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April 22, 2026 | Can We Beat the Fraudsters In Our Trade Finance Transactions?

Geoffrey Wynne and Robert Parson participated in a roundtable discussion "Can We Beat the Fraudsters In Our Trade Finance Transactions?" at the first 2026 Sullivan and Trade Treasury Payments’ (TTP) co-hosted Breakfast Club on Wednesday, April 22, at The Lansdowne Club in London. This event follows the success of the first two TTP / Sullivan Breakfast Clubs in 2025.

With trade fraud escalating, the alarm is ringing louder than ever. Despite a heightened industry awareness of risk, recent high-profile cases have exposed persistent structural weaknesses in the global ecosystem — from duplicated documents to inconsistent data and opaque cross-border processes.

Watch the panel session »


September 13, 2023 | What Next For The Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023?

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Geoffrey Wynne participated in Trade Finance Global (TFG)’s webinar – ‘What Next for the Electronic Trade Documents Act (ETDA) 2023?’ - which was aired on September 13.

The five different sessions looked at all the key aspects of the UK’s Electronic Trade Documents Act, which comes into force on September 20, 2023.

Geoff participated in the first session ‘An introduction to the EDTA’ together with Lord Chris Holmes, Peer, House of Lords, Ada Igboemeka, Deputy Director for Digital Trade, Department for Business & Trade, Chris Southworth, Secretary General, ICC United Kingdom, Luca Castellani, Legal Officer, Secretariat of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and Professor Sarah Green, Commissioner for Commercial and Common Law, Law Commission of England & Wales.

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July 24, 2023 | Trade Finance TV: How Can We Reduce Trade Finance Fraud?

Geoffrey Wynne was interviewed together with Claudia Hussy, Head of Trade Finance Unfunded Product Management & Automation Lead, Deutsche Bank and Chris Southworth, Secretary General ICC UK by Clarissa Dann, Editorial Director, Deutsche Bank for Trade Finance TV.

The discussion focuses on the tell-tale signs of trade fraud to look out for, what more can be done as we digitalise trade finance to make it harder for fraudsters to penetrate daily transactions and the interviewees give examples of trade-related fraud and the measures available to stay one step ahead of the criminals.

Read more »


February 2023 | BCR Trade & Investment Forum

Geoffrey Wynne was interviewed by Michael Bickers of BCR in advance of the upcoming inaugural Trade & Investment Forum (TIF23) being held on March 9 in London.

They discussed the challenges to accepting trade finance as an asset class by non-bank investors; how digitisation of Irrevocable Payment Undertakings (IPUs) can support investor positions; market potential and the importance of open forums such as TIF23 for the industry to move forward.

Read more »


December 16, 2022 | Updated Digital Trade Rules: ITFA, URTEPO, and Streamlining Payment Obligations

Geoff was interviewed by Trade Finance Global (TFG) for a discussion with Deepesh Patel on the "Updated Digital Trade Rules: ITFA, URTEPO, and Streamlining Payment Obligations."

Read more »


October 3, 2022 | Trade Finance and Investors

Geoff participated in the Trade Finance TV’s episode: "Trade finance and investors" in which the panel discuss short term, reliable returns in the current environment, different types of investors, investor education, the structure of the asset and the overall outlook in a market where appetite for private debt is increasing. Hosted by Clarissa Dann, Editorial Director at Deutsche Bank, together with Katharine Morton from TXF Media, interviewees included Ian Duffy of Accelerated Payments, Ian Henderson of Artis Finance and Jason Barrass of ARC Ratings.

Read more »

Trade Finance TV is presented by Deutsche Bank Corporate Bank and is a Trader TV production.


July 12, 2019 | Three musketeers of structured commodity trade finance reflect on how trade gets paid

Geoff Wynne, head of the Trade & Export Finance Group and Sullivan's London office, participated in a video discussion published by DB Trade Finance TV in association with Deutsche Bank’s flow magazine.

In the interview, Geoff and fellow panelists John (Mac) MacNamara, Deutsche Bank’s Vice Chairman of Trade Finance Commodities, and Jean-François Lambert, Founding Partner of Lambert Commodities and former Managing Director, Global Head of Commodity and Structured Trade Finance for HSBC Group, share their thoughts on structured commodity finance and how each of them became involved in the industry.

Read more »


Videos

April 22, 2026 | Can We Beat the Fraudsters In Our Trade Finance Transactions?

Geoffrey Wynne and Robert Parson participated in a roundtable discussion "Can We Beat the Fraudsters In Our Trade Finance Transactions?" at the first 2026 Sullivan and Trade Treasury Payments’ (TTP) co-hosted Breakfast Club on Wednesday, April 22, at The Lansdowne Club in London. This event follows the success of the first two TTP / Sullivan Breakfast Clubs in 2025.

With trade fraud escalating, the alarm is ringing louder than ever. Despite a heightened industry awareness of risk, recent high-profile cases have exposed persistent structural weaknesses in the global ecosystem — from duplicated documents to inconsistent data and opaque cross-border processes.

Watch the panel session »


September 13, 2023 | What Next For The Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023?

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Geoffrey Wynne participated in Trade Finance Global (TFG)’s webinar – ‘What Next for the Electronic Trade Documents Act (ETDA) 2023?’ - which was aired on September 13.

The five different sessions looked at all the key aspects of the UK’s Electronic Trade Documents Act, which comes into force on September 20, 2023.

Geoff participated in the first session ‘An introduction to the EDTA’ together with Lord Chris Holmes, Peer, House of Lords, Ada Igboemeka, Deputy Director for Digital Trade, Department for Business & Trade, Chris Southworth, Secretary General, ICC United Kingdom, Luca Castellani, Legal Officer, Secretariat of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and Professor Sarah Green, Commissioner for Commercial and Common Law, Law Commission of England & Wales.

Read more »


July 24, 2023 | Trade Finance TV: How Can We Reduce Trade Finance Fraud?

Geoffrey Wynne was interviewed together with Claudia Hussy, Head of Trade Finance Unfunded Product Management & Automation Lead, Deutsche Bank and Chris Southworth, Secretary General ICC UK by Clarissa Dann, Editorial Director, Deutsche Bank for Trade Finance TV.

The discussion focuses on the tell-tale signs of trade fraud to look out for, what more can be done as we digitalise trade finance to make it harder for fraudsters to penetrate daily transactions and the interviewees give examples of trade-related fraud and the measures available to stay one step ahead of the criminals.

Read more »


February 2023 | BCR Trade & Investment Forum

Geoffrey Wynne was interviewed by Michael Bickers of BCR in advance of the upcoming inaugural Trade & Investment Forum (TIF23) being held on March 9 in London.

They discussed the challenges to accepting trade finance as an asset class by non-bank investors; how digitisation of Irrevocable Payment Undertakings (IPUs) can support investor positions; market potential and the importance of open forums such as TIF23 for the industry to move forward.

Read more »


December 16, 2022 | Updated Digital Trade Rules: ITFA, URTEPO, and Streamlining Payment Obligations

Geoff was interviewed by Trade Finance Global (TFG) for a discussion with Deepesh Patel on the "Updated Digital Trade Rules: ITFA, URTEPO, and Streamlining Payment Obligations."

Read more »


October 3, 2022 | Trade Finance and Investors

Geoff participated in the Trade Finance TV’s episode: "Trade finance and investors" in which the panel discuss short term, reliable returns in the current environment, different types of investors, investor education, the structure of the asset and the overall outlook in a market where appetite for private debt is increasing. Hosted by Clarissa Dann, Editorial Director at Deutsche Bank, together with Katharine Morton from TXF Media, interviewees included Ian Duffy of Accelerated Payments, Ian Henderson of Artis Finance and Jason Barrass of ARC Ratings.

Read more »

Trade Finance TV is presented by Deutsche Bank Corporate Bank and is a Trader TV production.


July 12, 2019 | Three musketeers of structured commodity trade finance reflect on how trade gets paid

Geoff Wynne, head of the Trade & Export Finance Group and Sullivan's London office, participated in a video discussion published by DB Trade Finance TV in association with Deutsche Bank’s flow magazine.

In the interview, Geoff and fellow panelists John (Mac) MacNamara, Deutsche Bank’s Vice Chairman of Trade Finance Commodities, and Jean-François Lambert, Founding Partner of Lambert Commodities and former Managing Director, Global Head of Commodity and Structured Trade Finance for HSBC Group, share their thoughts on structured commodity finance and how each of them became involved in the industry.

