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 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.

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 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 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 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 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.

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 is a Co-founder and Partner at Alexa Capital. He is focused on assisting people and organizations in the energy and mobility areas who are struggling to understand and come to terms with the unpredictable and rapid change going on around them. Gerard has developed a strong reputation as a leading global expert in the energy and mobility space. He is an avid blogger and author with a following of more than 150k across several platforms and he is the co-host to “REDEFINING ENERGY” podcast. He is also a member of the World Economic Forum Future Energy Council.

Patricia 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 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.

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.

Bruno Alves is the Senior Editor of award-winning publication Infrastructure Investor. Bruno has been a journalist for nearly 20 years and first joined Infrastructure Investor in December 2009, where he quickly rose to become Associate Editor and a leading writer covering the infrastructure asset class. He’s been Senior Editor since 2015 and is also responsible for Agri Investor, PEI Group’s agriculture-focused publication.

Ashli Aslin joined Albourne in 2021 as a Senior Analyst on the Real Assets team. She has 19 years of experience working in institutional investments, both as an allocator and an investment consultant. Ashli is responsible for investment diligence on across real assets, focusing on infrastructure.

Prior to Albourne, Ashli was an Investment Officer with the South Carolina Retirement System working across different portfolio initiatives in credit, private equity, emerging markets, and traditional fixed income. Most recently was responsible for the build-out of the pension’s infrastructure program, where she led the sourcing, portfolio construction, and underwriting process for real assets mandates totaling over $2.0bn, including fund and co-investment opportunities. Ashli also worked as a Senior Analyst at NEPC, LLC, where she helped pension, endowment, and corporate clients with asset allocation and implementation decisions. Ashli holds a BA in economics from Vanderbilt University and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina.

Alexis Ballif 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

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 more than 90 experts and €9.6bn 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).

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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.

Deepa Bharadwaj, Head of Infrastructure, Europe, Joined in 2017 Deepa is responsible for the infrastructure business in Europe and for oversight of IFM Investors’ European infrastructure portfolio. She is currently a board member of Manchester Airports Group and previously been a board member of Mersin International Port, Veolia Energia Polska and Brisbane Airport. Deepa has extensive global expertise in the infrastructure and energy sectors, having worked in the US, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. Her 13 years at Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore included senior leadership roles, most recently as Global Head for Power, Transportation and Infrastructure. Over the course of her career, Deepa has successfully concluded several billion dollars in advisory and financing transactions, including marquee deals in power, utilities, renewable energy, infrastructure and transportation. Deepa also has extensive experience in diversity and inclusion initiatives and has been a member of the Steering Committee of the Women’s Infrastructure Network in Australia and Chair of IFM’s Inclusion and Diversity Forum in Europe.

Aditi is the Unit Head, Private Sector and Climate Finance, at the European Representative Office of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) where she leads origination of sustainable infrastructure investments in emerging Asia. She has over 14 years of experience, closing over USD 800 million in direct investments in renewable energy, digital infrastructure, and utilities. Previously, she worked with the International Finance Corporation in PPP structuring and advisory, successfully closing some of India’s first PPPs in energy-efficient street lighting and universal healthcare.

Asian Development Bank

The ADB is a multilateral development financing institution focused on sustainable infrastructure and poverty eradication in developing Asia and the Pacific. As the region’s climate bank, the ADB has announced its ambition to provide $100 billion of its own capital resources, from 2019 to 2030, for climate action and for supporting a just transition in its developing member countries.

Joss Blamire is Director, Infrastructure at GRESB. GRESB’s mission is to assess, score and benchmark Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance, including for infrastructure assets, providing standardized and validated data to the capital markets.

Joss has 16 years’ professional experience as an expert advisor on ESG and infrastructure development with a focus on real assets and renewable and low carbon energy.

Prior to GRESB Joss worked in consultancy advising fund managers and asset owners to understand their ESG needs and develop sustainability strategies alongside helping assess investments and assets against international benchmarks and standards.

Joss previously lived and worked in Malawi, for the Government of Malawi, where he led the development and publication of the country’s first ever renewable energy strategy. Joss has also worked for the trade association, Scottish Renewables and the UK and Scottish Governments.

