Infrastructure Investor Network Global Summit

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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.

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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.

Bakr Abdel Wahab

Chief Investment Officer, Vortex Energy

Bakr co-lead the establishment of Vortex Energy, a global energy transition investment management firm now based in ADGM (UAE). Vortex grew its AuMs to EUR 1.6bn and is one of EMEA’s prominent sector players. Currently, Bakr manages Vortex Energy IV, c. USD 400m fund invested into renewable energy and e-mobility in Europe and the UK. Vortex is targeting two initiatives, i) a fund to capitalize on the synergies between renewable energy and digital infrastructure in Europe, ii) an emerging markets climate fund primarily focusing on Central and Eastern Europe, MENA and rest of EM, opportunistically.

Vortex Energy

Vortex Energy was established in 2014 to invest in the renewable energy sector, particularly solar and wind. It later expanded its scope of investment to include a wider range of clean energy technologies to benefit from and contribute to the growing clean energy transition. Since its inception, Vortex Energy has completed the entire investment life cycle, from acquisition and asset management to refinancing and divestment of three large-scale renewable energy portfolios (Vortex I, Vortex II, and Vortex III) in Europe and the UK, with a total net capacity of 822MW. Today, it stands as a leading energy transition investment platform with its flagship fund, Vortex Energy IV. It has successfully closed the first investment under the fund with a significant minority stake in Ignis Energia – one of Spain's largest clean energy developers.

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.

Angelo Acconcia

Partner, ArcLight Capital Partners

Mr. Acconcia joined ArcLight in 2022 and has nearly two decades of private equity and energy investing experience. Prior to joining ArcLight, he was a Senior Managing Director at Blackstone, having spent over 17 years in their Private Equity Group and was one of the founding partners of their energy fund, Blackstone Energy Partners. During his time at Blackstone, Mr. Acconcia worked across a diverse set of sectors including chemicals, industrials, packaging, power, technology, telecom and upstream. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Acconcia worked at Morgan Stanley in their Global Energy and M&A group, and at CIBC in Investment Banking in Canada and Hong Kong. Mr. Acconcia holds an Honors degree in Business from Queen’s University in Canada.

ArcLight

ArcLight is a leading infrastructure investor which has been investing in critical electrification infrastructure since its founding in 2001. ArcLight has owned, controlled or operated over ~65 GW of assets and 47,000 miles of electric and gas transmission and storage infrastructure representing $80 billion of enterprise value. ArcLight has a long and proven track record of value-added investing across its core investment sectors including power, hydro, solar, wind, battery storage, electric transmission and natural gas transmission and storage infrastructure to support the growing need for power, reliability, security, and sustainability. ArcLight's team employs an operationally intensive investment approach that benefits from its dedicated in-house strategic, technical, operational, and commercial specialists, as well as the firm's ~1,900-person asset management partner. For more information, please visit www.arclight.com.

Christoffer Adrian

Director Renewables, Infrastructure & Transition, DNB Markets

Christoffer is a Director in the Renewables, Infrastructure & Transition team with DNB’s investment banking division. He joined DNB in 2018 and has about 15 years of experience within the renewables and infrastructure sectors. In his role at DNB Markets, Christoffer is covering renewables and infrastructure primarily across Nordics, Baltics and Poland, including opportunities within e.g. wind, solar, battery storage etc. as well as the wider infrastructure space.

DNB

DNB Bank is Norway’s largest financial institution and a leading global provider of financial services in the renewable energy, infrastructure, and sustainability sectors. With a strong international presence, DNB serves corporate and institutional clients across Europe, the Americas, and Asia, offering expertise in investment banking, capital markets, and advisory services.

As a key financial partner in the energy transition, DNB supports clients in developing sustainable solutions across wind, solar, hydropower, and emerging technologies such as battery storage and hydrogen. The bank plays a critical role in financing large-scale infrastructure projects, enabling the shift towards a low-carbon economy.
DNB integrates sustainability at the core of its strategy, aligning with global climate targets and ESG principles to drive responsible investments. With deep industry knowledge and innovative financing solutions, DNB is committed to accelerating the transition to a sustainable future.

Rahul Advani

Managing Partner, SER Capital Partners, LLC

Rahul founded SER Capital Partners to meet the need for a dedicated, control-oriented private equity firm to buy and build middle market businesses economically driving decarbonization across North America. Previously, Rahul forged a 20+ year successful track record by acquiring, building, and financing clean power and environmentally-focused businesses while at Energy Capital Partners (ECP) and Orion Power Holdings (a Goldman Sachs private equity portfolio company), joining each organization at or near inception. Before that, he began his career Morgan Stanley and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Rahul also co-founded and continues to serve StreetWise Partners, a U.S. non-profit organization mentoring low-income individuals with barriers to employment. Rahul earned a B.A. from Colgate University and an M.B.A from Harvard Business School.

SER Capital

SER Capital buys and builds middle market businesses economically driving decarbonization and/or waste reduction across North America. Over the past two decades, its partners have amassed decades of successful experience in its targeted sectors as private equity investors and senior executives of both private and public businesses. With over $600M under management and 16 team members in San Francisco and New York City, SER seeks to create meaningful value by partnering with management teams as active investors in businesses often underpinned by assets. SER also integrates authentic decarbonization and waste reduction measurement with goals to improve key sustainability metrics in line with the UN Principles for Responsible Investing.

Johana Afenjar

COO, Telis Energy Group

Johana Afenjar has 15 years of experience in Energy and Infrastructure. Prior to joining Telis, Johana was global head of project finance for Colas, a construction and infrastructure company.

Johana was Senior Director of Capital Markets for Clearway Energy Group, a portfolio company of Global Infrastructure Partners, where she was instrumental in raising over $6bn in debt and equity for Clearway’s 6GW pipeline.

Telis Energy Group

Backed by The Carlyle Group, Telis seeks to play a significant role in the European energy transition targeting a 10GW renewable energy pipeline by 2030 delivered through subsidiaries across Europe’s key markets. Telis couples the scale and synergy of an international platform with an emphasis on local knowledge and networks, sector expertise and an entrepreneurial mindset to capture emerging opportunities across the green energy segments.

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. €2.5.bn on behalf of investors across alternatives strategies.

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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.

Michael Aitken

Portfolio Manager, NZ Super Fund

Michael is a Portfolio Manager in the External Investments and Partnerships team at the Guardians with a focus on external manager relationships across infrastructure, real estate and private equity.

Prior to joining the Guardians in 2021, Michael worked at the Bank of New Zealand as a Senior Associate in both the Commercial and Corporate Finance teams with a focus on client relationship management and delivering capital solutions across acquisition and project finance transactions.

Michael received a Bachelor of Engineering with first class honours from the University of Canterbury and is a CFA charterholder.

NZ Super Fund

The NZ Super Fund is a sovereign wealth fund that invests Government capital contributions, and returns from those investments. The Fund helps to partially pre-fund the Government's cost of paying national superannuation entitlements in the future, and reduces the burden on future taxpayers of New Zealand's ageing population.

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

Editor-in-Chief, Infrastructure Investor

Bruno Alves is the Editor-in-Chief 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.

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.

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.

Eduardo Aranibar

Founder, Compass Earth Capital

Eduardo Aranibar is the founder of Compass Earth Capital, an investment advisory firm connecting global capital with regenerative investment opportunities in Brazil. Previously, he was CEO of AYA Earth Partners, the first ecosystem accelerating the regenerative and zero-carbon economy in the Global South, with over 120 companies in its network.

With 10+ years of experience in economic development, Eduardo served as Undersecretary for Competitiveness in São Paulo, leading the economic recovery of the 45-million-people state and contributing to the COVID crisis response. He also worked at McKinsey & Company on strategic planning for major cities and at the Ayrton Senna Institute on education innovation.

Eduardo holds a BA in Economics from the University of São Paulo.

Compass Earth Capital

Compass Earth Capital is an investment advisory firm connecting global capital with regenerative investment opportunities in Brazil. The firm focuses on three key themes—Energy Transition, Industry and Materials, and Nature-Based Solutions—with the potential to generate $200-400 billion in economic value in the region.

Compass Earth Capital offers tailored support in three main areas:
– Local Policy and Incentive Guidance: Helping international regenerative investments navigate Brazilian regulatory landscapes.
– Thesis-Aligned Search: Identifying investment opportunities that match limited partners' strategic goals.
– Roadshow Organization: Coordinating local and international investor engagement to drive impactful capital deployment.

Saed Arar

Head of Infrastructure Investments, Mubadala Investment Company

Saed Arar is the Head of the Infrastructure Investments unit within the Real Assets Platform at Mubadala Investment Company. In his role, he oversees a diverse portfolio of critical, high-performing assets, spanning digital infrastructure, energy transition, Industrial Infrastructure, and transportation, that are essential to the global economy. Under Saed's guidance, Infrastructure Investments is focused on driving long-term value creation for partners by deploying capital purposefully, supporting industries of the future, and contributing to positive outcomes for current and future generations.

With over 25 years of experience in both conventional and Islamic banking, infrastructure and real estate investment and development, Saed brings extensive expertise to his role. He joined Mubadala in 2006 from HSBC Bank, where he served as a Corporate Team Leader, overseeing client relationships and structuring financial solutions across a range of sectors. Prior to that, he worked in the treasury operations function at Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, managing key operational processes to support the bank's financial activities.

Saed has held various director and chairman role in major UAE and international firms, and currently sits on the boards of Princeton Digital Group (PDG), Aramco Oil Pipeline Company and SKH Algeria. He is also the Independent Chairman of Oldendorff Carriers Transhipment Limited LLC.

Saed is an alumnus of Harvard University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Lebanese American University.

Mubadala Investment Company

Mubadala Investment Company — a sovereign investor — manages a diverse portfolio of assets and investments in the United Arab Emirates and abroad, to generate sustainable financial returns for its shareholder, the Government of Abu Dhabi.
Mubadala is investing and partnering at the leading edge of global growth and innovation to create opportunities for future generations. We will continue to support our leadership’s vision, as we build upon the legacy of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who envisioned a free, stable and dignified life for the people of this country.

Today, in line with HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan’s vision, Mubadala is a USD 302 billion (AED 1,111 billion) business that spans six continents with interests across multiple sectors and asset classes. Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, Mubadala also has offices in London, New York, Brazil, Moscow, and Beijing.

At Mubadala we continue to look towards the future, with aspirations to double the portfolio's size in the coming decade.

Bérénice Arbona

Head of Infrastructure Debt, LBP AM European Private Markets

Bérénice Arbona is heading the infrastructure debt platform at LBP AM. She has 21 years of experience in infrastructure finance within industrial sponsors, bank and asset manager.
Bérénice Arbona began her career in 2003 with the motorway operator Autoroutes du Sud de la France group (now part of the Vinci group) and then Eiffage, where she was in charge of structuring the financing of motorway, rail and PPP infrastructure projects. She then moved to the banking side in 2007, in the infrastructure team of Dexia Crédit Local where she was in charge of arranging infrastructure projects in France and mainly internationally. In 2012, she joined Alstom Transport and was in charge of structuring the financing of concession and PPP projects for railways and tramways. She joined LBP AM in 2014 and became Head of Infrastructure Debt in 2020. In 2023, Bérénice won the Women in Energy Transition Price awarded by Andera Partners and GreenUnivers. Bérénice is graduated from EM LYON.

Ashli Aslin

Partner, Senior Analyst, 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.

Albourne

Albourne is one of the largest independently owned specialist alternatives consultants, with 626 colleagues in 11 offices globally and 406 analysts devoted to alternatives. We are committed to non-discretionary advice, transparent pricing and independent ownership.

Our 360 clients include public pension plans, private plans, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, financial institutions and family offices. We estimate that they have over $700bn invested in alternatives. We have 53 public pension plan clients globally and estimate that Albourne’s public pension plan clients have over $400bn invested in alternatives.

Albourne America LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Albourne Partners (International) Limited, which is in turn wholly owned by Albourne Partners Limited (APL). Albourne Partners Limited was founded in 1994 in London as an independently owned consultant specializing in alternative assets.

Olivier Aubert

SWEN Capital Partners, Managing Director – SWEN Impact Fund for Transition (SWIFT) strategy

Olivier manages the SWEN Impact Fund for Transition direct investment strategy, focusing on renewable gas and infrastructure for the energy transition, with a team of 15 people. Olivier has 30 years of experience in the energy sector. Formerly the assistant general manager of GRTgaz in charge of strategy and marketing, he held several positions in the electricity and gas sectors, including 14 years in M&A, commercial growth and international asset management.

SWEN Capital Partners

SWEN Capital Partners is a leading player in sustainable investment in private equity, infrastructure and mezzanine debt, with over €9.1 billion* in assets under management and advisory, and employs over 120 people. The management company, owned by the Ofi Invest group (whose main shareholders are entities in the Aéma group: Macif, Abeille Assurances holding, Aésio Mutuelle), Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, and SWEN Managers (a holding company with around fifty employees), has always placed sustainable finance at the heart of its approach and offers its customers innovative and responsible investment solutions. SWEN CP became a Mission Company in October 2023, a new step marking a decisive orientation of its organisation in the service of Nature.
* amount of cumulative commitments

Emily Azer

Director, Data Infrastructure, GI Partners

Emily Goergen Azer is a Director of GI Partners. She currently serves on the board of Rise Broadband and DR Fortress. Prior to joining GI Partners, Mrs. Azer was a Vice President at Stonepeak Partners in New York where she focused on infrastructure investments in the Communications sector. Earlier in her career, Emily worked in the North America Private Equity and Global Infrastructure groups at KKR in New York and was an investment banking analyst with the Blackstone Group in New York.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Erik Becker

Regional Industry Manager, Infrastructure and Natural Resources, South East Asia and Pacific, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Erik Becker is the Regional Head, Infrastructure, South East Asia/Pacific – based in Singapore. Erik, a US and German national, has more than 20 years of international infrastructure investment experience. During his career he was based in the America, Africa, Europe, East Asia, and the Middle East. Erik has originated, closed, and supervised transactions in more than a dozen countries.

Erik’s top priority is to grow the infrastructure business in the South East Asia/Pacific region in line with IFC’s growth strategy and focus on the tremendous energy transition potential for climate business in a region that has emerged not only as one of the world’s most economically vibrant but also as one of its highest emitters of greenhouse gases.

Erik holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from INSEAD and a Master’s degree in Energy Systems and Process Engineering from the Technical University of Berlin.

IFC

IFC — a member of the World Bank Group — is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We work in more than 100 countries, using our capital, expertise, and influence to create markets and opportunities in developing countries. In fiscal year 2024, IFC committed a record $56 billion to private companies and financial institutions in developing countries, leveraging private sector solutions and mobilizing private capital to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet.

For more information, visit: www.ifc.org and www.ifc.org/infrastructure

Monika Bednarz

Managing Director, Lagrange Financial Advisory

Monika is Managing Director at Lagrange based in Frankfurt, Germany. She advises institutional investors on infrastructure and real estate investment funds (equity and debt). She draws on over 20 years of experience in finance, including corporate and asset financing, financial structuring and restructuring, corporate turn-around, largely in the area of infrastructure and real estate. Prior to joining Lagrange, she worked i.a. for BNP Paribas and Zurich Insurance. Monika is a Chartered Certified Accountant – member of ACCA.

Lagrange Financial Advisory

Lagrange Financial Advisory is an independent multi-asset financial advisor based in Germany, with focus on alternative assets (infrastructure, real estate, private equity and private debt), experienced both in primary and secondary transactions. The experts of Lagrange cover global markets in fund and debt advisory. Institutional investors predominantly come from Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Over the last 7 years, 40 various alternative investment funds were placed with over 90 investors (insurance companies, pension funds, pension schemes, banks, foundations, municipal and church institutions), with a total placement value of ca. EUR 3 bn, including more than 110 transactions.

Frederik Beelitz

Advisory Principal, Aurora Energy Research

Frederik is a Principal in Aurora’s Continental European Advisory leading the hydrogen and decarbonisation practice. He works with investors, lenders and project developers in assessing electrolyser business models, advising on hydrogen economics and designing suitable power procurement strategies. His expertise includes hydrogen derivatives and the role e-fuels will play in future decarbonised economies, hydrogen infrastructure developments and energy system wide analyses on the decarbonisation of the power sector. Frederik has extensive international energy market experience, with a focus on the German market. Prior to joining Aurora, Frederik was Managing Director of Economic Consulting Associates (ECA) where he specialised on electricity and gas market economics supporting clients in energy policy and regulation.

Aurora Energy Research

Aurora is a leading energy market analytics company with in-house developed power market models, asset valuation software and hydrogen costing tools. Founded in 2013 in Oxford, Aurora is now a global provider of energy software, market reports and advisory services. Our more than 600 market experts located across 15 offices provide subscription, data and consulting services to over 1,000 clients worldwide. We can draw on our Best-in-class power market models and data that is based in Aurora’s ‘whole system’ approach to power market modelling includes highly sophisticated, internally consistent simulation of wholesale and capacity markets over the long-term, calibrated and refined through extensive industry engagement. This results in in Aurora earning a strong reputation and trust amongst investors and lenders for our bankable valuations of traditional generation assets, flexible assets and renewables.

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.

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.

Goncalo Bernardo

Investment Partner, Palistar Capital

Goncalo Bernardo is an Investment Partner at Palistar Capital. Mr. Bernardo has nearly 19 years of experience as an investor and investment / merchant banker in the infrastructure space.

Mr. Bernardo was previously Head of Telecom & Digital Infrastructure for the Americas and Co-Head of infrastructure for LATAM at OMERS Infrastructure (previously known as Borealis Infrastructure), where he led numerous transactions, investments and the asset management of companies, with a particular focus in the communications infrastructure, satellite, cable, wireless, enterprise communications and Internet of Things sectors.

Before joining OMERS Infrastructure, Mr. Bernardo spent more than a decade at Morgan Stanley between EMEA and Latin America where his last position was that of Executive Director within its Investment Banking Division.

Mr. Bernardo holds a Licenciatura in Business Administration from the faculty of economic sciences of the Universidade Catolica Portuguesa in Lisbon. Mr. Bernardo speaks Portuguese, Spanish, and English fluently and is conversational in Italian and French.

Aditi Bhattacharya

Unit Head, Private Sector and Climate Finance, 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 15 years of experience, closing over USD 900 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 in cumulative climate finance from its own resources by 2030.

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).

Meredith Bishop

Senior Vice President, Prosek Partners

Meredith Bishop has a decade of experience at Prosek Partners advising companies and executives on communications strategies to drive business impact. She specializes in private markets and energy and has worked with a variety of global clients across investment management and professional services.

Meredith leads public relations strategies, spearheading creative idea generation, thought leadership campaigns and managing media relations execution. Prior to joining Prosek, Meredith had an in-house communications and media relations role at the Edison Electric Institute in Washington, D.C.

Meredith majored in Business Administration and received a B.S. with Special Attainments in Commerce from Washington and Lee University. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia with her family.

Prosek Partners builds – and protects – the top brands in business. We are among the largest independent, integrated communications and marketing firms globally. Specializing in providing a full range of communications solutions to financial and professional services companies, Prosek delivers business impact through an unexpected level of passion, creativity and marketing savvy. Services include media relations, thought leadership, social and digital media, public affairs, investor relations, financial communications, transaction services, crisis communications and issues management, content creation, conference support, publishing, media training and more. Prosek's strategic branding and integrated marketing arm – Prophecy by Prosek – offers brand strategy, award-winning design, digital and advertising capabilities. Prosek has been named PRovoke Media's "Global and North American Financial Agency of the Year" and a top-five global M&A and shareholder activism agency.

Nicholas Blach Petersen

Partner, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners

Nicholas Blach Petersen has been with CIP since 2019 and is currently the co-head of GCF. Before that, Mr. Blach Petersen focused primarily on investments in offshore wind assets globally including highly complex financing and hedging transactions. Prior to joining CIP, Mr. Blach Petersen was a Managing Director in Citigroup’s Investment Banking Division covering Power & Utilities and was also Head of Investment Banking, Denmark. During his time at Citigroup (2011-2019), Mr. Blach Petersen was responsible for some of the largest and most complex power sector transactions in Europe and he spent more than a decade structuring and executing innovative offshore wind transactions and financings. These included innovative partnership structures and HoldCo financing of construction phase projects with multiple debt sources including banks, ECAs, capital markets investors and mezzanine debt providers. Mr. Blach Petersen started his career at Rothschild (2005-2011) where he worked in the Utilities, Transport and Infrastructure team. Mr. Blach Petersen holds an MSc in Economics and Finance from the University of Warwick and a BSc in Economics from the University of Copenhagen.

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners

Founded in 2012, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners P/S (CIP) today is the world’s largest dedicated fund manager within greenfield renewable energy investments and a global leader in offshore wind. The funds managed by CIP focuses on investments in offshore and onshore wind, solar PV, biomass and energy-from-waste, transmission and distribution, reserve capacity, storage, advanced bioenergy, and Power-to-X.
CIP manages 12 funds and has to date raised approximately EUR 30 billion for investments in energy and associated infrastructure from more than 180 international institutional investors.

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.

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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.380 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.

NextEnergy Capital

NextEnergy Capital (“NEC”), which is part of the NextEnergy Group, was founded in 2007 to become a leading market participant in the international solar sector. Since its inception, it has been active in the development, construction and ownership of solar assets and currently has assets under management of c.$4.4bn across five investment vehicles. To date NEC has invested into over 530 solar plants for a capacity in excess of 3GW across its institutional funds, located in the US, UK, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, India, Chile and Greece. Through its sister company, WiseEnergy, it asset manages over 3.2GW of solar globally.

Francois Bouillon

Partner, Ely Place Partners

Francois Bouillon is a partner at Ely Place Partners and has more than 15 years of experience in private markets. He previously worked at Oddo-BHF Private Equity with a focus on secondary investments. Prior to that, he worked for BNP Paribas Capital Partners as a Senior Associate in the FoF team and Allstate Investment Management as an Associate. He began his career as an analyst at BNP Paribas Private Equity. He holds an MSc in International Management from EM Lyon and graduated with a master’s degree in Law from Panthéon-Assas Paris II University.

Ely Place Partners

Ely Place is a specialist adviser in alternative assets. It assists PE, credit, infrastructure and venture GPs raise capital from institutional investors, and acts as a specialist adviser on secondary and co-investment transactions. In addition, the team offers GP advisory services including fundraising strategy, documentation, presentation support and investor relations.

Justin Bower

Co-Founder, FirstPoint Equity

Justin, a Founding Partner of FirstPoint in 2010, brings extensive experience in the field of alternative asset fundraising, accumulating over 25 years in the industry. Throughout his career, Justin has been involved in more than 200 fundraisings on a global scale. Previously, Justin served as the Co-Head of Europe and Managing Principal for Park Hill Group. During his time at Park Hill Group, he was a member of the Global Executive Committee and also served on Blackstone's European Operations Committee. Prior to this, Justin was an Executive Director at UBS Private Equity Funds Group, covering LPs across the majority of Europe. His career began at Samuel Montagu Merchant Bank in London, following his graduation with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Exeter.

Jane Bowes

Partner, Threadmark

Jane Bowes is a member of Threadmark’s European fund distribution team and Chair of the ESG Committee. Jane has over two decades of capital raising experience and has worked on multiple infrastructure focused fundraises since joining Threadmark in 2014. As the founding member of Threadmark’s ESG committee, Jane also helps Threadmark’s clients implement and enhance their ESG strategies.
Jane established her career at Gryphon Investment Bank where she subsequently became Partner and had primary responsibility for investor syndication. She has also held senior investor relations positions at EMF Capital Partners and Hussar ＆ Co.

Threadmark

Threadmark is an independent global placement agent and since its inception has helped its clients raise over $40 billion for a broad range of infrastructure, credit, real estate, impact and private equity strategies, delivering successful fundraises for established and first time funds across multiple sectors, geographies and strategies. With a strong focus on value-add services, Threadmark also acts as an advisor to its clients, providing strategic advice before, during and after a fundraise. Threadmark is a UN PRI signatory.

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.

Damien 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. Damien started in career in Amundi Private Equity (small & mid cap transactions) before joining Proparco where he held different positions such as Regional Director for East Africa (based in Kenya) and then Head of Private Equity for Africa in Middle East.

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.

Christopher Bredholt

Chief Underwriting Officer, Development Guarantee Group

Christopher is the Chief Underwriting Officer at The Development Guarantee Group (DGG). He is responsible for leading the Portfolio Team which screens, structures and monitors the portfolio of guarantees to achieve impact and manage credit risks. He brings extensive experience in assessing both structured credit and equity opportunities across economic cycles.

Before joining DGG, Christopher spearheaded Moody’s Ratings analytical activities in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDE) climate finance for infrastructure, positioning the agency as a thought leader in rated blended finance debt capital markets issuance. He led Moody’s ratings process for EMDE project finance deals in Türkiye, Ukraine, Gabon, Kenya, South Africa, Rwanda and Senegal, and helped strengthen the agency’s work in Asia and Latin America.

Before Moody’s, Christopher worked for a renewable energy private equity company (part of a major family office) where he had responsibility for deal valuation, project financing and portfolio management. He began his career on the interest rate derivatives desk at JPMorgan Asset Management.

Christopher holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania) and a Master of Philosophy in International Development from Oxford University. He is a CFA charter holder.

Development Guarantee Group

The Development Guarantee Company (DGG), co-founded by Cardano Development, is the only specialist advisory, project development and asset management company focused on creating innovative guarantee solutions that help deliver the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The company provides advisory services to strategy, operations, risk management and governance of guarantors and guarantee programmes; asset management of newly created guarantors or guarantee programmes in partnership with project clients including the Green Guarantee Company, the world’s first climate focused financial guarantor, and project development to bridge the gap between advisory and asset management using diverse experience to create bespoke guarantee solutions including Nautilus, the Blue Guarantee Company.

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.

Alice Brogi

Partner, Gibson Dunn

Alice Brogi is a partner in the London office of Gibson Dunn and a member of the Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions and Capital Markets practice groups. Alice practices private equity M＆A, representing sponsors in domestic and cross-border transactions in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria and the Nordics, across a number of sectors with a focus on infrastructure, energy, and hard assets . Alice is recognised by The Legal 500 UK 2024 for M＆A: Upper Mid-Market and Premium Deals, £750m+, Private Equity: Transactions - High-Value Deals (£250m+) and as a Next Generation Partner for Infrastructure: M＆A and Acquisition Financing. She was named in The Lawyer’s Hot 100 2023 list, which recognises the most daring, innovative and creative lawyers, in the 2023 International Rising Stars guide by Law.com, and was named among Europe’s 25 best up-and-coming private equity lawyers in 2022 by the same.

Gibson Dunn

Gibson Dunn is a leading global law firm, advising clients on significant transactions and disputes. With more than 2,000 lawyers, spanning 21 offices, our exceptional teams operate seamlessly as a unified whole to craft and deploy creative legal strategies that are meticulously tailored to every matter, however complex or high stakes. Our firm maintains a leading infrastructure practice with experience in over 60 countries and a deep familiarity with the industrial, commercial, financial and political issues that are inherent in the acquisition, disposition, development, financing, construction, and operation of major infrastructure assets and projects all over the world, and in particular on the sponsor representation side. Our work is distinguished by a unique combination of precision and vision, with a breadth of experience across all major infrastructure sectors. We forge deep partnerships with our clients—helping them face tough challenges and to thrive in unprecedented times.

Florian Bucher

Analyst, Alternative Markets, Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V. (BAI)

Florian Bucher is working at BAI as a consultant and market analyst in the Alternative Markets resort. He conducts quantitative and qualitative research on topics relating to alternative investments and regularly publishes specialist articles and studies, particularly on the infrastructure asset class.

Before joining BAI in June 2021, he worked for more than two years in the research section at the executive search and leadership advisory firm Egon Zehnder. Mr. Bucher completed his studies at the University of Regensburg (Germany) and the University of Pécs (Hungary) and holds a Master’s Degree in International Economics. He is pursuing his PhD at the interdisciplinary Doctoral School of the European Andrássy University Budapest (Hungary) on the measurement of regional institutional quality and its link with regional economic development in the EU.

Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V. (BAI)

The Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V. (BAI) is the central representative body for the alternative investments industry in Germany. The association serves as a catalyst between professional German investors and recognized providers of alternative investment products worldwide. It advocates for enabling German institutional and professional investors to diversify their capital investments in alternative investments more easily and effectively, with a particular focus on the long-term security of German pension provisions. The BAI promotes public awareness and understanding of alternative investments and supports scientific research in this field. It engages in dialogue with political decision-makers and relevant regulatory authorities, maintaining communication with national and international organizations and associations. The association aims to achieve legal reforms and developments that benefit its members and their investors and to establish attractive and internationally competitive conditions for investment in alternative assets. The BAI's membership, which includes professionals from all areas of the alternative investments sector, has grown to around 300 companies.

