Ulla joined NIO in 2022 to set up a dedicated infrastructure solution to investors.
Ulla has 20+ years of experience from the industry, throughout her career focusing on evaluating GPs/asset managers across liquid and illiquid markets. Most recently, she was Head of Alternative Investments at Nykredit where she was responsible for building Nykredit's infrastructure FoF platform to reach €1bn. Prior to joining Nykredit in 2011, she held the role as Head of Equity Research at Aon Hewitt in London and, prior to that, MD at Kirstein A/S as well as teaching assistant in statistics at Aarhus and Copenhagen Business Schools. Ulla holds a Master in Finance & Accounting from Aarhus School of Business.

NIO

NIO AUM is EUR 2.5bn a dedicated alternative investments platform built for investors by investors. NIO has a strong sustainability heritage founded by private markets industry pioneers as Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, a global leader and pioneer in renewable energy infrastructure and NREP, a frontrunner in sustainable real estate investment and the largest real estate manager in the Nordics.
Founded in 2018 and based in Copenhagen, NIO manages c. €2.1bn on behalf of investors across alternatives strategies.

Michela joined Phoenix Asset Management as Chief Credit Officer in May 2021. In this role, Michela is leading the Credit Research and Ratings team for all asset strategies pursued by Phoenix Group, which have capabilities to assign internal ratings to private credit and illiquid assets in an approach consistent with industry peers and adhere to regulatory requirements. Michela joined Phoenix 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.

The Phoenix Group

Phoenix Group is the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business, with £260bn 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.

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 with 68 member countries, 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

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.

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).

Irina Frolova brings over 20 years of international experience in investment management and corporate finance. For the past 8 years she helped to build the EUR 14 bln flagship direct open-ended private equity infrastructure fund at PGGM, most recently as head of Infrastructure a.i. and head of asset management. She is now helping boards, investors and executives with strengthening their investment decision governance and making sustainable capital allocation decisions. She is deeply interested in decarbonization of energy, transportation and agriculture. Irina is board director at GlobalVia, global mobility and concession business, HZPC , global market leader in innovative potato breeding and seed potato trading and Stockholm Exergi, the Stockholm’s energy company active in heating, cooling, electricity and waste management. Irina also serves as chair of audit and risk committees and as an independent member of the investment committee.

Sarah works as a Senior Vice President in the Manager Research Team where she has a primary focus on private market strategies and specialises in impact investing. Sarah also leads on Inclusion and Diversity within fund research as well as chairing Redington's Inclusion & Diversity Committee. Sarah joined Redington in July 2019 having previously worked at BMO Global Asset Management and Janus Henderson. She is a CFA charterholder and holds a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics with Psychology from the University of Birmingham.

Mahesh leads IIGCC’s Investor Strategies programme which works on integrating climate change considerations into investors’ portfolios across all asset classes. The team helped found the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative and leads development of Net Zero Investment Framework, the most widely used target and transition plan guidance for investors committed to net zero. His team also works on scaling private finance for adaptation and resilience and integrating nature and a just transition into climate goals. This work builds on an 18-year career in Banking and Finance, predominately at Macquarie Group where he led specialist teams in Financial Services and Healthcare. He holds an MBA, Energy from Cranfield University.

Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change

The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) is the membership body for investor collaboration on climate change and the voice of investors taking action for a prosperous, low carbon future. IIGCC has 425 members across 24 countries, with almost $60 trillion in assets under management. IIGCC is best known for pioneering such initiatives as Climate Action 100+, the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative and the Paris Aligned Asset Owners initiative, with its ‘Net Zero Investment Framework’ the most widely used methodology by investors committed to Net Zero.

Thomas is Senior Investment Officer at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a multilateral financial institution whose mission is financing the Infrastructure for Tomorrow — infrastructure that is green, technology-enabled and promotes regional connectivity. At AllB, Thomas is responsible for originating, structuring, executing and managing innovative, developmental and profitable debt and equity transactions, including fund investments, across all infrastructure sectors in Asia.

Prior to AllB, Thomas was an adviser to the German Federal Ministry of Finance to support the establishment of AllB and advise the German Chief Negotiator on AllB's institutional, operational and financial policy framework. Earlier in his career, Thomas worked at KfW Development Bank, where he was responsible for managing equity investments and executing loans for infrastructure projects in emerging markets and developing economies across Asia, including managing a EUR450-miIIion p.a. infrastructure investment program for China.

Thomas earned a BBA and M.Sc. in International Business Administration from European University Viadrina, Germany and an MBA from Catholic University of Cordoba, Argentina. He is also a CFA charterholder.

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank whose mission is financing the Infrastructure for Tomorrow—infrastructure with sustainability at its core. We began operations in Beijing in January 2016 and have since grown to 106 approved members worldwide. We are capitalized at USDIOO billion and Triple-A-rated by the major international credit rating agencies.

Working with partners, AllB meets clients' needs by unlocking new capital and investing in infrastructure that is green, technology-enabled and promotes regional connectivity.

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.

Müjde Zeynel is an international infrastructure professional with experience in the private and public markets spanning climate smart capital investment planning and management, upstream pipeline development, PPP transaction advisory and capital raising. She is currently the Origination and Business Development Principal at CCN Group. Her work covers deals in Eastern Europe, Turkey, the Middle East and the Central Asian region.

Prior to joining CCN Group, Müjde has had a multifaceted career with institutional infrastructure investors and governments across developed and developing markets. Mujde was a Senior Advisor at the Istanbul PPP Centre of Excellence and an Infrastructure Advisor as part of the World Bank/EU funded 'Sustainable Cities' Program. Prior to that, Mujde has held various roles at the G-20 initiative Global Infrastructure Hub, AMP Capital and more broadly AMP Limited.

Mujde holds a Master’s degree in East Asian Studies from Columbia University, which she earned as a Fulbright scholar, and a Bachelor's Degree of International Relations from TU-Dresden in Germany.

CCN Group

CCN Group is a forefront developer, institutional real asset investor, and long-term manager of sustainable assets across G-20 countries and emerging markets. The firm developed and financed some landmark projects such as Baku Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center, primary building for cultural programs designed by Zaha Hadid, and Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Europe’s biggest hospital. CCN employs over 6000 people serving the needs of clients globally.

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 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.

Natalia is a Managing Director for Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) Real Assets, having joined in 2010, and has had a number of merger and acquisition and asset management responsibilities across a range of infrastructure subsectors.

Natalia looks after MAM Real Assets’ European activities in data centre investments and in 2022 she led a successful investment into VIRTUS, one of the leading wholesale data centre businesses in Europe, and joined the board. In the digital sector she also worked on INEA, Airwave and TDC, among others.

In the other infrastructure subsectors, such as energy and utilities, Natalia has led asset management, acquisitions, sell-downs, refinancings, major expansion projects, regulatory resets and other asset management milestones across the UK, Italy, DACH and Poland.

Natalia holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of London and a Master of Financial Economics degree from Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford.

Macquarie Asset Management

Macquarie Asset Management is a global asset manager, integrated across public and private markets. Trusted by institutions, governments, foundations and individuals to manage approximately $US612 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 employs approximately 20,600+ in 34 markets and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

All figures as at 31 March 2024.

Alena Antonava is Investment Manager at Railpen responsible for origination and execution of investment opportunities in infrastructure and energy transition. Since joining Railpen, Alena originated and led to completion several investments in various sectors including wind, solar, geothermal, and energy storage. Alena is also responsible for the ongoing asset management and serves as a Board member for various investee companies. Prior to Railpen, Alena worked at Arcus Infrastructure Partners LLP where she was part of the telecoms investment team. She has more than 10 years of experience in financial services.

Alena is a Chartered Accountant, holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Belarusian State Economic University and an MBA from Anglia Ruskin University.

Railpen

Railpen is one of the UK’s largest and longest established pension funds. Railpen is responsible for the safekeeping and investment of circa £35 billion on behalf of the scheme’s 350,000 members who are connected to the railway industry. Railpen has an in-house investment team with expertise in the infrastructure debt and equity markets and has invested over £1.9bn in infrastructure to date. Railpen is increasingly focussed on energy infrastructure investments and has invested c. £500m in energy transition to date. Railpen’s most recent investments include Tralorg Wind Farm, Carraig Gheal Wind Farm, Sleaford and Margam Biomass Plants, Bracks Solar Park and Constantine Energy Storage.

James is a senior member of LCP’s Real Assets research team, leading LCP’s research into unlisted infrastructure equity managers. James’ particular area of focus is opportunities associated with the energy transition, but he also has experience researching funds across the private markets space. As part of his role, James has provided advice to a range of clients including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and charities.

After starting his career at LCP, James spent a year working at Aksia as a Portfolio Advisory associate, advising investors on the design, construction and monitoring of private market and hedge fund portfolios.

James has a degree in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics from the University of St Andrews and is a CFA charterholder.

Lane Clark ＆ Peacock

LCP provides market leading advice to asset owners and allocators while striving to help create a financially better future for our society. LCP’s love of data, technology and posing solutions to the difficult questions of today has led to it gaining a reputation as a market leader within its energy analytics and investment businesses.

LCP’s investment practice has been advising institutional investors for over 25 years and now advises on over $350bn of invested assets. Its clients include corporate and government pension funds, central banks, sovereign wealth funds, charities, insurers, endowments and more.

LCP provides the full suite of investment advisory services including designing and reviewing investment strategies, ongoing monitoring, assistance with governance documentation and manager research, covering both mainstream and alternative asset classes.

LCP’s 120 strong energy practice are experts on the energy transition and the go-to consultancy for in-depth research and new energy expertise, with clients ranging from governments to individual asset managers.

Michela joined Phoenix Asset Management as Chief Credit Officer in May 2021. In this role, Michela is leading the Credit Research and Ratings team for all asset strategies pursued by Phoenix Group, which have capabilities to assign internal ratings to private credit and illiquid assets in an approach consistent with industry peers and adhere to regulatory requirements. Michela joined Phoenix 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 is the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business, with £260bn of assets under administration and c.12 million customers. We are a growing and sustainable business with a clear purpose – helping people secure a life of possibilities. This means taking responsible and sustainable investment decisions, and using our presence and voice to advocate on behalf of the UK’s savers. We understand that our scale and expertise means that we have an important role to play for our customers, colleagues and our communities. As life expectancy continues to increase and the pension landscape continues to shift, we will continue to be a safe and dependable ally in the journey to and through retirement for millions of customers, by providing the right guidance and products, at the right time, to support the right choices. We offer a broad range of products for people across all stages of the savings life cycle. Our strategy focuses on delivering long term, sustainable value and, to fulfil our purpose, focuses on five key areas to ensure we respond to changing customer needs, manage our capital position well, create value, inspire our people, and put sustainability at the heart of our business.

Anna Baumbach 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 70 experts and €9.1bn 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).

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.

Achal Bhuwania is the Chief Investment Officer for Equitix.

Achal is a member of the Equitix Board, Investment Committee and Chair of the Valuation Committee. He is focussed on origination & execution of transactions and manages the Investments team.

Achal has more than 15 years of experience in the infrastructure sector across transport, social infrastructure, regulated utilities and renewables. Since joining Equitix, he has closed more than 50 transactions with equity of more than £7bn and EV of c £30bn.

Key transactions led by Achal in core infrastructure include acquisition of M25, HS1, public takeover of John Laing Infrastructure Fund, public takeover of John Laing plc, acquisition of interests in Viridor Energy EfW platform, acquisition of Electricity North West (ENW), Firmus Energy, acquisition of smart metering assets including MapleCo and I&C meters portfolio of SMS plc, Beatrice and Hornsea 1 offshore wind acquisitions, acquisition of interests in Air Tanker Holdings, several social infrastructure assets, onshore wind and solar portfolios.

Achal has led Equitix’s rail strategy and its successful implementation- this includes acquisition of interests in Inter-City Express rolling stock programme (IEP East and West), Barcelona metro, Thameslink rolling stock, Elizabeth Line (Crossrail) rolling stock and Wales & Borders rolling stock programme.

Equitix

Equitix is a leading international investor, developer and fund manager in infrastructure. Established in 2007, with over 360 assets under management valued at >$14bn, we bring deep investment and operating expertise across sectors to create value for our investors.

We work in tandem with Equitix Management Services to ensure all assets under our control are efficiently and actively managed.

The EMS teams are located strategically and provide a 360° service of quality assurance, compliance, relationship management and communication with our partners, clients and collaborators. This service ensures our commitment to long-term operational success.

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.

Jane Bowes is a member of Threadmark’s European fund distribution team and Chair of the ESG Committee. Jane has almost two decades of capital raising experience and has worked on multiple infrastructure focused fundraises since joining Threadmark in 2014. As a 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 credit, infrastructure, private equity, impact and real estate 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.

Ben Brinded is Head of Investment at The Crown Estate, an independent organisation which manages a £15.5bn UK portfolio to create lasting and shared prosperity for the nation.
He has two decades of experience in investment and business development, and has led teams, transactions and projects in the UK, the US, Europe and Asia.
Ben leads the investment team at The Crown Estate who are responsible for identifying, leading and executing investments to create financial, social and environmental value for the long-term.

The Crown Estate

The Crown Estate is an independent commercial business set up to act in the long-term national interest. We own and manage a diverse £15.5bn real asset portfolio that includes the largest ownership of contiguous real estate in Central London; a Regional portfolio of business parks, leisure assets and development sites and one of the country's largest rural landholdings. We also manage the seabed and much of the coastline around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, playing a major role in the UK’s world leading offshore wind sector.
Established by an Act of Parliament, we are tasked with growing the value of the portfolio for the nation and returning our net profit to Treasury for the benefit of public spending. This has totalled £4bn over the last ten years.

Anish is a Managing Director in the Private Markets team at bfinance and 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 and acquisitions, financings and 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 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.

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.

Mounir Corm, Deputy CEO and Founding partner of Vauban Infrastructure Partners, was previously a Deputy Head of the Mirova General has been actively working and developing the infrastructure activities since 2008. He has developed an extensive and in-depth knowledge of the core infrastructure market. During the course of his career, Mounir has worked on over €2bn of equity investments on a broad range of European core infrastructure assets and was actively involved in the development and fundraising of new funds, helping to develop the business to a European scale with an international client base. Mounir has led the team’s origination and deal execution efforts in the past years and is also a director on various landmark infrastructure assets and companies (such as Indigo in transportation, Oslofjord in utilities, Arema in social infrastructure) across Europe.
Mounir started his career at PwC in advisory for public entities and holds a Master in Public Affairs from Sciences-Po Paris and a Master in Business from HEC. Mounir started his career at PwC advising public entities and holds a Master's in Public Affairs from Sciences-Po Paris and a Master’s in Business from HEC. Mounir is fluent in 3 languages (French, English and Arabic).

