Get Ready for the #1 Infrastructure Event of the Year!
The Infrastructure Investor Global Summit is where capital is allocated and boldest ideas in global infrastructure take shape. For four impactful days, immerse yourself in dynamic, expert-led sessions, tackle the industry’s toughest challenges, and gain the strategies you need to outpace the competition.
Join a powerhouse network of over 3,000 top-tier investors, fund managers, and game-changing partners. Forge connections, unlock capital, and fuel your next major move.
This is your moment. Don’t miss out—secure your spot today and lead the charge in shaping the future of infrastructure investing.
750+ LPs
Connect with LPs from across the globe over 4 days
350+ Speakers
Gain global insights from industry leaders
3000+ Industry leaders
Expand your network. Deepen relationships. Secure capital.
Achieve 4 Months of Business in Just 4 Days
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Power Your Infrastructure Strategy in Just 4 Days
Struggling to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving infrastructure landscape? Wondering where the next big opportunity is?
Solution: The Infrastructure Investor Global Summit – the #1 event for global infrastructure investing. Here’s why:
Meet ALL THE KEY PLAYERS – top investors, fund managers, and strategic partners – ready to connect and drive deals.
Learn from ALL THE INDUSTRY LEADERS on our stages, delivering insights you can act on immediately.
Discover ALL THE MAJOR DEALS and industry-shaping announcements happening here first.
Rub shoulders with infrastructure-focused LP's
LP's registered to attend 2025:
Keynote Spotlight:
Katty Kay, BBC Studios
Join us to hear from Katty Kay, U.S. Special Correspondent for BBC Studios, as she delves into the current landscape of U.S. politics. With her deep insights and on the ground experience, Katty will shed light on the political trends and shifts impacting infrastructure and investment. This is your opportunity to gain a front row perspective on U.S. politics from one of the most respected voices in the field—don’t miss it!
Keynote Spotlight:
Ralf Schumacher
Think you have what it takes to outpace a six-time F1 legend? Join Ralf Schumacher for an inspiring keynote, followed by the adrenaline pumping e-sports tournament. Show off your racing skills and see if you can claim the crown! Don’t miss your chance to learn from a motorsport icon and compete for ultimate glory!
Powerful Perspectives
2025’s Featured Speakers
What’s Shaping the Future of Infrastructure?
Key themes:
Shaking up the market – assessing the impact of mergers, acquisitions and the emergence of new players
Assessing the impact of 2024 elections across Europe, America & beyond on global infrastructure policy
AI – Innovation, application and supplying demand in the infrastructure market
Making core
infrastructure
sustainable
Continuing to champion the energy transition in a deglobalizing, destabilised world
Private infrastructure’s critical role in power generation and transmission
Unlock Capital
We supercharge deal flow by connecting you to the most powerful network in global infrastructure.
Elevate Your Influence
Step onto the industry’s biggest stage to showcase your vision and lead the conversation on infrastructure’s future.
Shape the
Future
Join the top players in infrastructure investing to share ground-breaking ideas, insights, and game-changing strategies.
Speaker
enquiries
James Hatwell
james.hatwell@pei.group
+44 (0) 203 994 7961
Sponsorship
enquiries
Alexander Jakes
alexander.j@pei.group
+44 (0) 203 862 7498
Registration
enquiries
Luca Greene
luca.g@pei.group
The world’s largest gathering of capital dedicated to global Infrastructure
Take centre stage at the pinnacle of infrastructure investment with 2025’s premier event
Exclusive networking with senior decision-makers and industry leaders worldwide
This 4-day event, featuring an editorially-driven agenda, offers dynamic discussions and unparalleled insights into the latest infrastructure challenges.
Showcase your solutions, elevate your brand, and position your organisation as a thought leader, while connecting and collaborating with the industry’s top influencers and investors for maximum visibility.
350+ Speakers
Gain global insights from industry leaders
75+ LP’s
Connect with $1.2tn of infrastructure capital over 4 days
3000+ industry leaders
Expand your network. Deepen relationships and secure capital
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3,000+ of the world’s leading investors, managers and strategic partners
Across 50+ countries
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Engage in premium networking with potential clients and increase your brand’s presence both digitally and during live sessions. Leverage the Infrastructure Investor event app for seamless networking and collaboration.
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Sponsors can highlight their thought leadership and industry expertise through speaking engagements and targeted content on key topics.
Maximise your ROI
Our sponsorship packages deliver exceptional value for your investment, offering a variety of benefits tailored to meet your specific needs and objectives.
Drive thought leadership, build valuable connections, and maximise brand visibility
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Connect, invest and succeed
Value that extends beyond the event
Accelerate your fundraising
Find investors who match your investment strategies and set up meetings ahead of the event on our membership platform.
Expand your investor network
Showcase your profile ahead of the event and use our membership team to connect with the right decision makers.
Better connections
Access unique, critical insight exclusive to members throughout the year along with preferential rates to attend any event within the Infrastructure Investor Network portfolio.
Discover global investors
Connect with the most active investors in infrastructure
GIC
Government Pension Investment Fund
IMCO
Japan Post Bank
Korea Investment Corporation
LGIA Super
Manulife
Swiss Re
World Bank Pension Plan
Abu Dhabi Investment Council
AP4
Asian Development Bank
AustraliaSuper
AXA
BCI
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership
CPPIB
EBRD
Employees Provident Fund Board
First State Super
GIC
Government Pension Investment Fund
IMCO
Japan Post Bank
Korea Investment Corporation
LGIA Super
Manulife
Swiss Re
World Bank Pension Plan
Abu Dhabi Investment Council
AP4
Asian Development Bank
AustraliaSuper
AXA
BCI
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership
CPPIB
EBRD
Employees Provident Fund Board
First State Super
GIC
Government Pension Investment Fund
IMCO
Japan Post Bank
Korea Investment Corporation
LGIA Super
Manulife
Swiss Re
World Bank Pension Plan
The Network’s dedicated membership team will ensure your experience at the Global Summit is first class with personalized introductions and timely roundtable discussions.
Connect with top LPs, build lasting relationships and discuss opportunities that will help take your firm to the next level with the Infrastructure Investor Network.
Unlock your fundraising potential at the forum and beyond with the Infrastructure Investor Network.
Unlock your firm’s potential at the Forum and beyond when you join the Infrastructure Investor Network.
Better connections with the Infrastructure Investor Network
Purchase 12 month membership to attend the Global Summit, and enjoy exclusive access to:
- Our network directory of 3,200+ leading investors and fund managers for you to connect with
- Preferential rates to attend other Infrastructure Investor events in London, America, Japan and Korea
- Invite-only peer groups, monthly webinars and knowledge hubs for deeper insights
- … and so much more…
Our network makes decisions that shape markets
We are a professional membership offering exclusive access to investors, a wide range of resources, thought leadership and more. The Network provides members with essential information on market trends, compliance topics, regulatory insights, useful tools, online and in-person events and a comprehensive resource library. Members have access to behind-the-scenes, closed-door conversations among a community of peers who share their knowledge and expertise within our trusted Network.
Stay connected with the global community
Gwenola Chambon
CEO & Founding Partner of Vauban Infrastructure Partners
PEI continues to deliver an excellent Global Summit year after year. The Global Summit brings together the best thought leaders in our industry, and provides op…
Marc Ganzi
CEO of DigitalBridge
I am honoured to have had the opportunity to deliver the digital infrastructure keynote at the Infrastructure Investor Network Global Summit. It is particularly…
Gwenola Chambon
CEO & Founding Partner of Vauban Infrastructure Partners
PEI continues to deliver an excellent Global Summit year after year. The Global Summit brings together the best thought leaders in our industry, and provides opportunities to discuss new investment arenas, emerging challenges, and ongoing developments in infrastructure. We always enjoy the learning, networking, and business development opportunities that the Global Summit provides, and look forward to another successful event in 2024.
Marc Ganzi
CEO of DigitalBridge
I am honoured to have had the opportunity to deliver the digital infrastructure keynote at the Infrastructure Investor Network Global Summit. It is particularly exciting to witness the emergence of digital infrastructure as a distinct asset class within the broader infrastructure landscape. The summit provided the DigitalBridge team with a unique platform to connect with our global partners in an intimate and informative setting, congratulations to the organizers for another great event!
Connecting the world’s infrastructure asset owners
New for 2023, the Global Summit Investor Council will be dedicated to serving our institutional and private investors in attendance.
This invite-only forum will take place on Thursday 23rd March, and will involve various formats, including:
- A welcome breakfast gathering and introduction
- Focused roundtables on themes that are front of mind for investors
- The Infrastructure Investor: Investment Committee, featuring exclusive transaction case studies
Offering unparalleled insights and opportunities to network with your fellow LPs, the Investor Council is not to be missed for those that are eligible to attend.
Key themes include:
- Selecting smart strategies for your institution: core, value-add, debt and more
- How investors can continue to shape the energy transition
- Best practice for essential portfolio management techniques
- Protecting your portfolio against interest rates, inflation and increasing economic turbulence
Advance your strategies
Learn the latest industry insight from experts of the asset class. Find out how to protect your portfolio from inflation, high interest rates and geopolitical instability and so much more.
Gain peer-to-peer insights
Reconnect with your fellow investors and gain important and unfiltered peer-to-peer insights in this ever-changing environment.
Be part of the largest gathering of investors
Connect with 600+ leading institutional investors actively allocating to infrastructure.
Part of the Global Summit
The Investor Council is part of the industry leading Infrastructure Investor Global Summit. The Global Summit will take place across four days and is your best opportunity to connect with your peers, learn from inspirational speakers and stay at the forefront of the infrastructure market.
Six specialist forums
2023's Keynote speakers:
A snapshot of who attendees heard from in 2023:
Jussi Ahonen
Head of Digital Infrastructure and Solutions, Finnfund
Karolina Attspodina
Co-Founder & CEO, WeDoSolar GmbH
Annette Bannister
Managing Director, MetLife Investment Management
Floortje Brouwers
Senior Vice President, GIC
Nic DiLoretta
Managing Director, Head of Real Assets, Aksia
Claus Fintzen
Chief Investment Officer, Infrastructure Debt, Allianz Global Investors
Nicola Palmer
Partner, Infrastructure, QIC
Patricia Rodrigues Jenner
Member of Boards LGAS/AER plc and Investment Committees , GLIL Infrastructure/AIIM
Suresh Subudhi
Managing Director and Senior Partner, Global Head of Transport, Cities and Infrastructure, Boston Consulting Group
Christian Wiehenkamp
Chief Investment Officer, Perpetual Investors
View the 2023 full list of speakers by Forum:
Resilience and returns: unlocking infrastructure debt’s potential in a volatile market
THE WORLD’S LARGEST GATHERING OF CAPITAL DEDICATED TO GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Institutional and private investors at Infrastructure Investor Global Summit
The Infrastructure Investor Global Summit provides an unrivalled platform for institutional and private investors and allocators investing in infrastructure to gather.
A limited number of complimentary passes are available for eligible allocators and institutional and private investors to join the event. Complimentary investor passes are limited to foundations, endowments, trusts, insurance companies, single family offices, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds who are actively making fund commitments and do not engage in third-party fundraising activities or collect fees for advisory/consulting services.
Network with the world's most active investors
2025 investor attendees include:
Key themes
Shaking up the market – assessing the impact of mergers, acquisitions and the emergence of new players.
Continuing to champion the energy transition in a deglobalizing, destabilised world
Assessing the impact of 2024 elections across Europe, America & beyond on global infrastructure policy
AI – innovation, application and supplying demand in the infrastructure market
Making core
infrastructure
sustainable
Private infrastructure’s critical role in power generation and transmission
What to expect?
Network with your peers
Enrich your network, build lasting relationships, and exchange valuable perspectives with your investor peers through investor-only breakfasts, networking breaks, lunches and much more.
Gain expert insights
Hear from our industry-leading speaker line-up, discover the latest trends and stay aligned with future innovations in the market.
Explore opportunities
Discover remarkable investment opportunities in sectors including emerging markets, the energy transition, infrastructure debt and more.
Meet with the best and brightest funds
Connect and arrange one-to-one meetings with infrastructure’s biggest fund and asset managers in the market.
Connection and Collaboration in Central Berlin
Join us at the heart of Berlin
The 2025 Summit will be hosted at the Hilton Berlin, set within the historic Gendarmenmarkt Square.
Address:
Hilton Berlin
Mohrenstraße 30,
10117 Berlin,
Germany
Getting to us
Public Transport:
Located on historic Gendarmenmarkt, the Hilton Berlin hotel has easy access to public transportation
(station: Stadtmitte, metro lines U6/U2).
Airport:
- Berlin Metropolitan Area Airport: 20 kilometres
- Schoenefeld: 20 kilometres
Parking:
- $37 euros per day
- EV charging available
Advance Your Investment Strategy in Just 4 Days!
Dive into essential insights and connect with industry leaders through a concise agenda featuring key discussions, networking sessions, and expert panels. The agenda ensures you’re primed to seize every opportunity.
Download the full agenda across the 4 days OR take a look at the individual forum agendas below.
Speaker enquiries
If you are interested in speaking at the Infrastructure Investor Global Summit 2025, please contact:
James Hatwell
james.hatwell@pei.group
+44 (0) 203 994 7961
Powerful Perspectives
2025 speaker line-up:
Maria Aguilar-Wittmann
Co-Head of Infrastructure Fund & Co-Investments at Allianz Capital Partners, Allianz Capital Partners
Alper Akar
General Manager, ICA (ICA Ictas Infrastructure YSS Bridge and Northern Ring Motorway Investment and Operation Inc)
Andrew Cogan
Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of Fengate Infrastructure Yield Fund, Fengate Asset Management
Stephen Dowd
Chief Investment Officer – Private Infrastructure Strategies, CBRE Investment Management
Jean-Francis Dusch
Chief Executive Officer Global Head of Infrastructure & Structured Finance Chief Investment Officer Infrastructure Debt, EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD ASSET MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED
Hans-Peter Egler
Senior Director, Sustainable Infrastructure / Technical Assistance, South Pole Group
Matthew Jordan-Tank
Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Policy & Project Preparation, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Gergely Horvath
Investment Officer / Infrastructure and Climate Action Funds, European Investment Bank
Roland Kaufmann
Head of Transportation Investments, Senior Investment Manager, Reichmuth & Co Investment Management AG
Isabelle Kemlin
Business and Innovation Executive - RISE / Vice Chair of the Board - Swedish Datacenter Industry
Petya Nikolova
Deputy CIO and Head of Infrastructure Investments, New York City Comptroller's Office
Wilhelm Schmundt
Managing Director and Senior Partner - Global Leader, Infrastructure Investors, Boston Consulting Group
Thomas Walenta, CFA, CAIA, FRSA
Co-Head for Asia-Pacific and Europe, Fund of Funds, responsAbility Investments AG
Jan Weismüller
Managing Director, Global Head of Infrastructure and Transportation Finance, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
Maria Yakushenko
Investment Specialist Infrastructure and Private Natural Capital, APG Asset Management
Unrivalled networking experience
The Infrastructure Investor Global Summit offers unparalleled opportunities to network with the world’s leading investors in Berlin. Our out-of-hours networking functions are the ideal setting to build strong relationships with investors and secure commitments. See below for the exciting plans we have in store.
Members’ Welcome Drinks Reception
Monday 6pm | Listo Lounge, The Hilton
Excellent branding opportunity for the opening networking reception of the week. 500+ attendees, complimentary drinks, canapes, entertainment and more. Put your brand in front of your key target markets from the get go.
Available for sponsorship.
Charity networking walk and running club
Tuesday 7am | Hilton Hotel reception
In its third year, our popular morning charity 5km run will be joined with a walk for those who prefer an easier pace. Take this opportunity to venture outside and see some historic Berlin landmarks and enjoy a dedicated breakfast upon your return.
Sponsored by Arclight Capital Partners.
Official Drinks Reception
Tuesday 6:30-8pm | The Hilton
After day one of the Global Investor Forum, our official drinks reception will take place in the networking area. Expect also our charity e-sports competition on the big screen, a keynote book signing, our specialist DJ and plenty of drinks and canapes.
Sponsored by Paul Hastings.
Global Summit Party
Tuesday 9pm | Bellboy Bar Berlin
Continue the networking into the night with our inaugural Global Summit Party. Continuing late into the night, there will be a dancefloor, cocktails and resident DJ. A great opportunity to stay front of mind with the industry.
Available for sponsorship.
Infrastructure Investor Women’s Circle Cocktail Reception
Wednesday 6-8pm | Solar Sky Bar
Following our dedicated Women in Infrastructure breakfast and DE&I panel taking place earlier on the Wednesday, this invite-only, exclusive drinks reception will take place in a unique offsite location in Berlin with 200+ of infrastructure’s most influential women in attendance.
Sponsored by Finance in Motion.
To discuss sponsoring these opportunities, please contact Alexander Jakes on alexander.j@pei.group.
This is where the future of infrastructure is built.
Get ready to connect with the most influential players in infrastructure
Access to the Global Summit
Event access and 12-month Network membership
£5875 plus VAT
Group Rate:
Purchase 3 or more passes in one transaction to unlock our group discount. Contact: luca.g@pei.group
Investor pass
A limited number of complimentary passes are available for eligible allocators and institutional and private investors.
Limited to foundations, endowments, trusts, insurance companies, single family offices, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds.
Our 2025 Success is Fuelled by You – Thank You to Our Partners!
Thank you to our 2025 Sponsors
Growth & Emerging Markets Forum
Examining macroeconomic trends influencing investment in emerging and growth markets, focusing on fundraising challenges, sovereign and climate risk strategies, digital and energy infrastructure megatrends, and comparative investment opportunities across different regions globally.
Agenda
Growth & Emerging Markets Forum - Monday 17th
07:30 - 09:10
Registration opens
09:10 - 09:15
Introduction from Infrastructure Investor
09:15 - 09:30
Welcome from the chair
09:30 - 10:15
Panel: The state of play: Macroeconomic trends shaping investment opportunities in the growth markets
Pushkar Kulkarni,
Matthew Jordan-Tank
- What is currently driving infrastructure growth in the emerging economies?
- Navigating the repercussions of a challenging fundraising environment on the emerging economies
- The impact of general elections on infrastructure investment in the specific regions
Moderator:
Speakers:
- Pushkar Kulkarni, Managing Director Infrastructure & Sustainable Energies, CPP Investments
- Matthew Jordan-Tank, Director of Sustainable Infrastructure Policy and Project Preparation, EBRD
Pushkar Kulkarni
Managing Director Infrastructure and Sustainable Energies, CPP Investments
Read bioMatthew Jordan-Tank
Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Policy & Project Preparation, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
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2 Speakers
10:15 - 11:00
Panel: Strategic asset allocation in emerging markets: navigating opportunities and challenges
Chandra Reddy,
Mamoun Jamai,
Sundeep Malik ,
Alice Usanase,
Andre Sales
- Discussing the importance of allocation strategies for long-term investors mandated to invest in emerging markets
- Analysing how institutional investors are adapting their asset allocation strategies to capitalise on growth market opportunities
- Best practices and lessons learned from experienced investors in navigating dynamic environments
Moderator: Chandra Reddy, Corporate Advisory and Principal Investments, Beyond Advisory
Speakers:
- Sundeep Malik, Head of Portfolio Development International Business, Zurich Airport International
- Mamoun Jamai, Head of Digital Infrastructure, ADIA
- Alice Usanase , Lead, Europe, Middle East & Francophone Africa, Africa Finance Corporation
- Andre Sales, Managing Partner & Infrastructure CEO, Patria Investments
Sundeep Malik
Head Portfolio Development International Business, Zurich Airport International
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5 Speakers
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee & networking Digital Infrastructure & Sustainable Infrastructure Forum attendees
11:30 - 12:15
Panel: Navigating sovereign risk & strategies for effective investment
Mark Moseley,
Saad Ul Islam
- Examining how sovereign risk influences investment strategies and asset allocation
- Comparing what different countries and governments are doing to navigate sovereign risk
- Identifying successful frameworks and risk mitigation strategies
Moderator: Mark Moseley, Principal, Moseley Infrastructure Advisory Services
Speakers:
- Saad Ul Islam, Investment Director, Infrastructure Equity, British International Investment
2 Speakers
12:15 - 13:00
Panel: Examining the transition and digital infra megatrends in emerging economies
Hans-Peter Egler,
Srini Viswanathan,
Lucie Bernatkova,
William Brent
- A deep dive into successful digital and energy infrastructure investments in an emerging market such as EV charging and data centers
- Discussing the role of public-private partnerships and foreign direct investment in expanding both sub sectors
- Predictions for the future of digital infrastructure and energy demand in emerging markets, including potential growth areas and evolving user needs
Moderator: Hans-Peter Egler, Director, Sustainable Infrastructure / Technical Assistance, South Pole Group
Speakers:
- Srini Viswanathan, Founder & CEO, AltEons Energy
- Lucie Bernatkova, Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Impact Investments, Allianz Global Investors
- William Brent, Chief Marketing Officer, Husk Power
Hans-Peter Egler
Senior Director, Sustainable Infrastructure / Technical Assistance, South Pole Group
Read bioLucie Bernatkova
Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Impact Investments at Allianz Global Investors
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4 Speakers
13:00 - 14:00
Networking lunch with Digital Infrastructure & Sustainable Infrastructure Forum
14:00 - 14:45
Investment Committee Scenario: Presentation of successful investment case studies from emerging markets
Alper Akar,
Viktor Kats
This session will assess two real life investment opportunities in the emerging markets while addressing the associated risks and strategic considerations. This session will highlight the key takeaways and strategies that led to success.
Speakers:
- Alper Akar, General Manager, ICA
- Viktor Kats, Managing Partner, Augment Infrastructure
Alper Akar
General Manager, ICA (ICA Ictas Infrastructure YSS Bridge and Northern Ring Motorway Investment and Operation Inc)
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2 Speakers
14:45 - 15:00
Fireside chat
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee & networking with Digital Infrastructure & Sustainable Infrastructure Forum
15:30 - 16:10
Panel: Addressing climate risk in emerging markets: challenges and opportunities
Georg Inderst,
Aditi Bhattacharya,
Alexandre Chavarot,
Gergely Horvath,
Thomas Walenta, CFA, CAIA, FRSA
- Discussing the vulnerability of infrastructure in the regions and how climate change exacerbates existing challenges
- Exploring the financial instruments tailored to address climate risks, such as green bonds, climate funds, and public-private partnerships
- Case studies highlighting successful adaptation strategies and resilient infrastructure projects in emerging markets
Moderator: Georg Inderst, Principal, Inderst Advisory
Speakers:
- Aditi Bhattacharya, Investment Specialist, Asian Development Bank
- Alexandre Chavarot, Founder, Climate Finance 2050 Limited
- Gergely Horvath, Investment Officer / Infrastructure & Climate Action Funds, European Investment Bank
- Thomas Walenta, Principal and Co-Head for Asia-Pacific and Europe, Fund of Funds, responsAbility Investment AG
Gergely Horvath
Investment Officer / Infrastructure and Climate Action Funds, European Investment Bank
Read bioThomas Walenta, CFA, CAIA, FRSA
Co-Head for Asia-Pacific and Europe, Fund of Funds, responsAbility Investments AG
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5 Speakers
16:10 - 16:45
Back-to-back LP case studies: How institutional and MDB investors are driving investment across the emerging economies
Taiwo Okwor
Speakers:
- Taiwo Okwor, Vice President, Investments, Africa Finance Corporation
1 Speaker
16:45 - 17:15
Case study debate: Which region provides the most attractive infrastructure investment opportunities?
Harsh Vardhan Bisht,
Saji Anantakrishnan
Representatives from different emerging and growth regions will argue why their respective regions are providing the most opportunity across different infrastructure assets.
Speakers:
- Harsh Vardhan Bisht, Sector Lead- Institutional Investments, Invest India
- Saji Anantakrishnan, Head of Infrastructure Australia and Asia, PATRIZIA – The Philippines
2 Speakers
17:15 - 17:20
Closing comments from the chair
17:20 - 18:00
Keynote with ESG & Sustainability Forum and Digital Infrastructure Forum attendees
18:00 - 20:00
Members’ Welcome Drinks Reception
Our 2025 Success is Fuelled by You – Thank You to Our Partners!
Thank you to our 2025 sponsors
Sustainable Infrastructure Forum
Focusing on the critical role of sustainable infrastructure in investment success, addressing how to measure sustainability, navigate sustainability challenges, responsibly power AI, promote biodiversity, comply with regulations, and assess the impact of sustainable investments on financial performance.
Agenda
Sustainable Infrastructure Forum - Monday 17th
07:30 - 09:10
Registration opens
09:10 - 09:15
Introduction from Infrastructure Investor
09:15 - 09:30
Welcome from the chair
09:30 - 10:15
Panel: Sustainable infrastructure: an essential for investment success
Simon Whistler,
Sam Lissner,
Thomas Bayerl,
Marie-Anne Vincent,
Eugene Holubnyak
- How to measure sustainability across every stage of the investment process
- Navigating the short-term and longer-term implications of the ESG backlash globally and how investors are navigating this
- How to manage growth in line with meeting net zero and what it means when net-zero commitments aren’t met
Moderator: Simon Whistler, Head of Real Assets, Principles for Responsible Investment
Speakers:
- Sam Lissner, Partner, Ridgewood Infrastructure
- Thomas Bayerl, Global Head Illiquid Assets, Member of the Board of Management, MEAG MUNICH ERGO Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH
- Marie-Anne Vincent, Head of Sustainable Finance, Altitude by Axa Climate
- Eugene Holubnyak, Co-Founder, Avalon International Corporation
5 Speakers
10:15 - 11:00
Panel: How to sustainably power AI
Melisa Simic
- Is it responsible to invest in data centers? How to balance the data center power requirements and the investment opportunities surrounding the interplay
- A deep dive into associated concerns of data center development such as water consumption, e-waste, and land use concerns and examples of how they have been successfully mitigated
- What is sustainable procurement and how to ensure assets have a “net zero behaviour”
Moderator:
Speaker:
- Melisa Simic, Senior Director of Sustainability, Nuveen
1 Speaker
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee & networking with Digital Infrastructure and Growth & Emerging Markets Forum attendees
11:30 - 12:15
Panel: Giving back to nature – exploring nature-based solutions & biodiversity
Joss Blamire,
Damian Braud,
Lisa Junghans,
Jakub Skavroň
- The future of infrastructure investment – does biodiversity have a place at the table?
- Navigating the challenges of financing nature-based solutions
- How can nature based solutions address biodiversity restoration challenges and how to measure it?
Moderator: Joss Blamire, Director, Infrastructure standards, GRESB
Speakers:
- Damian Braud, Head of NBS and Senior Managing Director, Ardian
- Lisa Junghans, Project Lead, Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin
- Jakub Skavroň, Chairman of the board, Climate & Sustainable Leaders Czech Republic
Jakub Skavroň
Chairman of the board and founder, Climate and Sustainable Leaders Czech republic
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4 Speakers
12:15 - 13:00
Panel: Steering through the complexities of ESG regulations
Nik Stone
- Navigating the complexity of the SFDR and how investors have successfully navigated the disconnect between the EU and the rest of the world
- How investors are navigating the risk of greenwashing and how robust frameworks help to accurately measure sustainable across all stages of the investment process
- Practical guidance for compliance with the regulations on climate disclosure
Moderator:
Speakers:
- Nik Stone, Head of ESG, Nala Renewables
1 Speaker
13:00 - 14:00
Networking lunch with Digital Infrastructure and Growth & Emerging Markets Forum attendees
14:00 - 14:25
Fireside chat: Sustainability metrics unpacked: How to assess and improve impact
Christian Heller
Speaker: Christian Heller, CEO, Value Balancing Alliance
1 Speaker
14:25 - 15:00
Case Study: How sustainable investments have played a part in a value creation plan
In this session, a fund manager will provide a real-world example of when a recent investment achieved both sustainable standards and significant financial returns.
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee & networking with Digital Infrastructure and Growth & Emerging Markets Forum attendees
15:30 - 16:05
LP Panel: To what extent do sustainability considerations shape investor allocation strategies?
Maria Yakushenko,
Anna Baumbach,
Petya Nikolova,
Severin Buchwald,
Michael Brand
- Why integrating sustainability into infrastructure investments is crucial
- How LPs are managing the load of data requests
- Examples of how investment and sustainable professionals have successfully collaborated
Moderator: Maria Yakushenko, Investment Specialist Infrastructure and Private Natural Capital, APG Asset Management
Speakers:
- Anna Baumbach, Partner, Palladio Partners
- Petya Nikolova, Deputy CIO and Head of Infrastructure Investments, New York City Retirement System, Office of the Comptroller
- Severin Buchwald, Senior Expert Sustainable Finance, MEAG
- Michael Brand, Managing Director, Co-Head of Real Assets, Aksia
Maria Yakushenko
Investment Specialist Infrastructure and Private Natural Capital, APG Asset Management
Read bioPetya Nikolova
Deputy CIO and Head of Infrastructure Investments, New York City Comptroller's Office
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5 Speakers
16:05 - 16:45
Debate: To what extent do sustainable investments drive tangible investment growth across an investment portfolio
Gwen Colin
In this session, two experts will engage in a lively debate examining the impact of sustainable investments on overall portfolio performance. Participants will discuss whether integrating sustainability criteria into investment strategies genuinely enhances financial returns or if it merely serves as a marketing tool.
Speakers:
- Gwen Colin, Head of ESG and Partner, Vauban Infrastructure Partners
1 Speaker
16:45 - 17:15
Fireside chat with Meridiam
Thierry Déau
Speakers:
- Thierry Déau, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Meridiam
1 Speaker
17:15 - 17:20
Closing comments from the chair
17:20 - 18:00
Keynote with Digital Infrastructure and Growth & Emerging Markets Forum attendees
18:00 - 20:00
Members’ Welcome Drinks Reception
Digital Infrastructure Forum
Exploring the latest trends and challenges in digital infrastructure, focusing on capital allocation and fundraising, the challenges and opportunities of powering the demand for AI, data centre market dynamics, sustainability requirements, and the future landscape of digital assets through expert panels and discussions.
Agenda
Digital Infrastructure Forum - Monday 17th
07:30 - 09:10
Registration opens
09:10 - 09:15
Introduction from Infrastructure Investor
09:15 - 09:30
Welcome from the chair
09:30 - 10:15
Opening Panel: Building the future: latest trends in digital infrastructure
Laurens-Jan Sipma,
John Apostolides,
Steven Marshall
- Exploring the trends in capital allocation and fundraising challenges in the current climate
- Assessing the long-term viability and profitability of current digital infrastructure trends
- How hyperscalers ae reshaping the digital infrastructure landscape
Moderator:
Speakers:
- Laurens-Jan Sipma, Senior Director, APG Asset Management
- John Apostolides, Investment Partner, Palistar Capital
- Steven Marshall, Chairman, Cordiant Capital
3 Speakers
10:15 - 11:00
Panel: Supercharging AI - Capitalizing on the growing data center economy
Stephan Freitas Krause,
Dr. Christopher Stief,
Isabelle Kemlin,
Quynh Tran
- Data centres – real estate or infrastructure investments? Comparing investment strategies to maintain the supercharged AI demand such as value add
- How to navigate regulatory compliance, technological advancement challenges and the need for robust infrastructure
- Looking through the crystal ball: what’s next for data centers?
Moderator:
Speakers:
- Stephan Freitas Krause, Director – Infrastructure Financing, KfW IPEX Bank
- Dr. Christopher Stief, Founder & CEO, Data Center Partners
- Isabelle Kemlin, Business and Innovation Executive / Vice Chair of the Board, RISE – Research Institutes of Sweden / Swedish Datacenter Industry
- Quynh Tran, Deputy Head, Structured Finance Americas, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Isabelle Kemlin
Business and Innovation Executive - RISE / Vice Chair of the Board - Swedish Datacenter Industry
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4 Speakers
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee & networking with Sustainable Infrastructure and Growth & Emerging Markets Forum attendees
11:30 - 12:10
Panel: Navigating market dynamics and trends in fibre
Fran González Menéndez,
Nacho Rios
- Comparing the current state of fibre overbuild across the globe
- Exploring key trends in fibre network consolidation
- The impact of demand on pricing and financing strategies in the fibre market
Moderator: Fran González Menéndez, Partner, Analysys Mason
Speakers:
- Nacho Rios, Founding Partner, Rivergo Advisors
- Darragh Stokes, Managing Partner, Hardiman Telecoms
2 Speakers
12:10 - 12:35
Debate: Is AI just hype or a transformative force?
Two participants will debate whether the real-world benefits and investment opportunities surrounding AI, outnumber the risks associated with AI integration and the unrealistic growth expectations.
12:35 - 13:00
Fireside chat: In conversation with a Digital Infrastructure expert
13:00 - 14:00
Networking lunch with Sustainable Infrastructure and Growth & Emerging Markets Forum attendees
14:00 - 14:40
Panel: The energy equation: Data centers and their growing power needs
Matt Himler,
Nic DiLoretta,
Bill Green,
Henrik Hansen,
Phoebe Smith
- The power demand – a challenge or an investment opportunity?
- Comparing different solutions to overcome power restraint across the globe
- Assessing the move away from sustainable power solutions to meet the demand for power
Moderator: Matt Himler, Principal, ECP
Speakers:
- Nic Diloretta, Managing Director, Head of Real Assets, Aksia
- Bill Green, Managing Partner, Climate Adaptive Infrastructure
- Henrik Hansen, CEO, Danish Data Center Industry
- Phoebe Smith, Managing Director, PATRIZIA
5 Speakers
14:40 - 15:00
Fireside chat: AI in Infrastructure: Insights from The AI Value Playbook
Lisa Weaver-Lambert
Speaker:
- Lisa Weaver-Lambert, Board Advisory and Technology & Data Executive
1 Speaker
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee & networking with Sustainable Infrastructure and Growth & Emerging Markets Forum attendees
15:30 - 16:10
LP Panel: Fundraising realities: Balancing growth and pricing in digital infrastructure
Andrea Logan,
Mark Weisdorf,
Benjamin Hemming,
Christian Fingerle
- Can digital infrastructure investments still provide optimism for investors in times of volatility?
- Navigating regulatory frameworks and the impact on capital flow and investment strategies
- Successful strategies in digital infrastructure initiatives
Moderator: Andrea Logan, Director, FirstPoint Equity
Speakers:
- Mark Weisdorf, Chair of the Investment Committee, IST3 Investment Foundation
- Benjamin Hemming, Head of Illiquid Assets Debt, MEAG
- Christian Fingerle, Senior Managing Director, StepStone Group
4 Speakers
16:10 - 16:35
Panel: How sustainable is digital infrastructure?
Joss Blamire,
Erica Noda
- A deep dive into water consumption, e-waste, and land use concerns and examples of successfully navigating these challenges
- Addressing the sustainability challenges of supply chains
- How digital investors are assessing sustainability in their portfolios
Moderator: Joss Blamire, Director, Infrastructure standards, GRESB
Speakers:
- Erica Noda, Principal Investment Officer, Global TMT Investments, International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group)
Erica Noda
Principal Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group)
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2 Speakers
16:35 - 17:15
Polling debate: The future landscape of digital and infrastructure
Canan Anli,
Jonathan Zelmanovitch
Every participant will endorse alternative technologies and developments they view as key to the evolution of digital infrastructure assets:
- Edge data centers – Canan Anli, Senior Advisor, GIRA Strategic Finance
- Quantum cloud computing
- Semi-conductors
- Subsea fibre optic cables – Jonathan Zelmanovitch, Partner, PMP Strategy
2 Speakers
17:15 - 17:20
Closing comments from the chair
17:20 - 18:00
Keynote with Sustainable Infrastructure and Growth & Emerging Markets Forum attendees
18:00 - 20:00
Members’ Welcome Drinks Reception
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Global Investor Forum
The Global Investor Forum is the centrepiece platform for the Summit. Spanning two days, the forum features over 150 speakers, with global leaders from leading infrastructure investment managers, complemented by LP voices and eye-catching out-of-industry keynotes. Covering topics from geopolitics to AI, from value creation to secondaries, and much more, the Global Investor Forum tackles all the key themes under infrastructure’s broadening umbrella.
Agenda
Day 1 | Global Investor Forum - Tuesday 18th
07:00 - 07:30
Charity Networking Walk and Running Club
07:30 - 08:30
Registration opens
Plenary
08:30 - 08:35
Welcome from Infrastructure Investor
08:35 - 08:45
Welcome from the chair
08:45 - 09:25
Spotlight opening discussion: Powering the AI economy – infrastructure's next big challenge?
Stancel Riley,
Deepa Bharadwaj,
Tavis Cannell,
Marc Ganzi,
Sikander Rashid
- Opportunities, funds in market, deals – how has AI gripped the private infrastructure market in recent months?
- Data centres as the key? How can infrastructure players provide the power generation, reduce emissions and provide utilities for these increasingly vital but power-thirsty assets
- Finding reward in the derivatives – how can the above challenges for this sector provide opportunity for nimble infrastructure investors?
- How do investors maintain a supply chain that’s backed by uncertain revenue prospect, avoid technology risk, and make returns in this rapidly evolving AI landscape?
