Infrastructure Investor Global Investor Offsite 2021

Johnny Adji

Alternatives Investment Leader, Asia, Mercer

Johnny comes to Mercer with 26 years of experience in the alternative investment space. As an alternative investment specialist, he focuses on investment idea generation and due diligence, both on funds and co-investments. A thought leader in the space, he is also a frequent speaker at conferences throughout Asia.

Prior to joining Mercer, Johnny was the head of Real Asset and Private Credit for Cambridge Associates in Singapore for 12 years where he researched and diligenced real assets, private credit funds and co-investment opportunities. He was a voting member of the real assets investment committee. He was also actively involved in constructing global real assets and private credit portfolios for several Asian and select European and American pension and endowment clients.

Prior to joining Cambridge Associates in 2011, Johnny worked in real estate roles such as research, valuations, buy-side/sell-side advisor, including portfolio manager and COO of Ajia Partners, an Asian value-add real estate fund and Co-Head of International Real Estate at HanaDaol Trust in Seoul. He started his career in 1996 at JLL in Indonesia and also worked for CBRE in Korea.

In addition to English, he speaks Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese Mandarin, and Korean and has worked in Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul, and Singapore.

Johnny is a CFA Charterholder and he holds a Msc. Degree in Real Estate Finance from the National University of Singapore and a BBA degree in Finance and Accounting from the University of Kentucky.

Johnny Adji씨는 대체 투자 분야에서 26년의 경력을 보유하고 있으며, Mercer에서 펀드 및 공동투자 관련 투자 아이디어 창출 및 실사를 담당하고 있습니다.

Mercer에 합류하기 전, Cambridge Associates에서 실물자산 및 사모 크레딧팀의 대표로서 투자 기회 리서치 및 실사를 담당하였으며, 투자위원회 voting member로도 활동했습니다. 연기금 고객의 실물자산 및 사모 크레딧 자산 관련, 펀드 및 공동투자 유치에 적극적으로 참여한 경험이 있습니다.

또한, 아시아 value-add 부동산 펀드 Ajia Partners에서 PM 겸 COO와 하나다올신탁에서 해외부동산팀 공동 대표 겸 자문역을 맡는 등 다양한 부동산 관련 업무를 수행했습니다.
1996년 JLL에서 커리어를 시작했으며, 한국 CBRE에서도 근무했습니다.

영어 및 인도네시아어, 중국어, 한국어를 구사할 수 있으며, 아시아의 다양한 지역에서
근무한 바 있습니다.

CFA Charterholder이며, 싱가포르 국립대학에서 부동산 금융학 석사학위를, 그리고 켄터키 대학에서 재무 및 회계학 학사 학위를 취득하였습니다.

Nick Allan

Chief Executive Officer, Control Risks

Nick Allan has been the Chief Executive Officer of Control Risks since January 2019. Previously, he was CEO for the Europe and Africa Region, and before that led the Asia Pacific region for a number of years. Nick sits on the Board and Executive Committee.

Throughout his career at Control Risks, Nick has advised clients on some of their most complex strategic challenges, helping them to understand the totality of their risk profiles. From directing a global cyber security transformation exercise at a leading international insurance firm, to advising a mining investor on its worldwide expansion, Nick has focused on finding solutions and opportunities that are dynamic and pragmatic.

Nick is invited to speak at events across the world. Recent engagements include ExCred International, the International Court of Justice Conference and Africa Real Estate Investors.

Jeffrey Altman

Senior Advisor, Finadvice

With 26+ years of accomplishments in the global energy/infrastructure sectors, Jeffrey has been proactively involved in regulated, liberalized and energy transition markets across the globe. During this time he worked within five large US/European energy companies (holding and subsidiaries) successfully restructuring, acquiring/divesting companies and provided strategic planning/portfolio management that realized over $1.2B in stakeholder value, while saving higher value in recommendations not to proceed forward with moves into new markets and/or acquiring companies. In addition, he has advised utilities, institutional investors, funds, industry associations, regulators and technology companies in Europe, North America and Asia. Jeffrey was one of the founders of the EnviroTech Venture Capital Fund, (1994) capitalized at $52 million, and sat on its Advisory Board and Technical Liaison Committee, the first fund of its kind in the world. Since this time, he has worked with innovative technology companies in the energy sector and is now launching an EnergyTech investment platform. Jeffrey is also editor of two books: Managing Risk in Infrastructure Investments and Best Practice in Infrastructure Asset Management. In addition, he is the co-author of the White Paper on the "Development and Integration of Renewable Energy: Lessons Learned From Germany" and has authored several articles as well. Jeffrey has a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science from the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown.