Vauban Infrastructure Partners

Vauban Infrastructure Partners is a leading infrastructure asset manager focused on European core infrastructure investments. With headquarters in Paris and subsidiaries in Luxembourg and New York, as well as a branch in Munich, the firm comprises of 76 professionals, many of whom have worked together for over a decade.
Vauban Infrastructure Partners’ strategy predominantly revolves around investing in European brownfield assets to ensure long-term profitability while creating sustainable value for all stakeholders. Currently, Vauban Infrastructure Partners manages c.9 billion euros across 7 core infrastructure funds, representing the interests of more than 100 investors from 17 countries. The portfolio spans over 70 assets in mobility, energy transition, social, and digital infrastructure sectors across 13 different countries, showcasing a broad investment scope and global presence.

https://vauban-ip.com/

Rhys Davies is a partner in the ESG ＆ Impact Practice Group in the London office of Kirkland ＆ Ellis International LLP. Rhys has more than 15 years of ESG experience, including advising private equity firms, public companies and project sponsors in relation to the design and implementation of ESG strategies across a range of sectors, including energy and natural resources, infrastructure, real estate and technology.

Rhys' experience includes advising on sustainable finance disclosures (including pursuant to the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation), green taxonomies, sustainability reporting, climate change, biodiversity loss, human rights and responsible business practices. He has assisted clients to develop and review ESG-related governance measures, policies, strategies, metrics and disclosures in a number of jurisdictions under both mandatory and voluntary frameworks.

Rhys also has broad environmental and social regulatory experience, including in relation to environmental impact assessment, emissions licensing, contaminated land, natural resources, indigenous engagement and cultural heritage. He has represented clients in both transactional settings and proceedings before administrative decision-makers, panels, tribunals and superior courts.

In addition to his undergraduate qualifications, Rhys holds a postgraduate certificate in Sustainable Business from the University of Cambridge and a FSA credential issued by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board. Rhys is a former member of the Governance and Advisory Board for the Australian National Contact Point under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

Kirkland ＆ Ellis

With a global platform of more than 3,500 lawyers in 19 cities across the United States, Europe, Middle East and Asia, Kirkland ＆ Ellis provides elite legal services and a relentless commitment to client service. Kirkland is a market-leader in each of its core practice areas, including private equity, M＆A and other complex corporate transactions; investment fund formation and alternative asset management; restructurings; high-stakes commercial and intellectual property litigation; and government, regulatory and internal investigations.

Kirkland’s Investment Funds Group addresses the legal, regulatory, tax and commercial challenges facing a diverse group of investment fund clients, ranging from some of the world’s largest alternative-asset managers and financial institutions to independent boutiques and first-time fund sponsors. As the largest, most active investment funds practice of any law firm in the world, we are uniquely positioned to provide sophisticated market intelligence and cutting-edge solutions to sponsors in today’s market.

As LPPI’s Head of Real Assets Simon oversees the direct investment and fund commitments for both infrastructure and real estate activities, including the LPPI sector funds as well as GLIL Infrastructure, The London Fund and local client portfolios. LPPI provides exposure for clients to real assets via global open-ended strategies using a mix of direct, fund and co-invest capital deployment. There is a strong focus on cash yield at a portfolio level. Geographic focus is on OECD countries, primarily UK, Europe and North America. Prior to joining LPPI in 2016 Simon worked for over 20 years in US investment banks focused on covering UK corporate clients.

Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI)

Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI) was established in 2016 to enable UK local government and public sector schemes to pool resources and improve management of their assets for the benefit of employers and their scheme members. The investment pool currently manages £26.7 billion of pension assets, as at 30 June 2024. From inception, LPPI has managed 100% of client fund assets under a Whole Scheme Management model which provides cost-effective access to a wide range of asset classes, including significant allocation to private markets through direct investment, co-investment and funds. This approach includes the management of “legacy assets” for our clients, applying a fully resourced and resilient expert team to manage assets. Client funds retain sovereignty of their strategic asset allocation, investment objective and risk appetite. LPPI manages assets on behalf of three pension funds: Lancashire County Pension Fund, the London Pensions Fund Authority and the Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund.

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

BESTINVER was created 35 years ago as a small financial unit dedicated to actively manage family-owned portfolios, with a clear goal: long-term returns. Today, BESTINVER is an independent Asset Manager in Spain with €6.4 BN under management. BESTINVER has different investment strategies including liquid and illiquid assets in equities, fixed income and alternative investments (including infrastructure assets, real estate and private equity).

Bestinver is part of ACCIONA, one of the world’s largest operators of renewable energy and a leading player in the infrastructure market. With over 100 years of experience embracing the entire value chain of a project. With the ability to offer an integral range of solutions in each of its business lines participating on high value-added projects in selected geographies.

Lea Dubourg-Hrachovec is the Managing Director ＆ Head of London in the Infrastructure ＆ Renewable Resources ("l＆RR") group with the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation ("BCI") in London, UK. BCI is one of Canada's largest institutional investors with over ~c$250 billion in assets under management, C$28 billion of which is managed by the l＆RR team. Lea joined BCI in 2023 and as a member of the senior investment team in the l＆RR group is charged with managing equity capital in the infrastructure and renewable resources space with investments across 30 countries and all major infrastructure sectors. As part of her role, Lea sits on the Investment Committee of the Infrastructure ＆ Renewable Resource group.

Lea has over 16 years' experience in direct investing and active asset management. Prior to joining BCI, she managed Infrastructure, Timberland and Farmland program at the 3rd largest pension scheme in the UK. Lea holds a double Masters in Finance and Law from WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management and Bucerius Law School (Germany), as well as L.L.B Law degree from University of the West of England (UK).

BCI - Infrastructure ＆ Renewable Resources

With $250 billion of gross assets under management, as of March 31, 2024, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) is the provider of investment management services for British Columbia’s public sector and one of the largest asset managers in Canada. Our activities help finance the retirement benefits of more than 725,000 plan members, as well as the insurance and benefit funds that cover over 2.3 million workers in British Columbia.

In addition to our primary location in Victoria, British Columbia, we are excited to announce the opening of our smaller satellite offices in New York City and London. Our industry-leading expertise allows us to provide public-sector clients with a diverse range of responsible investment options across various asset classes: fixed income; mortgages; public and private equity; real estate; infrastructure; and renewable resources. Our investments provide the returns that secure our clients' future payments and obligations, while recognizing our responsibility to the broader society through our environmental, social, and governance (ESG) related activities.

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.

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.

Pedro Estevez is an Associate Director in the Real Assets team of AustralianSuper, Australia’s largest pension fund and one of the largest pension funds in the world. He joined AustralianSuper in 2020 as the second member of the European Infrastructure team and since then has worked on most of AustralianSuper’ s infrastructure activity in Europe, including the investments in Peel Ports Group and Vantage Data Centres EMEA.

Before joining the Fund, Pedro spent 5 years working as an M&A advisor across different investment banks in London and Madrid.

AustralianSuper

AustralianSuper is Australia’s largest pension fund and one of the largest pension funds globally with more than £170bn (A$335bn) in member assets under management.

AustralianSuper is a long-term, multi-asset institutional investor, helping over 3.4m members (including 1 in 7 working Australian to achieve their best financial position in retirement. AustralianSuper is forecast to grow to more than £250bn (A$500bn) over the next five years and expects to deploy almost 70% of new inflows into global markets. To support this growth, the Fund continues to actively build out its global investment capability and on-the-ground presence in key global markets (London, New York and Beijing).

As of today, AustralianSuper’ s global Real Assets portfolio fetches £28bn, with more than £4 billion invested in Europe (including Vantage Data Centers EMEA, Peel Ports and the King’s Cross Estate among others). The Real Assets team combines infrastructure and property expertise and is led by global and regionally-based industry experts, focusing on large-scale, long-term investment opportunities across energy transition, digital infrastructure, mixed use estates, toll roads and transport logistics.

Nicolas Firzli is founder of the World Pensions council (WPc), the retirement & savings industry think-tank, co-chair of the G7 Pensions Roundtable held on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, founding-member of the Advisory Board for the Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF), the World Bank and G20-led global initiative, and managing director of the Singapore Economic Forum (SEF)

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

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, RTÉ, Ireland's national broadcaster, and Asharq Business News with Bloomberg, the Arabian Gulf financial news network. He is also active in ecumenical, interfaith dialogue, nonalignment, and the promotion of peaceful & inclusive sustainable development endeavours in Britain, the European Union and the Greater MENA-African-ASEAN 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”

Emma is an independent Chair and Non-Executive Director of global companies focused on accelerating Energy Transition including Newmont Corporation and Seplat Energy plc. Her 30+ years of experience covers multiple jurisdictions, geographies and sectors including energy & renewables, water, mining, biomaterials and next generation batteries. As an accredited Executive Coach she also mentors CEOs and CFOs of plc and private equity global businesses and clean tech startups ups with the potential to scale quickly.

Previously she was CEO of Puma Energy, a global business providing energy solutions to developing markets in Central America, Africa and Asia. She also ran water and gas networks in the UK for National Grid and Severn Trent and Downstream Retail & B2B businesses for Shell around the world. She holds a DPhil in surface chemistry/ performance materials from Balliol College, Oxford University and an MBA from Manchester Business School.

Seplat Energy and Newmont

Seplat Energy is an indigenous Nigerian energy company playing a critical role in supporting Energy Transition in Nigeria through managing onshore and offshore oil and gas assets and a pipeline of gas and renewable power generation projects with an aset value of over $3.5 bln and generated revenues of > $1 bln. It listed on the Nigerian Premium Exchange and the London Stock Exchange main market in 2014.

Newmont Corporation is a gold and copper producer listed on the NYSE. Since its acquisition of Newcrest in 2023, it has a market capitalisation of $54 bln and a portfolio of assets anchored in North America, South America, Africa, Asia & Australia. Newmont is recognised for its environmental, social & governance leadership to create value and improve lives through sustainable and responsible mining.

Geoff leads the global water practice at Roland Berger and has more than 20 years’ experience working with over 80 UK and international water utilities to help transform performance, including 6 of the major UK WASCs, as well as helping equipment and technology companies with strategy and M&A support, and serving infra and PE investors in the water sector.

Roland Berger

Roland Berger is one of the world's leading strategy consultancies with a wide-ranging service portfolio for all relevant industries and business functions. Founded in 1967, Roland Berger is headquartered in Munich. Renowned for its expertise in transformation, innovation across all industries and performance improvement, the consultancy has set itself the goal of embedding sustainability in all its projects. Roland Berger revenues stood at more than EUR one billion in 2023.

Erika Gucfa, Managing Director. Ms. Gucfa is responsible for strategic development, sourcing and structuring in sustainable infrastructure. Prior to joining North Sky, Ms. Gucfa was Head of Private Markets Product Strategy & Solutions Americas at abrdn, where she was responsible for strategic client relationships and the development of customized solutions for key clients in the Americas. Previously, Ms. Gucfa’s prior experiences includes Forum Capital Partners where she was involved in fund placement as well as secondary and fundless sponsor transactions for Private Capital transactions globally. Ms. Gucfa also previously held positions at Cushman & Wakefield in the commercial leasing division and The Franklin Companies in property redevelopment, with the responsibility for originating, structuring, and project management. Ms. Gucfa graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science from Syracuse University.

North Sky Capital—NSC

North Sky Capital is a pioneer in impact investing in the United States. Now in its 24th year, North Sky has deployed more than $1.4 billion across 140+ impact investments on behalf of its various impact funds. The firm has two flagship investment strategies: impact secondaries (private equity) and sustainable infrastructure (direct strategy). Both strategies support positive environmental and social impact while targeting market rate investment returns. Since 2010, North Sky’s sustainable infrastructure funds have deployed more than $760 million across 43 investments in clean energy, waste and water sectors in North America. North Sky has been an active impact investor since the beginning of the modern era of private markets impact investing in 2005-6. For more information, visit northskycapital.com.

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Jackson Hall, Private Infrastructure Europe, Head of Infrastructure London
Jackson Hall is part of the European Private Infrastructure business unit and leads the team based in London. He has over 16 years of industry experience and is responsible for leading sourcing and execution of new investment opportunities as well as working with portfolio companies on value creation initiatives. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Antin Infrastructure Partners in London and at Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited in Hong Kong. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science with a minor in Chinese from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada and also studied at Fudan University in Shanghai, China.

Partners Group

Partners Group is a leading global private markets firm. Since 1996, the firm has invested over USD 211 billion in private equity, private real estate, private debt, and private infrastructure on behalf of its clients globally. Partners Group seeks to generate strong returns through capitalizing on thematic growth trends and transforming attractive businesses and assets into market leaders. The firm is a committed, responsible investor and aims to create sustainable returns with lasting, positive impact for all its stakeholders. With USD 149 billion in assets under management as of 30 June 2024, Partners Group provides an innovative range of bespoke client solutions to institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, family offices and private individuals globally. The firm employs more than 1,800 diverse professionals, including 550 investment professionals, across 21 offices worldwide and has regional headquarters in Baar-Zug, Switzerland; Denver, USA; and Singapore. It has been listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since 2006 (symbol: PGHN).

Tylor Hartwell, Investment Director. Mr Hartwell is responsible for setting up and deploying capital for EO Charging's inaugural energy transition fund. A fund focused on energy transition and supporting commercial transport transition to EVs. Previously, supported EfW investment and M&A activity. Before moving into equity investments, Tylor held senior roles at NAB (head of banking for Europe), SMBC, and WestLB, where he led advisory, M&A, and lending products across EMEA and North America. He grew up on a farm in rural Canada and holds a B.Sc in environmental science/engineering and an MBA from AGSM in Sydney. He believes we should have had a carbon trading mechanism in place 20 years ago.

EO Charging

EO is 10-years old and started as a manufacturer of Electric Vehicle (EV) ChargePoint hardware and software. Since winning a landmark deal to provide AMAZON on a European wide basis with charging solutions in 2020, the business has grown into a provider of “Charge Assurance.” EO aims to be the market leader in Commercial Grade Charge Assurance for Fleets and eBuses, integrating their hardware-agnostic software solution and platform with a fast-growing ecosystem of customers and partners. Leading the EV charging market with proven at-scale electrification pioneers, including Amazon and GoAhead Group. EO is fully integrated from initial electrification design, installation, charge assurance, complete software stack, machine learning-led self-healing, O&M services, and lifecycle planning. EO has over 100 million hours of charge assurance. Providing one of the largest and most diverse data sets globally. EO provides greater than 99% charge assurance and uptime guarantees. Uptime is delivered from machine learning, self-healing and dedicated multilingual 24x7 TOC via a detailed understanding of the EV ecosystem. EO Charging | Commercial Fleet & Vehicle Charging

Sulaiman Ilyas-Jarrett is Head of Policy and Strategy for Renewable Electricity Delivery at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. He is responsible for the evolution of the UK’s flagship renewable support scheme, the Contracts for Difference scheme, and has led on key aspects of energy flexibility and market design across several roles in the department.