Moderator: Stancel Riley, Co-Head Financial Sponsors & Strategic Solutions, Mizuho | Greenhill
Deepa Bharadwaj, Head of Infrastructure Europe, IFM Investors
Tavis Cannell, Global Head of Infrastructure, Goldman Sachs Alternatives
Marc Ganzi, Chief Executive Officer, DigitalBridge
Sikander Rashid, Managing Partner and Head of Europe, Infrastructure, Brookfield
5 Speakers
09:25 - 10:05
Keynote macro panel: The coming age of infrastructure? Evolving into the undisputed leader in private assets
Wilhelm Schmundt,
Jack Howell,
Gijs Voskuyl,
Don Dimitrievich,
Gwenola Chambon,
Mohamed El Gazzar
- After private equity and debts’ successes in recent times, do the coming years represent the opportunity for the coming age of private infrastructure?
- Considering the current interest rate and inflation environment, what roles are core, value add and opportunistic strategies playing in contributing to the asset class’s growth?
- Navigating global megatrends successfully in an unpredictable macroeconomic environment over the next few years
- Applying a PE toolkit to the transition to a sustainable economy – vital to infrastructure’s success?
Moderator: Wilhelm Schmundt, Managing Director and Senior Partner, Global Head of Infrastructure Investors , Boston Consulting Group
Jack Howell, Co-President, Stonepeak
Gijs Voskuyl, Managing Partner, CVC DIF
Don Dimitrievich, Portfolio Manager, Senior Managing Director, Energy Infrastructure Credit, Nuveen
Gwenola Chambon, CEO & Founding Partner, Vauban Infrastructure Partners
Mohmed El Gazzar, Senior Partner, I Squared Capital
Wilhelm Schmundt
Managing Director and Senior Partner - Global Leader, Infrastructure Investors, Boston Consulting Group
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Portfolio Manager, Senior Managing Director, Energy Infrastructure Credit, Nuveen
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6 Speakers
10:05 - 10:45
Panel: Sustaining momentum in infrastructure’s energy transition push
Jonathan Dillon,
Bruno Candes,
Michael Hill,
Lucy Heintz,
Jim Hughes
- How can the private infrastructure market sustain the significant momentum in energy transition investment?
- Encouraging the right risk appetite for technologies and developments that will push the energy transition forward
- State of play in the energy market – natural gas emission debate, continuing energy security concerns, nuclear risks and more
- Renewables – managing supply chain issues and high costs to sustain appeal for investors
Moderator: Jonathan Dillon, Partner, Clifford Chance
Bruno Candes, Partner, InfraVia
Michael Hill, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Infrastructure, OMERS Infrastructure
Lucy Heintz, Partner, Energy, Actis
Jim Hughes, Managing Partner, EnCap Investments L.P.
5 Speakers
10:45 - 11:10
Coffee and networking
Plenary
11:10 - 11:50
Panel: Time to unmute? Core returns to the fore
Gabriele Damiani
- As the market sees some relative recovery from high rates, how have core strategies bounced back from a muted period?
- Whilst appetite for value-add and higher returns persists among LPs, how are core funds finding their way back into investor portfolios?
- Core defensive, core plus… accommodating for a range of expectations across different types of investors when it comes to core offerings
Gabriele Damiani, Head of Core/Core + Infrastructure, Swiss Life Asset Managers
1 Speaker
11:50 - 12:30
Panel: Deglobalisation – strategically tackling a megatrend for infrastructure investors
Ali Miraj
- Identifying and assessing the most significant deglobalisation-linked risks to private infrastructure investment
- Just in case vs just in time strategies – what is best to employ and where across your portfolio?
- How to protect investor interests and returns as a multi-decade megatrend begins to play out
Moderator: Ali Miraj, Global Lead, Infrastructure Sponsor Coverage, ING
1 Speaker
12:30 - 12:50
Portfolio case study: Beyond dispensing: the evolving role of pharmacies in healthcare systems
Angelika Schöchlin,
Davide Tavaniello,
Rodolfo Guarino
- Many pharmacy models are being deployed across Europe with each country adopting a different regulatory approach, what can be learnt from the Hippocrates journey and its evolution into a critical healthcare infrastructure asset?
- What makes the Italian pharmacies a true infrastructure investment and why is it so different from other countries?
- What does value creation look like? How will this lead to the development of new healthcare services?
Moderator: Angelika Schöchlin, Managing Partner, Antin Infrastructure Partners
Davide Tavaniello, Co-CEO, Hippocrates Holding
Rodolfo Guarino, Co-CEO, Hippocrates Holding
3 Speakers
12:50 - 13:30
Panel: Sustainable infrastructure – a core pillar of the alternatives portfolio?
Jon Phillips,
Daniel Lau,
Rowan te Kloot,
Esther Peiner,
Scott Lebovitz
- Resilience, impact, decarbonising? Identifying the key characteristics of sustainable infrastructure across different assets and sectors
- The emergence of climate-specific infrastructure funds – a vital cog in the sustainable infrastructure wheel?
- Navigating growing ESG backlash or fatigue in the fight for financing a future sustainable economy
Moderator: Jon Phillips, Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA)
Daniel Lau, Portfolio Manager, CalSTRS
Rowan te Kloot, Managing Principal Energy Transition Infrastructure, HSBC Asset Management
Esther Peiner, Partner, Head of Private Infrastructure, Partners Group
Scott Lebovitz, Managing Partner and Head of Transition Infrastructure, TPG
5 Speakers
13:30 - 14:30
Networking lunch
Stream A: Global Investor Forum
14:30 - 15:10
Panel: Navigating through a changing North American landscape
Recep Kendircioglu,
William Sonneborn,
Stephen Dowd,
Bill Green
- Two months into a new White House administration, how is sentiment for the US infrastructure market shaping up?
- The IRA – reviewing the last two years, and what the future holds
- Macro and micro considerations across the continent – natural gas, decarbonisation, implications of a challenging real estate market, credit opportunities and more
Recep Kendircioglu, Global Head of Infrastructure Equity, Manulife
William Sonneborn, President, Generate Capital
Emil W. Henry Jr., CEO & CIO, Tiger Infrastructure Partners
Stephen Dowd, Chief Investment Officer – Private Infrastructure Strategies, CBRE Investment Management
Bill Green, Managing Partner, Climate Adaptive Infrastructure
Stephen Dowd
Chief Investment Officer – Private Infrastructure Strategies, CBRE Investment Management
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4 Speakers
15:10 - 15:50
Panel: Mid-market infrastructure’s time to shine
Misha Nahorny,
Ross Posner,
Emmanuel Rogy,
Christopher Beall
- Why is the mid-market proving to be the space to operate in, in a challenging economic environment?
- How are mid-market players truly offering investors return enhancing results?
- Core & value add; specialist & multi-strategy – what strategies are proving most appealing in this area of the market?
Misha Nahorny, Managing Director, Arjun Infrastructure Partners
Ross Posner, Managing Partner, Ridgewood Infrastructure
Emmanuel Rogy, Partner, Cube Infrastructure Partners
Christopher Beall, Founder & Managing Partner, NOVA Infrastructure
4 Speakers
Stream B: Secondaries Seminar
14:30 - 15:10
Panel: Infrastructure secondaries in focus
Dr. Dimitar Lambrev,
Manuel Häusler,
Henry Willans,
Brent Burnett,
Marc Meier
- How, and to what size, is the infra secondaries market destined to grow over the coming years? Is it sustainable with more competition and increasing prices?
- What are the drivers for this market growth in a difficult economic environment?
- Detailed underwriting, overcoming liquidity issues, infra specialism – the keys to success in this arena?
Dimitar Lambrev, Senior Portfolio Manager – Infrastructure Investments, UNIQA Insurance Group
Manuel Häusler, Senior Managing Director and Member of the ASF Management Committee, Ardian
Brent Burnett, Global Head of Infrastructure and Real Assets, Hamilton Lane
Henry Willans, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Alternatives
Marc Meier, Managing Director, Partners Group
Dr. Dimitar Lambrev
Senior Portfolio Manager – Infrastructure Investments, UNIQA Insurance Group
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5 Speakers
15:10 - 15:50
Debate: GP-led vs LP-led secondaries
15:50 - 16:20
Coffee & networking
Stream A: Global Investor Forum
16:20 - 17:00
Panel: Examining co-investments & alternative investment frameworks
Maria Aguilar-Wittmann,
Dr. Alexandra von Bernstorff,
Ravi Parekh
- Interest rates, turbulent fundraising waters… what’s driving increasing co-investment reliance and interest in alternative investment frameworks?
- Why do LPs increasingly want co-investment strategies in their infrastructure portfolios? Is it all about lower fees?
- Exploring open-ended structures and other alternative solutions that are increasingly on the menu for infrastructure investors
- How are GPs differentiating themselves with these alternative investment offerings?
Maria Aguilar-Wittmann, Co-Head of Infrastructure Fund & Co-Investments, Allianz Capital Partners
Dr. Alexandra von Bernstorff, Managing Partner, Luxcara
Ravi Parekh, Managing Director, GCM Grosvenor
Maria Aguilar-Wittmann
Co-Head of Infrastructure Fund & Co-Investments at Allianz Capital Partners, Allianz Capital Partners
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3 Speakers
17:00 - 17:40
Investor panel: Views on the private infrastructure market
Gabriele Todesca,
Leonhard von Metzler,
Ulla Agesen,
Takako Koizumi
- How are LPs and investors evolving to become increasingly sophisticated?
- Allocation of capital – how private infrastructure is weighing up against other markets in the alternatives portfolio in 2025 and beyond
- The appeal of alternative investment frameworks -continuation funds, secondaries, co-investments and more
- Consolidation and market movements – providing more or less opportunity for investors?
Gabriele Todesca, Head of Infrastructure Investments, European Investment Fund
Leonhard von Metzler, Managing Director, Taunus Trust GmbH
Ulla Agesen, Head of Infrastructure, NIO
Takako Koizumi, Chief Investment Officer, Mitsui & Co. Alternative Investments
4 Speakers
Stream B: Assets in Focus
16:20 - 17:00
Panel: Exploring the utilities market and the future of partnership models
- The role of essential utilities in powering the economy of the future
- How can well-documented challenges in this sector be transformed into opportunity for both investment and society?
- PPPs, PFIs and more – what public-private partnership models can help deliver essential utility infrastructure for the future?
17:00 - 17:40
Panel: Digital infrastructure - beyond the AI hype
Omar Jaffrey,
Adam Pickard
- Beyond AI and data centres, how are digital infrastructure opportunities evolving?
- Understanding different business models and investment propositions across the sub-assets
- Has the recently maligned fibre market been reinvigorated amidst consolidation and overbuild trends?
Omar Jaffrey, Founder & Managing Partner, Palistar Capital
Adam Pickard, Principal, Grain Management
2 Speakers
Plenary
17:40 - 18:20
Keynote: In conversation with F1 and German sports legend Ralf Schumacher
Ralf Schumacher
Ralf Schumacher, Former German Formula 1 driver, Entrepreneur, TV Expert
1 Speaker
18:20 - 19:30
Close of day 1 & Official drinks reception F1 simulator tournament
Grab a drink, enjoy some canapes and take your opportunity to race a 6-time winning F1 driver, Ralf Schumacher, as part of our F1 simulator tournament
Agenda
Day 2 | Global Investor Forum - Wednesday 19th
07:30 - 08:00
Registration opens
08:00 - 09:00
Infrastructure Investor Women’s Circle breakfast
Plenary
09:00 - 09:10
Welcome back from the chair
09:10 - 09:50
Global keynote panel: Geopolitical risk – at the top of investor agendas in 2025?
- How are investors and managers staying ahead of the curve when it comes to geopolitical risk?
- New government administrations, conflicts in the Middle East and Europe, energy security – front of mind considerations in 2025
- Where can geopolitical risk be turned into investment opportunity?
09:50 - 10:30
Keynote: Katty Kay, U.S. Special Correspondent, BBC Studios
Katty Kay
Katty Kay, U.S. Special Correspondent, BBC Studios
1 Speaker
10:30 - 10:50
Coffee and networking
Plenary
10:50 - 11:30
Panel: Value-add strategies in the spotlight as rates stabilise
Dr. Mathias Bimberg,
Carl Elia,
Stéphane Kofman
- Assessing LP appetite – which investors are showing continued interest in value-add strategies despite core’s ‘resurgence’?
- Fund structures, risk-return profiles, strategic approaches – how can managers differentiate themselves when it comes to value-add product offerings?
- How can value-add players continue to compliment investors’ overall infrastructure allocations in the coming years?
Dr. Mathias Bimberg, Managing Partner, Head of Infrastructure, Prime Capital
Carl Elia, Vice President & Director, Global Infrastructure Investments, TD Asset Management
Stéphane Kofman, Partner, Head of Value Add Funds, InfraRed Capital Partners
Carl Elia
Vice President & Director, Global Infrastructure Investments, TD Asset Management Inc.
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3 Speakers
11:30 - 11:50
Fireside Chat: Consolidation in the market – benefitting investors?
- Does this new breed of mega-fund compliment the overall market offering? Is there still space for the independent asset manager?
- How is a consolidation of two major fund managers benefitting infrastructure investors?
- Can we expect this trend to continue for the foreseeable future?
11:50 - 00:30
Panel: Going against the grain – accessing opportunities outside of energy and digital assets
Martin Ragettli,
Jean-Francis Dusch
- How much is too much? Why LPs are looking to balance their portfolios across infrastructure sectors beyond digital infrastructure and energy transition assets
- How GPs are responding to this demand and developing products across transportation, social, logistics, utilities and other areas
- Perfecting the balancing act: ensuring that investors have access to these other critical infrastructure assets, whilst continuing to fuel investment in the transition and digital markets
Martin Ragettli, Head of Infrastructure Investments, IST Investment Foundation
Jean-Francis Dusch, Chief Executive Officer, Global Head of Infrastructure & Structured Finance, Chief Investment Officer Infrastructure Debt, Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management (UK)
Jean-Francis Dusch
Chief Executive Officer Global Head of Infrastructure & Structured Finance Chief Investment Officer Infrastructure Debt, EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD ASSET MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED
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2 Speakers
12:30 - 13:10
Panel: Servicing investors under an ever-broadening infrastructure umbrella
Graham Matthews
- Blurred lines – how are GPs helping investors differentiate between infrastructure and PE/RE strategies? Why is this differentiation so critical?
- Are we seeing LPs with wider real asset programmes zero in on infrastructure opportunities? How are managers responding to this?
- Market dynamics, proof of concept, track records and more – what factors are most important to cash-yield hungry LPs?
Graham Matthews, Head of Infrastructure, PATRIZIA
1 Speaker
13:10 - 14:10
Networking lunch
Stream A: Global Investor Forum
14:10 - 14:50
Panel: Incorporating climate considerations into an infrastructure mindset
- Understanding how LPs are approaching climate considerations
- Global perspectives on the role of transition & renewable projects in impacting climate change
- Assessing how domestic & global policies, COP fallout and other factors are impacting appetite for climate-related investment in infrastructure
14:50 - 15:15
Fireside chat: Opportunities in mid-market: Sector Specialist Growth
Benn Mikula,
Anne-Louise Stranne Petersen
Stream B: Value Creation Station
14:10 - 14:50
Panel: Active asset management in uncertain times for infrastructure investors
Spence Clunie,
Jim Metcalfe
- Navigating uncertainty and disruption – interest rates, inflation, supply chains, deglobalisation and more
- How do GPs utilise expertise from their diversified portfolios to individual assets?
- Utilising AI and technological advances in value creation
- Talking the talk – practical examples of value creation
Spence Clunie, Managing Partner, Ancala
Jim Metcalfe, Co-Managing Partner & Chief Executive Officer, Astatine Investment Partners
2 Speakers
14:50 - 15:15
Case studies: Value creation deep-dive
Hear from a fund manager and their portfolio company on how they are practically implementing value creation processes into their active asset management strategy
15:15 - 15:40
Coffee & networking
Stream A: Global Investor Forum
15:40 - 16:20
Panel: Debt & credit strategies – providing the backbone for tomorrow’s infrastructure financing?
Michela Bariletti,
Bertrand Loubieres,
Rob Johnson
- Maintaining momentum and appeal as interest rates stabilise
- Debt financing’s key role in decarbonisation, power generation and other global trends
- Examining just how resilient debt strategies have proven in recent months
Bertrand Loubieres, Head of Infrastructure Finance, AXA IM Alts
Michela Bariletti, Chief Credit Officer, Phoenix Group
Rob Johnson, Managing Director & Global Head of Direct Lending, EIG
Rob Johnson, Managing Director & Global Head of Direct Lending, EIG
3 Speakers
16:20 - 17:00
Panel: Thinking outside of the grid: finding solutions to energy transition’s key challenges
Joost Bergsma
- Renewables development – how are investors coping with higher costs?
- Is uncertainty around natural gas & LNG markets causing concern for an effective long-term transition?
- How can distributed solutions play into investor portfolios?
Joost Bergsma, Global Head of Clean Energy, Nuveen Infrastructure
1 Speaker
Stream B: Future of infrastructure
15:40 - 16:20
Panel: Transport 2.0 - building for the future of travel
Dr Stefan Hasenböhler,
Alexis Ballif,
Carlo Maddalena,
Walter Manara
- How is technology fuelling the realisation of tomorrow’s transportation infrastructure?
- The importance of resilience in transport infrastructure
- Decarbonisation – at the core of successful future investment?
Dr Stefan Hasenböhler, CEO, Head of Infrastructure, Reichmuth & Co Investment Management AG
Alexis Ballif, Managing Director Infrastructure – Transport, Ardian
Carlo Maddalena, Senior Portfolio Manager, APG Asset Management
Walter Manara, Partner, DWS
4 Speakers
16:20 - 17:00
Panel: Resilience – a key characteristic for infrastructure of the future
- How and why is consideration of resilience in infrastructure projects climbing up the priority list for investors?
- Examining how recent extreme weather events and natural disasters have affected infrastructure and the industry’s attitude towards resilience.
- What does resilience mean for different infrastructure assets/sectors?
Plenary
17:00 - 17:30
Closing Keynote: to be confirmed
17:30 - 18:00
Close of conference
18:30 - 21:30
Infrastructure Investor Women’s Circle drinks reception
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Infrastructure Debt Forum
As interest rates have risen in recent years, debt and credit strategies have increasingly become a mainstay of LP investment portfolios. The Infrastructure Debt forum is unique in providing a deep-dive into debt strategies across the infrastructure spectrum, as a market previously dominated by banks evolves, and long-term project financing becomes a key cog in the future of sustainable infrastructure.
Agenda
Infrastructure Debt Forum - Thursday 20th
08:45 - 20:50
Introduction from Infrastructure Investor
08:50 - 09:00
Welcome from the chair
09:00 - 09:40
Opening panel: A class of its own? Infrastructure debt’s evolution into a flexible solution
Luke Fernandes,
Kate Campbell,
Jean-Francis Dusch
- As interest rates appear to be stabilising somewhat, how are infrastructure debt strategies maintaining their appeal in this stage of the cycle?
- How and why does infrastructure debt offer investors flexibility and resilience for the future?
- Sustainability, defensiveness, premiums & more – why will credit products continue to have a growing role in infrastructure investor portfolios?
Moderator: Kate Campbell, Founding Partner, Astrid Advisors
Luke Fernandes, Head, Infrastructure Finance US, Swiss Re Asset Management
Jean-Francis Dusch, Chief Executive Officer, Global Head of Infrastructure & Structured Finance, Chief Investment Officer Infrastructure Debt, Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management (UK)
Jean-Francis Dusch
Chief Executive Officer Global Head of Infrastructure & Structured Finance Chief Investment Officer Infrastructure Debt, EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD ASSET MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED
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3 Speakers
09:40 - 10:20
Panel: Sustainable infrastructure over ESG? Adapting to changing sentiments in sustainability
Greg Scott
- Are debt investors seeing a tangible resistance or fatigue to ESG? Or simply a refocusing of efforts in an evolving sustainability landscape?
- How are infrastructure debt managers approaching sustainability issues with different LP clients in 2025?
- How are infrastructure debt products positioned to offer sustainable, impactful, and responsible solutions?
Moderator: Jane Bowes, Partner, Threadmark
Greg Scott, Senior Portfolio Manager, Phoenix Group
1 Speaker
10:20 - 11:00
Debate: Investment grade vs sub-investment grade in 2025 and beyond
Işil Tanriverdi Versmissen,
Jamie Clark,
Vivek Sapra
- Which strategy is flavour of the month currently?
- How are managers tailoring their offerings to different types of investors?
- Sub-investment grade: curbing ambition, managing risk and delivering favourable yields
- Investment grade: strong fundraising, reliability and durability
Isil Tanriverdi Versmissen, Head of Infrastructure Debt Transactions, MEAG
Jamie Clark, Senior Director, Infrastructure Debt – EMEA, MetLife Investment Management
Vivek Sapra, Senior Advisor, Infrastructure Investments, Ampega Asset Management
3 Speakers
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee and networking with Energy Transition forum attendees
11:30 - 12:10
Panel: Decarbonisation, digitalisation & demographics: credit investments in megatrends
Sinéad Walshe,
Jan Weismüller
- Devil in the detail – how detailed underwriting and understanding of business model evolution can help credit investors succeed in these sub-sectors
- Renewables, data centres, energy storage… how are disruptions and developments in these areas playing into the hands of infrastructure debt investors?
- What new assets are emerging in these fields that are ripe for credit opportunities?
Sinead Walshe, Director, Infrastructure Debt, Aviva Investors
Jan Weismüller, Managing Director, Global Head of Infrastructure & Transportation Finance, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
Jan Weismüller
Managing Director, Global Head of Infrastructure and Transportation Finance, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
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2 Speakers
12:10 - 12:40
Fireside chat: The growth of platform financing
12:40 - 13:00
Investor Fireside Chat: In conversation with AustralianSuper
Jennie Rose
Jennie Rose, Head of American Private Credit, AustralianSuper
1 Speaker
13:00 - 14:00
Networking lunch with Energy Transition forum attendees
14:00 - 14:40
Panel: LP appetite in a dynamic debt market
Markus Schaen,
Alexander Schmitt
- Evolving competition dynamics with infrastructure equity and corporate debt
- Do current interest rates still offer appeal for higher-yield strategies?
- How are investors continuing to find relative value?
Markus Schaen, Principal Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, MN
Alexander Schmitt, Senior Portfolio Manager, Global Private Debt, Allianz Global Investors
2 Speakers
14:40 - 15:20
Panel: Project financing’s role in filling the mid-market funding gap
Olaf Müller
- Underneath the large-cap market, where do the opportunities lie for debt investment?
- Bridge financing as a tool to service a neglected area of the market
- Being adaptable and nimble in order to differentiate your offering
Olaf Müller, Head of Infrastructure Finance, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
1 Speaker
15:20 - 16:00
Closing debate: Generalist vs specialist: what’s the optimum play in the credit market?
- Given infrastructure debt’s rise in recent times, how has the market developed when it comes to generalist and specialist offerings?
- Sector-specificity: an advantage of nuance over a generalist approach?
- Debt-specificity: as equity players have poured into the debt market in recent years, how do their offerings compare to debt specialists?
16:00 - 16:10
Closing comments from the chair
16:10 - 16:15
Close of Infrastructure Debt forum
Energy Transition Forum
The energy transition continues its relentless push towards decarbonising the planet, with this reflected in the significant fundraising and deployment in private infrastructure towards transition strategies. The Energy Transition forum provides the perfect setting to delve into the latest developments in energy and renewable assets; assess how geopolitics and macroeconomics are playing their part, and determine the path towards achieving net-zero.
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Energy Transition Forum - Thursday 20th
08:45 - 08:50
Introduction from Infrastructure Investor
08:50 - 09:00
Welcome from the chair
Olivia Eijking
Olivia Eijking, Director/Founder, Kreen Limited
1 Speaker
09:00 - 09:40
Panel: Progressing the transition along the path to net-zero
Harald von Heyden,
Paul Rhodes
- How is the private infrastructure investment market faring on its’ net-zero journey?
- After a year of elections and geopolitical change, how is policy development affecting energy transition investment globally?
- Which investment strategies are proving most effective right now, and why?
Harald von Heyden, Global Head of Energy & Infrastructure, Norges Bank Investment Management
Paul Rhodes, Head of Energy Transition Infrastructure, Asia Pacific, HSBC Asset Management
Harald von Heyden
Global Head of Energy & Infrastructure, Norges Bank Investment Management
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2 Speakers
09:40 - 10:20
Panel: Power provision and transition transmission - how can private infrastructure solve the problem?
Kashif Khan,
Geraldine Barlow
- Amidst an increasingly fragile geopolitical backdrop, how are investors responding to the challenge of powering their economies sustainably?
- With AI growth and other factors driving huge increase in energy consumption across the globe, are renewables ready to meet this demand?
- What opportunities can this provide for adaptable investors?
Moderator: Geraldine Barlow, Managing Director, Infrastructure, Affinius Capital
Kashif Khan, Director, MetLife Investment Management
2 Speakers
10:20 - 11:00
Panel: Keeping track of technology development in the energy transition
Joe Dutton,
Patricia Rodrigues Jenner,
Laurent Segalen
- Energy storage, cleantech and more – what new technological developments are pushing the boundaries of the energy transition currently?
- How are these playing out in investor portfolios? Is there an acceptance of increasingly blurred lines between PE and infrastructure?
- How can the industry ensure that these key emerging technologies are economically viable and efficient, sooner rather than later?
Joe Dutton, Energy Innovation Lead, Axis Capital
Patricia Rodrigues Jenner, Member of Investment Committees, UK’s GLIL & Africa’s AIIM
Laurent Segalen, CEO, Abloco Energy
Patricia Rodrigues Jenner
Member of Infrastructure Investment Committees, UK GLIL & Africa’s AIIM
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3 Speakers
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee and networking with Infrastructure Debt forum attendees
11:30 - 12:10
Panel: Embracing the role of resilience in transition portfolios
Angenika Kunne,
Louisa Yeoman
- Going beyond value creation: why resilience is a must for energy assets in an increasingly volatile natural environment
- How are investors protecting new and emerging renewable assets across the world?
- Beyond physical climate events, what other risks must modern energy assets be resilient to?
Moderator: Louisa Yeoman, Founding Partner, Astrid Advisors
Angenika Kunne, Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure Equity, Aviva Investors
2 Speakers
12:10 - 12:40
Portfolio & manager investment case study: Developing a RES developer – chances, changes and challenges
Elin Aberg,
Matej Lednicky,
Dr. Gerhard Schwartz
- Chances: Evolution of the portfolio (region, technology, magnitude) including an overview of a couple of exits
- Changes: Cost of equity, power prices, regulatory environment
- Challenges: Transforming changes into chances, the choice of development into new technologies or remaining with the current approach
Moderator: Elin Aberg, Senior Director, Institutional Business, KGAL Investment Management GmbH
Matej Lednicky, Head of Transaction Management Infrastructure, Kgal GmbH & Co.KG
Dr. Gerhard Schwartz, Managing Director, GP JOULE Projects GmbH & Co.KG
Elin Aberg
Senior Director, Institutional Business, KGAL Investment Management GmbH & Co.KG
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3 Speakers
12:40 - 13:00
Fireside chat: Get it to the grid
- Amidst waves of encouraging policy, is there hope for grid investment and expansion to accommodate for an ever-evolving power mix?
- Grid capability impacts on EV charging and renewable assets
- Overcoming issues around supply chains, talent shortages and incentivisation for grid operators
13:00 - 14:00
Networking lunch with Infrastructure Debt forum attendees
14:00 - 14:40
Panel: The ever-evolving green hydrogen investment landscape
- Assessing investment opportunities in the innovation required in storage, transport and other areas of green hydrogen
- How are regulations and policies across the globe faring in keeping up with green hydrogen infrastructure development ambitions?
- How can the industry drive cost reductions to ensure that price won’t be a perennial barrier for the application of green hydrogen?
14:40 - 15:20
Panel: Raising the risk profile – Renewables 2.0
Joop Hazenberg,
Anne-Louise Stranne Petersen
- How can investors be convinced to seize the opportunity by investing in the next generation of renewable energy assets?
- How is the fund market developing to offer access to investment in assets such as energy storage, CCS, hydrogen, energy islands and more?
- Balancing the grid through a balanced portfolio? Why sophisticated investors need to manage risk to support the new frontier of renewable energy
Moderator: Anne-Louise Stranne Petersen, Senior Reporter, PEI Group
Joop Hazenberg, EU Director, Carbon Capture & Storage Association (CCSA)
2 Speakers
15:20 - 16:00
LP case studies: Fulfilling the energy transition mission across the globe
Two LPs from different corners of the world provide us with insight into their energy transition portfolio and ambitions for 2025 and beyond.
16:00 - 16:10
Closing comments from the chair
Olivia Eijking
Olivia Eijking, Director/Founder, Kreen Limited
1 Speaker
16:10 - 16:15
Close of Energy Transition Forum
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Florence Carasse
Head of Infrastructure Debt, Pension Insurance Corporation
Florence is responsible for the infrastructure private debt team at PIC. She has over 13 years’ experience in the infrastructure space, including leading major transactions in the renewable energy, transportation and social infrastructure sectors. The team has provided around £5bn of financing in the last five years to greenfield and brownfield projects as well as corporate borrowers across the UK and Europe.
Florence started her career at Natixis Infrastructure team in Dubai, and prior to joining PIC she was an analyst at Moody's focusing on new infrastructure issuers’ ratings.
She holds a Masters degree from Rouen Business School majoring in finance and decision-making.
Gwenola Chambon
CEO and Founding Partner, Vauban Infrastructure Partners
Gwenola Chambon, CEO and Managing Partner of Vauban Infrastructure Partners, has had a pivotal role in establishing Vauban as a European leader in infrastructure asset management. Under her leadership, Vauban currently oversees more than €9 billion across 8 funds, solidifying its position as a key player in the industry. Over the past 15 years, Gwenola has transformed Vauban into a multibillion-dollar asset manager with international prominence.
Headquartered in Paris, Vauban distinguishes itself with a team of over 76 professionals who have collaborated for over a decade. Specializing in European core infrastructure investments, Vauban predominantly targets brownfield mid-market assets, following a long-term strategy focused on yield and sustainable value creation.
Vauban's recent successes encompass significant transactions in mobility, energy transition, social infrastructure, and digital infrastructure across 16 different geographies. These achievements underscore Vauban's reputation as a prominent player in the European infrastructure market. Particularly noteworthy are recent acquisitions such as the acquisition of Cellnex’s Austrian tower alongside EDF Invest and MEAG, Cellnex being the third largest provider of passive mobile tower infrastructure in Austria, Coriance, a leader of the French district heating sector, and the merger of Aves One and Wascosa into a major European railcar leasing platform.
Gwenola Chambon graduated from ESCP Business School in 1995 (master’s in business). Throughout her 28-year career, Gwenola has developed an extensive knowledge of the European infrastructure sector and has deep experience financing and investing in infrastructure assets. She has worked on numerous landmark transactions, from the first PPP projects in continental Europe (Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, France) to the development of strategic acquisitions in the European core infrastructure space (notably in digital infrastructure in France, Spanish PPPs, Coriance, Railcar Platform etc.). Prior to founding Vauban Infrastructure Partners, Gwenola headed the equity infrastructure activities of Natixis IM for 9 years and spent two years at the infrastructure fund Galaxy. Before that, Gwenola was Head of European Infrastructure at CFIG, and previously was a senior member of the project finance team at BNP Paribas.
In addition to her responsibilities as director on the boards of various European infrastructure companies (Proxiserve, Axione, Papre etc.), Gwenola is a member of several industry groups including the European Commission working group of Experts in Infrastructure, PRI advisory board as well as a member of its expert group, EFAMA, and the AFG and AFIC working groups for infrastructure. She is also an active member of the Institut de la Gestion Déléguée in France and of IFA (Institut Français des Administrateurs) and is responsible for project finance courses in ESSEC’s Masters of Complex Financing.
In 2024, Gwenola Chambon was named chairwoman of the Philarmonie de Paris.
Vauban Infrastructure Partners
Vauban Infrastructure Partners is a leading infrastructure asset manager focused on European core infrastructure investments. Headquartered in Paris, Vauban employs c.76 professionals, the majority of whom have been working together for over a decade. Vauban targets predominantly European brownfield mid-market assets, and pursues a long-term, yield-driven strategy matching the underlying nature of the assets and long-term commitment to all stakeholders’ interests through a strong focus on creating sustainable value. Vauban has raised c.€9bn across 8 funds in core infrastructure, and has invested in the mobility, energy transition, social infrastructure, and digital infrastructure sectors spanning 16 different geographies.
Nicolas Firzli
Director-General, World Pensions Council (WPC)
M. Nicolas J. Firzli is director-general of the World Pensions Council (WPC), the global think-tank & asset owners association. Mr. Firzli is co-chair of the World Pensions Forum (WPF) held annually in a G12/EU capital, coordinator of the G7 Pensions Roundtable held on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, co-chair of the Singapore Economic Forum (SEF APAC+ Summit), and cofounding-member & advisory councillor of the World Bank Group Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF).
He has chaired the main Asset Owners Roundtable of the 2015 Climate Change Conference (Paris COP 21 Summit) and (co)authored and helped develop key notions such as “Modern Trusteeship and Fiduciary Capitalism”, “The SDG–Driven World Economy”, “The Pension Wealth of Nations”, “Sustainable Finance Shifting the Trillions”, and “The Geoeconomic Century”.
World Pensions Council (WPC)
The World Pensions Council (WPC) is a Paris-based global think-tank & asset owners association focusing on pension funds, social security, and sovereign wealth institutions. We work closely with a wide range of asset owners and government agencies – at executive and board (trustees) level – to ensure employees can continue to receive the retirement income they need whilst building a better life for their children. The WPC is a cofounding member of the World Bank Group-led Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF).
Marc Ganzi
Chief Executive Officer, DigitalBridge
Marc C. Ganzi is President and Chief Executive Officer of DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (NYSE:DBRG). Mr. Ganzi has been a successful entrepreneur and executive in the communications infrastructure industry for over 25 years, actively investing in and operating businesses across the digital ecosystem including cell towers, data centers, fiber, small cells, and edge infrastructure.
In 2013, Mr. Ganzi founded and served as the CEO of Digital Bridge Holdings (DBH), a leading global investor and owner of mobile and internet infrastructure. DBH was acquired by DigitalBridge Group in July 2019 as part of the Company’s transformation into the leading global investment firm focused on digital infrastructure. In conjunction with the acquisition, Mr. Ganzi was named CEO-Elect of DigitalBridge and assumed the role of CEO in July 2020. DigitalBridge currently manages a $45 billion portfolio of digital infrastructure assets on behalf of its limited partners and shareholders.
James Heath
Chief Executive, National Infrastructure Commission
James Heath is the Chief Executive of the National Infrastructure Commission. The NIC advises the UK Government on long-term strategy and policy for economic infrastructure, covering digital, transport, energy, water and wastewater, waste and flood risk management. Previously, James was Director, Digital Infrastructure at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), responsible for advising Ministers on broadband, mobile and telecoms security policy, and overseeing the UK’s £200m million 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme. Prior to joining the UK Government, James was Director, Policy at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), responsible for public policy, government relations and regulation.
National Infrastructure Commission
The UK’s National Infrastructure Commission is the body responsible for providing independent analysis and advice to the UK government to help the country meet its long term infrastructure needs. Its objectives are to support sustainable economic growth across all regions of the UK, boost competitiveness, improve quality of life, and support climate resilience and the transition to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The Commission publishes a National Infrastructure Assessment every five years setting out its assessment of long term infrastructure needs, with recommendations to the government. The second Assessment was published in October 2023, presenting a costed programme of strategic infrastructure renewal in line with the Commission’s objectives.
Masoud Homayoun
Partner and Deputy Head of Value-Add Infrastructure, EQT
Masoud joined EQT Partners in 2008 and is a member of the Infrastructure Partners’ Investment Committee, Infrastructure Portfolio Performance Review Committee and has been a board member in portfolio companies across digital infrastructure, energy & environmental, and transport sectors. Prior to joining EQT Partners, Masoud worked at Bain & Company in Stockholm. Masoud holds a M.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Chalmers University of Technology.
Henrik Lundin
CEO of IMAS Foundation and Chief Investment Officer, IMAS Foundation
Henrik is the Chief Investment Officer at IMAS Foundation, responsible for a EUR 12 billion multi-asset portfolio, spread across listed and non-listed assets with a strong sustainability focus. IMAS Foundation is a sister foundation to the INGKA Foundation – the owner of Ingka Group, who owns and operates the majority of the IKEA stores globally .
Prior to IMAS, Henrik served nine years as Chief Investment Strategist at the Nordic bank Nordea and was part of the management group for the bank’s savings and wealth offering business. His previous jobs include analyst and economist positions within Nordea as well as business correspondent, covering the Nordics for AFX News/AFP/Financial Times. Alongside his current role at IMAS, Henrik is a board member of the Swedish fintech company Lysa Fonder.
Henrik has a degree in economics from Stockholm University, an MBA from INSEAD and is a CEFA holder from Stockholm School of Economics
IMAS Foundation
IMAS Foundation is a sister foundation to the INGKA Foundation—the owner of INGKA Group, who owns and operates the majority of IKEA stores globally. The foundation was set up in 1998 by Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of IKEA, and specialises in creating long-term returns on financial assets.
IMAS Foundation has a charitable purpose to create a better everyday life for the many people in need. This charitable purpose is achieved by managing its assets and by financially supporting INGKA Foundation.
Petya Nikolova
Deputy CIO and Head of Infrastructure Investments, New York City Retirement System
Matina Papathanasiou
Founding Partner, QIC Global Infrastructure
Matina is currently the deputy head of QIC Global Infrastructure, a business she co-founded in early 2006. QIC Global Infrastructure has directly invested over $10billion in global infrastructure covering toll roads, airports, ports, water and energy utilities and social infrastructure. Matina is on the management and investment committees and has overall portfolio responsibility.