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.

MEAG

MEAG is the asset manager of Munich Re Group. With representations in Europe, Asia and North America, MEAG also offers its extensive expertise to institutional investors and private clients from outside the Group. MEAG currently manages assets to the value of around €345 billion, including €61 billion for private and other institutional investors.

Thomas Bumberger

Managing Director and Partner, BCG

Thomas Bumberger is a Managing Director and Partner at BCG and specialises in advising digital infrastructure investors and the management teams of their portfolio companies across Europe.

He focuses on both traditional digital infrastructure assets—such as B2C and B2B fibre, towers, and data centres—as well as next-generation digital infrastructure investments. Thomas supports investors and management teams throughout the full deal cycle, including (pre-)due diligence before acquisitions, strategy development and operational improvements during the holding period as well as vendor due diligence when exiting an asset.

BCG

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. 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 bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives that question the status quo and spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, fueled by the goal of helping our clients thrive and enabling them to make the world a better place.

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.

Louis-Roch Burgard

Investment Managing Director, Co-Head of Investment Equity, INFRANITY

Louis-Roch Burgard joined Infranity in 2022 as an Investment Managing Director, bringing with him extensive operational and strategic experience, as well as an unwavering commitment to promoting the sustainable development of infrastructure projects.

Louis-Roch started his career in 1998 as a civil servant at the Ministry of Finance, prior to joining the recently created VINCI Group. Within the group, Louis-Roch was successively advisor to the CEO, held various operational management positions at VINCI Energies, and then became the CEO of VINCI Concessions and a member of the Group’s Executive Committee for 7 years.

Louis-Roch left VINCI in 2014 to join the investment team of privately owned fund manager LBO France for a year, before becoming the CEO of SAUR in 2016.
At SAUR, a leader in water and waste municipal services, he finalized the exit from the waste sector, pushed the redevelopment of international activities and led the sale process to a leading Infrastructure fund.

In 2020, he became the CEO of CNIM Group, a listed, family-owned business, active in waste management and large industrial components, under restructuring.

Louis-Roch brings his wide operational and strategic experience, from successfully managing large infrastructure corporate companies, as well as his deep commitment to ensuring the sustainable development of infrastructure projects to Infranity.

Graduate of Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (Major Finance), Masters Degree in Public Management from Paris Dauphine University, and graduate from the Ecole Nationale d’Administration as an Inspecteur des Finances.

Infranity:
Infranity is a leading infrastructure specialist investing in private debt and equity globally. Supported by The Generali Group, Infranity manages over €11.4 billion of assets under management on behalf of institutional investors as of January 2025. The world is undergoing a transformation towards more sustainable industries and lifestyles. The innovative investment solutions deployed by Infranity seek to unlock the value of the sustainable transition in infrastructure.
Infranity looks to identify the opportunities across capital structure, sectors and geographies that can deliver resilient long-term returns and value for investors across economic cycles. This is underpinned by the firm’s experienced team and deep sector knowledge, disciplined investment approach and focus on downside protection to deliver resilient returns.

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.

Louise Burrows

Head of Government Affairs, Global Renewables Alliance

Louise Burrows is an award-winning climate campaigner and expert on energy transition diplomacy, specialising in driving international initiatives that support the transition out of fossil fuels and into renewables. Currently serving as Head of Government Affairs for the Global Renewables Alliance, Louise spearheads engagement on tripling global renewables across both international and national climate venues. Prior to joining the GRA, Louise led diplomacy efforts on fossil fuel phase out, transitioning international fossil finance and methane during roles at the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance, the UK Government’s COP26 Unit, and at the environmental think-thank, E3G.

Global Renewables Alliance

The Global Renewables Alliance (GRA) is the unified private sector voice for renewable energy worldwide. GRA mobilises governments, businesses, and civil society to drive the energy transition at the speed and scale required to secure a clean, just, and energy-secure future. At the heart of its mission is the global target to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030, a commitment endorsed by all UN nations at COP28 in 2023.
As a coalition of leading renewable energy organisations—including the Global Wind Energy Council, the Global Solar Council, the International Hydropower Association, the International Geothermal Association, the Long Duration Energy Storage Council and the Green Hydrogen Organisation—GRA advocates for policies and investments that accelerate the adoption of renewable energy worldwide.
Supported by hundreds of companies, governments, and NGOs globally, GRA spearheaded the 'Double Down, Triple Up' campaign to set the global renewables target at COP28, and has since focused on ensuring implementation— translating commitments into real-world progress.

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.

Juan Caceres

President, Axium Infrastructure Europe

Juan has 25 years of experience in infrastructure investing, financial advisory and project finance. He joined Axium Infrastructure in 2009 in the Toronto office and led the opening of Axium’s London office in 2022. Juan serves as a senior member of the management team and is primarily responsible for Axium’s activities in Europe.

Prior to joining Axium Infrastructure, Juan was a member of the infrastructure group at Babcock & Brown and the corporate finance group at TD Securities. Juan began his career working as a structural engineer.

Fluent in English, Spanish and French, Juan holds a civil engineering degree from Los Andes University in Colombia and an MBA from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.

Axium Infrastructure Europe

Created in 2008, Axium Infrastructure is an employee-owned independent fund manager dedicated to investing in core infrastructure assets. With over 100 employees, the firm benefits from a group of professionals with extensive infrastructure development and management backgrounds, and significant experience acquiring, developing, financing, operating, and managing infrastructure assets. The firm has offices in Montréal, Toronto, Vancouver, New York and London.

Axium’s investment strategy focuses on mid-market core infrastructure assets with an active approach to operations and asset management. Over the years, the firm has built a diversified portfolio of over 265 assets that generate stable and predictable cash flows within the energy and utilities, transportation and social infrastructure sectors.

Axium’s investment philosophy is oriented toward long-term ownership of assets. As of September 30, 2023, the firm had over US$8 billion in Assets Under Management and manages US$1.4 billion in co-investments for its Limited Partners.

Axium believes that sustainable development and ethical investment practices are essential to value creation and, therefore, pursues its business endeavors in a manner that integrates Environmental, Social and corporate Governance (ESG) concerns.

Jorge Camina

Partner & Head of Sustainable Infrastructure Credit, Denham Capital

Mr. Jorge Camiña, New Jersey. Mr. Camiña is a Partner and Head of Sustainable Infrastructure Credit at Denham Capital. Jorge brings over 20 years experience in project finance and investment management, having held senior positions at both Allianz Global Investors and Santander Corporate & Investment Banking. In his most recent role, as Director of Infrastructure Debt at Allianz Global Investors since 2016, Mr. Camiña was responsible for the origination, structuring and execution of Infrastructure Debt investments in the Americas. He led the execution of a strategic shift towards renewable power across US and Latin America, investing in over three gigawatts of solar and wind assets. He was also member of the Infrastructure Debt investment committee. Jorge received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration by Deusto Business School in Spain.

Denham Capital

Denham Capital is a global energy transition investment firm, having raised more than $12Bn of capital across multiple sectors. Specializing in private equity, sustainable infrastructure and credit, we invest in sectors that are central to the economic and resource transitions happening globally.
Denham's sustainable infrastructure business comprises both an equity and credit platform. The equity platform operates in the mid-market, value add space and has made investments in 14 portfolio companies / 65+ assets across 8 fund vintages and co-investments. The credit platform, established in 2021 after a $2Bn commitment from a US life insurer and hiring of a dedicated credit team, has deployed $1.6Bn across 40+ investment grade / high yield transactions to date. Both platforms focus on making investments in the energy transition space including renewable power, energy efficient thermal power, sustainable transport, power for data centers, transmission, water & waste management, among others, in mainly OECD regions.

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.

Gonzalo Cantabrana

Managing Director, EMEA Infrastructure Sector Lead, S&P Global Ratings

As the Sector Lead for Infrastructure and Project Finance across Europe and the Middle East at S&P Global Ratings, I oversee our team's rating analytical activities and spearhead strategic market and investor interactions. With more than 15 years of professional experience, I specialize in financing analysis for infrastructure and energy companies, utilizing both corporate and project finance structures. My expertise spans a diverse range of sectors, including renewables, roads, airports, digital infrastructure, social infrastructure, and railways.

Prior to joining S&P Global Ratings, I worked as an Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers for five years, where I provided specialized project finance advisory and strategic consulting services, particularly within the transportation and renewable energy sectors.

I hold a Master’s degree in Infrastructure and Utilities Management from the Spanish Civil Engineering Association, along with post-graduate qualifications in Financial Structuring and Private Equity from IE Business School, Corporate Advisory from EOI, and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from University Carlos III. I am fluent in both English and Spanish.

Gwenola Chambon

CEO & Founding Partner, Vauban Infrastructure Partners

Gwenola Chambon is the CEO and Founding Partner of Vauban Infrastructure Partners, where she has built and led the firm’s equity infrastructure activities for over 15 years. Under her leadership, Vauban has become a multibillion-euro asset manager with a strong international client base. She has overseen fundraising, strategy development, and capital deployment, driving the firm’s growth and innovation.

With 30 years of experience in European infrastructure, Gwenola has a deep understanding of the sector, having worked on pioneering PPP projects and strategic acquisitions in areas like digital infrastructure, smart meters, and transport assets. Before founding Vauban, she held senior roles at Galaxy Fund, CFIG, and BNP Paribas. Gwenola serves on the boards of major European infrastructure companies and is active in key industry groups, including the European Commission's Expert Group on Infrastructure and PRI’s advisory board. She is responsible for project finance courses in ESSEC’s Masters of Complex Financing, and contributes to working groups with EFAMA, AFG, and AFIC. In 2024, she was named Chairwoman of the Infrastructure Commission at France Invest and led Vauban's sponsorship of the Women in Finance Chair at ESCP Business School, underscoring her commitment to diversity and sustainability.

Anne Chataigné

Senior Programme Manager Adaptation and Resilience, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)

Anne leads the Adaptation and Resilience workstream within Investor Strategies and across the organisation. In collaboration with members, she is taking forward the Physical Climate Risk Assessment Methodology (PCRAM) and case studies as well as developing the Climate Resilience Investment Framework (CRIF).

She has joined IIGCC from Flood Re. Interdisciplinary urbanist by training, she has experience working on economic appraisals, market research, and physical climate risk assessments at the intersection of public policy, investment and (re)insurance. Her expertise lies in translating technical risk knowledge into digestible and actionable policy and investment strategies.

Laurent Chatelin

Senior Advisor, Resilience Finance, Eurazeo

Laurent joined Eurazeo as Partner and head of the Infrastructure investment team.

Prior to that, Laurent was a Partner of Marguerite, a European infrastructure asset manager with 1.5bn€ AuM which he joined at inception in 2010. During his tenure at Marguerite, he originated and executed several principal investments mainly in the digital and energy space and held several board positions.

Prior to that, Laurent spent 7 years in London as a principal investor in the European greenfield and Brownfield infrastructure space with ABN Amro and Macquarie Capital.

He started his career as Finance Manager with the Alcatel-Lucent (Nokia) group structuring project finance base solutions for the group’s clients (Satellite, fix, wireless and fiber networks).

Laurent graduated from ENPC in Finance ＆ Economics and from ENS-Ulm in Biology.

Eurazeo

Eurazeo is a leading European investment group with €33.5bn in diversified assets under management, including €23bn on behalf of institutional and private clients through its private equity, private debt, real estate and infrastructure strategies.

The Group supports more than 600 mid-market companies, leveraging the commitment of its 400 employees, its sector expertise, its privileged access to global markets via 12 offices in Europe, Asia and the United States, and its responsible approach to value creation based on growth.

The company’s institutional and family shareholding structure, and its solid financial structure, ensure its long-term viability.

Alexandre Chavarot

Senior Adviser – Resilience Finance, Howden

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/

Xi Chen

Principal - Private Debt UK, QIC

Xi joined QIC in January 2022, based in London. As a Principal in the Private Debt Infrastructure team, Xi is responsible for the origination, execution and asset management of investment opportunities in Europe.
Xi has over 17 years’ experience in project and infrastructure financing.

Prior to joining QIC, Xi was most recently a Director in the Infrastructure Finance Group of HSBC Global Banking & Markets where, based in London, she originated, structured and executed over US$30bn (in total deal volumes) in limited or non-recourse project and infrastructure financings in a number of sectors across oil & gas (upstream, midstream and downstream), power (conventional and renewables) and digital infrastructure across the EMEA region.

Before joining HSBC, Xi worked at Barclays Investment Bank and Société Générale Investment Banking in structured finance and project finance advisory and arranging teams.

Xi holds a Masters in Finance from HEC School of Management, Paris and is a CFA Charterholder.

QIC

QIC is a trusted investment manager and adviser providing risk adjusted returns for the clients they serve. With more than A$125 billion in assets under management, they have grown into a leading specialist manager in infrastructure, real estate, private debt, private equity, natural capital and liquid assets for ~110 institutional investors internationally.

With presence spanning across four continents and offices in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, London, San Francisco, New York and Singapore, QIC is well placed in large global markets. Its government ownership, global reach, deep sector expertise and market insights equip QIC to seize opportunities and navigate uncertainty, striving to deliver resilient investment returns.

QIC's purpose is to create shared value — aiming to deliver strong investment returns in hand with creating prosperity for its clients, people and communities. They do this through responsible investing — considering all options and harnessing the power of market forces and megatrends that shape the world QIC invests in.

Subahoo Chordia

President & Head - Real Assets, EAAA Alternatives

Mr. Subahoo Chordia is President and Head of Real Assets Business at EAAA India Alternatives Limited. During his experience over 23 years, he has founded and build asset management business and earlier investing banking business in Real Assets (Infra and Real Estate). He successfully established many India’s first alternative funds around differentiated operating capabilities, international processes and use of technology including Infrastructure Yield Plus Fund, Infrastructure Trusts (InvITs), Commercial Rental Yield Plus Fund and Energy Transition Fund. Mr. Chordia has been with Edelweiss Group for over 17 years and prior to joining Edelweiss, he has worked with Axis Bank and IDBI Bank. He has been part of various leading industry forums/associations such as India-UK Sustainable Finance Working Group, CII Taskforce on PPP in Infrastructure, GRI Club, etc. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with an All India 42nd Rank.

EAAA Alternatives is one of the leading alternative asset managers in India, with over a decade of investment experience managing AUMs of ~USD 6.8 billion. We operate a diversified alternatives platform, investing in large, structural opportunities, focusing on providing income and yield solutions to our clients. Our diversified client base of 3,600+ comprises global pension funds, insurance companies, family offices, and UHNI investors from India. We are pioneers of private credit in India and launched our first Private Credit Fund in 2010. We launched our first Real Assets Fund in 2018. Today, we manage nine strategies across Private Credit, Real Assets, and Private Equity verticals. We have a strong on-ground presence through a dedicated team of 250+ professionals, including 70+ investment experts and 40+ operating partners. Our focus as a business has been on building customer trust through our strong institutional platform as well as robust governance and risk management framework.

Derek Chu

Head of American Real Assets, AustralianSuper

Derek is the Head of American Real Assets team within Mid Risk, Investments, having moved back to New York in December 2021. Derek is responsible for AustralianSuper’s real assets investment program in the Americas, including origination, execution and asset management of investments, primarily focused on infrastructure until the creation of the Real Assets group in late 2023. As part of this role, he currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Generate Capital, a distributed sustainable infrastructure business.

Derek joined AustralianSuper in 2014 as part of the Infrastructure team based in Melbourne.

Prior to AustralianSuper, Derek held various infrastructure investment roles at UBS Global Asset Management, Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners and Babcock & Brown in New York and Hong Kong.

Derek has a BCom (Finance Honours)/LLB from the University of New South Wales.

AustralianSuper

AustralianSuper is Australia’s largest superannuation fund, managing more than $228 billion (A$342 billion) in members' retirement savings on behalf of more than 3.4 million members from more than 478,000 businesses (as at 30 June 2024). The Fund is an active investor across global financial markets, real assets, private credit and private equity, with the aim of delivering sustainable, long-term performance for its members. AustralianSuper is the 16th largest pension fund in the world by total assets, and the fastest-growing among the global top 20 (Thinking Ahead Institute, Global Top 300 Pension Funds, based on 5-year CAGR 2019-2024). The Fund is forecast to exceed $333 billion (A$500 billion) of assets under management within the next five years and expects to deploy almost 70% of these new inflows into global markets. The Fund’s global real assets portfolio totals nearly $40 billion, including the Fund’s recent investment in US data center platform DataBank. For more information, visit: www.australiansuper.com.

Jamie Clark

Senior Director, Infrastructure Debt– EMEA, MetLife Investment Management

Jamie Clark is a Senior 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.

Matteo Colombo

Managing Director ＆ Head of Digital Infrastructure, Private Markets, L＆G

Matteo joined Legal ＆ General Group in 2015 and is a Managing Director in the Private Markets Division of L＆G Asset Management and Head of Digital Infrastructure Investments. He is also a member of the senior leadership team of the Private Markets division.

Matteo is currently a Board Director of L＆G investment portfolio companies Kao Data and Project Coleman. He has led digital infrastructure investments at L＆G since 2018. He previously led operational real asset investments and spearheaded venture and alternatives investments for L＆G’s principal balance sheet. He has been a Board Director of and led Audit and Remuneration Committee’s across several other L＆G investment portfolio companies. Prior to L＆G, Matteo spent 10 years as an Investment Director at global infrastructure-private equity firm Terra Firma Capital Partners, focusing on Operating Real Assets, including TMT, Infrastructure and Real Estate. Prior to Terra Firma, Matteo worked for 4 years at Morgan Stanley

We are one of Europe’s largest asset managers and a major global investor across public and private markets, with £1.1 trillion in assets under management.* Our clients include individual savers, pension scheme members and global institutions, who invest alongside L＆G’s own balance sheet. As a global investor, we are present where our clients most need us – from Hong Kong and Singapore, to major European financial hubs, to Chicago – operating under the Legal ＆ General and LGIM brands. Our work is underpinned by our enduring commitment to responsible investment, dedicated to creating long-term, sustainable value for our clients and partners.

* Source: LGIM, as at 30 June, 2024. Aggregates the assets managed by LGIM in the UK, LGIMA in the US and LGIM Asia in Hong Kong (2018-2019 only) and LGIM Singapore from July 2023. Includes the value of securities and derivatives positions.

Christian Couturier

Co-CEO, Carbometrix

Co-founder and co-CEO of Carbometrix since 2020, Christian Couturier leads efforts to empower financial institutions in driving the transition to a low-carbon economy. He has over two decades of experience as an investor, partner and investment committee member of Astorg as well as board member in medium sized international companies as well as 10 years experience in strategy consultancy. Christian also enjoys sharing his experience as lecturer in top ranked engineering and business schools.

Carbometrix

Carbometrix supports private market investment funds and banks in all aspects of their climate and decarbonization strategy. We combine climate advisory services with an intuitive platform.

Whether you need advisory services on decarbonization or regulatory compliance, or a scalable digital platform for ongoing portfolio management, Carbometrix provides a one-stop solution for all your climate-related needs.
With 1000+ companies, 160 industries and 110 funds supported across six asset classes, Carbometrix is trusted by leading Private Equity firms and Asset managers as a long-term partner in building climate-resilient portfolios and generating long-term value for investors.

Isabella da Costa Mendes

Founding partner and co-CEO, ImpactA Global

Isabella is an established Emerging Markets professional, with 30 years’ experience across law, investment banking, structuring, and consultancy.

Her expertise lies in the origination and structuring of complex transactions, with a particular interest in infrastructure. In 2015, she founded Catara Consulting, an investment advisory firm. Isabella’s background in Emerging Markets includes management of the advisory practice at FKS Capital Partners, a structured finance and principal investments firm working across global financial markets. She has worked as Head of London and Africa Capital Solutions at Renaissance Capital, Head of Emerging Markets Credit Structuring at Morgan Stanley as well as at JP Morgan.

Isabella also brings detailed experience in corporate governance, being an independent non-executive director of ICBC Standard Bank plc, chairing its Board Risk Management Committee, and a member of the NYU Law International Alumni Advisory Board.

ImpactA Global

ImpactA Global Limited is a pioneering, women-led firm with an infrastructure credit impact strategy for Emerging Markets (with focus on Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East and South Asia). The team seeks to catalyse investment in climate transition and sustainable infrastructure. The firm's mission is to unlock critical investment to drive climate transition and address inequalities in emerging markets.

ImpactA Global strongly believes that closing the sustainable infrastructure gap in Emerging Markets and addressing climate challenges are key to driving economic growth, reducing inequalities, supporting disadvantaged and marginalised communities, in particular the lives of women, and are a critical multiplier for positive economic development outcomes in Emerging Markets. ImpactA currently targets impact in four verticals: clean energy, sustainable mobility, water & sanitation and health, strongly aligned with the UN SDGs

Gabriele Damiani

Head of Core / Core+ Infrastructure, Swiss Life Asset Managers

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.

Dr Hubert Danso

CEO ＆ Chairman, Africa investor (Ai) Group

Dr Danso is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Africa investor (Ai) Group – a pan African Infrastructure Investment Holding Company for institutional investors. He also serves as the Chairman of the CFA New York Society Global Asset Owners’ Advisory Council, the Chairman of the African Sovereign Wealth & Pension Fund Leaders Forum and is the Chair of The African Union’s Continental Business Network (CBN) and the Chair of the African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank Advisory Board (AfGIIB).

Dr Danso serves on the Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Advisory Council and Co-Chair’s the SMI Africa Council established by King Charles III. He also serves on the World Benchmarking Alliance Just Transition Advisory Group, and is an Advisory Board Member for UNDP’s Africa Green Business and Financing Initiative and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Investor Map.

Mr Danso leads Ai’s Pension and Sovereign Wealth Infrastructure Co-Investment Platform and advises corporates, institutional investors, governments and development finance institutions on ESG trends, infrastructure allocations and private equity investments in Africa. Mr Danso was instrumental in establishing the NEPAD-AU 5% Agenda Infrastructure Investment Initiative, for Pension and Sovereign Wealth Fund infrastructure investors.

Hubert holds an LLB in Business Law, an LLM Masters in International Commercial Law from the University of Sussex in England and an Honorary PHD in Global Leadership from the European International University in France.

Africa investor (Ai)

Africa investor (Ai) is an institutional investment holding platform, that aligns its pools of capital from sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, family offices and long-term investors with vetted infrastructure, private equity and technology investment opportunities in Africa.

www.africainvestor.com

Jaideep Das

Partner, Global Leader of Services and Innovation, ERM

Jaideep is a Partner at ERM with over 23 years’ experience as a sustainability professional. He is responsible for Services & Innovation globally and is a member of ERM’s Global Executive Committee. In his role, he addresses clients’ most pressing sustainability issues through programmatic approaches and brings market leading innovative solutions to help clients achieve their business goals.

Jaideep’s previous work has included supporting leading Financial Institutions and Corporates, develop and implement their sustainability integration strategies, including undertaking portfolio-wide consideration of business impacts of sustainability issues, helping meet sustainability expectations of their stakeholders, and applying these considerations to pre-acquisition due diligence and running effective post-acquisition value enhancement programmes.

He has worked extensively for various Asset Managers and Asset Owners including: KKR, Bain Capital, Bridgepoint, Carlyle, EQT, Permira, Blackstone, OMERS, IFM, Riverstone, and Inflexion amongst others supporting their investments across a range of sectors.

Jaideep was retained by InvestEurope from 2012-2015 to co-develop and co-deliver their responsible investment training course to 60+ PEs and LPs. He was also a key author of the joint publication with PRI “ESG Monitoring, Reporting and Dialogue in Private Equity”. He is a civil and environmental engineer by background and has a Masters in environmental economics and sustainability management from Strathclyde Business School.

Simon Davy

Managing Director, Investments, Equitix

Simon is a Managing Director in the Equitix Investments team. He joined in 2025. He is focused on the origination and execution of transactions. Simon has over 30 years of experience in financial services. For the last eight years Simon has originated and delivered investments in energy, utilities, transport and digital infrastructure. In his prior role Simon was responsible for building direct investment capabilities for UK local government pension capital at LPPI; the business deployed and managed over £7.5 billion in direct, co-invest and fund investments across infrastructure and real estate under local and global mandates. Simon has invested in, and managed, assets as a board director across Europe in businesses such as Finnish district heating, Portuguese wind, Spanish gas, plus UK ports and towers. Prior to joining LPPI Simon spent 15 years working at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and 6 years at JPMorgan. Simon graduated with BA (Hons) in Geography from the University of Oxford.

Equitix is a responsible investor, developer and manager of core infrastructure assets and critical services which materially contribute to the lives of the communities they serve. Established in 2007 with over £11bn in assets under management, invested across 350 assets in 22 countries, Equitix supports delivery of the green transition, with social and environmental objectives embedded into a diverse portfolio of socially important assets that strengthen regional, national, and international connections, creating a lasting legacy for generations.
www.equitix.com

Thierry Déau

Founder, 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 $22 Billion of assets, the firm has to date more than 125 projects under development, construction or in operation.

Meridiam currently holds offices in Paris, Istanbul, Addis Ababa, Dakar, Luxembourg, Amman, Vienna, Libreville, Johannesburg and Washington DC, 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 (CDC) 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, board member of the Friends of the Paris Opera (AROP), Chairman of the Établissement public du Palais de la Porte Dorée, founder of the Africa Infrastructure fellowship program (AIFP), founding member of the Sustainable Development Investment Partnership (SDIP) of the World Economic Forum, chairman of the Long-term Infrastructure Investors Association (LTIIA), Chairman of the Fast Infra Group (FIG), Chairman of UP for Humanness 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 École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées engineering School.

Meridiam

Meridiam was founded in 2005 by Thierry Déau, with the belief that the alignment of interests between the public and private sector can provide critical solutions to the collective needs of communities. Meridiam is an independent investment Benefit Corporation and an asset manager. The firm specializes in the development, financing, and long-term management of sustainable public infrastructure in three core sectors: sustainable mobility, critical public services and innovative low carbon solutions. With offices in Addis Ababa, Amman, Dakar, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Libreville, Luxembourg, Paris, Vienna and Washington, Meridiam manages over US$22 billion and more than 125 projects to date. Meridiam is certified ISO 9001: 2015, Advanced Sustainability Rating by VigeoEiris (Moody’s), ISO 37001 Anti-Corruption certification by AFNOR and applies a unique methodology in relation to ESG and impact based on United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Francisco del Pozo

Head of Infrastructure Funds, Bestinver

Francisco del Pozo is the Head of the Infrastructure funds at Bestinver. Bestinver is the leading independent asset manager in Spain with more than €6,5B of AUMs and 50,000 investors.

Francisco has more than 20 years of experience in the development, design, construction, and investment in the infrastructure space most of them based in New York. His previous position was as a Managing Director of Macquarie Capital infrastructure team. Francisco holds a Master of Science in Civil Engineering, an MBA from Columbia Business School and recently completed the Advanced Management program at Harvard Business School.

Bestinver is the largest independent asset manager in Spain with more than € 6,5 BN in assets under management in both liquid and alternative strategies. Bestinver Infrastructure provides investors with global access to high quality infrastructure assets in Europe and North America.

Since our launch, we have pursued the same consistent strategy. The creation of diversified, mid-market, high quality, essential infrastructure portfolios, with focus on yielding asset. We generate value through (i) portfolio construction and consolidation of assets, (ii) origination of off-market transactions with arbitrage opportunities and (iii) financial and asset management improvements.

With a focus on essential brownfield infrastructure in the transportation, social infrastructure, and renewable energy verticals, Bestinver Infra’s portfolio strategically blends availability/PPA and demand risk/merchant revenues, showcasing a diversified investment approach. We target €750m funds raised by 2025. We currently manage over €300m in our first Bestinver Infra Core fund and have a diversified portfolio of 10 brownfield assets. We have recently launch Bestinver Infra II, targeting additional €450m, in Core/Core+ infrastructure assets/strategies.

Lucie Delzant

Sustainable Finance Lead, Axa Climate

Lucie has been working at AXA Climate as a Sustainable Finance Expert, to support investors in their Sustainability journey. Prior to joining AXA Climate, she worked at an ESG and Credit Rating Agency, where she contributed to the integration of ESG and climate challenges in Credit Rating, and supported the development of the Sustainable Finance Consulting services.

Her expertise includes the development and deployment of responsible investment strategies, including climate-related strategies, and compliance with ESG market standards, trends and regulations.

Lucie holds a Master’s Degree in International Relations and Political Science from Panthéon-Sorbonne University and as Master in Sustainability Management from ESCP Europe Business School.

AXA Climate

AXA Climate, a subsidiary of the AXA group dedicated to climate change adaptation and transition supports sectors such as agribusiness, industry, finance, and the public sector by offering parametric insurance products, consulting services, over 40 hours of online training, and a suite of digital tools for climate projections.