He is also a Policy Fellow and former Newton Scholar at the University of Cambridge, where he received an Mphil in Environmental Policy, and holds a BA in History from the University of Oxford.

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is the government body responsible for UK energy policy and core Net Zero objectives.

Managing Director and Head of ESG at Arjun Infrastructure Partners. Prior to Arjun, Rhyadd spent over 15 years in sustainability consultancy, advising a range of Development Finance Institutions and Infrastructure Fund Managers on infrastructure ESG strategy development, risk management and value creation. His diverse experience includes advising the International Finance Corporation on solar development in Zambia, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in hydropower and agricultural irrigation in Morocco, and Infrastructure GPs on a range of infrastructure strategies focussing on OECD countries. He has also advised companies on topics such as ground risk and liabilities, greenhouse gas accounting and climate risk assessment.
Rhyadd is a Chartered Environmentalist (C.Env.) and Chartered Member of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (MCIWEM).

Arjun Infrastructure

Arjun Infrastructure Partners is an independent infrastructure asset manager, founded in 2015. The firm’s focus is on core mid-market infrastructure covering renewables, utilities, social, digital and transportation sectors, initially solely through separately managed accounts until 2020. The firm has since successfully launched two commingled funds: i) Infrastructure Alliance Europe 1 (IAE-1), which closed at a hard cap of €1 billion and ii) Infrastructure Alliance Europe 2 which is currently in the market and has raised c.€800 million of €1.5 billion target. Arjun now manages over €5 billion of capital. Capital invested by Arjun since inception has been deployed across 21 investments/platforms and managed on behalf of prominent institutional investors. 16 of these 21 investments/platforms were sourced and completed bilaterally.

Kate Kendall is interim Senior Director for the Major Projects and Markets Directorate within Ofwat, responsible for developing and implementing the regulatory and commercial frameworks for major infrastructure projects in the Water Sector, including development and implementation of the Direct Procurement for Customers framework and works closely alongside RAPID (Regulators Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development). Kate is an FCCA with extensive experience in regulation and commercial delivery of large major infrastructure projects across a wide variety of sectors (including economic and social infrastructure) for both the public and private sector. Prior to working on major projects in the water sector she led Ofwat's Financial Resilience team and the Offshore Transmission & Electricity Interconnectors team in Ofgem.

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 on the Board of Nedgia and is an Observer on the Board of FCC Medio Ambiente.

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

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 March 31, 2024, the Fund totalled $632.3 billion.

Raphaël Laidez has held the position of Senior Director, Infrastructure Financing, since August 2022. Based in London, he is responsible for the orientation, structure and management of the Infrastructure Financing portfolio across Europe.

Mr. Laidez has over 10 years of experience in finance, particularly in marketing plans, structuring and executing innovative financing solutions in the infrastructure and real estate sectors. Before joining CDPQ, he was a responsible for the structured financing 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 consultant 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.

So Yeun is a Director at WTW. She joined WTW in 2008 and is based in the firm’s London office. As the Global Head of Infrastructure Research, and as part of the global Real Assets research team, So Yeun is responsible for identifying and investing in attractive infrastructure and other real assets ideas through existing funds, co-investments, as well as creating new funds on behalf of WTW clients. So Yeun also has experience in the broader private markets including global private equity, as well as Asian private markets investing through her tenure in WTW's Hong Kong office. So Yeun is an IC member of WTW’s Secure Income Fund (SIF) and European Secure Income Fund (ESIF), and also a member of EMEA Colleague ExCo, a management group that focuses on people aspects within Investments practice.

So Yeun has a BSc degree in International Relations from London School of Economics and is a CFA Charterholder.

WTW
At WTW (NASDAQ: WTW), we provide data-driven, insight-led solutions in the areas of people, risk and capital. Leveraging the global view and local expertise of our colleagues serving 140 countries and markets, we help organizations sharpen their strategy, enhance organizational resilience, motivate their workforce and maximize performance. Working shoulder to shoulder with our clients, we uncover opportunities for sustainable success—and provide perspective that moves you. WTW’s Investments business is focused on creating financial value for institutional investors through its expertise in risk assessment, strategic asset allocation, fiduciary management and investment manager selection. It has over 900 colleagues worldwide, more than 1,000 investment clients globally, assets under advisory of over US$4.7 trillion and US$155 billion of assets under management. Learn more at wtwco.com

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.

Ridgewood Infrastructure

Ridgewood Infrastructure is a leading investor in essential infrastructure in the U.S. lower middle 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.

Adrian is a Vice President at Ely Place Partners focused on secondary advisory. Since joining the firm, he has been involved in every aspect of the secondary advisory business, from origination to execution and analysis of European and US secondaries deals in Private Equity, Private Debt, Infrastructure and Venture Capital.
Before joining Ely Place Partners, Adrian worked as Vice President at Altment CP, advising international GPs on alternative assets and co-leading the distribution of private market funds in Southern Europe and Latam. Prior to that, he focused on financial valuations and investment analysis, having started his career in Investment Banking at BBVA.
Adrian graduated with a degree in Business from the UNAV, holds an MBA from ESADE, led the financial sector initiatives as the President of the ESADE MBA finance club and is a certified European Financial Advisor (EFA). He is fluent in Spanish and English.

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.

Sunil Malhotra is an Investment Director within the Private Credit ＆ Alternative Income business at USSIM. He is responsible for the origination, structuring and asset management of the team’s renewable energy and infrastructure financing portfolios across the UK, Europe and the US. Mr. Malhotra’s secondary focus is on high yield credit including direct lending, credit opportunities and special situations / distressed credit, with an occasional focus on equity-like forward flow products and real estate investments. Before joining USSIM, Sunil worked at Macquarie Asset Management within the infrastructure debt funds management team, spending time in both the UK and the US. He began his career at Royal Bank of Scotland in London, covering a variety of sectors across structured credit including corporates, infrastructure and financial institutions.

Universities Superannuation Scheme

Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) was established in 1974 as the principal pension scheme for universities and higher education institutions in the UK. USS works with around 330 employers to help build a secure financial future for 528,000 members and their families. USS is one of the largest pension schemes in the UK, with total assets of around £77.9bn (at 31 March 2024). The trustee delegates implementation of its investment strategy to a wholly-owned subsidiary – USS Investment Management Limited (USSIM) – which provides in-house investment management and advisory services to the trustee. USSIM manages 70% of the investments in-house and appoints and oversees external investment managers to manage the rest.

Lorenzo is responsible for real asset investment research in Europe at Aksia. Prior to joining Aksia, Lorenzo was head of private market investments at Waverton Investment Management and previously held real assets investment roles at DWS and at Tages Group. Lorenzo started his investment career in at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in London. Previously, Lorenzo was part of the investment banking division of Credit Suisse in London. Lorenzo holds a MSc in finance and an undergraduate degree from Bocconi University in Milan.

Aksia

AKSIA IS A SPECIALIST RESEARCH AND PORTFOLIO ADVISORY FIRM PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS FOR INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS. Aksia has over $300bn AUA, 470+ staff and is 100% owned by active employees.

Karishma is a Chartered Accountant with nearly 20 years of expertise in business valuations, specialising in the infrastructure and energy sectors.

She currently leads the Infrastructure ＆ Energy valuation practice at Forvis Mazars, overseeing a global team and managing projects across the UK, EMEA, North America, LATAM, and Asia. Her extensive experience includes valuing a diverse range of assets, such as energy infrastructure (renewables, thermal, gas, battery storage, and hydrogen), social infrastructure (schools, accommodations, hospitals), transport (roads, railways, airports, ports), digital infrastructure, fibre optics, and mining.

Previously, Karishma served as the Head of Valuation at John Laing, a notable infrastructure investor with a global asset portfolio. Her career has also taken her through valuation boutiques, Big Four firms, and financial institutions in London, Hong Kong, and India, equipping her with a comprehensive understanding of both debt and equity financing structures.

Forvis Mazars

Forvis Mazars is a leading global professional services network operating under a single brand with just two members: Forvis Mazars, LLP in the United States and Forvis Mazars Group SC, an internationally integrated partnership operating in over 100 countries and territories. Both members share a commitment to providing an unmatched client experience, delivering audit & assurance, tax, advisory and consulting services across the globe.

Forvis Mazars Energy, Infrastructure & Environment, is a globally integrated, world class team providing a broad range of services across the entire asset lifecycle, including; financial model development, model audits, financial modelling training, advisory and valuations, with global expertise in tax and accounting. The Energy and Infrastructure practice of Forvis Mazars has specialist offices in Sydney, London, Paris, New York, Toronto, Delhi, Johannesburg with over 150 professionals dedicated to providing valuation, modelling or financial advisory services in the infrastructure and energy sectors.

Simon has 25 years’ experience operating and delivering infrastructure projects. He is senior advisor to GLIL Infrastructure LLP and Chair of City Leap Energy Partnership Ltd. He was previous Global Head of Infrastructure Asset Management at Partners Group (AUM$130bn) setting up and leading the operating, engineering and project management team partnering the infrastructure investment professionals. Before this he was Managing Director of Centrica’s Power Generation business responsible for developing, constructing and operating Centrica’s power generation portfolio including seven gas fired power stations, on & offshore wind farms and Centrica’s 20% share in EDF’s existing nuclear operations in the UK.

Prior to joining Centrica, Simon was Chief Executive of Advanced Plasma Power, a developer of a two- stage waste to energy technology using advanced gasification and plasma conversion technology. Before this he was Managing Director of Generation for EDF Energy, with responsibility for operating 4GW of coal generation and an 800MW gas plant delivering 6% of the UK’s power demand.

GLIL Infrastructure

GLIL is a partnership of UK pension funds which invests in Britain’s future – creating jobs, supporting communities and helping to power the economy. It is a proven investor, with a fund specially designed to help pension fund members tap into the stable, inflation-linked returns that infrastructure investment offers. GLIL manages £4.1 billion of committed capital, with more than £3 billion deployed into a growing portfolio of infrastructure assets spanning renewable energy, water and ports, trains, hospitals and schools. It invests on behalf of pension funds and pools including Local Pensions Partnership Investments, Greater Manchester Pension Fund, Merseyside Pension Fund, West Yorkshire Pension Fund and Nest, the government-established DC workplace pension provider. For more information on GLIL, including its history, executive committee and investment portfolio, please visit www.glil.co.uk.

Charles is a member of the Strategic Advisory Team at New Amsterdam, a pan-European placement advisor working with investment managers across private markets on devising and executing effective institutional capital raising strategies. Charles has a background in investment banking and capital raising in energy and infrastructure, including roles at Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, Lambert Energy Advisory, Perella Weinberg Partners and most recently as head of investor relations and M&A advisor for a listed energy company.

The New Amsterdam Group

The New Amsterdam Group is a private markets placement advisor with offices in Amsterdam and London, specialising in institutional capital raising. The firm selects a limited number of mandates annually, choosing investment managers with strong track records and value creation potential. New Amsterdam advises across private equity, private debt, and real assets, covering various investment structures like funds, direct investments, and managed mandates. New Amsterdam’s services include Strategic Advisory and Capital Raising, with an emphasis on developing investment offerings and establishing successful platforms. This includes guidance on product development, marketing strategy, partnership terms, and the creation of marketing materials. The firm leverages a network of institutional relationships, particularly in Europe and the UK, to support capital-raising projects.

Laurence is a board and investment committee member with over 30 year experience in infrastructure investment and sustainability.
She sits on the infrastructure Investment committee of La Banque Postale Asset Management, a European Asset Manager, as well as the investment committee 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.
Before starting a non-executive career, Laurence worked at Aviva Investors, where she established and led the growth of the infrastructure debt platform to €4bn AUM. Previously, 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.

Gira Strategic Finance

Gira Strategic Finance is a merchant bank regulated by the British Financial Conduct Authority. Gira focuses exclusively on investment and advisory in green energy and mobility.
Gira’s expertise lies in identifying the unique investable opportunities that will accelerate the transition to a sustainable future. Its management team brings an average of two decades of successful global financial, infrastructure and energy experience, cultivating strong relationships across industry and capital markets. Combining deep engineering and financial skills with an international footprint, GIRA provides long term contracted cash yields and capital appreciation focused on Europe and the MENA region.

Marya is a consultant in EY's Corporate Finance practice, specializing in the Government & Transport (G&T) sub-service line. She advises public and private sector clients on raising capital and optimizing risk-sharing strategies for essential infrastructure assets. Her work is pivotal in developing infrastructure that supports daily life. Previously, Marya held strategic roles in the transport and mobility sectors in France and Japan, working with the European leader in electric and automated vehicle solutions. She led projects focused on innovation in technologies addressing mega trends like an aging population and the climate imperative. Marya established key partnerships, including one with NTT Docomo, to advance automated and connected vehicle technologies. Her advocacy for automated driving regulations highlights her influence in shaping future mobility trends and facilitating the transition to electric vehicles. Marya holds a Master's degree from London Business School, where she was a Sloan Women Scholar and led the Africa Club.

Nadya is an Urban Planner and Strategy Director at ORG Permanent Modernity in Brussels and New York. Her expertise is in large-scale strategic regional and urban planning with a focus on environmental resilience and infrastructure. She has worked for two New York City public agencies and the top European design firms. Since 2006 she has assembled and coordinated multiple interdisciplinary consortia for large-scale projects in Europe, the Middle East, and the US. At home in a variety of contexts, Nadya manages design teams and conducts extensive stakeholder engagement and co-creation processes. She is a founding faculty member at two graduate schools of architecture where she developed educational curricula and taught graduate-level courses for over ten years.

She holds a professional Master of City Planning and a Post-Graduate degree in Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; a Masters in Urban Design from the City College of New York and an Undergraduate Degree in Environmental Design and Sociology from Parson's School of Design and the New School for Social Research.