She has extensive funds management and investment banking experience specializing in the infrastructure sector. Her expertise covers both acquisitions and valuation, business development and strategic plans. Whilst at QIC she has been actively involved in the implementation of a diversity policy. Prior to joining QIC, Matina held senior positions in AMP Capital Investors, Bankers Trust and Macquarie Bank. She started her career as a tax adviser at Arthur Andersen.
She has been a director on several boards of infrastructure companies including current a directorship at Port of Melbourne. Previous board appointments include Brisbane Airport Corporation, NorthConnex, M7, Epic Energy, PARF, QML, TransGrid, Epic Energy, Pacific Solar and India Infrastructure Holdings.
Matina has a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws from the UNSW and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
QIC
QIC is a leading investment provider for sovereign wealth funds, superannuation funds and other institutional investors.
Created in 1991 by the Queensland Government to serve its long term investment responsibilities, QIC has the heritage and insights to understand our clients’ needs. We have grown to become one of Australia’s largest institutional investment managers with over A$75 billion (30 September 2016) in funds under management. We have the capabilities relevant for today’s investment landscape and we are bound by a common philosophy – to deliver outcomes.
Spanning fixed interest and liquid strategies, infrastructure, real estate, private equity, and multi-asset solutions, we adapt our approach to suit the investor and the investment context.
Gerard Reid
Co-founder and Partner, Alexa Capital
Gerard Reid is a Co-founder and Partner at Alexa Capital. He is focused on assisting people and organizations in the energy and mobility areas who are struggling to understand and come to terms with the unpredictable and rapid change going on around them. Gerard has developed a strong reputation as a leading global expert in the energy and mobility space. He is an avid blogger and author with a following of more than 150k across several platforms and he is the co-host to “REDEFINING ENERGY” podcast. He is also a member of the World Economic Forum Future Energy Council.
Patricia Rodrigues Jenner
Member of Infrastructure Investment Committees, UK GLIL & Africa’s AIIM
Patricia is an experienced Board Non-Executive Director and Committee Chair, a purposeful leader with over two decades institutional investment and governance experience across real assets, energy transition and private equity, structuring $10Bn+ transactions including at Macquarie and Townsend.
Well-known as an accomplished networker and in demand trusted thought partner, she has a breadth of leadership and sustainability experience, including as co-founder of UK Government’s Green Investment Bank.
Patricia currently serves on the Boards of Legal and General Assurance Society Ltd and Aquila European Renewables PLC. In addition, she is an Independent Investment Committee Member at UK pension plans’ infrastructure investing platform GLIL and Old Mutual’s African Infrastructure Investment Fund 4.
Patricia is the co-founder of InfraNEDs (leading women NEDs in infrastructure and real assets Boards), a Fellow of Chapter Zero UK, 2023 “NED to watch” finalist, Leading Women of Influence in Private Markets and mentor to Nordic VC Katapult Ocean CEOs (deep clean tech).
Patricia began her career in Corporate Finance at Morgan Stanley. She holds an Engineering Ph.D. from Cambridge University.
Christian Wiehenkamp
Chief Investment Officer, Perpetual Investors
Christian is Chief Investment Officer at Perpetual, where he leads the overall investment process and investing activities. Prior to joining Perpetual, Christian held several positions within the Allianz Group. In his latest role he was the responsible investment advisor at risklab / Allianz Global Investors for family offices and fiduciary clients. Prior to this, he worked as risk manager at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, leading the risk governance activities around the economic capital model. Christian holds a doctorate degree in Finance from Goethe University Frankfurt and obtained a Bachelor’s degree in International Business Economics as well as a Master’s degree in Econometrics from Maastricht University. Christian is author of several articles on model uncertainty, option pricing and alternative illiquid asset classes.
Perpetual Investors
Perpetual Investors is a multi-strategy investment firm based in Munich, Germany. Based on clear guidelines, the firm follows a sustainable, unrestricted long-term investment strategy within an institutional open architecture approach. The asset universe includes but is not limited to Private Debt, Private Equity, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Hedge Funds, as well as liquid equity and fixed income.
Elin Aberg
Senior Director, Institutional Business, KGAL Investment Management GmbH & Co.KG
Elin Aberg is a Senior Director of Institutional Business at KGAL and based in London. In her role she is focused on capital formation, primarily offering institutional investors investment opportunities in infrastructure, real estate and transportation. Elin qualified as a chartered surveyor in 2008 and holds a BSc in Real Estate from University of Greenwich, London and an MSc in Global Finance from Bayes Business School, City University of London. She has 19 years’ experience working for institutional investors and fund managers focused primarily on Infrastructure, private equity, and real estate.
Ulla Agesen
Head of Infrastructure, NIO
Ulla joined NIO in 2022 to set up a dedicated infrastructure solution to investors.
Ulla has 20+ years of experience from the industry, throughout her career focusing on evaluating GPs/asset managers across liquid and illiquid markets. Most recently, she was Head of Alternative Investments at Nykredit where she was responsible for building Nykredit's infrastructure FoF platform to reach €1bn. Prior to joining Nykredit in 2011, she held the role as Head of Equity Research at Aon Hewitt in London and, prior to that, MD at Kirstein A/S as well as teaching assistant in statistics at Aarhus and Copenhagen Business Schools. Ulla holds a Master in Finance & Accounting from Aarhus School of Business.
NIO
NIO AUM is EUR 2.5bn a dedicated alternative investments platform built for investors by investors. NIO has a strong sustainability heritage founded by private markets industry pioneers as Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, a global leader and pioneer in renewable energy infrastructure and NREP, a frontrunner in sustainable real estate investment and the largest real estate manager in the Nordics.
Founded in 2018 and based in Copenhagen, NIO manages c. €2.1bn on behalf of investors across alternatives strategies.
Maria Aguilar-Wittmann
Co-Head of Infrastructure Fund & Co-Investments at Allianz Capital Partners, Allianz Capital Partners
Maria Aguilar-Wittmann
Maria is Co-Head of the Infrastructure Funds and Co-Investments team at Allianz Capital Partners. Maria joined ACP’s team in 2017, shortly after the inception of the Infrastructure Funds and Co-Investments strategy. Sourcing deals successfully during the last few years, Maria has been essential to the success and deployment of the AGDIEF I and II that attracted over EUR 2bn in client commitments over four years. In October 2023, the AGDIEF II held its final close at over EUR 1bn. Before joining ACP, Maria Aguilar-Wittmann was with EQT Infrastructure and Macquarie for six years. She played an important role in building out AllianzGI’s indirect infrastructure equity platform into the successful franchise with more than EUR 11bn of AuM it is today. In December 2023, Maria Aguilar-Wittmann was recognized by Infrastructure Investor as one of the “Rising Stars –20 under 40”.
Allianz Global Investors is a leading active asset manager with over 600 investment professionals in over 20 offices worldwide and managing EUR 555 billion in assets. We invest for the long term and seek to generate value for clients every step of the way. We do this by being active – in how we partner with clients and anticipate their changing needs, and build solutions based on capabilities across public and private markets. Our focus on protecting and enhancing our clients’ assets leads naturally to a commitment to sustainability to drive positive change. Our goal is to elevate the investment experience for clients, whatever their location or objectives.
Allianz Global Investors
Data as at 30 June 2024. Total assets under management are assets or securities portfolios, valued at current market value, for which Allianz Global Investors companies are responsible vis-á-vis clients for providing discretionary investment management decisions and portfolio management, either directly or via a sub-advisor (these include Allianz Global Investors assets which are now sub-advised by Voya IM since 25 July 2022). This excludes assets for which Allianz Global Investors companies are primarily responsible for administrative services only. Assets under management are managed on behalf of third parties as well as on behalf of the Allianz Group.
Alper Akar
General Manager, ICA (ICA Ictas Infrastructure YSS Bridge and Northern Ring Motorway Investment and Operation Inc)
Alper Akar is General Manager at ICA (IC Holding), one of Turkey’s top 10 real asset investors, developers and asset managers with a global investment mandate and ca. $10 billion in infrastructure AUM. Alper Akar also serves as a Board Member at several IC Holding companies such as ICA, IKA (Northern Aegean Motorways), Karasu Port and Zafer Airport and various infrastructure and real assets investment committees.
Alper Akar has more than 25 years of experience in investment strategy setting, origination, structuring, financing, and end-to-end delivery of large-scale infrastructure deals, including toll roads, airports, seaports, social infrastructure (hospitals), and energy projects.
Prior to joining ICA, Alper held various leadership roles covering the development of significant direct equity investment programs and delivering investment strategies for leading Turkish real asset investors such as IC Holding, Global Investment Holding, Akfen Holding, and Sabancı with focus on MENA, CIS and the African Region. Alper has also been Asset Manager for International Funds such as the Central Asia Regional Growth Fund and Romanian Growth Fund.
He has a Master’s Degree in Finance from the London Business School, MBA from Koc University, and a BSc in Civil Engineering from the Middle East Technical University.
ICA (ICA Ictas Infrastructure YSS Bridge and Northern Ring Motorway Investment and Operation Inc)
Founded in 1969, IC İbrahim Çeçen Yatırım Holding A.Ş (IC Holding) operates in construction, energy production and distribution, tourism, industrial, and infrastructure, employing more than 15,000 people.
IC is one of the leading investment holdings of Turkey, with a substantial presence in Middle East, Central Asian, Eastern Europe and Far East with a total group revenue of over 5.3 billion USD.
It has a proven track record of completing large infrastructure and superstructure projects, many of which are completed under concession structure (BOT, TOR, PPP, etc.).
IC is a well-known reliable partner to both public and private entities, with its solid financial structure.
IC Holding has a well-established culture of worldwide partnerships and collaboration.
Bruno Alves
Senior Editor, Infrastructure Investor
Bruno Alves is the Senior Editor of award-winning publication Infrastructure Investor. Bruno has been a journalist for nearly 20 years and first joined Infrastructure Investor in December 2009, where he quickly rose to become Associate Editor and a leading writer covering the infrastructure asset class. He’s been Senior Editor since 2015 and is also responsible for Agri Investor, PEI Group’s agriculture-focused publication.
Saji Anantakrishnan
Head of Infrastructure Australia and Asia, PATRIZIA
Saji leads the PATRIZIA Infrastructure business in Australia & Asia, and is a member of the PATRIZIA Infrastructure Investment Committee, the PATRIZIA Infrastructure Listed Strategies Investment Committee, and Management Group. Saji has practised infrastructure origination, acquisition and fund management across Australia, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Prior to PATRIZIA Infrastructure, Saji spent 10 years at Challenger and during this time he was appointed CEO of the Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund. Prior to that, Saji worked in corporate finance roles at Deutsche Bank in Sydney and EDS in Asia, and prior to that he was a Management Consultant with Anderson Consulting. Saji holds a B.A. in Accounting and Finance as well as a M.Sc. in Environmental Management from University New South Wales in Sydney. He also holds a M.Sc. in Applied Finance from Macquarie University in Sydney.
PATRIZIA: A leading partner for global real assets
With operations around the world, PATRIZIA has been offering investment opportunities in real estate and infrastructure assets for institutional, semi-professional and private investors for 40 years. PATRIZIA manages approx. EUR 56bn in assets and employs around 900 professionals at 27 locations worldwide. PATRIZIA has been making an impact since 1984 by helping children in need, since 1992 in close collaboration with Bunter Kreis (“colourful circle”) in Germany for aftercare of children with severe diseases and since 1999 through its support for the PATRIZIA Foundation. The PATRIZIA Foundation has given more than 700,000 children and young people worldwide access to education, healthcare, and a safe home to get the chance to live a better self-determined life over the last 25 years. You can find further information at www.patrizia.ag and www.patrizia.foundation.
Canan Anli
Senior Advisor, GIRA Strategic Finance
Canan specializes in TMT and Digital Infrastructure investments. With GIRA Strategic Finance, Canan is focusing on AI infrastructure including datacenter and renewable power investments. Canan spent 11 years with Mubadala Investment Company where she was heading the new investments in ICT and Digital Infrastructure. Prior to that Canan was a consultant with McKinsey. Canan holds an MSc in Earthquake Engineering from Bogazici University and an MBA from INSEAD.
PMP Strategy
PMP Strategy is a boutique strategy consultancy firm with 150 consultants in 8 offices: Paris, London, Madrid, Brussels, Casablanca, Dubai, Montreal and Toronto with a strong sector focus to create a differentiated, highly insightful and impactful offering in TMT, Transport/Mobility/Tourism, Energy, Retail and Banking/Insurance sectors. In addition to all the traditional strategy management consulting subjects, PMP has strong practice in Innovation & Transformation, Digital, Big Data, Client Capital, Finance & Performance and Due Diligence.
John Apostolides
Investment Partner, Palistar Capital
John Apostolides is an Investment Partner at Palistar Capital. Mr. Apostolides has over 20 years of experience as an investor and investment / merchant banker in the TMT sector.
Mr. Apostolides was previously a Managing Director at Macquarie Capital where he led many of the team’s advisory, investing and capital raising efforts in the communications infrastructure, satellite, cable, wireless, enterprise communications and Internet of Things sectors. Before joining Macquarie, Mr. Apostolides was a Vice President within Evercore’s Corporate Advisory business advising companies in the Communications sector. Mr. Apostolides started his career at Citigroup where he spent nearly seven years as a member of the Communications and Technology Investment Banking teams in New York and London.
He has been a panelist and speaker at key industry events including the Berlin Infrastructure Investor Global Summit, Wireless Infrastructure Association’s Connect (X), SuperReturn Global Infrastructure (London), World Satellite Business Week (Paris), Satellite Innovation (Silicon Valley), and the annual Washington D.C. satellite conferences.
Palistar Capital
Palistar Capital LP (“Palistar” or the “Firm”) is an alternative asset manager led by Managing Partner and Founder, Omar Jaffrey, focused on digital infrastructure investments. The Firm seeks to invest through direct asset ownership as well as by developing innovative financing solutions to complex problems for leading global digital infrastructure related companies.
To learn more about Palistar, visit www.palistar.com.
Ashli Aslin
Senior Analyst Real Assets and Infrastructure, Albourne
Ashli Aslin joined Albourne in 2021 as a Senior Analyst on the Real Assets team. She has 19 years of experience working in institutional investments, both as an allocator and an investment consultant. Ashli is responsible for investment diligence on across real assets, focusing on infrastructure.
Prior to Albourne, Ashli was an Investment Officer with the South Carolina Retirement System working across different portfolio initiatives in credit, private equity, emerging markets, and traditional fixed income. Most recently was responsible for the build-out of the pension’s infrastructure program, where she led the sourcing, portfolio construction, and underwriting process for real assets mandates totaling over $2.0bn, including fund and co-investment opportunities. Ashli also worked as a Senior Analyst at NEPC, LLC, where she helped pension, endowment, and corporate clients with asset allocation and implementation decisions. Ashli holds a BA in economics from Vanderbilt University and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina.
Alexis Ballif
Managing Director Infrastructure - Transport, Ardian
Alexis Ballif is Managing Director.
Alexis is a board member of portfolio companies such as Ascendi, LISEA, SPMR and Geosel.
Alexis joined Ardian in 2008. Previously, he carried out various internships within Pricewaterhouse Coopers and construction company Paris Ouest.
Education: ESSEC, ESTP Civil Engineering School
Geraldine Barlow
Managing Director, Infrastructure, Affinius Capital
Geraldine joined Affinius Capital as a Managing Director, Infrastructure in 2021. Geraldine has over 20 years of investment management and leadership experience gained in Australia and North America including over 15 years of board and investment committee experience across a range of infrastructure assets and investment management operating companies. Geraldine has extensive investment experience and has invested in and led investment teams across all major asset classes.
Prior to joining Affinius Capital, Geraldine was the Executive General Manager, Investments at Australian Unity (an 180 year-old mutual), where she had commercial, investment management and leadership accountability for the strategic direction of the organization’s (AUD) $8 billion platform of investments including a team of 50 responsible for the group’s balance sheet investments and investing multi asset, cash and fixed income, AREIT, hybrid property, healthcare, equities, venture capital and private equity portfolios. She also was a member of the Group Investment Committee. Prior to that she was the Head of Real Return and Real Estate at New Mexico State Investment Council, where she was responsible for the strategic direction of 25% of the endowment’s $US30bn portfolio. Prior to that she was one of the senior members of Hastings Funds Management North America in its formative years. Geraldine also previously held investment roles at Deutsche Asset Management, James Fielding Infrastructure and Jones Lang where her roles included a range of acquisition, asset management, portfolio management and capital raising responsibilities.
Geraldine holds bachelor’s degrees in Business (economics) and Applied Science from the Queensland University of Technology, Australia (QUT) and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from FINSIA. She is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) and has completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) company director's course.
Geraldine serves as a non-executive investment committee member for Future Super, an Australian Superannuation Fund, and Centric Wealth, an Australian wrap platform.
Affinius Capital
Affinius Capital® (previously known as USAA Real Estate and Square Mile Capital Management) is an integrated institutional real estate investment firm focused on value-creation and income generation. With a 40-year track record and $32 billion in net assets under management, Affinius has a diversified portfolio across North America and Europe providing both equity and credit to its trusted partners and on behalf of its institutional clients globally. For more information, visit www.affiniuscapital.com.
Michela Bariletti
Chief Credit Officer, The Phoenix Group
Michela is Head of Global Investment Research and Chief Credit Officer at Phoenix Group, the United Kingdom’s leading retirement savings and income business, with over £280 Billion of assets under administration, on behalf of about twelve million customers. In this role, Michela leads a team that provides, credit, macro and sustainability analysis and fundamental research for all asset strategies pursued by Phoenix Group encompassing public and private markets. Michela joined Phoenix in 2021 from Pension Insurance Corporation where she served as Head of Ratings and Credit Research. Prior to that, Michela spent 14 years at S&P Global Ratings, London, most recently as Senior Director, Infrastructure Ratings – EMEA Analytical Head, managing a team of 20 analysts and a portfolio of over 150 issuers in the infrastructure sector. The portfolio included corporate and project finance transactions covering social infrastructure, road, transport and renewables. Michela started her career at Goldman Sachs within the Equities Division. She holds a DEA en Analyse et Politique Economique (Master in Economics) from EHESS, Paris and a Specialization in Finance as a Ph.D. candidate from HEC, Paris.
Phoenix Group
Phoenix Group is the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business, with £280bn of assets under administration and c.12 million customers. We are a growing and sustainable business with a clear purpose – helping people secure a life of possibilities. This means taking responsible and sustainable investment decisions, and using our presence and voice to advocate on behalf of the UK’s savers. We understand that our scale and expertise means that we have an important role to play for our customers, colleagues and our communities. As life expectancy continues to increase and the pension landscape continues to shift, we will continue to be a safe and dependable ally in the journey to and through retirement for millions of customers, by providing the right guidance and products, at the right time, to support the right choices. We offer a broad range of products for people across all stages of the savings life cycle. Our strategy focuses on delivering long term, sustainable value and, to fulfil our purpose, focuses on five key areas to ensure we respond to changing customer needs, manage our capital position well, create value, inspire our people, and put sustainability at the heart of our business.
Anna Baumbach
Partner, Palladio Partners
Anna Baumbach is a Partner at Palladio Partners. She has over 20 years of industry experience in asset management. Prior to joining Palladio Partners, she was a member of the investment team of a German consulting firm Feri. In this position, she advised private and institutional investors on investments in real assets, incl. infrastructure, private equity, private debt and timber.
Palladio Partners
Palladio Partners specialises in providing independent advice on real assets, in particular infrastructure, for German institutional investors. The owner-managed investment boutique was founded in 2012 and today operates from offices in Frankfurt and Luxembourg, with a team of around 100 experts and €10bn assets under management. Palladio Partners advises German insurers and pension funds as well as banks, church institutions and foundations on their individual investment strategies. The firm assists its clients in managing complexity and offers them access to attractive global investment opportunities.
Palladio Partners is committed to sustainably promoting German infrastructure – through investments and by being an active participant in various relevant industry initiatives such as „IDI - Initiative deutsche Infrastruktur e.V.“. The firm is a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI).
Thomas Bayerl
Global Head Illiquid Assets, Member of the Board of Management at MEAG
Thomas Bayerl is Global Head of Illiquid Assets at MEAG, and thus in charge of all of the company's worldwide investments in illiquid assets. Upon joining MEAG in 2009, he was initially responsible for investments in asset-backed securities, and then headed the newly founded Infrastructure Debt unit from its inception in 2014. Prior to MEAG, the mathematics graduate Bayerl worked in portfolio management at HSH Nordbank in London, and in the investment division of LBBW in Stuttgart.
MEAG
MEAG is the asset manager of Munich Re and ERGO.
We stand for the Munich Re Group's investments: 140 years of experience, more than 100 investment managers and total assets of €354 bn (as at 30 september 2024). This makes us one of the most important players in the international financial sector. MEAG manages all major asset classes, such as interest-bearing securities, equities and real estate, as well as investments in renewable energies and infrastructure. Our worldwide presence with units in Munich, New York and Hong Kong enables us to work the market efficiently at a global level
MEAG as a partner to private and institutional investors.
MEAG is the ideal asset management partner to both private investors and institutional investors. The fund, real estate and direct investment portfolios are compiled according to earnings-based specifications from the clients. The volume of the assets we manage enables us to offer our clients inexpensive conditions and outstanding security for their investments.
Christopher Beall
Founder & Managing Partner, NOVA Infrastructure Management, LLC
NOVA Infrastructure is a value-added investment manager targeting middle market infrastructure investments in North America. NOVA actively invests in attractive opportunities in environmental services, transportation, energy/energy transition, digital and other infrastructure sectors. NOVA’s highly experienced team creatively sources infrastructure investments, pairing the best downside protection features of the infrastructure asset class with operationally-focused strategies to generate incremental returns.
Zak Bentley
Americas Editor, Infrastructure Investor
Zak Bentley is Americas editor at Infrastructure Investor, based in New York. Zak joined Infrastructure Investor in London in 2016 from Centaur where he was a reporter at their Clean Energy Pipeline title. He now leads Infrastructure Investor’s coverage across the Americas region and has a detailed knowledge and experience of the financial and regulatory aspects of the global infrastructure market. He is also editor of Infrastructure Investor’s weekly newsletter The Pipeline. Zak has a degree in English and History from the University of Birmingham.
Joost Bergsma
Global Head of Clean Energy, Nuveen Infrastructure
Joost serves as Global Head of Clean Energy at Nuveen Infrastructure, formally Glennmont Partners where he was CEO and Managing Partner. He has grown Nuveen clean energy infrastructure into one of Europe's largest clean energy investment platforms, raising €5 billion from blue chip investors through infrastructure equity and debt products. In 2024, Joost was honoured with the Inspiratia Energy Transition 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award for his impact and contributions to the Clean Energy sector.
Under his leadership, Nuveen’s clean energy infrastructure team has invested in major renewable energy projects across Europe, USA and APAC including offshore wind, solar, onshore wind and bioenergy. Joost leads the corporate strategy of Nuveen Clean Energy Infrastructure, and he sits on the Board of some of the organisation’s larger investments.
With over 25 years of experience in utility banking and fund management, Joost has devised and implemented asset and exit strategies, raising in excess of €10 billion of sales proceeds for energy clients.
Previously, Joost worked at SG Warburg & Co., ABN AMRO and BNP Paribas. He read Law at Leiden University (the Netherlands) and has an MBA from INSEAD (France).
Nuveen
Nuveen manages $30bn+ in AUM across its global infrastructure platform. We have a 30-year history of investing in infrastructure and are grounded by a long-term investment philosophy with sustainability at its core. Today Nuveen employs over 125 people in its infrastructure business and invests across a range of infrastructure sectors. The infrastructure platform builds on the scale, expertise, and extensive history of our $170 bn+ real assets business and offers a diverse set of investment vehicles across both equity and credit. For more information, visit Nuveen.com/infrastructure.
Lucie Bernatkova
Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Impact Investments at Allianz Global Investors
Lucie Bernatkova is a Vice President, Portfolio Manager with AllianzGI Private Equity Impact Investing Team and currently co-leads the Emerging Market Climate Action Fund, a strategy focused on financing climate transition projects in emerging markets. Lucie has spent the last ten years of her career executing private equity sustainability-focused transactions. Prior to joining AllianzGI, Lucie built up the impact investing and blended finance strategy for the Allianz Group insurance companies. In that role, she also represented Allianz as a blended finance expert in various investor networks, including the AoA, GISD and the UN SDG Fund. Before joining the Allianz Group, Lucie worked in development finance, executing emerging market climate transition transactions for the European Investment Bank’s Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund. She started her career in international development consulting. She earned her Master’s Degree from Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies.
Dr. Alexandra von Bernstorff
Managing Partner, Luxcara
Dr. Alexandra von Bernstorff
Alexandra is one of the founders and Managing Partners of Luxcara, a leading European asset manager specializing in clean energy investments. With 20 years of experience in clean energy, she has been at the forefront of the energy transition, offering investment opportunities in the clean energy infrastructure sector to institutional investors.
After earning her Ph.D. in Economics, Alexandra has held various managerial roles in investment firms across Europe. Deepening the dedication to energy transition, Alexandra also serves as an active committee member of the Renewable Energy Cluster in Hamburg.
Luxcara
Luxcara is an independent asset manager providing institutional investors long-term equity and debt investment opportunities in the clean energy infrastructure market that empower positive change. The Hamburg based company acquires, structures, finances, builds, and operates clean energy infrastructure projects with a long-term buy-build-operate strategy. Luxcara’s longstanding focus on unsubsidized markets has made the company one of Europe’s most prominent investors in projects with long-term power purchase agreements.
Luxcara’s portfolio includes clean infrastructure across Europe with a capacity of around 6 GW and an investment volume of about EUR 6 bn. This track record, dating back to 2009, makes Luxcara one of Europe’s most experienced asset managers for clean energy investments.
Luxcara is driven by an experienced team focusing on developing lifelong projects and is set apart through an extensive industry network, confidently embracing each project individually, and delivering tangible results as well as meaningful returns. Luxcara is sincerely dedicated to accelerating the energy transition by offering specialist’s know-how of technology, construction, operations, power markets and finances contributing to a more sustainable future.
Follow us at www.luxcara.com or on www.linkedin.com/company/luxcara/.
Deepa Bharadwaj
Head of Infrastructure Europe, IFM Investors
Deepa Bharadwaj, Head of Infrastructure, Europe, Joined in 2017 Deepa is responsible for the infrastructure business in Europe and for oversight of IFM Investors’ European infrastructure portfolio. She is currently a board member of Manchester Airports Group and previously been a board member of Mersin International Port, Veolia Energia Polska and Brisbane Airport. Deepa has extensive global expertise in the infrastructure and energy sectors, having worked in the US, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. Her 13 years at Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore included senior leadership roles, most recently as Global Head for Power, Transportation and Infrastructure. Over the course of her career, Deepa has successfully concluded several billion dollars in advisory and financing transactions, including marquee deals in power, utilities, renewable energy, infrastructure and transportation. Deepa also has extensive experience in diversity and inclusion initiatives and has been a member of the Steering Committee of the Women’s Infrastructure Network in Australia and Chair of IFM’s Inclusion and Diversity Forum in Europe.
Aditi Bhattacharya
Investment Specialist, Asian Development Bank
Aditi is the Unit Head, Private Sector and Climate Finance, at the European Representative Office of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) where she leads origination of sustainable infrastructure investments in emerging Asia. She has over 14 years of experience, closing over USD 800 million in direct investments in renewable energy, digital infrastructure, and utilities. Previously, she worked with the International Finance Corporation in PPP structuring and advisory, successfully closing some of India’s first PPPs in energy-efficient street lighting and universal healthcare.
Asian Development Bank
The ADB is a multilateral development financing institution focused on sustainable infrastructure and poverty eradication in developing Asia and the Pacific. As the region’s climate bank, the ADB has announced its ambition to provide $100 billion of its own capital resources, from 2019 to 2030, for climate action and for supporting a just transition in its developing member countries.
Dr. Mathias Bimberg
Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure, Prime Capital
Mathias leads Prime Capital’s Infrastructure Equity Team, currently 24 people strong cross its investment, asset management and construction teams, a team with a diverse set of backgrounds to cover the broad set of skill sets needed to commercialize greenfield energy assets. Since joining Prime Capital in 2015, Mathias has been instrumental in developing Prime Capital’s large scale greenfield strategy in renewable energy across Europe and expending its focus to energy transition assets, including raising Prime Capital’s first two commingled funds in the energy infrastructure space.
Before joining Prime Capital Mathias was responsible for investment and portfolio management for infrastructure and green energy equity strategies at EY, Equita Management and Lincoln International.
Mathias holds a Holds a PhD in Corporate Finance from Eberhard-Karls-Universität in Tübingen.
Prime Capital AG
Prime Capital is a leading European independent asset manager focused exclusively on Alternative Investments: Energy Infrastructure, Private Debt and Absolute Return. Founded in 2006, Prime Capital has offices in Frankfurt and Luxembourg and is regulated by BaFin and CSSF. Prime Capital has a 140 strong employee community, and is owned by management and employees. Prime Capital services clients globally across Pension Plans, Insurance Companies, Corporates, Family Offices and other institutions.
Infrastructure investments are a main focus of Prime Capital. An over decade-long experience ranges from equity investments in energy assets, with a focus on greenfield projects, to infrastructure senior and junior debt investments, offering various risk return profiles to investors. Prime Capital executed on over 45 equity transactions successfully across 8 European countries totalling over EUR 4.7bn and 3.4 GW of installed capacity, over 90% of which greenfield.
An increasing focus of all its infrastructure activities is to target sustainable investment opportunities with a real-world impact. To this end, Prime Capital has become a member of the German National Initiative for Impact Investing (BIII). Prime Capital’s infrastructure product offering includes strategies compliant with Articles 8 and 9 (EU SFDR).
Joss Blamire
Director, Infrastructure, GRESB
Joss Blamire is Director, Infrastructure at GRESB. GRESB’s mission is to assess, score and benchmark Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance, including for infrastructure assets, providing standardized and validated data to the capital markets.
Joss has 16 years’ professional experience as an expert advisor on ESG and infrastructure development with a focus on real assets and renewable and low carbon energy.
Prior to GRESB Joss worked in consultancy advising fund managers and asset owners to understand their ESG needs and develop sustainability strategies alongside helping assess investments and assets against international benchmarks and standards.
Joss previously lived and worked in Malawi, for the Government of Malawi, where he led the development and publication of the country’s first ever renewable energy strategy. Joss has also worked for the trade association, Scottish Renewables and the UK and Scottish Governments.
GRESB
GRESB is a mission-driven and investor-led organization that provides actionable and transparent Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) data to financial markets. We collect, validate, score and benchmark ESG data to provide business intelligence, engagement tools, and regulatory reporting solutions.
Michael Bonte-Friedheim
Founding Partner & Group Chief Executive Officer, NextEnergy Group
Michael founded NextEnergy Group in 2007.
NextEnergy is the leading investment and asset manager focused on the solar & BESS infrastructure sector, with c.350 employees across multiple geographies.
Since inception NextEnergy has acquired some 500 utility-scale solar assets, currently managing c.$4.5bn across four listed and private institutional investment funds. The installed capacity across the Group’s institutional investment vehicles exceeds 2.4GWp.
WiseEnergy (Asset Management Division), manages and monitors in excess of 3.4GWp of installed solar capacity spread across EMEA and USA. Clients include assets owned by the Group’s funds and third-party unaffiliated investors.
Starlight (Asset Development Division), is developing c.11GW in solar and related projects across the world, and continues to grow its portfolio in new geographies.
Michael Brand
Managing Director, Co-Head of Real Assets, Aksia
Michael is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Real Assets at Aksia. He has over 21 years of alternative investment experience and leads the global real assets business, overseeing due diligence for primary, secondary, and co-investment opportunities. Michael also works with global investors focused on real assets, directing strategic portfolio construction, management, and providing customized investment decisions.
Prior to joining the firm in 2024, Michael was the Global Head of Real Assets at Mercer Investments, where he led a team of over 30 investment professionals and chaired several of the firm’s investment committees. Before that, he was a Managing Director at Cambridge Associates’ Real Assets Investment Group. Prior to that, he was an Investment Associate at Franklin Park and a research analyst at Halcyon Asset Management. Michael started his career with capital markets-oriented roles at Moody’s and Reuters LPC.
Michael graduated from Boston University with a BS in Finance, and holds an MBA from Villanova University.
Aksia LLC
Aksia LLC, together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries, (collectively, “Aksia”) is a specialist portfolio advisory firm providing alternative investment solutions to clients across private equity, private credit, natural resources and infrastructure, real estate and hedge funds. Aksia provides an array of services including non-discretionary, discretionary and investment management.
Aksia advises on over $290 billion of client alternative allocations globally (as of August 31, 2023). The firm represents pension plans, insurance companies, government-related institutions, endowments, foundations and superannuation funds.
Aksia employs over 450 professionals across the globe, including 220 investment research, operational due diligence, and risk management professionals (as of September 30, 2023). The firm is 100% employee owned by its 16 partners and is headquartered in New York, with offices in San Diego, London, Tokyo, Chicago, Athens, and Hong Kong.
Damian Braud
Head of NBS and Senior Managing Director, Ardian
Damien Braud is responsible for leading Ardian NBS activities including the origination and execution of new investment opportunities, manage and drive value creation initiatives across the portfolio of projects. Damien has deep experience working across emerging markets alongside different stakeholders including both public and private entities. He was regional director for Proparco East Africa.
Education: HEC Paris & Telecom Sud Paris
Ardian
Ardian is a world-leading private investment house, managing or advising $169bn of assets on behalf of more than 1,680 clients globally. Our broad expertise, spanning Private Equity, Real Assets and Credit, enables us to offer a wide range of investment opportunities and respond flexibly to our clients’ differing needs. Our 1,050+ employees, spread across 19 offices in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Middle East are strongly committed to the principles of Responsible Investment and are determined to make finance a force for good in society. Our goal is to deliver excellent investment performance combined with high ethical standards and social responsibility.
At Ardian we invest all of ourselves in building companies that last.
William Brent
Chief Marketing Officer, Husk Power
William Brent is a climate solutions entrepreneur and evangelist. He is currently Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Husk Power, the global minigrid industry leader and one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in the World for 2024. Previously, he was Co-Founder and Chief Campaign Officer at Power for All, an international NGO working to end energy poverty in Africa. Before that, he was a senior executive and head of the cleantech practice at Weber Shandwick, an award-winning global marketing services agency and part of NYSE: IPG.
Husk Power is an award-winning clean energy company serving rural and peri-urban Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2024, Husk was named one of Fast Company’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World, ranking #24 overall, and #1 in the energy category. In 2023, it was also named “World’s Best Challenger Brand” in the energy industry, and CEO Manoj Sinha was selected as a TIME 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders in Business. Husk’s AI-powered energy platform provides 24/7 renewable power to residential and commercial customers, institutions and small factories. It also delivers a range of other products and services, including e-commerce and credit-financing of branded appliances for home and commercial use, as well as community-based solutions for e-mobility and the agricultural value chain. Husk’s mission is to superchange economic growth and social well-being in rural communities that are unserved and underserved.
Severin Buchwald
Senior Expert Sustainable Finance, MEAG
Severin Buchwald is a Senior Expert in Sustainable Finance at MEAG, the asset manager of Munich Re. He coordinates the further development of the overarching ESG strategy and its implementation in guidelines and directives. In addition, he is responsible for the integration of ESG aspects in investments in alternative assets and supports due diligence processes as a subject matter expert.
Severin Buchwald has been working at the interface between the financial sector and sustainability since 2014. He has been involved in integrating ESG into insurance, credit and investment transactions at leading German financial institutions. He has also gained practical experience at the United Nations and a social venture capital fund.
After studying social science at Maastricht University (B.A.) and the Technical University of Munich (M.Sc.), Severin Buchwald worked for an international consulting and auditing firm in the area of sustainability services and in the investment function of an institutional investor. Since 2023, he has been a lecturer in the DVA's “Certified Sustainability Officer” certificate course.
Anish Butani
Managing Director, Infrastructure, bfinance
Anish is a Senior Director in the Private Markets team at bfinance & leads the firm’s coverage of the infrastructure asset class. Since joining bfinance in 2017, Anish has advised a broad range of clients globally in allocating ~$10bn to the infrastructure asset class, including infrastructure debt. Prior to joining bfinance, Anish gained over ten years’ experience as a corporate financier, advising on mergers & acquisitions, financings & valuations of assets in the infrastructure asset class. Under Anish’s leadership, bfinance was recognised in 2019 & 2020 by Infrastructure Journal as ‘Best Investment Consultancy’ as recognised by leading market participants in the asset class.
bfinance
bfinance is an independent investment consultancy supporting institutional investors (pension funds, SWFs, financial institutions, etc.) with their investment implementation requirements, covering portfolio planning, manager search and selection and portfolio monitoring.
Brent Burnett
Global Head of Infrastructure and Real Assets, Hamilton Lane
Brent Burnett is a Managing Director and the Global Head of Infrastructure and Real Assets at Hamilton Lane. He is a member of the Investment Committee, the Valuation Committee, the Responsible Investment Committee and the Evergreen Portfolio Management Committee at the Firm. In his role, Brent oversees the global investment activities for Hamilton Lane’s commingled funds and managed accounts that invest across infrastructure primary funds, direct assets and secondary investments.