By leveraging science and data, AXA Climate helps companies and public players to tackle key environmental challenges and enables them to implement concrete adaptation and mitigation strategies tailored to their local contexts and specific needs.

Altitude is AXA Climate’s SaaS products business unit. Our purpose is to support climate change adaptation. We build solutions for decision makers to enable sustainable investing strategies. AXA Altitude is an innovative all-in-one solution that provides Infrastructure and Private Equity funds with AXA Climate’s carbon, climate and nature data for intelligent decision-making during sourcing, Due Diligence and holding period.

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.

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.

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Alexandra Dimsdale-Gill

Partner, Clifford Chance

Alexandra advises lenders, sponsors and corporate borrowers in the context of infrastructure finance, acquisition finance, syndicated loans and debt restructurings. Her expertise encompasses a wide range of sectors, including renewable energy, transport, and digital infrastructure. Alexandra is a key lawyer listed in legal directories for infrastructure acquisition financing in 2025.

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.

Andjela Djordjevic

Vice President, Infrastructure & Energy Private Debt, Berenberg

Andjela Djordjević is an Investment Manager for Berenberg’s private debt funds within the Infrastructure & Energy platform. She focuses on the origination and execution of private debt investments, providing mezzanine and unitranche financing for renewable energy, battery energy storage systems (BESS), and digital infrastructure assets across OECD countries. Thanks to the flexibility of the funds, projects can be financed at any stage of their lifecycle, including those without long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs), enabling fully merchant financing.

Passionate about infrastructure and the energy transition, Andjela is dedicated to structuring innovative and creative investment solutions that drive long-term impact. Before joining Berenberg, she worked at DWS in the Chief Investment Office and at Bankhaus Metzler. She holds a Master’s degree in Sustainability and Energy Management from Università Bocconi and a Bachelor of Science in Business & Economics, majoring in Finance & Accounting, from Goethe University Frankfurt.

Berenberg

Berenberg was founded in 1590 and is one of today’s leading European private banks with its business divisions Wealth and Asset Management, Investment Banking and Corporate Banking. Managed by personally liable partners, the Hamburg-based bank has a strong presence in the financial centres of Frankfurt, London, and New York.
The Infrastructure & Energy business division is part of Corporate Banking and advises customers and investors on all transaction-, financing- and project-related issues. Germany's oldest private bank has already launched eight green energy and digital infrastructure debt funds for professional investors with a total volume of over one billion euros. The funds finance renewable energy, energy transition and digital infrastructure assets across OECD countries in the form of Junior or Unitranche Debt. Thereby, they contribute to the energy transition and thus make an important contribution to society and the environment. Further information can be found at www.berenberg.de

Hans-Peter Dohr

Founder & Managing Director, ICA - Institutional Capital Associates

Hans-Peter Dohr is the founder and CEO of ICA Institutional Capital Associates. He focuses on investment advisory for and capital introductions to institutional investors and has over 35 years of experience in investment and finance, including board and investment committee positions at state investment holding companies and infrastructure and private equity investment funds . Prior to founding ICA, he was Head of Advisory at DC Placement Advisors, one of Europe’s leading private markets advisory firms . Earlier in his career, he worked for several groups within the investment banking departments of Fox-Pitt, Kelton, Salomon Brothers, Credit Lyonnais, and Chase Manhattan Bank, as well as the Ministry of Finance and as credit officer in the State Development Bank in Austria. Hans-Peter Dohr holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Vienna University of Economics and Business.

ICA

ICA Institutional Capital Associates (ICA) is an award-winning regional investment advisory boutique. The company offers customised advisory and investment solutions for institutional clients in the DACH region with a strong focus on private debt and real assets. Since 2019, ICA also offers placement services for investment firms for the marketing and distribution of funds to investors in the DACH region. These services are designed to support clients in raising capital from investors for their private markets programmes. ICA's customised distribution strategy provides managers with effective outsourcing of their business development and fundraising efforts, enabling significant asset growth and deepening relationships with a broad range of investors. The ICA team consists of senior and experienced professionals with over 80 years of combined investment and finance experience, including board and investment committee positions in state investment holding companies, infrastructure, private debt and private equity investment funds and insurance companies.

Karen Dolenec

Partner, Ancala

Karen is heavily involved in Ancala’s investment activity, works closely with Ancala’s portfolio companies and oversees the firm’s investor relations and fundraising activity.

She joined Ancala in 2017 and is a member of Ancala’s management, investment and valuation committees. Karen has almost 30 years of private markets investment experience mostly focused on asset-backed strategies including infrastructure, real estate and natural resources.

Before Ancala, Karen was Head of Real Assets at Willis Towers Watson where she structured and negotiated a wide range of innovative investment opportunities for its global client base. She also launched the firm’s largest co-mingled fund and the first focused on unlisted investments. Prior to that, Karen was a Managing Director at Terra Firma where she made some of the firm’s most successful investments, was heavily involved in managing its portfolio businesses and established the firm’s presence in new sectors.

Ancala is a leading independent infrastructure manager that delivers infrastructure investment differently. The firm takes a unique entrepreneurial and collaborative approach to consistently deliver results for the companies it invests in, Ancala’s investors and other stakeholders.

Ancala is trusted by institutional investors globally to provide downside protection, consistent and strong cash yield and top quartile inflation-linked returns.

As of December 2024, Ancala had AUM of over €4.2bn and a diverse international portfolio of 19 companies across Energy Transition and Renewables, Circular Economy, Transport, Utilities, Energy and Social.

The firm’s entrepreneurial and collaborative approach is critical to its success. Ancala delivers a consistent and differentiated strategy which focuses on sourcing bilateral investment opportunities, providing industry-leading downside protection, and delivering a unique approach to help portfolio companies create sustainable value.

https://www.ancala.com

Frank Dornseifer

Managing Director, Bundesverband Alternative Investments eV

Frank Dornseifer is Managing Director of BAI, the German advocacy organization for the Alternative Investments industry (Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V.). He has been active for more than 25 years in various functions in policy and regulatory affairs, investment management, capital markets and corporate law.

He studied law at the universities of Bonn, Dublin (Trinity College) and Lausanne. After admission to the German Bar in 2000 he practiced various years as attorney in an international law firm in the field of corporate and capital market law before joining the German Financial Regulator BaFin as deputy head of the policy unit within the investment management department. In this function he also represented BaFin in the Investment Management Committee of IOSCO.

The finance committee of the German Bundestag, the EU commission and the European Parliament denominated him several times as expert on capital market law. Mr. Dornseifer gives frequently speeches at national and international conferences on investment and regulatory topics and he is co-editor of legal commentaries on the German Investment Act and on the AIFM Directive.

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.

Georgia Dunne

Director, Infrastructure & Project Finance, NatWest

Robert Dupree

Principal, Co-Head of the Investments group and Co-Head of Infrastructure & Impact, CIM Group

Robert Dupree is a Principal in the Investments group, Co-Head of the Investments group and Co-Head of Infrastructure. In these roles, he leads a team focused on the composition, operations and investment priorities of CIM’s funds as well as the sourcing of investment opportunities. Prior to joining CIM Group in 2015, Mr. Dupree was a Senior Vice President at Oaktree Capital Management. Mr. Dupree earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Babson College and a Master of Business Administration degree from Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.

About CIM Group
CIM is a community-focused real estate and infrastructure owner, operator, lender and developer. Since 1994, CIM has sought to create value in projects and positively impact the lives of people in communities across the Americas by delivering more than $60 billion of essential real estate and infrastructure projects. CIM’s diverse team of experts applies its broad knowledge and disciplined approach through hands-on management of real assets from due diligence to operations through disposition. CIM strives to make a meaningful difference in the world by executing key environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives and enhancing each community in which it invests. For more information, visit www.cimgroup.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.

Adrian Dwyer

Chief Executive Officer, Infrastructure Partnerships Australia

Adrian Dwyer is the Chief Executive Officer of Infrastructure Partnerships Australia – the nation’s leading industry think tank and executive member network, providing research focused on excellence in social and economic infrastructure.

Adrian’s career spans business, policy and public service roles across the private sector and the NSW and Australian governments – with expertise across transport, utilities and social infrastructure markets, and wider public administration.

Adrian served as Infrastructure Partnerships Australia’s head of policy from 2011 until 2015, where he led major studies on road pricing reform, contracting and financing models, among others. In 2015, Adrian left Infrastructure Partnerships Australia to serve as the Executive Director of Policy and Research at Infrastructure Australia – the Commonwealth Government’s statutory infrastructure body.

At Infrastructure Australia, Adrian led the development of the first Australian Infrastructure Plan – a 15-year reform map for Australia’s infrastructure markets, alongside other major reports and studies.

Adrian was appointed as Infrastructure Partnerships Australia’s Chief Executive Officer in March 2018.

Infrastructure Partnerships Australia

We are Australia’s longest standing independent infrastructure think tank and an executive member network.

Formed in 2005 as a genuine and enduring policy partnership between Australia’s governments and industry, we provide research focused on excellence in social and economic infrastructure.

Our public sector members include Commonwealth, state and territory infrastructure, planning, environment, finance and treasury departments, as well as government-owned corporations.

Our private sector members include major financiers, law firms, contractors, consultants, equity and debt investors, technology providers, asset owners, operators and maintenance providers.

We exist to shape public debate and drive reform for the national interest.

Guilherme Dzik

Managing Director, Kingston Infrastructure Partners, LLC

Gui is a Managing Director at Kingston. Before joining Kingston, he worked in the Global Capital Solutions Group at Goldman Sachs in New York.

Gui spent over a decade involved in investing and lending activities within Goldman Sachs’ investment banking and markets divisions, across their New York and São Paulo offices. During this time, he originated, structured, and executed structured finance transactions globally, focusing primarily on the infrastructure, transportation, oil and gas, real estate, traditional power, and renewable energy sectors.

His deal experience spans most Latin American countries, as well as the United States and Eastern Europe. Gui is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, his native language.

Gui earned a B.A. in Business and Public Administration and Finance with honors from Fundação Getulio Vargas EAESP in São Paulo, Brazil.

Kingston Infrastructure Partners is a global middle-market, value-add infrastructure equity investment firm founded and led by Darren Dixon, a former Goldman Sachs partner who ran its Global Capital Solutions group, a principal investing and lending business. Kingston has a strategic relationship with Cerberus Capital Management to support our operations, capital deployment, and global relationship network. Kingston invests broadly across infrastructure verticals-- we identify and originate opportunities in scalable, strategic, and less competed markets in partnership with developers and operators of strategically advantaged infrastructure assets. We look to scale proven assets into proven demand, executing risk-mitigated operational business plans that maximize the value proposition for LP capital. Our creative solutions, deep networks, expertise and partnership model give us an edge in securing exclusive opportunities and executing transactions at attractive pricing and terms targeting a 15%+ net IRR and 2.0+ net MOIC focusing primarily on opportunities in North America and Europe.

Catherine Edet

Head of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), STOA INFRA ENERGY

Holding an engineering degree from the Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine (Lorraine INP), Catherine joined STOA in 2023, bringing with her over twenty years of experience in Europe and emerging markets, including roles at the EBRD, Total, and Artelia. Her role at STOA is to oversee environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risk management.

STOA

Financing and supporting the development of sustainable and resilient infrastructure for future generations in Africa, Latin America and Asia

STOA is an impact fund created in 2017 by the Caisse des Dépôts and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) to finance infrastructure in emerging and developing countries.

Deeply committed to promoting a shared DNA, this joint venture focuses on the promotion of ecological, digital, territorial and societal transitions through development finance and public interest missions.

STOA engages in long-term partnerships in strategic sectors to effectively meet the critical infrastructure needs of populations, thereby promoting the development of sustainable and resilient economies.

To achieve this, we support high value-added infrastructure and energy projects for African, Latin American and Asian communities, using a robust ESG and Impact approach.

Ingrid Edmund

Senior Investment Director, Downing

Ingrid joined Downing in September 2024 as Senior Investment Director in the Energy & Infrastructure team. She brings 20 years of experience across a range of investment, finance, advisory and business development roles within the infrastructure and energy industry.

Prior to joining Downing, Ingrid spent six years at Columbia Threadneedle Investments where she co-led an evergreen European sustainable infrastructure fund, with a focus on renewable energy and digital investments in Northern Europe. Previously, she held roles with HSBC Global Asset Management, Hastings Funds Management, SMBC Europe and Standard & Poor’s.

Ingrid holds a MSc in Finance, Economics and Econometrics (Distinction) from Bayes Business School and a BSc in Mathematical Economics from the Academy of Economics Studies Bucharest.

Downing

Downing is a specialist investment manager with over 35 years’ experience and a strong track record in Private Markets across renewable energy, private equity and investments in residential and operating real estate.

Downing has 90 professionals dedicated to renewable energy and infrastructure and a successful track record in developing, investing and managing renewables, storage and grid support infrastructure. Since 2010, Downing’s Energy & Infrastructure team has made more than 200 investments. It has c.€1.1 billion of assets under management in the solar, wind, hydro and battery storage sectors, which is expected to generate c.855GWh annually across the portfolio.

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.

Camille Egloff

Managing Director and Senior Partner, BCG

Camille Egloff is a Senior Partner and Managing Director with over 25 years at BCG, specializing in Transportation, Logistics, and Infrastructure. As a recognized thought leader, Camille advises global investors, governments, and public authorities on strategic initiatives in these fields.

She has led extensive work across the logistics spectrum, including shipping, third-party logistics, air, sea, road, and rail freight, as well as contract logistics. Camille has supported top-tier global logistics players and investors, and has developed country and regional logistics strategies for public entities.

Camille holds a Masters in Business from HEC Paris, the leading French business school, and is fluent in French, English, Greek, and Spanish.

Boston Consulting Group

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. 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 bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives that question the status quo and spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, fueled by the goal of helping our clients thrive and enabling them to make the world a better place.

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.

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.

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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.

Some of the power and utilities investments that Mahomed has led include Energia Group in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland; T-Solar, solar PV portfolio with operations predominantly in Spain which was sold in 2020; and Conrad Energy, a UK independent power producer providing highly flexible generation; Aggreko, a leading global provider of mobile modular power, temperature control and energy services. In the transport and logistics space he led the 2018 acquisition of TIP Trailer Services, the largest pan-Europe trailer and truck lessor with presence across 17 countries in Europe and Canada; Cube Cold Europe, a pan-European cold storge platform focusing on acquiring and developing small to medium sized cold storage facilities across strategic areas such as ports and logistics hub; and Arriva, a bus and rail operator. In 2019, Mohamed was involved in the acquisition of Domidep, I Squared Capital’s first investment in the social infrastructure space and one of the largest elderly residential care providers in France. In the digital infrastructure space, Mohamed led the acquisition of EXA, a leading pure-play operator of critical telecom infrastructure networks, which was completed in 2021. More recently, Mohamed led the acquisition of Applus, a global leader in the testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) sector.

Before joining I Squared Capital, Mohamed spent 12 years at Morgan Stanley, most recently as an Executive Director of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure (MSI), a global platform for infrastructure investment at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.
Mohamed holds an L.L.B with Honors from Warwick University in the United Kingdom.

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 Global Investment Solutions

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.

TD Global Investment Solutions (TDGIS) represents the institutional asset management businesses of TD Bank Group (TD) - TD Asset Management Inc. (TDAM) and Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. (TD Epoch). We offer investment solutions to corporations, pension plans, endowments and foundations, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, and superannuation, among others.

TDAM invests in mid-market infrastructure assets. With over a 10-year track record in the Canadian institutional market, we've built a private infrastructure portfolio that includes over 460 essential infrastructure projects across 7 countries and combines long-term contracted cash flow, growth, inflation protection and diversification. Our approach to long-term investments allows us to strategically focus on providing a diversified portfolio of global infrastructure assets.

https://www.td.com/gl/en/global-investment-solutions

Kiko Emae

Senior Director, Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)

Kiko Emae, Senior Director & Head of Infrastructure, Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)
Joined GPIF in April 2021, and leads the infrastructure team.

Prior to joining GPIF, she was at Mitsubishi Corporation, where she was one of the founding members of the infrastructure co-investment program with OMERS, and seconded to work at I Squared Capital based in New York.

Bachelor of Economics from Kyoto University, MBA from Waseda University.

Japanese public pension finance adopts a pay-as-you-go-system, and pension reserves will be supplemented the shortage of pension premium in the further declining birth-rate and aging society. As a public pension fund in Japan, Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) manages this pension reserves stably and efficiently from a long-term perspective, solely for the benefit of the future pension beneficiaries, thereby contributing to the stability of pension finance. GPIF has approximately 153.6 trillion JPY AUM (as of September 2024), investing in a globally diversified portfolio, in order to exercise its fiduciary duties to most people in Japan except for public workers.

Lukas Fasching

Private Markets Solutions Lead, Raiffeisen Capital Management

Lukas joined Raiffeisen Capital Management in beginning of 2024, working on the establishment of a Private Markets Platform. Since 2025 he is managing the Private Infrastructure segment.
Before joining Raiffeisen Capital Management, Lukas was an M&A Manager at Aareal Bank in Germany, prior to that he was working at Raiffeisen Bank International in Austria, in M&A & Strategy.

Raiffeisen Capital Management

Raiffeisen Capital Management is a leading Austrian Asset Management Company and a market leader in sustainable investments. Established in 1985, Raiffeisen Capital Management has a 40year history in the active management of mutual funds in Equities, Fixed Income and Multi Assets. Since 2003 Raiffeisen Capital Management is active in Real Assets with a focus on Real Estate. In 2024 Raiffeisen Capital Management started to set-up a Private Markets Platform.

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.

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Gonzalo Fernandez-Turegano

Global Sector Head of Financial Sponsors, BBVA

Gonzalo Fernandez-Turegano, based in London, is responsible for the global coverage of Financial Sponsors at BBVA Corporate & Investment Banking.

Within its Global Institutional Business group, his team provides a full offering of corporate and investment banking products to private equity investors, with particular focus on real assets.

Gonzalo holds a law degree from Complutense University and an MBA from IESE University of Navarra. He has 25 years’ experience working in the investment banking industry.

BBVA is a global financial services group founded in 1857. Currently serving more than 76,9 million active customers, the bank has over 125,000 employees and is present in more than 25 countries, has a strong leadership position in the Spanish market, is the largest financial institution in Mexico and it has leading franchises in South America and Turkey and an important investment banking business in the U.S.

Its division BBVA Corporate & Investment Banking (BBVA CIB) brings together the activities of investment banking, markets, financing and transactional services for institutional investors and corporate clients. It has a strong global presence, providing services through an extensive team of experts, including investment banking specialists and advisors in specific industries and sectors. BBVA CIB offers a wide range of value-added products and financial solutions, for the simplest needs and for the most complex ones. Its mission is to help clients to carry out their projects and achieve their business, transformation and sustainability objectives, whether they are local or international.

www.bbvacib.com

Muneer Ferozie

Regional Head of Transaction Advisory Services , International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Muneer Ferozie is the Regional Head for IFC’s Transaction Advisory business for the continent of Africa. In this capacity, he leads the regional teams, which advise the governments on sell side financial advisory mandates for structuring and implementing public private partnerships (PPPs) and privatizations in the infrastructure and social sectors, across regional hubs based in Rabat, Nairobi, Johannesburg and Dakar. He previously managed IFC’s Transaction Advisory business for the Middle East, Central Asia, Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan (MCT) region.

Muneer has advised on the most innovative and complex PPP transactions globally. He has extensive commercial and investment banking experience and has lived and worked in North America, Europe, Middle East, and South Asia. He joined IFC in Washington DC, working in the infrastructure division on mining projects. Prior to this, he worked with ANZ Investment Bank (ANZIB) in London in senior roles. At ANZIB, he led the European power projects, originating and executing large and complex project financing transactions. Prior to this, he worked on the underwriting desk and led primary and secondary syndications for project and corporate finance transactions and managed the Bank’s top European multinational clients as the Senior Global Relationship Manager for large multinational clients operating globally in the Bank’s network to provide the suite of banking products.

Muneer holds an MBA in Finance and Strategy from the London Business School. He is a citizen of the United Kingdom.

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is a member of the World Bank Group and is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector. For more than 60 years, IFC has leveraged the power of the private sector for global good. Today, it uses that experience to transform ideas into investments for green growth, inclusive jobs, and impactful projects. IFC aims to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet by investing in private sector growth, connecting economic inclusion with development priorities to create real progress for the people and places that need it most.

IFC is advancing key initiatives such as developing the Warehouse-Enabled Securitization Platform (WESP) to pioneer an originate-to-distribute model that will bundle loans into securities, mobilizing more private capital while creating a new sustainable emerging markets asset class. It also works alongside other multilateral development banks to publicly share project risk data through the Global Emerging Markets Database (GEMs) to facilitate greater investment and scale blended finance instruments that strategically combine concessional and commercial capital to incentivize private sector investment.

IFC's leadership team shapes the organization’s strategies and policies, positioning IFC to help improve the lives of those facing poverty in the developing world. The team benefits from years of development experience, a diversity of knowledge, and distinct cultural perspectives.

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 his career he held various board roles in portfolio companies as well as with the Global Infrastructure Investor Association.

He received his Master of Economics (Dipl.-Volkswirt) from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and his PhD (Dr. rer. pol.) from Technische Universität München.

About StepStone

StepStone Group Inc. (Nasdaq: STEP) is a global private markets investment firm focused on providing customized investment solutions and advisory and data services to its clients. As of September 30, 2024, StepStone was responsible for approximately $682 billion of total capital, including $176 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 markets portfolios designed to meet their specific objectives across the private equity, infrastructure, private debt and real estate asset classes.

Nicolas Firzli

Executive Director, World Pensions council (WPc)

Nicolas Firzli is founder of the World Pensions® Council, the retirement & savings industry group, cochair of the G7 Pensions Roundtable held on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, founding-member of the Advisory Council for the Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF), a World Bank and G20–led global initiative,and executive director of the Singapore Economic Forum (SEF)

He has co-developed notions such as ‘SDG–Driven Investment’, ‘Pension Superpowers’, the ‘Age of Geoeconomics’, ‘Employee Capitalism’..., and chaired the Pensions and Asset Owners Roundtable at the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference (Paris COP21 Summit/Paris Agreement)

Nicolas is a graduate of Canada’s McGill University (Statistics & Financial Economics), an alumnus of the HEC Paris School of Management (MBA Corporate Strategy & Marketing) and the University of Paris Law School (LL.M. Corporate Law) and has conducted research at the University of Louvain (UCL) Doctoral School of Economics and Management in Waals Brabant (Belgium)

He is a regular contributor to BBC News (Asia), Asharq News with Bloomberg, the Arabian Gulf financial news network, RTÉ, Ireland's National Television and Radio Broadcaster, and Cairo TV (Qahera News). He is also active in ecumenical, intercultural dialogue, nonalignment, & the promotion of peaceful, inclusive sustainable development endeavours in Britain, the European Union (EU) and the Greater MENA–APAC continuum

World Pensions council (WPc)

World Pensions (WPc) is the collaborative, non-partisan retirement & savings industry think-tank and advocacy platform, focusing on the crossroads where modern financial inquiry, asset ownership and pension policy meet. Our research is multidisciplinary by nature: covering all aspects of retirement, retirement savings and social protection in the broadest sense, including asset management, investment governance, workers’ participation, trusteeship and fiduciary capitalism . . . We believe that only well informed, solid pension systems can “open up the way to higher standards of social welfare and economic security”

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, Infrastructure ＆ Renewable Resources, 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.

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.

BCI

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.

Federico Fruhbeck

Partner, Gibson Dunn

Federico Fruhbeck is a partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and co-chair of the Infrastructure and Private Equity in Europe Practice Groups in Europe. He is also a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions and Capital Markets Practice Groups. Federico’s practice focuses on cross-border M&A transactions across Europe and Latin America for private equity clients and large family-owned conglomerates, with a particular focus in the infrastructure, ESG and real assets sectors. He has extensive experience across multiple jurisdictions, with a particular focus on Spain, Italy, Germany, France and the Nordic region. Federico is recognised by The Legal 500 UK 2024 as leading individual for Infrastructure: M&A and Acquisition Financing and for M&A: Upper Mid-Market and Premium Deals, £750m+ and Private Equity: Transactions – High-Value Deals (£250m+). He was named in The Lawyer’s Hot 100 2022 list, which recognises the most daring, innovative and creative lawyers.

Gibson Dunn Firm Profile

Gibson Dunn is a leading global law firm, advising clients on significant transactions and disputes. With more than 2,000 lawyers, spanning 21 offices, our exceptional teams operate seamlessly as a unified whole to craft and deploy creative legal strategies that are meticulously tailored to every matter, however complex or high stakes. Our firm maintains a leading infrastructure practice with experience in over 60 countries and a deep familiarity with the industrial, commercial, financial and political issues that are inherent in the acquisition, disposition, development, financing, construction, and operation of major infrastructure assets and projects all over the world, and in particular on the sponsor representation side. Our work is distinguished by a unique combination of precision and vision, with a breadth of experience across all major infrastructure sectors. We forge deep partnerships with our clients—helping them face tough challenges and to thrive in unprecedented times.

Roderick Gadsby

Managing Director, Northleaf

Roderick leads Northleaf’s infrastructure investment activities in the UK and Europe, across transaction origination, due diligence, execution, and asset management, and is a member of the Infrastructure Investment Committee. He acts as the Asset Manager for a number of Northleaf’s infrastructure investments and serves as a director on several asset-level boards. Roderick is also the head of Northleaf's London office.

Prior to joining Northleaf in 2018, Roderick held senior-level infrastructure investment and advisory roles at institutions such as UBS Investment Bank, Macquarie Group and Barclays Capital. With more than 20 years of corporate finance and principal investing experience in the UK and Europe, Roderick has led the origination, execution and financing of infrastructure and other real assets. In addition, Roderick has served on the corporate boards of several privately held companies.

Roderick received a Master of Business Administration from London Business School and a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of British Columbia.

Sergio Gago Huerta

Managing Director of Quantum Computing, Moody's

Sergio Gago is the Managing Director of Quantum Computing at Moody's Analytics and has more than 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur, CTO and general manager in startups, scaleups and corporations.

Prior to leading the Quantum Computing effort he led the Media Solutions operating unit for Moody’s that features the NewsEdge suite of real-time news-based solutions. He led advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning and applied these developments to news and other media content for companies seeking timely, highly relevant information to fuel decision making as news breaks. With previous experience at Rakuten, Zinio, VCG, Tangelo and Ares Development, Sergio brings more than two decades of executive management and technology experience leading highly technical organizations to drive digital transformation. He holds an MBA, Telecommunications Engineering and Quantum Computing ＆ Information graduate degrees. He was also nominated "40 under 40" in data in 2021 by CDO. Sergio is also the Director at the Big Data and AI Master Degree at BTS / University of Barcelona and an Angel Investor in early stage startups.

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.

DigitalBridge

A Fast-Growing Global Investment Firm That Owns, Operates, and Invests Across the Full Spectrum of Digital Infrastructure.

DigitalBridge is the only dedicated, global-scale digital infrastructure firm investing across five key verticals: data centers, cell towers, fiber networks, small cells, and edge infrastructure.
Our platform manages $88 billion* on behalf of its limited partners and shareholders and is focused on identifying differentiated investment opportunities within digital infrastructure around the world.

DigitalBridge is a unique digital infrastructure business, with both the operating DNA and access to institutional capital that positions the firm to execute globally on a converging digital infrastructure ecosystem.

It is a business that owns and invests in real assets exposed to resilient, growing markets led by a pioneering team that has been investing successfully in the sector for over two decades.
*AUM as of September 30, 2024

Claudio Ghisu

Co-Head Infrastructure, YIELCO Investments

Claudio is a partner at YIELCO Investments AG and managing director at YIELCO Investments (Switzerland) AG. Claudio is co-heading YIELCO's infrastructure practice and is YIELCO's Country Head for Switzerland. Before joining YIELCO, Claudio worked as a portfolio manager for private equity at UBS Asset Management for over 5 years. He was responsible for the latest fund of funds flagship products and for several institutional mandates. During this time, he also covered investments in Asia. Before joining UBS, Claudio was a co-founder and partner at Diamond Asset Advisors, an investment boutique in the private markets sector. Claudio began his career in the private market industry at Adveq Management AG (today Schroder Capital) in 2005. Claudio holds an MBA from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Rochester, New York (USA) and a master's degree from the University of Bern (Switzerland). He also holds a Swiss federal certificate as a specialist in finance and accounting.

