Documentary Credit Advanced Certificate

Overview

The Documentary Credit Officer is at the forefront of individual transaction financial executions. Whether working with a Bank or in Trade Finance, Import / Export, Procurement Department, a good technical understanding of Documentary Credit and other instruments will be a key success factor within the international trade workspace.

This second part is designed to perfectly complement the first one and is tailored toward more experienced candidates.

At the end of the training and through practical examples, case studies and simulation, you will be able to:

• Understand the techniques of the documentary credits, collections and guarantees areas and their handling going through end-to-end processes.
• Develop a mindset and practical toolbox which should contribute to all value to their intervention beyond the execution level.
• Assess and advise which will be the most relevant instrument to meet the objectives assigned (amongst other with respect to security, flexibility, … sought).
• Handle and process the instruments (wrt issuance/amendment/check documents compliance and honoring).

We expect that, through this training, you will ultimately be best placed to rapidly gain in experience, making the most out of the various real-life cases that you will be confronted with.

The Certificate consists of 6 modules of 6 hours each, divided into two evenings per week (3 hours/day).

Program

• Introduction
• Bank Operations
• LC and Shipping documents
• Trade Finance Operations
• Guarantees
• Practical transaction from end-to-end

Lecturers

Paolo Montella

ING Bank N.V.

Head of L/C Dept.

Katia Bolzan

ING Bank N.V.

ESG Advisor

Siham Kheddar

ING Bank N.V.

International Warranty Manager

Nicolas Beck

Mercuria Energy Trading SA

Trade Finance Officer

Simeon Lachev

Weromett SA

Managing Director