Prior to Hamilton Lane, Brent was one of two Principal owners and a Managing Director of Real Asset Portfolio Management, where he led all infrastructure investment activities at the firm. Real Asset Portfolio Management was a boutique advisory and investment management firm which Hamilton Lane acquired in 2017.
Brent received a BA in Economics and a BS in Accounting from Brigham Young University.
About Hamilton Lane
Hamilton Lane is one of the largest private markets investment firms globally, providing innovative solutions to institutional and private wealth investors across a range of asset classes, including infrastructure. Dedicated exclusively to private markets investing for more than 30 years, the firm currently employs approximately 730 professionals operating in offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Hamilton Lane has more than $947 billion in assets under management and supervision (composed of more than $131 billion in discretionary assets and approximately $816 billion in non-discretionary assets) as of September 30, 2024, including $75 billion in infrastructure assets under management and supervision (composed of $6.0 billion in discretionary assets and approximately $69 billion in non-discretionary assets).
Hamilton Lane provides investors access to globally diversified portfolios of infrastructure assets through commingled funds, discretionary managed accounts and advisory services. Hamilton Lane specializes in building customized infrastructure investment programs through direct investments, secondary investments and primary fund commitments.
Kate Campbell
Founding Partner, Astrid Advisors
Kate Campbell is Founding Partner of Astrid Advisors, an independent advisory and placement business focusing on infrastructure, the energy transition and the path towards net zero. She and her business partner, Louisa Yeoman, established Astrid Advisors in 2019.
Kate has 20 years’ experience of capital raising and capital markets, starting her career in investment banking, equity capital markets at Deutsche Bank, London. She subsequently worked at Bear Sterns and JP Morgan, as an Executive Director in the capital introduction team advising hedge funds on marketing and fundraising activities.
Most recently, prior to establishing Astrid, Kate and Louisa were coHeads of European Distribution for AMP Capital, establishing their European client business, raising capital for a series of fund vintages, coinvestments, consortium builds and syndication processes for AMP’s private infrastructure equity and debt platforms.
Kate holds a Masters in Spanish and French from Edinburgh University.
Astrid Advisors
Astrid Advisors is an advisor and placement agent covering infrastructure, the energy transition and real assets investments focused on sustainability and the path towards net zero. We partner with GPs in their capital raising of equity and debt strategies, primary funds, secondaries and co-invests. Founded in 2019, the Astrid team have a proven partnership and track record of fundraising in infrastructure and private credit and are recognised in the GP and LP community as specialist thought leaders and fundraisers in infrastructure and the energy transition, as well as more recent trends in sustainable food production, agriculture, and natural capital. Our philosophy is to partner with a select group of managers who we believe have the potential to be outstanding and differentiated in their field, and to bring our extensive network, expertise and energy to achieving their fundraising goals.
Bruno Candes
Partner, InfraVia
Bruno joined InfraVia Capital Partners in 2012 and has been focusing on origination and investment activities. Bruno brings his solid relationships’ network within the global infrastructure markets acquired through 25+ years of experience in the sector. In particular, Bruno has been acting as principal investor across both Europe and North America, which provides him with considerable knowledge in origination, execution and management of infrastructure investments. From 2006 to 2008, Bruno served as a senior member of Babcock & Brown’s infrastructure group in North America where he led the development and acquisition of several investments in Canada and the United States. Bruno joined InfraVia Capital Partners from Axium Infrastructure where, as a founding member and Senior Investment Director, he focused on the development of the firm’s first infrastructure equity fund.
InfraVia
Founded in 2008, InfraVia is a leading independent private equity firm, specialized in real assets - infrastructure, critical metals, real estate - and technology investments.
InfraVia is a conviction-driven investor focusing on resilient businesses partnering with management teams, entrepreneurs, or industrials to develop their businesses and drive long-term value creation through active hands-on asset management.
InfraVia manages EUR 15 billion of capital and invested in 50+ companies across Europe.
Tavis Cannell
Global Head of Infrastructure, Goldman Sachs Alternatives
Tavis Cannell, Global Head of Infrastructure, Goldman Sachs Alternatives
Tavis is global head of Infrastructure within Goldman Sachs Alternatives. He is a member of the Infrastructure and Real Estate Investment committees. Prior to his current role, Tavis was co-head of the EMEA Real Estate investing business. He joined Goldman Sachs in 2005 as an executive director in the European Special Situations Group. Tavis was named managing director in 2010 and partner in 2014. Prior to joining the firm, Tavis worked at Morgan Stanley in London and Paris, and at AFEX Group, a remote site logistics company based in Nairobi. Tavis serves on the boards of several portfolio companies, and on the board of the Global Infrastructure Investor Association. Tavis earned a BSc in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Columbia University and London Business School.
About Infrastructure at Goldman Sachs Alternatives
Goldman Sachs is one of the leading investors in alternatives globally, with over $500bn in assets and more than 30 years of experience. The business invests in the full spectrum of alternatives including private equity, growth equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure, hedge funds and sustainability.
Established in 2006, Infrastructure at Goldman Sachs Alternatives has consistently navigated the evolving infrastructure asset class, having invested ~$16bn in mid-market, value-add infrastructure assets across market cycles since its inception. We build highly diversified, all-weather portfolios comprised of operating businesses with defensive, long-term cash flows, strong market positions, and in assets and services that are critical to society. We are a global investor, partnering with experienced operators and management teams across multiple sectors, including energy transition, digital infrastructure, transportation & logistics and circular economy, and we behave like true owners seeking primarily control positions, and focus on value creation through operational and financial improvements.
Alexandre Chavarot
Founder, Climate Finance 2050
Alexandre Chavarot is a UK-based finance professional delivering solutions to the challenges posed by climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity preservation and sustainable development. He has more than 30 years of experience advising clients on project & corporate acquisitions, risk assessments, investments and financings in the energy, infrastructure and maritime sectors with leading investment banks, insurance groups, climate NGOs such as the Clinton Climate Initiative and advisory firms.
Alexandre is the founder of Climate Finance 2050 Limited, through which he consults on climate and sustainability-related financial issues. He is a Senior Adviser with Howden’s climate risk and resilience team. He separately advises the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change in the UK (IIGCC) on its adaptation and resilience programme and the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure in India (CDRI) on resilience finance. He is also a Senior Adviser at ACCESS Corporate Finance, a London-based financial advisory firm providing M&A services.
Alexandre is a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment in the UK. He has co-authored several articles and papers on project and climate finance, as well as on climate risks and resilience. He has been a member of the Climate Bonds Initiative resilience taxonomy advisory group and was the coordinating lead author of the finance chapter of the Global Infrastructure Resilience report published by CDRI in October 2023.
He is a regular speaker at international conferences. He is also a visiting lecturer at Sciences Po in Paris where he teaches a seminar on climate change and sustainable finance.
Alexandre holds a bachelor’s degree from Sciences Po in Paris, a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and an MBA from INSEAD. He was also a member of the IHEDN class of 2022 in France and is an officer in the civil reserve of the French navy.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandre-chavarot-b23555/
Climate Finance 2050
Climate Finance 2050 is a UK-based consultancy providing climate and sustainable finance advisory services in the fields of energy transition, infrastructure resilience, biodiversity preservation & restoration, waste management & the circular economy, and agri-tech. Our clients comprise project developers, assets owners & managers, governments, foundations and finance NGOs. We are currently involved in mobilising finance for CCS, green hydrogen and waste-to-energy businesses. We also work with the insurance sector and institutional investor groups on the development of innovative financial solutions and assessment methodologies to address physical climate risks. We support the Climate Bonds Initiative in the preparation of its resilience taxonomy. You can contact us at a.chavarot@climatefinance2050.com.
Jamie Clark
Senior Director, Infrastructure Debt– EMEA, MetLife Investment Management
Jamie Clark is a Director in the EMEA Infrastructure Debt team for MetLife Investment Management’s (MIM) Private Capital. He is responsible for the origination and execution of new transactions across the infrastructure landscape, as well as the ongoing management of existing investments. Jamie has 14 years of experience in infrastructure finance. Prior to joining MIM in 2020, Jamie was a member of the Global Infrastructure Finance team covering Europe and Australia at a Canadian bank based in London and Singapore. Jamie earned a MA (Hons) in Management at the University of St. Andrews.
MetLife Investment Management
MetLife Investment Management serves institutional investors around the world across Fixed Income, Private Capital, Infrastructure Debt and Real Estate assets. We aim to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns by building tailored portfolio solutions and we work closely with our clients to help meet their long-term investment objectives. We are backed up by the broader resources and 150-year history of MetLife, a Fortune 500 company. As of 30 September 2024, we manage $609.3 billion in assets.
Spence Clunie
Managing Partner, Ancala
Spence Clunie
Managing Partner
Spence founded Ancala in 2010 with the objective to deliver infrastructure investment differently. Ancala’s strategy focuses on sourcing bilateral investment opportunities, providing downside protection, inflation linkage and delivering value add active asset management. Ancala is trusted by institutional investors around the world to deliver superior returns from traditional infrastructure assets.
Spence is involved in all aspects of Ancala’s business including overall business management, originating and executing investments, asset management, investor relations, operations and on-going business development and strategy. He sits on all of Ancala’s committees including management, investment, valuation and risk.
Spence has over 30 years’ experience in the infrastructure industry. Prior to founding Ancala, he was a Senior Managing Director at Macquarie.
Spence has an MA in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Glasgow.
About Ancala
Ancala is a leading independent infrastructure manager that delivers infrastructure investment differently. The investment manager takes a unique entrepreneurial and collaborative approach to consistently deliver results for its investors, the companies it invests in and the communities and environments they serve. Ancala has total AuM of more than €4.2bn and manages 19 assets operating in essential infrastructure sectors including renewable energy and energy transition, transport, utilities and the circular economy.
Ancala has deployed a consistent strategy since it was founded in 2010, delivering enhanced returns from investments with traditional infrastructure characteristics. Its proactive approach to value creation is delivered by an experienced asset management team which includes Industry Partners – former CEOs and chairs of major infrastructure businesses. On average, Ancala’s portfolio firms have grown revenues by more than 65% since Ancala first invested.
For more information, visit https://ancala.com/
Andrew Cogan
Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of Fengate Infrastructure Yield Fund, Fengate Asset Management
As Portfolio Manager of Fengate Infrastructure Yield Fund (the Fund), Andrew is the executive responsible for all aspects of the Fund including the Fund’s investment strategy, fundraising, investments, and asset management for the Fund’s assets.
Previous to his current role, Andrew was a senior member of Fengate Infrastructure’s investment team where he led several investments for Fengate Infrastructure Fund III (FIF3) as well as other legacy accounts and funds.
Andrew previously worked at CIBC World Markets as a director advising on mergers and acquisitions, and debt and equity financing for the North American power and utilities sector, and at Accenture as a strategy consultant. Andrew’s infrastructure focus areas include: renewables, regulated utilities, digital, social and transportation infrastructure.
Andrew holds a Master of Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business and joined Fengate in 2014.
Fengate:
Fengate is a leading alternative investment manager focused on infrastructure, private equity and real estate strategies, with more than US$7 billion of capital commitments under management. The firm has been investing in infrastructure since 2006 with a focus on mid-market greenfield and brownfield infrastructure assets in the transportation, social, energy transition and digital sectors. Fengate is one of North America’s most active infrastructure investors and developers with a portfolio of more than 45 assets.
Gwen Colin
Head of ESG and Partner, Vauban Infrastructure Partners
Gwen Colin is the ESG Director of Vauban Infrastructure Partners, in charge of overseeing the ESG methodology evolution and its alignment with Vauban IP long term strategy. Gwen was previously a consultant for PE/Infra funds looking to develop their sustainable projects in Europe and Asia, and has managed projects on topics like impact management, climate change and sustainable finance more broadly. She has started her career as a legal advisor, then project manager, at Credit Agricole Asset Management (now Amundi) in Paris and Luxembourg. Her involvement in sustainable finance started in 2008, when she led the product innovation and supported the distribution of a Socially Responsible Investments offer targeting the Middle Eastern and South East Asian sovereign entities, institutional clients, private banks and family offices. Gwen graduated with a Master in Business Law and a Master in Business Administration from the University of Bretagne Occidentale in France. She has a certification in Islamic Finance from the Security Investment Institute of London.
Vauban Infrastructure Partners
Vauban Infrastructure Partners is a leading infrastructure asset manager focused on European core infrastructure investments. Headquartered in Paris, Vauban employs 76 professionals, the majority of whom have been working together for over a decade. Vauban targets predominantly European brownfield mid-market assets, and pursues a long-term, yield-driven strategy matching the underlying nature of the assets and long-term commitment to all stakeholders’ interests through a strong focus on creating sustainable value. Vauban has raised €9bn across 7 funds in core infrastructure, and has invested in the mobility, energy transition, social infrastructure, and digital infrastructure sectors spanning 12 different geographies.
Gabriele Damiani
Head of Core/Core + Infrastructure
Gabriel Damiani has been Head of Core / Core + Infrastructure at Swiss Life Asset Managers since 2021.
In his function, he is focused on sourcing, negotiating, executing and managing direct investments in Europe and North America and involved in all fund raising activities.
Prior engagements: Between 2011 and 2021, Gabriel Damiani worked at PSPIB, one of Canada’s largest pension fund manager as part of the infrastructure investment team. There, Gabriel held several sourcing, execution and asset management responsibilities and was responsible for PSPIB’s investments in TDF, Roadis Transportation and WETT, as well as being an active member of PSPIB’s Infrastructure investment committee
From 2008 to 2011 he worked for Bombardier Inc in the Corporate Strategy and M&A team. Gabriel was involved in several transactions in both the aerospace and rail sectors.
In 2006 Gabriel Damiani began his professional career at the National Bank of Canada in Montreal where he worked as a Research Analyst and Fund Accountant
Education and qualifications: B.B.A from HEC Montreal, Canada, Minor in Economics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Swiss Life Asset Managers:
Swiss Life Asset Managers has more than 165 years of experience in managing the assets of the Swiss Life Group. This insurance background has exerted a key influence on the investment philosophy of Swiss Life Asset Managers, which is governed by such principles as value preservation, the generation of consistent and sustainable performance and a responsible approach to risks. Swiss Life Asset Managers offers this proven approach to third-party clients in Switzerland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the UK, Italy and the Nordic countries.
As at 30 June 2024 assets under management for third-party clients amount to EUR 121.2 billion. Together with insurance assets for the Swiss Life Group, total assets under management at Swiss Life Asset Managers stood at EUR 272.3 billion. Swiss Life Asset Managers is a leading institutional real estate investor in Europe1. Of the assets totalling EUR 272.3 billion, EUR 91.1 billion is invested in real estate. In addition, Swiss Life Asset Managers, in cooperation with Livit, manages real estate totalling EUR 21.6 billion in value. Total real estate assets under management and administration at the end of June 2024 thus came to EUR 112.7 billion.
Thierry Déau
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Meridiam
Thierry Déau is Meridiam’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He founded Meridiam, an independent investment Benefit Corporation, specialized in the development, financing, and management of long-term and sustainable infrastructure projects in 2005, with the belief that the alignment of interests between the public and private sector can provide critical solutions to the collective needs of communities. Managing over $20 Billion of assets, the firm has to date more than 120 projects under development, construction or in operation.
Meridiam currently holds offices in Paris, New York, Istanbul, Addis Ababa, Dakar, Luxemburg, Aman, Vienna, Libreville, Johannesburg and Washington and is a leading investor in public infrastructure across Europe, North America and Africa.
Prior to Meridiam, Thierry worked for France’s Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations where he held several positions with its engineering and development subsidiary Egis Projects, moving up from project manager, then director for concession projects to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer in 2001.
Thierry is currently a board member of Fondation des Ponts, a member of the Investment Committee of the European Fund for Strategic Investment, founder of Africa Infrastructure fellowship program Foundation (AIFP Foundation), founding member of the Sustainable Development Investment Partnership (SDIP) of the World Economic Forum a member of Prince of Wales’ Sustainable Markets Council for the Commonwealth, and honorary chairman of the Long Term Infrastructure Association (LTIIA), and President of the Archery Foundation, which supports young talents from underprivileged areas in France in their personal and professional development.
Thierry Déau graduated from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées engineering School.
Jonathan Dillon
Partner, Clifford Chance
Jonathan is a Partner in Clifford Chance's Private Equity practice, specialising in M&A and joint ventures for infrastructure and energy assets. He works alongside infrastructure funds, private equity funds and corporate clients. His clients include Brookfield, Ardian, CPP Investments. Jonathan is listed as a key lawyer across Legal 500 UK 2025 and Chambers UK 2025, and was named as a Private Equity Rising Star in Europe by Legal Week and Law.com.
Clifford Chance is a recognised market leader globally, and our team is set up to deliver best value on complex transactions across the Infrastructure and Energy Transition space. We provide full service capabilities at every stage of the infrastructure value chain from fund formation to the structuring and financing of projects through to disputes and litigation and mergers and acquisitions. Our lawyers across jurisdictions work extremely closely and have strong links, providing an efficient and seamless service and an exceptionally broad bench of expertise and vast deal experience to provide clients with cutting-edge insights into current market practice.
Nic DiLoretta
Managing Director, Head of Real Assets, Aksia LLC
Nic has over 16 years of experience in alternative assets with a focus in real assets investments. He assists in the management of the teams responsible for sourcing, conducting due diligence, and evaluating investments for real assets primaries and co-investments. Nic helped to design and is an instructor for ILPA’s “Real Assets for the Limited Partner”, a one day, deep-dive seminar offered to ILPA members.
Prior to Aksia’s acquisition of TorreyCove Capital Partners, Nic was a Senior Vice President, joining the firm in 2011. Prior to that, Nic was an Associate at PCG Asset Management, where he supported the Risk Management department and assisted in the due diligence of private equity investments.
Nic graduated from the University of San Diego with a BBA and holds an MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.
In 2019 and 2020, Nic was recognized as a Knowledge Brokers “New Guard” and Knowledge Broker, respectively, by Chief Investment Officer.
Aksia LLC
Aksia LLC, together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries, (collectively, “Aksia”) is a specialist portfolio advisory firm providing alternative investment solutions to clients across private equity, private credit, natural resources and infrastructure, real estate and hedge funds. Aksia provides an array of services including non-discretionary, discretionary and investment management.
Aksia advises on over $290 billion of client alternative allocations globally (as of August 31, 2023). The firm represents pension plans, insurance companies, government-related institutions, endowments, foundations and superannuation funds.
Aksia employs over 450 professionals across the globe, including 220 investment research, operational due diligence, and risk management professionals (as of September 30, 2023). The firm is 100% employee owned by its 16 partners and is headquartered in New York, with offices in San Diego, London, Tokyo, Chicago, Athens, and Hong Kong.
Don Dimitrievich
Portfolio Manager, Senior Managing Director, Energy Infrastructure Credit, Nuveen
Don Dimitrievich is a Senior Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for Energy Infrastructure Credit at Nuveen. Don joined Nuveen in November 2022 to establish a multi-billion credit investment business to ensure secure energy supply and provide sustainable energy solutions to decarbonize energy consumption.
Prior to joining Nuveen, Don was Head of Energy & Power and a Partner at HPS Investment Partners from 2012 where he founded the energy and power investment vertical. Previously, Don was a Managing Director of Citi Credit Opportunities, a credit-focused principal investment group. At Citi Credit Opportunities, Don oversaw the power, renewables and energy portfolio and invested in mezzanine, special situation and equity co-investments, and secondary market opportunities. Prior to joining Citi, Don worked at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP from 1998 to 2004 focusing on energy and power M&A and corporate finance.
Don has a law degree with Great Distinction from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, a chemical engineering degree with Great Honors and a Bachelor of Arts degree (earned concurrently) from Queen's University in Kingston, Canada.
Nuveen manages $30bn+ in AUM across its global infrastructure platform. We have a 30-year history of investing in infrastructure and are grounded by a long-term investment philosophy with sustainability at its core. Today Nuveen employs over 125 people in its infrastructure business and invests across a range of infrastructure sectors. The infrastructure platform builds on the scale, expertise, and extensive history of our $170 bn+ real assets business and offers a diverse set of investment vehicles across both equity and credit. For more information, visit Nuveen.com/infrastructure.
Stephen Dowd
Chief Investment Officer – Private Infrastructure Strategies, CBRE Investment Management
Stephen Dowd is Chief Investment Officer – Private Infrastructure Strategies for CBRE Investment Management. He leads the firm’s private infrastructure investment practice, overseeing investment strategies, portfolio management, analytics and performance measurement. Stephen joined the organization in 2014 as Partner and Global Head of Infrastructure for the predecessor private infrastructure firm that became part of CBRE Investment Management and moved into his current role in 2020.
Stephen is passionate about building an infrastructure investment business of quality, integrity and scale that strives to achieve clients’ risk-return goals. He enjoys working with hard assets that provide essential services and produce solid investment returns for people’s retirement security. He believes patience, collaboration and a long-term strategic view are fundamental to success.
Stephen brings broad and deep experience in banking, pension fund investing and asset management to his role. He began his career in infrastructure in 1990 and has invested in companies and assets in Europe, Asia, Australia and North and South America. Prior to joining CBRE Investment Management, he was Senior Vice President, Infrastructure and Timberlands at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), a pioneering institutional investor in the sector, responsible for a real assets portfolio valued at over $11 billion. The infrastructure portfolio included direct equity ownership in power generation, pipeline, water and natural gas distribution, terminal, airport and rail assets.
Stephen has served as a member of numerous boards of directors in the sector, including as chair. Previously, Stephen worked in investment banking and in the energy and infrastructure sectors in the U.S. and the U.K.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Princeton University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
CBRE Investment Management is a leading global real assets investment management firm with $148.3 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2024, operating in more than 30 offices and 20 countries around the world. Through its investor-operator culture, the firm seeks to deliver sustainable investment solutions across real assets categories, geographies, risk profiles and execution formats so that its clients, people and communities thrive.
CBRE Investment Management is an independently operated affiliate of CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2023 revenue). The company has more than 130,000 employees (including Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE Investment Management harnesses CBRE’s data and market insights, investment sourcing and other resources for the benefit of its clients. For more information, please visit www.cbreim.com.
Jean-Francis Dusch
Chief Executive Officer Global Head of Infrastructure & Structured Finance Chief Investment Officer Infrastructure Debt, EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD ASSET MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED
Jean-Francis joined the Edmond de Rothschild Group in 2004 as Co-Head of the Project Finance department, before taking charge of the Group's structuring advisory services. In 2013, he was appointed CEO of the group's Infrastructure, Real Assets and Structured Finance department. Today he is CEO of EdR AM UK and CIO of BRIDGE.
Prior to joining EdR, he served as Director at Citigroup and WestLB, covering the infrastructure and TMT sectors in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, and leading several “Deal of the Year” debt transactions. In 1998, he joined UBS in Zurich and London in the Project Finance department, where he acted as financial advisor and arranger on a number of landmark European infrastructure, energy and telecoms projects. He began his career at Bouygues Construction in 1992 in the international financial engineering department as a financial modeller and project manager.
Jean-Francis is a graduate of the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris and holds a law degree from the Université de Droit Paris II.
EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD
As a conviction-driven investment house founded upon the belief that wealth should be used to build the world of tomorrow, Edmond de Rothschild specialises in Private Banking and Asset Management and serves an international clientele of families, entrepreneurs and institutional investors. The group is also active in Corporate Finance, Private Equity, Real Estate and Fund Services.
With a resolutely family-run nature, Edmond de Rothschild has the independence necessary to propose bold strategies and long-term investments, rooted in the real economy.
Founded in 1953, the Group had more than CHF 163 billion in assets under management at the end of December 2023, 2,600 employees, and 28 locations worldwide.
Joe Dutton
Energy Innovation Lead, Axis Capital
Joe Dutton is Energy Innovation Lead at AXIS Capital. He leads internal research on the energy transition, renewables, and climate technology. He has worked on U.K. and European energy policy, technology, and markets for almost 15 years, across various roles in consultancy, academia and think tanks. Before joining AXIS, he worked at climate change and carbon consultancy South Pole, and at energy and climate think tank E3G where he led research programmes on energy infrastructure, climate and decarbonisation policy, and the future of energy systems under net zero.
AXIS
AXIS is a global specialty underwriter and provider of insurance and reinsurance solutions. Its renewable energy team provides lifecycle cover for a range of technologies, including onshore and offshore wind, solar, and battery storage. The company is also providing specialist insurance for the innovative solutions and technologies that support the energy transition, including floating wind and solar, carbon credits, and CCS. Earlier this year, AXIS launched a new Lloyd’s syndicate—AXIS Energy Transition Syndicate 2050TM —the first of its kind, specifically set up to help companies and countries manage risk as they transition to a lower carbon future. The company has a global presence with offices in the US, UK, Canada, and Europe.
Hans-Peter Egler
Senior Director, Sustainable Infrastructure / Technical Assistance, South Pole Group
Hans-Peter Egler is currently Director Sustainable Infrastructure / Public Sector with South Pole. He has 30 years of experience in international cooperation in the areas of infrastructure, investment, trade, and production including environmental and social issues. Cooperation with businesses and financial entities of all kinds, the World Bank, regional development banks, various UN organisations, non-governmental organisations, industries, and retailers in Switzerland and in developing countries as well as government agencies in developing and industrialised countries. 20 years of experience in innovative project management at the interface between the economy, environment, and development cooperation. Prior of working with South Pole, Hans-Peter was heading the Global Infrastructure Basel foundation and before that the Division of Trade Promotion at the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, where he used to work for 25 years.
South Pole
South Pole is a leading climate project developer and solutions provider.
Since its founding in 2006, South Pole has supported and provided climate finance to over 850 projects in more than 50 countries. Together, these projects have helped reduce over 200 million metric tonnes of CO2 emissions and provided measurable benefits to communities vulnerable to climate change. South Pole's projects accelerate the transformation across all sectors, including across sustainable land-use, ecosystem conservation, circular economy, and renewable energy.
South Pole also advises governments and thousands of leading companies on their climate journeys to achieve net zero emissions. With its global Climate Solutions platform, it implements comprehensive strategies that help organisations across the world build resilience and turn climate action into long-term business opportunities. Our global team of over 1,000 experts spread out over 42 locations across 6 continents. is trusted by many FT500 businesses and world-class investors around the world.
Olivia Eijking
Director/Founder, Kreen Limited
Olivia Eijking has 27 years of experience in the energy markets, working in New York, Paris, Hamburg and London, across trading, investment management, private equity and project development. She has held leadership positions with alternative investment managers and industrial groups, including as partner & COO for Global Advisors, one of the first energy & metals focused hedge funds, CFO for Massena Capital Partners Private Equity during its substantial expansion, and co-founder & co-managing director of Ferrostaal Capital, the renewable energy venture of the German industrial services group.
As an entrepreneur, Olivia notably launched Kreen, the wind, solar and storage focused renewable energy consultancy that advises manufacturers, project developers and sponsors in the financing and development of renewables projects. She combines substantial operational and financial experience across both developed and emerging markets globally, encompassing structuring, financing, project development, construction, and asset management.
Over the course of her career, Olivia has been directly involved in 5.5 GW’s worth of renewable energy projects as well as the oversight of over USD 1.2 b in energy asset investments.
Mrs. Eijking received an MSc in Management, majoring in Corporate Finance, from EM Lyon business school. She is fluent in English, French and Spanish, and is learning Dutch, German and Italian.
Kreen
Kreen is a bespoke renewable energy investment partner. We advise manufacturers, project developers and sponsors in the financing and development of renewable energy projects, especially in more difficult emerging and frontier markets.
Since 2019, we have supported over 1GW of solar and wind projects in Romania, France, overseas French territories, Latin America, Southern and Central Europe. Our involvement is over the long term, and includes PPA negotiations, debt arrangement, equity structuring and full M&A leadership.
Mohamed El Gazzar
Senior Partner , I Squared
Mohamed El Gazzar is a Senior Partner of I Squared Capital, responsible for the infrastructure strategy in Europe. Mohamed is part of ISQ’s Executive Committee, Investment Committee and Operating Committee, where he leads the Human Resources subcommittee. He sits on numerous boards and DATs including but not limited to Conrad Energy, nLighten, Cube Cold Europe and Aggreko. Since joining I Squared Capital, Mohamed has led the acquisition and development of portfolio companies encompassing power and utilities, energy, transport and logistics, digital infrastructure, environmental infrastructure and social infrastructure.
I Squared:
I Squared is a leading independent global infrastructure investor with over $40 billion in assets under management. I Squared is known for developing and building investment platforms in infrastructure projects that start small and grow big. I Squared uses its extensive global insights and deep local intelligence to solve complex problems, foster smarter businesses, serve local communities, and invest in a more sustainable future to provide essential services to millions of people around the world. Headquartered in Miami, I Squared employs 280 people and has offices in Abu Dhabi, London, Munich, New Delhi, São Paulo, Singapore, Sydney, and Taipei. The firm operates a diverse portfolio of 85 companies in 81 countries with over 66,000 employees in a variety of sectors including utilities, energy, digital infrastructure, transport, environmental infrastructure, and social infrastructure. You can find out more by visiting: www.isquaredcapital.com.
Carl Elia
Vice President & Director, Global Infrastructure Investments, TD Asset Management Inc.
Carl is a senior member of the Infrastructure Investments team, responsible for strategy and execution, operations and client servicing for the TD Greystone Infrastructure Fund. He has experience across infrastructure investing, private equity and investment banking. He was previously Vice President at a private equity firm and Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions at a major Global alternative asset manager. Post-MBA, Carl developed his career as an Associate in investment banking at various securities firms. Pre-MBA, he gained experience in business development at a multi-unit franchise operator. Carl holds a B. Comm. from the Toronto Metropolitan University and an MBA from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.
Luke Fernandes
Head, Infrastructure Finance US, Swiss Re Asset Management
Luke Fernandes joined Swiss Re Asset Management in January 2022 to build out the firm's investment platform and team focused on direct origination of investment grade/sub investment grade infrastructure debt in North America, Latin America, and Australia. Prior to Swiss Re, he spent 8 years at Legal and General Investment Management America where he was a founding member of the US Private Credit platform focused on investment grade infrastructure debt, corporate private placements, and structure credit. Luke also spent 3 years on the Liability Driven Investment Solutions team constructing asset liability matching investment portfolios for corporate defined benefit pension plans. Luke began his career at Citigroup where he was on the Project Finance and Infrastructure team focused on structuring project finance loans and/or capital market bond solutions for Sponsors.
Swiss Re
Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, where it was founded in 1863, the Swiss Re Group operates through a network of around 80 offices globally. Swiss Re has a combined balance sheet of USD 110 billion that is managed by the Asset Management division that sits across Europe and the US. Asset Management creates value for Swiss Re and its shareholders by managing the assets generated from the core insurance and reinsurance business. Swiss Re drives sustainable performance by following a disciplined, long-term oriented investment approach and focusing on a high quality investment portfolio.
Christian Fingerle
Senior Managing Director, StepStone Group
Christian Fingerle is a Senior Managing Director at StepStone Group where he serves as a member of the infrastructure and real assets investment committee.
Prior to joining StepStone, he was Chief Investment Officer Infrastructure and member of the management board at Allianz Capital Partners where he was responsible for building a significant direct and indirect infrastructure investment program for Allianz and third-party clients.
Over the years he held various non-executive directorships and currently serves as non-executive director at Scotia Gas Networks Limited.
He received his Master of Economics (Dipl.-Volkswirt) from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and his PhD (Dr. rer. pol.) from Technische Universität München.
StepStone Group
StepStone Group Inc. (Nasdaq: STEP) is a global private markets investment firm focused on providing customized investment solutions and advisory, data and administrative services to its clients. As of September 30, 2023, StepStone was responsible for approximately $659 billion of total capital, including $146 billion of assets under management. StepStone’s clients include some of the world’s largest public and private defined benefit and defined contribution pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies, as well as prominent endowments, foundations, family offices and private wealth clients, which include high-net-worth and mass affluent individuals. StepStone partners with its clients to develop and build private market portfolios designed to meet their specific objectives across the private equity, infrastructure, private debt and real estate asset classes.
Stephan Freitas Krause
Director – Infrastructure Financing, KfW IPEX-Bank
Stephan Freitas Krause is a Director within the Digital and Energy Infrastructure team of KfW IPEX-Bank, being responsible for the origination and execution of large-scale infrastructure projects globally. The focus lies on senior debt-financing underwriting and arranging mandates within the digital and energy infrastructure space.
Stephan has over 10 years banking experience, having completed numerous transactions across the various infrastructure / alternative asset classes, structured as corporate or project financings. He holds an MSc in Financial Economics from the University of Konstanz.
KfW IPEX-Bank
As a leading bank in digital infrastructure with strong footing in the international markets, KfW IPEX-Bank offers structuring know-how, reliable underwriting capabilities and execution certainty. Our digital infrastructure team is formed by over 25 telecom and infrastructure professionals based in Frankfurt, London, Singapore and New York and includes a designated team specialised in infrastructure financings.
KfW IPEX-Bank is a specialised bank, with a focus on international project, asset and export finance. The bank provides tailored medium to long-term financing solutions as a core product and offers customer reliability and in-depths industry expertise. The bank hold a AA+ rating and has over 80 offices and representations worldwide.
Paris Fronimos
Director, BCI
Paris is a Director on the Infrastructure and Renewable Resource Investments team of the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (“BCI”). Paris joined BCI in 2017 and provides investment and board level leadership within BCI’s global energy and utilities portfolio. Paris serves as a member of the Board of Directors or Committee Chair of portfolio companies.
BCI manages assets, on behalf of its clients, totalling C$250bn as of March 31, 2024 and is one of Canada’s largest institutional investors. Based in Victoria, British Columbia, BCI invests in all major asset classes including fixed income, mortgages, public equities, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and renewable resources.
Before joining BCI, Paris had more than 15 years of experience in the energy and utilities sector, working across Canada on environmental and energy policy; greenfield power and district energy development; transaction advisory; and operational optimisation including commodity pricing and hedging. Paris holds an MBA (specialised in Natural Resources and Energy) from the University of Alberta in Canada. In his spare time, Paris enjoys the outdoors and is an avid sailor and skier.
Marc Ganzi
Chief Executive Officer, DigitalBridge
Marc C. Ganzi is Chief Executive Officer at DigitalBridge and has been an investor and operator in the digital infrastructure sector for more than 25 years. Mr. Ganzi has led DigitalBridge’s transformation to become a premier platform for digital infrastructure and real estate investment.
Mr. Ganzi originally founded Digital Bridge Holdings in 2013 and, as its CEO, built the firm into a leading global manager of digital infrastructure assets with more than $20 billion in AUM, until its merger in July 2019 into the current public company, DigitalBridge Group, Inc.
Previously, Mr. Ganzi founded Global Tower Partners (“GTP”), which grew to become one of the largest privately-owned tower companies in the U.S. under his leadership before being acquired by American Tower Corporation in 2013 for $4.8 billion. At GTP, Mr. Ganzi executed a series of strategic acquisitions, build-to-suit agreements with wireless carriers and financings in the credit markets.
Mr. Ganzi received a Bachelor of Science from the Wharton School of Business in 1993. He was a Board Member of the Wireless Infrastructure Association from 2008 to 2017 and served as Chairman from 2009 to 2011. He is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee of the Federal Communications Commission.
Fran González Menéndez
Partner, Analysys Mason
Fran is a Partner in Analysys Mason’s Madrid office and co-leads on work in the Iberian and Latin American regions. He has been with Analysys Mason since 2012 and is based in our Madrid office.
Fran specialises in supporting board-level investment and C-level strategy decision-making in the telecoms sector, drawing on his 25 years of experience of working with operators, investors and financial institutions across Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. He has a particular expertise in the areas of go to market, commercial and operational improvement, customer value management, large transformational programmes and due diligence/business planning – at both strategic formulation and operational execution levels.
Analysys Mason
Analysys Mason is a global management consulting firm helping clients to make and act on the decisions that steer their progress and connect our world.
We provide bespoke strategy, transaction, transformation, regulation and policy consulting, combined with research and insights, and help clients navigate complex transformation journeys, always shaping the next.
Kalliope Gourntis
Deputy Editor, Infrastructure Investor
Kalliope is Deputy Editor at Infrastructure Investor, focusing primarily on the print edition, the latest role she’s assumed since joining the company in 2013. Kalliope initially covered the US market when she was based in New York, but has since relocated to Europe, where she oversees Infrastructure Investor’s team of reporters in London, New York and Sydney. Prior to joining PEI Media, she worked for Reuters in Athens as Energy Correspondent and has published a number of bylined articles that have appeared in the International Herald Tribune (now New York Times), The Wall Street Journal Europe and The Financial Times.
Bill Green
Managing Partner, Climate Adaptive Infrastructure
Bill Green is the Managing Partner at Climate Adaptive Infrastructure (CAI), one of the first infrastructure investment firms exclusively targeting low-carbon real assets in the energy, water, and urban infrastructure sectors. CAI invests in assets that support day-to-day needs of growing populations while addressing the “triple threat” of the climate crisis: physical risk, regulatory risk, and political risk.
Bill has spent his professional career making investments in the sustainability and energy transition sectors. He founded Ecolink, producing alternatives to ozone-depleting chemicals. Bill then joined VantagePoint Partners where he co-founded the CleanTech practice. Bill then became Senior Managing Director at Macquarie and CEO of MIC Renewable Energy Holdings. After a decade at Macquarie, Bill decided to lead a new type of infrastructure investment firm: Climate Adaptive Infrastructure. CAI has developed a unique approach to screen for climate-related risks and opportunities. This approach is the foundation of CAI’s unique approach to infrastructure investing.