GRESB

GRESB is a mission-driven and investor-led organization that provides actionable and transparent Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) data to financial markets. We collect, validate, score and benchmark ESG data to provide business intelligence, engagement tools, and regulatory reporting solutions.

Michael founded NextEnergy Group in 2007.

NextEnergy is the leading investment and asset manager focused on the solar & BESS infrastructure sector, with c.350 employees across multiple geographies.

Since inception NextEnergy has acquired some 500 utility-scale solar assets, currently managing c.$4.5bn across four listed and private institutional investment funds. The installed capacity across the Group’s institutional investment vehicles exceeds 2.4GWp.

WiseEnergy (Asset Management Division), manages and monitors in excess of 3.4GWp of installed solar capacity spread across EMEA and USA. Clients include assets owned by the Group’s funds and third-party unaffiliated investors.

Starlight (Asset Development Division), is developing c.11GW in solar and related projects across the world, and continues to grow its portfolio in new geographies.

Damien Braud is responsible for leading Ardian NBS activities including the origination and execution of new investment opportunities, manage and drive value creation initiatives across the portfolio of projects. Damien has deep experience working across emerging markets alongside different stakeholders including both public and private entities. He was regional director for Proparco East Africa.
Education: HEC Paris & Telecom Sud Paris

Ardian

Ardian is a world-leading private investment house, managing or advising $169bn of assets on behalf of more than 1,680 clients globally. Our broad expertise, spanning Private Equity, Real Assets and Credit, enables us to offer a wide range of investment opportunities and respond flexibly to our clients’ differing needs. Our 1,050+ employees, spread across 19 offices in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Middle East are strongly committed to the principles of Responsible Investment and are determined to make finance a force for good in society. Our goal is to deliver excellent investment performance combined with high ethical standards and social responsibility.

At Ardian we invest all of ourselves in building companies that last.

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.

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 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 20 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 is global head of Infrastructure within Goldman Sachs Alternatives. He is a member of the Infrastructure and Real Estate Investment committees. Prior to his current role, Tavis was co-head of the EMEA Real Estate investing business. He joined Goldman Sachs in 2005 as an executive director in the European Special Situations Group. Tavis was named managing director in 2010 and partner in 2014. Prior to joining the firm, Tavis worked at Morgan Stanley in London and Paris, and at AFEX Group, a remote site logistics company based in Nairobi. Tavis serves on the boards of several portfolio companies, and on the board of the Global Infrastructure Investor Association. Tavis earned a BSc in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Columbia University and London Business School.

About Infrastructure at Goldman Sachs Alternatives
Goldman Sachs is one of the leading investors in alternatives globally, with over $500bn in assets and more than 30 years of experience. The business invests in the full spectrum of alternatives including private equity, growth equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure, hedge funds and sustainability.

Established in 2006, Infrastructure at Goldman Sachs Alternatives has consistently navigated the evolving infrastructure asset class, having invested ~$16bn in mid-market, value-add infrastructure assets across market cycles since its inception. We build highly diversified, all-weather portfolios comprised of operating businesses with defensive, long-term cash flows, strong market positions, and in assets and services that are critical to society. We are a global investor, partnering with experienced operators and management teams across multiple sectors, including energy transition, digital infrastructure, transportation & logistics and circular economy, and we behave like true owners seeking primarily control positions, and focus on value creation through operational and financial improvements.

Alexandre Chavarot is a UK-based independent finance professional delivering solutions to the challenges posed by climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity preservation and sustainable development. He has 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, foundations and advisory firms.

His current portfolio of activities comprises part-time asset finance and M＆A executive roles, strategic advisory and NED positions with energy transition project developers, infrastructure and climate tech companies, and finance NGOs.

Alexandre is the founder of Climate Finance 2050 Limited, through which he consults on climate and sustainability-related financial issues. He is also a Senior Adviser at ACCESS Corporate Finance, a London-based financial advisory firm providing M&A services.

He started his career working on privatisations in Central and Eastern Europe, before joining Lazard’s corporate finance department in London in 1996. In 2009 he was appointed head of project finance and solar programme coordinator at the Clinton Climate Initiative – an endeavour of the William J. Clinton Foundation.

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 was the coordinating lead author of the finance chapter of the Global Infrastructure Resilience report published by the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure in October 2023
(https://www.cdri.world/upload/biennial/CDRI_Global_Infrastructure_Resilience_Report.pdf).

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 finance.

Alexandre holds degrees from Sciences Po in Paris, the Harvard Kennedy School and INSEAD.

Climate Finance 2050

Climate Finance 2050 is a UK-based consultancy providing climate and sustainable finance advisory services in the fields of energy transition, infrastructure resilience, biodiversity preservation & restoration, waste management & the circular economy, and agri-tech. Our clients comprise project developers, assets owners & managers, governments, foundations and finance NGOs. We are currently involved in mobilising finance for CCS, green hydrogen and waste-to-energy businesses. We also work with the insurance sector and institutional investor groups on the development of innovative financial solutions and assessment methodologies to address physical climate risks. We support the Climate Bonds Initiative in the preparation of its resilience taxonomy. You can contact us at a.chavarot@climatefinance2050.com.

Jamie Clark is a Director in the EMEA Infrastructure Debt team for MetLife Investment Management’s (MIM) Private Capital. He is responsible for the origination and execution of new transactions across the infrastructure landscape, as well as the ongoing management of existing investments. Jamie has 14 years of experience in infrastructure finance. Prior to joining MIM in 2020, Jamie was a member of the Global Infrastructure Finance team covering Europe and Australia at a Canadian bank based in London and Singapore. Jamie earned a MA (Hons) in Management at the University of St. Andrews.

MetLife Investment Management

MetLife Investment Management serves institutional investors around the world across Fixed Income, Private Capital, Infrastructure Debt and Real Estate assets. We aim to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns by building tailored portfolio solutions and we work closely with our clients to help meet their long-term investment objectives. We are backed up by the broader resources and 150-year history of MetLife, a Fortune 500 company. As of 30 September 2024, we manage $609.3 billion in assets.

Joe Dutton is Energy Innovation Lead at AXIS Capital. He leads internal research on the energy transition, renewables, and climate technology. He has worked on U.K. and European energy policy, technology, and markets for almost 15 years, across various roles in consultancy, academia and think tanks. Before joining AXIS, he worked at climate change and carbon consultancy South Pole, and at energy and climate think tank E3G where he led research programmes on energy infrastructure, climate and decarbonisation policy, and the future of energy systems under net zero.

AXIS
AXIS is a global specialty underwriter and provider of insurance and reinsurance solutions. Its renewable energy team provides lifecycle cover for a range of technologies, including onshore and offshore wind, solar, and battery storage. The company is also providing specialist insurance for the innovative solutions and technologies that support the energy transition, including floating wind and solar, carbon credits, and CCS. Earlier this year, AXIS launched a new Lloyd’s syndicate—AXIS Energy Transition Syndicate 2050TM —the first of its kind, specifically set up to help companies and countries manage risk as they transition to a lower carbon future. The company has a global presence with offices in the US, UK, Canada, and Europe.

Nic has over 16 years of experience in alternative assets with a focus in real assets investments. He assists in the management of the teams responsible for sourcing, conducting due diligence, and evaluating investments for real assets primaries and co-investments. Nic helped to design and is an instructor for ILPA’s “Real Assets for the Limited Partner”, a one day, deep-dive seminar offered to ILPA members.
Prior to Aksia’s acquisition of TorreyCove Capital Partners, Nic was a Senior Vice President, joining the firm in 2011. Prior to that, Nic was an Associate at PCG Asset Management, where he supported the Risk Management department and assisted in the due diligence of private equity investments.
Nic graduated from the University of San Diego with a BBA and holds an MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.
In 2019 and 2020, Nic was recognized as a Knowledge Brokers “New Guard” and Knowledge Broker, respectively, by Chief Investment Officer.

Aksia LLC
Aksia LLC, together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries, (collectively, “Aksia”) is a specialist portfolio advisory firm providing alternative investment solutions to clients across private equity, private credit, natural resources and infrastructure, real estate and hedge funds. Aksia provides an array of services including non-discretionary, discretionary and investment management.

Aksia advises on over $290 billion of client alternative allocations globally (as of August 31, 2023). The firm represents pension plans, insurance companies, government-related institutions, endowments, foundations and superannuation funds.

Aksia employs over 450 professionals across the globe, including 220 investment research, operational due diligence, and risk management professionals (as of September 30, 2023). The firm is 100% employee owned by its 16 partners and is headquartered in New York, with offices in San Diego, London, Tokyo, Chicago, Athens, and Hong Kong.

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Hans-Peter Egler is currently Director Sustainable Infrastructure / Public Sector with South Pole. He has 30 years of experience in international cooperation in the areas of infrastructure, investment, trade, and production including environmental and social issues. Cooperation with businesses and financial entities of all kinds, the World Bank, regional development banks, various UN organisations, non-governmental organisations, industries, and retailers in Switzerland and in developing countries as well as government agencies in developing and industrialised countries. 20 years of experience in innovative project management at the interface between the economy, environment, and development cooperation. Prior of working with South Pole, Hans-Peter was heading the Global Infrastructure Basel foundation and before that the Division of Trade Promotion at the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, where he used to work for 25 years.

South Pole

South Pole is a leading climate project developer and solutions provider.

Since its founding in 2006, South Pole has supported and provided climate finance to over 850 projects in more than 50 countries. Together, these projects have helped reduce over 200 million metric tonnes of CO2 emissions and provided measurable benefits to communities vulnerable to climate change. South Pole's projects accelerate the transformation across all sectors, including across sustainable land-use, ecosystem conservation, circular economy, and renewable energy.

South Pole also advises governments and thousands of leading companies on their climate journeys to achieve net zero emissions. With its global Climate Solutions platform, it implements comprehensive strategies that help organisations across the world build resilience and turn climate action into long-term business opportunities. Our global team of over 1,000 experts spread out over 42 locations across 6 continents. is trusted by many FT500 businesses and world-class investors around the world.

Olivia Eijking 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.

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.

Christian Fingerle is a Senior Managing Director at StepStone Group where he serves as a member of the infrastructure and real assets investment committee.
Prior to joining StepStone, he was Chief Investment Officer Infrastructure and member of the management board at Allianz Capital Partners where he was responsible for building a significant direct and indirect infrastructure investment program for Allianz and third-party clients.
Over the years he held various non-executive directorships and currently serves as non-executive director at Scotia Gas Networks Limited.
He received his Master of Economics (Dipl.-Volkswirt) from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and his PhD (Dr. rer. pol.) from Technische Universität München.

StepStone Group

StepStone Group Inc. (Nasdaq: STEP) is a global private markets investment firm focused on providing customized investment solutions and advisory, data and administrative services to its clients. As of September 30, 2023, StepStone was responsible for approximately $659 billion of total capital, including $146 billion of assets under management. StepStone’s clients include some of the world’s largest public and private defined benefit and defined contribution pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies, as well as prominent endowments, foundations, family offices and private wealth clients, which include high-net-worth and mass affluent individuals. StepStone partners with its clients to develop and build private market portfolios designed to meet their specific objectives across the private equity, infrastructure, private debt and real estate asset classes.

Stephan Freitas Krause 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.

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.

Rodolfo Guarino, Co- CEO, Hippocrates Holding

Rodolfo is the Co-Ceo of Hippocrates Holding. Prior to establishing Hippocrates Holding, Rodolfo was Senior Investment Professional at The Carlyle Group. He achieved a deep experience in value creation, personally following 10 investment transactions in Italy and Europe. He was responsible for structuring more than 20 financing transactions with a countervalue of €5 billion. He has been a board member, as a director or observer, in the companies Marelli Motori, Twin-Set, Sematic, Comdata, Golden Goose Deluxe Brand, and Irca.

Hippocrates Holding

Hippocrates is the leading Italian independent pharmacy platform. With over 120 pharmacies, the company currently serves local communities 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

Dr Stefan Hasenböhler, Head of Infrastructure, Partner, CEO Reichmuth & Co Investment Management AG

Dr Stefan Hasenböhler has been working for Reichmuth & Co since 2008 and founded the infrastructure business in 2012. He initiated and established several platforms in the railway sector and is heading the infrastructure business with focus on the growth and strategic development of the infrastructure expertise and platforms. He also serves on multiple boards of directors of various portfolio companies in the transportation sector and was responsible for numerous cooperations with OEMs. Stefan Hasenböhler is a lawyer and graduated with a Dr. iur. from the University of Basel and New York University. He started his career at one of the big four companies, where his main areas of practice included corporate and commercial law.

