Documentary Credit Beginner Certificate

Overview

Documentary Credits form the backbone of international trade, offering security, reliability, and efficiency for both buyers and exporters. Banks play a crucial role in these transaction cycles, ensuring smooth financial execution.

On a daily basis, the Documentary Credit Officer is at the forefront of individual transaction financial executions. Whether working in a bank’s trade finance department, or in a company’s import /export, or procurement division, a strong technical understanding of Documentary Credits and related instruments is crucial for success in international trade.

This comprehensive program comprises the 4 fundamentals Modules of the Operator Certificate designed specifically for junior Credit Officers and a final (module 5) in-class simulation exercise.

This practice-oriented Certificate aims to enable participants to:

• Develop a good understanding of Documentary Credit techniques and their pratical implementation.
• Cultivate a professional mindset and acquire practical toolbox that adds value beyond the execution level.

This program is designed for:

• Junior Trade Finance Officers and Documentary Credit Officers in the early stages of their career at commodity trading companies or banks who want to accelerate their professional development and fully grasp all angles of this complex, evolving profession.
• Young professionals considering a career transition into the commodity sector, particularly within banks active in Trade Finance or trading companies.

Programme

• Introduction to Commodity Trading, Documents & Incoterms
• Introduction to Trade Finance
  Financial Instruments & Introduction to Hedging
• LC and Other Payment Terms
• Trading Contracts
• LC Simulation Exercise

Lecturers

Pierre-Edouard Dolhen

Louis Dreyfus Company

Head of EMEA Derivatives

Olivier Thyssen

Banque Cantonale de Genève

Vice President
Head of Credit and Project Management
Global Commodity Finance

Yan Blitshteyn

NLMK Trading SA

Head of Middle and Back Office

Siméon Lachev

Weromett SA

Managing Director

Paolo Montella

ING Bank N.V., Amsterdam, Lancy/Geneva Branch

Head of L/C Department