Climate Adaptive Infrastructure
Climate Adaptive Infrastructure (CAI) is an investment firm that targets large-scale, low-carbon real assets in the clean energy, water, and urban infrastructure sectors. CAI seeks to combat systemic climate change by investing in projects that support the day-to-day needs of growing populations and address the “triple threat” of the climate crisis: physical risk, regulatory risk, and political risk. CAI coined the term ‘climate adaptive infrastructure’ to describe the future of real assets investing in a world that is increasingly focused on deep decarbonization. Led by Founder and Managing Partner Bill Green; the Firm also includes and a deeply experienced team of professionals who have dedicated their careers to sustainable infrastructure investment, asset operations, and policy in the energy, water and environmental sectors.
Rodolfo Guarino
Co-CEO, Hippocrates Holding
Rodolfo Guarino
Rodolfo Guarino, together with his business partner Davide Tavaniello, founded Hippocrates Holding in May-18, Italy’s largest pharmacy chain with over 500 DOS and over 2.500 employees. In 2021 Hippocrates was sold to Europe’s leading infrastructure investment fund, Antin Infrastructure Partners, with the co-founders re-investing in their company and maintaining their Co-CEO roles. Mr. Guarino’s previous experience includes private equity (The Carlyle Group) and investment banking (UBS). He holds a double degree MSc, magna cum laude, in International Management from the Bocconi University in Milan and from the Fudan University in Shanghai
Hippocrates Holding
Hippocrates is the leading Italian independent pharmacy platform. With over 500 pharmacies, the company currently serves local communities in 14 regions across northern and central Italy.
Pharmacies provide an essential service to local communities. Pharmacies are a key pillar of the national health system by providing a first point of contact for basic healthcare needs and advice to patients. Hippocrates will continue enhancing the quality of service offered to patients, while promoting innovation in the sector
Matthew Jordan-Tank
Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Policy & Project Preparation, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Matthew is Director of Sustainable Infrastructure Policy and Project Preparation at EBRD, covering the energy, transport and municipal sectors. His work covers upstream policy support, PPP transaction advisory, and project preparation/technical due diligence and implementation issues. Matthew also leads the Bank’s Sustainable Infrastructure advisory activities, dedicated to improving the quality of advice and efficiency of project preparation for both PPPs and public sector-based projects. He is also active in various MDB, G20 and OECD working groups on global infrastructure support initiatives. Previously, he was Head of the Infrastructure Policy Unit at EBRD from 2014-2018, and Senior Urban Transport Specialist at EBRD from 2008-2013. Prior to joining EBRD, he worked as a Transport Specialist for Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC and San Jose, Costa Rica from 1999-2007. He holds a Masters in Planning from the University of Maryland, USA.
Henrik Hansen
CEO, Danish Data Center Industry
An experienced business professional building relations and networks within and around the Danish and Nordic data center industry. Henrik has a strong track record in working with both private and public organizations in strategic partnerships around business, innovation and community development. In 2017, Henrik was the co-founder of the Danish Data Center Industry and he has played an important role in developing Denmark and the Nordics to a leading region for investments and operations of sustainable data centers now and in the future.
Danish Data Center Industry
With 120 member companies, Danish Data Center Industry (DDI) is one of the most successful data center associations in Europe. DDI represents the interest of the entire eco system around data centers in Denmark. DDI has a strong focus on sustainable data center operations, with access to green energy resources, the opportunity to reuse surplus heat and new and innovative partnerships to accelerate the race to net zero. DDI provides market intelligence, business networks and a responsible cooperation with the educational sector to secure the work force of the future.
Dr Stefan Hasenböhler
CEO, Head of Infrastructure, Reichmuth & Co Investment Management AG
Dr Stefan Hasenböhler, Head of Infrastructure, Partner, CEO Reichmuth & Co Investment Management AG
Dr Stefan Hasenböhler has been working for Reichmuth & Co since 2008 and founded the infrastructure business in 2012. He initiated and established several platforms in the railway sector and is heading the infrastructure business with focus on the growth and strategic development of the infrastructure expertise and platforms. He also serves on multiple boards of directors of various portfolio companies in the transportation sector and was responsible for numerous cooperations with OEMs. Stefan Hasenböhler is a lawyer and graduated with a Dr. iur. from the University of Basel and New York University. He started his career at one of the big four companies, where his main areas of practice included corporate and commercial law.
Manuel Häusler
Senior Managing Director and Member of the ASF Management Committee, Ardian
Manuel Haeusler joined Ardian as an Analyst in 2007, after finishing his internship within the Secondaries & Primaries team. He is primarily responsible for the origination, due diligence, and execution of primary and secondary fund investments in Europe and Asia. He also holds responsibilities within the Customized Solutions team, which create tailored investment solutions to meet our client’s specific investment goals, and is managing relationships with German investors. Manuel has graduated from the University of St Gallen (Switzerland) with an MBA and a Bachelor’s in Business Administration (Finance – Marketing). He is based in Frankfurt.
Education: University of St. Gallen
ARDIAN
Ardian is a world-leading private investment house, managing or advising $176bn of assets on behalf of more than 1,680 clients globally. Our broad expertise, spanning Private Equity, Real Assets and Credit, enables us to offer a wide range of investment opportunities. Through Ardian Customized Solutions we create bespoke portfolios that allow institutional clients to specify the precise mix of assets they require and to gain access to funds managed by leading third-party sponsors. Private Wealth Solutions offers dedicated services and access solutions for private banks, family offices and private institutional investors worldwide. Ardian is majority-owned by its employees and places great emphasis on developing its people and fostering a collaborative culture based on collective intelligence. Our 1,050+ employees, spread across 19 offices in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Middle East are strongly committed to the principles of Responsible Investment. Our goal is to deliver excellent investment performance combined with high ethical standards and social responsibility.
Joop Hazenberg
EU Director, Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA)
Joop Hazenberg has been working and living in Brussels since 2013, specialising in Europe’s energy and climate policies. Amongst others, he was EU correspondent for a range of international media, campaign manager for European NGOs on the phase-out of coal power plants, and Director External Affairs at the GSMA, representing the mobile telecommunications industry in Europe. He also worked for the European Heat Pump Association and represented SolarPower Europe and WindEurope on the topic of corporate renewable energy sourcing.
Before, Joop worked in political circles in The Netherlands. He held several functions in the Dutch Parliament, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and a national newspaper. He also founded a think-tank for young professionals, wrote six books and many op-eds and essays. His latest book deals with climate action.
CCSA
The CCSA is the lead European association accelerating the commercial deployment of carbon capture, utilisation and storage through advocacy and collaboration.
We work with members, governments and other organisations to ensure CCUS is developed and deployed at the pace and scale necessary to meet net zero goals and deliver sustainable growth across regions and nations.
The CCSA currently has over 120 member companies who are active in exploring and developing different applications of carbon capture, from diverse point sources and directly from air, CO2 transportation by pipeline and ship, utilisation, geological storage, and other permanent storage solutions, as well as members from management, legal and financial consulting sectors.
Mark Hector
Head of Infrastructure, Aware Super
Mark has been the Head of Infrastructure for Aware Super since he joined in May 2014” to “Mark is the Head of Infrastructure at Aware Super and has been leading the Infrastructure Sector since he joined in May 2014. He is responsible for overall sector performance, strategy setting, origination, implementation, ongoing asset and portfolio management, team leadership and stakeholder relationships in relation to Aware Super’s global A$17.5 billion infrastructure portfolio. This coverage includes infrastructure and infrastructure-like direct and managed investments.
Prior to Aware Super, Mark was a Project Director at Leighton Contractors responsible for direct equity investments in construction & PPP projects and consortium project leadership. Mark has also been a senior member of the infrastructure team at ABN AMRO and subsequently Babcock & Brown where he was responsible for origination and execution of direct equity and debt investments, ongoing asset management, financial advisory, structuring & arranging roles in Sydney, San Francisco and New York. Mark has also undertaken investment banking roles at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and Chase Manhattan Bank covering infrastructure financial advisory, international debt capital markets, foreign exchange and interest rate derivatives.
Aware Super
Aware Super is one of Australia’s top-performing and largest industry super funds with a core objective of delivering the strongest risk-adjusted returns for the 1.1 million members of our Fund. Our Australian and London-based investment teams currently manage A$160 billion AUM on behalf of our members with a projected growth target of A$250 billion AUM.
As one of the top 50 institutional investors globally, we typically take an active management approach across alternative assets, including infrastructure, real estate and private equity, and additionally allocate to liquid markets.
Returns for our A$17.5 billion infrastructure portfolio are driven by a globally-diversified program which captures global trends in demography, sustainability and technology. It also has an execution focus on direct investments and ongoing active asset management.
Lucy Heintz
Partner, Energy, Actis
Lucy is Head of Energy Infrastructure at Actis. She has over 25 years of investment experience in growth markets, investing in and managing power businesses. She sits on the Energy Investment Committee as well as Actis’ Executive Committee which oversees the performance of the firm.
Lucy currently chairs the Boards of Levanta Renewables, Bridgin Power, Rezolv Energy and Yellow Door Energy, while also serving on the Boards of BluPine Energy and Nozomi Energy, all of which are energy platforms owned by Actis.
Prior to becoming Head of Energy Infrastructure in 2021 and Fund Head of AE5 in 2020, Lucy was responsible for the Energy Infrastructure team's activities in Africa (2017 to 2020) and renewable energy generation globally (2012 to 2017). Her time at Actis also includes five years of operational experience as a Project Director at Globeleq, a Fund 1 and Fund 2 portfolio company, in the business development team in Africa.
Lucy has led or been involved in deals across Romania, Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, India, the UAE, Vietnam, Thailand, South Africa, Kenya, Senegal, Egypt, Mozambique, Ghana, Nigeria and Tanzania.
Prior to joining CDC, Actis’ predecessor organisation, in 2001, Lucy worked at UBS Warburg (1994 to 1999) as a Director in the fixed income division, latterly trading emerging market local currency bonds and interest rate derivatives in the South African, Czech and Greek markets.
Lucy holds an MA (Hons) degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) from Trinity College, Oxford and an MBA degree (with distinction) from INSEAD. Lucy has 4 teenage+ daughters and lives in the North of England.
Christian Heller
CEO, Value Balancing Alliance e. V.
Christian Heller is internationally recognized as a leader in the impact movement, bridging sustainability in business and sustainable finance in the financial market. Christian is Vice President at the chemical giant BASF and seconded as CEO to the Value Balancing Alliance. In addition, Christian serves as the co-chair Sustainable Finance Committee to the Federal Government of Germany and engages in various roles with the relevant business initiatives, standard setters, policy makers, academia, and civil society organizations in sustainability at international scale.
Christian has coordinated the successful application of the city of Frankfurt to host the ISSB, he is
Commissioner at the Global Value Commission, member of the Advisory Board to the G7 Impact Task Force, of the ESG Exchange Advisory Committee, of the Capital Coalitions Advisory Panel, of the Schmalenbach Sustainable Finance working group, of the Expert Commission for Sustainable Corporate Governance Principles for SMEs, and as observer part of the IFVI Board. Christian was of the participants in the first EU Platform Sustainable Finance where he also acted as interface with the EFRAG Sustainability Reporting Board.
Value Balancing Alliance e.V.
The Value Balancing Alliance e. V. (VBA) is providing a new picture on sustainable business value creation by developing and standardizing impact accounting with the International Foundation for Valuing Impacts (IFVI). The Alliance pilots and tests with its members, business and financial market, the methodology in day-to-day practice. It is designed to provide pragmatic solutions to empower
decision makers to optimize the total benefit of their business to society and the enterprise, and to
disclose sustainability performance in an easy-to-understand statement.
More than 25 international companies are member of the Alliance contributing to its success. As a
non-profit organization, the Alliance enjoys pro-bono assistance by Deloitte, EY, KPMG, PwC. The EU
Commission has mandated the Alliance to provide natural capital accounting principles for
integration in the Corporate Sustainability Disclosure Directive. The Alliance partners and engages
with various institutions incl. the WEF, World Bank, OECD, EU, WBCSD, GRI, IFRS, FRAG, Capitals
Coalition, and experts in the impact accounting space.
It engages with a significant number of universities and business schools from all over the
world such as the University of Oxford, the Harvard Business School, and the University of Hamburg.
Benjamin Hemming
Head of Illiquid Assets Debt, MEAG
Benjamin Hemming is Head of Illiquid Assets Debt and is responsible for MEAG’s entire infrastructure debt activities globally. He coordinates deal origination and asset management responsibility with the respective teams next to providing senior coverage for sponsor and investor client relationships. Before joining MEAG in 2014, he held a Director position within the infrastructure and energy project finance group at Siemens Bank in Munich and London. He started his career in 2005 with BayernLB in the infrastructure project finance team EMEA in Munich and Paris. Benjamin Hemming has completed a banking apprenticeship program and holds a diploma degree in business administration from the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt.
MEAG
MEAG is the Asset Manager of Munich Re Group. With offices in Europe, Asia and North America, it also offers its extensive know-how to institutional investors and private clients from outside the company group. MEAG currently manages assets to the value of around €354bn, €63bn of which for non-Group investors. For more information, visit www.meag.com
Emil W. Henry Jr.
CEO and CIO, Tiger Infrastructure Partners LP
Emil W. Henry, Jr., Founder, CEO and CIO of Tiger Infrastructure Partners, is a recognized leader and innovator in private equity and public policy.
Building on a decades-long track record in high-profile government and private-sector roles, Emil launched Tiger in 2010 to provide transformational growth capital to enable the infrastructure of tomorrow. Since then, Tiger and its partners have deployed billions of dollars to develop, construct and operate new and next generation infrastructure across the Digital Infrastructure, Energy Transition and Transportation sectors in North America and Europe. Under Emil’s leadership, Tiger has emerged as an innovator in the infrastructure market.
In 2005, Emil was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. In this capacity, he oversaw the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection, where he identified the vast unmet need for private investment to create and enhance America’s infrastructure. To capitalize on this market opportunity, he joined Lehman Brothers upon leaving government in 2007. As Global Head of Lehman’s infrastructure private equity business, he assembled the core team that is today responsible for managing Tiger’s infrastructure funds.
At the U.S. Treasury, Emil was one of the first senior U.S. officials to identify how a systemic crisis might unfold due to Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s concentrated holdings of sub-prime mortgages. He subsequently led Treasury’s efforts to establish emergency response protocols in the event of a financial crisis. His foresight and leadership were recognized with the Alexander Hamilton Award, Treasury’s highest honor.
From 1990 until he entered government in 2005, Emil was a Partner and Managing Director with Gleacher Partners. As Chairman of Asset Management, he led the firm’s expansion into a sophisticated array of innovative alternative investments from its initial industry-leading M&A focus. Previously, he was a member of Morgan Stanley’s private equity group.
Emil holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics, cum laude, from Yale University. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a recognized author and has commented on key investment and financial policy issues in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, National Review, Politico and the Washington Post.
Emil currently serves on the boards of Tiger portfolio companies 11:11 Systems, IAC, NorthLink Aviation, Qwello, Strategic Venue Partners and Summit Carbon Solutions, and is a board observer at Granite Comfort and Summit Brazil Renewables. He also serves on the boards of Easterly Government Properties and Arrowmark. Previously, Emil represented the U.S. Treasury on the boards of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) and the National Gallery of Art.
Matt Himler
Principal, ECP
Mr. Himler is a Principal at ECP. He is involved in all areas of the Firm’s investment activities, with a particular focus on renewable and digital infrastructure. He played a critical role in acquiring over two gigawatts of renewable assets from Orsted, and ECP’s strategic partnership with KKR to support AI growth through investments in data centers and power generation. Prior to joining ECP in 2012, Mr. Himler was an Analyst in the Power, Energy & Infrastructure Investment Banking Group at Lazard Frères & Co.
Mr. Himler received a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Amherst College.
Energy Capital Partners (ECP)
Energy Capital Partners (ECP) is a leading investor in energy transition, electrification and decarbonization-focused infrastructure assets. Based in Summit, New Jersey, ECP is one the largest private owners of U.S. power generation assets, with 300+ power plants owned and 66,000+ MWs owned, operated, and developed. ECP’s deeply experienced team, collectively with over 800 years of cumulative energy experience, has invested across numerous energy transitions. As the energy transition accelerates, the high-quality businesses ECP partners with drive innovation, with ECP’s approach to natural gas power generation supporting the growth of electrification and aiming to achieve a reduction in green house gas emissions. Since its inception in 2005, ECP has built a reputation of identifying and executing on high-quality infrastructure investments, primarily investing across five key asset classes: power generation, renewables, storage solutions, environmental infrastructure and sustainability, efficiency & reliability assets. The firm invests with the goal of powering a sustainable future.
https://www.ecpgp.com/
Eugene Holubnyak
Co-Founder, Avalon International Corporation
Eugene Holubnyak is a Co-Founder and Board of Directors of Avalon International Corporation. Eugene is also a Director of the Hydrogen Energy Research Center at the University of Wyoming. He previously served over a decade as a CCUS program lead at the Kansas Geological Survey and spent five years working on the Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership at EERC. He has been a Principal Investigator on over $90M of the Department of Energy and other sponsored research and development projects on CCUS, Hydrogen, and critical minerals.
Eugene has served on multiple professional committees, including the KS Induced Seismicity Task Force, the State Carbon Capture Work Group, and the Regional Carbon Capture Deployment Initiative. Until recently, he has organized and led the KS CCUS Task Force and represented Kansas at the CO2 Transport Infrastructure MOU. He also regularly provides training and seminars for the Climate Tech and Carbon Capture and Storage Industry.
Avalon International Corporation
Avalon is transforming the landscape of America's energy infrastructure. With a dedicated team of experts in energy investment, we're at the forefront of developing, acquiring, managing, and enhancing power generation and electric transmission assets. Our mission is to drive widespread decarbonization with Carbon Capture&Storage and Hydrogen to improve customer resiliency. Leveraging our extensive industry knowledge and experience, we make strategic power sector investments that not only promise long-term, impactful outcomes but also deliver solid, risk-adjusted returns.
Gergely Horvath
Investment Officer / Infrastructure and Climate Action Funds, European Investment Bank
Gergely Horvath joined the European Investment Bank in 2017 and is responsible for investments in infrastructure and climate funds outside the European Union within EIB Global. Gergely’s primary focus is on private equity funds targeting infrastructure, renewable energy, energy efficiency and cold chain solutions. He is Advisory Committee member of several funds.
Prior to joining EIB, Gergely held various roles with John Laing, Amey Investments (Ferrovial Group), NIBC and Commerzbank across Europe. He holds a Master of Economic Science degree from the Budapest University of Economic Sciences.
European Investment Bank
EIB is the lending arm of the European Union, the biggest multilateral financial institution in the world and one of the largest providers of climate finance. EIB Global supports people and companies in all corners of the world. Set up at the beginning of 2022, EIB Global is dedicated to development finance, climate action, innovative investments and sustainable living. EIB Global increases the impact of development finance and will mobilise billions each year
Jack Howell
Co-President, Stonepeak
Jack is Co-President of Stonepeak, a member of the Stonepeak Executive Committee, and a member of all of the firm’s investment committees. In this role, Jack shares broad responsibilities across investing and the firm’s day-to-day business. Prior to joining Stonepeak, Jack worked for Davidson Kempner Capital Management, a hedge fund that focuses on distressed debt and merger arbitrage. Prior to Davidson Kempner, Jack worked for Denham Capital and Credit Suisse. Jack also serves on the board of King Ranch, Inc. and Texas Children’s Hospital. Jack received a Bachelor of Arts in Plan II Honors and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics (Business Economics Program), Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Texas at Austin.
Stonepeak
Stonepeak is a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets with approximately $70 billion of assets under management. Through its investment in defensive, hard-asset businesses globally, Stonepeak aims to create value for its investors and portfolio companies, with a focus on downside protection and strong risk-adjusted returns. Stonepeak, as sponsor of private equity and credit investment vehicles, provides capital, operational support, and committed partnership to grow investments in its target sectors, which include communications, energy and energy transition, transport and logistics, and real estate. Stonepeak is headquartered in New York with offices in Houston, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, and Abu Dhabi. For more information, please visit www.stonepeak.com.
Jim Hughes
Managing Partner, EnCap Investments L.P
Mr. Hughes served as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Prisma Energy Capital, a private entity focused on investments in energy storage, from December 2017 to July 2019. He served as CEO of First Solar (NASDAQ – FSLR) from May 2012 to June 2016. Prior to joining First Solar, Mr. Hughes served from October 2007 until April 2011 as Chief Executive Officer and a Director of AEI Services LLC, which owned and operated power distribution, power generation (both thermal and renewable), natural gas transportation and services, and natural gas distribution businesses in emerging markets worldwide.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Hughes was President of Prisma Energy International and spent almost a decade with Enron Corporation in positions that included President and Chief Operating Officer of Enron Global Assets, President and Chief Operating Officer of Enron Asia Pacific, Africa and China and as Assistant General Counsel of Enron International.
Mr. Hughes is a Director of TPI Composites, Inc. (NASDAQ – TPIC), which is the world’s largest independent manufacturer of wind turbine blades with operations in the U.S., China, Turkey and Mexico. He is a Director of Alcoa Corporation, (NYSE – AA) which was spun out from Alcoa, Inc. in late 2016. Mr. Hughes is also a Director of PNM Resources, Inc. (NYSE – PNM) an investor-owned utility with operations in Texas and New Mexico. He is the former chairman and currently serves as a member of the board of directors of the Los Angeles branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
He is also a member of the Energy Advisory Board of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank. Mr. Hughes holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law, a Certificate of Completion in International Business Law from Queen Mary’s College, University of London, and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Southern Methodist University.
EnCap Investments
Since 1988, EnCap Investments has been a leading provider of venture capital to the independent sector of the U.S. energy industry. The firm has raised 25 institutional funds totaling more than $40 billion and currently manages capital on behalf of more than 350 U.S. and international investors.
EnCap has generated strong returns across multiple energy industry cycles by applying a lower-risk, disciplined philosophy that balances capital preservation and value creation. Throughout our history, EnCap has moved with the market to meet changing capital needs. The combination of abundant capital resources, decades-long experience and broad flexibility in structuring transactions uniquely positions EnCap to assist significantly in the value-creation process.
The firm has established a reputation as an innovative, value-added source of growth capital to the independent energy sector. EnCap professionals represent more than 500 years of experience in energy finance, operations and investment. EnCap principals, partners and staff work in close partnership with management teams by providing technical and capital markets expertise, strategic direction and enhanced acquisition and exit options.
Georg Inderst
Principal, Inderst Advisory
Georg Inderst is an independent adviser to pension funds, institutional investors and international organizations, based in London. He is a member of various investment and advisory committees. He authored key studies on infrastructure investment and real assets, as well as social, green and development finance, working among others, with the OECD, EC, EIB, EBRD, ADB, World Bank, and various asset owners.
Georg has extensive experience in research, investment management and governance. Previous roles included: Economist at HYPO Group in Munich; Head of Global Asset Allocation and Fixed Income at Foreign & Colonial (F&C); Director of Law Debenture Pension Trust Corporation in London.
www.georginderst.com
Omar Jaffrey
Founder & Managing Partner, Palistar Capital
Omar Jaffrey has been involved in technology, media and telecommunications (“TMT”) investments, mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, public and private capital raises, restructuring and bankruptcies for over 30 years.
Mr. Jaffrey founded Palistar Capital (formerly, Melody Investment Advisers, “Palistar”) in 2019 as a specialist digital infrastructure investor as his go-forward investment platform and created Symphony Wireless, an affiliated easements origination platform (“Symphony”). The team successfully raised a $2 billion dedicated digital infrastructure fund at the end of 2021, has built out a specialist team with deep investment and operating expertise and has invested in a number of macro tower investments including Harmoni Towers, Parallel Infrastructure, CTI Towers, and an easements and tower portfolio originated by Symphony.
Mr. Jaffrey holds a BS magna cum laude in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University and an MBA from Stanford University, and is a member of Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu honor societies.
Palistar Capital LP (“Palistar or the “Firm”) is an alternative asset manager led by Managing Partner and Founder, Omar Jaffrey, focused on digital infrastructure investments. The Firm seeks to invest through direct asset ownership as well as by developing innovative financing solutions to complex problems for leading global digital infrastructure related companies. To learn more about Palistar, visit www.palistar.com.
Mamoun Jamai
CFA - Head of Digital Infrastructure, ADIA
Mamoun Jamai is a senior member of the Infrastructure Department at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (“ADIA”), where he is responsible for developing and implementing investment strategy for Digital Infrastructure, globally. Previously, he was responsible for European origination and coverage across infrastructure sectors and as such served on the Board of numerous infrastructure businesses including Tank & Rast and Anglian Water Group.
Mamoun presently sits on the Board of a number of Digital Infrastructure businesses across fiber, data centers and towers including Landmark Dividend in the US, EdgePoint Infrastructure in Asia and FiberCop in Europe. Mamoun also previously served on the board of Cellnex Telecom.
Prior to joining ADIA in 2008, he served as a member of the Industrials team at Bank of America in London.
Mamoun Jamai holds a Master’s degree in Finance from HEC Paris.
ADIA
ADIA is a globally diversified public institution established by the Government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi as an independent investment institution. ADIA, together with its subsidiaries, invests in more than two dozen asset classes and sub-categories including, through the Infrastructure Department, investments in infrastructure.
The Infrastructure Department was created in 2007 to build and manage a global portfolio of infrastructure investments with a core focus on assets with strong market-leading positions and relatively stable cash flows, including data centers, towers and fiber, in addition to other transport, utilities and energy infrastructure.
Rob Johnson
Managing Director & Global Head of Direct Lending, EIG
Mr. Johnson is a Managing Director and leads EIG’s Direct Lending investment activities globally, across Upstream, Midstream, Power, Renewables and related Energy Infrastructure. He is based in the firm’s Houston office and serves as a member of the Executive, Investment and Valuation Committees. Mr. Johnson has over 25 years’ experience in debt financing, including 20 years in the Energy sector. Prior to joining EIG in 2015, Mr. Johnson spent 17 years with Wells Fargo, most recently as Managing Director and Head of Energy & Power Leveraged Finance. In this capacity, he was responsible for originating, structuring and executing bank and institutional loans, 2nd lien loans, bridge financing, high yield bonds, private debt and mezzanine debt. Prior to Wells Fargo, Mr. Johnson worked for Citicorp Securities in Leveraged Finance, Restructuring Advisory and Loan Syndications. Before beginning his financial career, he served four years in the US Marine Corps. Mr. Johnson earned a B.A. in History from the Sewanee – University of the South, and his M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. He is on the Board of Sewanee’s Babson Center for Global Commerce.
EIG:
EIG is a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors with $24.5 billion under management as of September 30, 2024. EIG specializes in private investments in energy and energy-related infrastructure on a global basis. During its 42-year history, EIG has committed over $49.3 billion to the energy sector through 415 projects or companies in 44 countries on six continents. EIG’s clients include many of the leading pension plans, insurance companies, endowments, foundations and sovereign wealth funds in the U.S., Asia and Europe. EIG is headquartered in Washington, D.C. with offices in Houston, London, Sydney, Rio de Janeiro, Hong Kong and Seoul.
Lisa Junghans
Project Lead, Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin
Lisa Junghans has more than ten years of professional experience in the field of climate change, urban development and finance. She worked for a long time in development cooperation, where she worked with cities in developing and emerging economies across Africa and Asia. With her expertise she advised cities and local authorities in finding financial resources for adapting infrastructures to the impacts of climate change. In 2023, Ms. Junghans shifted to the Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin where she leads a project developing digital tools for transforming Berlin into a smart and climate resilient city. Ms. Junghans holds a degree in geography and is a passionate urbanist.
Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin
Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin stands for applied science, consulting and innovation. We are resolute in addressing crucial future issues including climate change, water crises, digitalisation, sector coupling, and urbanisation with dedicated research, practical solutions and inventive services.
Roland Kaufmann
Head of Transportation Investments, Senior Investment Manager, Reichmuth & Co Investment Management AG
Roland Kaufmann has been working at Reichmuth Infrastructure since 2020. In his role as Senior Investment Manager and Head of Transportation, he leads all relevant investments in the transportation sector. Roland Kaufmann started his career as an intern in investment banking at Macquarie Capital in Frankfurt. From there he continued with Aurelius Growth Equity and Prime Capital AG. Roland Kaufmann holds a Master's degree in Banking & Finance from the University of St. Gallen.
Viktor Kats
Managing Partner, Augment Infrastructure
Viktor Kats is a Managing Partner of Augment Infrastructure, which he co-founded together with Darius Lilaoonwala, following a successful career of investing in infrastructure in emerging markets globally. Prior to founding Augment, Viktor was co-head of IFC Global Infrastructure Fund, a US$1.2 billion fund managed by IFC Asset Management Company (AMC). Viktor was a founding member of AMC and a Founding Director of the Global Infrastructure Investor Association. He was also a Principal with IFC Infrastructure (1998–2008). His early career was in Russia and involved roles as a sell-side equity analyst with Sector Capital and Creditanstalt Investment Bank. Viktor has an MBA from INSEAD and MSc from Moscow Institute of Electronics.
Augment Infrastructure
Augment Infrastructure is a fund manager that invests in mid-market, founder-led infrastructure companies in growth markets, primarily in Asia and Latin America. Augment invests equity in companies that are looking to rapidly grow and expand their operations in sectors such as power, water and waste, logistics and mobility, and digital infrastructure. Augment is actively participating in strategies that are shaping the future of infrastructure in emerging markets such as renewable energy and other technology-led business models.
https://augmentinfra.com/
Nataliya Katser-Buchkovska
CEO, Founder, Green Resilience Facility/ Ukrainian Sustainable Fund
Nataliya Katser–Buchkovska, Founder Green Resilience Facility, PE, to enable sustainable finance flow to rebuild a greener, technologically advanced and sustainable Ukraine. GRF4UA aims to decrease CO2 emissions, generating long-term, sustainable returns for investors, investing in green generation, and sustainable projects during and after the war.
Member of Parliament of Ukraine, 2014-2019, and Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Sustainable Development, with 19 years of experience in energy, green transition, and investments.
Energy security expert, a co-author of systemic economic and energy laws such as on natural gas and electricity markets, on the regulator of energy services markets. UCL Master and Harvard Kennedy School, Atlantic Council Millennium Fellows, welcomed speaker at top world events such as WEF, CERAWeek, BloomberNEF, and Global Energy Summit, and published analytical articles in the Financial Times, Atlantic Council, World Economic Forum, and KyivPost; she is quoted by the BBC, Bloomberg.
Green Resilience Facility/ Ukrainian Sustainable Fund
Green Resilience Facility (GRF) is a PE fund aimed at enabling sustainable finance flow to rebuild a greener, technologically advanced and resilient Ukraine. GRF pursues a climate-first approach to Ukraine’s recovery by investing in commercially viable green projects during and after the war.
We are committed to creating a more resilient and low-emission Ukrainian economy in alignment with the Paris Agreement and SDGs, while generating enduring and sustainable returns for investors during and after the war.
The scope of GRF is focused on investments in renewable energy projects, particularly wind and solar generation, battery storage, as well as biofuel and ammonia production/transportation, regenerative agriculture and green urban infrastructure. Our team has profound expertise in the Ukrainian energy market, with more than 300 MW projects. We have been building assets by developing a chain of projects from business ideas up to the ready-to-build stage, working on further financing, de-risking and development.
Katty Kay
U.S. Special Correspondent, BBC Studios
Code for Girls, Living the Confidence Code, The Confidence Code for Girls Journal, and The Power Code. Katty is an engaging keynote speaker on a wide range of topics as well as a brilliant moderator, interviewer, and event host.
In her current role with BBC, Katty creates/hosts TV documentaries and the interview series Influential which features icons from culture, science, and business. She also presents her own podcast series and writes a weekly news column for BBC News. Her first TV documentary, Trump: The Comeback? (2022), took a close look at the fate of American democracy. Katty is also a aregualr contributor on MSNBC’S Morning Joe as well as serves as a guest-host for the program on occasion.
Helping women turn thoughts into actions and master a more confident mindset is one of Katty’s passions, She is a co-author of six books with Claire Shipman, including four New York Times bestsellers- two were #1. Their first two bestsellers focus on women, success, and work. Womenomics examined the workplace revolution and inspired women to take control, dream big and discover a different way of weaving work into their lives and in the process create more profitable companies with happier and more productive employees. They followed up with The Confidence Code, which inspired women to understand that confidence- the lynchpin of success -is a choice.
After The Confidence Code was released, parents everywhere asked about confidence and girls. That led to three more books co-authored by Katty with Claire Shipman and Jill Ellyn Riley. The Confidence Code for Girls debuted at the #1 spot on The New York Times bestseller list. The empowering, entertaining guide gives girls the essential yet elusive code to becoming bold, brave, and fearless. The follow-up, The Confidence Code for Girls Journal, is based on their in-depth research and helps teens and tweens tackle any challenge. Living the Confidence Code also debuted at #1 on The New York Times bestseller list (Children’s Middle Grade) and is a collection on 30 true stories of real girls pursuing their passions, struggling and stumbling, but along the way figuring out how to build their own special brand of confidence.
Katty and Claire’s sixth book, The Power Code, explores the nature of women’s power- in the workplace, in politics and at home. It reveals how a new model, one designed by and for women, can empower them to become their most powerful selves and lead fuller and more satisfying lives, and help men do the same.
On the fun side, Katty had the distinction of being immortalized in pop culture in 2018 when her name was the answer to a question on the Jeopardy game show. In the same week, she was portrayed in a skit on Saturday Night Live which satirized a Morning Joe program.
Katty Kay settled in Washington, DC in the mid-90s where she lives with her husband, two cats, and a dog. They have four grown children.
Isabelle Kemlin
Business and Innovation Executive - RISE / Vice Chair of the Board - Swedish Datacenter Industry
Mrs. Kemlin is active in the global datacenter industry community with the focus of bringing efficiency on top of the agenda through sustainable solutions by increasing the interest and understanding of the possibilities of the digital infrastructure sector as an enabler in the twin transition.
Mrs. Kemlin works as a Business and Innovation Executive at ICE Datacenter at RISE – Research Institutes of Sweden. Previously, Mrs. Kemlin has been leading teams performing maintenance and projects in critical environments for almost 15 years in different industries ranging from steel beam and sawmill production sites, hospitals, telecom, as well as working as a CEO within the mining industry. The last six years she has been within the digital infrastructure industry, building up the datacenter business for CBRE in the Nordics. Mrs. Kemlin is the Vice Chair of the board and a founder of the Swedish Datacenter Industry. In this role, she is also engaged in working with the other Nordic and European industry associations.
In 2020, she was awarded for outstanding contributions within the Digital Infrastructure community by the industry association IMasons.
Mrs. Kemlin has a MSc. in Industrial Engineering and Management from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.
www. Linkedin.com/in/isabellekemlin
RISE – Research Institutes of Sweden / Swedish Datacenter Industry
RISE – Research Institutes of Sweden is Sweden’s research institute and innovation partner. Through international collaboration with industry, academia and the public sector, to ensure business competitiveness and contribute to a sustainable society. RISE is stately owned and has 3300 employees engage in and support all types of innovation processes. RISE is an independent, stat-owned research institute, which offers unique expertise and over 130 testbeds and demonstration environments for future-proof technologies, products, and services.
ICE Datacenter is a unit of RISE, and ICE stands for Infrastructure and Cloud datacenter test Environment, which is a world-leading testbed and innovation center focusing on digitalization and IT infrastructure. It was founded 2016 and is a stately owned, neutral platform where more than 100 projects have been performed for companies, organizations and authorities. Some of the partners are Meta, Vertiv, Ericsson, Vattenfall, ABB, BP Castrol, as well as highly interesting start-ups who uses the testbed to test their latest research and innovations in practice.
Recep Kendircioglu
Global Head of Infrastructure Equity, Manulife Investment Management
Recep oversees the Manulife infrastructure equity investments group with over $15 billion in private assets and is the portfolio manager of multiple infrastructure private equity funds. He has been investing in infrastructure assets for more than two decades and leading the infrastructure platform since 2016. Recep is responsible for all aspects of the infrastructure program with a focus on key business relationships, fundraising, sourcing, approving, and monitoring the investments as well as serving on a number of Boards and Committees in the sector.
Prior to joining Manulife in 2007, Recep worked for Enel, acquiring and developing renewable energy projects across North America and also took an international assignment in Europe. Recep started his infrastructure career developing and financing power plants in the United States for InterGen. He also took various asset management and finance roles in the organization, including managing the Strategy and Planning group.
Recep holds an MBA from Rice University and received his BS in Computer Engineering from Boğaziçi University. Recep is a CFA Charterholder, Certified Financial Risk Manager, and a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society.
Manulife
Manulife Investment Management is the asset management arm of Manulife Financial Corporation (Manulife). We draw on more than a century of financial stewardship and the full resources of our parent company to serve institutional investors worldwide.
Our leading capabilities in public and private markets are strengthened by an investment footprint that spans 20 geographies. We complement these capabilities in our multi-asset portfolios by providing access to a network of unaffiliated asset managers from around the world—a specialist approach that leverages the diverse expertise of a robust investment organization in a culture of cross-asset class collaboration.