Bruno Alves

Editor-in-Chief, Infrastructure Investor

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

Canan Anli

Senior Advisor, GIRA Strategic Finance

Canan specializes in TMT and Digital Infrastructure investments. With GIRA Strategic Finance, Canan is focusing on AI infrastructure including datacenter and renewable power investments. Canan spent 11 years with Mubadala Investment Company where she was heading the new investments in ICT and Digital Infrastructure. Prior to that Canan was a consultant with McKinsey. Canan holds an MSc in Earthquake Engineering from Bogazici University and an MBA from INSEAD.

Rohit Anand

Director, Head of Infrastructure South Asia, CDC Group

Prior to joining CDC in 2012, Rohit worked with IDFC Private Equity in Mumbai where he focused on growth capital investments in the infrastructure sector in India. During his time at IDFC Private Equity, he was involved in managing investments in energy, telecom and real estate. Rohit started his career with Ernst & Young’s M & A/private financing team in India, focusing on transactions in infrastructure, industrials and retails sectors. Rohit is a CFA charter holder, which he was awarded by the CFA Institute, Virginia. He holds a MBA from Indian Institute of Management, and a Bachelors degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from University of Delhi.

Jansen Ang

Senior Investment Leader, Partners Group

Jansen Ang is part of Partners Group's Asian Private Infrastructure business unit, based in Singapore, and sits on the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio company Unity Digital Infrastructure. He has been with Partners Group since 2015 and has 15 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked in various investment banking roles at Standard Chartered Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland and ANZ Banking Group and infrastructure investments at Challenger Mitsui Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund. He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Jemima Atkins

Investment Professional, Pioneer Point Partners

Jemima Atkins is an investment professional at Pioneer Point Partners, based in London, where she makes investments in European infrastructure assets in the energy transition and environment sectors. Pioneer only invests in sustainable infrastructure and targets investments that contribute to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and circular economy.

Jemima joined Pioneer in 2022, and has particular focus on the energy efficiency, renewables and carbon removal sub-sectors. She has previously held investment roles at Allianz Capital Partners in the infrastructure equity team and Allianz Global Investors in the infrastructure debt investment team. At Allianz, Jemima worked across private markets asset classes to promote sustainability improvements and the transition of infrastructure assets to net-zero. Prior to Allianz Global Investors, Jemima worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. She holds a BSc Natural Sciences from Durham University where she specialised in biodiversity and conservation biology.

Pioneer Point Partners

Pioneer Point Partners is a lower-mid market, value-added infrastructure private equity investor. We are sector specialists, focussed on investing in the energy transition and environment sectors across Europe. Our strategy is aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and we target investments that contribute to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and circular economy. We have committed over €1.4 billion equity investments since 2010 and in 2022 reached Final Close of €575 million on our maiden institutional fund, which is categorised as meeting the provisions set out in Article 9 of SFDR for products that have a sustainable investment objective.

Karen Azoulay

Head of Infrastructure Debt, BNP Paribas Asset Management

Karen joined BNP Paribas Asset Management in May 2017 from SCOR Investment Partners where she had been Head of Infrastructure since 2012 and implemented and developed SCOR’s infrastructure debt strategy. She previously worked for Dexia, joining in 2003 and initially headed the credit analysis 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 sector.

BNP Paribas Asset Management

BNP Paribas Asset Management is the investment management arm of BNP Paribas, one of the world’s major financial institutions. Managing and advising EUR 625 billion in assets as at 30 June 2021, BNP Paribas Asset Management offers a comprehensive range of active, passive and quantitative investment solutions covering a broad spectrum of asset classes and regions. With around 500 investment professionals and over 400 client servicing specialists, BNP Paribas Asset Management serves individual, corporate and institutional investors in 69 countries around the world. Since 2002, BNP Paribas Asset Management has been a major player in sustainable and responsible investing.