Manuel Hausler 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

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 is Head of Energy Infrastructure at Actis. She has over 25 years of investment experience in growth markets, investing in and managing power businesses. She sits on the Energy Investment Committee as well as Actis’ Executive Committee which oversees the performance of the firm.

Lucy currently chairs the Boards of Levanta Renewables, Bridgin Power, Rezolv Energy and Yellow Door Energy, while also serving on the Boards of BluPine Energy and Nozomi Energy, all of which are energy platforms owned by Actis.

Prior to becoming Head of Energy Infrastructure in 2021 and Fund Head of AE5 in 2020, Lucy was responsible for the Energy Infrastructure team's activities in Africa (2017 to 2020) and renewable energy generation globally (2012 to 2017). Her time at Actis also includes five years of operational experience as a Project Director at Globeleq, a Fund 1 and Fund 2 portfolio company, in the business development team in Africa.

Lucy has led or been involved in deals across Romania, Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, India, the UAE, Vietnam, Thailand, South Africa, Kenya, Senegal, Egypt, Mozambique, Ghana, Nigeria and Tanzania.

Prior to joining CDC, Actis’ predecessor organisation, in 2001, Lucy worked at UBS Warburg (1994 to 1999) as a Director in the fixed income division, latterly trading emerging market local currency bonds and interest rate derivatives in the South African, Czech and Greek markets.

Lucy holds an MA (Hons) degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) from Trinity College, Oxford and an MBA degree (with distinction) from INSEAD. Lucy has 4 teenage+ daughters and lives in the North of England.

Christian Heller 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.

Gergely Horvath joined the European Investment Bank in 2017 and is responsible for investments in infrastructure and climate funds outside the European Union within EIB Global. Gergely’s primary focus is on private equity funds targeting infrastructure, renewable energy, energy efficiency and cold chain solutions. He is Advisory Committee member of several funds.

Prior to joining EIB, Gergely held various roles with John Laing, Amey Investments (Ferrovial Group), NIBC and Commerzbank across Europe. He holds a Master of Economic Science degree from the Budapest University of Economic Sciences.

European Investment Bank

EIB is the lending arm of the European Union, the biggest multilateral financial institution in the world and one of the largest providers of climate finance. EIB Global supports people and companies in all corners of the world. Set up at the beginning of 2022, EIB Global is dedicated to development finance, climate action, innovative investments and sustainable living. EIB Global increases the impact of development finance and will mobilise billions each year

Jack Howell
Co-President, Stonepeak

Jack is Co-President of Stonepeak, a member of the Stonepeak Executive Committee, and a member of all of the firm’s investment committees. In this role, Jack shares broad responsibilities across investing and the firm’s day-to-day business. Prior to joining Stonepeak, Jack worked for Davidson Kempner Capital Management, a hedge fund that focuses on distressed debt and merger arbitrage. Prior to Davidson Kempner, Jack worked for Denham Capital and Credit Suisse. Jack also serves on the board of King Ranch, Inc. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pushkar Kulkarni is an electronics engineer with an MBA with over 25 years of experience in the infrastructure sector. His leadership experience has been across the value chain of infrastructure; technology, operations, M&A and finally as an investor. Prior to joining CPP Investments where he currently leads infrastructure investments for India, he held leadership positions at SERCO and within the Strabag group in India. He has represented India at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on several technical committees responsible for communication standards in road & transport infrastructure.

CPP Investments

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments™) is a professional investment management organization that manages the Fund in the best interest of the more than 21 million contributors and beneficiaries of the Canada Pension Plan. In order to build diversified portfolios of assets, investments are made around the world in public equities, private equities, real estate, infrastructure and fixed income. Headquartered in Toronto, with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo and Sydney, CPP Investments is governed and managed independently of the Canada Pension Plan and at arm’s length from governments. At September 30,2023, the Fund totaled C$576 billion.