We’re committed to investing responsibly. We seek to be a global leader of sustainable asset management, creating long-term value for our stakeholders while helping realize a sustainable trajectory for the global economy. We develop innovative global frameworks for sustainable investing, collaboratively engage with companies in our securities portfolios, and maintain a high standard of stewardship where we own and operate assets.
Kashif Khan
Director, MetLife Investment Management
Kashif Khan is a Director in the Private Infrastructure and Project Finance group for MetLife Private Capital Investors and is responsible for the origination and execution of new transactions, as well as the ongoing management of existing investments. Mr. Khan joined MetLife in 2015.
Mr. Khan has over 13 years of experience in advisory and investing in infrastructure debt.
Prior to joining MetLife, Mr. Khan was with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in its Infrastructure Debt Advisory team. During his time at RBS, Mr. Khan also completed placements in Risk Management Advisory and Energy & Resources Corporate Finance.
Mr. Khan is a graduate of King’s College London where he earned a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and is a CFA charterholder.
MetLife Investment Management
MetLife Investment Management (MIM) serves institutional investors around the world by combining a client-centric approach with deep and long-established asset class expertise. Focused on managing Public Fixed Income, Private Credit, and Real Estate assets, we aim to deliver strong, risk-adjusted returns by building sustainable, tailored portfolio solutions. We listen first, strategize second, and collaborate constantly to meet clients’ long-term investment objectives. Leveraging the broader resources and 150-year history of MetLife provides us with deep expertise in skillfully navigating markets. We are institutional, but far from typical.
Stéphane Kofman
Partner, Head of Value add Funds at InfraRed Capital Partners
As Head of Value-Add Funds, Stéphane leads InfraRed’s new strategic initiatives and product development from initial design and investment strategy definition to successful fund raising. He also focuses on securing and managing investments for InfraRed’s value-add funds and is a member of a number of InfraRed’s Investment Committees.
He previously led InfraRed’s developments in the energy sector across Europe, the Americas and Australasia, focusing on low carbon power generation, energy storage, flexible generation and transmission assets. Stéphane was responsible for investment screening, deals prioritisation, origination and transactions of both greenfield and brownfield investments.
InfraRed Capital Partners
InfraRed Capital Partners is a leading global infrastructure asset manager. With a track record extending over 25 years, the firm develops and invests in infrastructure that is essential for the functioning of societies. InfraRed’s headquarters are in London, but it operates worldwide from its other offices in New York, Sydney, Seoul and Madrid. InfraRed manages US$13bn of equity capital for investors around the globe, in listed and private funds across both core and value-add strategies.
InfraRed has over 160 employees with a deep range of relevant skills, including private equity, structured finance, construction and asset management.
A long-term sustainability-led mindset is integral to how InfraRed operates as it aims to achieve lasting, positive impacts and deliver on its vision of Creating Better Futures. InfraRed is a signatory of the Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI), a member of the Net Zero Asset Manager’s Initiative, and is a TCFD supporter.
InfraRed is a part of SLC Management which is the institutional alternatives and traditional asset management business of Sun Life.
https://www.ircp.com/
Takako Koizumi
Chief Investment Officer, Mitsui & Co. Alternative Investments
Takako Koizumi is an Executive Director and Head of Infrastructure & Real Estate Investment at Mitsui & Co. Alternative Investments, with over 20 years of experience in alternative assets. She started her career at Citibank in banking and M&A, after which she shifted direction to the real estate industry — advisory, acquisition, securitization, lending service, etc. — at CBRE, GE Capital, and Citibank. She joined Resona Bank in 2009 and became a gatekeeper for alternative investments for Japanese institutional investors. More recently, she was at Tokio Marine Asset Management where she built out and expanded their infrastructure business. She holds a B.A. in Economics from Aoyama Gakuin University and is a Certified Real Estate Appraiser.
Pushkar Kulkarni
Managing Director Infrastructure and Sustainable Energies, CPP Investments
Pushkar Kulkarni is an electronics engineer with an MBA with over 25 years of experience in the infrastructure sector. His leadership experience has been across the value chain of infrastructure; technology, operations, M&A and finally as an investor. Prior to joining CPP Investments where he currently leads infrastructure investments for India, he held leadership positions at SERCO and within the Strabag group in India. He has represented India at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on several technical committees responsible for communication standards in road & transport infrastructure.
CPP Investments
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments™) is a professional investment management organization that manages the Fund in the best interest of the more than 21 million contributors and beneficiaries of the Canada Pension Plan. In order to build diversified portfolios of assets, investments are made around the world in public equities, private equities, real estate, infrastructure and fixed income. Headquartered in Toronto, with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo and Sydney, CPP Investments is governed and managed independently of the Canada Pension Plan and at arm’s length from governments. At September 30,2023, the Fund totaled C$576 billion.
Angenika Kunne
Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure Equity, Aviva Investors
Angenika Kunne has over 15 years of experience in corporate advisory and investing across infrastructure, renewable energy and energy transition. As Head of Infrastructure Equity at Aviva Investors she is responsible for the continued growth of its Infrastructure Equity platform across the UK and Europe, including portfolio management and asset origination activities for its Climate Transition Real Assets Fund.
Angenika previously co-headed the investment team at White Summit Capital, a private equity real assets investor specialising in the energy transition, decarbonisation and sustainability. Prior to this, she was co-leading the European investment team at John Laing, with a focus on the mid-market, renewables, and energy infrastructure. She also spent more than 11 years at Macquarie Capital, latterly as Senior Vice President, focussing on a range of sectors including digital infrastructure and PPPs.
Aviva Investors
Aviva Investors is one of Europe’s largest real assets investment managers with over €48bn in AUM as of December 2023 and 165+ specialists across 5 locations. With ca.€13bn in infrastructure AUM across solar, wind, energy from waste, energy centres, fibre/broadband, EV charging and biogas assets across the UK and Europe, Aviva Investors’ diverse capabilities enable us to offer investors sustainability-focused solutions aligned to various client outcomes. ESG considerations influence every aspect of the investment lifecycle and are fully integrated into our investment processes. Our ambition is to achieve net zero across our real asset investments by 2040.
Dr. Dimitar Lambrev
Senior Portfolio Manager – Infrastructure Investments, UNIQA Insurance Group
Dr. Dimitar Lambrev joined UNIQA Insurance Group in 2015. He is currently based in Vienna and is leading UNIQA’s infrastructure investment activities in both infrastructure debt and equity spaces. Within his current role, Dimitar is responsible for the origination, structuring and execution of infrastructure investments across digital infrastructure, energy transition, mobility and social infrastructure sectors. Dimitar offers more than 17 years of relevant experience in the alternative industry space having previously worked in project finance, private equity and commercial real estate in both Europe and the Unites States.
Mr. Lambrev earned a Bachelor of International Economic Relations, graduated with a master’s degree in International Banking and Finance and holds a PhD degree in Finance for researching the role of private infrastructure investments within a multi-asset portfolio approach by institutional investors.
The UNIQA Group
The UNIQA Group is one of the leading insurance groups in its core markets of Austria and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The group has approximately 40 companies in 18 countries and serves more than 15 million customers. The company operates in all lines of insurance and currently has 23,500 UNIQA employees. UNIQA Capital Markets (100% owned by UNIQA Group) is an investment firm, which is responsible for the asset management activity of the group's subsidiaries. Currently the firm has approximately EUR 20bn of AuM across various asset classes and geographical regions.
Daniel Lau
Portfolio Manager, CalSTRS (California State Teachers' Retirement System)
Daniel Lau is a Portfolio Manager at the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS). He co-leads the Sustainable Investment and Stewardship Strategies (SISS) investment portfolio. The SISS investment portfolio is an opportunistic and unconstrained allocation designed to source and invest into sustainable investment opportunities across the risk-return spectrum from infrastructure to venture capital. Infrastructure investments within the SISS Portfolio focus on climate solutions that decarbonize the real economy, primarily investments into the energy transition. SISS infrastructure investments target sectors such as clean energy, transmission, storage, hydrogen, biofuels, industrial decarbonization solutions, mobility, and digital infrastructure.
Prior to joining CalSTRS, Daniel led the North American Structured Finance team for VINCI Concessions, structuring the equity investment and debt financing for VINCI’s infrastructure pursuits in the toll road, rail, and airport sectors. Prior to VINCI Concessions, Daniel worked within KPMG's Global Infrastructure practice advising clients on commercial and financial due diligence mandates within the energy and transport sectors.
CalSTRS profile:
California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) is the largest educator-only pension fund in the world, and the second largest pension fund in the U.S. CalSTRS was established by law in 1913 to provide retirement benefits to California’s public school educators from prekindergarten through community college. The market value of the CalSTRS investment portfolio was approximately $346.5 billion as of October 31, 2024.
Scott Lebovitz
Managing Partner and Head of Transition Infrastructure, TPG
Scott Lebovitz is a Partner at TPG based in New York, Co-Managing Partner of TPG Rise Climate, and Head of TPG Rise Climate Transition Infrastructure. Prior to TPG, Mr. Lebovitz was a Partner and the Global Co-Head and Co-CIO of Infrastructure at Goldman Sachs. Mr. Lebovitz joined Goldman Sachs in 1997. Mr. Lebovitz joined TPG after more than 25 years at Goldman Sachs’s Asset Management Division. Throughout his tenure at Goldman Sachs, Mr. Lebovitz held a number of leadership roles across merchant banking, private equity, and infrastructure. While leading Goldman Sachs’s infrastructure business between 2018 and 2024, Mr. Lebovitz and his team invested over $6.5 billion into 17 companies globally. Mr. Lebovitz holds a BS in Business & Commerce from the University of Virginia.
TPG
TPG is a leading global alternative asset management firm, founded in San Francisco in 1992, with $239 billion of assets under management and investment and operational teams around the world. TPG invests across a broadly diversified set of strategies, including private equity, impact, credit, real estate, and market solutions, and its unique strategy is driven by collaboration, innovation, and inclusion. The firm’s teams combine deep product and sector experience with broad capabilities and expertise to develop differentiated insights and add value for its fund investors, portfolio companies, management teams, and communities. TPG Rise Climate and its new Transition Infrastructure strategy are part of TPG’s $25 billion global impact investing platform. Launched in 2021, TPG Rise Climate invests in climate solutions around the world through a diversified set of strategies, including private equity, infrastructure, and the global south.
Matej Lednicky
Head of Transaction Management Infrastructure, Kgal GmbH & Co.KG
Matej Lednicky is heading the renewable energy sources (RES) investment team activities at KGAL which is in charge of covering the entire value chain of RES up to commercial operation including the origination, execution, development and construction of generating assets. His role also entails the responsibility in relation to platform investments, joint ventures and other partnerships in the RES sector.
Matej is a German trained attorney and joined KGAL back in 2006 as syndicate lawyer before joining the RES investment team in 2011.
Sam Lissner
Partner, Ridgewood Infrastructure
Sam Lissner has more than a decade of private equity experience and leads Ridgewood’s ESG and Sustainability program. In addition to being Partner of Ridgewood Infrastructure, Sam is also a Managing Director and serves on the Investment Committee of Ridgewood Energy. Prior to joining Ridgewood, Mr. Lissner was Chief Analyst and Project Director at Kohl Partners, where he focused on investments in renewable power and energy efficiency infrastructure. During his master’s studies, Mr. Lissner worked at the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Energy Information Administration. Mr. Lissner received his A.B. from Harvard University. He earned a M.S. focused on Energy and Environmental Policy from New York University and an MBA from Columbia University.
Andrea Logan
Director, FirstPoint Equity
Andie Logan is a Director at FirstPoint and has over a decade of experience in the financial services industry. Ms. Logan is based in New York and specializes in fundraising across institutional investors and advising General Partners throughout their firm’s lifecycle. Prior to joining FirstPoint, Ms. Logan was a Senior Vice President at MVision Private Equity Advisors, where she provided capital raising and advisory services to alternative asset fund managers. Previously, Ms. Logan worked at Grain Management in Washington DC in capital raising and investor relations. She has also worked as an Investor Relations Consultant within the Global Private Equity segment at The Carlyle Group, and held similar investor relations roles at Tailwind Capital, Goldwater Asset Management and Core Capital. Ms. Logan holds a BA from Louisiana State University.
First Point Equity
FirstPoint Equity is a global and independent private capital solutions advisor focused on fund placement and GP capital advisory services. FirstPoint offers a range of services, including primary, secondary, and co-investments with expert advice both on and off cycle.
Over the past two decades, our executives have completed more than 200 fundraising assignments totaling in excess of USD 125 billion.
FirstPoint provides a Bespoke, Experienced and Effective service to a select number of clients by leveraging our expertise, deep industry knowledge, and trusted investor relationships globally. Our reputation is built on delivering exceptional results as referenced by our clients and investors.
Bertrand Loubieres
Head of Infrastructure Finance, AXA IM Alts
Bertrand is Head of Infrastructure Finance at AXA IM Alts. His responsibilities include managing a team of seven infrastructure specialists in underwriting infrastructure loans and bonds.
Before joining AXA IM Alts in 2015, Bertrand headed the origination, structuring, and placement of all infrastruc-ture project and structured bond opportunities in EMEA and APAC at BNP Paribas. Prior to BNP Paribas, Ber-trand worked in the securitisation team at Morgan Stanley and before that held a series of roles focused on infrastructure and structured finance.
Bertrand has 22 years of experience in Infrastructure, Energy, Commodity and Export finance.
Bertrand obtained his MBA from ESSEC Business School in 1996.
Carlo Maddalena
Senior Director, APG Asset Management
Carlo Maddalena is a Senior Director and Europe Transport lead in the APG Infrastructure team, being responsible for the origination and execution of new investments across the infrastructure sector. In addition to investing activities, Carlo is/was a board member of portfolio companies such as DRIVECO, Stockholm Exergi, Brisa, 2i Rete Gas, Exolum, Brussels Airport, Alpha Trains and Smart City Infrastructure Fund.
Prior to joining APG in 2016, Carlo worked at Patrizia, Marguerite Fund and Antin Infrastructure Partners. He holds a Master of Science in International Management (CEMS-MIM) from Bocconi University.
APG Asset Management
As the largest pension provider in the Netherlands APG looks after the pensions of 4.8 million participants. APG provides executive consultancy, asset management, pension administration, pension communication and employer services. We work for pension funds and employers in the sectors of education, government, construction, cleaning, housing associations, sheltered employment organizations, medical specialists, and architects. APG manages approximately €567 billion (December 2023) in pension assets. With approximately 3,000 employees we work from Heerlen, Amsterdam, Brussels, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai and Beijing.
APG has been an active infrastructure investor since 2004, with a portfolio of approximately €32 billion (December 2024) and managing more than 60 direct stakes in portfolio companies. APG’s investments include assets within energy and utilities, telecommunications, social and transport infrastructure.
Sundeep Malik
Head Portfolio Development International Business, Zurich Airport International
Sundeep Malik is Head Portfolio Development at Zurich Airport International. He has over 20-year experience in international business development, consulting, investments, M&A, financial management, regulatory framework, project financing and asset management in airport sector.
Sundeep was previously based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in Zurich Airport International Asia Office and involved in business development and investments in Asia Pacific airports. Since March 2020, he was Chief Financial Officer at Noida International Airport (NIA), India and relocated to Zurich in 2021 to take up the current role in Zurich Airport International.
Prior to that, he was based in Singapore for over 11 years with Changi Airports International and 9 years based in India with Indian civil aviation sector, Tata Group and Siemens.
Zurich Airport International
Zurich Airport International AG is a 100% subsidiary of Flughafen Zürich AG – a listed company that operates Zurich Airport as a diversified business and licensee of the Swiss Confederation.
Zurich Airport is Switzerland’s gateway to the world. Over 31 million people arrived at, transferred via or departed from the airport in 2019, making it not only the region’s most important transport hub, but also the leading meeting place. Flughafen Zürich AG is involved in 10 airports in five countries in addition to Zurich Airport. It concentrates on investments in the emerging markets with Latin America and Asia as the focus.
Walter Manara
Partner, Portfolio Manager, DWS Infrastructure
Walter is a Partner in DWS’s infrastructure investment business, Europe, and responsible for originating infrastructure investment opportunities, leading the execution of transactions and the ongoing management of those businesses. Walter led the execution and asset management of a number of landmark investments and divestments in the European infrastructure sector. He is currently a board member of DWS Infrastructure's investments in Ergèa, SAVE, Grandi Stazioni Retail and Hansea, and he has been board member of past investments in Rimorchiatori Mediterranei, TCR, Akiem, Tank & Rast, Autovia del Camino and Plateau Green Energy. Walter joined DWS Infrastructure in June 2007, having previously worked within the Acquisition Finance Group of Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking in Paris and Hong Kong. Walter holds a Diplôme de Grande Ecole from ESCP-EAP business school (Paris) majoring in finance.
Steven Marshall
Co-Founder and Chairman, Cordiant Digital Infrastructure
Prior to joining Cordiant, Steven Marshall was President of American Tower Corporation (AMT) – US Tower Division. Whilst serving as President, AMT pioneered the network neutral telecommunications infrastructure model in the United States, Germany, France and 12 other countries in both communication towers and combinations of towers and fibre.
Mr Marshall had a material influence on making AMT the company it is today – the largest network neutral telecommunications infrastructure company in the world with a market capitalisation of over US$100 billion.
Prior to AMT, he built National Grid Wireless into the largest network neutral tower infrastructure provider in Europe. Subsequently sold to private equity interests, it became the core of Arqiva. He also developed and ran a US$1.5 billion fibre network in Brazil owned jointly by National Grid, France Telecom and Sprint. Most notable amongst his many acquisition and divestiture activities was his overseeing and the integration of leading two US$5 billion acquisitions whilst at AMT.
Mr Marshall is Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Management which manages Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited, listed on the London Stock Exchange (CORD). He is Chairman of the Management Board of Brasil Tower Co, (the fast growing Mobile Tower developer in Brazil), and Co-Founder and a Director of Paradigm Infrastructure, an African Tower Developer which own 30% of Minara Infrastructure, in Tanzania, in JV with SBAC the large US listed Tower Co. Mr Marshall holds a BSc (Hons) in Building and Civil Engineering from the University of Manchester, as well as an MBA from Alliance Manchester Business School, United Kingdom.
CORDIANT DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited (CORD), a UK-listed investment company managed by Cordiant Capital, is a sector-focused, specialist owner and operator of the core infrastructure of the digital economy, one of the fastest-growing infrastructure sectors.
CORD’s Core Plus investment approach is focused on generating long-term value and growth by leveraging Cordiant’s sector expertise and operational experience. In total, CORD has successfully raised £795 million in equity, along with a €375 million debt package. CORD has built a diversified portfolio of assets with high growth potential, investing in data centers, telecommunications towers, and fiber-optic networks across Europe and North America.
Implementing a Buy, Build, and Grow approach, CORD seeks to generate an attractive total return of at least 9% per annum over the longer term, comprising a combination of capital growth and dividend yield.
Graham Matthews
Head of Infrastructure, PATRIZIA
Graham is Head of Infrastructure at PATRIZIA and a member of PATRIZIA’s Executive Committee. He was formerly founding shareholder and Chief Executive of Whitehelm Capital before the business merged with PATRIZIA in 2022. Graham started the Whitehelm infrastructure business in 1998, at the time when private ownership of public infrastructure originated globally.
Graham led the growth of the Whitehelm business and development of the firm’s investment philosophy and its world-wide asset acquisitions and disposals. He has been instrumental in delivering operational, financial, and sustainability improvements across a wide range of infrastructure businesses in Europe and globally. Graham previously held senior roles in the Australian Federal Treasury and represented Australia at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC.
PATRIZIA: A leading partner for global real assets
With operations around the world, PATRIZIA has been offering investment opportunities in real estate and infrastructure assets for institutional, semi-professional and private investors for 40 years. PATRIZIA manages approx. EUR 56bn in assets and employs around 900 professionals at 27 locations worldwide. PATRIZIA has been making an impact since 1984 by helping children in need, since 1992 in close collaboration with Bunter Kreis (“colourful circle”) in Germany for aftercare of children with severe diseases and since 1999 through its support for the PATRIZIA Foundation. The PATRIZIA Foundation has given more than 700,000 children and young people worldwide access to education, healthcare, and a safe home to get the chance to live a better self-determined life over the last 25 years
Jim Metcalfe
Co-Managing Partner & Chief Executive Officer , Astatine Investment Partners
Jim is co-Managing Partner and CEO of Astatine Investment Partners and Chairman of the Investment Committee. He has over 25 years of infrastructure experience and has been at AIP for nearly 14 years. Prior to joining Astatine, Jim was Managing Director and Global Head of the Power and Utilities Group in the Investment Banking Division at UBS. Jim has an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management and a B.S. in Business Administration and Accounting from Washington & Lee University. He is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa honorary societies.
Astatine Investment Partners
Astatine Investment Partners is a leading, independent, mid-market private equity firm focused on infrastructure investments. Based in Greenwich CT and London, Astatine manages funds, co-investment vehicles and separate accounts that invest in infrastructure in North America and Europe. AIP targets investments in the digital, transportation, utility-related and essential services sectors, with the objective of generating attractive risk-adjusted returns for investors through a combination of capital appreciation and a strong focus on cash yield. In addition to infrastructure, the firm manages a global leasing strategy that invests in pools of tangible assets in the aviation, intermodal, rail, shipping and industrial sectors.
Founded in 2005 as Alinda Capital Partners, Astatine is one of the world’s most experienced infrastructure investment firms. The firm changed its name to Astatine Investment Partners in 2022, reflecting the shift from its origins as a large-cap, core focused manager to its focus from 2014 onwards on the mid-market, core-plus space.
Leonhard von Metzler
Managing Director, Taunus Trust GmbH
Speaker biography:
Leonhard v. Metzler is a Managing Director at the investment consulting firm Taunus Trust in Bad Homburg. He joined Tanus Trust in November 2017. Before he worked for Metzler Asset Management/Private Banking, for Deutsche Bank in London and for Bayer in Berlin. Leonhard has business degrees from the Technical University of Berlin and INSEAD. Leonhard is advising mainly German institutions such as pension funds, foundations and family offices on the topics of asset allocation, risk management, implementation and manager selection.
Company Profile:
Taunus Trust GmbH, based in Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe, was founded in 2013. With 16 employees, we are partner-managed and completely independent. We advise and support institutional investors (e.g. pension schemes, church institutions, foundations) as well as larger private assets (families and family offices) individually, comprehensively and independently of third-party interests. We have a BaFin licence for financial portfolio management, investment advice, investment and contract brokerage.
Marc Meier
Managing Director, Partners Group
Marc Meier is Co-Head of the Private Infrastructure Partnership Investments business unit, based in Zug. He is a member of the Private Infrastructure Investment Committee. He has been with Partners Group since 2008 and has 18 years of experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Sal. Oppenheim Jr. & Cie, Corporate Finance (Switzerland) Ltd. He holds a master’s degree in banking and finance from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.
Partners Group
Partners Group is one of the largest firms in the global private markets industry, with around 1’800 professionals and approximately USD 150 billion in overall assets under management. The firm has investment programs and custom mandates spanning private equity, private credit, infrastructure, real estate, and royalties. With its heritage in Switzerland and primary presence in the Americas in Colorado, Partners Group is built differently from the rest of the industry. The firm leverages its differentiated culture and operationally oriented approach to identify attractive investment themes and to build businesses and assets into market leaders.
Benn Mikula
CEO & Managing Partner, Cordiant Capital
Benn Mikula is CEO and co-Managing Partner of Cordiant Capital, a specialist global infrastructure and real assets investment manager with USD 4 billion in committed capital across private equity and direct lending strategies.
Cordiant provides growth capital for the next generation of infrastructure and real assets, or ‘Infrastructure 2.0’, focusing on digital infrastructure, energy transition infrastructure, and the agriculture value chain.
As CEO, Mr. Mikula has guided Cordiant's strategic focus on providing growth capital solutions to promising mid-sized companies in Europe, North America, and select Global markets. Partner-owned and partner-run since 2015 (formerly owned by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan), Cordiant has exceeded mandated investment targets for clients on all funds since 2016. At Cordiant, Mr. Mikula oversees the firm's investment approach, which prioritizes sector knowledge and insight, a "Build and Grow" investment philosophy, and investing throughout the capital structure.
Mr. Mikula brings over 30 years of extensive financial and sector expertise, as an equities analyst, investment banker, board member and investor. He was a top-ranked analyst in technology and telecommunications technology whilst working at RBC Capital Markets, and subsequently ran the relevant industry research group. Thereafter as Managing Director and Head of European Technology Investment Banking at JPMorgan, Mr Mikula advised on billions of dollars of capital raising, capital structure optimisation and M&A in Europe and North America.
Mr Mikula has served on the board of large public and private companies. He was a founder of a wireless communications company in Canada; a founding Board Member of a first-generation cloud services and hosting company; and was on the Board of CloudOps. He is currently a Board Member of CRA and Hudson InterXchange and Chairman of Lumina Sustainable. Mr Mikula additionally serves on the Property Committee of the regimental foundation of the Black Watch, Royal Highland Regiment of Canada. Mr Mikula holds a B.A. and an M.A. from McGill University.
Ali Miraj
Global Lead, Infrastructure Sponsor Coverage, ING
Ali Miraj is an infrastructure financier, broadcaster, political commentator and DJ. He is Global Lead of Infrastructure Sponsor Coverage at ING, having previously led transactions in infrastructure finance for many years and also worked across multiple deals in the TMT, Transportation and Energy sectors in Syndicated Finance. He originally qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
He presents shows on LBC and regularly appears on Sky News to comment on domestic political developments and international affairs. In 2012, he founded the Contrarian Prize to recognise the independence, courage and sacrifice of British public figures whose ideas challenge the status quo. A former Conservative Parliamentary Candidate, he was first elected as a Councillor at the age of 23. He served as an adviser to the Conservative Foreign Affairs Team from 2001-2003 and as a Board Member of the party’s Policy Commissions on Quality of Life and International and National Security (2005-2007).
He is a trained House music DJ and has had multiple residencies and played at leading venues around the world. He is national Vice President of CPRE, the countryside charity and Middle Warden and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of International Bankers. He holds an MSc In Politics of the World Economy and BSc Econ (International Relations) both from the London School of Economics.
ING
ING is a global leader in the infrastructure space with a EUR 25bn portfolio across sectors including regulated utilities, airports, ports, containers and rail, telecoms, renewables and energy. Specialist teams in EMEA, New York, Singapore and Australia provide global coverage to our client base, providing lending, financial markets, debt capital markets and M&A advisory expertise.
We support our infrastructure clients across the capital structure providing project, acquisition and fund financing solutions. Sustainability is at the core of ING’s approach with the bank actively steering its c. EUR700bn lending book towards fulfilling the Paris climate goal.
Mark Moseley
Principal, Moseley Infrastructure Advisory Services
Mark Moseley is the Principal of Moseley Infrastructure Advisory Services, a global individual consulting firm advising on infrastructure projects and enabling environments, for international organisations, governments and private sector entities.
Mark has over 40 years of international infrastructure experience, having been the Chief Operating Officer of the G20’s Global Infrastructure Hub, an initiative of the G20; the Lead Lawyer in the World Bank’s Infrastructure Practice Group; and the Global Practice Group Manager for the Energy, Projects and Construction Group at the international law firm of CMS Cameron McKenna.
He is a frequent lecturer on the policy and legal aspects of private sector investment in public infrastructure at a number of universities, and is a Recognised Peer of the World Association of Public-Private Partnership Units and Professionals (WAPPP).
Moseley Infrastructure Advisory Services
Moseley Infrastructure Advisory Services (MMM Infra) offers specialised consulting services in the infrastructure sector, on a global basis, to:
• multilateral development banks and other international organisations;
• national and sub-sovereign governments;
• national infrastructure banks;
• infrastructure transaction advisors; and
• academic institutions.
The services provided by MMM Infra are delivered by Mark M. Moseley, the Owner and Principal of the company, who has over 40 years of international infrastructure experience, having held the following positions:
• Chief Operating Officer of the Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub), an initiative of the G20 Group of Countries;
• Lead Lawyer, Infrastructure Practice Group, The World Bank;
• Partner and Practice Group Manager for the Global Energy, Projects and Construction Group at CMS Cameron McKenna, a major international law firm; and
• Lecturer on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) infrastructure transactions, at various universities.
Olaf Müller
Head of Project Finance Infrastructure - EMEA, LBBW
Misha Nahorny
Managing Director, Arjun Infrastructure Partners
Misha is a Managing Director at Arjun and is responsible for originating and executing investments across Europe. He brings over 20 years’ experience in the energy and infrastructure investment industry. Misha was previously leading the European infrastructure investment team at John Laing.
Before joining John Laing, Misha was at Swiss Life Asset Management. At Swiss Life, Misha led the acquisitions of InfraReal, Aves One and Wascosa, amongst other projects. Prior to that, Misha spent eight years at OMERS Infrastructure, where he was responsible for investments in German-speaking Europe, CEE, and renewables. His investments in Europe included Autobahn Tank & Rast and NET4GAS.
Misha’s sector experience spans all sectors of infrastructure, including energy, utilities, renewables, circular economy, transport, industrial parks as well as digital and social infrastructure. Prior to OMERS, Misha worked for the Royal Bank of Canada, Citi and Shell.
Company profile
Arjun Infrastructure Partners (‘Arjun’) is an infrastructure fund manager founded in 2015, with over €5.7 billion of Assets Under Management and offices in London and Paris. Arjun is focused on European core and core-plus mid-market infrastructure diversified by sector and geography, which it offers through funds and separately managed accounts. Capital invested by Arjun since inception has been deployed across 22 investments/platforms including renewables, utilities, transportation and digital. Our team of 40 professionals has extensive operational and financial experience.
Shami Nissan
Partner, Sustainability at Actis
Shami leads Actis’ approach to sustainability, ESG and impact, working closely with investment colleagues and company management to assess and manage ESG issues, helping to build world-class businesses which are leaders in sustainability, and which deliver measurable benefits to society and planet.
Shami is a member of the Actis Executive Committee and Inclusion and Diversity Committee. Shami is an Advisory Board member of the World Bank/IFC’s Operating Principles for Impact Management, and is an Advisory Panel Member of the G7 Impact Taskforce (ITC).
With over 20 years’ experience in responsible investment, primarily serving the private equity, banking and development finance sectors, Shami was drawn to Actis by its leadership in sustainable investing, the firm’s diverse culture and the opportunity to focus on global infrastructure markets.
Before joining Actis in 2014, she was a senior consultant at PwC’s Sustainability and Climate Change team for ten years. Prior to this, Shami led the London business of Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, providing sustainability research and analytics to institutional investors and asset managers. Shami has also worked with the United Nations Development Programme in Central America.
Shami holds an MSc Environmental Technology, with Distinction, from Imperial College London and a BSc Biological Sciences from University of Durham.
Petya Nikolova
Deputy CIO and Head of Infrastructure Investments, New York City Comptroller's Office
Petya Nikolova is the Deputy CIO and Head of Infrastructure Investments for New York City Comptroller’s Office. In this role, she contributes to shaping the investment strategy and portfolio construction for the $260 billion New York City Retirement Systems (NYCRS). Ms. Nikolova continues to lead the infrastructure asset class. She is a member of the OCIO and the Investment Committee.
Before joining the Comptroller’s office, Ms. Nikolova was a Director in the Infrastructure Americas team at WestLB, where she originated and structured infrastructure deals across a variety of sectors. Prior to that, Ms. Nikolova held various capital markets roles at Bank of Ireland and MBIA.
Ms. Nikolova holds an MPA from Syracuse University and an MA/BA in Economics from the University of National and World Economy in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Erica Noda
Principal Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group)
Erica Noda is a Principal Investment Officer at the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group), where she leads investments in the Digital Infrastructure space as the Global TMT Sector Lead for Europe, Global Clients & New Business. IFC invests across the capital structure and the TMT / Digital Infrastructure ecosystem, spanning from - mobile network operators, towers, broadband infrastructure and services, data centers and cloud, satellites, digital infra technology, and media, with a focus on emerging markets and connecting the unconnected. Previously at IFC, Erica led TMT investments for Latin America, based in Sao Paulo and Washington D.C.. Before joining IFC, Erica worked at Macquarie Capital in New York and Mexico and JP Morgan in London. Erica holds a BSc. in Economics from University College London and an MSc. from the London School of Economics.
International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group)
The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector. IFC has invested in the private sector in emerging markets for over six decades as a pioneer in impact investing. IFC has over US$70 billion in committed portfolio with exposure in over 125 countries across a wide range of industries and sectors. IFC deploys strategic capital in emerging markets to bring sustainable solutions to scale, build successful business environments, and create opportunities for all.
Perry Offutt
Partner, Head of North America, Morrison
Perry leads Morrison’s activity in North America, with responsibility for the origination of investments in the region. He has more than two decades of infrastructure investment and industry experience, particularly in deal origination and execution, having worked on upwards of US$100 billion of transactions.
Perry joined Morrison in 2021 from UBS Asset Management, where he was Head of Infrastructure Americas, a business within Real Estate and Private Markets. Prior to UBS Asset Management, he worked at Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) as Managing Director on the North American investment team. He joined MIRA from Morgan Stanley where he was Head of Infrastructure Banking for the Americas, originating and executing infrastructure transactions across various industries, including power, utilities, and transportation.
Perry has held Director roles on the Boards of Northern Star Generation, Ports America, Aquarion Water Company and GFL Environmental. Perry is currently Chair of FiberLight.
About Morrison
Morrison is a leading global infrastructure manager, investing across the risk spectrum in both private and listed markets. Established in 1988, we have over US$28 billion of assets under management as at 30 September 2024. Our purpose is to invest wisely in ideas that matter. We believe the best investments serve an enduring societal need and we apply a specialist investment approach, refined over multiple decades and economic cycles, to invest in infrastructure for a modern economy.
www.morrisonglobal.com
Bayo Ogunlesi
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Partners
Bayo Ogunlesi is a Founding Partner and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). He is a Senior Managing Director of BlackRock and a member of the firm’s Global Executive Committee (GEC) and its Board of Directors.
Prior to the formation of GIP in 2006, Mr. Ogunlesi spent 23 years at Credit Suisse where he held several senior positions, including Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Client Officer of its Investment Banking Division. From 2002 to 2004, he was Head of the Global Investment Banking Division and a Member of the Executive Board and Management Committee.
Previously, Mr. Ogunlesi was an attorney with the New York law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore. He also served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Thurgood Marshall, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. He has been a Lecturer at the Harvard and Yale Law Schools and the Yale School of Management where he taught courses on transnational investment projects.
Mr. Ogunlesi holds a B.A. (First Class Honors) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University, a J.D. (magna cum laude) from Harvard Law School and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Boards of Directors of BlackRock, OpenAI, Topgolf Callaway Brands, Kosmos Energy Holdings and Terminal Investment Limited. He was previously the Lead Director of Goldman Sachs Group. He is a Member of the Dean’s Advisory Boards of the Harvard Law and Business Schools and the Harvard University Global Advisory Council.
Global Infrastructure Partners
Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a part of BlackRock, is a leading infrastructure investor that specializes in investing in, owning and operating some of the largest and most complex assets across the energy, transport, digital infrastructure and water and waste management sectors.
GIP has approximately $170 billion in assets under management. GIP believes that its focus on real infrastructure assets, combined with its deep proprietary origination network and comprehensive operational expertise, enables it to be responsible stewards of investor capital and to create positive economic impact for communities.
Taiwo Okwor
Vice President, Investments at Africa Finance Corporation
Taiwo is a Vice President at the Africa Finance Corporation, She leads origination, structuring and execution of transactions in the energy resources sector in the oil, gas, mining and associated infrastructure which includes client coverage, transaction origination, negotiation and execution of transactions. She has over fifteen years of international infrastructure and energy finance experience with investments of US$2.5 billion invested across multiple geographies and infrastructure sectors including involvement in multibillion dollar development projects in transport, power and natural resources sector with international institutions. Prior to AFC, her professional experience includes Investment Banking, Project Financing, Investment Management, Risk Management and Portfolio Management.
Taiwo obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Exeter, holds the Global Executive MBA from the IE Business School in Madrid and a Certificate in Investment Management from the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment, UK and member of the Institute of Directors, UK.
About AFC
AFC was established in 2007 to be the catalyst for pragmatic infrastructure investment across Africa. AFC’s approach combines specialist industry expertise with a focus on financial and technical advisory, project structuring, project development, and risk capital to address Africa’s infrastructure development needs and drive sustainable economic growth.
Seventeen years on, AFC has developed a track record as the partner of choice in Africa for investing and delivering on instrumental, high-quality infrastructure assets that provide essential services in the core infrastructure sectors of power, natural resources, heavy industry, transport, and telecommunications. AFC has 43 member countries and has invested US$13 billion across Africa since inception.
www.africafc.org
Alina Osorio
President, Fiera Infrastructure
Alina Osorio is the President of Fiera Infrastructure. Since partnering with Fiera Capital in 2016 to form Fiera Infrastructure, Alina has presided over the firm’s significant growth, expanding assets under management more than 15-fold. As President, she is responsible for setting strategic direction, overseeing investment strategies, executing acquisitions, and managing an infrastructure portfolio with over C$4 billion in AUM.
Alina is a seasoned investment professional in the infrastructure investment and financing sector. She has contributed to the evolution of the infrastructure asset class during her many years of experience from her roles initially as an equity research analyst covering Canadian utility companies, an investment banker in the infrastructure space, then a principal investor, and, finally, a portfolio strategist for a major Canadian pension fund. Alina has extensive experience and an established track record as a principal investor in infrastructure, including her role as the CEO of North America’s first unlisted infrastructure fund focused in both Canada and the US, the Macquarie Essential Assets Partnership (“MEAP”). Thereafter Alina led the infrastructure program at OPTrust, with a capital allocation of C$2.5 billion to the infrastructure strategy.