For more information, please visit bnpparibas-am.com

Deepali Bahl

Head, IFC Global Infrastructure Fund, IFC

Deepali Bahl is a Principal Investment Officer with the International Finance Corporation’s Asset Management Company and has been the Head of the IFC Global Infrastructure Fund since March 2019. Prior to joining IFC in 2013, Deepali held various positions at PineBridge Investments Asia Ltd. (formerly AIG Global Investments) for 16 years, including Managing Director at the time of her departure. During her tenure, she focused on private equity and infrastructure investing in China, India, South Korea and the Philippines, leading investments in the telecom, IT, transportation and agribusiness sectors for PineBridge / AIG’s US$5+ billion cumulative private equity / infrastructure AUM in Asia ex. Japan. Previously, Deepali was with Peregrine Capital Limited’s IPOs and M&A team in Hong Kong and Mumbai. Deepali holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. She currently serves as a member of the Board of the Global Infrastructure Investors’ Association.

Ambalika Banerji

Executive Director, Direct Investments, National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)

Ambalika is a seasoned professional with over three decades of experience in private equity funds management, equity investment, debt financing, structuring & restructuring advisory in India and across Asia. She joined NIIF in March 2020 as Executive Director – Direct Investments. At NIIF, she oversees all direct investments made by the funds managed by NIIF. Prior to joining NIIF, she was the CEO & CIO of Neev Fund, managed by SBI Cap Ventures Ltd. At NEEV, she completed final fund negotiations with DFID, UK the majority sponsor, recruited and lead the Fund team and committed a third of the corpus in diverse investments in the renewables & social infrastructure space. Prior to Neev, Ambalika had spent about 8 years with Macquarie Capital. She started her stint with Macquarie in Singapore and eventually rose to become the Managing Director of Macquarie SBI Infrastructure Fund. She was instrumental in conceptualising the fund, bringing in the sponsors, and raising the corpus of one of the largest India dedicated equity funds at the time, while also , setting up a team of high quality professionals and originating & committing a substantial portion of the funds corpus in marquee transactions in the airports and telecom infrastructure space. She has worked with several other reputed organizations such as Dresdner Bank AG and Barclays Capital with pan Asian and Indian coverage, across several products from equity investing, PPP, debt advisory and restructuring. Ambalika started her career with SBI and spent 10 years with the organization managing several large corporate customers of the Bank, their working capital and project financing needs as well as some restructurings. She has done her Bachelor of Science (Microbiology major) from Mumbai University and holds a Masters in Financial Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies.

プライベート・エクイティ・ファンドの運用、株式投資、デット・ファイナンス、インドおよびアジア各国におけるストラクチャリングおよびリストラクチャリングに関するアドバイザリー業務において、30年以上の経験を有する経験豊富なエキスパート。2020年3月、直接投資担当エグゼクティブ・ディレクターとしてNIIFに入社。同社が運用するファンドによるあらゆる直接投資を統括。NIIF入社以前は、SBI Cap Ventures Ltd.傘下のNeev FundにてCEO兼CIOを務めた。NEEVでは、過半数出資者である英国のDFIDとの間で正式に資金調達交渉を締結。ファンドチームの人材採用および指揮を務めるとともに、再生可能エネルギーおよび社会インフラ分野における多様な投資において同ファンドの資金の1/3を調達。Neev入社以前は、約8年間マッコーリー・キャピタルに勤務。マッコーリーのシンガポールオフィスにてキャリアを積み、最終的にマッコーリーSBIインフラストラクチャー・ファンドのマネージング・ディレクターに就任。同ファンドの組成、出資者の募集、そして当時最大規模だったインドの株式専門ファンドの資金調達に尽力したほか、優れたプロフェッショナルからなるチームを編成。同ファンドによるオリジネーションおよび資金調達の大部分を空港や通信インフラ分野における大口取引に集中させた。ドレスナー銀行やバークレイズ・キャピタルといった他の著名な企業とも連携し、株式投資、PPP、デット・アドバイザリー、リストラクチャリングなど、アジア全域とインドを対象とした多様な投資案件を展開。SBIでは、10年間にわたり同行の複数の大口顧客の資産運用、運転資金調達、プロジェクト・ファイナンスに関する資金調達、およびリストラクチャリングを担当。ムンバイ大学にて理学士号(微生物学専攻)を取得、またジャムナラルバジャジ経営研究所にて財務管理の修士号をそれぞれ取得。

Annette Bannister

Managing Director, MetLife Investment Management

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.

