online event
Export insurance: Manage risks in challenging markets
Join this session to learn how to manage risks when selling overseas.
What you’ll learn
- Why is export insurance important to your business?
- What sort of insurance products you can rely on? And what for?
- How can UKEF help?
Description
Exporting offers your business many opportunities, but it can also pose some risks. This is particularly true when trading in some markets. That is why managing those risks and getting the right level of protection is fundamental to ensure you succeed in that journey.
Please join us in this exclusive masterclass, in partnership with the UK Export Finance (UKEF), where you will learn about the importance of export insurance and the insurance products UKEF can provide to ensure you get paid when exporting to markets the private sector is unable to cover.
Speakers
Hugh Francis
Export Finance Manager, UK Export Finance
Hugh Francis joined UK Export Finance in 2012 after over 20 years specialising in trade finance. Before joining UKEF, Hugh was initially employed as a corporate lender at Bank of Scotland and set up the international arm of Bibby Trade Services. He also set up two other specialist trade finance companies, providing finance to SMEs for import and export purposes and was a former business owner. He has an international and new business development background, having managed key client accounts, multi-currency bank accounts and credit insurance policies. With his wealth of experience, Hugh is now an Export Finance Manager at UKEF covering Bristol, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Worcestershire, helping companies to export, trade safely and to get paid.