“Access to Financing for SMEs in the Euro Area: How Does Turkey Differ?”

PROGRAM

10.00 -10.10

Opening Remarks:

Süreyya Serdengeçti, TEPAV Stability Institute Director

(Former Governor of Central Bank of Turkey)

10.10 - 10.45

Keynote Speech:

Jeffrey Anderson, Former IIF Senior Director for European Affairs

10.45 - 11.30

Open Discussion

Jeffrey Anderson has been with the Institute of International Finance (IIF) since 1984.

He is focusing on key issues arising from the Eurozone crisis.

Mr. Anderson was Director of the Institute’s European Department from 1992 to 2012, where he followed the economic progress of central and eastern Europe, as well as Russia and Turkey, and led the expansion of the Institute’s country coverage to the Eurozone periphery. Before that, Mr. Anderson was Director of the Comparative Country Analysis Department and senior economist in the Institute’s Asia Department. Prior to joining the Institute, Mr. Anderson was part of the World Economic Service at Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates.