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Hilary Brown specializes in trade and supply chain finance across traditional trade products at BNY. With over 9 years of in-house experience at Deutsche Bank and BNY, Hilary has an extensive background in cross-border transactions with a deep understanding of the operations behind bank-to-bank lending. Hilary also supports letter of credit operations, trade distribution and institutional lending. Hilary is Chair of Remote Pro-Bono projects at BNY and an active member of the BAFT Committees.

Craig Weeks is the Senior Vice President – Trade for the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT). Craig is also a Transaction Banking subject matter expert for Fitch Learning and an Executive Practicum Adviser of the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative of North Carolina State University. Craig served as SVP and Manager of the International Banking Group of US Bank as well as serving at Citibank and JPMorgan as Global Trade Sales Head for both institutions. Craig worked for Continental Grain Company, in New York, as Assistant Treasurer for Bank Relations, and in Geneva, Switzerland as Trade Finance Risk Manager. Craig has a Masters of International Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management (Glendale, AZ) and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dickinson College, (Carlisle, PA) where he is an Emeritus Trustee. Craig also studied at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (Medellin, Colombia). Craig was a board member and former Chair of the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT). Craig is a Disaster Services volunteer for the American Red Cross Serving Western North Carolina and an avid hiker and golfer. He and his wife Lorraine reside in Weaverville, NC USA.

Geoffrey Wynne is Head of Sullivan & Worcester’s London office and its Trade and Export Finance Group. A leading trade finance lawyer, he specialises in trade, structured trade and commodity finance, advising major banks, non-bank financial institutions and multilaterals on transactions in emerging markets. His expertise includes warehouse financing, collateral management, ownership structures and receivables financing. Geoff works with industry bodies including BAFT, ITFA, and the ICC, ICC advising them on documentation and rules promulgated by them in trade finance. He co-chaired the ICC Drafting Committee for the Uniform Rules for Digital Trade Transactions (URDTT) and was involved in the Electronic Trade Documents Act (2023). Recognised with a Lifetime Achievement Award by RFIx in 2024, he is top ranked by Chambers UK, the UK Legal 500 and IFLR1000. The team he leads has won multiple awards, including recently ‘Legal Innovation in Trade’ (TFG, 2023) and Best Export Finance Law Firm (GTR, 2023). He is the editor of The Practitioner’s Guide to Trade and Commodity Finance and General Editor of A Guide to Receivables Finance.