| 0900 | | Registration and Refreshments
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| 0925 | | Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Francis Martin, President, Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce
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| 0930 | | Government Address
Sammy Wilson MP MLA , Minister of Finance and Personnel, Northern Ireland Assembly
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| 0945 | | Business Address
Ronnie Patton, President of ACCA in Ireland, Senior Lecturer, Ulster Business School
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| 1000 |
| Introduction to the Taskforce & Better Business Finance
Angela Knight, Chief Executive, British Bankers’ Association
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| 1015 | | Coffee Break
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| 1045 | | How the Appeals Process Operates
Professor Russel Griggs OBE, Independent Reviewer for the Appeals Process
Guy Sagar, Director, Promontory Financial Group (UK) Ltd
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| 1055 |
| SME Finance Monitor: Understanding the Business Community’s Needs
Shiona Davies, Director, BDRC Continental
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| 1105 |
| The Value of Mentoring
Ann McGregor, Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce
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| 1120 | | Alternate Sources of Finance
Stephen Welton, Chief Executive Officer, Business Growth Fund An Update from UK Export Finance
Steve Roberts-Mae, Director, UK Export Finance
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| 1140 | |
Panel Discussion
Kevin Kingston, Managing Director Business & Corporate Banking, Northern Bank
Michael Kidd, Head of Business Banking UK, Bank of Ireland UK
Peter Torrens, Relationship Director, Belfast, Santander
Ian Jordan, Head of Business and Commercial Banking, Ulster Bank
Adrian Doran, Head of Northern Ireland, Barclays Corporate
Mike Conroy, Strategy Implementation, Commercial Banking, HSBC
Brian Gillan, Head of Business Banking, First Trust Bank
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| 1220 | | Chairman’s Closing Remarks
Francis Martin, President, Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce
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| 1230 | | Close and Lunch |
