Banco de España – Banco de Portugal – European Investment Bank Conference "Financing Corporates: Lessons from the COVID-19 Crisis and Challenges Ahead"

The Banco de España, the Banco de Portugal and the European Investment Bank are organising a Conference on “Financing Corporates: Lessons from the COVID-19 Crisis and Challenges Ahead”, to be held on 4 April 2022 at the Banco de España’s headquarters in Madrid.

Elisa Ferreira, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, will give a keynote speech.

The programme includes a high-level policy panel with the following panellists: Pablo Hernández de Cos, Governor of the Banco de España; Mário Centeno, Governor of the Banco de Portugal; and Ricardo Mourinho Félix, Vice President of the European Investment Bank.

Attendance is by invitation only.

Information

Speakers

4 April

    • 09:00h - 09:05h
    • Welcoming remarks

      Soledad Núñez, Member of the Governing Council and Executive Commission, Banco de
      España

    • 09:05h - 09:20h
    • Keynote speech

      Elisa Ferreira, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms

    • 09:20h - 09:30h
    • Main results of the EIBIS for Spain and Portugal from an EU perspective

      Ricardo Santos File PDF: Opens in new window (770 KB), Economics Department, European Investment Bank

    • 09:30h - 10:40h
    • Session 1: The effectiveness of firm level policies deployed during the COVID-19 crisis

      Chair: Soledad Núñez, Member of the Governing Council and Executive Commission, Banco de España
      Nuno Alves File PDF: Opens in new window (960 KB), Head of the Economic Research Department, Banco de Portugal
      Laurent Maurin File PDF: Opens in new window (2 MB), Economics Department, European Investment Bank
      Sergio Mayordomo File PDF: Opens in new window (1 MB), Head of the Financial Analysis Division, Banco de España

    • 10:40h - 10:55h
    • Coffee break
    • 10:55h - 12:15h
    • Session 2: Finance needs to support the recovery, digitalisation and the green transition

      Chair: Carlos Thomas, Associate Director General Economics and Research, Banco de España
      Gilles Badot File PDF: Opens in new window (2 MB), Director of Iberia Department, European Investment Bank
      Luisa Gómez Bravo, Global Head of Corporate and Investment Banking, BBVA
      Paulo Macedo File PDF: Opens in new window (1 MB), Chief Executive Officer, Caixa Geral de Depósitos, S.A.
      Carmen de Pablo Redondo File PDF: Opens in new window (2 MB), Chief Financial Officer, Cepsa

    • 12:15h - 13:00h
    • High-level policy panel: NGEU and structural reforms

      Chair: Debora Revoltella, Head of the Economics Department, European Investment Bank
      Pablo Hernández de Cos, Governor, Banco de España
      Ricardo Mourinho Félix, Vice President, European Investment Bank
      Álvaro Novo, Director of the Governor’s Office, Banco de Portugal

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