BCR Webcasting: Shona Tatchell, Director of the EBRD Trade Facilitation Programme

Michael Bickers speaks with Shona Tatchell about her new role at the EBRD, which she took on in May this year. Shona shares her views on the current state of factoring and supply chain finance (SCF) in the EBRD region, emphasising the crucial role SCF plays in supporting strategic objectives such as achieving ESG goals.

She highlights key markets with significant potential for developing payables finance programmes, which have been prioritised by the EBRD for further growth. The discussion also explores the challenges banks face when entering new markets to offer SCF solutions, including underdeveloped legal frameworks and infrastructure. Shona notes that factoring and SCF both play an important role within the EBRD’s Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP), which encompasses a variety of financing types designed to support trade.