YIELCO Investments

YIELCO is an independent global private markets investment specialist, focused on private equity, infrastructure, and private debt. Our core objective is to generate attractive and sustainable returns for our investors. YIELCO manages commitments exceeding EUR 10 billion from a variety of institutional investors, including pension plans, insurance companies, and family offices. YIELCO is led by experienced investment professionals who have been supporting institutional investors for over 15 years. Based on this expertise, YIELCO has built a compelling track record and developed a range of innovative investment programs, characterized by attractive conditions and strong alignment of interests with investors. Through diversified multi-manager and co-investment portfolios, as well as bespoke solutions, institutional investors gain access to YIELCO's sophisticated investment strategies, offering attractive return opportunities.

Josh Gilbert

Co-Founder & CEO, Sust Global

Josh Gilbert is Chief Executive Officer and co-founder at Sust Global.

Sust Global is a geospatial AI company building physical climate risk analytics and data tooling for investors. The firm has built a renewable infrastructure-focused solution to help solar and wind investors understand the impact that climate change will have on their assets’ generation capacity and returns.

Josh is a global expert and leader in climate tech and sustainable finance, as a published author and entrepreneur across climate tech, sustainable finance and geospatial analytics. Josh is quoted in publications such as the FT, TechCrunch and Reuters. Josh holds a BA & MSc in International Development & Economics.

Sust Global

Sust Global is a Geospatial AI company empowering decision-makers to transform disparate multimodal datasets into actionable intelligence.

The company was funded by the UK Space Agency to develop innovative wind speed and wind power generation projections that account for the impact of climate change, and their analytics enable investors to gain an edge with better insight into future asset performance.

Sust Global also serves investment, sustainability, and risk management departments in large pension funds and asset managers by powering insights between climate models, earth observations, socioeconomic data, financial models, and other geospatial and industry-specific datasets to enable better-informed decisions.

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.

Luke Gorton

Senior Managing Director and Head of Europe, John Laing

Accomplished finance executive with over 20 years of experience specialising in M＆A, Project Finance, and Asset Management within the European infrastructure sector. Luke joined John Laing in 2023 as Head of Europe at John Laing following his position as Head of Infrastructure EMEA at Credit Suisse and before that Director in the Energy and Infrastructure team at BNP Paribas.

A member of the Senior Management Group and Investment Committee at John Laing that drives growth and delivers long-term value through expert leadership in ESG and complex transactions across Europe. Luke spearheaded the John Laing transaction with Stegra in 2024 to provide essential water treatment services to the flagship green steel industrial site in Boden, Sweden.

John Laing

John Laing is a leading international investor and active manager of core infrastructure assets. We invest across the spectrum of development, in construction, and already operational assets, and across a range of sectors, including transportation, energy and utilities, telecommunications and social infrastructure.

John Laing has successfully delivered more than 150 infrastructure assets across the UK ＆ Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand and Colombia.

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.

Kunal Govindia

Senior Credit Risk Analyst, The Phoenix Group

Kunal Govindia works in infrastructure credit risk at Phoenix Group covering project finance and corporate infrastructure. He joined Phoenix Group in 2023 from Moody’s where he was a lead credit analyst for project finance and infrastructure. His previous experience includes debt advisory at Citigroup.

The 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.

Pooja Goyal

Chief Investment Officer of the Infrastructure Group, Carlyle

Pooja Goyal is a Partner and Chief Investment Officer of the Infrastructure Group. She is Co-Head of the Carlyle Global Infrastructure Opportunity Fund (CGI), and Head of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Fund. She is based in New York. In her capacity, Ms. Goyal overseas all investment activities across Renewables and Energy Transition, Digital, Transport and Utilities globally.

Prior to joining Carlyle in 2019, Ms. Goyal was the Head of the Alternative Energy Investing Group at Goldman Sachs, where she led Goldman Sachs’ investments in the renewables sector. Ms. Goyal has been investing in the renewables / energy transition sector since 2005 when she joined the Alternative Energy Investing Group as an associate. She was promoted to Managing Director in 2012 and took over as Head of the group in 2013. Prior to 2005, Ms. Goyal was part of the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs.

Ms. Goyal is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania, where she received a BS in finance from the Wharton School and a BAS in computer and cognitive science from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) is a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across three business segments: Global Private Equity, Global Credit, and Global Investment Solutions. With $441 billion of assets under management as of December 31, 2024, Carlyle’s purpose is to invest wisely and create value on behalf of its investors, portfolio companies, and the communities in which we live and invest. Carlyle employs more than 2,300 people in 29 offices across four continents.

Further information is available at www.carlyle.com. Follow Carlyle on X @OneCarlyle and LinkedIn at The Carlyle Group.

Mariana Graça

Investment Specialist - Sustainability & Impact, Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund

Mariana has over 13+ years’ experience in impact investing across Africa and Asia, and is currently an Investment Specialist at Ninety One’s Emerging Market Alternative Credit team where she leads on sustainability and impact.
As part of her role, Mariana works within the investment team of the Emerging Africa and Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF) leading sustainability and impact efforts for a $1.5 billion debt portfolio across 25 countries and 10 infrastructure sectors. She also supports on key capital raising for the fund and establishment of new sustainable strategies within the Emerging Market Alternative Credit team.

Prior to joining Ninety One, Mariana spend 7 years as Investment Manager at AgDevCo where she helped to build the company into a leading pan-African agri-impact investor with USD 250m AUM.

Mariana graduated with a MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics, has gained advanced qualifications in investment appraisal and corporate finance from the London School of Business and Finance and holds the CFA Climate and Investing Certificate (CCI) and the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing.

Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund

The Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF) is a blended finance vehicle that raises and deploys public and private debt capital to transformative infrastructure projects across Africa, the Levant and South and Southeast Asia. EAAIF provides various debt products on commercial terms to infrastructure projects primarily owned, actively managed, and operated by the best in private sector expertise. The Fund helps create the infrastructure framework that is essential to stimulate economic stability, business confidence, job creation and poverty reduction. EAAIF's committed loan portfolio is $1.5bn, invested across 25 countries and 10 infrastructure sectors. EAAIF is part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG). EAAIF was established and substantially funded by the governments of the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Switzerland, and Sweden. In addition, it raises its debt capital from public and private financiers. EAAIF is managed by Ninety One.

Melissa Grant

Director, Aksia

Melissa is a Director on the Real Assets team and is responsible for real assets investment programs, including portfolio construction, risk management and manager evaluation. She supports investment processes, manager sourcing and selection, portfolio analysis and implementation, as well as governance management and reporting. Additionally, Melissa is involved in the Firm’s global Private Equity strategic initiatives and discretionary asset management. Melissa teaches and helped design ILPA’s “Real Assets for the Limited Partner”, a one day, deep-dive seminar offered to ILPA members.

Prior to joining Aksia in 2021, Melissa was at Aquiline Capital Partners, where she was primarily responsible for the firm’s investor relations efforts. Before that she was a Vice President in the Infrastructure Investments Group at JP Morgan Asset Management, where she primarily focused on investor relations. Melissa was also an Associate at Lexington Partners L.P. and started her career at Stepstone Group L.P.

Melissa graduated cum laude from Brandeis University with a BA in Economics and holds an MA in International Economics and Finance from Brandeis International Business School.

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.

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.

Phil Green

Managing Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Phil joined SMBC Group in 2008 and has lead the Growth Infrastructure Finance team since 2018. The team is responsible for areas including Telecoms/Digital Infrastructure and Technology throughout the EMEA region.

The team have developed a strong presence in the Digital Infrastructure sector with over 50 transactions closed since 2019 including several significant lead roles on projects across data centres, fibre networks and telecoms towers.

Prior to his focus on digital infra he has covered numerous transactions in the transport, power and water sectors across EMEA. He also acted as part of the ECA coordinator team on several transactions including the Nacala Corridor in Mozambique/Malawi and Az-Zour North IWPP in Kuwait.

Phil has over 22 years of banking and asset finance experience. Prior to joining SMBC Group in 2008, Phil worked for Bank of Scotland and Caterpillar Financial Services.
Phil has an MBA from the University of Birmingham.

SMBC Group

SMBC Group is recognised as a global leader in project finance with a strong product knowledge and dedicated professionals in financial centres around the world.

SMBC Group offers global sponsors and clients a comprehensive service by providing dedicated finance advisory for projects and acquisitions, and a full range of debt products. This includes loans, and agency services to project bonds and derivatives. SMBC Group’s specialise teams offer products and services with a particular focus on digital infrastructure, new energies, natural resources, renewables, social infrastructure and asset acquisitions.

SMBC Group is a leading lender to Data Centres on a Global basis, having financed over 80 DC projects over the last 3 years. SMBC Group has led several high profile transactions as underwriter and bookrunner. SMBC Group also supports Data Centre clients access a range of DCM solutions for Data Centres including ABS and USPP.

Ross Grier

Chief Investment Officer, NextEnergy Capital

CIO of NextEnergy Capital, Ross joined the company in 2013 and has successfully led NextEnergy’s UK investment and operations, deploying approximately £2bn across public and private funds focused on renewable energy infrastructure. With over a decade of experience in the UK solar sector, he has overseen the acquisition and management of over 100 operational assets, totalling more than 1GW in capacity, while driving the development of an additional 500MW of solar and storage projects.

Ross has been instrumental in shaping the company’s M&A strategy and fostering key joint ventures and development partnerships. He is also a champion of sustainability, spearheading NextEnergy’s biodiversity program and delivering industry-leading ESG outcomes for the NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) and NextPower UK ESG.

NextEnergy Capital

NextEnergy Capital (“NEC”), which is part of the NextEnergy Group, was founded in 2007 to become a leading market participant in the international solar sector. Since its inception, it has been active in the development, construction and ownership of solar assets and currently has assets under management of c.$4.4bn across five investment vehicles. To date NEC has invested into over 530 solar plants for a capacity in excess of 3GW across its institutional funds, located in the US, UK, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, India, Chile and Greece. Through its sister company, WiseEnergy, it asset manages over 3.2GW of solar globally.

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

David Hansen

Head of Private Debt & Infrastructure, LBBW Asset Management

David is Head of Private Debt & Infrastructure Equity at LBBW Asset Management as well as Senior Advisor at Polaris Investment Advisory. David started his career working for Santander and Bankhaus Lampe. In 2020 he joined Kapital 1852 to set up first the Private Debt and later the Infrastructure Fund of Funds Business. David has 10 years of professional experience in Alternative Investments, M&A, Strategy & Governance and Credit & Risk. David holds a M.Sc. in Business Administration/Finance from the University of Cologne.

LBBW Asset Management

LBBW Asset Management Investmentgesellschaft mbH (LBBW AM) is a wholly owned subsidiary of LBBW and assumes central responsibility for asset management within the LBBW Group. With a volume of around EUR 71.3 billion in total assets, we are one of the most important capital management companies in Germany. Since October 1, 2020, we have been part of the LBBW Asset and Wealth Management (AWM) division and - together with BW Bank's Private Asset Management, Asset Management and Wealth Management - are one of the leading asset managers in Germany with total assets under management of over EUR 100 billion. With the AWM division, LBBW bundles its advisory and product expertise under one roof. In addition to individual special funds and solutions for the management of direct investments, we can also offer our customers regularly award-winning mutual funds in various asset classes. Our customers include insurance companies, pension schemes, pension funds, companies, banks and savings banks as well as church and public institutions and foundations.

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.

Aurélie Hariton-Fardad

Managing Director, Head of EMEA Portfolio Management, Private Credit, MetLife Investment Management

Aurélie Hariton-Fardad is a Managing Director and Head of EMEA Portfolio Management for MetLife Investment Management (MIM). She helps insurance companies and pension funds in Europe and Asia invest in infrastructure debt and corporate private credit strategies. Her team builds diversified portfolios of high quality and crossover investments. Aurélie is also the Portfolio Manager of MIM’s Dublin-domiciled infrastructure debt and private credit funds.

In addition to her portfolio management role, Aurélie supports MIM’s Private Credit group by being ESG Team Lead. She is a member of MIM’s ESG Integration Council.

Aurélie joined MIM’s Private Capital team in 2015 and was initially responsible for origination and executing corporate private placement transactions in the UK, Ireland and continental Europe. She transitioned into Portfolio Management in 2022.

Prior to joining MIM, Aurélie was a Director at rating agency Standard and Poor’s, a Vice President in the Investment Banking division of Macquarie Capital, a Credit Analyst at in the Structured Finance business of GE Capital, and a consultant at economic consultancy Oxera.

Aurélie earned a M.Sc. in Regulation from the London School of Economics, a M.A. in Industrial Organisation from Université Paris Dauphine, and a law degree from Université of Lyon.

Leigh Harrison

Head of Real Assets, Macquarie Asset Management

Leigh is Head of Real Assets for Macquarie Asset Management (MAM), a role he assumed in April 2021. He provides global leadership for the firm’s Real Assets business, which is the world’s largest infrastructure manager and a major investor in renewable energy, agriculture, and natural assets, supporting the growth of the business across new sectors and markets. Since joining Macquarie, Leigh has served in several senior positions, including Head of Real Assets in EMEA, and was part of the team that established MAM’s first three European infrastructure funds. Leigh is a member of the Macquarie Group Foundation Committee. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws from Macquarie University, Sydney.

Macquarie Asset Management is a global asset manager, integrated across public and private markets. Trusted by institutions, governments, foundations and individuals to manage approximately €567 billion in assets, we provide a diverse range of investment solutions including real assets, real estate, credit and equities & multi-asset.
Macquarie Asset Management is part of Macquarie Group, a diversified financial group providing clients with asset management, finance, banking, advisory, and risk and capital solutions across debt, equity and commodities. Founded in 1969, Macquarie Group operates in 34 markets and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

All figures as at 30 September 2024.

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.

Andrew Hayward

Senior Analyst - Real Assets, Albourne Partners Ltd

Andrew is a Senior Investment Due Diligence Analyst in Albourne’s Real Assets Group. Based in London, Andrew advises the firm’s Real Asset clients in EMEA and co-leads the firm’s manager selection research on European Infrastructure and Infrastructure Secondaries. Andrew joined Albourne in 2011, first in the San Francisco office as a multi-asset Portfolio Analyst working with the firm’s clients in the Western United States. Previously, Andrew was an analyst at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. He holds a BA in Linguistics from the University of California at Santa Cruz and is both a CFA and a CAIA Charterholder.

Albourne

Albourne is a global non-discretionary consultant focused on alternative investments with approximately $700bn in total Assets under Advisory across Private Markets and Hedge Fund strategies.

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.

Actis

Actis is a leading global investor in sustainable infrastructure, seeking to deliver measurable positive impact for the countries, cities and communities in which it operates. Actis invests in structural themes that aim to support long-term, equitable growth in defensive, critical infrastructure across energy transition, digitalisation transition, and supply chain transformation.

Actis believes that the firm’s decades of global experience, operational know-how and strong culture allow it to create global sustainability leaders at scale. Actis is a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), an investor initiative supported by the United Nations.

You can learn more about Actis at www.act.is

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.

Dominic Helmsley

Head of Core Infrastructure, abrdn

Dominic heads up the Core Infrastructure team at abrdn. He has over 30 years’ experience in the infrastructure sector combining extensive mergers and acquisitions experience with asset management expertise.

Dominic spent 12 years with BAA plc where he headed their international acquisitions group and oversaw the acquisition and management of a number of overseas investments.
Dominic has then spent eighteen years in the fund management industry, initially with Babcock and Brown, as part of the European Infrastructure team and then as a Partner with Arcus Infrastructure Partners, which completed an MBO from Babcock and Brown in 2009.
Dominic left Arcus to establish an infrastructure team at SL Capital, part of Standard Life Investments and for the last 10 years he has led that business successfully raising and deploying three funds to date. The business now sits within abrdn plc following the merger of Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management.

abrdn’s European Infrastructure business focuses on European mid-market core/core+ infrastructure assets across utilities, transport, energy and digital sectors.
The team is led by Dominic Helmsley with an experienced dedicated team of 24 investment professionals along with portfolio directors and professionals across legal, finance, operations and compliance. In addition an extensive panel of circa 20 senior advisors provide ongoing support to the business. The team is part of abrdn plc, one of Europe’s largest asset managers with over £500 billion of assets.

The Infrastructure team manage over €3 billion of assets and have successfully invested three funds, with assets across the rolling stock, solar, hydro, district heating, storage and fibre sectors. The team will launch their 4th fund in 2024. The fund will build on the successful strategies adopted by the prior funds and will capitalise on the key macro infrastructure themes of energy transition, transport de-carbonisation and digitisation.

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.

Michael Hill

Executive Vice President, Global Head of Infrastructure, OMERS Infrastructure

Michael is Executive Vice President & Global Head of OMERS Infrastructure. He joined OMERS in September 2023 and is based in New York.

Michael is a highly respected investment professional and leader with more than 30 years of broadly diversified, global investment experience. At OMERS he has accountability and oversight for our global infrastructure investment and asset management programs.

Michael joined OMERS from another Canadian pension plan where most recently he was the Americas Head of Sustainable Energies, focused on direct private equity investments across the energy sector. He was also the head of the firm’s New York office. Previously, Michael spent over 25 years in investment banking, working across asset classes, in various roles at Nomura Securities, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley. He has worked globally, and been based out of New York, London and Toronto.

Michael holds an HBA from Ivey Business School, where he is also a Board member, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

About OMERS Infrastructure

OMERS Infrastructure manages infrastructure investments globally on behalf of OMERS, the defined benefit pension plan for municipal employees in the Province of Ontario, Canada, and third-party investors through its Strategic Partnership Program. OMERS Infrastructure manages approximately C$36 billion, including capital invested on behalf of OMERS and third parties, in approximately 30 investments located in North America, Western Europe, India and Australia, and across sectors including energy, digital and transportation. OMERS Infrastructure has employees in Toronto, New York, London, Amsterdam, Singapore and Sydney

For further information on the leadership team and colleagues in the team, please visit www. https://www.omersinfrastructure.com/.

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.

Andrew Honan

Co-Managing Partner, MML Keystone, MML Capital

Andrew is Managing Partner and Co-Head of MML Keystone. He is a long-term investor of private capital, focused on supporting sustainable growth of companies. He is motivated by helping management teams drive their businesses to the next level by bringing capital, advice, and expertise.

Andrew started his career as a healthcare and leveraged finance banker with CSFB and BNP Paribas before spending three years with GSO Capital (now Blackstone Credit). He was then a founding member and Senior Managing Director at Macquarie's Principal Finance business, where he refined his investment acumen and strategy. At Macquarie, he founded and ran both the West Coast office for Principal Finance and the US Capital Solutions team, whilst sitting on the US Management Committee.

Andrew now co-manages the MML Keystone strategy alongside Sharand Maharaj, continuing their collaboration of over a decade.

MML Capital is a mid-market focused private investment firm with an international footprint covering London, New York, Paris and Dublin. The firm’s distinction is in investing to provide top tier returns with robust downside protections across all strategies. MML Keystone achieves this by leveraging the firm’s long established mid-market capabilities to combine infrastructure resilience with private equity growth orientation.

The strategy invests in essential asset-backed businesses with privileged growth opportunities driven by secular tailwinds. This means a focus on platform businesses that own pools of smaller individual assets with infrastructure characteristics aka distributed infrastructure. The distributed infrastructure model enables incremental value accretive growth in the asset base that delivers transformative value creation when scaled.

MML Keystone focuses on businesses which benefit from and can accelerate societal megatrends, notable: Circular Economy, Digitalisation, Energy Transition and Access to Healthcare & Education.

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

Michael Hoverman

Executive Director, Infrastructure, Greystar

Michael Hoverman leads Greystar’s Infrastructure Investment Management business alongside David Blackford and Simon Ang. Greystar's infrastructure leadership is responsible for leading and overseeing Greystar’s infrastructure team, portfolio construction, strategy, capital formation, investments, asset management and client service. Michael is a member of Greystar’s Investment Committee for infrastructure and ESG Advisory Group. Michael has over 20 years of private markets experience, including 18 years in infrastructure.

Prior to Greystar, Michael was a Principal (Partner) at CIM Group where he was a leader in the growth of CIM’s infrastructure platform from 2014-2024. Michael served as a member of CIM’s Investment Committee, Management Committee, and ESG Committee. Prior to CIM, Michael was a Vice President at Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets where he worked on infrastructure investments in digital infrastructure, regulated utilities, renewable energy, waste management and transportation.

Michael holds a Master of Finance (Investment Banking) degree from INSEAD and a Bachelor of Arts from Bates College. Michael holds current Series 24, 7 and 63 licenses with FINRA.

Greystar

Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate company offering expertise in property management, investment management, and development services in institutional-quality rental housing, logistics, and life sciences sectors. Greystar’s international network of experts work to enhance the lives of others by doing things the right way, every day.

Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates nearly $315 billion of real estate in approximately 250 markets globally including offices throughout North America, Europe, SouthAmerica, and the Asia-Pacific region.

Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, manages over 1 million units/beds globally, and has a robust institutional investment management platform comprised of over $78 billion of assets under management, including approximately $36 billion of development assets.

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.

Christophe Hug

Managing Partner, Tilia GmbH

Christophe Hug - co-founder and CEO of Tilia GmbH - has a degree in civil engineering from the École nationale des ponts et chaussée, Paris.
He has extensive experience in the holistic transformation of utilities and industries to continuously increase performance, growth and innovation.

Based on more than 23 years of experience in the energy and water industry, Christophe Hug leads various innovative projects in the fields of energy efficiency, smart city, water, wastewater and waste management. Creating value for municipalities, utilities and industries has always been his key motivation and is in line with his wealth of experience. As an expert, he is often consulted by cities and various local bodies for advisory work in his field.

Before founding Tilia GmbH in 2009, he spent 10 years as CEO of a large international group with responsibility for Germany. Within this group, he gained 15 years of operational experience in the DACH region in the fields of energy, water and wastewater.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Strategy / Management / Transformation / Performance / Growth / Innovation / Energy / Water / Sustainable Development / Renewable Energies / Energy Efficiency / Smart City and Neighborhood Concepts

Tilia GmbH

Since its foundation in Leipzig in 2009, Tilia has developed into a key player in the field of sustainability and transformation.

Tilia Group helps utilities, municipalities, industries and the real estate sector to strengthen climate protection and become more sustainable by offering integrated solutions for energy, water, circular economy, mobility, infrastructure, and smart communities.

Through strategic investments and partnerships, Tilia is expanding its market presence and continuously improving its services with the aim of creating impactful value and enabling tangible transformations for its customers.

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.

Richard Hulf

Managing Director HydrogenOne, Cordiant Capital

Richard Hulf brings a wealth of experience in investment and portfolio management, with significant expertise in the energy sector and capital projects. His extensive knowledge spans across listed and private companies, financial institutions, and various projects, giving him a well-rounded perspective as an investor, advisor, and practitioner.

Mr. Hulf’s career began at Rockwell International, where he established a new office in Kuwait following the Iraqi invasion, focusing on process control systems with the Kuwait Oil Company. He then transitioned to Enterprise Oil as a Petroleum Engineer before joining Exxon, where he managed several North Sea business units and later specialized in project economics.

His diverse experience includes roles as a sell-side analyst at Investec, an M&A advisor at Ernst & Young, and the establishment of an M&A practice in the UK centered on North Sea upstream oil and gas transactions at Simmons & Company. Building on this experience, Mr. Hulf founded Hulf Hamilton Ltd, an advisory firm specializing in energy company research and management consultancy. Under his leadership, the firm provided in-depth technical research and due diligence for oil companies, fund managers, and financial institutions involved in the upstream oil sector.

Mr. Hulf also served as a senior Fund Manager at Artemis Investment Management, where he co-managed the highly successful Artemis Global Energy Fund. This fund was a top performer in London, pioneering the ‘basin investing’ approach based on comprehensive analysis of global petroleum basins.

In addition to his professional accomplishments, Mr. Hulf serves as a Board Director for several companies, leveraging his extensive commercial and managerial expertise.

Mr Hulf holds a BEng (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from Brunel University, London, a DSc and MSc in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College, London, and is a Chartered Engineer (CEng).

Cordiant Capital

Cordiant is a specialist global infrastructure and real assets investment manager, with USD 4 billion in capital committed to Cordiant-managed funds across private equity and direct lending strategies.

Cordiant has a sector-led approach, focused on providing growth capital solutions to promising mid-sized companies in Europe, North America, and select Global markets.

Cordiant invests in the second generation of infrastructure and real assets (‘Infrastructure 2.0’), where (i)technology change, (ii) societal pressures, and (iii) strong secular trend-driven growth intersect. Our focus sectors, which embody these characteristics, are digital infrastructure, energy transition infrastructure and the agriculture value chain.

Cordiant priorities (i) sector knowledge and insight, (ii) a “Build and Grow” investment philosophy, and (iii) investing throughout the capital structure and jurisdictions, strongly believing these are the best ways to invest in infrastructure 2.0. In addition, Cordiant recognizes the need to effectively integrate responsible investment principles to better understand the challenges and identify the solutions that can foster the quality of our investments.

Partner-owned and partner-run since 2015, Cordiant has exceeded mandated investment targets for our clients on all funds since 2016.

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

Ross Israel

Head of Global Infrastructure, QIC

Ross co-founded QIC’s Infrastructure capability in early 2006. He provides overall leadership to the team which currently manages 22 direct investments out of offices in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, New York and London.

As a member of the QIC Infrastructure Investment Committee, Ross has had oversight of all the team’s investments. In addition to his infrastructure responsibilities, Ross is also a member of QIC’s Executive Management Committee.

Ross has more than 30 years’ experience in the field of corporate finance and funds management, with specialist skills in infrastructure, asset management, capital raising and M&A.
While at QIC, Ross has been a director on eleven portfolio companies and is currently a director on Generate Capital.
Ross holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Law from the University of Queensland.

Scott Jacobs

CEO & Co-Founder, Generate Capital

Scott Jacobs is the CEO and co-founder of Generate Capital, a leading sustainable infrastructure platform delivering affordable, reliable resource solutions to companies, communities, and cities. Prior to Generate, in 2007, Scott joined McKinsey & Company and co-founded its global Clean Technologies Practice, advising companies, institutional investors, NGOs, and governments around the world on the economic imperatives of resource productivity and climate solutions. Prior to that, Scott spent over a decade in technology and venture capital, helping start and grow several companies. Scott has dedicated much of his professional life to the “resource revolution” and is a regular writer, keynote speaker, and conference panelist on the topics of thematic investing and risk management, climate- and resource-related innovation, and building values-based and people-centric businesses. Scott earned his MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School, where he was named a George F. Baker Scholar, and his BA cum laude from Dartmouth College.

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.

Jeff Jenkins

Founder & Partner, Bernhard Capital Partners

Jeff Jenkins is a Founder and Partner of BCP. He serves as a member of the Investment Committee, serves on the Portfolio Committee and is involved in all areas of the firm’s investment activities.
Prior to founding BCP, Jeff spent ten years working for The Shaw Group where he served many vital positions. During his tenure at Shaw, Jeff served as Chief Operating Officer of Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure, where he was responsible for operations and business development. Prior to this role, he served as President of the Commercial, State, and Local group within the Environmental and Infrastructure division. Before moving into his operating roles, Jeff served as Vice President of the Office of the Chairman where he led overall corporate development and placed a special emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and business development efforts. Prior to joining Shaw, Jeff was a Corporate and Securities Attorney at Vinson & Elkins LLP where his practice focused primarily on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, and public securities work in a broad range of industries.

Jeff received his B.A. from Louisiana State University and his J.D. from Louisiana State University after attending law school at the University of Texas.

Bernhard Capital Partners is an Infrastructure Services and Infrastructure Assets private equity firm with approximately $5.5 billion assets under management. The firm has two strategies:
• Flagship Infrastructure Services Funds with Opportunistic Infrastructure Returns
• Infrastructure Assets Funds with Core-Risk, Value-Add Returns
To date, BCP has invested in more than 70 companies across 20 platforms that collectively employ more than 20,000 people globally. The firm’s approach to infrastructure investing focuses on companies that provide essential services to the government, utility, industrial, and energy sectors, as well as investing in regulated utility assets, such as water and electric utilities. BCP strives to create sustainable value by leveraging nearly four decades of experience in acquiring, operating, and growing services and infrastructure businesses.
BCP Fund I was recently named No. 2 in the U.S. and No. 3 globally in PitchBook’s ranking of real asset funds with a 2014 vintage.

Peter Jeranyama

Debt Origination Manager, Pension Insurance Corporation

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.

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.

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is a multilateral development bank that invests in changing people’s lives. Since 1991 the Bank has invested over €210 billion in more than 7,300 projects across three continents.

With an emphasis on working with the private sector, the Bank invests in projects, engages in policy dialogue, and provides technical advice. This in turn fosters innovation and builds modern economies that are competitive, well-governed, green, inclusive, resilient and integrated. The Bank is owned by 74 countries as well as the European Union and the European Investment Bank.

EBRD’s work in sustainable infrastructure encompasses the municipal infrastructure, transport, and energy sectors. The Bank supports local governments and private companies in providing essential urban services; promotes safe, secure and sustainable transport systems; and works throughout the energy value chain to help economies meet their essential energy needs in a sustainable, reliable and efficient way.