Angenika Kunne has over 15 years of experience in corporate advisory and investing across infrastructure, renewable energy and energy transition. As Head of Infrastructure Equity at Aviva Investors she is responsible for the continued growth of its Infrastructure Equity platform across the UK and Europe, including portfolio management and asset origination activities for its Climate Transition Real Assets Fund.

Angenika previously co-headed the investment team at White Summit Capital, a private equity real assets investor specialising in the energy transition, decarbonisation and sustainability. Prior to this, she was co-leading the European investment team at John Laing, with a focus on the mid-market, renewables, and energy infrastructure. She also spent more than 11 years at Macquarie Capital, latterly as Senior Vice President, focussing on a range of sectors including digital infrastructure and PPPs.

Aviva Investors

Aviva Investors is one of Europe’s largest real assets investment managers with over €48bn in AUM as of December 2023 and 165+ specialists across 5 locations. With ca.€13bn in infrastructure AUM across solar, wind, energy from waste, energy centres, fibre/broadband, EV charging and biogas assets across the UK and Europe, Aviva Investors’ diverse capabilities enable us to offer investors sustainability-focused solutions aligned to various client outcomes. ESG considerations influence every aspect of the investment lifecycle and are fully integrated into our investment processes. Our ambition is to achieve net zero across our real asset investments by 2040.

Dr. Dimitar Lambrev 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.

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.

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.

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.

Carlo Maddalena is a Senior Portfolio Manager 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 €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.

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.

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

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.

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 the Harvard Kennedy School and other universities.

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 financial services 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 on the acquisitions of InfraReal, Aves One, Wascosa, HelRom and a portfolio of hydro generation assets in Norway. Prior to that, Misha spent eight years at OMERS Infrastructure, where he was responsible for investments in renewables globally.

Misha’s sector experience spans all sectors of infrastructure, including energy, utilities, renewables, circular economy, transport, industrial parks as well as digital and social infrastructure. Prior to OMERS, Misha worked for the Royal Bank of Canada, Citi and Shell. Misha holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and computer science from the American University in Bulgaria.

Company profile

Arjun Infrastructure Partners (‘Arjun’) is an infrastructure fund manager founded in 2015, with over €5.7 billion of Assets Under Management and offices in London and Paris. Arjun is focused on European core and core-plus mid-market infrastructure diversified by sector and geography, which it offers through funds and separately managed accounts. Capital invested by Arjun since inception has been deployed across 22 investments/platforms including renewables, utilities, transportation and digital. Our team of 40 professionals has extensive operational and financial experience.

Petya Nikolova is the Deputy CIO and Head of Infrastructure Investments for New York City Comptroller’s Office. In this role, she contributes to shaping the investment strategy and portfolio construction for the $260 billion New York City Retirement Systems (NYCRS). Ms. Nikolova continues to lead the infrastructure asset class. She is a member of the OCIO and the Investment Committee.

Before joining the Comptroller’s office, Ms. Nikolova was a Director in the Infrastructure Americas team at WestLB, where she originated and structured infrastructure deals across a variety of sectors. Prior to that, Ms. Nikolova held various capital markets roles at Bank of Ireland and MBIA.

Ms. Nikolova holds an MPA from Syracuse University and an MA/BA in Economics from the University of National and World Economy in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Erica Noda is a Principal Investment Officer at the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group), where she leads investments in the Digital Infrastructure space as the Global TMT Sector Lead for Europe, Global Clients & New Business. IFC invests across the capital structure and the TMT / Digital Infrastructure ecosystem, spanning from - mobile network operators, towers, broadband infrastructure and services, data centers and cloud, satellites, digital infra technology, and media, with a focus on emerging markets and connecting the unconnected. Previously at IFC, Erica led TMT investments for Latin America, based in Sao Paulo and Washington D.C.. Before joining IFC, Erica worked at Macquarie Capital in New York and Mexico and JP Morgan in London. Erica holds a BSc. in Economics from University College London and an MSc. from the London School of Economics.

International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group)

The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector. IFC has invested in the private sector in emerging markets for over six decades as a pioneer in impact investing. IFC has over US$70 billion in committed portfolio with exposure in over 125 countries across a wide range of industries and sectors. IFC deploys strategic capital in emerging markets to bring sustainable solutions to scale, build successful business environments, and create opportunities for all.

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.