ORG Permanent Modernity

ORG Permanent Modernity is a strategic design firm with offices in Brussels, Antwerp, and New York.We apply evidence-based approach to develop practical solutions in the built environment. Our urban, regional, and environmental designers work with a large international network of partners and clients to address climate change, resilience, energy, and economic transition through advanced computation-enhanced spatial and infrastructure design.We work in diverse contexts and deliver projects at all scales from individual buildings to infrastructure,post-industrial redevelopment, and regional plans. Our process managers oversee the implementation of complex multistakeholder projects while safeguarding the integrity of design, scope, budget, and schedule. We capitalize on the latest technical, economic, and social innovation and interdisciplinary intelligence to deliver transformative design.

Alex O’Cinneide is CEO and Chair of the Investment Committee of Gore Street Capital, which he founded in 2015 as a global platform to facilitate the deployment of renewable energy solutions. The company manages London’s first listed energy storage fund, which holds assets worth over [£556m] across five energy markets in four countries.

Alex’s career has included senior roles at KPMG, Quorum European Partners, Kleinwort Benson, Paladin Capital Group and utility-scale renewables developer Masdar Capital, where he served as Head of Investments and General Manager for six years.

Alex also holds academic qualifications from Trinity College Dublin, the London Business School and the London School of Economics and Political Science, culminating in a PhD that analysed the effectiveness of renewable energy policy in the Republic of Ireland and the UK.

This expertise has allowed Alex to fulfil key advisory roles for UNICEF and on the boards of several organisations across the global clean energy sector. He is also a trustee of the London Irish Centre, a charity delivering welfare support and cultural events for the capital’s Irish community.

Adrian has over 25 years of origination and execution experience across infrastructure and energy sectors which has spanned advisory, lending and equity investment. Following time at EY and RBS Adrian spent over a decade at Dalmore Capital where, as Managing Director, he was instrumental in building an infrastructure equity investment manager from scratch to over £5bn AUM. Serving a global investor base, Adrian led the acquisition of over 100 distinct equity investments across the spectrum of the infrastructure, transport and energy asset classes whilst establishing a deep network across owners, advisors and policymakers.

Adrian has also been a member of several boards including FTSE-250 scale infrastructure and energy businesses. He holds qualifications from the ICAEW (FCA), CISI (Corporate Finance and Investment Management) and recently completed a Certification in Sustainable Investment from Harvard Business School.

At UKIB Adrian oversees the equity investment activities for the bank across its priority sectors of energy, transport, digital, water, and waste as well as critical minerals, semiconductor manufacturing, natural capital and critical supply chains.

UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB)

We are a government-owned infrastructure bank providing £22bn of finance and partnering with the private sector and local government to support projects which help the UK’s transition to net zero and drive growth across the country.

We are wholly owned and backed by HM Treasury, but operationally independent. Our investments must meet our triple bottom line: tackling climate change and driving regional and local economic growth; generating a positive financial return to create an enduring institution; being additional in the market, mobilising private finance. Our local authority team has the skills and capacity to offer impartial advisory services, and the lowest cost finance for local authority infrastructure projects.

Anne-Louise Petersen is part of Infrastructure Investor’s editorial team and is based in London. She covers private infrastructure investments across EMEA with a particular focus on the energy transition. Anne-Louise has an MA in Financial Journalism from City, University of London and a five-year degree in Materials Science from University of Aarhus, Denmark.

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.

CEO and Founder

Adrien Pinsard has a 17-year track record of renewable energy investment and development.

Prior to founding Telis, Adrien was Interim CEO of the Macquarie Group 11GW European solar energy developer, Cero Generation.

Adrien spent 14 years at Platina Energy Partners, led the energy team as a partner and deployed €1bn in renewables.

Telis Energy Group

Telis is a European green energy development platform.

Telis Energy Group provides a meaningful contribution to the energy transition by promoting ambitious green projects. We have a target development pipeline of 10GW across Europe by 2030.

We believe development is a local business and should be led by teams with deep local connections, which is why our subsidiaries have strong autonomy in their markets. Telis Energy Group is backed by The Carlyle Group. Telis Energy Group is headquartered in London with subsidiaries in the UK, France, Italy and Germany.

Lackshana is a Vice President in the Manager Research Team and a member of the Private Markets team. In this role, she is responsible for critically assessing, selecting, and monitoring fund managers and researching Real Assets, specialising in Real Estate and Renewable Infrastructure. She has worked on several preferred lists and bespoke client searches/reviews.
Before joining the Reporting Team at Redington in 2019, Lackshana interned at Redington over the summer of 2018 while completing her Chemistry BSc degree at the University of Southampton.

Redington

As an independent, B Corp-certified investment consultancy, Redington provides a full range of outcome-oriented advice, research and technology to some of the largest pension funds, wealth managers and institutional investors across the globe.

Everything we do is powered by innovation and a desire to achieve the best possible outcomes for our clients and their beneficiaries. Whilst we can’t make complex issues any less complex, we can help you focus on what matters: reaching a level of understanding and clarity that will give you the confidence to make better decisions.

So, whether its advice on investment strategy, selecting best-in-class managers or defining responsible investment beliefs, we’re here to help.

Julia is an expert in national and international investment with a passion for sustainability. With over 30 years' experience in delivering projects across a wide rage of sectors, Julia has become a trusted adviser to adviser to Government and industry.

After a successful career as an investment banker, in 2005 Julia co-funded Meridiam which has grown to become one of the world's leading infrastructure funds, with Julia continuing to serve boardroom roles across a number of Meridiam's UK and European assets including the £2.4n NeuConnect energy link, healthcare investor Fulcrum Infrastructure Group and leading EV charging company Allego.

In 2023, Julia was asked to become the Deputy Chair of the UK's National Infrastructure Commission having served 5 years as a Commissioner, and in 2021 was also selected as a member of the UK Government's Investment Council. In 2023, the Foreign Secretary appointed Julia as a Non-Executive Director to the Board of Wilton Park - a Government agency supporting UK foreign policy development.

She is Deputy Chair of the Port of Tyne in the UK, and an Honorary Professor at the Bartlett School, University College London, supporting the development of education in infrastructure delivery, and has set up three scholarships to support students. Julia was the co-founder of the Women Leaders in Infrastructure Group and is passionate about the need for the sector to be more inclusive and diverse so that infrastructure can better reflect the needs of those who use it.

The National Infrastructure Commission

The 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, improve 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 on 18 October 2023.

Martijn is co-head of Emerging Market Alternative Credit at Ninety One. He has extensive experience in private credit markets gained in various advisory, project, corporate and structured finance roles in both emerging and developed markets. He has particular experience in infrastructure finance and has been working with The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund since 2008.
Prior to Ninety One, he worked at FMO’s Africa Infrastructure department, T-Mobile and Tebodin Consultants & Engineers.
Martijn holds an MSc in Business Administration from Nyenrode Business University, The Netherlands.

Ninety One

Ninety One is an active, global investment manager managing GBP 126 billion in assets (as at 31.03.24). Our goal is to provide long-term investment returns for our clients while making a positive difference to people and the planet.
Established in South Africa in 1991, as Investec Asset Management, the firm began as a small start-up offering domestic investments in an emerging market.
In 2020, as a global firm proud of our emerging market roots, we demerged to become Ninety One.

Alessandro is a Partner based in Analysys Mason's London office. He specialises in advising businesses on organic and inorganic growth strategies. In the last ten years, he has completed over 200 assignments in more than 80 developed and emerging markets across six continents. His areas of expertise include telecoms commercial and technical due diligence, business planning, valuation, IPO process support, investment opportunity scouting, market sizing and forecasting, spectrum strategy and valuation, cost modelling and telecoms regulation.
Alessandro has advised on some of the major transactions involving telecoms assets in Europe, working for both financial and strategic investors. His experience in this area covers telecoms infrastructure (access and long-distance fibre networks, towers, data centres, submarine cables and digital real estate), operators (mobile, fixed incumbents, altcos, cablecos and mobile virtual network operators), mobile money and fintech businesses, and vendors (hardware, software and telecoms infrastructure service companies).

Analysys Mason

Analysys Mason is the world's leading management consultancy focused on TMT, a critical enabler of economic, environmental and social transformation.
We bring together unparalleled commercial and technical understanding to deliver bespoke consultancy on strategy, transaction support, transformation, regulation and policy, further strengthened by globally respected research.
Our clients value our advice which combines deep domain knowledge with global reach and local insight into markets to help them achieve meaningful business results.
We are committed to our clients, employees and communities – contributing to a world where technology delivers for all.

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.

Daniel Roddick CFA founded Ely Place Partners in 2018. Daniel has 20 years of experience in private equity advisory, formerly running the placement division of EPIC Private Equity. Prior to that he worked at Campbell Lutyens and McKinsey and Co. Daniel read Engineering, Economics and Management at Oxford University, has an MA from Royal Academy of Music and is a CFA charter holder.

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.

Revantha is Co-head of Corporate Finance at the Department for Transport. The team works on financing transport infrastructure, alternative sources of funding, and complex commercial negotiations with the private sector. He currently sits on the DfT's Rail Investment Board works on a range of rail projects including looking at ways unlock private investment for rail in the UK. In addition to rail, Revantha 's portfolio also includes finance and funding projects within aviation, maritime and transport decarbonation.

Revantha has almost 20 years of experience gained across private and public sector roles. Prior to joining the Department for Transport, Revantha has worked for KPMG, HSBC's Investment Bank and Eversholt Rail.”

Department for Transport

At the Department for Transport (DfT) we’re working to improve every kind of journey. We’re harnessing new technology to create safer, more sustainable transport. And, creating better connections between people and places, we’re enabling greater growth opportunities for communities UK-wide. DfT and our agencies employ around 15,000 staff, and we have the largest and most complex capital project portfolio in Government, delivered principally through delivery partners including Network Rail, HS2 Ltd and Highways England

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.

Simon has spent the past two years in Government advising the Department of Science, Innovation ＆ Technology (DSIT) on telecoms and tech policy, and now does the same for Innovate UK part of UK Research ＆ Innovation (UKRI). Previous to this he spent over 25 years working in industry including being Director of Group Strategy and Business Development at Colt Technology Plc working for the group board, Managing Director at ASSET4 a data platform startup where he raised $20m in funding from investors including Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch before selling the business to Thomson Reuters, and CEO of Findaa Technology an AI and IoT business serving global supply chains.

Innovate UK, UKRI

Innovate UK is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) which is the national funding agency investing in innovation, science and research in the UK. Operating across the whole of the UK with a combined budget of more than £6 billion, UKRI brings together the 7 Research Councils, Innovate UK and Research England.

Sujoy joined SBI Shinsei International Limited, a subsidiary of SBI Shinsei Bank in 2019, having previously worked at Santander Bank. At SBI Shinsei International, Sujoy is responsible for the Bank's deal sourcing, advising and international Syndication activities in the renewables, infrastructure, aviation, and shipping sector. In this role, he was instrumental in the development of the Bank’s international investments platform and originate to distribute model. Over fifteen years of experience in debt syndication and structuring transactions. For the past 10 years, much of his focus has been on the Global renewables and infrastructure sector.

SBI Shinsei Bank

SBI Shinsei Bank is one of the most active financial providers in Japan’s project finance field, mainly for renewables and long-term infrastructure investment segment. The Bank provides a full range of financial products and services to both institutional and individual customers. SBI Shinsei formed a dedicated project finance team in 2012. Since then, SBI Shinsei has been aggressively expanding its portfolio both domestically (in Japan) and internationally. Since 2012, SBI Shinsei committed to over 200 deals, and now over 60 professionals are engaging in this business.

Richard is a Partner and Head of Europe in Pantheon’s Global Infrastructure and Real Assets Investment Team where he leads its European investment activity and team. Richard has 25 years of experience in infrastructure private equity, corporate finance and project finance at leading institutions including InfraRed Capital Partners, HSBC, ABN AMRO, and BNP Paribas. Richard’s experience spans investing in primary, secondary, co-investments and direct-investments across all infrastructure subsectors and global OECD markets. He holds a BSc and MBA from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine.

Pantheon

Pantheon has been at the forefront of private markets investing for more than 40 years, earning a reputation for our innovative approach to investing in secondaries, co-investments and primary fund investments, as well as direct customized solutions. Our specialist investment capabilities span multiple strategies across private equity, real assets and private credit.

Divya is a private equity and venture capital investor with over 23 years of experience, growing and investing in businesses in sustainable technology, infrastructure, energy, sustainable agriculture and forestry. Educated at Oxford (BA (Hons) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics) and at Harvard (MBA, the Harvard Business School), she built her track record at industry-leading organisations such as Goldman Sachs, Parthenon, Unilever Ventures, GIC (Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund) and at the global Private Equity house, TPG, where she was a Partner. Divya is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader for her work in sustainable and impact investing and has served on the Investment Committee for the Global Innovation Fund anchored by USAID and the UK’s DFID. She was previously a council member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) where she was re-elected for two consecutive terms. She is currently a Non-Executive Director of Forterra PLC, a FTSE-250 British manufacturing business. In 2019 Divya was appointed by the Secretary of State to advise the UK Government as a member of the HMG’s Council for Sustainable Business where she leads the Net-Zero Initiative.

Greensphere Capital

A leading sustainable investor for over a decade, Greensphere excels in scaling engineered and nature-based technological solutions to solve some of the biggest systemic risks facing our generation. Greensphere was the first fund manager chosen by the UK Government/Green Investment Bank, a mandate it won in 2012 against 23 other British and European fund managers. Greensphere has invested in technology, companies and assets in the renewable energy, agriculture and forestry supply chains, always operating a triple-bottom-lined approach that invests to improve ‘People, Planet and Profit’. We have consistently measured and reported on a range of these metrics in a market-leading manner. In 2021, we launched our Nature-Based Solutions strategy, Gaia Sciences Innovation (GSI) focussed on natural capital supply-chain and NatureTech solutions to solve biodiversity loss and climate change.

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Hassan has more than 20 years' experience in Pensions Finance, Risk and Investments. Currently working for various LGPS component funds, he has previously been with Unilever, Nestle, Centrica and The Church of England Pensions Board. He has a particular interest in Infrastructure Investments and has an MSc in Infrastructure Investment and Finance from UCL.

Stephen is the Chief Executive Officer of RSE Group of Companies, having taken on the role in January 2024. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, Stephen leads the full spectrum of operations and strategic initiatives aimed at advancing RSE’s position as a leader in water technology solutions. His leadership is driven by a commitment to innovation and excellence across the sector. In addition to his role at RSE, Stephen serves as a Non-Executive Director at British Water. Here, he contributes to shaping the future of the UK’s water and wastewater industry by fostering strategic alliances and promoting sustainable practices across UK and international platforms. Stephen has also been appointed as a Strategic Advisor to OFWAT on the £56Bn RAPID programme. His career has been distinguished by strategic leadership in various capacities, including significant roles at Scottish Futures Trust, President of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors and as Divisional Managing Director at Galliford Try, where he was pivotal in driving multi million-pound investment programmes of work from AMP5 to AMP7.

RSE

RSE is a trusted clean water technology company, developing market-leading products and solutions for purifying drinking water, recycling wastewater, and cleaning water in industrial processes.
We are disrupting the water sector, delivering water treatment products, technologies, and services to clients across the UK.
RSE provides offsite modular build solutions using a low-carbon approach compared to traditional construction methods and our unique offering to the market focuses on innovation, efficiency, and excellence.

Phoebe is focused on deal sourcing and execution for UK and European investments, as well as ongoing asset management of a number of portfolio investments. 

Phoebe has experience across a wide range of infrastructure sectors and serves on the Board of Connexin, a broadband and IoT business in Hull, and is Chair of the Boards of 5 citywide FTTP projects in the US.

Prior to joining PATRIZIA, Phoebe spent five years in the infrastructure team with Hastings Funds Management, managing infrastructure funds and assets. 

PATRIZIA UK

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 more than EUR 56 billion in assets and employs around 900 professionals at 27 locations worldwide.
PATRIZIA Infrastructure is one of the most experienced investors in infrastructure with an outstanding track record spanning over 26 years, with over EUR 9.9 billion invested across more than 130 direct infrastructure debt and equity investments. PATRIZIA Infrastructure offers a broad and sustainable range of investment solutions with flagship funds across equity, debt, and listed strategies. As a member of the Net Zero Asset Manager’s Initiative, PATRIZIA Infrastructure has committed to reduce its portfolio carbon intensity by 49% by 2030 and achieve Net Zero status by 2040.

Edward Talmor-Gera is the Chief Executive Officer of NewVest. He founded NewVest with a vision to transform private markets investing by creating solutions that make investing more efficient, accessible, and cost-effective for all investors.

NewVest is an innovative, tech-enabled institutional platform of private index funds established to provide investors with diversified, passive exposure to individual private market asset classes. NewVest’s product suite has been designed to allow investors to “buy the private markets” in an efficient and scalable manner and support their ability to optimize portfolio construction.

Edward has more than 20 years of financial services experience, including more than a decade in senior commercial and academic roles within the Private Markets industry. Edward holds an Executive MBA from the London Business School.

NewVest

NewVest is an institutional fintech platform of index funds that provide passive exposure to private markets in the same manner that ETFs and Index Funds provide passive exposure to public markets.

Our no management fee funds seek to generate returns that emulate the historically attractive pooled returns of an asset or sub-asset class with significantly lower risk than investing in a single fund.

NewVest's leadership team has worked across private markets for an average of 20 years. Our team's experience spans across the entire private markets spectrum, including investing, capital raising, investment banking, corporate law, accounting, and technology.

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, set to launch later this year, 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 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.

Saket Trivedi joined Cube Infrastructure Managers in 2020 and is Partner in charge of the Energy Transition platform. He is a member of Cube’s Management, Investment, and Asset Management Committees. He is based in Luxembourg.

Saket has more than 20 years of infrastructure M＆A and industry experience. He was previously a Managing Director at Evercore, the leading global independent investment bank, where he spent 12 years advising clients on transactions across a number of sectors including thermal and renewable power generation, regulated and unregulated utilities, energy services and infrastructure.

Prior to Evercore, he worked at Goldman Sachs in the Global Natural Resources M＆A team.

Saket is a Chemical Engineering graduate from The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and has an MBA degree from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Cube Infrastructure Managers

Cube Infrastructure Managers is an independent mid-market infrastructure investor joining deep sector knowledge with operational and financial expertise. Since inception in 2007, Cube has leveraged its operational and financial capabilities to pioneer and transform essential and local infrastructure assets across Europe, in areas such as energy transition, telecoms, transport and environment. The firm delivers essential infrastructure assets to local communities and authorities, driving significant growth across its portfolio. Cube has raised an aggregate €4.2 billion and manages four funds. Cube Infrastructure Fund, Cube Infrastructure Fund II and Cube Infrastructure Fund III are focusing on investments in regulated, brownfield infrastructure. The Connecting Europe Broadband Fund is a fund dedicated to greenfield investments in broadband infrastructure projects. Since its creation, Cube has successfully made more than 40 investments across Europe and will continue to invest in profitable and responsible investment opportunities with strong growth potential.

Edward Tsai is a Managing Director at Wafra, focusing on private investments in real assets and infrastructure. Mr. Tsai is responsible for the origination of investment opportunities, transaction structuring and underwriting and oversight of portfolio investments.

Mr. Tsai joined Wafra in 2014 and currently serves on the boards of Global Container International, Contract Leasing Corporation, Signal Rail Holdings, American Inland Marine Holdings and Spartan Aviation.

Mr. Tsai earned an AB from Georgetown University and a JD from New York University School of Law.

Wafra

Founded in 1985, Wafra is an SEC-registered alternative investment manager focusing on strategic partnerships, real estate and real assets.

Headquartered in New York, Wafra has over two dozen clients around the globe and is owned by the Public Institution for Social Security of Kuwait (PIFSS).

We combine creative capital, a collaborative culture and innovative skillsets with a view toward long-term prosperity. Our people contribute across a range of business functions, asset classes and strategies so that every decision benefits from a breadth of experience and diversity of perspectives. We strive to create a culture of humility and respect that ensures everyone benefits from sustainable value created when capital and talent align. It is a mix that gives us the freedom to invest dynamically for the long term with partners around the globe.

Timothy Vanagt graduated with a degree in Business Engineering at the KULeuven with an optimization model for the real estate sector, as a Civil Engineer Architect at the TUDelft and as a Garden and Landscape Architect at the EHB Jette. He previously worked on large scale projects such as the Visitor Management Plan for the Kruibeekse Polders, the Visitor Management Plan for all Sigma Nature and Inundation areas and Metropolitan Coastal Landscape 2100.

For ORG Timothy has acted as Senior Project Manager for the recently completed Design for Public Value at Sea, a co-creation methodology to realize large-scale maritime infrastructures worldwide, as well as the Nature Inclusive Design trajectory for Princess Elisabeth Island. Current projects include Kustivisie, a strategy to protect the Belgian Coastline against a 3m sea level rise, and several coalition building initiatives for a resilient future on land and at sea. Timothy strongly believes a transdisciplinary approach is key to building the world of tomorrow.

ORG

ORG is a design firm tackling the pressing challenges of today by driving transformational projects across scales of architecture, urbanism and infrastructure. Our strength lies in uniting diverse stakeholders in complex projects, building consensus through innovative co-creation trajectories with expert, interdisciplinary teams. We leverage advanced analytics with custom computational tools to support our design processes and see a project through to realization.

With our tech company Solv, we offer advanced machine learning tools that support co-creation, structure processes and map stakeholder values, significantly enhancing large spatial project success. Our commitment is validated through high-quality outcomes and successful project realization.

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.

I lead, manage, and set the strategic direction for an inclusive Regulatory Finance team, facilitating expert financial advice across Ofgem, that support the delivery of Ofgem’s priorities and emerging issues. This requires strategic planning and management of a team of financial experts, supported by financial analysts and policy developers. I represent Ofgem across Government and the energy sector to promote our policies and priorities and collaborate with Ofgem directorates to identify analytical needs and embed processes. Areas of financial advisory include, corporate finance, credit risk, reporting and financial modelling.

I am also the financial advisory and modelling sub-profession champion and profession development lead.

Ofgem

Ofgem is Great Britain’s independent energy regulator.

We work to protect energy consumers, especially vulnerable people, by ensuring they are treated fairly and benefit from a cleaner, greener environment.

We 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.

We operate in a statutory framework set by Parliament. This establishes our duties and gives us powers to achieve our objectives.

The government is responsible for setting the policy for the energy sector and proposing any changes to this statutory framework. We have a clear role to play to support policy issues such as decarbonisation and we need to operate within this framework. We do not direct overall policy in the sector. However, where we think there are important policy gaps that affect consumers, we can call this out.

Nikolaus is a Senior Managing Director with Stonepeak. Before joining Stonepeak, Nikolaus was Global Chief Investment Officer for Macquarie Principal Finance, a business unit he co-founded and built since 2009. Prior to Macquarie, Nikolaus co-founded Park Street Partners and worked at BC Partners and the Boston Consulting Group. Nikolaus received a Bachelor of Arts first class in Economics & Management from Oxford University.

Stonepeak

Stonepeak is a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets with approximately $71.2 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 Hong Kong, Houston, London, Singapore, and Sydney. For more information, please visit www.stonepeak.com.

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.

Annette Bannister is a Managing Director and Head of European Infrastructure and Project Finance for MetLife Investment Management (“MIM”). Annette is responsible for overseeing the origination and execution of new infrastructure debt transactions in the UK and Europe, as well as the ongoing management of existing investments. Annette joined MIM in 2015.
Annette has 17 years of experience in project finance and infrastructure debt. Prior to joining MIM, Annette was in the Infrastructure Investment team at Legal and General Investment Management. Prior to this, Annette was an Associate Director at AMP Capital’s Infrastructure Debt Fund where she focused junior debt transactions in infrastructure. Annette also spent five years in investment banking (project and infrastructure finance) at Societe Generale and later, Barclays Capital.
Annette is a graduate of the University of Durham where she earned a BA(Hons) in Business Finance and University of Durham Business School where she earned an MSc in Finance and Investment.

MetLife Investment Management

MetLife Investment Management provides public fixed income, private capital, and real estate investment solutions to institutional investors worldwide. MetLife Investment Management is the institutional asset management business of MetLife, Inc., one of the world’s leading financial services companies. MetLife Investment Management had $666.7 billion of total assets under management as of June 30, 2021.(1)
With over 150 years of disciplined risk-management experience we provide deep expertise in skillfully navigating markets with the goal of delivering strong, risk-adjusted returns. Our client-centric culture enables our dedicated team of investment professionals to singularly focus on creating the tailored solutions designed to help our clients meet their unique needs and objectives—both today and moving forward in the future.

(1) As of June 30, 2021. At estimated fair value. Includes all MetLife general account and separate account assets and unaffiliated/third-party assets managed by MIM.

Manuel Dusina is Head of Infrastructure, responsible for the origination, execution and portfolio management of Phoenix Group debt infrastructure investments in the UK, Europe and USA. Prior to joining Phoenix Group, Manuel was at Scottish Widows in the Loan Investments team in London, where he was a Director, responsible for originating and executing infrastructure transactions. Previously, he worked at Lloyds Bank Bank in London as part of the Infrastructure and Energy team. Manuel also held positions at Standard & Poor’s and the European Investment Bank. Manuel received a Master in Finance and Monetary Policy from the University of Brescia.

Phoenix Group Plc

Phoenix Group is the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business, with £300bn 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.

Hans Forssman has spent more than 30 years in the financial industry, within a wide variety of assets and strategies. Before joining the Skandia PEI team (Private Equity & Infrastructure) to head management of the infrastructure portfolio, he was responsible for procuring alternative investment mandates, creating and managing Skandia’s Thule Real Estate Fund as well as managing multi-assets funds within Skandia Investment Management.

Hans has also been responsible for setting up and managing hedge fund portfolios and private credit mandates for Skandia. Prior to joining Skandia, he was a senior Nordic equity research sales at Credit Agricole Cheuvreux Nordic serving Swedish and European institutional investors. Before this he spent around ten years in different roles in private banking with local Swedish banks.

During his career he has been based in Stockholm, but he has always had an international focus and a global network to gain experience and knowledge regarding international financial markets. Mr. Forssman has a BSc in Economics from the University of Lund, Sweden.

Ted joined GLIL in November 2018 and he is the Chief Operating Officer. He chairs the Executive Committee and is responsible for the day-to-day management of GLIL.

Ted’s career spans 30 years in investment banking and asset management and he has a track record of building and developing a number of successful businesses. The first half of his career was in the foreign exchange and interest rate markets. Ted worked for Orion Royal Bank, Midland Montagu, Citibank and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein.

Ted left investment banking in 2005 and embarked on a new career in asset management.

Ted graduated from Oxford University after studying Chemistry with Quantum Mechanics.

GLIL Infrastructure LLP (GLIL)

GLIL Infrastructure LLP (GLIL) is a joint venture between a number of UK local government pension funds targeting investments in core infrastructure assets predominantly in the UK. The founding partners of GLIL are the pension funds of Greater Manchester, Merseyside, West Yorkshire, who are known collectively as the Northern Pool, and Local Pensions Partnership (LPP) which manages the assets of Berkshire, Lancashire, and London Pensions Fund Authority. GLIL was chosen as an Infrastructure partner by Nest Corporation in March 2021. GLIL has committed capital of £3.6 billion.

Jason Hyunjae Kim is Head of the Infrastructure PF Team of Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Company

He is responsible for direct deal & commingled/SMA fund investments across various sectors, including transportation, utility, power/renewable, etc. He has recently invested in MEIF7, MSIG2, KKR GIIⅣ, PG PGDIⅢ and Pantheon PGIFⅣ.

Jason Hyunjae Kim holds an MS in Finance and a BS in Civil Engineering from Seoul National University(SNU). He also holds an MS in Real Estate Development from MIT. He is a CFA charter holder and pursuing a PhD. in urban planning at SNU.

Nitesh joined Swiss Re in May 2017 and is responsible for originating, structuring and managing infrastructure debt opportunities in the UK and Europe. He has over 20 years experience in infrastructure finance across rail, roads, utilities, energy and social infrastructure PPP sectors. Mr. Mistry worked previously at Deutsche Asset Management within the European infrastructure team and at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. where he focused on originating and executing infrastructure debt transactions across the EMEA region. He was responsible for underwriting debt with a total value of c.€1 billion in the transport, social infrastructure and utility sectors. Prior to that, Mr. Mistry worked at the Royal Bank of Scotland plc where he spent over a decade working across advisory, equity and debt transactions in the European infrastructure market. Mr. Mistry qualified as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse and is an honors graduate (Business Studies) of City University Business School.

Marcus Ayre is a Partner in the Infrastructure Investments team based in London, and is a member of the EDIF I, II & III and GDIF Investment Committees. Prior to joining the team in 2007, Marcus spent 10 years in European investment banking at Merrill Lynch, HSBC and Barings. Marcus holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) degree from the University of Birmingham and is a qualified barrister.

Igneo Infrastructure Partners

Igneo Infrastructure Partners is the direct infrastructure team of the First Sentier Investors Group. We believe great infrastructure businesses must have a foundation of excellent ESG management, a best-in-class health and safety culture, strong governance, prudent management of environmental risks, high employee engagement, satisfied customers, and leading innovation reduce risk and improve long-term investment returns.

Karen Azoulay is Head of Real Assets at BNP Paribas Asset Management, until January 2023 she was Head of Infrastructure Debt, since joining the company in April 2017. She has over 20 years of experience in project and structured finance as advisor or lead arranger. Before joining BNP Paribas Asset Management, Karen had been Head of Infrastructure at SCOR Investment Partners since 2012, in which role she implemented and developed SCOR’s infrastructure debt strategy and invested in infrastructure equity funds. She previously worked for Dexia, joining in 2003 and initially heading the project finance credit team for the energy sector, before joining the Project Finance team as Director for the energy and environment sectors. She began her career at KPMG’s Bank & Finance division. Karen holds a Master’s degree in corporate finance & finance engineering from Paris-Dauphine University and is also a Certified Public Accountant. Karen is based in Paris.

BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) is the investment arm of BNP Paribas, a leading banking group in Europe with international reach. BNPP AM aims to generate long-term sustainable investment returns for its clients, based on a unique sustainability-driven philosophy. BNPP AM’s investment capabilities are focused around five key strategies: High Conviction Strategies, Private Debt & Real Assets, Multi-Asset, Quantitative & Solutions (MAQS), Emerging markets and Liquidity Solutions, with investment processes incorporating quantitative and fundamental analysis.
Sustainability is embedded within BNPP AM’s strategy and investment decision-making. Among the leaders in thematic investment in Europe, BNPP AM contributes to the energy transition, environmental sustainability and the promotion of equality and inclusive growth. BNPP AM currently manages EUR 500 billion of assets (EUR 622 billion of assets under management and advisory) and benefits from the expertise of around 500 investment professionals and around 800 client servicing specialists, serving individual, corporate and institutional clients in 67 countries.

Partner and Head of Research at Arjun Infrastructure Partners. Previously, (i) Head of Research at J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Infrastructure Investment Group; (ii) Consultant and Chief Economist for London Economics International LLC in Boston; (iii) faculty member at the Department of Economics and the International Business School of Brandeis University; (iv) professional shepherd, beekeeper, backgammon player. Holds a PhD in Economics from Brown University.

Arjun Infrastructure Partners

Arjun Infrastructure Partners is an independent asset management company dedicated to executing and managing mid-market infrastructure investments. Founded in 2015, Arjun now manages €4.8 billion of capital on behalf of prominent institutional investors. Arjun’s team of 29 professionals and a further 8 industry partners has extensive operational and financial experience in the utilities, energy & renewables, digital and transportation infrastructure sectors. We offer a proven ability to source bilateral investment opportunities and have a strong focus on ESG as part of our long-term, responsible asset management approach. Arjun works in close partnership with its clients, offering transparency throughout the investment lifecycle.

Gordon Bajnai joined Campbell Lutyens in 2017 and is responsible for the development of the firm’s infrastructure capabilities globally, advising on both primary and secondary mandates. Gordon is also Chairman of the firm’s Global Advisory Board.

Prior to joining Campbell Lutyens, Gordon was COO of Meridiam Infrastructure. Before this, he held roles as CEO of the Wallis Group, a major Hungarian diversified investment holding company, and as deputy CEO of CA IB Securities, a leading Hungarian investment bank. During his career, he also acted as Chairman of Budapest Airport and as advisor and director for Antin Infrastructure, Aegon Insurance and Raba plc. Gordon has also held a number of government posts in Hungary including serving as Prime Minister in 2009-2010. Prior to that he held positions as Government Commissioner of the National Development Agency, as Minister of Regional Development and later as Minister of Economy and National Development.

Campbell Lutyens

Campbell Lutyens is a global and independent private markets advisor, providing fund placement, secondary advisory and GP capital advisory services to leading fund managers and investors. With specialist knowledge in private equity, infrastructure, private credit and sustainable investing, the firm has a team of 190 operating from offices in London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Charlotte, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Robert-Jan Bakker is part of the European Private Infrastructure business unit, based in Zug. He has 15 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at APG Asset Management and Deloitte. He holds a cum laude master’s degree in finance and investments from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands. He is also a CAIA charterholder.

Mariana joined CBRE Investment Management in 2021 as a Director of the Private Infrastructure Group.

Mariana has over ten years of experience in real assets and joined CBRE Investment Management from Citigroup, where she was Vice President providing M&A and capital markets advisory as part of the Power, Utilities and Renewables Investment Banking division.

Mariana holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, a Master of Arts in Economics from Fordham University and a Bachelor Degree in Economics from the University of Oklahoma.

Alex Bebov created BAC (BAC Securities and BAC Ltd.) and was involved in more than 20 energy projects working for firms such as Alpiq/ATEL, Energo Pro, EoN Energie. BAC was the main manager of the first East-European REIT as a GP. BAC has achieved 36+% p.a. returns each of 2020 and 2021YTD mostly in green energy shares investment asset management portfolio beating many relevant indices. He worked on Polish, Romania, Western Balkans renewables projects among many other energy projects where he was involved from electricity trading, to debt, equity, M&A. Now he is in process of raising green energy and decarbonization fund for Europe with focus on Central and Eastern Europe but also potential allocation for Central Asia/Western Europe. His previous experience includes working at international investments banks (JP Morgan, Salomon Smith Barney Citigroup etc.) in the financial hubs such as New York and London. Member of Harvard Alumni Association, also NYU Alumni. Regular speaker/moderator in energy and asset management conference conferences, close to 25 years of investment bank experience. Quoted many times in Financial Times, Euromoney, Euroweek, Global Finance, Global Markets, Wall Street Journal.

BAC Securities

BAC Securities (www.bac.bg) is fully EU Mifid2 regulated entity with focus investment banking and asset management. In 2022 and 2021 it won the awards of Best Sustainable Development Company, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), in 2022 and 2021 2022 Outstanding Contribution In Investment Company CEE 2022 - Mr. Alex Bebov, 2021 Investment Company CEO of the year, CEE, 2021 Best Investment Bank, CEE, all awards by Global Banking and Finance Magazine. It is also Winner, 2020, Best Boutique Investment Bank CEE by Capital Finance Magazine, 2019 Best M&A Bank Central & Eastern Europe, by Global Finance Magazine and 2016 Best Investment Banking Boutique Central & Eastern Europe, by Global Finance Magazine. BAC and its team members have experience in more than 20 projects in the energy sector, from development to electricity trading, to debt, equity and M&A. BAC Ltd., an affiliate, has achieved 36+% p.a. returns each of 2020 and 2021YTD mostly in green energy shares investment asset management portfolio beating many relevant indices. BAC is raising a green energy fund with focus on CEE, mid-teens expected returns, portfolio deal flow of 1.5bn euro, for ultimate fund size 500-750mm euro after several funds/investment vehicles so far.

Founded NextEnergy Group (“NextEnergy”) in 2007.

NextEnergy is one of the leading specialist international investment and asset managers focused on the solar sector. It has c.200 employees across multiple offices, including London, Milan, Hyderabad, Madrid, New York, Luxembourg and Guernsey.

NextEnergy’s activities span investment management, operating asset management and asset development across the main solar infrastructure markets globally.

Since inception it has acquired over 325 utility-scale solar assets and currently manages c.$3bn in equity dedicated to the solar infrastructure sector across its three institutional funds (NextPower III, NextPower II - divested January 2022 - and NextEnergy Solar Fund). The installed capacity across the Group’s institutional investment vehicles exceeds 1.3GWp.

The Group’s operating asset management division, WiseEnergy, manages and monitors in excess of 2GWp of installed solar capacity spread across Europe, USA, Africa and Asia. WiseEnergy’s clients include assets owned by the Group’s funds and unaffiliated owners of operating solar plants.

NextEnergy Group

“NextEnergy Capital (NEC) 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.$2.8bn across two investment vehicles. It most recently closed its international fund, NextPower III ESG, in January 2022 taking total capital raised to $896m and launched NextPower UK ESG with the UK Infrastructure Bank as a match funding cornerstone investor. NEC announced at the beginning of the year the divestiture of its private fund, NextPower II, focused on the Italian subsidised solar market.

In addition, through its sister company, WiseEnergy, it operates over 1.7GW of solar globally. To date NEC has invested into 350 solar plants for a capacity in excess of 2.9GW across its institutional funds, located in the US, UK, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, India and Chile.”

Oliver Bradley is Managing Director, Digital Infrastructure Investing at Macquarie Capital, the advisroy, capital markets and principal investment arm of Macquarie Group Limited. The Digital Infrastructure team invests directly in and supports the growth of companies that are facilitating the increasing data consumption of businesses and consumers, including fibre networks and data centres.

Since returning to Macquarie in 2019 (he previously worked at the firm from 2005-15), Oliver has led Macquarie Capital's investment into Voneus, a UK rural Fixed Wireless to Fibre broadband developer and Onivia, a new SPV Macquarie established to acquire Fibre to the Home networks in Spain, creating Spain's first wholesale only FTTH network with a footprint in excess of 3.5m homes.

Prior to re-joining Macquarie, Oliver was Corporate Finance Director at CityFibre, the wholesale FTTx business and largest UK Altnet. Before CityFibre, Oliver was a commercial specialist at the Infrastructure and Projects Authority, part of the UK government. There he advised ministers on digital infrastructure policy and was responsible for the Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund, which saw the UK government commit £400m, matched by private sector investors on the same terms, to invest in UK fibre.

Macquarie Capital Infrastructure & Energy Capital

Macquarie Capital’s IEC division specialises in investing our own capital in smart, sustainable infrastructure projects, and companies. We sponsor the development of landmark projects that strengthen communities by creating new digital, energy and social infrastructure. We also offer flexible, partnership capital to infrastructure companies to help fund capital expenditure, business

Ben Canet is a Foreign Investment Manager and the head of Global Private Credit at Phoenix, Israel's leading pension fund and insurance company.
Prior to joining Phoenix in January 2020, Ben spent 19 years in New York, as an investment banker for Credit Agricole (2001- 2007), as co-head of UBS's Special Situations desk (2009-2014) and as portfolio manager for hedge fund Arrowgrass Capital (2015-2019).
Ben holds a BA in economics from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, a masters in finance from ESSEC Paris and an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business.

Phoenix

Phoenix manages more than $110b in AUM. Its team invests globally in all asset classes and sectors through direct transactions and funds. Over the past 5 years, Phoenix' AUM has grown at an 18% CAGR, driven by performance and market share gains within the Israeli pension fund industry. Phoenix' parent company is listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange with a $3b market capitalization.

Phil Cooper is a Director of the Digital Infrastructure Accelerator. The DIA exists to help accelerate investment in emerging market digital infrastructure. Currently the DIA is working with digital infrastructure investors and owners in Asia, Africa and Emerging Europe.

Previously, Phil was a Managing Director at Digital Bridge / Digital Colony, covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Before Digital Bridge, Phil was a founder and CFO of Apollo Towers Myanmar where he was responsible for two landmark infrastructure financing transactions.
Prior to Apollo, Phil worked with Eaton Towers as Group Commercial Manager, where he managed the acquisition of a number of MNO owned tower portfolios across sub Saharan Africa.

The Digital Infrastructure Accelerator (DIA)

Working closely with investors and management teams, the DIA exists to help accelerate the growth of emerging digital infrastructure ventures. The DIA works across all pillars of digital infrastructure and creates value through originating, vetting and where required creating investable neutral host platforms.
The DIA is focused on emerging infrastructure markets, including India, South East Asia, Africa and central & eastern Europe.

Gabriel de Lastours is responsible for developing the EBRD's power and renewables portfolio across the southern and eastern Mediterranean region (SEMED). This includes structuring debt and equity investments as well as leading policy dialogue with governments in the region.
Gabriel has worked in the EBRD’s energy team for 16 years, both on oil and gas and mining financing and power and renewable energy projects. Prior to joining the Bank, Gabriel worked with EY Transaction Advisory Services in Paris and Credit Agricole CIB in New York. He is a graduate from ESSEC Business School in Paris.

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD)

The EBRD is a multilateral bank that promotes the development of the private sector and entrepreneurial initiative in 38 economies across three continents. The Bank is owned by 71 countries as well as the EU and the EIB. EBRD investments are aimed at making the economies in its regions competitive, inclusive, well-governed, green, resilient and integrated.

Nic has over 14 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.

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 Pacific Corporate Group, 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 institutional investors across private equity, private credit, natural resources and infrastructure, real estate and hedge funds. Aksia provides a spectrum of services from non-discretionary to discretionary depending upon each client’s preferences.

Aksia advises on over $260 billion of client alternative allocations (as of December 31, 2021). The firm represents pension plans, insurance companies, government-related institutions, endowments, foundations and superannuation funds.

Aksia employs over 360 professionals organized into specialist teams, including 174 investment research, operational due diligence, and risk management professionals (as of January 31, 2022). The firm is 100% employee owned by its 17 partners and is headquartered in New York, with offices in San Diego, London, Tokyo, Chicago, Athens, and Hong Kong.

Andrea is a Partner and Head of Pantheon’s Global Infrastructure and Real Assets Team. She is responsible for global infrastructure and real assets investments covering primary, secondary and co-investments. She is a member of the International Investment Committee and Global Infrastructure and Real Assets Committee. Andrea has an engineering industry background followed by 21 years’ experience in the infrastructure finance and investment sectors. Prior to joining Pantheon, Andrea led infrastructure direct and co-investment teams for Société Générale, Macquarie Capital and ABN AMRO delivering successful investments in both brownfield operating and greenfield PPP assets. She has a BEng in mechanical engineering from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine. Andrea is based in London.

Pantheon

Pantheon is an established and experienced private markets investor, with a 24-year track record of investing in the global infrastructure and real assets markets. The firm launched a dedicated global infrastructure practice in 2009 and, as of March 31st, 2021, had ~$16bn of dedicated assets under management and advice. Pantheon is the earliest infrastructure secondaries specialist, with close to $4bn committed to 39 transactions incorporating both traditional LP portfolio sales and GP-led secondaries, and is also an active primary fund and co-investor, with a combined total of 155 infrastructure and real assets transactions completed as of July 2021. The investment team is made up of 25 professionals based in London, San Francisco and Hong Kong, including a senior leadership team of eight Partners.

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.
She received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics at Kyoto University and completed an MBA at Waseda Business School.

Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)

As a Japanese public pension fund, Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) manages the reserve fund for beneficiaries with the mission of securing long-term returns with minimal risk. With approximately 196.5 trillion JPY currently under management and a globally diversified portfolio, including alternative assets, GPIF outsources 100 percent of equity and most of its bond investment to external asset managers. As a universal owner, GPIF is committed to making the capital market sustainable by integrating ESG factors into investment and expecting sustainable returns with a long-term horizon.