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.

Ali Karimzada

Head of Strategic Projects Division, Ministry of Economy of Republic of Azerbaijan

Head of Strategic Projects Division, Project Management Department, Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

He holds a Master’s degree in Financial Management and is pursuing further qualifications in financial analysis and investment management.

Ali Karimzada is the Head of the Strategic Projects Sector at the Project Management Department of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan. With extensive experience in foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction and strategic project development, he plays a key role in shaping policies and frameworks to enhance Azerbaijan’s investment climate.

Ali has been actively involved in major economic initiatives, including structuring public-private partnerships (PPPs), facilitating investment flows into high-priority sectors, and supporting large-scale infrastructure and industrial projects. His expertise spans investment strategy, project finance, and regulatory frameworks for sustainable economic growth.

Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan

The Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the central executive authority responsible for shaping and implementing the country’s economic policy. It plays a pivotal role in fostering sustainable economic growth, enhancing investment attractiveness, and supporting strategic sectors through well-defined regulatory and policy frameworks.

The Ministry is actively engaged in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), developing public-private partnerships (PPPs), and implementing key infrastructure projects that drive national economic development. It collaborates with international financial institutions, development agencies, and private sector stakeholders to create an enabling environment for business and investment.

Through its Project Management Department, the Ministry oversees and facilitates large-scale strategic initiatives, focusing on innovation, industrialization, and regional development. It also leads efforts to improve Azerbaijan’s competitiveness, ensuring long-term economic resilience and diversification beyond the oil and gas sector.

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/

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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.

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.

Reichmuth Infrastructure, established in 2012 as a pan-European infrastructure asset manager and part of the wider Reichmuth & Co Group, has a dedicated investment focus on clean infrastructure investments in Europe in the realm of energy, transportation and circular economy. Reichmuth Infrastructure offers institutional investors access to sustainable and responsible investment solutions, providing an active contribution towards the energy transition and decarbonization. Currently, Reichmuth Infrastructure manages over EUR 2.3 billion through four diversified investment funds and segregated mandates. The interdisciplinary team consists of 30 employees with extensive infrastructure investment experience, a broad industry network and established partnerships with various industrial companies.
Website: https://infrastructure.reichmuthco.ch/en/

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. RISE is a stately owned, independent 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 neutral platform where more than 100 projects have been performed for companies, organizations and authorities. Some of the collaborators are Meta, Vertiv, Ericsson, Vattenfall, ABB, BP Castrol, Alfa Laval and Intel, as well as highly interesting start-ups who benefit from the indepth knowledge of the research team and possibility to use the testbed to improve and verify their latest research and innovations.

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.

Hamed Khodabakhsh

Co-Head of European Credit, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a part of BlackRock

Hamed Khodabakhsh joined GIP in 2022 and is Co-Head of European Credit. He is based in London.

Prior to joining GIP, Mr. Khodabakhsh spent nearly 7 years at Apollo Global Management where he was a Principal in the Global Corporate Credit team. He began his career in the leveraged finance teams at Credit Suisse and Bank of America.

Mr. Khodabakhsh received an MBA from the University of Oxford, a J.D. from Southwestern Law School and a B.S. in both M.I.S. and in Finance from San Jose State University.

Global Infrastructure Partners, a part of BlackRock

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.

Jeroen Kleinjan

Managing Director, Global Lead Telecoms, ING

Senior banking executive with extensive domestic and international experience. Building and expanding ING's position as a leading global TMT bank for over twenty years in various roles. Deep insight in the Technology, Media ＆ Telecom sector. Is trusted strategic advisor and relationship manager for major international companies. Worked with telecom incumbents, MNO’s, cable operators, fiber companies, mobile tower operators and many other players in the TMT and Digital Infrastructure markets. Arranged acquisition finance transactions, cross-over financings, corporate facilities, high-yield bridge facilities, subordinated debt, project financings, infrastructure transactions and other types of deals.

Currently, Managing Director and member of the TMT ＆ Healthcare management team as Global Lead Telecom. In this role, globally responsible for all activities in the Telecom sector within ING Wholesale Banking.

ING

ING is a global bank with a strong European base. Our more than 57,000 employees serve around 38 million customers, corporate clients and financial institutions in over 40 countries. Our purpose is to empower people to stay a step ahead in life and in business. Our Wholesale Banking arm services an extensive international client base ranging from medium-sized and large corporates to major multinationals, financial institutions and governments. We operate a sector-focused client business in lending, capital structuring and advisory, transaction services, sustainable finance solutions and financial markets.

Inka Klinger

Head of Project Finance, Hamburg Commercial Bank

As Head of Project Finance, Inka Klinger has been supporting her clients in the Infrastructure and Energy sectors since 2019. Renewable energies have been one of her focus topics for more than 20 years. She has been part of the HCOB family in various management positions since 2011. Since 2019, Inka has expanded the bank’s expertise in the area of infrastructure and now supports customers nationally and internationally as Head of Global Infrastructure. She finds working in this area to be highly enriching.

Before joining HCOB, Inka served as a team leader for renewable energies at UniKredit Bank AG. Inka has a degree in business administration and completed her studies at the Flensburg University of Applied Sciences. The best way for Inka to switch off and relax is through sport. Tennis, golf and skiing are important parts of her leisure time.

About Hamburg Commercial Bank

Hamburg Commercial Bank AG (HCOB) is a private commercial bank headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, that provides customized financing solutions for German and international companies. HCOB has a strong position in structured real estate and project finance and is a reliable financing partner for the global shipping and aviation sector. Efficient and secure payment transaction services as well as innovative products for foreign trade complete the range of services. The bank is guided by established ESG criteria and operates from several locations in Germany as well as in Amsterdam, London, Luxembourg and Piraeus. For more information, please visit www.hcob-bank.com.

Kristina Kloberdanz

Senior Managing Director, Chief Sustainability Officer, Macquarie Asset Management

• Joined Macquarie in 2022
• Based in London

Kristina is the Chief Sustainability Officer for Macquarie Asset Management (MAM), responsible for the firm’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy, which includes managing its global portfolio to meet net zero emissions.

Before joining Macquarie, Kristina was Chief Sustainability Officer for Mastercard and spent two decades at IBM leading global corporate responsibility strategy, integration, and brand reputation.

Kristina previously served on the boards of the Corporate Responsibility Officers Association and the Advisory Board of Outward Bound International. She has a passion for the arts and was formerly a member of the Corporate Advisory Board for New York City Ballet’s School of American Ballet and the boards of Dallas Ballet, Ballet Oklahoma, and the New York Junior League. She previously chaired the World Economic Forum’s Trillion Trees US Stakeholder Council.

She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University.

Macquarie Asset Management (MAM)

Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) is a global asset manager integrated across public and private markets. We focus on generating positive outcomes for our clients, portfolio companies and communities. This starts with understanding their needs and providing solutions that seek to deliver superior results over the long term. Managing approximately $A916.8 billion in assets with a team of over 2,400 people operating in 25 markets, we provide a diverse range of investment solutions across Real Assets, Real Estate, Credit, Equities ＆ Multi-Asset.

MAM is part of Macquarie Group, a diversified financial group providing clients with asset management, finance, banking, advisory, and risk and capital solutions across debt, equity and commodities. Founded in 1969, Macquarie Group operates in 34 markets and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Refer to MAM’s website for further information at macquarie.com/mam.

Footnote: As at 30 September 2024. MAM Private Markets Assets under Management (AUM) includes equity yet to deploy and equity committed to assets but not yet deployed.

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

Head of Business Development, Office of the CEO, Mitsui ＆ Co. Alternative Investments

Takako Koizumi is the Head of Business Development, Office of the CEO 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.

Hilkka Komulainen

Global Head of Sustainability and Impact, Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners

Hilkka joined Quinbrook in 2024 to lead Quinbrook’s sustainability strategy and serves on the Quinbrook investment committee.

She joined from Aegon UK, one of the UK’s largest DC pension providers where she established and led the responsible investment team, overseeing Aegon’s climate and stewardship efforts, leading Aegon’s efforts to invest in the energy transition and serving in Aegon’s investment leadership team. Prior to that Hilkka led the responsible investment strategy at Inter Fund Management, part of the Interogo Foundation/IKEA and held roles at EY, the Principles for Responsible Investment, the OECD and the United Nations. Hilkka is a co-chair of the UK Department for Work and Pensions Taskforce on Social Factors and is an active participant in industry dialogue having served on the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance and the Steering Committee of the UK Asset Owner Council.

Wouter Koning

Executive Director / Head of Digital Infrastructure, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

Wouter Koning has over 17 years of experience in banking within ABN AMRO Bank of which 12 years in corporate lending and project ＆ infrastructure financing. Before that he worked for 5 years within the asset and liability management department. Wouter is an Executive Director and leads the digital infrastructure team of ABN AMRO since 2020. ABN AMRO was ranked #1 digital infrastructure financing bank in Europe in 2024, 2023 and 2022 based on number of deals (Inframation League tables). Sustainability and digitalisation are key strategic themes for ABN AMRO. The digital infrastructure team has recently acted as sustainability coordinator and green loan structuring bank for high profile fibre and data centre projects in EMEA.

ABN AMRO Bank

ABN AMRO Bank is a top 3 bank in the Netherlands, with a workforce of 19.000 FTEs, providing 5 million bank accounts and supporting EUR 26bn of sustainable investments with financing. The bank has a diverse history, dating back more than 300 years. The current ABN AMRO started in 2010 with the merger with Fortis Bank Nederland, after Fortis, Royal Bank of Scotland and Banco Santander bought ABN AMRO in 2007 and afterwards split up the bank in parts. In 2019, ABN AMRO introduced a new commercial strategy which focuses on 3 future proof transition themes: energy, digital and mobility, and narrowed its geographic focus to its core market, Europe. This allowed the ABN AMRO digital infrastructure team to build a digital infrastructure loan book of EUR 7bn commitments to date, split between fibre, data centres and telecom towers.

Katharina Kort

Managing Director, BofA Securities

Katharina Kort works as Managing Director for the Global Sustainable Finance Group (”GSFG”). She heads the EMEA effort for the Asset Finance Group. GSFG Asset Finance mobilizes financial capital to support companies and projects that are aligned with the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), with a focus on Environmental Transition and Inclusive Development.

Previously Katharina Kort worked as a Managing Director in the Special Situations team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London. In her capacity she analysed and priced corporate loans with a view to provide market liquidity to banks, asset managers and hedge funds who actively invest in this asset class. The role involved leading restructuring discussions and making investment decisions for relevant assets.
Katharina joined Bank of America pre-merger in 2004 after having gained experience in private equity and project finance.

Katharina holds an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau.

BofA Securities

Bank of America is one of the world’s leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving approximately 69 million consumer and small business clients with approximately 3,800 retail financial centers, approximately 15,000 ATMs (automated teller machines) and award-winning digital banking with approximately 57 million verified digital users. Bank of America is a global leader in wealth management, corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. Bank of America offers industry-leading support to approximately 4 million small business households through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The company serves clients through operations across the United States, its territories and more than 35 countries. Bank of America Corporation stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BAC).

Natasa Kovacevic

Managing Director, Infrastructure, CPP Investments

Natasa is a Managing Director in CPP Investments’ Infrastructure Investments Group. Based in London, she is responsible for originating, executing, and managing investments across a broad range of sectors, with a particular focus on circular economy, energy, and transport infrastructure. She serves as a Director on the Boards of FCC Medio Ambiente and Nedgia.

Prior to CPP Investments, Natasa was an Engagement Manager in McKinsey’s London office where she was a core member of the Firm’s Pharmaceuticals Practice.

Natasa holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and an A.B. in Economics with a Secondary Field in Neurobiology from Harvard College. She is a member (retired) of the New York State Bar.

CPP Investments is a global investment management organization that invests Canada Pension Plan (CPP) funds not currently needed to pay pension, disability and survivor benefits. Our critical purpose is to help provide a foundation upon which more than 22 million Canadians can build their financial security in retirement. This purpose, our track record of performance, and our team of committed and disciplined people have earned CPP Investments an international reputation for excellence.
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, 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 December 31, 2024, the Fund totalled C$699.6 billion.

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 22 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, 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, 2024, the Fund totaled C$675.1 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.

Raphael Laidez

Senior Director, Infrastructure Financing, CDPQ

Raphaël Laidez has held the position of Senior Director, Infrastructure Financing at CDPQ, since August 2022. Based in London, he is responsible for the origination, structuring execution of infrastructure debt transactions and the management of the Infrastructure Financing portfolio across Europe.

Mr. Laidez has over 15 years of experience in finance, particularly in structuring and executing innovative financing solutions in the infrastructure and real estate sectors. Before joining CDPQ, he was a responsible for the structured financing and capital markets activities of Mubadala, an investment company owned by the Abu Dhabi government, where he oversaw structuring and financing in the real assets sector in Europe and around the world.

Prior to that, he spent four years as a finance advisor for infrastructure projects, public-private partnerships and in the energy sector. He began his career in infrastructure finance at Citigroup in London.

Mr. Laidez holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from University of London and a Master’s Degree in Political Science and Economic Development from Sciences Po Paris

CDPQ

CDPQ invests constructively to generate sustainable returns over the long term. As a global investment group managing funds for public pension and insurance plans, they work alongside their partners to build enterprises that drive performance and progress. They are active in the major financial markets, private equity, infrastructure, real estate and private debt. As at June 30, 2024, CDPQ’s net assets totalled CAD 452 billion.

Pia Lambert

Executive Director, Morrison

Pia is an Executive Director at Morrison, based in London and Paris, having joined the firm in 2022. She is responsible for expanding its infrastructure investment and asset management activities across Europe. She has successfully worked on over €4bn of European equity investments from origination to deal execution and built expertise in the digital and energy transition sectors.

Prior to joining Morrison, she was Infrastructure Director at AXA Investment Managers, having commenced her career at CBRE Investment Management in the private equity team and Generali Real Estate in the Corporate Finance department.

Pia has an educational background in Civil Engineering from ESTP Paris (Ecole spéciale des Travaux publics, du Bâtiment et de l'Industrie) as well as a Masters in Urban Management Environment and Services from ESSEC (Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciale) and is a CFA Charterholder.

Morrison

Morrison is a leading global mid-market infrastructure manager, investing across the risk spectrum. 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.

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.

Raphael Lance

Global Head of private assets, Head of energy transition funds, Mirova

Head of Energy Transition Funds at Mirova since 2009, Raphaël Lance was appointed Global Head of private Assets in December 2024. He is managing 9 funds which represent €4bn assets* in renewable energy and low carbon mobility globally, manages a team of 45 people and is also part of the management committee of Mirova. He previously spent 12 years in General Electric in various finance and M&A roles mostly in GE O&G and in GE Energy Financial Services. He started his carried in shipping Finance at Crédit Lyonnais. Raphael holds a master’s degree and a DESS in Finance from Paris IX Dauphine and the International Executive Program at INSEAD.
* Mirova, September, 30 2024

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.

Mary Lavelle

Partner and Global Co-Head of the Private Funds and Secondaries group, Freshfields

Freshfields is a global law firm with over 280 years’ experience of anticipating change, setting new standards and shaping the future of law. In a complex world where new opportunities evolve quickly, we are a trusted, forward-thinking partner who can give clients the edge and help propel their ambitions.

At Freshfields we are steadfast champions of our clients – that’s why leading global companies turn to us when it matters most. We are proud to be recognised as a top-tier leader in the practice areas most important to clients around the world today.

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.

Patrick Lee

Operating Partner Infrastructure Australia ＆ Asia, PATRIZIA

Patrick leads the origination and execution of investments for the PATRIZIA Infrastructure business in Australia and Asia, and is a nominee Director across various platform assets across the region. Patrick has practised infrastructure origination, acquisition, asset management, and divestment across Australia, Asia, Europe and Latin America. His sector experience covers renewable energy, energy logistics and storage, transport, and utilities.

Prior to joining PATRIZIA Infrastructure, Patrick was a senior member of the infrastructure and M＆A team at Challenger since 2006, and prior to that he was a project and structured finance executive at Deloitte Corporate Finance, NM Rothschild ＆ Sons and Macquarie Group.

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 approximately EUR56bn 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.foundation.

Hugo Lidbetter

Partner, Osborne Clarke

Hugo is a partner in Osborne Clarke's Energy and Energy Transition team. He advises international and domestic clients on policy and legal issues relating to decarbonisation and the energy transition.

His particular expertise is the development of energy projects, including nuclear, renewables and emergent technologies (small nuclear, green hydrogen, smartgrids/microgrids and carbon capture and storage). He also regularly advises on trading, power purchase (PPA) and optimisation agreements for physical, virtual and sleeved offtake strategies.

Hugo co-heads our international Green Hydrogen team and is interested in all aspects of the net zero agenda. He recently authored Globe Law and Business's "Decarbonising Energy: The Pathway to Net Zero".

Hugo was previously deputy GC of EDF Energy's Generation business and was also company secretary and the head of legal in its Power division.

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.

Nicholas Lockley

Director, PEI Group

Nicholas joined PEI in 2006 to edit PrivateEquityInternational.com. In September 2008 he moved over to run the EMEA conference business. Nicholas has an MA Hons in German from the University of Edinburgh and after a brief stint in advertising, joined Financial News as a journalist in 2000, covering the private equity industry.

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.

Alejandro López Delgado

Managing Director, Infrastructure, CDPQ

Alejandro López Delgado is Managing Director, Infrastructure at CDPQ. Based in Paris, he leads the origination and execution of infrastructure investments in Europe in sectors such as energy, transportation, social and digital infrastructure.

He has over 20 years of experience as a global infrastructure investor and has completed transactions with a combined enterprise value of over $50 billion, including ATC Europe, VTG, XP Fibre, Port of Melbourne, MapleCo, Exolum, Caruna, Ellevio and Tank & Rast. Before joining CDPQ in 2020, he spent eight years at OMERS Infrastructure where he played a key role in building and developing the organization’s European portfolio. Prior to that, he worked at Mubadala Infrastructure Partners and was an Associate in Goldman Sachs’ Infrastructure Investment Group. He began his career at Ferrovial, and also worked at BCG.

He earned an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor’s Degree and a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

CDPQ

CDPQ invests constructively to generate sustainable returns over the long term. As a global investment group managing funds for public pension and insurance plans, they work alongside their partners to build enterprises that drive performance and progress. They are active in the major financial markets, private equity, infrastructure, real estate and private debt. As at June 30, 2024, CDPQ’s net assets totalled CAD 452 billion.

Bertrand Loubieres

Head of Infrastructure Finance, AXA IM Alts

Bertrand is Head of Infrastructure Finance at AXA Alts. He has more than 25 years of experience and manages a team of 11 infrastructure investment specialists. Bertrand launched our third party business and has to date raised €5.6 billion in external client capital invested alongside that of AXA insurance companies. Under his tenure the AuM has grown to €11bn, having deployed more than €15bn over ca150 transactions.

Igor Lukin

Managing Director, Direct Infrastructure, Allianz Global Investors/Allianz Capital Partners

Igor Lukin is a Managing Director at Allianz Capital Partners (ACP) in the direct infrastructure investment team in Munich, Germany. He joined ACP in 2012 and has worked on multiple infrastructure transactions in the energy, telecommunication and transport sectors across various geographies. o Currently his focus is on development of infrastructure investment opportunities in the area of energy transition including green hydrogen and similar de-carbonization technologies. He led and is responsible for ACP’s first two direct investment in the sector: Finnish green power-to-gas developer Ren-Gas in 2022 and Norwegian green ammonia project developer FUELLA in 2023. Igor is currently representing ACP on the boards of a fiber roll-out company Unsere Grüne Glasfaser in Germany, motorway service area operator Tank & Rast in Germany and Czech gas distribution network GasNet. Prior to joining ACP, he worked at Oil & Gas financing and advisory team at UniCredit in Munich and New York. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and Computer Science from Technical University of Darmstadt and is a CFA Charterholder.

Allianz Capital Partners

Allianz Capital Partners (ACP), a subsidiary of Allianz Global Investors, manages €59.8 billion in alternative assets, including €23.7 billion dedicated to infrastructure. Since 2007, ACP has built a portfolio of over 20 infrastructure investments, prioritizing essential public services with stable, inflation-linked returns.
With a long-term, buy-and-hold strategy, ACP invests in brownfield assets while selectively backing greenfield projects in energy transition, sustainability, and digitalization. The firm takes significant minority or joint control stakes, often partnering with institutional investors for strategic acquisitions.
ACP's diversified portfolio spans multiple sectors and geographies, balancing income generation with capital growth. By focusing on resilient infrastructure assets, ACP contributes to global economic stability while driving sustainable development.

Roderick MacDonald

Managing Director, Finance in Motion

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Roderick joined Finance in Motion (“FiM”) in late 2021. He is charged with the buildout of the equity infrastructure business including the conceptualization, launch and investment of infrastructure fund products. Prior to joining FiM, Roderick was at the investment arm of a German insurance giant for 13 years, where he worked on the launch and investment of numerous renewable energy funds.

Roderick has 26 years of experience in renewable energy transactions and investment management. He has focused on equity investment in the European renewable energy infrastructure sector since 2006.

Roderick holds an MBA from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business in Washington D.C., where he was a merit scholar and Karl F. Landegger scholar at the Georgetown University Walsch School of Foreign Service.

Finance in Motion is a global impact asset manager focused exclusively on sustainable development in emerging markets and developing economies. The company generates positive change by designing and implementing impact driven investment vehicles and investment solutions addressing climate change, strengthening biodiversity conservation, and fostering the sustainable use of natural resources to improve livelihoods and promote economic opportunities – contributing to 13 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

Finance in Motion currently manages and advises 9 funds which have invested over EUR 7 billion across the globe through equity and debt financing placed with financial institutions, projects, and corporates. Technical assistance accompanies these investments to maximize impact and promote responsible finance. The firm furthermore makes selected direct investments in impactful enterprises that share the company’s values.

Through 16 offices managing activities across more than 35 countries, Finance in Motion helps partners develop their businesses and demonstrate that sustainable and financial returns can go hand-in-hand.

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.

Victor Magny

Partner, PMP Strategy

Victor Magny is a Partner at PMP Strategy, in the Telecom, Media ＆ Technology practice. He leads the Benelux office and Co-lead the London office. He plays a pivotal role in driving the TMT Sector across Europe. His expertise extends to advising Telecom operators, Digital infrastructure players and Investment funds on telecom infrastructure, performance improvement, market consolidation, and investment strategies.

Victor has a robust track record in Telecoms and has developed a strong expertise in long-haul fiber. He supports Operators and utilities through both the carve-out ＆ sell process, as well as investors through investing in new acquisitions. He helps Operators transform their backbone infrastructure into future proof value generating businesses streams.

Victor is a graduate of Centrale de Lyon where he specialized in Strategy and Business Development, with a major in Telecom networks. After a first experience in M＆A banking, he joined PMP Strategy after as a consultant and steadily advanced to Partner, overseeing European development and Belgian ＆ UK operations.

PMP Strategy

PMP Strategy is a fully independent strategic management consulting firm, led by 20 Partners, with a team of over 150 specialized consultants and a wide network of expert advisors. For over 20 years, they have established themselves as trusted partners to C-suites and investors for various projects, including Strategy ＆ Transformation, Private Equity, Digital, Data & Customer Experience, and CFO Advisory ＆ Integrated Performance CSR-ESG. The depth and breadth of PMP Strategy's sectorial expertise extends to four focus areas: Telecoms, Media & Technology, Transportation ＆ Mobility, Energy ＆ Industry Decarbonization, and Financial Services ＆ Insurance.

PMP Strategy has eleven offices focused on three strategic regions: Europe (Paris, London, Luxembourg, serving Benelux ＆ DACH, and Brussels), MEA (Casablanca and Dubai) and North America (New York, Seattle, Montreal and Toronto). They build enduring relationships with their clients by working collaboratively to find tailor-made and innovative solutions to the challenges they face. In addition to the firm’s sectorial expertise, their commitment to diversity, people-centricity, and openness are the foundations of their success and remain an integral part of their entrepreneurial practice.

Robert Mah

President, Guardian Smart Infrastructure Management (GSIM)

Rob has 32 years of experience in investment banking and principal investing with a focus on infrastructure, timberland, energy and utilities. Prior to forming the Guardian Smart Infrastructure Funds, he is the former Executive Vice President Private Investments for AIMCo (one of Canada's largest global institutional investors) , where he grew AIMCo’s direct infrastructure investment portfolio from C$1.7bn to C$6.5bn between 2010-2017. He was a Co-Chair of the AIMCo Investment Committee with oversight and responsibility for investments worth over C$100bn and had direct oversight of almost C$30.0 bn in infrastructure, timberland, real estate and private equity.

Rob worked for almost 20 years as an investment banker based in London, New York and Toronto prior to his tenure at AIMCo.

Rob is formerly a Senior Advisor to BCG’s Global Principal Investors and Private Equity Group, and currently on the Boards of two Charitable Foundations. He has an MBA from the University of Toronto (Rotman School) and bachelor’s degree in Finance and Economics from McGill University.

Guardian Smart Infrastructure Management (GSIM)

Guardian Smart Infrastructure Management (GSIM) is a direct private infrastructure investment business focused on investing in the growing number of opportunities and projects that integrate technological innovations to enhance the productivity of new and existing global infrastructure assets.

Backed by the scale, strength and 60-year reputation of our sponsor Guardian Capital Group Limited – with over US $120 billion of client assets – GSIM believes Smart Infrastructure represents a transformational cross-over investment opportunity for both private equity and traditional infrastructure investors at the convergence of infrastructure and technology, from the digitalization of existing transportation assets – such as toll roads, transit systems, regulated utilities, renewable energy networks, ports and airports to the growth of smart grids, smart waste management, and entire smart cities.

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.

About DWS – Private Infrastructure

DWS has been investing in infrastructure since 1994 with one of the longest track-records in the industry. As part of the Alternatives platform, the private infrastructure business provides client solutions covering private equity infrastructure and debt and currently manages €16 billion on behalf of its investors (June 30, 2024). Our global platform gives investors access to economic and service sectors critical to the basic functioning of local and global economies, including transformative investments in decarbonisation as well as digitalisation, and supporting demographic shifts. DWS employs a disciplined investment approach and aims to deliver superior long-term risk adjusted returns, preservation of capital and diversification to its investors, which include governments, corporations, insurance companies, endowments, private banks, and retirement plans worldwide.

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.

Minesh Mashru

Head of Global Infrastructure, Cambridge Associates

Minesh Mashru is the Head of Global Infrastructure and a Managing Director at Cambridge Associates.
Minesh is focused on the infrastructure investment activities for the Real Assets Investment Group, in both public and private markets, debt, equity, and across different structures, including underwriting funds, management teams, co-investments and direct investments. Minesh works with a global client base, comprised of public and corporate pensions, large families, and endowments across Europe, the US, and the Middle East.

Prior to joining Cambridge Associates, Minesh was a Partner and Director at OM Capital Partners with a focus on direct, co-investment and portfolio management within infrastructure, agri-business and industrials across debt and equity investments. He previously worked as a Senior Vice President of QG Alternative Investments, where he was a senior representative for investment sourcing, execution, and portfolio management of a $1.1 billion infrastructure private equity fund.

Before that he was a Vice President on RBS’ advisory team with a global mandate across infrastructure, transportation, and logistics. He was responsible for industry changing transactions including the privatisations of Aena Aeropuertos, the Channel Tunnel rail link (High Speed One), and the acquisition of Gatwick Airport. In total, Minesh has had leading roles in infrastructure equity and debt investments exceeding $50 billion, beginning with his career at UBS.

Minesh received his BSc in Economics from the University of Warwick and is a CFA® charterholder.

Cambridge Associates is a global investment firm.
The firm aims to help pension plans, endowments & foundations, and family offices implement and manage custom investment portfolios aimed at generating outperformance. With over 50 years of institutional investing insights, particularly in alternative investment managers and strategies, our core focus is around active management and rigorous manager selection. Over 80% of our business is hands-on portfolio management services, which includes acting as an outsourced investment office (OCIO), providing directive day-to-day portfolio oversight on a non-discretionary basis, and managing alternative investment programs. The other core aspect of our business is partnering with clients closely as an extension of their own staff or serving as a valuable sounding board for investors who are leading their own investment processes.

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

Agnes Mazurek

Independent Consultant, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Agnes Mazurek has over 25 years of experience in infrastructure investments. She sits on several investment committees for private debt and infrastructure funds as independent expert. Since 2014, she has been acting as independent consultant for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, leading groups of experts on policy matters related to project finance, sustainability and digitalisation.

