On 19 April 2022, the next online meeting of the Financial Services Working Group took place with the participation of more than 40 company representatives. The meeting was focused on the economic impacts of the pandemic and emerging risks for recovery.

After the opening remarks by Tobias Baumann, Evgenia Gashikulina welcomed the participants and the guest speaker - Werner Claes, Member of the Supervisory Board of AccessBank and noted that he was a professional with over 20 years of extensive experience in the banking sector, particularly in the fields of risk management, modelling and operational efficiency.

In his presentation, Werner Claes shared his views from a more global and holistic perspective, talking about the tools that can help businesses deal with crisis situations. He expanded on these issues, touching upon several topics related to economic impact and interconnectivity, means to fight the crises in international markets, climate theme and managing under extreme uncertainty.

The meeting was moderated by Evgenia Gashikulina and the presentation by the guest speaker was followed by an engaging question and answer session.