Zak Bentley

Americas Editor, Infrastructure Investor

Zak Bentley is Americas editor at Infrastructure Investor, based in New York. Zak joined Infrastructure Investor in London in 2016 from Centaur where he was a reporter at their Clean Energy Pipeline title. He now leads Infrastructure Investor’s coverage across the Americas region and has a detailed knowledge and experience of the financial and regulatory aspects of the global infrastructure market. He is also editor of Infrastructure Investor’s weekly newsletter The Pipeline. Zak has a degree in English and History from the University of Birmingham.

Adam Bernstein

Managing Director, North Sky Capital

Adam Bernstein manages North Sky's direct investments in middle market sustainable infrastructure projects across the renewable power generation, renewable fuels and gas, energy infrastructure and efficiency, and waste, wastewater and water infrastructure sectors in North America. He also oversees North Sky's sustainable infrastructure investments in Opportunity Zones in the United States. Adam’s previous experience includes project finance at FPL Energy (currently NextEra Energy), with a focus on tax credit structuring and portfolio syndications. Before FPL, he held positions at J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and GE Capital.

Adam is a CFA Charterholder and is a graduate of Dartmouth College (MBA, MS Engineering) and Emory University (BBA). He was an independent energy efficiency and renewable energy grant application reviewer for the Obama administration’s Department of Energy.

North Sky Capital—NSC

North Sky Capital is a pioneer in impact investing, bringing about positive social and environmental change while targeting superior investment returns through its various strategies. Since 2010, the firm’s sustainable infrastructure team has invested over $600 million in 32 projects that total 3.1 gigawatts of clean power in operation or development, have treated over 40 billion gallons of wastewater, and capture 1.5 mmbtu of methane annually. In addition, North Sky’s sustainable infrastructure investments have created over 2 million hours of green construction jobs. North Sky targets middle market greenfield projects in clean energy, waste, water and related infrastructure sectors across North America. Founded in 2000 and with offices in Boston, New York and Minneapolis, North Sky is one of the largest and most active impact investment managers in North America. For more information, visit northskycapital.com.

Dmitri (Dima) Blumin

Senior Portfolio Manager, Real Assets, World Bank Pension Plan

Senior Portfolio Manager in the Real Assets Portfolio, which is part of the World Bank Pension Plan. The portfolio is currently invested in Real Estate, Infrastructure, Energy and Timber. Member of the Private Markets Investment Committee that reviews and approves external manager investments and co-investments in Private Equity, Private Credit and Real Assets. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Previously Portfolio Manager in the Hedge Funds Portfolio of the World Bank Pension Plan, responsible for performance analytics, risk management of the portfolio, and portfolio management of primarily Fixed Income and Credit strategies. Prior to joining the World Bank in 2006, worked at the Bank of Israel for four years, as an economist and a trader in the Research and in the Monetary Departments, dealing with various aspects of the capital markets and traded in governmental fixed-income securities. CFA charter holder. MA and BA in Finance and in Economics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

The Pension Department is responsible for the management of the post-retirement benefit plans of the World Bank Group. The department has around 70 professional staff who are experts in key aspects of managing a pension plan. The department manages over $30 billion in assets as of end 2021 invested across a range of asset classes, from fixed income to public equities to private equity, real assets, and absolute return strategies. The department serves around 17,000 Plan participants and beneficiaries.

Sarah Borg-Olivier

Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President, Instar Asset Management

Sarah Borg-Olivier is Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President for Instar where she is responsible for overseeing fund administration activities and non-investment operations, including investor relations, business development, environmental, social and governance initiatives, and human resources and professional development strategies.

Sarah has 20 years of experience in designing and executing various initiatives to drive business growth and establish brand leadership. She formerly held executive roles with Capstone Infrastructure Corporation, a publicly-traded diversified infrastructure company, and Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets Canada Ltd. She also previously led the investor relations practice of a Toronto-based consulting firm where she provided strategic counsel to a diverse North American client base and managed a team of consultants.

Sarah holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of Toronto and completed the Certified Professional of Investor Relations (CPIR) program sponsored by the Richard Ivey School of Business and the Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI). She served for a number of years on the Board of Directors of CIRI’s Ontario chapter.

Instar Asset Management

Instar is an independent alternative asset management firm focused on North American middle-market opportunities in the infrastructure sector and other alternative real asset categories. Instar’s growing footprint spans North America with a diversified portfolio of companies that deliver essential infrastructure services and value to communities, partners and investors, helping us to fulfil our purpose of enriching people’s lives. Visit www.InstarInvest.com.

Andrew Claerhout

Partner & Co-Head of Infrastructure, Searchlight Capital Partners

Andrew Claerhout is a Partner and Co-Head of Infrastructure Investing at Searchlight Capital Partners. Prior to joining Searchlight in 2019, Mr. Claerhout led Infrastructure and Natural Resources investing at the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (“OTPP”) where he worked for 13 years. Prior to running the Infrastructure and Natural Resources business at OTPP, Mr. Claerhout led the private equity Consumer and Industrials sectors and spent a number of years leading the London office. Prior to OTPP, Mr. Claerhout worked at Edgestone Capital, Pacific Equity Partners, and Bain and Co. Mr. Claerhout received an HBA from the University of Western Ontario, a degree from the Executive Program at Stanford University Graduate School of Business, and a degree from the Directors Education Program at University of Toronto – Rotman School of Management.

Searchlight

Searchlight is a global private investment firm with offices in New York, London and Toronto. Searchlight seeks to invest in business where their long-term capital and strategic support accelerate value creation for all stakeholders. Searchlight drives value through creative transaction structuring, thoughtful strategic direction, operational expertise, deep industry knowledge and an integrated transatlantic team. Searchlight has worked successfully in partnership with leading corporate and family-owned businesses throughout the world.

Jeff Coates

Senior Principal - Infrastructure and Renewable Resources, British Columbia Investment (BCI)

Jeff Coates joined BCI in April 2016. As a portfolio manager in infrastructure & renewable resources, Jeff’s focus is on growing our global portfolio of real assets to provide strong cash flows and long-term capital growth. Prior to joining BCI, Jeff worked as an investment banker for five years with BMO Capital Markets in Toronto, Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia. Jeff had earlier experience in operations and design of heavy industry, working in the mining industry in Australia and North America with Fluor Corporation and Rio Tinto.

He holds an MBA from the Sauder School of Business, and a BEng (Chem Eng) and BBus (Mgt) from RMIT University, Australia.

Jeff currently serves as an alternate director on the Board of Pacific National and previously served as a director on the board of Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal.

BCI

With $171.3 billion of managed assets, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) is a leading provider of investment management services for British Columbia’s public sector and one of the largest asset managers in Canada. BCI seeks investment opportunities around the world and across a range of asset classes that convert savings into productive capital. Our investment returns play a significant role in helping our institutional clients build a financially secure future for their beneficiaries.

Gwen Colin

Independent Advisor in Sustainable Finance, G Capital Asia

Gwen is an independent advisor for PE/Infra funds looking to develop their sustainable projects in Asia. She was until recently supporting the development of a consulting company expert in energy transition and sustainable finance, in Europe/APAC with leading financial players. She has been managing projects for global banks and PE/Infra funds on topics like impact management, climate change and sustainable finance more broadly. Gwen has done most of her career in some major financial corporations. She started as a legal advisor, then project manager, at Credit Agricole Asset Management (now Amundi) in Paris and Luxembourg, where she conceptualized and managed customized solutions to drive new opportunities and lead businesses to a new international scale. Amundi gave her the opportunity to lead the product innovation and sales distribution of a new Socially Responsible Investments offer targeting the Middle Eastern and South East Asian sovereign entities, institutional clients, private banks and family offices. Gwen graduated with a Master in Business Law and a Master in Business Administration from the University of Bretagne Occidentale in France. She has a certification in Islamic Finance from the Security Investment Institute of London.