Alina holds a Bachelor of Engineering from McGill University and an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University. She is also a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario.
Fiera Infrastructure
Fiera Infrastructure is a leading global mid-market direct infrastructure investor operating across all subsectors of the infrastructure asset class. Led by a team of highly experienced and specialized professionals, the firm leverages strong global relationships, with a local presence in Toronto, London, and New York. Its rigorous approach to investment and asset management aligns with its long-term approach. Fiera Infrastructure has assets under management and commitments of more than C$4 billion as of September 30, 2024. The firm has invested in over 90 infrastructure assets across renewables, telecommunications, transportation, utilities, and public-private partnerships.
Ravi Parekh
Managing Director, GCM Grosvenor
Mr. Parekh is a member of the Real Assets Investment Committee. He leads our European infrastructure business and is located in our London office. He focuses on diversified infrastructure investments and is responsible for deal sourcing, investment due diligence and execution, and client portfolio construction and management. His experience includes investments in conventional and renewable power generation, telecommunications infrastructure, regulated utilities, water, waste, transport, and PPP/PFI projects across Europe, North America and Asia. He serves on numerous corporate boards, including Vantage Data Centers, University College London Hospital, and Edge Orbital Holdings, Ltd. Prior to joining GCM Grosvenor, Mr. Parekh was part of the Investment team at Tokum Capital Management, L.P., a fundamental long/short equity fund. Prior to that, Mr. Parekh was an Analyst in Goldman Sachs’ investment banking division focused on technology, media and telecommunications infrastructure. Mr. Parekh received his Bachelor of General Law and his Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Mumbai and his Master of Science in Finance, Beta Gamma Sigma, from Rochester Institute of Technology.
GCM Grosvenor
GCM Grosvenor (Nasdaq: GCMG) is a global alternative asset management solutions provider with approximately $80 billion in assets under management across private equity, infrastructure, real estate, credit, and absolute return investment strategies. The firm has specialized in alternatives for more than 50 years and is dedicated to delivering value for clients by leveraging its cross-asset class and flexible investment platform.
GCM Grosvenor’s experienced team of approximately 540 professionals serves a global client base of institutional and high net worth investors. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, with offices in New York, Toronto, London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul, and Sydney.
For more information, visit: gcmgrosvenor.com.
Esther Peiner
Partner, Head of Private Infrastructure, Partners Group
Esther Peiner is the Head of Infrastructure business department, based in Zug. She is also a member of the Executive team and Global Executive board and a member of the Infrastructure and Global Investment Committee. Esther is also a member of the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee and the sponsor of it’s Women’s Network. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the firm’s portfolio companies EOLO, atNorth, Lifelink and CapeOmega. She has 20 year of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, she worked at Macquarie Group. She holds a master’s degree in finance and marketing from Maastricht University, Netherlands.
Partners Group
Partners Group is one of the largest firms in the global private markets industry, with around 1’800 professionals and approximately USD 150 billion in overall assets under management. The firm has investment programs and custom mandates spanning private equity, private credit, infrastructure, real estate, and royalties. With its heritage in Switzerland and primary presence in the Americas in Colorado, Partners Group is built differently from the rest of the industry. The firm leverages its differentiated culture and operationally oriented approach to identify attractive investment themes and to build businesses and assets into market leaders.
Jon Phillips
Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA)
Jon was appointed CEO in January 2023 having joined GIIA in 2016 to lead on communications strategy, public affairs and membership growth as Corporate Affairs Director and Deputy CEO. Between 2005 and 2016 he was Communications Director for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, a UK government agency established to run the £3bn a year nuclear clean-up programme. Prior to that, Jon spent 12 years at airport operator BAA Heathrow, where he led the communications campaign for the £4.2bn T5 project.
Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA)
The Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA) is the membership body for the world’s leading institutional investors in infrastructure and advisors to the sector. Our members are responsible for more than $2.0tn of infrastructure assets under management across 70 countries. GIIA’s investor member base is diverse – ranging from fund managers and pension funds, to insurers, corporate investors and sovereign wealth funds.
Adam Pickard
Principal, Grain Management
Adam Pickard has been a Principal on the Investment team at Grain since 2023, and is responsible for deal origination and investment underwriting, with particular focus on EMEA and APAC. Prior to Grain, Mr. Pickard served as Director of M&A at IHS Holding Limited (NYSE: IHS), one of the largest independent owners, operators, and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the world. Previously, he was part of the EMEA TMT coverage group at Jefferies International Limited.
Mr. Pickard holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Mathematical Statistics, with Honours in Financial Risk Management, from University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, and MSc in International Business and Emerging Markets from University of Edinburgh.
Grain Management
Founded in 2007, Grain Management is a leading global investment firm. The Firm believes broadband and digital infrastructure are foundational to the tech-enabled transformation occurring across all industries and facets of society. Grain’s global team of seasoned and diverse professionals share a collective passion for the power of connectivity to strengthen communities and unlock human potential for all.
Grain specializes in digital infrastructure and are a trusted solutions provider to the broadband and communications industry. The Firm’s unique combination of sector knowledge, experience as operators, and disciplined analytical approach guides their differentiated investment strategy across fiber networks, data centers, wireless spectrum, cell towers, as well as managed and infrastructure services.
Ross Posner
Managing Partner, Ridgewood Infrastructure
Ross Posner is Managing Partner of Ridgewood Infrastructure and has more than 25 years of experience in infrastructure, private equity and other real asset investing.
Prior to Ridgewood, Mr. Posner was a senior executive at Allstate Investments, where he established, as Global Group Head, its Infrastructure and Real Assets business. Mr. Posner’s responsibilities included creating and leading Allstate’s direct infrastructure and real asset private equity investing business and also running its Project Finance and Private Placement credit portfolios. In aggregate, these businesses for which Mr. Posner was responsible represented over $10 billion of capital.
Mr. Posner began his career at JPMorgan, working in its New York and London offices and also worked in mid-market private equity. Ross received an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a Bachelor of Science from Syracuse University.
Ridgewood Infrastructure company bio:
Ridgewood Infrastructure is a value‐adding investor focused on water and other essential infrastructure at the smaller end of the U.S. market. It is part of the affiliated Ridgewood Companies, a leading real asset investment manager currently managing over $5 billion in total capital and commitments focused on direct equity investments in infrastructure and energy.
Martin Ragettli
Head of infrastructure investments, IST Investment Foundation
Martin is the co-head of IST’s flagship private infrastructure offering IST3 Infrastruktur Global (“IST3 IG”) and is responsible for all investment activities of the fund. Martin has joined IST in 2016 and has successfully led the due diligence, structuring and execution of a number of direct infrastructure transactions in the electricity transmission, hydro, solar, transportation and telecom space and was instrumental in developing and expanding IST’s infrastructure investment platform and team. Overall, he has over 15 years of experience in infrastructure investments. Prior to joining IST, Martin has worked in various roles at Credit Suisse incl. M&A, advisory, and as a fiduciary across the bank’s asset management and investment banking divisions. Other roles included positions at Shell and the International Energy Agency (IEA). Martin holds a Master of Science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich).
IST Investment Foundation
Established in 1967 as a non-profit organization by a consortium of Swiss pension funds, IST is Switzerland’s first independent investment foundation, managing approximately CHF 10 billion in capital out of Zurich and Lausanne for more than 500 Swiss pension funds, providing transparent, cost efficient and best in class traditional and alternative investment services. IST3 Infrastruktur Global (“IST3 IG”) is IST’s flagship private infrastructure offering with total commitments of approximately CHF 1bn and a focus on core infrastructure investments in the transportation, energy generation, energy transmission/ distribution/ storage, water and waste water, communication and social infrastructure sub-sectors. The long term buy-and-hold strategy targets stable and predictable cash yield generation on a globally diversified basis, through direct investments, co-investments and secondaries.
Sikander Rashid
Managing Partner and Head of Europe, Infrastructure, Brookfield
Sikander Rashid
Managing Partner and Head of Europe, Infrastructure
Sikander Rashid is the Head of Europe for Brookfield’s Infrastructure Group. In this role, Mr. Rashid is responsible for overseeing all infrastructure investment and portfolio management activity in the region. Mr. Rashid is also the Head of Europe for Brookfield Asset Management, with responsibility for overseeing the Asset Manager’s business activities in the region.
Mr. Rashid joined Brookfield in 2012 and has held progressively senior roles within the organization.
Mr. Rashid holds a Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants.
About Brookfield Asset Management
Brookfield Asset Management is a leading global alternative asset manager with over $1 trillion of assets under management across renewable power and transition, infrastructure, private equity, real estate, and credit. We invest client capital for the long-term with a focus on real assets and essential service businesses that form the backbone of the global economy. We offer a range of alternative investment products to investors around the world — including public and private pension plans, endowments and foundations, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, insurance companies and private wealth investors. We draw on Brookfield’s heritage as an owner and operator to invest for value and generate strong returns for our clients, across economic cycles.
Chandra Reddy
Advisor, GMR Infrasructure
Chandra is a Sydney based former lawyer and now an advisor in business and capital strategy to multi-national companies involved in infrastructure development, clean energy, industrial real estate and technology. Chandra is also the CEO of Beyond Advisory, a strategic advisory and investment company, which delivers growth through cross-border, strategic and capital initiatives to bring the best of breed operators and investors together to develop the economic potential of an asset. Chandra has a strong network of Sovereign Wealth Funds, Government Pension Funds and private equity funds around the world. In addition to Chandra’s appointment as an advisor to the Corporate Chairman, Strategy & Finance, GMR Group, his firm is also mandated on initiatives involving strategic partnerships within their discrete portfolio of assets with world class companies. GMR Group is a Delhi headquartered infrastructure major with interests in Airports, Energy, Highways and Urban Infrastructure sectors in India and with significant projects outside of India as well. With a balance sheet of assets of around USD 10 billion, GMR Group has a strong track record for developing and operating major assets.
GMR Infrastructure
GMR Group is a leading global infrastructure conglomerate with expertise in designing, building, and operating airports. It also has a significant presence in energy, transportation, and urban infrastructure sectors.
GMR Airports is the largest private airport operator in Asia and 2nd largest in the world with an annual passenger handling capacity of over 189 million. GMR Airports operates the iconic Delhi Airport, which is the largest and fastest-growing airport in India. It also runs Hyderabad Airport, a pioneering greenfield airport known for several technological innovations. The company is currently developing and operating several regional and international airports across India, Indonesia, Philippines and Crete. In addition, GMR Airports has significant business in businesses within the airport ecosystem, namely development of an Aerotropolis, MRO, Duty Free, F&B, etc.
GMR’s energy businesses have an installed capacity of over 3,000 MW capacity. With a significant focus on green energy, the company is working towards creating a more sustainable environment by harnessing the power of wind, water, and sun for energy generation. It has a balanced mix in its energy generation portfolio. Around 1,000 MW of clean energy projects of GMR are under various stages of development in India and Nepal.
The Transportation and Urban Infrastructure division focuses on surface transport projects including Roads, Railways, and Airstrips/ Runways in both DBFOT (under GMR Highways) and EPC (under GIL – EPC) segments. The Group has four operating highway assets spanning over 1,824 lane kilometres.
Paul Rhodes
Head of Energy Transition Infrastructure, Asia Pacific, HSBC Asset Management
Paul Rhodes leads the Energy Transition Infrastructure, Asia Pacific team for Alternatives at HSBC Asset Management. He is responsible for the business strategy and has oversight of the investment management function including chairing the ETI APAC IC.
Paul was co-founder and managing partner of Green Transition Partners (GTP), a Hong Kong based, mid-market renewable energy asset manager acquired by HSBC Asset Management in 2023. Paul has over 25 years of investment and financing experience with a focus on energy and infrastructure, and has spent most of his career based in Asia.
Prior to GTP, Paul worked for two years as the group CFO of an Asia focused, integrated renewable energy platform.
Before that, Paul worked at Goldman Sachs for 15 years based in Hong Kong where his most recent role was co-head of FICC Solutions for Asia ex-Japan. He was responsible for structured finance origination and execution with a particular focus on energy & infrastructure.
Paul also held roles at UBS in London and Singapore, and at Credit Suisse in Hong Kong. He is a CFA® Charterholder and holds a CFA ESG Investing certification. He has an MA from the University of Cambridge, where he read Mathematics at Gonville and Caius College.
Stancel Riley
Co-Head Financial Sponsors & Strategic Solutions, Mizuho | Greenhill
Mr. Riley is Co-Head of Financial Sponsors & Strategic Solutions in the Banking Division of Mizuho. He joined Mizuho in 2018, where he covers key sponsor relationships, including KKR and Carlyle, and plays an instrumental role in the buildout of Mizuho’s non-investment grade strategy.
Prior to joining Mizuho, Mr. Riley was a Managing Director with Wells Fargo Securities where he had worked since 2004, and was also a part of the Strategic Advisory Committee. Before Wells Fargo, Mr. Riley spent six years at Bear Sterns in the TMT group, and prior to that, was an Associate in the Real Estate Investment Banking team at Merrill Lynch.
He received a B.A. with Honors in History from Davidson College, as well as an MBA from Duke University.
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is the 17th largest bank in the world as measured by total assets of ~$2 trillion, according to S&P Global 2024. Mizuho’s 65,000 employees worldwide offer comprehensive financial services to clients in 36 countries and 850 offices throughout the Americas, EMEA, and Asia.
Mizuho is a leading provider of corporate and investment banking, capital markets, equity and fixed income sales & trading, derivatives, FX, custody, and research to corporate, private equity, and institutional clients. Through its acquisition of Greenhill, Mizuho provides M&A, restructuring, and private capital advisory capabilities across Americas, Europe, and Asia. Mizuho employs approximately 3,500 professionals, for more information visit www.mizuhoamericas.com.
Nacho Rios
Founding Partner, Rivergo Advisors
Highly accomplished strategy executive and senior advisor with a distinguished consulting background. Proven track record of value creation programs in Infra Funds portfolio companies in the digital infrastructure sector. More than 25 years of experience leading Consulting firms (Bain & Co and Monitor) working with top clients in Spain and Europe to delivering robust financial and operational results. Independent board member and senior advisor in Telecom and Energy Infrastructure sectors.
Emmanuel Rogy
Partner, Cube Infrastructure Managers
Emmanuel joined Cube in 2023 as Partner and Head of Special Asset Situations, Head of Portfolio Management for the Connecting Europe Broadband Fund (CEBF), in addition to overseeing corporate matters including HR, internal audit, investor claims, IT and service providers. Emmanuel is part of Cube’s Management Committee.
Prior to joining Cube, Emmanuel was Group Head of International Financial Sanctions at BNP Paribas, where he worked since 1993 occupying a number of posts during his tenure. He previously held positions of Digital Leader of Global Banking EMEA, Global Head of Project Finance and Head of Energy & Commodities Finance EMEA.
Emmanuel is a graduate from HEC Paris.
Cube Infrastructure Managers
Cube Infrastructure Managers is an independent mid-market infrastructure investor. Founded in 2007, Cube joins deep sector knowledge with operational and financial expertise to pioneer and transform essential infrastructure assets serving local communities across Europe. We create value by empowering management teams and growing infrastructure platforms in sectors underpinned by long-term environmental, social and technological megatrends, such as energy transition, telecoms, transport and environment.
Cube has raised and managed over €4.3 billion of institutional capital across four funds as well as co-investment vehicles. The firm has successfully made more than 45 investments across Europe and will continue to invest in profitable and responsible investment opportunities with strong growth potential.
Katya Romashkan
Portfolio Manager – Infrastructure, Aware Super
Katya is an experienced investment professional who has been successfully originating, leading and managing equity investments across various infrastructure sectors for over 19 years. She is currently a Portfolio Manager at Aware Super, the third largest superannuation fund in Australia. Based in London, she is helping develop and grow Aware Super’s infrastructure investment platform in the UK and Europe. Prior to joining Aware Super, she served as an Investment Director at one of the UK’s Local Government Pension Schemes, LPPI, overseeing its £3.0 billion portfolio of infrastructure fund, co-investments and direct investments. She was responsible for the origination, execution and management of the infrastructure portfolio and is tasked with leading deal teams through all stages of the investment process.
Prior to joining LPPI, Katya spent over 10 years working for Balfour Beatty Investments, the international infrastructure development and investment company. She has also worked at Bank of America Investment Bank in London and a boutique infrastructure advisory firm in the US.
Aware Super
Aware Super is one of Australia’s top-performing and largest industry super funds with a core objective of delivering the strongest risk-adjusted returns for the 1.1 million members of our Fund. Our Australian and London-based investment teams currently manage A$160 billion AUM on behalf of our members with a projected growth target of A$250 billion AUM.
As one of the top 50 institutional investors globally, we typically take an active management approach across alternative assets, including infrastructure, real estate and private equity, and additionally allocate to liquid markets.
Returns for our A$17.5 billion infrastructure portfolio are driven by a globally-diversified program which captures global trends in demography, sustainability and technology. It also has an execution focus on direct investments and ongoing active asset management.
Jennie Rose
Head of American Private Credit, AustralianSuper
Jennie is currently Head of American Private Credit based in New York having joined AustralianSuper in 2022. The Private Credit business is focused on real asset-backed lending opportunities across real estate and infrastructure issuers (predominantly across North America, UK and Europe) and a growing US middle market lending senior debt strategy focused on private equity sponsored corporates.
Prior to joining AustralianSuper, Jennie spent over three years as a Managing Director in the Global Infrastructure Debt team at Barings. Prior to that she worked for thirteen years at GE Energy Financial Services, a division of GE Capital, focused on equity investing and lending across the energy spectrum. Jennie commenced her career at Deutsche Bank in the Project and Structured Finance group in both New York and London.
Jennie holds a B.A. from Boston University and a M.A. in International Political Economy from University of Warwick, England.
Andre Sales
Managing Partner & Infrastructure CEO, Patria Investments
Andre Franco Sales is a Managing Partner & Chief Executive Officer of Patria’s Infrastructure division. Mr. Sales is primarily responsible for leading the Infrastructure business unit of Patria, conducting infrastructure investment strategies in LatAm. Before taking over as CEO for the Infrastructure business unit, Mr. Sales worked on numerous investments of Infra Fund I, Fund II, Fund III and Fund IV. Mr. Sales also served as a Director at Patria’s M&A Advisory division, and co-CEO of ERSA (Patria’s Infrastructure Fund I), a company that later became CPFL Renewables. Prior to joining Patria, Mr. Sales was a Senior Manager in the energy arm of Vale, and a Senior Associate in the Infrastructure department of the BNDES – Brazilian National Development Bank. Mr. Sales was co-founder of an internet community and marketplace, sold to Bradesco in 2000. Mr. Sales also worked for 4 years at J.P. Morgan in São Paulo and New York in the M&A and Corporate Finance division. Mr. Sales holds a bachelor’s degree in Production Engineering from Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo (USP).
Patria Investments
Patria is a leading alternative investment firm with over 35 years of specialized experience in key resilient sectors. Its unique approach combines its knowledge of investment leaders, sector experts, and companies’ managers with on-the-ground local experience. With over $40 billion pro forma assets under management and a global presence, Patria provides attractive and consistent returns in long-term investment opportunities while creating sustainable value for the regions where it operates, including Latin America, Europe, and the US. Through a diversified platform spanning Private Equity, Infrastructure, Credit, Public Equities, Global Private Market Solutions and Real Estate strategies, Patria provides a comprehensive range of products to serve its global client base.
Vivek Sapra
Senior Advisor, infrastructure Investments, Ampega Asset Management
Vivek Sapra is an Energy & Infrastructure project finance specialist with over 25 years’ experience in advising & structuring transactions. He joined the Infrastructure Investments team at Talanx Group – Ampega Asset Management GmbH in April 2015 with the mandate to advise, originate and execute transactions to help build the portfolio. Since an almost standing start, it now boasts over €4bn in infrastructure assets under management (both Debt and Equity) across a broad range of sectors, including in renewables, digital, transportation and social infrastructure.
During this period Vivek also spent a year at the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (now Ninety One with Investec Asset Management) focusing on renewables in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Prior to this, Vivek spent 16 years at The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. and before that, at Hyder Investments. Vivek is a qualified Chartered Engineer and holds an MBA (Finance) from Bayes Business School.
Talanx AG
Talanx AG is the #3 German Insurance Group and #5 in Europe based on premium income of EUR 45.5 bn in 2021. Talanx is a multi-brand provider and includes the HDI brand, Hannover Re and Ampega as the Group’s Asset Manager. The Hannover-based group is active in 150 countries with c. 24,000 employees and is listed on the Frankfurt and Hannover Stock Exchanges.
Markus Schaen
Principal Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, MN
Markus is Principal Fixed Income for the Dutch fiduciary manager MN and is responsible for the selection and monitoring of MN’s internal external fixed income managers. Within fixed income, his focus is mainly on public and private corporate credit, residential mortgages and infrastructure debt. On behalf of MN’s clients, he sits in various investment committee. Markus has more than 25 years of experience in the financial industry. Prior to joining MN in 2008, he worked as Corporate Treasurer of Koninklijke Wegener NV. In the early part of his career, he worked in various international treasury functions and as an auditor with Deloitte. Markus graduated in 1995 from Maastricht University with a degree in economics and business administration. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1997 and as Chartered Treasurer in 2000. He has completed the Pension Executive program at Nyenrode University.
MN
MN is one of the largest pension administrators and asset managers of and for Dutch pension funds. MN works as an extension of pension fund boards and social partners and offer its clients an integrated pension proposition with advice, asset management, communication and administration. It differs from most providers of fiduciary management as it is an organization without a profit motive MN conducts integral asset management for nine Dutch institutional clients with total assets of more than EUR 175 billion. MN has inhouse investment teams as well as externally managed portfolios in liquid and illiquid asset classes. Within the infra space, MN invests on behalf of its clients in infrastructure debt and equity.
Alexander Schmitt
Senior Portfolio Manager – Global Private Debt, Allianz Global Investors
Alex is a senior portfolio manager for global private debt at Allianz Global Investors. Prior to joining Allianz Global Investors in 2021, Alex was part of Allianz Investment Management where he oversaw Allianz’s private debt portfolio with a focus on infrastructure and real estate debt. Previous work experience includes roles as an investment manager for a fixed income insurance portfolio at Allianz as well as postings with Allianz Global Investors and PIMCO in Asia and the US, respectively.
Wilhelm Schmundt
Managing Director and Senior Partner - Global Leader, Infrastructure Investors, Boston Consulting Group
Wilhelm Schmundt is the Global Leader of BCG’s Infrastructure Investors business and is a member of the firm’s Principal Investors and Private Equity leadership team. He advises leading global infrastructure and private equity funds on buy- and sell side transactions and he also works extensively with portfolio companies on full potential transformations, growth strategies, complexity reduction, operating model redesign, performance improvement as well as M&A and post-merger integration.
Wilhelm also has extensive experience in fund strategy and operating model design for institutional investors.
He studied and received his doctorate from the University of Mannheim where he is also a permanent guest lecturer.
Boston Consulting Group
Boston Consulting Group is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. Our success depends on a spirit of deep collaboration and a global community of diverse individuals determined to make the world and each other better every day. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we work closely with clients to embrace a transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders—empowering organizations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact. Our diverse, global teams are passionate about unlocking potential and making change happen, delivering integrated solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures.
As the leading global advisor to infrastructure investors, we work with our clients to identify the most attractive investment opportunities, accelerate portfolio value creation and advise them on fund strategy and operations. Our experts are trusted partners to the world's leading infrastructure investors and combine a strong investor mindset with in-depth expertise in Energy & Environment, Digital Infrastructure, Social Infrastructure, Transport & Logistics and Infrastructure 2.0.
Angelika Schöchlin
Managing Partner, Antin Infrastructure Partners
Angelika Schöchlin, Managing Partner, Antin Infrastructure Partners
Angelika joined Antin in 2010 and is a member of the Investment Committee.
Angelika is a board member of Fund II portfolio company GSR, Fund III portfolio companies Kisimul and Solvtrans, Fund IV portfolio companies Babilou and Hippocrates, and Mid Cap Fund I portfolio companies European Rail Rent and HOFI. She previously served on the boards of Westerleigh in Fund I, Inicea and Amedes in Fund II, and Almaviva in Fund III.
Before joining Antin, she worked for Goldman Sachs and Terra Firma. She has experience in both principal investment and mergers and acquisitions and has significant experience in deal execution, financing solutions, operational change and asset management.
Antin Infrastructure Partners
Antin Infrastructure Partners is a leading private equity firm focused on infrastructure. With over €30bn in Assets under Management across its Flagship, Mid Cap and NextGen investment strategies, Antin targets investments in the energy and environment, telecom, transport and social infrastructure sectors. With a presence in Paris, London, New York, Singapore and Luxembourg, Antin employs over 200 professionals dedicated to growing, improving and transforming infrastructure businesses while delivering long-term value to portfolio companies and investors.
https://www.antin-ip.com/
Ralf Schumacher
Former German Formula 1 driver, Entrepreneur, TV Expert
Ralf Schumacher is one of the best-known German sports personalities. In his 11-year Formula 1 career, he achieved six race victories and 27 podium finishes.
Born in Hürth, Ralf is the younger brother of seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher. Together they shaped an unforgettable era in motor racing. Their passion began early on at their parents’ karting track in Kerpen, where Ralf discovered karting at the age of three.
After a successful time in karting, in which he won the German Junior Kart Championship in 1992, Ralf Schumacher switched to motor racing. He competed in Formula BMW and then moved up to Formula 3, where he won the prestigious Macau Grand Prix. He also finished second in the German F3 Championship, the F3 race in Monaco and the Masters of Formula 3.
In 1996, Ralf secured a place in the Japanese Formula Nippon Series and became the first driver to win this major national championship in his debut season. This enabled him to test for McLaren. Shortly afterwards, he signed a contract with the Jordan Grand Prix Team.
In his third Formula 1 race, the 1997 Argentine Grand Prix, Ralf Schumacher scored his first podium finish and at the time was the youngest driver ever to stand on the podium in F1. The following season he achieved two more podium finishes, including a historic 1-2 double victory for Jordan behind teammate Damon Hill at the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix.
In 1999, Ralf Schumacher moved to Williams and drove there for six years. He celebrated his first Grand Prix win for Williams in 2001, taking two more victories that season and finishing fourth in the Drivers’ Championship. The following year he won the Malaysian Grand Prix, one of only two races that season that were not dominated by Ferrari.
At the 2003 French Grand Prix, Ralf Schumacher and his team-mate Juan-Pablo Montoya scored a one-two victory for Williams, which remains the last for the team to this day.
From 2005 to 2007, Ralf drove for Toyota and achieved three more podium finishes, most recently at the 2006 Australian Grand Prix.
After the end of his Formula 1 career, Ralf Schumacher devoted himself to various areas of motorsport. He drove in the German Touring Car Championship (DTM) and was active for five years before becoming a shareholder in Mücke Motorsport and taking on a management position there. In this role, he acted as a mentor for young drivers at Mercedes-Benz.
Today, Ralf Schumacher is a well-known figure on the Formula 1 circuit and works as a pundit for Sky Sports Germany.
Dr. Gerhard Schwartz
Managing Director, GP JOULE Projects GmbH & Co.KG
Dr. Gerhard Schwartz is managing director of GP JOULE Projects GmbH & Co. KG and assumes overall responsibility for its project development activities in Germany and abroad. Before joining GP JOULE in 2023, Gerhard had management roles in different renewable energy investment companies and was managing partner of a climate tech venture capital firm. He co-founded a renewable energy investment boutique concentrating on on- and offshore wind transactions in Europe. He also was partner of a law firm specializing in renewable energy advise. Gerhard is a German trained lawyer and has a phd in capital markets law.
GP Joule Projects GmbH & Co. KG
As an integrated energy supplier, GP JOULE is active in all areas of the energy value chain: from generation to use - and from consulting, financing and project planning to construction and service. GP JOULE produces and markets wind and solar power, green hydrogen and heat and uses the energy where it is most effective: in electric and hydrogen mobility, in households and in industry. This is how GP JOULE has been shaping the energy system of the future in Europe from its base in Germany since 2009. For a secure, independent and sustainable energy supply. For 100º% renewable energy for all. As part of the Group, GP JOULE Projects GmbH & Co. KG offers customized solutions for the project planning of PV and wind energy plants and works together with land owners, municipalities, plant operators and investors.
Greg Scott
Senior Portfolio Manager, Phoenix Group
Greg is a Senior Portfolio Manager within the Phoenix Private Market – Real Assets team, having joined Phoenix in 2020. He has c.14 years’ experience in the investment arena, advising on M&A opportunities across numerous sectors in the UK, Europe, and US, and more recently focusing on originating and executing Investment Grade Illiquid Credit Infrastructure assets for Phoenix Group, with a core focus on the UK, European and US markets. Since Greg has been at Phoenix Group, the team has executed c.£8.2bn into Illiquid Credit, with c.£1.6bn of that into infrastructure assets. Prior to working at Phoenix, Greg worked for Swiss Re in London. He is a qualified accountant, has a degree in Economics from the University of Exeter and also studied Law at BPP Law School in London.
Phoenix Group
Phoenix Group is the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business, with c.£280bn of assets under administration and c.13 million customers.
We are a growing and sustainable business with a clear purpose – helping people secure a life of possibilities. This means taking responsible and sustainable investment decisions, and using our presence and voice to advocate on behalf of the UK’s savers. We understand that our scale and expertise means that we have an important role to play for our customers, colleagues and our communities.
As life expectancy continues to increase and the pension landscape continues to shift, we will continue to be a safe and dependable ally in the journey to and through retirement for millions of customers, by providing the right guidance and products, at the right time, to support the right choices. We offer a broad range of products for people across all stages of the savings life cycle.
Our strategy focuses on delivering long term, sustainable value and, to fulfil our purpose, focuses on five key areas to ensure we respond to changing customer needs, manage our capital position well, create value, inspire our people, and put sustainability at the heart of our business.
Harry Seekings
Partner and Co-Head of Infrastructure, Apollo Global Management
Harry Seekings, Co-Head of Infrastructure, Apollo
Harry Seekings joined Apollo in 2024 as a Partner and Co-Head of Infrastructure based in London. Harry brings to Apollo over 25 years of industry experience within the infrastructure investment market. Most recently, Harry served as Managing Partner and Head of Infrastructure at InfraRed Capital Partners, overseeing a global business with 100+ professionals and strategies that covered both value add and permanent capital, with approximately USD $10 billion in equity under management. Over the course of his career Harry has held various roles at both InfraRed as well as HSBC.
Harry graduated from the University of Oxford with a Master of Arts in Modern History and holds a Master of Philosophy in European Studies from the University of Cambridge.
Laurent Segalen
CEO, Abloco Energy
Laurent Segalen is a franco-british clean energy investment banker. Laurent is the founder of Megawatt-X, the London-based Energy Transition investment platform, which he currently heads. Laurent has been trading and investing billions of Euros in Clean Energy over more than two decades. Recent investments have focused on Digital Green Markets, Residential Solar, Batteries and Interconnectors.
His career in Clean Energy spans over 25 years, from Director at pwc, Fund Manager at Mirova (Natixis) to Managing Director Clean Commodities at Lehman Brothers then Nomura.
He was one of the co-authors of the first version of the GHGProtocol "scope 1, scope 2, scope 3" emissions concept and helped create the European Trading System. He is now special adviser to the Board of IC-VCM (The Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Markets), and founding member of EnergyTag, a non-profit organization promoting hourly matching of Renewable Energy certificates.
Laurent has won the “Renewable Energy Leader of the Year” 2024 Award by EnergyBox and has been named “Leading Voice in Commodities 2024” by Cititec.
Finally, Laurent co-hosts the Award-winning “Redefining Energy” podcast (1.7m downloads.)
Robert Shaw
Managing Director, CBRE Investment Management | Private Infrastructure
Robert Shaw is a Managing Director with CBRE Investment Management's Private Infrastructure business and is focused exclusively on the direct infrastructure investment program. Prior to joining the direct infrastructure team, Rob was Senior Director, Legal, where he led the private infrastructure legal department and advised the investment teams on the structuring and execution of investment opportunities.
Prior to joining CBRE Investment Management in 2018, Rob practiced law at Tory's LLP, with a focus on infrastructure and private equity mergers and acquisitions. During his time at Tory's, Rob represented CBRE Investment Management and several other leading funds, pension plans and institutional investors.
Rob earned his Juris Doctor and Master’s in Business Administration from Osgood Hall Law School and the Schulich School of Business at York University. Rob also earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors from Queen’s University, where he was recognized as a CIS Academic All-Canadian while playing varsity basketball for the Golden Gaels.
Our company profile:
CBRE Investment Management is a leading global real assets investment management firm with $148.3 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2024, operating in more than 30 offices and 20 countries around the world. Through its investor-operator culture, the firm seeks to deliver sustainable investment solutions across real assets categories, geographies, risk profiles and execution formats so that its clients, people and communities thrive.
CBRE Investment Management is an independently operated affiliate of CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2023 revenue). The company has more than 130,000 employees (including Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE Investment Management harnesses CBRE’s data and market insights, investment sourcing and other resources for the benefit of its clients. For more information, please visit www.cbreim.com.
Melisa Simic
Senior Director of Sustainability, Nuveen
Melisa is responsible for leading the responsible investing and sustainability strategy across private infrastructure by working closely with investment teams, to build capacity on material sustainability issues and develop proprietary frameworks and tools. In this role she provides strategic direction on best-in-class programs for biodiversity, climate, and sustainability efforts. Additionally, she supports the development, launch and reporting for sustainable products.
Melisa’s experience includes transactions across the Energy, Food & Agri, Metals & Mining, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Real Estate and Infrastructure sectors. In previous roles, Melisa supported the development of firm wide strategies to measure a portfolio’s biodiversity footprint, conducted environmental impact assessments, and implemented biodiversity action plans in project sites located in South and North America.
Melisa held similar positions at APG Asset Management and ING Capital LLC, as well as sustainability consulting roles at Ramboll-Environ and ERM. Melisa started her career working on the design and construction management of various infrastructure projects in the New York City area. Melisa graduated with a B.S in Civil Engineering from Politecnico di Torino and M.S in Sustainability from Columbia University.
Nuveen
Nuveen, the investment manager of TIAA, offers a comprehensive range of outcome-focused investment solutions designed to secure the long-term financial goals of institutional and individual investors. Nuveen has $1.1 trillion in assets under management as of 31 Dec 2022 and operations in 27 countries. Its investment specialists offer deep expertise across a comprehensive range of traditional and alternative investments through a wide array of vehicles and customized strategies. For more information, please visit www.nuveen.com.
Laurens-Jan Sipma
Senior Director, APG Asset Management
Laurens-Jan is a Senior Director in APG’s European infrastructure team and is leading the digital infrastructure efforts in Europe and is responsible for sourcing, executing and performing asset management of APG’s digital infrastructure equity investments. He led the acquisition and setup of Glaspoort (APG-KPN FTTH JV), euNetworks and Swiatłowód Inwestycje (APG-Orange Poland FTTH JV) and has led the expansion of these platforms since. Furthermore, he holds non-executive board positions in Glaspoort, Swiatłowód Inwestycje, euNetworks and TDF (the leading telecom infrastructure platform in France). Before joining APG, Laurens-Jan worked for NWB Bank as VP leading and establishing their infrastructure finance franchise. Prior to this, Laurens-Jan worked for NIBC Bank as an Associate in the Infrastructure & Renewables team.
APG AM
APG Asset Management is the world’s largest independent pension fund manager with pension assets of c.€600bn (as of Dec-24), representing over 30,000 employers and 4.5m participants in the Netherlands, with offices in Amsterdam, Heerlen, New York and Hong Kong. On behalf of its clients (all of which are Dutch pension funds), APG has been an active infrastructure investor since 2004, investing c.€30bn to date and has invested in over 70 infrastructure portfolio companies. APG’s investments include assets within energy and utilities, renewables, digital infra, and decarbonisation of transport infrastructure.
Jakub Skavroň
Chairman of the board and founder, Climate and Sustainable Leaders Czech republic
Jakub has over of 20 years of experience in executive and senior managerial roles within complex transactions / operations, supervising diverse teams and managing highly challenging assignments within international environment. A catalyst for successful transformations and international business development initiatives worldwide.
Currently, Jakub is Climate and Sustainable Leader’s in the Czech Republic Chairman and founder; the open non-profit organization consolidates the most active and environmentally responsible organization in Czechia.
He began his career at Accenture, subsequently he became Head of Restructuring within RWE and furthermore he moved to more commercial role and became Head of Gas Business Development, linked to major gas infrastructure projects at that time, such as Nabucco gas pipeline and LNG projects. Major part of his career he spent at EPH where was responsible for acquisition of major energy and infrastructure assets in Europe totaling over 10bn enterprise value (such as Vattenfall lignite in Germany, Enel assets in Slovakia, E.ON assets in Italy etc.). Last few years he spent as Investment Director at KKCG.