She is currently Global Head of Private Debt at APEX Group, the world’s largest independent provider of financial services to the fund industry. She oversees over $200bn of AUA globally. Prior to that, she was Global Head of Private Markets Innovation, identifying and delivering new product and technology opportunities across the entire spectrum of private market clients managed by APEX, leveraging the latest market developments in data extraction and enrichment, digitalization, AI and ML.
Agnes’ experience spans the entire value chain of asset management, from fund raising and fund structuring to investment origination and portfolio management to operational efficiency considerations.
Her track record before joining APEX includes setting up the infrastructure debt platform for Macquarie Asset Management in Continental Europe and the alternative illiquids platform for Santander Asset Management, where she was Global Head of Debt.
Agnes has both sell-side and buy-side origination and execution credentials, having led deal teams to financial close on over 35 complex infrastructure and M&A transactions in EMEA and APAC between 2008 and 2018.

Mark McAllister

Chair, Ofgem

Mark McAllister has been Chair of Ofgem - the energy regulator - since November 2023. Working alongside the CEO and Board, Mark is leading the organisation to ensure consumer interests are protected while the transition to Net Zero is delivered in line with Ofgem's Multiyear Strategy. Previously he Chaired the Office for Nuclear Regulation and was on the Management Committee of the Public Chairs Forum.
During a 40-year executive career in the upstream energy industry, Mark served on the executive boards of Monument and LASMO, and founded and led Acorn, Fairfield Energy, and PA Resources. Mark chaired OSPRAG, formulating the North Sea oil industry, trade union and government’s joint response to the Macondo blowout. In 2009, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Technology from Robert Gordon’s University.
Over the past 20 years, Mark has held various non-executive roles in the charitable sector and is currently Chair of Oasis Charitable Trust.

Ofgem

Ofgem is Great Britain’s independent energy regulator.
They work to protect energy consumers, especially vulnerable people, by ensuring they are treated fairly and benefit from a cleaner, greener environment.
They are responsible for:
• working with government, industry and consumer groups to deliver a net-zero economy, at the lowest cost to consumers
• stamping out sharp and bad practice, ensuring fair treatment for all consumers, especially the vulnerable
• enabling competition and innovation, which drives down prices and results in new products and services for consumers.
They operate in a statutory framework set by Parliament. This establishes their duties and gives them powers to achieve objectives.
The government is responsible for setting the policy for the energy sector and proposing any changes to this statutory framework. Ofgem have a clear role to play to support policy issues such as decarbonisation operate within this framework. They do not direct overall policy in the sector. However, where they think there are important policy gaps that affect consumers, they can call this out.

Emmett McCann

Co-CEO, Duration Capital Partners

Mr. McCann the Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Portfolio Manager of Duration Capital Partners. Prior to founding Duration in 2024, he worked at Oaktree Capital where he co-established and co-led the Firm’s Transportation Infrastructure investing strategy. During his career, Emmett has helped lead several major public-private partnerships, including the 40-year lease of the Luis Munoz Marin Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the 50-year lease and concession agreement at the Seagirt Marine Terminal in Baltimore, Maryland. Prior to joining Highstar Capital (which was acquired by Oaktree) in 2009, Mr. McCann helped build Morgan Stanley's infrastructure effort in Europe and North America. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, he was part of the team that established the infrastructure investment banking practice at Goldman Sachs. He currently serves on the board of directors of Ports America. Emmett holds a B.A. degree in finance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an M.B.A. with honors from the University of Chicago. He is also a member of the board of Youth, Inc., a leading non-profit focused on building organizations that help children in New York City thrive.

Duration Capital Partners

Duration Capital Partners is a specialized transportation investor focused on infrastructure companies that are critical to the movement of people and goods via air, land, and sea. Duration primarily makes equity investments in middle-market businesses in North America, but also invests across the capital structure to meet the needs of investment counterparties. The Firm targets investments with critical infrastructure characteristics and takes a value-added approach to drive returns through operational improvements, organizational enhancements, and accretive capital deployment.
Since 2017, the Duration team has partnered with transportation businesses on a bi-lateral basis to construct a portfolio spanning 49 states, 5,500+ miles of rail infrastructure, 155+ ports and terminals, and 95 million annual airport customers.

Duration manages $4 billion in AUM and has a team of 17 professionals and 19 industry specialists, whose values are centered around alignment, integrity, discipline, passion, and progress. Duration has offices in New York and Santa Barbara.

Oxana Megglé

Senior Investment Officer, Sustainable Finance ＆ Climate Advisory, Infrastructure at International Finance Corporation

Oxana Megglé is leading sustainable finance and corporate climate advisory work within the Infrastructure department at International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group). She has 18 years of combined experience in investment banking and sustainable finance, including within infrastructure, natural resources and green industries space. Prior to joining IFC, Oxana was holding multiple roles within with Natural Resources & Infrastructure division at Société Générale CIB where she supported advisory and financing activities aimed at advancing energy transition and circularity of hard-to-abate sectors. She currently supports private sector clients in emerging economies to access sustainable finance markets, develop their corporate ESG strategies, targets and programs. Oxana is a graduate of Bowling Green State University (US), HEC, Paris and Ecole des Mines, Paris.

IFC

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, stands as the largest global development institution dedicated to the private sector in emerging markets.

Our financial products assist companies in managing risk and expanding their access to both foreign and domestic capital markets. The investment services we offer encompass loans, equity investments, trade and commodity finance, derivatives and structured finance, and blended finance.

We play a pivotal role in mobilizing supplementary funding through mechanisms such as parallel loans, loan participations, partial credit guarantees, securitizations, loan sales, risk-sharing facilities, and fund investments. By attracting new investors, we facilitate our clients' access to novel capital sources and enhanced business practices.

In the fiscal year 2023, IFC committed a record $43.7 billion to private companies and financial institutions within developing countries. This commitment leverages the strength of the private sector to enhance people's lives amidst the challenges posed by global compounding crises.

Marc Meier

Managing Director, Partners Group

Marc Meier is a Managing Director in 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.

Tore Mengshoel

Portfolio Manager Energy & Infrastructure Department, NBIM

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.

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.

James Mittell

Director, Actis

James joined Actis as an Associate in 2014 and within the Energy Infrastructure Team covers Middle East and Africa and New Technologies globally. James is currently the Investment Manager and Board Member of Yellow Door Energy, the Investment Manager of Project Marathon and was previously Investment Manager and Board Observer of Lekela Power.

James has played a significant role in the development and acquisition of several GW of power projects that have reached financial close in Africa and Middle East during his tenure Actis. He leads Actis’ activities in clean molecules.

Prior to joining Actis, from 2008 to 2013 he was on the investment team at SVG Capital, the FTSE 250 private equity investor, where he focused on private equity funds, co-investment and secondary investments.
James holds an MSc from Imperial College London in Environmental Technology and Energy Policy where his dissertation examined the opportunities for commercial and industrial scale solar photovoltaics in Kenya. He also holds a BA in Mathematics from the University of Oxford.

Actis

Actis is a leading global investor in sustainable infrastructure, seeking to deliver measurable positive impact for the countries, cities and communities in which it operates. Actis invests in structural themes that aim to support long-term, equitable growth in defensive, critical infrastructure across energy transition, digitalisation transition, and supply chain transformation.

Actis believes that the firm’s decades of global experience, operational know-how and strong culture allow it to create global sustainability leaders at scale. Actis is a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), an investor initiative supported by the United Nations.

You can learn more about Actis at www.act.is

Laurence Monnier

Senior Adviser, Gira Strategic Finance

Laurence is a board and investment committee member with over 30-year experience in investment, credit, and strategy in infrastructure.

She sits on the infrastructure Investment committee of LBPAM, a European Asset Manager, as well as the investment committees of Temporis Capital, a UK renewable investor, and ImpactA Global, an emerging markets impact investor. She is also Senior Advisor to Gira Strategic Finance, a UK-regulated merchant bank focused on the energy transition.
Previously, Laurence worked at Aviva Investors, where she established and led the growth of the infrastructure debt platform to €4bn AUM. Prior to joining Aviva, Laurence held senior rating and credit roles at Fitch, Deutsche Bank, RBS and Hypo Real Estate.

Laurence sits on the advisory committee of EDHEC infrastructure, a leading industry think tank.

Laurence holds a Master’s of Management from HEC Paris as well as the Investment Management Certificate.

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.

Nicolas Motelay

Managing Director, New End Associates

Nicolas Motelay founded New End in 2018 and oversees the firm's business operations while playing an active role in project management activities across all New End mandates. Before founding New End, Nicolas Motelay worked at Oaktree Capital, where he served as Global co-Head of Marketing in the firm's London office. He played a key part in expanding Oaktree's distribution outside the US and led a team across five business units: business development, client services, marketing collateral, marketing and sales, and strategy/research.

New End was founded in 2018 by a senior team which shares a history in alternative credit, real assets, and specialized private equity. Today the firm includes professionals from 7 nationalities with offices in both Europe and North America. The firm provides fund formation, capital raising as well as strategic advisory services to established and emerging GPs. New End also underwrites and invests principal capital into investments originated by the team alongside either GPs or fund-less sponsors. The firm has recently expanded into the GP capital solutions space, using its balance sheet and bringing outside investors to provide balance sheet options to sponsors as well as acquire GP stakes, especially in emerging European managers.

Ahmed Mubashir

Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure, EMEA ＆ India at AIMCo

Ahmed Mubashir joined AIMCo in a direct investment role in 2011. He leads a team of infrastructure professionals out of AIMCo's London office focusing on EMEA & India.

Ahmed serves on the Boards of multiple investee companies. He has an MBA from the University of Alberta and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from McGill University. Prior to AIMCo he held an engineering role at Schlumberger and gained experience in Investment Banking and financial advisory at Morgan Stanley and Deloitte respectively. He is also a CFA Charterholder.

Olaf Müller

Head of Project Finance Infrastructure - EMEA, LBBW

Holds a Diploma in Economics from Bonn University. Since 1995 various Positions in Project & Export Finance, Syndicated Loans and Leveraged Finance. Joined LBBW Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg in 2008. Since 2023 Head of Infrastructure Finance. Over the course of his career, Olaf has successfully concluded several billion euros in financing transactions, including many landmark deals in social and digital infrastructure. Olaf is contributing his passion also to Baden-Wuerttemberg Basketball Association and Stuttgart Basketball Club MTV 1843.

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.

Tom Murray

Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Power Sustainable

Tom Murray is Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer for Power Sustainable Infrastructure Credit. Tom has over 30 years of experience across investment management, banking, lending, debt capital markets, and advisory services. Prior to joining Power Sustainable to launch the infrastructure credit strategy, Tom built out the global infrastructure credit investment businesses at I Squared Capital as Head of Global Credit Group and at Apollo Global Management as Managing Director. Previously, he played a lead role in enhancing the infrastructure credit franchise as Global Head of Energy and Project Finance at WestLB and led North America energy project and structured finance at Credit Suisse.

Tom holds a BA in Business Administration from the University of Washington and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Roopa Murthy

Partner, Head of EMEA Infrastructure Debt, Ares Management

Ms. Murthy is a Partner & Head of Ares EMEA Infrastructure Debt. Additionally, she serves on the Ares Infrastructure Debt Investment Committee. Prior to joining Ares in 2022, Ms. Murthy was a Partner in the Infrastructure Debt Team at AMP Capital, where she was primarily responsible for sourcing, arranging and managing infrastructure debt investments in Europe. Previously, Ms. Murthy was on the Energy and Infrastructure Team at Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank focusing on senior debt transactions across infrastructure assets in EMEA. Ms. Murthy holds a B.Economics and B.Law from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia and an M.Sc. from the London Business School in Finance.

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.

Prior to OMERS, Misha worked for the Royal Bank of Canada, Citi and Shell.

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.

Arjun Infrastructure Partners

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.

Martin Neubert

Chief Investment Officer ＆ Partner, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners P/S (CIP)

Martin Neubert, Partner and Group Chief Investment Officer, based in Copenhagen, is part of CIP Management and responsible for the Group CIO function. Mr. Neubert is also responsible for CIP’s offshore wind development activities across fund strategies and funds leveraging his extensive experience within offshore wind. Mr. Neubert has more than 20 years of experience in the energy sector, private equity and M&A. Prior to joining CIP in 2023, Mr. Neubert held various senior executive roles at Ørsted, most recently as Deputy Group CEO and Chief Commercial Officer and prior to that as CEO of Ørsted’s Offshore Wind business, leading the company’s growth and international expansion. Mr. Neubert began his career as an accountant and corporate finance advisor at Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young in Frankfurt before he started to work in private equity at Bain Capital in London and Munich. Mr. Neubert holds a Master of Science in Economics and Finance from University of Erlangen-Nuremburg and a CFA charter.

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners P/S (CIP)
Founded in 2012, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners P/S (CIP) today is the world’s largest dedicated fund manager within greenfield renewable energy investments and a global leader in offshore wind. The funds managed by CIP focuses on investments in offshore and onshore wind, solar PV, biomass and energy-from-waste, transmission and distribution, reserve capacity, storage, advanced bioenergy, and Power-to-X.
CIP manages 12 funds and has to date raised approximately EUR 30 billion for investments in energy and associated infrastructure from more than 180 international institutional investors

Jerome Neyroud

Head of Infrastructure Debt Investments, Schroders Capital

Jerome has been leading Schroders infrastructure debt team since inception in 2015. Prior to this, he founded AXA infrastructure debt desk and acted as an infrastructure banker.

Schroders Capital

Schroders Capital is a leading private markets investor, focused on delivering sustainable investment performance for its institutional and private clients. Our institutional approach provides access to category-leading, specialised investment teams globally across four business segments; real estate, infrastructure, private equity and private debt & credit alternatives, with two transversal capabilities of ‘Solutions’ and ‘Sustainability & Impact’.

With the resources, experience, and global institutional framework of one of the world's leading asset managers, we're dedicated to helping our clients achieve their investment goals.

Shami Nissan

Partner, Sustainability at Actis

With over 24 years’ experience in sustainability, Shami leads Actis’ approach to sustainability and impact, working closely with investment colleagues and company management to assess and manage ESG issues, helping to build world-class businesses and to deliver measurable societal benefits. Shami reports to Torbjorn Caesar, Senior Partner. Shami chairs many of the Sustainability Committees across the Actis Portfolio, chaired the Actis Net Zero Steering Cttee and leads Actis efforts on DEI agenda in the portfolio. She is an Advisory Board member of the Impact Principles, and served as an Advisory Panel Member of the G7 Impact Taskforce. Before joining Actis in 2014, she was a senior consultant at PwC’s Sustainability and Climate Change team for ten years. Shami has also worked with the United Nations Development Programme in Central America.

Erica Noda

Global TMT Sector Lead for Global Clients ＆ New Business, International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group)

Erica Noda is a Global TMT Sector Lead for Global Clients ＆ New Business at the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group), where she leads investment sourcing, structuring, and execution of multi-regional and strategic projects with global clients in the Digital Infrastructure space. In her role, she has led several catalytic projects deploying first-time structures for IFC in the Digital space. Before her global role, Erica led TMT /Digital Infrastructure investments in Latin America as the regional lead. Before joining IFC, Erica was with Macquarie and JP Morgan.

The IFC invests across the capital structure as an investor and lender across the TMT / Digital Infrastructure ecosystem. IFC’s TMT group (Infrastructure department) invests strategically with development objectives, being part of the largest Development Finance Institution exclusively focused on emerging markets with a global mandate. In the TMT/ Digital sector, IFC invests and mobilizes over $2 billion annually.

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 in developing countries. 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 portfolio with exposure in over 125 countries across a wide range of industries and sectors.

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, a part of BlackRock

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, a part of BlackRock

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.

Ope Onibokun

Investment Director, British International Investment

Ope is an Investment Director in the Infrastructure and Climate Group at BII where he focuses on origination and leads structured financing for various infrastructure projects particularly in the transportation, ports and logistics sectors.

Prior to joining BII, Ope was the Head of Project Finance at Arise, a pan-African infrastructure developer and sponsor backed by AP Moller Capital, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and Olam International, where he successfully raised over US$200 million. Ope was also an Infrastructure Investment Specialist lead at Investec Asset Management (now NinetyOne) and was part of the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) investment team, a US$1 billion debt fund, where he successfully participated in financing valued at over US$2 billion in the power, transportation, logistics and telecom sectors.
Earlier in his career, Ope was an Assistant Vice President at Citigroup’s Project and Infrastructure Finance group in Hong Kong, providing financial advisory and arranging debt facilities for project finance transactions in the power, oil & gas and infrastructure sectors for clients in Asia and Europe.

Ope enjoys volunteering his time at various non-profit organizations to include AFFORD UK and has published several articles on impact investments in Africa. His hobbies include hiking, running and listening to good music.

Ope holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and Management Information System from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Master of Science in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University and Master of Business Administration from Duke University Fuqua School of Business.

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.

Joshua Parrish

Managing Director, Credit, DigitalBridge

Joshua Parrish is a Managing Director at DigitalBridge Credit and a member of the DigitalBridge Credit Investment Committee. He has over 20 years of experience in credit investing and leveraged finance.

Prior to joining DigitalBridge, Mr. Parrish was a Managing Director at Ascribe Capital with responsibility for originating, structuring, managing and exiting distressed and opportunistic investments across a variety of sectors.

Prior to Ascribe, Mr. Parrish was a Managing Director and founding team member of Sound Harbor Partners where he was responsible for originating, structuring, managing and exiting capital solutions investments and was a Portfolio Manager focused on risk management for Sound Harbor’s performing credit funds.

At both Ascribe Capital and Sound Harbor Partners, Mr. Parrish was an active board member for several portfolio companies. Prior to joining Sound Harbor, Mr. Parrish also held positions within high yield capital markets and credit advisory at Credit Suisse and J.P. Morgan.

Minal Patel

Global Head of Infrastructure, Schroders Capital

Minal leads Schroders Greencoat and Schroders Capital’s Infrastructure activities having joined what was previously Greencoat Capital in 2019 as a partner and most recently leading the oversight of its private institutional funds, the structuring of new investment opportunities and the widening of investor relationships. Minal has 18 years of renewable energy investment experience across a broad range of technologies and project lifecycles. She started her renewable energy career as a project finance lender and adviser with Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ and Royal Bank of Scotland. Prior to working at Greencoat Capital, she co-led the environmental infrastructure team at Foresight.

Schroders Capital

As the infrastructure division of Schroders Capital, we have deep expertise and long track record of working flexibly and innovatively with institutional and private clients to build solutions that are tailored to their needs.  Our philosophy is to maximize asset value over the long term to deliver clients' investment needs. Our investors trust us to tap into the return stability infrastructure can offer. The team’s origination abilities, skilful execution of transactions and technical asset management expertise mean we seek to consistently deliver, with the agility to capitalise on opportunities across the risk spectrum.

We recognise the importance of delivering on social and environmental goals in a practical way. Investing in infrastructure makes a measurable impact in the real world, with the potential for secure income and predictable, enduring returns.

Investing with Schroders Greencoat, our renewable infrastructure specialists, provides investors with an expert partner, combining industry experience, market-leading scale, financial and technical competence, and an unparalleled network of origination capacity, as well as the opportunity to be part of the energy transition.
Through our pioneering impact practitioners, BlueOrchard, we seek to deliver infrastructure in emerging and frontier markets, where the potential for positive environmental and social impact is greatest.

Oliver-Victor Pawela

Partner, tidir

Oliver has developed and built over 1 GW of renewable energy capacity, bringing extensive expertise in financing, developing, and executing large-scale energy projects. With over a decade of experience, he has played a key role in advancing renewable energy investments, working across offshore wind, solar, and energy storage, with a focus on integrating emerging technologies to enhance project efficiency and returns.
Oliver has advised institutional investors, funds, and developers on transactions and investment strategies covering more than 11 GW of projects, ensuring bankability and long-term value creation. His expertise spans project management, innovation risk management, and regulatory frameworks in energy markets across Europe.
Holding a double degree in International Business and Management from the Stockholm School of Economics and the University of St. Gallen, Oliver has also contributed to energy innovation, securing grants to explore next-generation storage technologies. His insights bridge finance and technology, helping investors navigate the evolving landscape of the energy transition.

tidir

tidir specializes in innovation-to-infrastructure investing, operating as an alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) out of Sweden. tidir lowers the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of existing projects while accelerating the deployment of novel, first-of-a-kind (FOAK) energy technologies. By leveraging its in-house Project Management Office (PMO) with an innovation process tidir is able to create FOAK, exclusive, and de-risked projects quicker and at lower cost than traditional setups.

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 22 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 over 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 its 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 its operationally oriented approach to identify attractive investment themes and to transform businesses and assets into market leaders

Marta Perez

Head of Infrastructure, Allianz Global Investors

Marta Perez is Head of Infrastructure at Allianz Global Investor starting March 1, 2025. Prior to that, Marta was Head of Infrastructure Debt Americas. Marta is part of the Investment Committee.
Before joining AllianzGI in 2022, Marta was a Managing Director at Credit Agricole CIB where she worked for eleven years in various roles, the latest leading the Latin America Structured Finance Advisory team, as part of the Energy & Infrastructure Group. Prior to Credit Agricole, Marta worked as a technical advisor at Mott MacDonald.
Marta is bilingual in English and Spanish and received her Bachelor’s Degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Leon (Spain), a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the City University of New York, and an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business

Allianz Global Investors is a leading active asset manager with over 600 investment professionals in over 20 offices worldwide and managing EUR 560 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. Data as at 30 September 2024.

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.

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.

Lisa Pinsley

Head: African Climate Acceleration Fund, African Infrastructure Investment Managers

Lisa Pinsley joined AIIM in 2025 as the Fund Head of the African Transition Acceleration Fund (ATAF).

ATAF is AIIM’s newest pan-African investment vehicle, designed to support Africa’s energy transition. The fund focuses on early-stage investments across three core themes: clean electrons, clean molecules and sustainable transport. Supported by a unique blended finance approach, this innovative fund marks a significant step in addressing Africa’s energy transition finance deficit.

Lisa brings a wealth of experience to AIIM, with over 25 years of experience in emerging markets including 15+ years of leadership in renewable energy, sustainability and infrastructure investments across Africa and the Middle East. Prior to joining AIIM, Lisa was a Partner and Head of Middle East & Africa Energy at Actis, where she led a number of high-impact transactions. Lisa has also held senior positions at American Capital Energy & Infrastructure, Globeleq and AES. Prior to her energy career, Lisa spent five years working in the public sector in Afghanistan for the Afghan Finance Minister and for the UN.

Lisa holds an MBA with honours from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, an MA with honors in Literature from the University of Sussex and a BA cum laude in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Harvard University.

African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM)

African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) has a track record of over 24 years, focused exclusively on African infrastructure. AIIM currently manages USD2.9bn in AUM out of five locally staffed regional offices on the continent with a portfolio extending across more than 74 investments, 29 exits and operations in 20 countries throughout Africa across its eight African infrastructure funds. The funds are designed to invest long-term institutional unlisted equity in sustainable African infrastructure projects which seek to drive the continent’s development such as energy transition, digital infrastructure, and transport ＆ logistics assets.

Benas Poderis

Partner, Head of Investment Management, Nter Asset Management

Benas Poderis is a partner and the head of investment management at Nter Asset Management. Over his 10+ years with the firm, Benas has participated in 50+ investment transactions in the region and has been involved in the establishment and management of 15 investment funds and joint ventures investing in multiple real asset classes. Many of these initiatives have been pioneering in the relatively young Lithuanian and Baltic asset management industry—including the first Baltic renewable energy fund in 2014 and one of the first private debt funds.

Currently, Benas is actively working to promote defense-related and social infrastructure as an asset class, as well as private debt and alternative lending on both the debt and equity sides. He also holds roles in a couple of technology sector companies.

Nter Asset Management

Symbolically, the first investment fund of independent Lithuania was established by Nter Asset Management (under a different name at the time).
The company is one of the oldest asset management firms in Lithuania and the Baltics, having been involved in 100+ different investments in the region since 2001. Rebranded a few years ago, the company shifted its focus exclusively to private markets and is currently active primarily in private debt, infrastructure, and real estate, while also holding several investments in private equity.

Nter has played an important role in developing the Lithuanian alternative investment funds market, having established the country's first algorithmic trading fund, first farmland fund, first fund of hedge funds, and first renewable energy fund.

Michael Pollan

Managing Partner, Omnes Capital

Renewable Energy, Executive Committee, ESG ＆ Sustainability

Michael Pollan joined the Renewable Energy team in 2013 and was appointed Partner in July 2018. Today, he holds the position of Managing Partner. He started his career in 2003 working as an analyst for the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) in Washington DC, then joined Eco-Carbone in Paris in 2005 as Project leader in carbon finance. In 2008, he moved on to the Natixis group as Investment officer at Natixis Environnement ＆ Infrastructures, before being appointed Deputy CEO of Carbone Finance in 2012 and then Associate Director, Global Infrastructure ＆ Project Finance. Michael Pollan graduated from John Hopkins University, Washington DC (United States) and the University of York (United Kingdom).

Omnes

Omnes is a leading private equity firm dedicated to the energy transition. With over €6.3 billion in assets under management, our teams support long-term partnerships with entrepreneurs through our four core businesses: renewable energy, sustainable cities, deeptech and co-investment. For over 20 years, Omnes has been applying its expertise to help businesses grow in more than 15 countries, with a particular focus on sustainable development. As part of its approach as a responsible investor, the company has created the Omnes Foundation to support non-profit organisations working for children and young people in the fields of education, health, social and economic integration. www.omnescapital.com

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.

Sachin Prinja

Investment Director, Real Assets, Cambridge Associates

Sachin Prinja is an Investment Director at Cambridge Associates.

Sachin specialises in real assets private investments and is based in Cambridge Associates’ London office. Sachin sources and underwrites investment opportunities in private markets across different structures including primary funds, co-investments, and secondaries within Infrastructure and Real Assets. Sachin has infrastructure and co-investment execution experience across renewables, telecommunications, electric vehicle charging, and transport sub-sectors.

Prior to joining Cambridge Associates in 2021, Sachin worked at Lloyds Banking Group as part of their Sponsors and Structured Finance team based in London. Sachin’s responsibilities included supporting project finance transactions, NAV-based lending, private equity subscription lines, and sustainability-linked loans.

Sachin received his BSc in Economics from the University of Warwick.

Cambridge Associates

Cambridge Associates is a global investment firm.

The firm aims to help pension plans, endowments & foundations, and family offices implement and manage custom investment portfolios aimed at generating outperformance. With over 50 years of institutional investing insights, particularly in alternative investment managers and strategies, our core focus is around active management and rigorous manager selection. Over 80% of our business is hands-on portfolio management services, which includes acting as an outsourced investment office (OCIO), providing directive day-to-day portfolio oversight on a non-discretionary basis, and managing alternative investment programs. The other core aspect of our business is partnering with clients closely as an extension of their own staff or serving as a valuable sounding board for investors who are leading their own investment processes.

Mark Prybutok

Managing Director and Head of Data Infrastructure Strategy, GI Partners

Mark Prybutok is a Managing Director at GI Partners, a private investment firm with $33 billion in AUM. He is co-Head of the GI Data Infrastructure platform, which has invested $2.4 billion into data infrastructure businesses over the past 3 years. GI Data Infrastructure invests in companies providing essential services in data centers, data transport, wireless access, and tech-enabled infrastructure in North America and Europe. Mark currently sits on the boards of DR Fortress, Blue Stream Fiber, LightEdge, Bluepeak, and Orbcomm.

Mark has been a private equity investor in the data infrastructure space since 2007. He holds a J.D. and an M.B.A. from Georgetown University, and a B.A. from Penn State University.

About GI Partners

Founded in 2001, GI Partners is a private investment firm based in San Francisco, California. The firm has raised over $25 billion in capital from leading institutional investors around the world to invest in private equity, real estate, and data infrastructure strategies. The private equity team invests primarily in companies in the Healthcare, IT Infrastructure, Services, and Software sectors. The real estate team invests across a broad range of platforms and strategies. The data infrastructure team invests primarily in hard asset infrastructure businesses underpinning the digital economy. For more information, please visit www.gipartners.com.

Romain Py

Partner, Arjun Infrastructure Partners

Romain is a Partner and the Head of Investments at Arjun Infrastructure Partners, where he has led investments in Altitude Infra, Amarenco, Angel Trains and Onivia.

He was previously the CIO for African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM, the former Macquarie-Old Mutual JV), where he supervised the successful deployment of AIIF2 and AIIF3, and partial realization of AIIF2 (5 exits out of 8 assets).

Prior to that, Romain was the Head of European Transactions for J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Infrastructure Investment Group and was one of the founding team members in Europe.
Before that, Romain worked at HSBC and Société Générale, where he structured and executed over $30bn of infrastructure transactions in both advisory and arranging capacities across the EMEA region and the Americas.