Christoph Gertenbach is the Deputy Head of Finance at the RAG-Stiftung, based in Essen (Germany). He is focusing on asset liability studies and is responsible for the strategic asset allocation and cash flow management. In addition, he is conducting the Manager Selection for infrastructure and real estate funds. Christoph joined the RAG-Stiftung in 2019 as a Finance and Risk Manager. Prior to joining the RAG-Stiftung he was working for a Global Investment Consultant, an asset manager, and different banks. Christoph holds a master’s degree in finance from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. He studied at Warwick Business School, Otto-Friedrich-University in Bamberg.

RAG-Stiftung

The RAG-Stiftung is responsible for financing the perpetual obligations resulting from hard coal mining in Germany by RAG Aktiengesellschaft: pit water management, polder measures and groundwater purification. In order to safeguard the long-term financing of these obligations, the private-law foundation builds up assets through a secure but profitable programme of capital investment that provides the foundation with the necessary income. At the end of 2020, the assets of the RAG Stiftung amounted to more than 20 billion euros. At the end of 2007, the year in which the foundation was established, the assets of the RAG Stiftung primarily consisted of a single investment: the complete ownership of Evonik Industries AG. Today the RAG Stiftung directly and indirectly owns equity and fixed income investments, Private Equity and Infrastructure Investments all over the world. In addition, the RAG-Stiftung promotes projects in the areas of education, science and culture that are related to the hard coal mining industry in Germany.

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.

Abhishek Gupta is an Associate Director at the EDHEC Infrastructure Institute and the Head of infraMetrics® Product Development.
He has more than 10 years of experience in asset management and alternative investments including stints at Goldman Sachs and Partners Group.
He holds a Masters of Science in Financial Engineering from Nanyang Business School and a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology.

Alastair is Senior Managing Director, and Head of Europe for OMERS Infrastructure. Based in London,
he oversees the organization’s investment activity and team in the region. OMERS Infrastructure
currently has $32 billion AUM, and over 30 investments around the world.

Since joining OMERS in 2014, Alastair has played a critical role in the growth of the European team.
In his most recent role, he was focused on advancing OMERS Infrastructure’s global investment
strategy and leading the third-party capital program. Previously, Alastair had been responsible for
investing across the European energy, utilities and renewables value chain during which he led or
managed OMERS’s investments, including in Ellevio, Thames Water, Associated British Ports, High
Speed 1, and MapleCo.

Prior to joining OMERS, Alastair worked in investment banking at Deutsche Bank and Bank of
America Merrill Lynch advising clients on European utilities and infrastructure transactions. He holds
an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford.

OMERS

Founded in 1962, OMERS is one of Canada's largest defined benefit pension plans, with $95 billion in net assets (as at December 31, 2017). With employees in Toronto and other major cities across North America, the U.K., Europe, Asia and Australia, OMERS invests and administers pensions for almost half a million active, deferred and retired employees of nearly 1,000 municipalities, school boards, libraries, police and fire departments, and other local agencies in communities across Ontario. www.omers.com

Rajesh has over 13 years of investment experience in emerging markets across renewable energy, transport, urban infra & telecom sectors. He has a track record of making investments to the tune of $500m across the infrastructure sector in Asia and Africa.

Rajesh is currently an Investment Manager with British International Investments (BII), which is the UK’s development financial institution. At BII, Rajesh is focused on making investments in renewable energy and transport sectors.

Prior to joining BII, he was with GIP Singapore (then IDFC Capital). As an investment professional with IDFC, he has had the experience of being part of 2 fund life cycles spanning fund raising, capital deployment, asset management and exits.

Rajesh is a CFA charter holder and holds an MBA from University of Delhi.

British International Investments

BII is the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor with a mission to help solve the biggest global development challenges by investing patient, flexible capital to support private sector growth and innovation.
BII invests between £1.5 and £2 billion every year in green infrastructure, technology and other sectors that needs its capital the most. It currently partners with over 1,000 businesses in emerging economies.
BII is at the heart of the UK Government’s international financing offer to emerging economies. Over the next five years, at least 30 per cent of its total new commitments will be in climate finance.

James Hewitt is a member of NextEnergy Capital’s Investor Relations team helping to manage the firm’s investor relationships and fundraising efforts.

He joined NextEnergy Capital in June 2020 after nearly 6 years at BlackRock. At BlackRock, James was part of the EMEA Institutional Client Business team where he was responsible for sales and client relationship management with a number of key institutional investors and investment consultants across a range of asset classes including Infrastructure and Renewable Energy.

James is a CFA Charterholder.

NextEnergy Capital

Founded in 2007, NextEnergy Capital Group (“NEC”) is a leading specialist investment and asset manager uniquely dedicated to the solar market. At present NEC fund manages over $2.5bn across 4 investment vehicles including both closed-end and listed structures. NEC also asset manages over €4bn of solar assets (including third party assets) worldwide through its leading in-house asset management arm, WiseEnergy. WiseEnergy has an 11-year history of monitoring and delivering operating optimisation and outperformance to its clients. Today NEC Group has c.200 employees located in the UK, Italy, US, Spain, Chile and India. Over its 14-year track record, NEC has gained extensive experience in developing and investing in solar assets as well as optimising them from a technical and operational perspective. To date, NEC has invested into over 240 solar assets totalling over 1GW in installed capacity across the UK, US, Italy, India, Chile and Portugal.

Diogo joined Nordea Investment Management, in 2017, focusing on investment due diligence and advisory within Real Assets and other Alternatives. In addition, Diogo has been leading the development of the proprietary ESG assessment framework. Prior to joining Nordea, Diogo worked in the M&A deal-team team of Haitong International Securities, executing projects across the real estate, hospitality, leisure and financial institutions sectors. Between 2011 and 2013, Diogo worked in the derivatives and structured products team of BPI in Lisbon, being responsible for the Iberian and Latin American markets. Diogo started as a Hedge Fund analyst, at BPI, in 2008. Diogo holds a MSc. in Civil Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon and KTH in Stockholm, a Master In Finance from Católica Business School and Data Analysis-related certifications from MIT and Stanford.

Nordea Asset Management

Nordea Asset Management (NAM), is part of the Nordea Group, the largest financial services group in the Nordic region. NAM serves a wide range of clients and distributors which include banks, asset managers, independent financial advisors and insurance companies.
NAM has a presence in Bonn, Brussels, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Lisbon, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, New York, Oslo, Paris, Santiago de Chile, Singapore, Stockholm, Vienna and Zurich. Nordea's local presence goes hand in hand with the objective of being accessible and offering the best service to clients.

NAM’s success is based on a sustainable and unique multi-boutique approach that combines the expertise of specialised internal boutiques with exclusive external competences, which allows NAM to deliver alpha with responsibility. NAM’s solutions cover all asset classes from public equity and fixed income, to multi asset, to private market solutions, across geographies worldwide.

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

Anand joined Antin in 2021 as a founding member of the NextGen team. Prior to joining Antin, Anand was at Investec as the Head of M&A in the power and infrastructure team in London, where he was responsible for developing their multi-product power and infrastructure business.
Prior to this, Anand was a Partner at Greenhill, where he led the establishment of their utilities and infrastructure practice. Before joining Greenhill, Anand spent over a decade at Dresdner Kleinwort where he was instrumental in leading the creation of their specialist infrastructure practice and founding their Asia business.

Throughout his career, Anand has advised on infrastructure transactions spanning sectors and geographies, having advised on privatisations, capital raisings and M&A transactions to the value of over $250 billion. Anand has consistently led innovation in the market, being responsible for a number of creative transactions that overhauled the sector and set the standard for decades to come.

Seung-ki Jeong is Kiwoom Asset management’s alternative investment manager. He is responsible for investing in real estate, infrastructure, private debt, private equity, and other alternative assets. Prior to Kiwoom, he worked at DGB Life insurance as an alternative investment manager. Before DGB Life, he was MG Non-Life Insurance company’s alternative investment manager. He started his finance career at DB Financial Investment as an alternative investment analyst. He earned a Bachelor's degree at Hanyang University.

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 11 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 rotations 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 provides public fixed income, private capital, and real estate investment solutions to institutional investors worldwide. MetLife Investment Management is the institutional asset management business of MetLife, Inc., one of the world’s leading financial services companies. MetLife Investment Management had $638.5 billion of total assets under management as of March 31, 2022.

Kuutti Kilpeläinen is working as Investment Manager at Finnfund’s Digital Infrastructure and Solutions team covering telecom and technology sector globally with special focus on Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Digital Infrastructure and Solutions (DIS) team invest in commercially attractive high impact businesses within the emerging markets digital value chain, focusing on rural connectivity, access to data, and digital solutions such as fintech, e-commerce, and e-mobility.

Prior joining Finnfund Kuutti worked at Citi in Investment and Corporate Banking in Helsinki and Hong Kong covering large multinational corporations and financial institutions across industries. Kuutti holds a Master’s degree in Business majoring in Finance.

Finnfund

Finnfund is a development financier with 40 years of experience in impact investing. Our investment criteria are profitability, sustainability and positive development impact. We provide businesses operating in Africa, Asia and Latin America with risk capital, long-term investment loans, mezzanine financing and expertise on how to invest in the developing markets. We invest only in developing countries as defined by OECD/DAC. We put special emphasis on sectors that are critical to sustainable development, such as clean energy, digital infrastructure, sustainable forestry, sustainable agriculture and financial services, but we do invest in other sectors as well.

Recent transactions include investments to East African wholesale telecommunications provider, BCS Group, Lebanese Telecom-ESCO company IPT Powertech, Indian fintech Indifi and Kenyan e-commerce platform Twiga.

Richard has over 20 years’ experience working within infrastructure and leading large teams in both the public and private sector. With a technical background and an interest in asset performance, Richard sits on a number of infrastructure boards, including Transportation, Renewable Power, Environmental Services and Social Infrastructure.

Richard joined Equitix 2009 and is head of Asset Management in London with a focus on growing the business to keep pace with capital deployment. Managing a portfolio of £8bn of Asset Under Management Richard has an instinctive ability to connect with detail whilst managing at scale and enjoys empowering executive teams to drive value through asset performance.

Richard is chair of the Fund Oversite Committee to ensure assets under management are well governed and optimised during the investment cycle. He has a BSc(Hons) Construction Management, is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building (FCIOB) and a Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS).

Equitix

Equitix is an established responsible investor, developer and fund manager of core infrastructure assets focused on building long-term relationships to support, develop and invest in a range of critical infrastructure projects. ESG matters are core to our principle business strategy as we continue to seek out and invest in assets with positive environmental characteristics to help deliver a shared vision for a net zero future. Launched in 2007, Equitix now operates from several locations globally, with over 200 dedicated professional staff and over £8.5bn AUM. We manage and invest in more than 330 assets in18 countries worldwide and operate across six key sectors; Social infrastructure, Transport, Renewables, Data Utilities, Network and Environment.

Takako Koizumi is an Executive Director and Head of Infrastructure & Real Estate Investment at Mitsui & Co. Alternative Investments, with over 20 years of experience in alternative assets. She started her career at Citibank in banking and M&A, after which she shifted direction to the real estate industry — advisory, acquisition, securitization, lending service, etc. — at CBRE, GE Capital, and Citibank. She joined Resona Bank in 2009 and became a gatekeeper for alternative investments for Japanese institutional investors. More recently, she was at Tokio Marine Asset Management where she built out and expanded their infrastructure business. She holds a B.A. in Economics from Aoyama Gakuin University and is a Certified Real Estate Appraiser.

小泉貴子氏は、三井物産オルタナティブインベストメンツの専務取締役兼インフラ・不動産投資部長を務め、オルタナティブ投資において20年以上の経験を持つ。シティバンク銀行で銀行業務とM&A業務に携わった後、CBRE、GEキャピタル、シティバンク銀行で不動産業界（アドバイザリー、企業買収、証券化、融資業務など）に方向転換した。2009年にりそな銀行に入社し、日本の機関投資家向けにオルタナティブ投資のゲートキーパーを務める。最近では、東京海上アセットマネジメントでインフラストラクチャー事業の立ち上げと拡大に携わった。青山学院大学経済学部卒、公認不動産鑑定士。

Danae Kyriakopoulou is Senior Policy Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics where she leads the policy work on the intersections of climate change, international finance and economic development. From 2016 to 2021, she was the Chief Economist and Director of Research of the Official Monetary and Financial Institution Forum (OMFIF). As part of this, she set up the Sustainable Policy Institute and served as its Managing Director and Chair of its Advisory Council, of which she is now a member. She was honoured by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader in 2022 and has held roles in various sustainability industry initiatives. Previously, she was Managing Economist at the Centre for Economics and Business Research. She holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and an MSc in Economics for Development from the University of Oxford.

Sam Lissner has more than a decade of private equity experience and leads Ridgewood’s ESG and Sustainability program. In addition to being Principal 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.

Ridgewood Infrastructure

Ridgewood Infrastructure is a leading investor in essential infrastructure in the U.S. lower middle 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.

Bertrand is Head of Infrastructure Finance at AXA IM Alts. His responsibilities include managing a team of 10 infrastructure specialists investing in infrastructure loans and bonds.

Before joining AXA IM Alts’ Real Assets in 2015, Bertrand headed the origination, structuring, and placement of all infrastructure project and structured bond opportunities in EMEA and APAC at BNP Paribas. Prior to this, Bertrand worked in the whole business securitisation team of Morgan Stanley and has held a series of roles focused on infrastructure and structured finance.

AXA IM Alts

AXA IM Alts is a global leader in alternative investments with c. €163 billion of AUM(1), across real assets (real estate & infrastructure), private debt & alternative credit and private equity & hedge funds. AXA IM Alts employs over 750 people located in 16 offices around the world and serves the needs of more than 400 clients from Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and Middle East, including 100+ third party insurance clients globally and with over 80 in Europe. We are a global leader in real assets investment with c. €110 billion of assets under management, the number one property portfolio and asset manager in Europe(2), and one of the largest worldwide. 

(1) Source: AXA IM (unaudited) as at 30 June 2021.
(2) Source: INREV Fund Manager Survey, May 2021. #1 largest European managers in total real estate assets under management. 

Minesh is a Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure in the Real Assets Investment Group at Cambridge Associates. He is focused on the infrastructure investment activities for the 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, in 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 USD 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; undertaking 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 USD 50 billion, beginning his career at UBS.