Pierre Collins

Director – Investments, Fondation Lucie Et André Chagnon

Pierre Collins is Director, Investments with Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon in Montréal. He helps guide the Fondation’s overall investment strategy and leads the development and implementation of its infrastructure program. The Fondation’s infrastructure investments consist of fund investments with several leading global infrastructure managers, and increasingly focus on sustainability and ESG integration.

Mr. Collins has over 30 years of investment experience. Before joining the Fondation, he was a Senior Vice-President with a global investment management firm, focusing on manager research and business development. Prior to that, he spent 12 years as a Senior Consultant with one of Canada’s leading independent consulting firms, providing portfolio structure advice and manager research services to many leading Canadian pension plans and other institutional investors. Previously, he spent 9 years in finance and investment management roles with a mid-sized insurance company. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant.

Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon

The mission of Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon is to prevent poverty by helping create conditions that will enable all young people living in Québec to develop their full potential. To fulfill this mission, it provides long-term support for organizations and networks that are working together to improve their capacity to develop sustainable initiatives aimed at advancing those conditions.

The Fondation was founded in 2000 by Lucie and Claude Chagnon and their five children, who injected $1.4 Billion into the project following the sale of Groupe Vidéotron Ltée.

Chase Collum

Special Projects Editor, PEI Media

Chase Collum is a special projects editor with PEI Media Group in New York, where he produces podcasts, video content, and special reports including the Infrastructure Debt report published in March 2021. Previously, he was a reporter for Infrastructure Investor from 2015 to 2016. After amicably departing II, he went on to become a senior reporter focused on power project finance across the Americas at IJGlobal, followed by a two-year stint reporting on distressed debt investing in North America for Reorg Research before re-joining PEI in 2019 in his current role. Outside "the office," Chase is a professional portrait, landscape, and travel photographer, a musician, and a lover of all things pizza.

Sandiren Curthan

Senior Director, Infrastructure Investments, PSP Investments

Sandiren Curthan is a Senior Director, Infrastructure Investments, at the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), one of Canada’s largest pension investment managers. He is involved in the origination, execution and asset management of equity investments in all infrastructure asset classes globally.

Prior to joining PSP Investments in 2011, Sandiren worked in Investment Banking and Infrastructure Advisory at BNP Paribas, PwC and BMO Capital Markets in Europe and Canada.

Sandiren holds a Bachelor of Business from HEC Montréal. He sits on the board of AviAlliance, a global airport investor and manager, and Vena Energy, a leading renewable energy developer in Asia-Pacific.

Bénédicte de Giafferri

Global Head, Real Assets Finance - Natixis

Bénédicte de Giafferri is Global Head of Real Assets, Corporate & Investment Banking, Natixis

Bénédicte started her career in 2003 at Dexia Crédit Local. She joined the European Investment Bank in 2009 and then Natixis’ Corporate & Investment Banking division in 2010 in the Infrastructure Finance team based in Paris. In 2013 she was appointed Head of Infrastructure Finance for France, Germany and Benelux, and in 2019 she became Co-Head of Infrastructure Finance for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). She was appointed Global Head of Infrastructure & Energy Finance in September 2020 and took up her current role as Global Head of Real Assets in January 2021.

Natixis

Natixis is a French multinational financial services firm specialized in asset & wealth management, corporate & investment banking, insurance and payments. A subsidiary of Groupe BPCE, the second-largest banking group in France through its two retail banking networks, Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne, Natixis counts over 16,000 employees across 36 countries. Its clients include corporations, financial institutions, sovereign and supranational organizations, as well as the customers of Groupe BPCE’s networks. Listed on the Paris stock exchange, Natixis has a solid financial base with a CET1 capital under Basel 3(1) of €12.1 billion, a Basel 3 CET1 Ratio(1) of 11.6% and quality long-term ratings (Standard & Poor’s: A+ / Moody’s: A1 / Fitch Ratings: A+).

Kelly DePonte

Managing Director, Probitas Partners

Kelly is a Managing Director at Probitas Partners, a global alternative investment placement agent, responsible for research. Previously he was the Chief Operating Officer at Pacific Corporate Group, a consultant and fund-of-funds manager, focused on the private equity partnership investment program globally. Before joining PCG, Kelly held various positions at First Interstate Bancorp, including management of a $170 million private equity portfolio. He has a MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a BA from Stanford University. He is currently a member of the Advisory Board at the Investment Management Due Diligence Association.