Phoebe Smith
Managing Director, PATRIZIA
Phoebe Smith is a Managing Director in the Infrastructure Equity Team of PATRIZIA. She originates and executes infrastructure transactions as well as managing assets in the existing portfolio. Smith has experience across a wide range of infrastructure sectors and serves on the Boards of a number of PATRIZIA’s investee companies. Her key areas of focus are PATRIZIA’s European Infrastructure Fund series, targeting mid-market infrastructure and the Smart City Infrastructure Fund (SCIF), a dedicated digital infrastructure fund which invests in city-wide networks to support Smart City applications. Phoebe sits on the Board of Connexin, a broadband and IoT business in Hull, the Board of SiFi Networks America, a fibre developer, and is Chair of the Boards of 5 citywide FTTP projects in the US.
PATRIZIA
With operations around the world, PATRIZIA has been offering investment opportunities in real estate and infrastructure assets for institutional, semi-professional and private investors for 40 years. PATRIZIA manages approx. EUR 56bn in assets and employs around 900 professionals at 27 locations worldwide. PATRIZIA has been making an impact since 1984 by helping children in need, since 1992 in close collaboration with Bunter Kreis (“colourful circle”) in Germany for aftercare of children with severe diseases and since 1999 through its support for the PATRIZIA Foundation. The PATRIZIA Foundation has given more than 700,000 children and young people worldwide access to education, healthcare, and a safe home to get the chance to live a better self-determined life over the last 25 years.
You can find further information at www.patrizia.ag and www.patrizia.foundation.
William Sonneborn
President, Generate Capital
Mr. William Sonneborn is President of Generate Capital. Before joining Generate Capital, he was the Senior Director at International Finance Corporation, overseeing investments in Disruptive Technologies, Creative Industries and Funds and on IFC’s management committee. Prior to joining IFC, he was the President of EIG, a leading energy and infrastructure investment firm, and a member of its Investment and Executive Committees. Prior to joining EIG, he was a partner of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and a member of KKR’s Management Committee. William served as CEO of KKR Asset Management as well as CEO and Director of KKR Financial Corporation, a publicly traded specialty finance firm. He also sat on the board of Nephila Capital, a $10 billion hedge fund that is one of the largest private tech-enabled reinsurance vehicles in the world. Prior to joining KKR, he was with the global investment firm TCW Group, Inc., most recently as President and Chief Operating Officer. Previously, he worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York and Hong Kong, where he focused on mergers & acquisitions. Mr. Sonneborn is a frequent speaker on sustainable infrastructure and technology opportunities. William graduated with honors from Georgetown University.
Generate Capital
Generate Capital is a sustainable infrastructure investment and operating company. We finance, build, own and operate affordable and resilient resources to de-risk and accelerate the infrastructure transition. We provide flexible capital solutions and integrated services to the innovative technology providers and project developers who deploy the energy, waste, transportation, water, agriculture and smart cities solutions required to fight climate change. Generate and its technology partners offer infrastructure-as-a-service solutions to meet the decarbonization needs of businesses, schools, cities, and communities in Europe and North America. As a Public Benefit Corporation, we have a dual fiduciary obligation to our investors and to the communities we serve.
Dr. Christopher Stief
Founder and CEO, Data Center Partners
Dr. Christopher Stief founded DATA CENTER PARTNERS in 2021 and leads the business as CEO. Christopher is a Data Center Industry expert with a +10 years proven track record, from large colocation deals up to hyperscale developments, to aggregate more than 250 MW, primarily across Tier 1 and Tier 2 European data center markets.
Data Center Partners
DCP is a one-stop-shop investment boutique with a focus on colocation and hyperscale data centers, covering the key stages of the data center lifecycle, from initial development to operations in strategic locations across the DACH region. The company has currently around 25 employees, operating from all over the DACH region. DCP manages and develops assets with a current value of 660 Mio. EUR and close to 200 MW in operation or under development.
Nik Stone
Head of ESG, Nala Renewables
Nik is Head of ESG at Nala Renewables and is responsible for the integration of ESG practices across the global business. Nik has +15 years experience across Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and South America. Prior to joining Nala, Nik was an ESG Director at British International Investment for 6 years and led the ESG practice across their infrastructure portfolio.
Nala Renewables
Nala Renewables is a global power and renewable energy platform focused on solar, wind and battery storage projects. Nala is a 50/50 joint venture between Trafigura and IFM Net Zero Infrastructure Fund. We aim to build a global portfolio of renewable energy projects with a cumulative generative capacity of 10 GW by 2030 and seek to play an important role in the energy transition within the countries in which we invest. We currently have projects in Chile, central and Eastern Europe and south east Asia.
Anne-Louise Stranne Petersen
Senior Reporter, PEI Group
Anne-Louise Petersen is part of Infrastructure Investor’s editorial team and is based in London. She covers private infrastructure investments across EMEA with a particular focus on the energy transition. Anne-Louise has an MA in Financial Journalism from City, University of London and a five-year degree in Materials Science from University of Aarhus, Denmark.
Işil Tanriverdi Versmissen
Head of Infrastructure Debt Transactions, MEAG
MEAG
With around € 345 billion in assets under its management (31 march 2024), MEAG is one of the world's major asset management companies, of which 10% is allocated today to alternative assets strategy.
MEAG manages the assets of Munich Re and ERGO. We also offer our extensive know-how to institutional investors and private clients from outside the Group. MEAG has representations in Europe, Asia and North America and manages all the main asset classes such as interest-bearing securities, equities, real estate, renewable energies and infrastructure, under one roof. MEAG Infrastructure Debt strategy committed c. €12 billion of capital to infrastructure debt to date, of which the market value of drawn portion amounts to €8.7billion as at March 2024
Davide Tavaniello
Co-CEO, Hippocrates Holding
Davide Tavaniello
Davide Tavaniello is the Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Hippocrates Holding, the largest proximity healthcare infrastructure player in Italy. Established in 2018, the Group has already achieved considerable scale and is the leading pharmaceutical retailer in Italy, with over 500 owned pharmacies (projected to reach almost 600 by the end of 2025), annualized revenues of over €800 million in 2024, and over 2,500 employees as of today.
Mr. Tavaniello sits on the Board of Federfarma, the Italian association of pharmacy owners, in representation of the organized groups operating in Italy.
Before establishing Hippocrates Holding S.p.A., Davide Tavaniello, who holds a degree in Management Engineering from Politecnico di Milano with an exchange program at the Chalmers University in Gothenburg, served as an Executive Director at UBS Investment Bank in Milan and London. During his tenure, he completed over 50 transactions both in Italy and internationally.
Hippocrates Holding
Hippocrates is the leading Italian independent pharmacy platform. With over 500 pharmacies, the company currently serves local communities in 14 regions across northern and central Italy.
Pharmacies provide an essential service to local communities. Pharmacies are a key pillar of the national health system by providing a first point of contact for basic healthcare needs and advice to patients. Hippocrates will continue enhancing the quality of service offered to patients, while promoting innovation in the sector
Rowan te Kloot
Managing Principal Energy Transition Infrastructure, HSBC Asset Management
Rowan te Kloot, Managing Principal, Energy Transition Infrastructure, Asia Pacific
Rowan te Kloot is Managing Principal for the Energy Transition Infrastructure, Asia Pacific team for Alternatives at HSBC Asset Management in Singapore. He leads the investment management function of the business comprising investment strategy design, deal origination and execution, ongoing investment monitoring and investment realisation.
Rowan was co-founder and head of investments at Green Transition Partners (GTP), a Hong Kong based, mid-market renewable energy asset manager acquired by HSBC Asset Management in 2023.
Rowan has over 19 years of experience investing in infrastructure and renewable energy projects across multiple markets.
Prior to GTP, Rowan worked at an Asia focused, integrated renewable energy platform, as head of strategic investments for the development arm of the group, and then moved to the asset management arm, as head of investments. Before that, Rowan helped build out Macquarie Capital’s principal investing business in Asia, with a primary focus on the Japanese renewable energy market as managing director. His experience also included providing senior support to teams investing in Korea, Taiwan and mainland China. Prior to moving to Hong Kong, Rowan also served as senior vice president in the infrastructure & energy team for Macquarie Capital in London. He started his career with Macquarie Capital in Sydney, focusing on corporate finance advisory, capital markets and principal investments.
Rowan is a Chartered Accountant of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and has a Bachelor of Business from the Queensland University of Technology, where he was awarded First Class Honours and the University Medal.
HSBC Asset Management’s alternatives business offers a range of alternative investment solutions across hedge funds, private markets, private credit, real assets, venture capital and flexible capital solutions. With over 260 dedicated alternatives staff including over 100 investment professionals, HSBC Asset Management’s alternatives business had combined assets under management and advice of USD77.6bn* as of 30 September 2024.
HSBC Asset Management, the investment management business of the HSBC Group, invests on behalf of HSBC’s worldwide customer base of retail and private clients, intermediaries, corporates and institutions through both segregated accounts and pooled funds. HSBC Asset Management connects HSBC’s clients with investment opportunities around the world through an international network of offices in 23 countries and territories, delivering global capabilities with local market insight. As at 30 September 2024, HSBC Asset Management managed assets totalling US$765bn on behalf of its clients. For more information see http://www.global.assetmanagement.hsbc.com/
*Including committed capital
Gabriele Todesca
Head of Infrastructure Investments, European Investment Fund
Gabriele Todesca joined the European Investment Fund in 2006. He currently heads the investment activities in Infrastructure Funds, after having worked in various roles covering both investments and business development. Previous appointments include working at Francisco Partners, a technology-focused private equity firm, in Menlo Park and London, and as an associate at Soros Private Equity Partners, London. Earlier in his career, Mr. Todesca was an investment banker at Citigroup in London. Mr. Todesca holds an LLM in Banking and Finance from the London School of Economics, awarded with Merit, and law degrees from the Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy, and the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.
The European Investment Fund (EIF)
The European Investment Fund (EIF) is part of the European Investment Bank group. Its central mission is to support Europe's micro, small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) by helping them to access finance. EIF designs and develops venture and growth capital, guarantees and microfinance instruments that specifically target this market segment. In this role, EIF fosters EU objectives in support of innovation, research and development, entrepreneurship, growth, and employment.
Quynh Tran
Deputy Head, Structured Finance Americas, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Quynh Tran is Deputy Head of Structured Finance, Americas at SMBC, with over 20 years of experience in the infrastructure sector, covering digital infrastructure, transportation, airports, water, power and social infrastructure. Quynh focuses on expanding SMBC’s infrastructure platform through serving the financing needs of sponsors and developers for investments in North American assets.
Quynh has led the build out of SMBC’s coverage of the digital infrastructure sector, with a focus on developing the liquidity pool for this asset class. SMBC is a leading bank in the sector, structuring transactions for greenfield development, portfolio financing, securitizations, JV financing and acquisition financing across product platforms.
Prior to SMBC, Quynh was an investment banker at Robertson Stephens where she specialized in the “e-tail” and “e-finance” sectors, providing M&A advisory, equity underwriting and equity private placements.
Quynh earned a BA from Columbia University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Headquartered in Tokyo, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 150 offices and 86,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and ADRs on the New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.
In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network.
Saad Ul Islam
Investment Director, Infrastructure Equity, British International Investment
Saad Ul Islam is an Investment Director in the infrastructure equity team at British International Investment with responsibilities for leading renewable power, transmission and distribution, and water utility investments in Africa and South Asia. He has 17 years of experience of investing in power and infrastructure. Prior to joining BII, Saad worked for HgCapital focused on investing in renewable energy projects in Europe and at Citigroup where he advised on infrastructure and energy projects across Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Saad has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics.
British International Investment
British International Investment (formerly known as CDC Group), is the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor established in 1948 and has over 75 years experience of investing in emerging economies.
Alice Usanase
Lead, Europe, Middle East & Francophone Africa, Africa Finance Corporation
Alice Usanase is a seasoned leader in resource mobilization, business development, and corporate strategy, focusing on forging cross-continental partnerships that bridge Africa and the rest of the world. With a proven track record of transformative growth, Alice is pivotal in unlocking sustainable investment opportunities across emerging markets.
As the Head of Government Affairs, Equity Mobilization, and Partnerships for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa at the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), Alice has led efforts to double the AFC’s membership to 43 African countries. This expansion involved navigating complex negotiations with governments, aligning diverse national priorities, and establishing trust with sovereign entities across the continent. Concurrently, Alice spearheaded efforts to secure over US$1.1 billion in capital from a diverse investor base, including multilateral agencies, institutional investors, and sovereign wealth funds. Her initiatives have expanded AFC’s reach beyond Africa, building strategic alliances with global stakeholders to address the continent's infrastructure needs and catalyze economic growth. Under her leadership, AFC’s balance sheet grew from US$4 billion to US$10 billion in just five years, solidifying its reputation as a pan-African strategist with international influence.
Previously, Alice was a Project Manager at the World Bank Group, where she led regional trade and industrialization initiatives, including the Great Lakes Trade Facilitation Program, which enhanced market connectivity across East and Central Africa. She also spearheaded governance reforms to strengthen competitiveness across multiple ministries and central banks.
Alice holds an MBA from the Brussels Business School and a BA in International Trade from the Ecole Pratiques des Hautes Commerciales in Belgium. Her career reflects a steadfast commitment to bridging continents, fostering inclusive growth, and aligning global investments with regional priorities to drive meaningful change.
Alice Usanase specializes in resource mobilization, business development, corporate strategy design & implementation, across emerging markets.
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC)
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) is a pan-African Multilateral Development Financial Institution established in 2007 by sovereign African states to provide pragmatic solutions to Africa's infrastructure deficit and challenging operating environment. The Corporation bridges the infrastructure investment gap through the provision of debt and equity finance, project development, technical and financial advisory services.
Neda Vakilian
Partner, Actis
Neda is a partner of the firm having joined Actis in January 2022 where she was responsible for the coordination and management of strategic investor initiatives, fundraising project management, and product development.
In March 2023, Neda was promoted to Global Head of Actis’ Investor Solutions Group.
Neda has around 20 years of industry experience, working across private capital markets, business development, and fundraising.
Before joining Actis, she was Co-Head of Capital Solutions and Investor Relations for Amber Infrastructure. In this role, she was responsible for sales, client servicing, and product development, and was an investment committee member and board director on strategies.
Prior to this, Neda worked at Macquarie Capital and the Green Investment Bank (now the Green Investment Group) where she was a leading member of the team responsible for raising what was, at the time, the largest renewables fund in Europe.
She began her career as a solicitor, working at Clifford Chance and SJ Berwin.
Harsh Vardhan Bisht
Sector Lead- Institutional Investments, Invest India
Harsh leads the Foreign Institutional Investors (FII) vertical, engaging with a diverse range of institutional investors, including SWFs, PFs, Endowments, PE/VCs and AMCs. An engineer with an MBA, Harsh brings 8 years of experience in investment promotion and management consulting. He has successfully secured investments in India from markets including the US, Canada, Japan, and Taiwan, with expertise spanning sectors such as infrastructure, food & agriculture, and electric mobility. His key achievements include contributing to the $1.2 Bn Production-Linked Incentive Scheme, expanding opportunities under the National Monetisation Pipeline, and working on the development of a blended finance platform. He is currently working on the maritime development initiative. Additionally, Harsh assists the tax reforms committee of NITI Aayog, the Government of India’s think tank, where he helps address roadblocks to facilitating the flow of funds from brownfield to greenfield investments.
Invest India
Invest India is the Government of India’s National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency, operating under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry. It is committed to supporting foreign investors and facilitating business growth in the country. As a comprehensive investment facilitation platform, Invest India offers end-to-end services, including advisory and regulatory support throughout the investment process. The agency collaborates with both central and state governments to foster a favourable investment climate, with a focus on key sectors such as manufacturing, infrastructure, technology, agriculture, and renewable energy.
Marie-Anne Vincent
Head of Sustainable Finance, Altitude by Axa Climate
Marie-Anne Vincent is the Head of Sustainable Finance at Axa Climate, bringing over 20 years of experience in finance and sustainability. After 10 years in the banking sector, she served as the CEO of Carbon4 Finance, a European provider of climate and biodiversity data and then held the role of VP of Sustainable Finance at Sweep, an AI-driven platform helping financial institutions in managing their financed emissions. Marie-Anne holds an MBA in Finance from ESSEC business school and is certified in CFA ESG.
Altitude by Axa Climate
Altitude is an innovative science-based platform that provides infrastructure funds with AXA Climate’s carbon, climate and nature data for intelligent decision-making for due diligence, portfolio management and regulatory reporting (TCFD, TNFD, SFDR, CSRD,..)
Altitude provides investors with both risk analysis and actionable recommendations for investment decisions and stewardship. The tool facilitates environmental risk analysis across 160 economic sectors, over 60 types of real assets, with global coverage, using very few input data and in just a few minutes.
Srini Viswanathan
Founder & CEO, AltEons Energy
Srinivasan (Srini) Viswanathan, a seasoned leader with over 18 years of experience in building, managing, and investing in renewable energy businesses across India, the Middle East, and the US. He currently serves as the Founder and CEO of AltEons Energy, where he is focused on driving the energy transition in corporates by developing low-carbon projects and providing round-the-clock renewables-on-demand solutions.
Prior to founding AltEons Energy, he held leadership roles in companies like Vibrant Energy, SunEdison and Sol Systems. Over his career, he has been involved in developing and managing over 2GW of renewable energy assets, supporting marquee customer brands like Amazon, Coca-Cola, Sify etc, turning around businesses, and driving impactful collaborations. Prior to his MBA, Srini worked in technology startups and technology outsourcing firms for a decade.
Srini graduated with an MBA from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and completed his undergraduate degree from University of Mumbai
AltEons Energy
AltEons Energy is a pioneering energy transition development company with a mission to reshaping the energy landscape of today’s industries. Focused on low-carbon infrastructure projects and round-the-clock renewables-on-demand solutions, AltEons Energy delivers scalable, sustainable energy systems that drive decarbonization and energy security.
With a foundation and experience of the AltEons Energy team, AltEons Energy is focused on delivering hybrid systems with wind, solar and storage to corporates and supported by a strong tech platform capable of energy forecasting, trading and price arbitrage.
With 220MW under construction and over 1GW+ in pipeline already AltEons will be building more than 5GW+ over the next 3 years for trusted corporate and industrial customers.
Harald von Heyden
Global Head of Energy & Infrastructure, Norges Bank Investment Management
Harald has a career in the energy Industry Spanning 30 years. He has mostly held Senior Executive positions withing energy trading, for companies such as Axpo, Statkraft, Vattenfall and Å Energi. His last position before joining NBIM in 2024 was as Head of Energy & Infrastructure in the Norwegian investment bank Arctic Securities.
Norges Bank Investment Management
The Government Pension Fund Global was established after Norway discovered oil in the North Sea. The fund was set up to shield the economy from ups and downs in oil revenue. It also serves as a financial reserve and as a long-term savings plan so that both current and future generations of Norway get to benefit from our oil wealth.
In 1969, one of the world’s largest offshore oilfields was discovered off Norway. Suddenly we had a lot of oil to sell, and the country’s economy grew dramatically. It was decided early on that revenue from oil and gas should be used cautiously in order to avoid imbalances in the economy. In 1990, the Norwegian parliament passed legislation to support this, creating what is now the Government Pension Fund Global, and the first money was deposited in the fund in 1996. As the name suggests, it was decided that the fund should only be invested abroad.
Oil revenue has been very important for Norway, but one day the oil will run out. The aim of the fund is to ensure that we use this money responsibly, think long-term and so safeguard the future of the Norwegian economy.
Although revenue from oil and gas production is transferred to the fund, these deposits account for less than half the value of the fund. Most of it has been earned by investing in equities, fixed income, real estate and renewable energy infrastructure.
The fund is now one of the world’s largest funds, owning almost 1.5 percent of all shares in the world’s listed companies. This means that we have holdings in around 9,000 companies worldwide, entitling us to a small share of their profits each year. In addition, the fund owns hundreds of buildings in some of the world’s leading cities, which generate rental income for us. The fund also receives a steady flow of income from lending to countries and companies. By spreading our investments widely, we reduce the risk of the fund losing money.
Each year, the Norwegian government can spend only a small part of the fund, but this still amounts to almost 20 percent of the government budget.
There is a broad political consensus on how the fund should be managed. The less we spend today, the better the position we will be in to deal with downturns and crises in the future. Budget surpluses are transferred to the fund, while deficits are covered with money from the fund. In other words, the authorities can spend more in hard times and less in good times. So that the fund benefits as many people as possible in the future too, politicians have agreed on a fiscal rule which ensures that we do not spend more than the expected return on the fund. On average, the government is to spend only the equivalent of the real return on the fund, which is estimated to be around 3 percent per year. In this way, oil revenue is phased only gradually into the economy. At the same time, only the return on the fund is spent, and not the fund’s capital.
The fund’s role is to ensure that our national wealth lasts for as long as possible. Its investments have an extremely long-term perspective, enabling it to cope with big swings in value in the short term. Our goal as manager of the fund on behalf of the Norwegian people is to generate the highest possible return with only moderate risk so that the fund grows and endures.
Gijs Voskuyl
Managing Partner, CVC DIF
Gijs Voskuyl
Managing Partner, Deputy Head, Executive Committee
Gijs is Deputy Head of CVC DIF and member of the Executive Committee. Since 2023 he is covering a number of tasks related to managing the broader CVC DIF organisation. In addition, he is overseeing the activities in CVC DIF’s traditional infrastructure fund series and is a member of the relevant investment committees.
Gijs joined the company in 2008 as a member in the investment team, mostly focusing on concession type investment opportunities in Western Europe. In 2012 he moved to Canada to establish the Toronto office and open up the North American market investing in utility, concession and (sustainable) energy investment opportunities. Since 2018 he is leading CVC DIF’s traditional infrastructure fund series.
Previously to CVC DIF, Gijs worked at ING, where he focused on lending to and advising large (transportation) infrastructure clients.
Gijs holds a Master’s degree in Economics of Infrastructure from the Technical University of Delft.
Stefan Wala
Head of Origination, Kommunalkredit Austria AG
Stefan has been running Kommunalkredit´s origination and client coverage efforts since 2017, establishing Kommunalkredit as a leading specialist bank in the European Infrastructure & Renewables space. Prior to that, he worked in New York, London and Vienna in Infrastructure Finance, Advisory, Private Equity as well as Capital Markets with previous positions at Dresdner Bank (USA), GE Capital Structured Finance Group (U.K.) as well as Raiffeisen Bank International where he was Head of Corporate Finance and Head of TMT/Digital Infra Sector Team for Austria and Central & Eastern Europe.
His key client and sector experience includes working with corporates and Infrastructure & PE funds as well as developers/IPPs on numerous large/midcap Infrastructure & Energy transactions across Europe both on the lending and advisory side. Stefan also works closely with Kommunalkredit´s Asset Management arm sourcing deals and helping with fundraising efforts.
Stefan holds Masters Degrees in Business Administration (Vienna) as well as an MA in Intl Economics & Politics (JHU-SAIS, U.S.A.).
Kommunalkredit Austria AG
Kommunalkredit Austria is a leading specialist bank in the European infrastructure and energy space, providing tailored financing solutions and advisory services to its client base of financial investors, developers & independent power producers, and corporates in the concession and utility sectors. Together with its clients as partners, Kommunalkredit creates sustainable value to continuously improve people's lives. In doing so, we facilitate the construction and operation of infrastructure assets by bridging the financing needs of project sponsors and developers with the growing number of investors looking for sustainable investment opportunities. Our main focus areas are Energy & Environment | Communications & Digitalisation | Transportation | Social Infrastructure | Natural Resources.
Thomas Walenta, CFA, CAIA, FRSA
Co-Head for Asia-Pacific and Europe, Fund of Funds, responsAbility Investments AG
Thomas is Fund of Funds Co-Head for Asia-Pacific and Europe at responsAbility Investments AG, a leading impact asset manager specializing in private market investments.
At responsAbility, Thomas is co-heading a team that originates, structures, negotiates, executes and manages innovative, developmental and profitable private equity fund investments across Asia-Pacific and Europe with the intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. This includes the portfolio management of the Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets (SIFEM), the development finance institution of the Swiss Confederation. SIFEM is specialised in providing long-term financing to small- and medium-sized enterprises and other fast-growing companies in developing and emerging countries, which helps create and secure more and better jobs and reduce poverty while also contributing towards the integration of these countries into the global economic system.
responsAbility Investments AG
responsAbility Investments AG is a leading impact asset manager specializing in private market investments across three investment themes. These themes directly contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Financial Inclusion, to finance the growth of Micro & SMEs; Climate Finance, to contribute to a net zero pathway; and Sustainable Food, to sustainably feed an ever-growing population. All responsAbility investment solutions target specific measurable impact alongside market returns.
Since its inception in 2003, responsAbility has deployed over USD 15.3 billion in impact investments. With over 270 employees collaborating across 8 offices, as of 30 June 2024 the company manages USD 5.0 billion in assets across approximately 280 portfolio companies in around 70 countries. Since 2022, responsAbility has been part of M&G plc, the international savings, and investments business, and contributes to enhancing M&G’s capabilities in impact investing.
Sinéad Walshe
Director, Infrastructure Debt, Aviva Investors
Sinéad’s focus is the origination and execution of infrastructure debt investments for Aviva Investors institutional client base. She invests across the full range of Infrastructure asset classes both in the UK and European markets and has a particular specialism within the rail sector. During her career she has worked across the full spectrum of the infrastructure market, within banking, major project delivery and advisory and more latterly in the institutional investor market at Aviva Investors.
Aviva Investors
Aviva Investors infrastructure debt platform is a leading institutional investor within the UK and European markets. The business is long established for over 20 years and has ~ £10b eqv. under management. It has a team of 15 located in London and Paris who provide broad origination capability with a focus on sourcing stable, long-term income generating sustainable investments for our client accounts.
Lisa Weaver-Lambert
Board Advisory and Technology & Data Executive
Lisa is a published author on AI, specialising in advising private equity firms on due diligence and value creation. She serves on the Advisory Board of Lumenalta, a PE-backed custom software development company. With experience at Microsoft, Accenture and private equity, growth and infrastructure firms, she has a proven track record of partnering with businesses to develop operational improvement with data and AI strategies and drive value across various sectors. In addition, she has held executive line management positions working with some of the world’s best-known brands and served on various boards, earning her recognition as a leading woman in technology. Recognising the transformative potential of AI, Lisa’s mission is to equip non-technical leaders with the knowledge and confidence to leverage AI for their organisations. Her recent book, "The AI Value Playbook," provides an essential handbook for non-technical business leaders to quickly formulate a perspective on how to leverage AI.
Mark Weisdorf
Chair of the Investment Committee, IST3 Investment Foundation
As Managing Partner of Mark Weisdorf Associates, Mark is Investment Committee chair of Zurich-based Swiss pension plan cooperative, IST3 Infrastruktur Global; Senior Advisor to Singapore-headquartered Seraya Partners; and Investment Committee member and chair of the Board of Palisade Infrastructure Americas based in New York. In addition to strategic consulting services, since 2015, Mark has facilitated over $5 billion of renewable energy, digital, FttH, transportation and other infrastructure investments and financings.
As Global CEO and CIO based in NYC, Mark established JPMorgan’s Infrastructure Investments platform in 2005 growing it to $10 billion AUM by 2014. Prior to 2004, Mark was Head of Private Markets at the CPP Investment Board in Toronto, where he developed and implemented Private Equity, Venture, Real Estate and Infrastructure investment strategies, and established strategic partnerships, totaling $7 billion.
Prior to 2000, Mark was a senior investment banker and executive in Toronto, at HSBC Canada (Deputy CEO), CIBC World Markets, and Merrill Lynch Canada. Mark is a CPA, CA, CFA and CBV; served on the Board of the ILPA, and was founding Chair of its Research, Benchmarking & Standards Committee. Mark is a past President of the University of Toronto Alumni Association, where he obtained a B. Comm.
Mark Weisdorf Associates, LLC
Mark Weisdorf Associates specializes in identifying, developing and implementing alternative investment strategies, generating attractive asymmetric risk-adjusted returns. MWA provides strategic consulting services, and also works with institutional investors, investment management firms, and corporations, on specific investment opportunities. Past clients include Actis Power, Arjun Infrastructure Partners, Brookfield Asset Management, Climate Innovation Capital, China Construction America, Crane Capital, Global Infrastructure Partners, Hydrogen Equity Partners, Investment Management Corporation of Ontario, IST Investment Foundations, JCM Power, JP Morgan Asset Management, Macquarie Capital, National Treasury Management Agency of Ireland, Ontario Pension Board, Partners Group, Star Mountain Capital, and Teck Resources Limited.
Jan Weismüller
Managing Director, Global Head of Infrastructure and Transportation Finance, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
Jan Weismüller serves as the Global Head of Infrastructure, Energy, and Transportation at Landesbank Baden- Württemberg (LBBW). With extensive expertise in financing large-scale infrastructure projects, Jan plays a critical role in driving the bank's initiatives across energy transition, sustainable mobility, and digital infrastructure. His work focuses on fostering partnerships with global investors and stakeholders to deliver long-term value and sustainability.
With almost 20 years of experience in the banking industry, Jan has held key leadership positions across leveraged, asset and project finance in Frankfurt, London and New York. At LBBW, he is instrumental in expanding the bank's global presence in infrastructure financing and moving into innovative subsectors, helping shape the future of global infrastructure. Jan is a recognized thought leader in the areas of infrastructure and sustainable development, regularly speaking at international conferences and forums. He holds degrees from the University of Hohenheim, the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, London Business School and is a CFA charterholder.
LBBW
LBBW is committed to banking the future, investing in the digital transformation that connects and empowers communities—building the foundations for a more innovative and connected world.
At LBBW, we’re proud to be Germany’s premier medium-sized universal bank, the second largest by assets and a dedicated workforce of over 10,000 employees.
Our Infrastructure & Transportation Finance division, powered by 50+ experts in Stuttgart, Leipzig, London, and New York, is a driving force behind Core and Core+ infrastructure projects, fueling transformative growth across the globe.
Simon Whistler
Head of Real Assets, Principles for Responsible Investment
Simon joined the PRI in 2018 and leads the organisation’s work on real assets. He works with real assets investors to support their understanding and implementation of responsible investment, including on issues such as climate change, human rights, and biodiversity.
Prior to joining the PRI, Simon worked for over 10 years at Control Risks, where he led a team providing political and social risk advisory support to investors and corporate clients in Latin America. This included carrying out due diligence for major investments and projects in the region, and developing appropriate social and governance risk management frameworks.
Simon holds a MSc in Latin American Politics from the University of London (Institute for the Study of the Americas) and a BA in Modern Languages (French and Spanish) from the University of Bristol.
PRI
The PRI is the world’s leading proponent of responsible investment. It works to understand the investment implications of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors and to support its international network of investor signatories in incorporating these factors into their investment and ownership decisions. The PRI acts in the long-term interests of its signatories, of the financial markets and economies in which they operate and ultimately of the environment and society as a whole. The PRI is truly independent. It encourages investors to use responsible investment to enhance returns and better manage risks, but does not operate for its own profit; it engages with global policymakers but is not associated with any government; it is supported by, but not part of, the United Nations.
Henry Willans
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Alternatives
Henry Willans is a managing director in the External Investing Group (XIG) within Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He is head of infrastructure secondaries for the Vintage Funds and serves on the XIG Vintage Funds Investment Committee. Henry initially joined Goldman Sachs in 2005 as an analyst in the Investment Banking Division and moved to the Asset Management Division in 2007 as a founding member of Petershill, the firm’s general partner investment strategy. He worked within the Asset Management Division, in both London and Sao Paulo, until 2014 and rejoined the firm in 2018 as a vice president in the Asset Management Division. Henry was named managing director in 2023. Prior to rejoining the firm, Henry was a partner at Brunel Partners, focusing on strategic advisory in Latin America, and before that served as an executive director within the Merchant Banking Group of BTG Pactual, based in Sao Paulo. Henry earned an MA and an MEng from Trinity College, University of Cambridge, where he was a senior scholar.
Maria Yakushenko
Investment Specialist Infrastructure and Private Natural Capital, APG Asset Management
Experience:
• APG Asset Management (current)
• EQT Partners
• AlpInvest Partners
Education:
• Duisenberg School of Finance, MSc Risk Management
• VU Amsterdam, MSc Finance
• Novosibirsk State University, BSc Econometrics
Jonathan Zelmanovitch
Partner, PMP Strategy
Jonathan is a Partner at PMP in charge of the Global Datacenter, Cloud & Software Practices as well as the Private Equity Practice. He mainly advises infrastructure investors and Private Equity firms.
Jonathan started his career in Investment Banking at ABN Amro Corporate Finance in Paris and NYC and then worked 10 years at Orange in NYC and Paris in Corporate Dev roles and then VP M&A. Afterwards, he was successively the Head of M&A of 3 corporates: VimpelCom / Veon (#7 largest telco in the world) in Amsterdam, Cegid (#3 SaaS seller in France, owned by Silver Lake and KKR) and Carrefour (#2 largest retailer in the world). He closed more than 60+ deals in his career as a principal throughout the globe.
Jonathan has been a panellist in many TMT conferences in Europe and in the US and he graduated from HEC Paris business school and a JD from Paris I Sorbonne.
PMP Strategy
Founded 20 years ago, PMP Strategy is a strategy consulting firm with 150+ consultants between Paris, London, New York, Seattle, Montréal, Toronto, Brussels, Madrid, Casablanca. PMP Strategy advises both corporates and investors (through CDD, CVDD and value creation post acquisition) on their growth and transformation strategy. PMP has been involved in more than 200+ transactions in the last 5 years throughout the world.
PMP is positioned as a multi-specialist firm with a strong focus on infrastructures such as telecom (towers, fibre, and datacenters), transport (rail, road and aviation), energy and social infrastructures (schools, retirement houses, clinics….). PMP Strategy also addresses the Tech, FIG, and healthcare industries.
Mujde Zeynel
Head of Origination and Business Development, CCN Group
Müjde Zeynel is an international infrastructure professional with experience in the private and public markets spanning climate smart capital investment planning and management, upstream pipeline development, PPP transaction advisory and capital raising. She is currently the Origination and Business Development Principal at CCN Group. Her work covers deals in Eastern Europe, Turkey, the Middle East and the Central Asian region.
Prior to joining CCN Group, Müjde has had a multifaceted career with institutional infrastructure investors and governments across developed and developing markets. Mujde was a Senior Advisor at the Istanbul PPP Centre of Excellence and an Infrastructure Advisor as part of the World Bank/EU funded 'Sustainable Cities' Program. Prior to that, Mujde has held various roles at the G-20 initiative Global Infrastructure Hub, AMP Capital and more broadly AMP Limited.
Mujde holds a Master’s degree in East Asian Studies from Columbia University, which she earned as a Fulbright scholar, and a Bachelor's Degree of International Relations from TU-Dresden in Germany.
CCN Group
CCN Holding is a forefront developer, institutional real asset investor, and long-term manager of sustainable assets across G-20 countries and emerging markets. The firm developed and financed some landmark projects such as Baku Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center, primary building for cultural programs designed by Zaha Hadid, and Ankara Bilkent PPP Hospital, Europe’s biggest hospital.
Louisa Yeoman
Founding Partner, Astrid Advisors
Louisa is a Founding Partner of Astrid Advisors, a leading independent advisor and placement agent specialising in infrastructure, the energy transition, and the path towards decarbonisation. Louisa has worked in capital raising and investment management for over two decades and prior to setting up Astrid Advisors, was co-Head of European Distribution for AMP Capital raising a series of fund vintages for their private infrastructure equity and debt platforms. Louisa began her career in hedge funds and spent many years fundraising across a range of strategies for Moore Capital and GLG Partners. In 2019, Louisa was named in the Infrastructure Investors’ inaugural Rainmaker Top 20 list. She has a Bachelor of Science (1st Class) in Psychology from University College London.
Astrid Advisors
Astrid Advisors is an advisor and placement agent covering infrastructure, the energy transition and real assets investments focused on sustainability and the path towards net zero. We partner with GPs in their capital raising of equity and debt strategies, primary funds, secondaries and co-invests. Founded in 2019, the Astrid team have a proven partnership and track record of fundraising in infrastructure and private credit and are recognised in the GP and LP community as specialist thought leaders and fundraisers in infrastructure and the energy transition, as well as more recent trends in sustainable food production, agriculture, and natural capital. Our philosophy is to partner with a select group of managers who we believe have the potential to be outstanding and differentiated in their field, and to bring our extensive network, expertise and energy to achieving their fundraising goals.
Eugene Zhuchenko
Managing Director, ETORE Advisory
Eugene Zhuchenko has over 20 years of infrastructure experience. Prior to founding ETORE Advisory, he was the CEO of Long Term Infrastructure Investors Association, managed an infrastructure portfolio at APG Asset Management, led M&A projects at APM Terminals and provided transport and energy advisory services at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Eugene has been a board member in several private equity infrastructure companies in Europe and North America. He is a Chartered Certified Accountant and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
ETORE Advisory
ETORE Advisory works with institutions, fund managers and asset companies to unlock new opportunities in infrastructure investing. With tailored solutions such as collaborative investing, we help our clients excel where markets are less efficient and success is linked to innovation.
Bianca Ziccarelli
Managing Director, Canada Pension Plan Investments
Bianca Ziccarelli is a Managing Director of Canada Pension Plan Investment’s Sustainable Energies team and is responsible for originating, executing and managing power and distributed energy investments in Europe.
Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2017, Bianca worked at Santander’s proprietary investments team (currently known as Cubico Sustainable Investments) focused on investing in renewable energy in Brazil. Before that, Bianca worked at Patria Investments, a Brazilian private equity firm, and Citibank.
Bianca holds a BBus (Hons) from Fundação Getulio Vargas in Brazil, an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and an MA from the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. Bianca is on the board of Renewable Power Capital.