit_reports.html

Why Not Do A Degussa?
I was delighted to receive an email from Degussa – who joined FCIB in April this year - which said at the bottom ‘Degussa Credit Management is a member of FCIB’, together with our logo. This seemed a terrific idea to me. If your company regulations allow, please consider adding this to your emails. It would be warmly appreciated by your business association.

For Your Diary
2007 European & Middle East Conference Venues
Rome – 11 to 13 February
Dubai – 18 to 20 March
Frankfurt – 17 to 19 June
Istanbul – 14 to 16 October

FCIB warmly welcomes these new member companies and new membership representatives.

New Members

Fokus Bank ASA, Norway
Annette Stavem Hogmoen
Senior Advisor Trade Finance
Email: anette.s.hogmoen@fokus.no
Telephone: 00 47 240 07999
Facsimile: 00 47 240 07901

Credit Management Instituut BV, Netherlands
Raimond Honig
Director
Email: rhonig@cminstituut.nl
Telephone: 00 31 653 153 573
Email: 00 31 79 593 8735

ITT Corporation, UK
Lydia Marshall
European Credit Manager
Email: lydia.marshall@uk.itt.com
Telephone: 00 44 1256 311 759
Facsimile: 00 44 1256 336 862

SR Technics, Switzerland
Roland Karesch
Credit Control & Collections / TKF
Email: roland.karesch@srtechnics.com
Telephone: 00 41 43 812 4141
Facsimile: 00 41 43 812 9861

Trelleborg Industri SAS, France
Francois Baldy
Credit & Treasury Manager
Email: francois.baldy@trelleborg.com
Telephone: 00 33 473 2581 19
Facsimile: 00 33 473 2582 23

Bank Sarasin (CI) Ltd., Channel Islands
Ken Gibbs
Managing Director
Email: ken.gibbs@sarasin.co.uk
Telephone: 00 44 1481 746 843
Facsimile: 00 44 1481 725 157

TaylorMade Adidas Golf Ltd., UK
Stephen Skipwith
European Credit Manager
Email: stephen.skipwith@tmag.com
Telephone: 00 44 1256 408 617
Facsimile: 00 44 1256 404 559

I am grateful to Patrick Arnegger for his investment in Global Membership for Alcoa, Switzerland including two new memberships for Europe who are: -

Klara Boor
Alcoa Kofem, Hungary
Email: klara.boor@alcoa.com
Telephone: 00 36 2253 1571
Facsimile: 00 36 2231 2961

Gabriel Mangano
Alcoa Europe SA
Email: gabriel.mangano@alcoa.com
Telephone: 00 41 21 619 2289
Facsimile: 00 41 21 619 2264

Coltman Warner Cranston, UK
Larry Coltman
Partner
Email: lcoltman@coltmanco.com
Telephone: 00 44 247 6627 2052
Facsimile: 00 44 247 6227 691

Dun & Bradstreet, UK
Roger Hodson
Marketing Director
Email: hodsonr@dnb.com
Telephone: 00 44 1628 492 426
Facsimile: 00 44 1628 292 260

It is very gratifying that ICBA – one of our major sponsors in Europe – have graduated to Global Corporate Membership and I sincerely thank Luc Gillijns for his support. There are nine new members in Europe, each of whom is an ICBA partner: -

Audrius Rosinas,
ICBA Lithuania
Email: audrius.rosinas@kreditai.lt
Telephone: 00 370 5 2745 425
Facsimile: 00 370 5 2745 426

Curt Hassler
ICBA Sweden
Email: curt.hassler@sakra.se
Telephone: 00 46 8 5063 6403
Facsimile: 00 46 8 5063 6499

Danilo Potenza
ICBA Italy
Email: danilo.potenza@assiconsult.com
Telephone: 00 39 2 6749 3313
Facsimile: 00 39 2 6719 9356

Andy Moylan
ICBA UK
Email: amoylan@efcis.com
Telephone: 00 44 1920 464 440
Facsimile: 00 44 1920 464 123

Richard Pickers
ICBA Spain
Email: richardpickers@palaupickers.com
Telephone: 00 34 91 5537 089
Facsimile: 00 34 91 5536 321

Rene van der Voort
ICBA Netherlands
Email: r.vandervoort@finance-insurance.nl
Telephone: 00 31 20 4080 988
Facsimile: 00 31 20 4080 988

Emmanuel Portier
ICBA France
Email: portier@jean-b8sj0t.fr
Telephone: 00 33 1 5689 5063
Facsimile: 00 33 1 5689 0920

Winfried Vogt
ICBA Germany
Email: icba@gfkmbh.de
Telephone: 00 49 221 1260 100
Facsimile: 00 49 221 1260 102

Michael Raleigh
ICBA Ireland
Email: michael.raleigh@cimco.ie
Telephone: 00 353 1 866 5550
Facsimile: 00 353 1 866 5520

Membership Changes

Pfizer, Germany (previously France)
New representative: Yvo Deserranno
Senior Business Finance Manager
Email: yvo.deserranno@pfizer.com
Telephone: 00 32 2 554 61 36
Facsimile: 00 32 2 642 90 21

Sapa AB, Sweden
Representative: Bjorn Wikstrand,
Business Controller
New business address: SE 114 85, Stockholm
Telephone: 00 46 8 459 5900
Facsimile: 00 46 8 459 5950

Borealis Polymers NV, Belgium
New representative: Sandrina Graceffa
Credit Manager
Email: sandrina.graceffa@borealisgroup.com
Telephone: 00 32 15 47 97 62
Facsimile: 00 32 15 47 97 07

Coface Central Europe, Austria
New representative: Isabelle Haug
International Account Manager
Email: isabelle.haug@coface.at
Telephone: 00 43 1 5155 4536
Facsimile: 00 43 1 533 5605

Falconbridge Europe, Belgium
Company Name Change: Xstrata Nickel / Falconbridge Europe
Representative: Eric Van den Berghe
Email: evandenberghe@xstratanickel.be

Albemarle Europe SPRL, Belgium
New representative: Gilles Deckers
Senior Credit & Statutory Finance Coordinator
Email: gilles.deckers@albemarle.com
Telephone: 00 32 10 48 17 70
Facsimile: 00 32 10 48 39 90

Nova-Innovene (International) S.A., Switzerland
New representative: Lesley Baldock
Credit Leader
Email: baldocll@nova-innovene.com
Telephone: 00 41 26 426 5714
Facsimile: 00 41 26 426 5620

Mastering International Credit

Your Warsaw Presentations Are Now Available Online. Links-:

Trade Finance Forum

Trade Finance Forum

Conference Presentation - Coface

Conference Presentation – Opening Speech

Conference Presentation – JPMorgan Chase Vastera