Probitas Partners is an independent, global placement advisory firm that partners exclusively with leading managers of alternative investment products seeking to raise capital from sophisticated institutional investors. Founded in 2001, Probitas is distinguished by its long history of successfully executing fundraising mandates ranging from established funds to niche strategies and top-tier emerging managers. It is particularly focused on investment vehicles targeting private equity, venture capital, private debt, real estate, and infrastructure.

Probitas is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York, London, and Hon Kong.

Andrea Echberg

Partner and Head of Global Infrastructure and Real Assets, Pantheon

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.

Ayaka Fujiwara

Climate Investment Specialist, Green Climate Fund

Ayaka Fujiwara is Climate Investment Specialist at the Green Climate Fund (GCF)’s Private Sector Facility, where she is responsible for the origination and appraisal of private sector climate projects and programmes since 2018. Ayaka has 12 years of experience in corporate, fixed income and equity investments. Prior to joining the GCF, she has spent previously served as Associate Director in Daiwa Capital Markets’ Tokyo headquarter and London office, where she provided fixed income investment strategy and managed transactions with institutional investors. Ayaka holds a bachelor’s degree in Law from Keio University in Japan and M.Sc. in Finance from London Business School, U.K. She is a Ph.D candidate in Green Finance at Inha University, Republic of Korea.

Ayaka Fujiwara는 Green Climate Fund(GCF) Private Sector Facility의 기후 투자 전문가로서 2018년부터 민간 부문 기후 프로젝트 및 프로그램의 조직과 감정을 담당하고 있습니다. 기업, 픽스드 인컴, 주식투자 분야에서 12년의 경력을 보유하고 있습니다. GCF 입사 전에는 Daiwa Capital Markets 도쿄본사와 런던지사 차장으로 근무하며 기관투자자를 대상으로 픽스드 인컴 투자 전략과 거래 관리를 제공했습니다. 일본 게이오대학교에서 학사 학위를, 영국 런던비즈니스스쿨에서 금융학 석사 학위를 취득한 Ayaka는 현재 한국 인하대학교 녹색금융특성화대학원에서 박사과정을 이수하고 있습니다.

Suzanne Gaboury

Director General, Private Sector Operations Department, Asian Development Bank

Suzanne Gaboury was appointed Director General, Private Sector Operations Department in January 2021.

Ms. Gaboury has more than 28 years of professional experience in private sector finance and emerging markets with extensive international networks and stakeholder relationships. She has driven total project investment value in excess of US$ 35 billion including transformational climate action projects in infrastructure / renewable energy, agribusiness value chain including forestry, and financial institutions sectors. Direct experience in more than 70 countries, including some 40 emerging economies.

She jointed ADB from FinDev Canada, the Canadian development bank where she served as Chief Investment Officer. She was responsible for FinDev Canada’s strategic vision in their 72 countries of operation including defining business markets, client, product investment strategy and development. She designed and executed FinDev Canada’s private sector-oriented investment strategies with equity, debt, and guarantee financial instruments.

Prior to this, she served as Global Director Agribusiness, Food and Water at FMO, the Dutch Development Bank in The Hague, where she was responsible for the direction and focus of FMO’s private sector investments in more than 85 developing and emerging markets.

Ms. Gaboury was a Managing Director, and a key-man, of Cordiant Capital, a private emerging market fund manager for 9 years in Montreal. She managed an EUR 500M infrastructure fund (Infrastructure Crisis Facility Debt Pool) and US$ 350M+ in debt and quasi-equity investments across diverse sectors. She was also Director of the US$ 211M Canada Investment Fund for Africa (CIFA) private equity fund co-managed by Cordiant for investors and the Canadian government.

While with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for 14 years in London as Senior Banker, Ms. Gaboury pioneered new private sector investment programs in debt and equity to capitalize on emerging business opportunities in the former Soviet Union and CIS.

Suzanne holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the National University of Ireland, Smurfit Graduate School of Business in Dublin, Ireland and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Alberta, and has completed Harvard Business School Executive education.

