IMF/World Bank Meetings 2026

14 October 2026 - 17 October 2026
The Athenee Hotel

On the occasion of the IMF/World Bank Meetings, DZ BANK AG, Central Bank of the German Cooperative Banking Group, will be represented in Bangkok from October 14th to October 17th 2026!

DZ BANK Delegation

Dr. Cornelius Riese

Chief Executive Officer

CV

Souâd Benkredda

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

CV

Matthias Bergner

Managing Director, Head of Group Treasury

CV

H.-Theo Brockmann

Managing Director, Global Head of Capital Markets Institutional Clients

CV

Frank Carr-Allinson

Managing Director, Global Head of Financial Institutions Emerging Markets

CV

Gottfried Finken

Managing Director, Global Head of Structured Finance & International Business

CV

Dr. Hartmut Gau

Managing Director, Global Head of Trading

CV

Friedrich (Fritz) Luithlen

Managing Director, Global Head of Debt Capital Markets

CV

Dr. Kira Verena Rempel-Samol

Managing Director, Global Head of Client Management, Industrialized Countries

CV

Martin Roth

Managing Director, Head of Communication & Marketing

CV

Frank Scheidig

Managing Director, Global Head of Senior Executive Banking

CV

Martin Wehling

General Manager DZ BANK Singapore

CV

Registration

Lunch Reception - October 17

Please note the change in start time due to an update in the official IMF programme.

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Lunch

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Welcome Speech

Dr. Cornelius Riese, Chief Executive Officer, DZ BANK AG

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Panel Discussion - Paths to prosperity: Forging growth, trade and investment between Europe and Asia

Joachim Nagel, President, Deutsche Bundesbank

Souâd Benkredda, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, DZ BANK AG

Olli Rehn, Governor, Central Bank of Finland

Mark Burgess, Chair, Investment Committee, Australian Retirement Trust

Prakash Kannan, Chief Economist, GIC

Moderator:

David Marsh, Chairman, OMFIF

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Closing Remarks

Frank Scheidig, Global Head Senior Executive Banking, DZ BANK AG

Speakers

Souâd Benkredda

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

CV

Mark Burgess

Chair, Investment Committee, Australian Retirement Trust

Prakash Kannan

Chief Economist, GIC

Joachim Nagel

President of the Deutsche Bundesbank and Member of the Governing Council of the ECB

Olli Rehn

Governor, Central Bank of Finland

David Marsh

Chairman, OMFIF

Location

The Athenee Hotel

61 Thanon Witthayu, Khwaeng Lumphini, Pathum Wan, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
Bangkok

Contact

IMF Coordination

Annina Boehnke

imf@dzbank.de

+49 69 7447 53152

Christian Farsch

imf@dzbank.de

+49 69 7447 51335

On-site Contact

Georg Behrendt del Pozo

georg.behrendt@dzbank.de / imf@dzbank.de

+49 151 25095981