Read more »


Videos

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Videos

April 22, 2026 | Can We Beat the Fraudsters In Our Trade Finance Transactions?

Geoffrey Wynne and Robert Parson participated in a roundtable discussion "Can We Beat the Fraudsters In Our Trade Finance Transactions?" at the first 2026 Sullivan and Trade Treasury Payments’ (TTP) co-hosted Breakfast Club on Wednesday, April 22, at The Lansdowne Club in London. This event follows the success of the first two TTP / Sullivan Breakfast Clubs in 2025.

With trade fraud escalating, the alarm is ringing louder than ever. Despite a heightened industry awareness of risk, recent high-profile cases have exposed persistent structural weaknesses in the global ecosystem — from duplicated documents to inconsistent data and opaque cross-border processes.

Watch the panel session »


September 13, 2023 | What Next For The Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023?

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Geoffrey Wynne participated in Trade Finance Global (TFG)’s webinar – ‘What Next for the Electronic Trade Documents Act (ETDA) 2023?’ - which was aired on September 13.

The five different sessions looked at all the key aspects of the UK’s Electronic Trade Documents Act, which comes into force on September 20, 2023.

Geoff participated in the first session ‘An introduction to the EDTA’ together with Lord Chris Holmes, Peer, House of Lords, Ada Igboemeka, Deputy Director for Digital Trade, Department for Business & Trade, Chris Southworth, Secretary General, ICC United Kingdom, Luca Castellani, Legal Officer, Secretariat of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and Professor Sarah Green, Commissioner for Commercial and Common Law, Law Commission of England & Wales.

Read more »


July 24, 2023 | Trade Finance TV: How Can We Reduce Trade Finance Fraud?

Geoffrey Wynne was interviewed together with Claudia Hussy, Head of Trade Finance Unfunded Product Management & Automation Lead, Deutsche Bank and Chris Southworth, Secretary General ICC UK by Clarissa Dann, Editorial Director, Deutsche Bank for Trade Finance TV.

The discussion focuses on the tell-tale signs of trade fraud to look out for, what more can be done as we digitalise trade finance to make it harder for fraudsters to penetrate daily transactions and the interviewees give examples of trade-related fraud and the measures available to stay one step ahead of the criminals.

Read more »


February 2023 | BCR Trade & Investment Forum

Geoffrey Wynne was interviewed by Michael Bickers of BCR in advance of the upcoming inaugural Trade & Investment Forum (TIF23) being held on March 9 in London.

They discussed the challenges to accepting trade finance as an asset class by non-bank investors; how digitisation of Irrevocable Payment Undertakings (IPUs) can support investor positions; market potential and the importance of open forums such as TIF23 for the industry to move forward.

Read more »


December 16, 2022 | Updated Digital Trade Rules: ITFA, URTEPO, and Streamlining Payment Obligations

Geoff was interviewed by Trade Finance Global (TFG) for a discussion with Deepesh Patel on the "Updated Digital Trade Rules: ITFA, URTEPO, and Streamlining Payment Obligations."

Read more »


October 3, 2022 | Trade Finance and Investors

Geoff participated in the Trade Finance TV’s episode: "Trade finance and investors" in which the panel discuss short term, reliable returns in the current environment, different types of investors, investor education, the structure of the asset and the overall outlook in a market where appetite for private debt is increasing. Hosted by Clarissa Dann, Editorial Director at Deutsche Bank, together with Katharine Morton from TXF Media, interviewees included Ian Duffy of Accelerated Payments, Ian Henderson of Artis Finance and Jason Barrass of ARC Ratings.

Read more »

Trade Finance TV is presented by Deutsche Bank Corporate Bank and is a Trader TV production.


July 12, 2019 | Three musketeers of structured commodity trade finance reflect on how trade gets paid

Geoff Wynne, head of the Trade & Export Finance Group and Sullivan's London office, participated in a video discussion published by DB Trade Finance TV in association with Deutsche Bank’s flow magazine.

In the interview, Geoff and fellow panelists John (Mac) MacNamara, Deutsche Bank’s Vice Chairman of Trade Finance Commodities, and Jean-François Lambert, Founding Partner of Lambert Commodities and former Managing Director, Global Head of Commodity and Structured Trade Finance for HSBC Group, share their thoughts on structured commodity finance and how each of them became involved in the industry.

Read more »


Videos

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Videos

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