Day 1

Welcome Address by Md. Abdul Awal, Chairperson – South Asia MicroEntrepreneurs Network (SAMN)

Address by Mr. Paul Blyth, Chairperson – Financial Inclusion Forum UK

Address by Lead Global Sponsor

Address by FCDO/British International Investment (BII)

Representative from SOAS*

Lecture style presentation by leading expert/academic (SOAS, ODI – TBC)
followed by Q & A

Ms. Roshaneh Zafar, Managing Director – Kashf Foundation*

Mr. Udaya Kumar, Managing Director & CEO – CreditAccess

(Panel discussion with reps from regulators, bi-lateral/multi-lateral donors,
UN agencies, policy / think-tanks, practitioners)

Mr. Devesh Sachdev, Chairperson – Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN)

Dr. Rashid Bajwa, CEO -National Rural Support Programme*

(Panel discussion with reps from regulators, bi-lateral/multi-lateral donors,
UN agencies, policy / think-tanks, practitioners TBC)

Focus Session 1:
Evolving Microfinance Landscapes – Future of Group Lending

(World Bank, Care Intl’
TBC)

Mr. Amir Khan, CEO & President – HBL Microfinance Bank*

Focus Session 2: Rebuilding the Afghan
Microfinance Sector

(UNDP, TBC)

Dr. Amjad Saqib, Executive Director – Akhuwat*

Focus Session 3:
Responsible Finance, Interest Rates & Consumer Protection in the Context of Digitisation, Evolving Risks

(CFI Intl’ – TBC)

Syed Kabeer Naqvi, CEO & President – Ubank
Mr. Sadaf Sayeed, CEO – Muthoot Finance

Dr. Alok Misra, CEO & Director – Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN)

Mr. Yasir Ashfaq, CEO – Pakistan Microfinance Investment Company*

(Panel discussion with reps from regulators, bi-lateral/multi-lateral donors,
UN agencies, policy / think-tanks, practitioners)