Romain holds an MSc in Corporate Finance from EM Lyon Business School and an MSc in International Economics from Paris-Dauphine University.

Arjun Infrastructure Partners

Arjun Infrastructure Partners (‘Arjun’) is an independent European fund manager founded in 2015, with over €6 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. Arjun has an experienced, sector-specialist team of 41 with extensive operational knowledge combined with institutional financial pedigree.

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.

Anand Rajagopal

Sustainability Research Lead, Phoenix Group

Anand Rajagopal leads Sustainability research and related trade idea generation across Phoenix Asset Management’s investing efforts (with a strong focus on Sustainable and Productive Infrastructure and Global Development Finance). The asset classes covered within his remit span various types of public markets debt as well as private market investments such as Infrastructure debt and equity, private credit/private placements, commercial real estate debt and equity, structured solutions and transition finance opportunities including blended finance efforts (involving DFIs/MDBs/ECAs etc.). Before Phoenix Group, Anand served as the Head of Public Annuity Asset Origination at Aviva (2019-2022) where he led portfolio construction and investment strategy for public assets including the development of the business’s ESG and Franchise risk framework and its integration in credit/investment processes, new asset class launches and related asset manager research. Prior to insurance asset management, Anand had worked for ~10 years in public- and private-credit investment and portfolio management/monitoring mandates at BlackRock (London) and Goldman Sachs (New York) covering asset classes such as RMBS, CMBS, Auto/Whole Loan ABS, Sovereigns/SSAs, EMD, Energy/Infra-Project Finance, CRE loans and Shipping/Aviation debt.

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.

Alistair Ray

CIO/Partner, Dalmore Capital

Alistair Ray is an experienced leader with extensive deal origination, execution, and asset management expertise.
Alistair co-founded Dalmore in 2009 and is CIO. He is a Dalmore shareholder and Board member as well as being on the Investment and Executive Committees. Alistair manages Dalmore’s investment team and is a board member with Cadent, Cory and Tideway. Alistair has 27 years of infrastructure experience. Prior to Dalmore, Alistair spent a year as a Director at Merrill Lynch. Between 2005 and 2008, Alistair was a Director at 3i, one of the core investors in I2. He was also a member of the team that successfully floated 3i Infrastructure plc on the London Stock Exchange. From 2001 to 2004, Alistair was a Director and shareholder of Noble PFI, following three years with Edison Capital. Alistair holds a Bachelor of Engineering honours degree.

About Dalmore:
Dalmore is an independent fund management company that acquires, manages and holds infrastructure assets, to deliver long term value for investors, whilst benefitting all stakeholders. Since inception 15 years ago, Dalmore has raised and deployed over £5.7bn of capital via five flagship funds and associated co-investment vehicles across the UK and European PPP, Core and Core + infrastructure assets. With offices in Edinburgh and London, Dalmore manages investments in over 122 portfolio assets on behalf of its institutional clients.

Chandra Reddy

Corporate Advisory and Principal Investments, Beyond Advisory

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 and 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.

Tim Rees

Principal, StepStone

Tim Rees joined StepStone in 2014, and is a Principal in the infrastructure and real assets (“SIRA”) team. Mr. Rees takes a leading role in SIRA’s secondary activities and is based in London, having previously helped establish SIRA’s presence in New York.
Prior to StepStone, Mr. Rees was a Senior Associate at Partners Capital, an outsourced investment office for endowments, foundations and HNW individuals, where sat within the private equity and natural resources teams, and helped construct and manage multi-asset class portfolios for clients.
Mr. Rees graduated from the University of Bath with a BSc in economics and politics and is a CFA charterholder.

StepStone

StepStone is a global private markets investment firm focused on providing customized investment solutions and advisory, data and administrative services to its clients. As of June 30, 2024, StepStone was responsible for approximately $701 billion of total capital, including $169 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.

Ruairi Revell

Head of Sustainability – Economic Infrastructure, aberdeen

Ruairi is Head of Sustainability for the Economic Infrastructure business at aberdeen which invests across diversified UK and European small-mid market infrastructure. He supports the business to assess the financial materiality of sustainability factors, promote sustainability outcomes and meet the growing number of reporting and disclosure requirements.

Prior to his current role, Ruairi was Head of ESG for Core Plus and Value-add Real Estate at aberdeen, having joined the company in 2015 from Ove Arup & Partners. He has 16 years’ experience as a sustainability practitioner in real assets, supporting investors and companies to better understand sustainability factors and develop strategies to support long term value.

Ruairi is a member of GRESB’s Infrastructure Standards Committee and regularly contributes to industry initiatives on climate change including the IIGCC’s recently published guidance for infrastructure. He holds a first-class degree in Environmental Management (Industrial) and a PGDip in Sustainability and Resilience.

aberdeen Economic Infrastructure

aberdeen’s Economic Infrastructure business focuses on European mid-market core/core+ infrastructure assets across utilities, transport, energy and digital sectors.

The team is led by Dominic Helmsley with an experienced dedicated team of 24 investment professionals along with portfolio directors and professionals across legal, finance, operations and compliance. In addition, an extensive panel of circa 20 senior advisors provides ongoing support to the business.

The team is part of aberdeen plc, one of Europe’s largest asset managers with over €580 billion of assets under management and administration.

The Infrastructure team manages over €3 billion of assets and has successfully invested three funds, with assets across the rolling stock, solar, hydro, district heating, biogas and fibre sectors. The team is currently completing the deployment of its third fund and will launch its fourth in 2025, alongside several co-investment opportunities. The fourth fund will build on the successful strategies adopted by the prior funds and will capitalise on the key macro infrastructure themes of energy transition, transport decarbonisation and digitisation.

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.

Nicolas Rochon

Founder & CEO, RGREEN INVEST

Founder and CEO of RGREEN INVEST, Nicolas Rochon has more than twenty years of experience in the management of assets dedicated to the development of renewable energy infrastructures. After co-developing the Financière de Champlain, Nicolas founded the RGREEN Group in 2010 to support professionals in the RE sector and set up the INFRAGREEN financing solution. Over the following ten years, he developed the INFRABRIDGE, AFRIGREEN and RSOLUTIONS investment strategies. Nicolas is currently Secretary of the Board of Directors of Enerplan (a trade association for solar energy professionals). He is also the author of “Ma Transition Energétique“, a book that honours the partnerships he formed with the pioneering developers currently driving France’s energy transition.

Nicolas is a graduate of EMLyon and holds a Master’s degree in Financial Engineering.

RGREEN INVEST :

RGREEN INVEST is a French, independent, B Corp-certified asset management and mission-driven company, with over ten years’ experience in investing in and financing infrastructure projects that promote energy transition and climate change mitigation and adaptation. With 50+ experienced professionals whose expertise spans fund management, investment banking and renewable energy, RGREEN INVEST has one of the most comprehensive teams of specialists in Europe. The company pays careful attention to sustainability and incorporates robust ESG principles in its investment criteria.

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.

AustralianSuper

AustralianSuper manages more than A$355 billion in members’ retirement savings on behalf of more than 3.4 million members from more than 476,000 businesses (as at 30 September 2024). The Fund is an active investor across global financial markets, real assets, private credit and private equity, with the aim of delivering sustainable, long-term performance for its members. AustralianSuper is the 16th largest pension fund in the world by total assets, and the fastest-growing among the global top 20 (Thinking Ahead Institute, Global Top 300 Pension Funds, based on 5-year CAGR 2019-2024). The Fund is forecast to exceed A$500 billion of assets under management within the next five years. The Fund expects to deploy almost 70% of these new inflows into global markets.
For more information, visit: www.australiansuper.com

Cristina Rotariu

Director, Renewables Energy at Allianz Capital Partners

Investment professional at ACP Renewables and previously ACP Infrastructure. Experience in onshore ＆ offshore wind and solar pv transaction & asset management across Continental Europe.

Board Member 1.5 GW Dutch HKZ1-4 and 960 MW German He Dreiht offshore wind farms.

Holds Diploma in Business Administration, University of Mannheim.

Allianz Capital Partners

Allianz Capital Partners (ACP), a subsidiary of Allianz Global Investors, manages €59.8 billion in alternative assets, including €23.7 billion dedicated to infrastructure. Since 2007, ACP has built a portfolio of over 20 infrastructure investments, prioritizing essential public services with stable, inflation-linked returns.
With a long-term, buy-and-hold strategy, ACP invests in brownfield assets while selectively backing greenfield projects in energy transition, sustainability, and digitalization. The firm takes significant minority or joint control stakes, often partnering with institutional investors for strategic acquisitions.
ACP's diversified portfolio spans multiple sectors and geographies, balancing income generation with capital growth. By focusing on resilient infrastructure assets, ACP contributes to global economic stability while driving sustainable development.

Allard Ruijs

Chief Investment Officer, CVC DIF

Allard is Chief Investment Officer and Member of the Executive Committee. He oversees the investment process from deal origination, deal execution, through value creation until exit. Allard is vice-chairman of the investment committees of all CVC DIF managed funds. He joined CVC DIF in 2007 as a Managing Director in the investment team. From 2012-2022, he was Head of Investor Relations ＆ Business Development and in that role he was driving the strategic direction and growth of the firm, while leading the activities of fund raising, investor relations, business development and marketing ＆ communication.

Before CVC DIF, Allard was Head of Private Equity, Infrastructure, Commodities and Special Products at MN, one of the largest Dutch asset managers, and he managed a €5 billion portfolio of alternative investments. Prior to MN, Allard was a Senior Advisor in M＆A at energy company Essent (now RWE) and before that held positions at private equity firm Residex Capital and PwC covering among others energy, waste, rail, healthcare and telecom investments.

Allard holds an Executive Master in Auditing from the University of Groningen and is registered as a Register Accountant (Chartered Accountant) with the Dutch Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Lucas Ruland

Director Digital Infrastructure Finance, NIBC Bank NV

With over 25 years experience in corporate banking with both NIBC and Deutsche Bank, Lucas has gained a broad experience in debt products ranging from Leveraged & Acquisition-, Corporate- , Project- and Mezzanine finance across several geographies in Europe. He has worked in both the UK and Germany for NIBC for more than 10 years and arranged & structured multiple financing transactions in the aforementioned area’s. Lucas currently works as a Director Origination in the Digital Infrastructure team of NIBC Bank and focusses on origination of Datacenter- and Fiber (both B2C and B2B) projects in the DACH region.

NIBC

NIBC Bank is a mid-sized Dutch bank, which was founded after the second world war to finance the reconstruction of the Dutch Infrastructure. Over time NIBC has changed from a state owned bank into a commercial bank and is currently owned by Blackstone. The Digital infra team is part of the corporate bank of NIBC and focusses on digital infrastructure project across West & Southern Europe and the Nordics. The team has build a significant infra portfolio of over EUR 2bln investments in digital infra projects across Europe and is planning to grow its franchise further in the coming years.

Nat Sahlstrom

Chief Energy Officer, Tract Capital

Nat Sahlstrom is the Chief Energy Officer of Tract Capital Prior to joining Tract, Nat led Amazon’s Global Energy, Water, and Sustainability teams. Over his twelve-year tenure at Amazon, Nat built the Amazon energy business into the world's largest corporate buyer of renewable energy with >28GW of utility-scale renewable energy projects globally. He and his team delivered 5GWs of energy infrastructure across multiple countries to support data center energization, growth and operations. He created Amazon’s strategic partnership program to support relationships with major energy companies around the world and spearheaded the energy policy work that unblocked growth in challenging regions, like Singapore, Dublin and Northern Virginia at the state, federal & regulatory levels. In addition, Nat led AWS North America’s data center supply chain/procurement, environmental compliance, construction and energy teams. He was the lead architect of Amazon Web Services ESG efforts for net water positive, energy and decarbonization and supplier diversity.

Tract Capital Management

Tract Capital Management (Tract Capital) is a leading alternative asset manager focused on building companies that enable rapid scaling of digital infrastructure, led by CEO & Managing Partner, Grant van Rooyen. van Rooyen has founded and led digital infrastructure companies for over 25 years with an admired track record of success. The Company brings together curated operational capabilities from industry veterans and essential expertise in planning, development, energy, digital infrastructure and real estate to accelerate responsible technology infrastructure. Tract Capital has introduced two digital infrastructure strategies. The first is a horizontal powered land strategy focused on creating master planned data center campuses called Tract. The second is the mega-campus vertical development strategy called Fleet Data Centers.

Andre Sales

Managing Partner ＆ Infrastructure CEO, Patria Investments

Andre Sales is a Managing Partner at Patria, as well as Patria Infrastructure’s Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Sales is primarily responsible for leading the Infrastructure business unit of Patria and conducting infrastructure investment strategies in Latin America, including Equity and Credit. Before holding his current positions, Mr. Sales served as a Director at Patria’s M＆A Advisory division, and co-CEO of Patria’s first renewable energy platform.

Before joining Patria, Mr. Sales was a Senior Manager in the energy arm of Vale and a Senior Associate in the Infrastructure department of the Brazilian National Development Bank. Mr. Sales was co-founder of an internet community and marketplace that sold to Bradesco and worked 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.

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.

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Alberto Sánchez Miravalles

Regulatory Affairs Manager, Carbon Capture and Storage Association

Alberto is a geologist with 10 years of experience in the energy and environmental sectors. With a strong academic foundation, including an MSc in Oil & Gas Engineering and multiple postgraduate courses, Alberto has developed expertise in exploration, rock mechanics, geological storage, and geotechnics. His professional journey includes roles at Spain’s national Natural Gas company (ENAGAS) and leading consultancies, including a challenging tenure in Saudi Arabia. These experiences have provided a deep understanding of the geological and regulatory landscapes shaping the industry. Currently based in Brussels, Alberto has been actively managing R&D and innovation projects under Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, and EIT Raw Materials at the European Federation of Geologists. Recently, he joined the Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA) as a Regulation Affairs Manager, focusing on advancing policies and frameworks that support implementing CO2 management strategies.
The CCSA plays a crucial role in fostering collaboration between industry, policymakers, and research institutions to accelerate the commercial deployment of CCUS.

CCSA

The CCSA is the lead European association accelerating the commercial deployment of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), an essential solution to deliver net zero emissions across industry, heat, power and transport.

The CCSA represents the interests of companies and organisations seeking to develop commercial-scale CCUS projects.

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 Europe.

CCSA members are drawn from a wide range of sectors such as industry, equipment manufacturing, oil and gas, distribution, academia and regional bodies – as well as the associated supply chain and service sector.

Vivek Sapra

Senior Advisor, infrastructure Investments, Ampega Asset Management and Independent Board Director

Vivek Sapra is an Energy & Infrastructure project finance specialist and independent board director for project companies, with over 25 years’ experience in advising & structuring transactions. His main role is with the Infrastructure Investments team at Talanx Group – Ampega Asset Management GmbH, which he joined 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 investments made of over €5bn 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.

Eric Scheyer

Managing Partner, Elda River Capital

Mr. Scheyer serves as Managing Partner of Elda River, Chairman of the Management Committee and is a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to co-founding Elda River, Mr. Scheyer was a Partner and Head of the Energy & Infrastructure Group at Magnetar Capital which he joined at its inception in 2005. Mr. Scheyer has long-standing relationships and significant experience investing in real assets across the energy, energy infrastructure, and energy transition sectors. Mr. Scheyer serves on the boards of directors of Vesper Energy Development LLC, Arcadia Power, Inc., MC Tumbleweed Royalty, LLC, and Great Elm Group, Inc. Prior to Magnetar, Mr. Scheyer was a principal of Decorel Incorporated, where he served as President of Decorel S.A. de C.V. and Executive Vice President of Decorel Inc. until the sale of the company to Newell Rubbermaid. Early in his career, Mr. Scheyer worked at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in the equity research department in the energy sector. Mr. Scheyer received his Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College and is a Member of the Board of Directors for Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Elda River Capital

Elda River is an independent real assets investment firm focused on capitalizing on attractive middle-market energy transition and infrastructure opportunities. The partners of Elda River have worked together for more than a decade and have committed over $7 billion in the infrastructure space across credit and equity investments.

Elda River believes the energy transition and infrastructure sectors are benefitting from long-term, secular growth which will require vast amounts of capital to fund the build-out of critical infrastructure. Elda River believes that public capital markets are unable to meet these capital requirements, which is creating a significant funding gap, and an attractive opportunity for private capital across its focus sectors.

The Elda River team leverages its deep industry relationships, direct origination strategy, flexible approach, and disciplined investment process to successfully navigate market cycles to protect capital and drive attractive outcomes.

Jeff Schlapinski

Managing Director of Research, Global Private Capital Association (GPCA)

Jeff Schlapinski is the Managing Director of Research at GPCA, where he leads a team producing industry data, analysis and in-depth reporting on private equity, private credit, infrastructure and real assets investing in emerging and growth economies. In addition to providing quarterly market intelligence to GPCA’s members, Jeff is a regular author of GPCA special reports and research briefs. He also interacts frequently with the media, fund managers, institutional investors and industry advisors in order to fulfill GPCA’s broader mission of informing the investment community on the private capital opportunity set across global markets. Jeff graduated from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) at Georgetown University with a B.S. in International Economics.

Global Private Capital Association

The Global Private Capital Association (GPCA) is a non-profit, independent membership organization representing private capital investors who manage more than USD2 trillion in assets across Asia, Latin America, Africa, Central & Eastern Europe, and the Middle East.

Its mission is to connect and influence key market participants, promoting the sectors, strategies and deals that will drive investment returns and meet societal needs. With headquarters in New York and Singapore, GPCA includes LAVCA, the Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America.

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.

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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 partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. 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 bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives that question the status quo and spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, fueled by the goal of helping our clients thrive and enabling them to make the world a better place.

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 joined Antin in 2010 and currently serves as a member of both the Investment Committee and the Executive Committee.

Angelika is a board member of Fund III portfolio companies Kisimul, Fund IV portfolio companies Babilou and Hippocrates, Mid Cap Fund I portfolio companies European Rail Rent and HOFI and Fund V portfolio companies Portakabin and Project Proxima. She previously served on the boards of Westerleigh in Fund I, Inicea, Amedes and GSR in Fund II, and Almaviva in Fund III.

Prior to her position at Antin, Angelika gained extensive experience at Goldman Sachs and Terra Firma, specializing in principal investment, mergers and acquisitions, 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 €32 billion in assets under management across its Flagship, Mid Cap and NextGen investment strategies, Antin targets investments in the energy and environment, digital, transport and social infrastructure sectors. With offices in Paris, London, New York, Singapore and Luxembourg, Antin employs over 240 professionals dedicated to growing, improving and transforming infrastructure businesses while delivering long-term value to portfolio companies and investors. Majority owned by its partners, Antin is listed on Euronext Paris (Ticker: ANTIN – ISIN: FR0014005AL0).

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.

Jordan Schwartz

Executive Vice President, Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB)

A USA citizen was appointed Executive Vice President starting June 1, 2023.

In his role as Executive vice President (EVP), he is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the IDB and oversees the quality control and risk management of all Bank operations. He serves as chair of management committees responsible for the Bank’s operational activities and provides oversight and direction to the Vice Presidents and all other senior staff.

Prior to joining the IDB, Mr. Schwartz worked in the field of economic development for over 30 years, focusing on infrastructure economics, finance, the role of the private sector, and sustainability. He has extensive work experience, both at the World Bank and in the private sector, primarily in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as across East Asia and the Pacific and Central Europe. He was the World Bank’s Country Director for Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay from 2019 until January 2023. Previous to this position, he served in multiple roles at the World Bank, including Director for Infrastructure (Finance), Public-Private Partnerships & Guarantees (20172019), Director, Infrastructure & Urban Development Hub in Singapore (20152017), Head of the Global Infrastructure Facility, and Lead Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean Sustainable Development Department, among others.

In addition, Mr. Schwartz’ private sector experience includes senior roles in infrastructure and transport strategy at the management consulting firms of Deloitte Touche, and Booz Allen & Hamilton.

He holds a Master’s degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Tufts University.

Inter-American Development Bank

We are the Inter-American Development Bank, the main source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Since our creation in 1959, we have been dedicated to improving the quality of life for millions of people in our 26 borrowing member countries across Latin America and the Caribbean.

We provide financial and technical support to national and sub-national governments and other entities in our region. We conduct cutting-edge research and develop innovative solutions to address development challenges both locally and globally.

We also partner with donor nations and other international development organizations to channel essential resources and expertise to Latin America and the Caribbean to promote sustainable and equitable development.

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, C4S Invest / Abloco Energy - Co-host Redefining 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.)

Megawatt-X

Megawatt-X is Laurent Segalen’s family office investment vehicle specialised in scalable and digital behind the meter energy infrastructures. After 2 successful exits: Zeigo (digital PPA) to Schneider Electric and Febesol (rooftop solar) to Thermondo; Megawatt-X is fully invested in 3 lines:
Abloco Energy (mobile batteries), Renewabl (tracking and trading 24/7 green certificates) and NATO-L a transatlantic power cable.

Sven Seppeur

Director, Investment Management, Private Markets, FERI AG

Sven Seppeur is a Director in the Private Markets Investment Management division at FERI. He focuses on selecting and monitoring investments in Infrastructure and Private Debt funds. Prior to joining FERI in October 2021, he worked from 2019 to 2021 in the capital investment department of Frankfurter Leben Group, where he served as Senior Investment Manager, acting as a liaison between the CIO and Private Markets asset managers with a focus on Private Debt, Infrastructure, and other Private Markets asset classes. Between 2017 and 2019, he was responsible for Private Debt investments at Versicherungskammer Bayern. From 2010 to 2017, he worked at Commerzbank in the Leverage Finance department and in In-house Consulting, managing a European Private Debt portfolio. Mr. Seppeur is a graduate of the University of Bayreuth and a CFA charter holder.

FERI AG

FERI AG, headquartered in Bad Homburg, has been a leading player in investment and financial management in the German-speaking world for over 30 years. Under the name "Financial Economic Research International" (FERI), the group combines top-tier asset management, in-depth research, and specialized advisory services. Its success is built on an innovative multi-asset approach that addresses the individual needs and risk profiles of investors.

FERI offers tailored solutions for institutional investors, family wealth, and foundations in three core areas: Investment Management, Investment Consulting, and Investment Research.

A key feature is the FERI Cognitive Finance Institute, established in 2016 as a creative think tank focused on developing innovative methods in economic and capital market research. With assets under management of approximately EUR 61 billion, including EUR 18 billion in alternative investments, FERI offers comprehensive global support. Offices in several cities ensure professional client service.

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.

Karsten Sinner

Head of Infrastructure Fund Investments, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Karsten Sinner leads EBRD's investment activities in infrastructure funds. The spectrum of infrastructure funds in which EBRD invests ranges from traditional infrastructure, PPPs, mobility, digital to energy transition and natural capital. In addition to its traditional geography, EBRD is preparing its selective entry into Sub-Saharan Africa.

Karsten has been investing in infrastructure funds for more than 20 years and looks back at an over 30 years' career in the investment industry, predominantly with a focus on infrastructure.

Karsten holds a post graduate degree in Business Administration from the European Business School in Germany and studied at San Francisco State University.

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.

Adam Smallman

Director of Membership Content, PEI Group

Adam Smallman is Director of Membership Content at PEI, creating high-value opportunities for senior financial professionals in alternative asset classes such as private equity, real estate, debt, and infrastructure to connect and learn more effectively. He is a former Head of Content at UK investment bank Liberum and at shipping intelligence service Lloyd's List Group, and was Managing Editor at Dow Jones responsible for oil, gas, commodities, and investment banking in EMEA.

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.

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Cecilie Søndergaard Nielsen

Managing Director, Founder, CN8 Leadership Confidence

Cecilie Søndergaard Nielsen is the Founder and Managing Director of CN8, a London-based leadership performance consultancy specialising in coaching, assessment, and advisory services for senior leaders in high-pressure industries. With nearly two decades of international experience in HR, and leadership roles across energy and financial services - including private equity - Cecilie has worked in diverse environments from oil rigs to trading floors, supporting leaders across the globe. Cecilie is a multi-certified executive coach, and holds a BSc in Economics as well as a Master's in Leadership, in addition to advanced training in subconscious bias and the neuroscience behind it. She is particularly passionate about advancing female leadership, and her coaching work focuses on providing her clients with the tools to facilitate transformative, permanent change.

CN8

CN8 is a specialist leadership coaching and performance consultancy, based in London, and focused on delivering neuroscience-backed leadership development and team solutions to leaders in high-pressure environments, globally.

CN8 offers tailored leadership coaching, talent development, and team performance processes, as well as advanced psychometric assessments, designed to unlock individual and organisational capacity and potential, and deliver measurable impact with exceptional results.

By combining deep insights from the psychology and neuroscience of human behaviour with two decades of coaching and leadership experience, we focus on helping our clients develop autentic and sustainable performance. Whether it’s strengthening team dynamics or guiding individuals to lead with clarity and resilience, CN8 is a trusted ally for leaders and organisations seeking meaningful transformation.

Matias Sottile

Partner, Ayres Partners

Matias Sottile is the founder of Ayres Partners, a boutique financial and strategy advisory firm specializing in funding of energy transition, digital infrastructure and infrastructure funds across Europe and selectively emerging markets.

Ayres Partners advises private investors, infrastructure funds and asset managers on funding projects and specific sector funds.

Matias was responsible of Infrastructure Debt at RiverRock AM, held several senior management roles at Santander bank as European Head of Infrastructure Finance and Leveraged Finance and Head of Credit and Infrastructure for Poland and Germany.

Matias has extensive expertise in energy and infrastructure, having been responsible for originating and executing transactions across Europe, the Nordics, CEE and LatAm. Matias has total investment experience of c. USD5bn across all geographies and sectors.

Matias holds a master’s in economics and Utilities from the University of Barcelona, and an MBA from IAE/IESE Business School with a specialization in Corporate Finance through the Schulich Business School in York University (Canada).

Ayres Partners

Boutique advisory and strategy consultancy firm specialized in supporting infrastructure investors and European Asset Manager to fund their projects across Western Europe, Nordics, CEE and selectively in emerging markets.
We advise on both equity and Debt supporting clients in finding suitable funding (debt funds+ banks) and co-investors (infrastructure funds) Main activities during the last 4 years in the digital Infrastructure and energy transition sectors.

Francesco Starace

Partner, EQT

Francesco Starace is a Partner at EQT where he provides senior insight to support the infrastructure business line’s investment activity, portfolio companies and strategic initiatives. With a career in the energy sector spanning four decades, Francesco brings experience from senior leadership positions, advisory boards, NGOs, and public policy. As CEO of Enel, he was instrumental in driving the company’s efforts to phase out fossil-fueled energy production and invest in digital technologies, transforming it into one of the world’s largest renewable energy producers and the largest system of digitized electricity distribution grids.
He is Chair of the Science Based Target initiative, of the Board of the UN’s Sustainable Energy for All, a member of the Rockefeller Commission to End Energy Poverty and served two terms as a member of the Board of Directors of the UN’s Global Compact, from 2015 to 2021.

EQT

EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organization with EUR 246 billion in total assets under management (EUR 134 billion in fee-generating assets under management), divided into two business segments: Private Capital and Real Assets. EQT owns portfolio companies and assets in Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Americas and supports them in achieving sustainable growth, operational excellence, and market leadership.

Nicholas Stockdale

Partner and Head of Europe, QIC

Nicholas Stockdale joined QIC in November 2021, based in London. As a Partner and Head of Europe, Nicholas is responsible for the origination, structuring, and asset management of European investments for QIC Private Debt Infrastructure.

Nicholas has over 25 years’ experience in project and infrastructure finance, specifically originating, structuring, executing and asset managing structure/project finance and corporate financings. His experience spans senior and junior debt, in both private and public markets across the Power, Utilities, Infrastructure and Telecommunications sectors.

Prior to joining QIC, Nicholas was Deputy Head of Infrastructure Debt Investments at Whitehelm Capital, where he was responsible for building and growing Whitehelm’s infrastructure debt business from establishing fund structures and capital raising, through to origination, execution and asset management of investments. Prior to Whitehelm he worked at Barclays Investment Bank for 16 years.
Nicholas holds both a Bachelor of Chemistry and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Exeter, and additionally is ACA qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PwC in 1997.

Darragh Stokes

Founder and Managing Partner, Hardiman Telecommunications

Darragh Stokes is a Founder and Managing Partner Hardiman Telecommunications Ltd. (HTL), a global consultancy specializsng in Digital Infrastructure and technology markets.

HTL provides strategic advisory services to major investment banks, private equity firms, and telecommunications operators, focusing on company valuations, IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, market entry strategies, operational performance optimization, and technology transitions.

Operating from offices in London and Singapore, HTL has a proven track record in emerging markets across Western and Central/Eastern Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific Rim. HTL is one of the the leading consultancies in Digital Infrastructure in these regions.