Cambridge Associates

Cambridge Associates (‘CA’) is a privately-held Global Investment Company providing both discretionary and non-discretionary investment solutions to our clients as our single line of business.

Our fundamental mission has always remained unchanged: we strive to help long term investors around the world to meet or exceed their investment objectives by providing proactive, unbiased advice grounded in intensive and independent research.We have focused on discovering new ways to add long-term value to our clients’ portfolios based on their unique objectives for nearly 50 years.

Private Investments (“PI”) in particular have been, and continues to be, a core part of our business. Today, we have specialised investment teams in Private Equity, Private Debt, Infrastructure and other Real Assets as well as an integratedESG team working alongside our respective teams. We have over 100 Private Investment specialists who focus on investment and research in underlying PI asset classes located across our global offices.

Alessandro leads UBS AM Infrastructure Debt Platform, he has 18 years of experience in infrastructure finance across debt, ratings and M&A. Alessandro joined UBS AM in 2014, leading the investment activity of the Infrastructure debt strategies since their launch and took over responsibility of the whole business in 2018.
Prior to UBS AM, Alessandro worked for Moody's, Citigroup and Intesa Sanpaolo in UK, France, Italy and Turkey, building an international experience and a wide network of contacts in the infrastructure finance market.

UBS Asset Management, Real Estate & Private Markets

UBS Asset Management's Real Estate & Private Markets business actively manages investments of around USD 129 billion* globally and regionally within Asia Pacific, Europe and the US, making it one of the largest asset managers in real assets worldwide. Our capabilities reach across the risk / return spectrum, ranging from core to value-add and opportunistic strategies. We offer direct real estate, infrastructure equity and debt, and food & agriculture investments as well as indirect exposure to leading real estate, infrastructure, private equity and private credit managers. Investors can access our diverse product range across open- and closed-ended private funds, investment trusts, listed funds, REITs and bespoke separately managed accounts.

*Asset under management stated on gross asset values basis, reflecting values as at 31 March 2022, where available. Includes assets managed by our joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan

Elie Nammar joined Vauban Infrastructure Partners as a Senior Director in February 2021. Elie Nammar is dedicated to asset management in the digital infrastructure sector. Prior to joining Vauban IP, Elie was an Associate Partner at Oliver Wyman in their Paris offices. During his tenure there, Elie was a senior member of the Telecom Media and Technology practice working with local and global companies across Europe on topics such as Operational and Digital transformation, Capex optimization, 5G, Product portfolio definition and Commercial Due Diligence. Previously Elie was a Group Principal Strategy Manager at Vodafone, working on the Group's strategy and before that, Elie was a Lead Associate at Booz and Company (now Strategy &). Throughout his experience both as a consultant and internal strategist, Elie developed an acute understanding of the European infrastructure market, its dynamics and players. He has been part of different infrastructure deals and has worked with numerous players defining their growth strategies and optimizing their spend. He also developed hands-on experience with infrastructure operators to help them optimize and develop their operational capabilities for faster and cheaper infrastructure roll-out and management. Elie holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Masters of Engineering from Telecom Paris and a Masters in Digital Business Strategy from HEC 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.70 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.€8bn across 7 funds in core infrastructure, and has invested in the mobility, energy transition, social infrastructure, and digital infrastructure sectors spanning 12 different geographies.

Rohini is a Managing Director at Arjun where she is responsible for originating and executing investments with focus on Digital Infrastructure. She brings 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry. Her focus over the last decade has been in the transportation and digital sectors across Europe and the UK. Prior to Arjun, she was Head of Distribution for Power and Infrastructure Finance at Investec and before that she was a senior member in RBS’s (NatWest) Infrastructure and Project Finance team where she spearheaded efforts to establish RBS as a leader in Digital Infrastructure financing , leading debt financing and advisory transactions across Europe.

Arjun Infrastructure Partners

Arjun Infrastructure Partners is an independent asset management company dedicated to executing and managing infrastructure investments. Founded in 2015, Arjun now manages €4.8 billion of capital on behalf of 20 prominent institutional investors.
Arjun’s team of 30 professionals and a further 10 industry partners has extensive operational and financial experience in the utilities, energy & renewables, digital and transportation infrastructure sectors. Arjun offer a proven ability to source bilateral investment opportunities and have a strong focus on ESG as part of our long-term, responsible asset management approach.
Arjun works in close partnership with its clients, offering transparency throughout the investment lifecycle providing customised solutions which enable our clients to achieve their specific investment objectives.

Carolyn is a Managing Director with Stonepeak based in the firm’s London office. Prior to joining Stonepeak, Carolyn was the Head of Investor Relations at Infracapital, where she was responsible for fundraising, investor relations and co-investments. She was also the Responsible Investment Manager establishing and overseeing the firm’s ESG management system. Prior to Infracapital, she worked at Goldman Sachs in Investment Banking and Deloitte Corporate Finance. Carolyn received a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Finance and Economics from the University of Auckland. She also received an Executive Master of Business Administration from the University of Oxford.

Stonepeak

Stonepeak is a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets with approximately $49.3 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, and to have a positive impact on the communities in which it operates. Stonepeak sponsors investment vehicles focused on private equity and credit. The firm provides capital, operational support, and committed partnership to sustainably grow investments in its target sectors, which include communications, energy transition, transport and logistics, and social infrastructure. Stonepeak is headquartered in New York with offices in Austin, Hong Kong, Houston, London and Sydney. For more information, please visit www.stonepeak.com.

Esther Peiner is Co-Head of Private Infrastructure in Europe, based in Zug. She is a member of the Private Infrastructure and Global Investment Committee. Esther is also a member of the firm's Diversity & Inclusion Committee and the sponsor of its Women's Network. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Climeworks, atNorth, Greenlink, QNTM and CapeOmega. She has 20 years 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 a leading global private markets firm. Since 1996, the firm has invested USD 210 billion in private equity, private real estate, private debt, and private infrastructure on behalf of its clients globally. Partners Group seeks to generate strong returns through capitalizing on thematic growth trends and transforming attractive businesses and assets into market leaders. The firm is a committed, responsible investor and aims to create sustainable returns with lasting, positive impact for all its stakeholders. With USD 147 billion in assets under management as of 31 December 2023, Partners Group provides an innovative range of bespoke client solutions to institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and private individuals globally. The firm employs more than 1,900 diverse professionals across 20 offices worldwide and has regional headquarters in Baar-Zug, Switzerland; Denver, USA; and Singapore. It has been listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since 2006 symbol: PGHN). For more information, please visit www.partnersgroup.com or follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter.

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.

Vivek Sapra is an Energy & Infrastructure project finance specialist with over 25 years’ experience in advising & structuring transactions. He joined the Infrastructure Investments team at Talanx Group – Ampega Asset Management GmbH in April 2015 with the mandate to advise, originate and execute transactions to help build the portfolio. Since an almost standing start, it now boasts over €4bn in infrastructure assets under management (both Debt and Equity) across a broad range of sectors, including in renewables, digital, transportation and social infrastructure.

During this period Vivek also spent a year at the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (now Ninety One with Investec Asset Management) focusing on renewables in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Vivek is also currently a Board member of a number of Project SPVs.

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.

Olga Sclovscaia is the Regional Head of Europe and Central Asia at the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group. Based in Paris, Ms. Sclovscaia leads MIGA’s business development and involvement in projects across both geographic regions.

Ms. Sclovscaia joined MIGA in 2000 and has since held previous senior positions in the organization. In her prior role as Global Head and Sector Manager for Financial Institutions and Capital Markets (2012-2019), she led a team that substantially increased its volume of coverage issued and its impact, including the first MIGA guarantee for a public bond issue. Ms. Sclovscaia was instrumental in developing MIGA’s credit enhancement guarantees for financial obligations of state-owned enterprises.

She brings a wealth of private sector experience to her role. Prior to joining MIGA, she worked in the Structured Finance Department of ABN Amro Bank in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where she helped build an alternative risk distribution team and executed various risk mitigation solutions for the bank with public and private sector providers.

Coupled with her substantial experience in finance and underwriting, Ms. Sclovscaia holds Master’s degrees in international finance (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands), public administration (University of Missouri, USA) and econometrics (Plekhanov Economic Academy, Moscow, the Russian Federation).

Laurent Segalen is a franco-british clean energy investment banker. He is the founder of Megawatt-X, the London-based Energy transition meta-platform, which he currently heads. Megawatt-X has listed more than 15GW of Wind and Solar transactions over the past 8 years. Between 2019 and 2022, Laurent Segalen was Board Member of the PPA digital platform Zeigo, successfully sold to Schneider Electric in Q1_22.

His career in Clean Energy spans over 25 years, from Director at PWC, Fund Manager at Natixis/Mirova to Managing Director Clean Commodities at Lehman Brothers then Nomura. He was awarded Environmental Deal of the Year 2006 by Environmental Finance. While trading carbon, he was one of the co-authors of "scope 1, scope 2, scope 3" emissions concept and helped create the ETS. He is now special adviser to the Board of IC-VCM.

Finally, Laurent co-hosts the award-winning podcast Redefining Energy

Laurens-Jan is a Senior Portfolio Manager in APG’s European infrastructure team and is responsible for sourcing, executing and performing asset management of infrastructure equity investments, with a focus on digital infrastructure. He has been recently leading the acquisition and setup of Glaspoort (APG-KPN FTTH JV) and Swiatłowód Inwestycje (APG-Orange Poland FTTH JV). Furthermore, he holds non-executive board positions in amongst others Glaspoort, Swiatłowód Inwestycje, Open Tower Company (the leading telecom tower company in the Netherlands), TDF (the leading telecom tower and broadcasting infrastructure operator 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 Asset Management is the world’s largest independent pension fund manager with pension assets of c.€520bn (as of Dec-2022), 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.€22bn to date and managing c.40 direct stakes in various infrastructure portfolio companies. APG’s investments include assets within energy and utilities, telecommunications, and transport infrastructure.

Lawrence Slade became Chief Executive Officer of the Global Infrastructure Investors Association (GIIA) in January 2020. GIIA represents investors with over US$1tn AUM. Prior to his role with GIIA Lawrence worked with Energy UK since 2011, becoming their Chief Executive in January 2015, additionally he served on the boards of Eurogas and Eurelectric in Brussels. He has been involved in the energy industry since the late 1990’s working in countries all over the world. Lawrence is also a Board member of Connected Kerb, a Board Trustee of the Money Advice Trust and the St Clare Hospice. He is also a Fellow of the Energy Institute.

GIIA is the membership body for the world's leading institutional investors. With more than 80 members, we work with governments and other stakeholders to boost the role of private investment in providing infrastructure that improves national, regional and local economies. GIIA members have investments in over 1700 assets across six continents, totalling US$1 trillion of infrastructure assets under management.

Phoebe Smith is a Senior Director in the infrastructure equity team of PATRIZIA, based in London. She is involved in the origination and execution of infrastructure transactions as well as the asset management of the existing portfolio. Phoebe has experience across a wide range of infrastructure sectors and serves on the Boards of a number of PATRIZIA’s investee companies. Phoebe’s key areas of focus are PATRIZIA’s European Infrastructure Fund II, 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. Prior to joining PATRIZIA in 2011 Phoebe worked in the infrastructure team of Hastings Funds Management in Australia, managing infrastructure funds and assets.

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 39 years. PATRIZIA manages around EUR 58 billion in assets and employs over 1,000 professionals at 28 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 600,000 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 24 years.

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 investment grade and 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 financial and strategy advisory 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.

Stefan leads the real asset program at Perpetual Investors in Munich. In this role, he is responsible for managing the real asset portfolio and focuses on manger selection across the broad spectrum of the infrastructure and real estate universe. Prior to joining Perpetual in 2017, Stefan worked several years as a Portfolio Manager at MEAG Munich Ergo Asset Management, where he managed Munich Re’s emerging market corporate bond portfolio. Stefan holds a MSc in Mathematical Finance from TU Munich and is a CFA charter holder.

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.

Shane, with over 20 years’ experience, joined NextEnergy Capital in 2019. Shane and his team have just announced the first close for NextPower UK ESG (“NPUK ESG”) at £327 million, which is over 65% of NPUK ESG’s target of £500m. The fund has a hard cap of £1 billion. Prior to this, the team also completed the fundraising for the first international fund fund, NextPower III ESG, at $896 million (target of $750 million).

Before NextEnergy, Shane was the Head of Institutional Fundraising at Downing LLP where he created their first institutional fund, the GBP 125 million reserve power fund. Before that he structured and raised a £1 billion solar platform with Blackrock. Prior to this Shane was one of the initial Directors at Rubicon Infrastructure Advisors where he led several capital raises including a USD 750 million raise for a global infrastructure and solar platform.

NextEnergy Capital, the investment management arm of the NextEnergy Group, was founded in 2007 to become a leading market participant in the international solar and energy transition 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.$3.1bn across three investment vehicles. It most recently held a first close of its latest UK solar strategy, NextPower UK ESG, at £327m which was launched in partnership with the UK Infrastructure Bank. NEC is currently fundraising for NextPower UK ESG up to its £1bn hard cap. In January 2022, NextEnergy Capital closed its international solar fund, NextPower III ESG, at $896m and also announced the successful exit of its private fund, NextPower II, which focused on the Italian subsidised solar market.
To date NextEnergy Capital has invested into 350 solar plants for a capacity in excess of 2.5GW across its institutional funds, located in the US, UK, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, India and Chile.
Through NextEnergy Capital’s sister companies, WiseEnergy and Starlight, the NextEnergy Group operates over 1.7GW of solar globally and is also currently developing a pipeline of over 8GW.

Yuriko Watanabe leads Japan Post Bank’s infrastructure investment program and its infrastructure debt program. Prior to joining Japan Post Bank in July 2019, she spent 11 years at the Bank of Japan, where she led various studies on investment activities of institutional investors, and structured one of the Bank’s reserve management programs, among other various roles she held. She holds a Master in Public Administration in International Development of Harvard Kennedy School and a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Tokyo.

Ekow is a serial tech entrepreneur (> 20 years). He has successfully built fast growing tech organizations in the US, Asia and Europe. Ekow was part of the management executive board to IPO mobile-data and payment company Buongiorno, which was sold to NTT Docomoco. He is an expert in digital business engineering, product development and sales. As Founder, Ekow is the architect of RealPort’s operational and business model.

RealPort

Realport is a digital brokerage platform that facilitates passive capital of small institutional investors in sustainable infrastructure assets to address the mezzanine and secondary capital needs of investment managers. Hence, small institutions are empowered to access positions in low-risk, long-dated infrastructure cash flows through a standardised co-investment structure at low transaction costs, fees and in small ticket sizes.