Mr. Stokes has spearheaded high-profile projects including market entry strategies for telecom operators, M&A transactions for carriers and tower operators, and government advisory on sector reforms and policies. His expertise extends to facilitating complex financial structures, including project financing and debt and equity funding.

Before joining HTL, he held senior roles in engineering, international business development, and general management at leading firms such as Retix Corporation, Logica, ICL Fujitsu, and ISR Global Telecom. His career is defined by a strong focus on driving growth, operational excellence, and strategic innovation in the telecommunications sector.

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.

Erik Strømsø

CEO, BW ESS

Erik Strømsø is the CEO and co-founder of BW ESS, which was started in 2021 as a cornerstone of BW Group’s energy transition investment strategy.

Before this role, Mr. Strømsø was a Senior Equity Partner and head of Asia Pacific at Pareto Securities, a leading energy-focused investment bank.

Mr Strømsø holds an MSc. in International Management from London School of Economics and a BSc. in Economics and Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School.

BW ESS

BW ESS is a global energy storage owner-operator, moving with speed to develop, build and operate market-leading energy storage projects across multiple countries.

Working with strategic partners in the UK, Italy, Sweden, Germany, and Australia, the business has grown a multi-gigawatt development pipeline, with over 4 GWh of projects currently in construction / pre-construction. As an active investor with development exposure, BW ESS has a strategy to hold assets for the long-term, taking a hands-on approach to unlock value throughout the energy storage asset lifecycle.

Part of BW Group, BW ESS is able to leverage decades of track-record in energy infrastructure investment, delivery and operation - and the scale and global network needed to move the needle for energy storage. To find out more, visit: https://bw-ess.com

Kasper Struve

Founder, Unified Investors

Prior to launching Unified Investors in 2019, Kasper spent 11 years within the private investments team at Industriens Pension (“IP”) where he was is involved in all aspects of sourcing, negotiating, executing and monitoring investments. IP has AuM of DKK 230 billion (USD 28 billion) and maintains a well-established and active private investments program comprising of commitments to funds, co-investments and direct investments. More than 25% of the investment portfolio was allocated to private investments including Infrastructure at +10% of the total portfolio. Their Infra program is roughly equally split between direct investments, funds, and co-investments. Kasper has made more than 100 private market investments totaling approx. USD 6 billion of investment commitments during his time at IP. Kasper joined Industriens Pension in 2007 and prior to that he spent 4 years within M&A advisory at KPMG and Oaklins. Kasper received an MSc in Finance from Copenhagen Business School including a semester at HEC Lausanne and courses at London School of Economics.

Unified Investors

Unified Investors serves as LP Club facilitator for institutional investors that are looking for fee savings, access to co-investments and better terms for their infrastructure funds investments.
USD +4bn has been allocated to some of the largest infra managers at significantly improved fees and terms.

Rhizlaine Tabari Bosli

Infrastructure Investment Director, Crédit Agricole Assurances

Rhizlaine Tabari is a seasoned Infrastructure Investment Director with over 15 years of experience in finance, project management, and business development. Currently serving as an Infrastructure Investment Director at Crédit Agricole Assurances, Rhizlaine oversees a portfolio of €2 billion in assets across sectors such as renewable energy, transportation, and digital infrastructure. Prior to her current role, Rhizlaine held key positions at two engineering companies: AECOM and Ingérop Conseil et Ingénierie, where she led technical due diligence and asset management mandates for large-scale public-private partnerships. Her expertise encompasses the entire lifecycle of infrastructure projects, from origination to execution, with significant achievements in sectors like transportation and urban development. She has also advised governments and development banks on critical infrastructure initiatives in Africa.
Rhizlaine holds a Master’s in Finance from Neoma Business School.

Crédit Agricole Assurances

Crédit Agricole Assurances, France's largest insurer, is the company of the Crédit Agricole group, which brings together all the insurance businesses of Crédit Agricole S.A. Crédit Agricole Assurances offers a range of products and services in savings, retirement, health, personal protection and property insurance products and services. They are distributed by Crédit Agricole’s banks in France and in 9 countries worldwide, and are aimed at individual, professional, agricultural and business customers. Crédit Agricole Assurances has 5,800 employees. Its premium income (“non-GAAP") to the end of 2023 amounted to 37.2 billion euros. https://www.ca-assurances.com/

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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

Tom Taylor

Reporter, Infrastructure Investor

Tom Taylor is a reporter for PEI Group’s Infrastructure Investor and Agri Investor, focusing on the Asia-Pacific region. He joined PEI in 2023 and is based in Sydney. Previously, Tom worked as a multimedia journalist at Radio New Zealand. He has a background in print media and was named a finalist for best headline at the 2022 Voyager Media Awards.

Tom Taylor는 PEI 그룹의 Infrastructure Investor지와 Agri Investor지에 소속된 아시아 태평양 지역 전문 기자로 시드니에 거주 중이며, 2023년 PEI에 합류했습니다. 과거 Radio New Zealand에서 멀티미디어 저널리스트로 근무했습니다. 인쇄매체 경험을 보유한 그는 2022년 Voyager Media Awards의 최우수 헤드라인상 최종 후보에 올랐습니다.

トム・テイラー氏は、PEIグループの業界紙『インフラストラクチャー・インベスター』と『アグリ・インベスター』の記者としてアジア太平洋地域を担当する。2023年にPEIに入社し、主にシドニーで活動。以前は、マルチメディア・ジャーナリストとしてラジオ・ニュージーランドに勤務していた。紙媒体での経験もあり、2022年のボイジャー・メディア・アワードでは最優秀ヘッドライン賞のファイナリストに選ばれている。

Rowan te Kloot

Managing Principal, Energy Transition Infrastructure, HSBC Asset Management

Rowan te Kloot is Managing Principal in the Energy Transition Infrastructure team 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 has over 20 years of experience investing in infrastructure and renewable energy businesses across multiple markets, including the last 9 years in the Asia Pacific region.

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.
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 was 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

HSBC Asset Management’s Alternatives business offers a range of alternative investment solutions across hedge funds, private markets, private credit, real assets, venture capital. With over 255 dedicated alternatives staff including over 143 investment professionals, HSBC Asset Management’s alternatives business had combined assets under management and advice of USD77.1bn.*

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. HSBC Asset Management manages assets totalling US$765bn on behalf of its clients.*

For more information see http://www.global.assetmanagement.hsbc.com/

*Including committed capital, as of 30th September 2024

Celine Tercier

Head of Infrastructure Debt Funds & Mandates, AEW

Céline Tercier is Head of infrastructure debt mandates and funds of AEW. She joined Ostrum AM in 2016 to participate in the launch of the Private Debt Real Assets department within Natixis Investment Managers Group. This department has since then been transferred to Natixis Investment Managers International and to AEW in January 2024. Céline Tercier began her career in 1998 at the Export Credit Agency COFACE in Paris, in charge of large infrastructure projects. In 2006, she joined DBRS where she was in charge of the rating of transactions within the structured finance department and she developed rating methodologies for project finance debt. She joined Natixis in 2008 within the Global Infrastructure and Projects department; she was head of EMEA Portfolio Management until 2012. Céline Tercier then managed infrastructure debt mandates for institutional investors until 2016.

AEW

AEW is one of the world's largest real estate asset managers, with €77.4bn of assets under management as at 30 September 2024. AEW has over 870 employees, with its main offices located in Boston, London, Paris and Singapore and offers a wide range of real estate investment products including comingled funds, separate accounts and securities mandates across the full spectrum of investment strategies. AEW represents the real estate asset management platform of Natixis Investment Managers, one of the largest asset managers in the world.

As at 30 September 2024, AEW managed €37.1bn of real estate assets in Europe on behalf of a number of funds and separate accounts. AEW has over 510 employees based in 11 offices across Europe and has a long track record of successfully implementing Core, Value-Add and Opportunistic investment strategies on behalf of its clients. In the last five years, AEW has invested and divested a total volume of €17.5bn of real estate across European markets.

AEW Europe completed beginning of January 2024 the acquisition of Natixis Investment Managers International’s private debt business which originates and structures infrastructure and private debt real asset investments. The acquisition is in line with AEW’s strategy to establish an international, multi-product private debt platform which offers its existing and future clients with a broader range of investments products, including commercial real estate debt, infrastructure, aviation and corporate debt. AEW’s newly expanded private debt platform has achieved significant growth over the past five years and comprises €7.6bn of client commitments of which €3.8bn has been invested across a range of funds and separate account mandates, as at 31 December 2024.

Chris Thompson

Underwriter, Axis Capital

Chris is a Lead Underwriter in the Renewable Energy team at Axis Capital. Chris works closely with developers, IPPs, utilities, financers, investment banks & pension funds, providing innovative risk transfer solutions for a vast array of energy transition technologies. Prior to underwriting Chris held various Catastrophe Risk Management positions at a number of insurance carriers in the London market. Chris holds an MSc in Risk, Disaster & Resilience & a BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering.

Axis Capital

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. In 2024 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.

Nathalie Tidman

Editor – Infrastructure Investor Deals, PEI Group

Nathalie Tidman has been a business journalist since 2012 and has extensive experience covering the renewable energy and infrastructure markets, as well as the legal industry.

Before joining PEI Group in June 2024 as the editor of its new Infrastructure Investor Deals publication, which launched in January, she worked at Legal Business magazine, most recently as its editor.

Nathalie started her journalism career covering European renewable energy markets and then went on to report on infrastructure deals more broadly. Her legal journalism has also been with a focus on deals, especially big-ticket M＆A transactions.

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.

Ionna Trofimova Elliot

CEO, The POLICY CLUB, Borderless Renewables

Ionna Trofimova Elliot, CEO, The POLICY CLUB, Borderless Renewables. Energy transition expert specializing in technological configurations that direct sustainability transitions.

Andrew Truscott

CEO, John Laing

Andrew joined John Laing in July 2023 from Citi, where he was Head of UK Investment Banking. Prior to joining Citi in 2018, he spent 15 years at JP Morgan focused on the infrastructure, construction and industrial services markets before becoming Head of Europe at the JP Morgan Infrastructure Investments Fund (JPMIIF) in 2015. At JPMIIF, Andrew led the business across origination, execution and asset management. In that role, he originated and completed a range of European investments and was responsible for transformation programmes at a number of portfolio companies.

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Garret Tynan

Managing Director, European Head Project Finance & Infrastructure, KBRA

Garret Tynan is the Managing Director and European Head of Infrastructure and Project Finance at KBRA Europe Limited (KBRA).

Garret previously spent five years with KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH in London, where he was responsible for originating and executing project and leveraged finance transactions in the UK, Europe, and North America.

Prior to KfW IPEX, Garret worked for nine years at Depfa Bank plc in Dublin, where he initially focused on public-private partnerships/PFI, utilities, and leveraged finance in the UK and, in later years, managed a team responsible for restructuring and winding down the bank’s global infrastructure portfolio.

Garret is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency department in Dublin.

Garret earned both a B.A. in accounting and finance, and an MBS in accounting from Dublin City University. He also holds graduate diplomas in International Financial Reporting Standards (ICAI) and Management and Applications of IT in Accounting (DCU), as well as certificates in Directors Duties & Responsibilities (ICAI) and Complex Financial Instruments (Institute of Bankers).

At KBRA, we aim to establish a higher standard of excellence and integrity regarding credit ratings. Since launching our full-service rating agency in 2010, we have remained committed to restoring consumer confidence in credit ratings. From establishing new standards for risk evaluation to providing timely and transparent ratings, we are changing the credit rating landscape. Our team offers in-depth ratings and research for various industries within the United States, United Kingdom and Europe, giving all market participants an alternative credit rating solution. As a company, we value fresh perspectives and prioritize innovation and creativity rather than relying solely on conventional wisdom. We know collaboration is essential to our ability to provide investors with better products. Additionally, we work hard to make tools and solutions developed by the KBRA Analytics group easily accessible to aid in better market decisions.

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.

Actis

Actis is a leading global investor in sustainable infrastructure. The firm invests in structural themes that aim to support long-term, equitable growth in defensive, critical infrastructure across the energy transition, digitalisation and supply chain transformation.

Actis believes that the firm’s decades of global experience, operational know-how and strong culture allow it to create global sustainability leaders at scale and deliver competitive returns for investors. Actis is one of the longest standing energy investors globally and a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), an investor initiative supported by the United Nations.

You can learn more about Actis at www.act.is.

Marco van Daele

CEO, SUSI Partners AG

As CEO, Marco van Daele heads SUSI Partners’ Leadership Team and is responsible for the overarching strategy development and execution. He joined the firm in 2017 as Chief Investment Officer, overseeing the company’s global investment and asset management activities, in 2020 took over broader management responsibilities as Co-CEO, and now heads the management of the company as CEO.

Before joining SUSI, Marco was a Senior Vice President at Brookfield Asset Management, where he was responsible for the European renewable energy investments team and led the strategy formulation, origination, and execution activities in this segment. Prior to that, he was a Principal in the Infrastructure and Private Equity team at Arcapita, a global alternative assets firm, after starting his career in M&A at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein.

About SUSI Partners
SUSI Partners is an independent, specialist investment manager providing institutional investors with access to mid-market private infrastructure opportunities arising from the global energy transition. With over 15 years of activity and more than EUR 2.1 billion investor capital raised to date, the firm has a proven track record across the energy transition investment theme, achieving attractive risk-adjusted returns for its clients and their beneficiaries while contributing meaningfully to global climate change mitigation efforts.

Vicente Vento

Founder and CEO, Digital Transformation Capital Partners GmbH

Vicente Vento is the Founder and CEO of DTCP, where he leads the firm’s investment strategy, capital deployment, and portfolio development. With over 20 years of experience in telecommunications infrastructure and technology, he has overseen $3 billion in investments and played a key role in over $100 billion in M&A transactions.

Before founding DTCP, Vicente was Global Head of M&A and Senior Vice President at Deutsche Telekom, where he led landmark deals, including the TMUS/MetroPCS merger, the EE sale to BT, and the Scout24 IPO. Earlier in his career, he held roles at Morgan Stanley, Blackstone, and Royal Capital Management, focusing on advisory and asset management in infrastructure and technology.

Vicente is a member of the DTCP Infra and DTCP Growth investment committees and serves on the boards of Cellnex Netherlands, Open Dutch Fiber, Community Fibre Ltd., and maincubes.

He holds a degree in Business Administration and an MBA from ESADE Business School.

DTCP is an investment management firm with 3 billion US dollars in assets under management and over 50 professionals. DTCP has offices in Hamburg, Frankfurt, Berlin, London, Luxembourg, San Francisco, and Tel Aviv.

DTCP Infra specializes in European digital infrastructure investments, including mobile towers, fiber networks and data centers. The firm‘s infrastructure investments include Community Fibre Limited, Cellnex Netherlands, Open Dutch Fiber, and maincubes.

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Jan Vesely

Partner, EQT

Jan Vesely is a Partner at EQT in New York. Mr. Vesely joined EQT Partners in 2010. He was appointed Partner in 2018 and is the Head of Transition Infrastructure. He is a member of the Infrastructure Partners' Investment Committee and has led many transactions across the energy & environmental and digital infrastructure sectors. Prior to joining EQT Partners, Mr. Vesely worked in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs focusing on Mergers & Acquisitions in German-speaking Europe and CEE. Mr. Vesely holds a M.Sc. in Business Administration with a major in Finance, Econometrics and International Management from University of Mannheim, Germany.

EQT

EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organization with EUR 246 billion in total assets under management (EUR 134 billion in fee-generating assets under management), divided into two business segments: Private Capital and Real Assets. EQT owns portfolio companies and assets in Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Americas and supports them in achieving sustainable growth, operational excellence, and market leadership.

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.

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/.

Jochen Von Frowein

Director Infastructure ＆ Energy, Global Equity at DEG

Jochen von Frowein, Director Infrastructure ＆ Energy, Global Equity, at German development bank DEG heads the team responsible for direct equity investments and commitments to infrastructure equity funds in emerging markets worldwide. The team is based in Germany, South Africa and India.

Previously, he held various roles in DEG, including VP in Project Finance Latin America, VP in Private Equity Africa and Director/ Head of Private Equity Latin America. Prior to joining DEG, Jochen worked for Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in Germany and Nigeria and held various positions in Corporate Banking for BHF-Bank, Dresdner Bank and Commerzbank.

Jochen holds a degree in business administration from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, a Master’s Degree in African Studies from SOAS (London) and is a CFA Charterholder.

DEG

For over 60 years DEG has been a reliable partner to private-sector enterprises operating in developing and emerging-market countries. We provide our customers with tailor-made solutions, including financing, promotional programmes and advice tailored to individual needs. They can thus develop successfully and sustainably, while generating local added value and creating qualified jobs. With our portfolio of over EUR 10 billion in approximately 80 countries we’re one of the world’s largest private-sector development financiers.

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.

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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.

Dominik von Scheven

Managing Director, Infrastructure, Hamilton Lane

Dominik is a Managing Director on the Infrastructure Investment team based in the firm’s Frankfurt office. He is responsible for infrastructure equity investments and is a member of the Real Assets Investment Committee.

Prior to joining Hamilton Lane in 2024, Dominik was Global Head of Infrastructure with HSBC Asset Management where he focused on secondary investments, co-investments as well as primary investments. Prior to that Dominik was Co-Head of Infrastructure and Energy for Deutsche Bank Private Equity, where he was responsible for infrastructure equity investments globally. Previously Dominik held positions at two family offices and a U.S.-based renewable energy developer, and worked in the corporate development team of The Cloud Networks.

Dominik started his career at TriStone Partners, a London-based investment boutique. He completed an apprenticeship with Steinway & Sons in Hamburg and received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics & Finance from Westminster University, London.

Hamilton Lane

Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE) is one of the largest private markets investment firms globally, providing innovative solutions to institutional and private wealth investors around the world. Dedicated exclusively to private markets investing for more than 30 years, the firm currently employs approximately 740 professionals operating in offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Hamilton Lane has $956 billion in assets under management and supervision, composed of nearly $135 billion in discretionary assets and more than $821 billion in non-discretionary assets, as of December 31, 2024. Hamilton Lane specializes in building flexible investment programs that provide clients access to the full spectrum of private markets strategies, sectors and geographies.

For more information, please visit http://www.hamiltonlane.com or follow Hamilton Lane on https://www.linkedin.com/company/hamilton-lane/.

Gijs Voskuyl

Managing Partner, CVC DIF

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.

CVC DIF

CVC DIF (formerly DIF Capital Partners) is a leading global mid-market infrastructure equity fund manager.

Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, CVC DIF has c. €18 billion of infrastructure assets under management in energy transition, transport, utilities and digitalisation.

With over 240 people in 12 offices, CVC DIF offers a unique market approach, combining a global presence with the benefits of strong local networks and sector-focused investment capabilities.

CVC DIF forms the infrastructure strategy of leading global private markets manager CVC. This partnership allows CVC DIF to benefit from CVC’s global platform, with 29 offices across five continents.

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.

About 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 16.3 billion in impact investments. With over 270 employees collaborating across 7 offices, as of 31 December 2024 the company manages USD 5.4 billion in assets across approximately 300 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.

Olivia Wassenaar

Head of Sustainability and Infrastructure, Apollo Global Management

Olivia Wassenaar is a Partner and Head of the Sustainability and Infrastructure Group at Apollo. In this role Olivia leads the Firm’s multi-asset investment strategy focused on financing and investing in the energy transition and decarbonization of industry. Investments led by Olivia at Apollo have focused on the energy transition and she serves on the boards of several Apollo funds’ portfolio companies including FlexGen, Graanul, Takkion and Total Operations and Production Services (TOPS). Olivia also formerly co-chaired Apollo’s DE&I Steering Group. Prior to joining Apollo, Olivia was a Managing Director at Riverstone Holdings, where she was a member of the investment team for 10 years. Previously, she worked at Goldman Sachs in the Investment Banking Division, where she focused on renewable energy sector coverage. Olivia started her career in the Environment Department at The World Bank Group. She received her AB, magna cum laude, from Harvard College, attended the Yale School of the Environment, and received an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.

Apollo

Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade to private equity with a focus on three investing strategies: yield, hybrid, and equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes. As of March 31, 2024 Apollo had approximately $671 billion of assets under management. To learn more, please visit www.apollo.com.

Lisa Weaver-Lambert

Board Advisory and Strategic Business Transformation, Data ＆ AI Executive

Lisa is a published author on AI, specialising in advising infrastructure and 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. Her work spans multiple industries and regions, including Europe, the US, APAC, and Africa. She speaks fluent French and Italian. Lisa's 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.

Mark White

Head of Real Assets, Albourne Partners

Mark White is the Head of Real Assets and senior portfolio analyst for Real Asset strategies at Albourne Partners and is responsible for overseeing the due diligence and portfolio construction for Albourne’s RA clients including Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and Capital Assets. He derives his experience in Real Assets from two distinct career paths, the first in resource management and the second a career in institutional finance. A 14-year background in forestry and mining was followed by a career in institutional pension management in Canada with the NSAHO Pension Plan and a partner at Keel Capital developing due diligence and underwriting processes. Mark joined Albourne Partners, an independent specialist consultant focused on alternative investments, in 2008 to assist in developing the Real Asset practice. He currently leads a team of analyst, portfolio advisors, and data specialist focusing across the Real Asset spectrum.

Albourne Partners

Albourne was established in 1994 as an independent specialist consultant focused on alternative investments. Albourne acts as a non-discretionary partner providing investment research, data & analytical tools, portfolio advice and implementation support across alternatives. With over 350 clients including leading public and corporate pension plans, endowments, foundations, family offices, sovereign wealth funds and financial intermediaries, we benefit from the quality and scale of our clients, who have over $750bn invested in alternative assets. Albourne is one of the largest alternatives advisory firms, with over 630 employees, including over 370 analysts, in 11 offices around the world.

Henry Willans

Global Head of Infrastructure Secondaries Investing, Goldman Sachs Alternatives

Henry Willans is a Global Head of Infrastructure Secondaries Investing 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.

Alex Wilson

Managing Director & Head, Corporate Banking Europe & Asia, CIBC Capital Markets

Alex Wilson is Managing Director & Head of CIBC Capital Markets European & Asian Corporate Banking teams responsible for originating, structuring and executing debt mandates in Energy, Infrastructure, Natural Resources and Technology sectors and also has oversight of CIBC European Innovation Banking (venture debt) platform. Alex has been with CIBC for 11 years, and 15 years with Lloyds Banking Group prior to that working in London, New York, Los Angeles & Toronto. Alex holds a BA Hons from Keele University and is UK Angel Investor with a portfolio of FinTech and ClimateTech investments.

CIBC Capital Markets

CIBC Capital Markets - part of CIBC, a leading and well-diversified North American financial institution - provides integrated global markets products and services, investment banking advisory and execution, corporate banking solutions, and top-ranked research to our clients around the world and leverages CIBC’s digitally enabled capabilities to provide a cohesive set of solutions for CIBC’s clients.

Dr Nathalie Wlodarczyk

Managing Director, Gatehouse Advisory Partners

Over the past 20 years, Nathalie has worked with senior leaders across the private and public sectors to transform intelligence functions and integrate geopolitical intelligence into strategic decision-making. In recent years, much of her work has been related to the geopolitical risks and opportunities connected with climate change and the green transition.

Prior to joining Gatehouse she was Vice President for Risk Intelligence Solutions at IHS Markit and S&P Global where she led strategy for country and geopolitical risk products and consulting solutions. She led the design of solutions and provided geopolitical advisory for clients across sectors, particularly focused on identifying the most relevant future scenarios to test corporate strategy against. She has also worked in an advisory capacity on geopolitical risk for global advisory firm StoneTurn, and as the Africa and consulting lead for political risk forecasting company Exclusive Analysis.

In addition to her work for Gatehouse, Nathalie is a non-executive director at sustainability specialists Forster Communications. Nathalie has a PhD in War Studies from King’s College London and an MSC and BSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics.

Gatehouse is a boutique geostrategy consultancy, working with senior decision makers across sectors to build geopolitically robust strategy.

As the geopolitical and business environments blur, we help our clients make complex decisions more confidently. Gatehouse combines in-house strategic and subject-matter expertise with the perspectives of our network of 1,500+ issue and market experts, giving us a truly global scope. We are specialists at interpreting geopolitical change that will be performance-critical for our clients and working with them to fine-tune their most effective positioning and responses to unlock opportunity.

Gatehouse adds value by building geostrategic capability across leadership teams, operationalising geostrategy as a regular activity that protects and creates value for the business, and maintaining strategic insight (and value creation) through ongoing tracking and engagement.

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

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 €26 billion (December 2023) and managing more than 50 direct stakes in portfolio companies. APG’s investments include assets within energy and utilities, telecommunications, social and transport infrastructure.

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.

Maria Zaheer

Partner and Head of North America, Alexa Capital

Maria is a Partner and Head of North America at Alexa Capital. Since joining Alexa, Maria has led several transactions in both Europe and North America including growth equity raises and M&A within the energy technology and software space. She brings over fifteen years of investment banking experience in public and private capital markets, project finance, M&A and corporate finance advisory transactions, across the energy and infrastructure sectors. Prior to Alexa Capital, Maria developed her diverse transaction expertise and deep market relationships through her key roles at Credit Suisse, MUFG Securities and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc.

Maria is a CFA charterholder and holds a BBA from the University of Texas in Austin.

Alexa Capital

Alexa Capital is a global corporate finance and M&A advisory firm with extensive experience in energy technology, energy infrastructure and e-Mobility.

With a particular focus on climate tech and mobility, they advise corporates, entrepreneurs, management teams and investment funds on a range of strategic alternatives including M&A, capital raises, recapitalisations, restructurings, divestitures, and IPOs. The team combines deep industrial relationships and know-how with accomplished execution expertise leveraging proprietary insights built over three decades of working across Europe, North America and Asia in energy, technology & communications investment banking, fund management and private equity.

Alexa Capital is regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). In the US, we are conducting securities activities through FINRA, SEC and NFA regulated broker-dealer MP Securities, Inc.

Müjde Zeynel

Director, Castalia

Müjde Zeynel is an infrastructure professional with experience spanning across capital investment planning and management, public private partnership (PPP), transaction advisory and capital raising.
Prior to joining Castalia, Müjde has had a multifaceted career with institutional infrastructure investors, multilateral development banks and governments across developed and developing markets. Müjde has been based in Türkiye for the past 5 years and held advisory and private sector leadership roles, covering deals in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and the Central Asian region. Most recently, she led the Origination and Business Development activities at CCN Holding, a leading real asset investor in Türkiye.

Müjde was also 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, Müjde was based in Sydney, Australia, where she worked at the G-20 initiative Global Infrastructure Hub, and in capital raising at AMP Capital.

Eugene Zhuchenko

Director & Founder, 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.

Tom Zimmermann

Senior Research Manager, PEI Group

Tom Zimmermann is a Senior Research Manager, Fundraising at PEI Group, focusing on the GP-LP relationship via private markets fundraising. Based in London, he is responsible for leading a team of research associates dedicated to maintaining the firm’s databases of institutional investors, fund managers and funds in the private markets space. He is also leading a number of data products such as rankings (including II100, PEI300 and PERE100) as well as quarterly fundraising reports.

Tom graduated from the University of Mannheim with a BSc (Hons) degree in Economics in 2017 and obtained a MSc degree in International Development from the University of Edinburgh in 2018. He is currently pursuing the part-time Executive MSc degree in Finance at the London School of Economics.

Carlos Zuloaga

Global Head of Energy, BBVA

Mr. Zuloaga joined BBVA in August 2010 as Managing Director for Corporate ＆ Investment Banking.

Previously, Carlos spent 15 years at J.P. Morgan, where he held different positions within Investment Banking.

Mr. Zuloaga has executed c.200 transactions across products and geographies totalling more than €150bn.

Mr. Zuloaga received a degree in Business Administration and Economics at Universidad Comercial de Deusto and has passed all CFA levels.

BBVA is a global financial services group founded in 1857. Currently serving more than 76,9 million active customers, the bank has over 125,000 employees and is present in more than 25 countries, has a strong leadership position in the Spanish market, is the largest financial institution in Mexico and it has leading franchises in South America and Turkey and an important investment banking business in the U.S.

Its division BBVA Corporate ＆ Investment Banking (BBVA CIB) brings together the activities of investment banking, markets, financing and transactional services for institutional investors and corporate clients. It has a strong global presence, providing services through an extensive team of experts, including investment banking specialists and advisors in specific industries and sectors. BBVA CIB offers a wide range of value-added products and financial solutions, for the simplest needs and for the most complex ones. Its mission is to help clients to carry out their projects and achieve their business, transformation and sustainability objectives, whether they are local or international.

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Keynote Spotlight:
Bayo Ogunlesi, Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), now part of Blackrock

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Leigh Harrison, Head of Real Assets, Macquarie Asset Management

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Kiko Emae, Senior Director, Government Pension Investment Fund

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