Jennifer Gandin

Principal, Investments, CIM Group

Jennifer Gandin is a Principal in the Investments Group. She is actively involved in the investment management process across CIM’s platforms and serves on the Investment Committee. Additionally, Ms. Gandin represents CIM on the boards of SkyPower Global and Ecoppia (TASE: ECPA).

Prior to joining CIM in 2003, Ms. Gandin worked in acquisitions for the private equity firm Gores Technology Group and served in roles at various other private equity and investment firms.

Ms. Gandin earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia Business School.

CIM Group

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

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Tarcisio Gomes de Freitas

Infrastructure Minister, Ministry of Infrastructure

Tarcisio Gomes de Freitas is the Brazilian State Minister of Infrastructure since 2019, having delivered about 70 concession projects. Mr. Freitas served before as the Special Secretary of the Public Investment Partnership Program (PPI) since 2015. Mr. Freitas is a Civil Engineer, graduated in the Brazilian Military Engineering Institute (IME)

Ministry of Infrastructure

The Ministry of Infrastructure is the Brazilian federal department responsible for Transportation Infrastructure, Ports, Airports, Road Traffic and Civil Aviation.

Nicole Goh

Head, Infrastructure / Asia ex-China, GIC

Nicole Goh joined GIC Infrastructure in 2008. As Head, Infrastructure Asia ex-China, she has investment coverage responsibility for opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region, with prior experience investing in the US and Europe. She represents GIC Infrastructure on the boards of its portfolio companies in the region.
Nicole has a BSc in Mathematics with Statistics for Finance from Imperial College London, and an MSc in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.

Jie Gong

Partner, Pantheon

Jie is a Partner in Pantheon’s Asia Investment Team and a member of the ESG Committee and Inclusion & Diversity Committee. Jie joined Pantheon from Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners’ private equity fund of funds group, where she was head of Asia, and before that she worked at JP Morgan in leverage finance. Previously she worked at the International Finance Corporation on emerging market debt and equity investments. Jie received a Masters in Finance from London Business School, an MA in Economics from University of Miami and a BA in Economics and International Trade from Shanghai International Studies University. Jie is Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (HKVCA) and serves on its board. She founded and chairs HKVCA’s ESG committee, and co-chairs its LP committee. She also served on the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment Private Equity Advisory Committee (UNPRI PEAC) in 2017-2019 (maximum tenure).

Kalliope Gourntis

Deputy Editor, Infrastructure Investor

Kalliope is Deputy Editor at Infrastructure Investor, focusing primarily on the print edition, the latest role she’s assumed since joining the company in 2013. Kalliope initially covered the US market when she was based in New York, but has since relocated to Europe, where she oversees Infrastructure Investor’s team of reporters in London, New York and Sydney. Prior to joining PEI Media, she worked for Reuters in Athens as Energy Correspondent and has published a number of bylined articles that have appeared in the International Herald Tribune (now New York Times), The Wall Street Journal Europe and The Financial Times.

Sybille Grandgeorge

Industry Banker Power and Renewables, Natixis

Since 2018, Industry Banker in the Power and Renewables Sector of Natixis, in dialogue with European utilities, Independent Power Producers, infrastructure funds and the renewable units of oil & gas companies in EMEA. Focus on emerging sectors such as battery storage, hydrogen, floating offshore wind.

Originating and co-executing M&A, Equity Capital Market, IB and infra finance transactions in the energy sector.

Before 2018, Sybille worked 15 years in various positions in structured finance at Natixis in London and Paris, focusing on the energy sector since 2008.

NATIXIS

Natixis is a French multinational financial services firm specialized in asset & wealth management, corporate & investment banking, insurance and payments. A subsidiary of Groupe BPCE, the second-largest banking group in France through its two retail banking networks, Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne, Natixis counts over 16,000 employees across 36 countries. Its clients include corporations, financial institutions, sovereign and supranational organizations, as well as the customers of Groupe BPCE’s networks. Listed on the Paris stock exchange, Natixis has a solid financial base with a CET1 capital under Basel 3(1) of €12.1 billion, a Basel 3 CET1 Ratio(1) of 11.6% and quality long-term ratings (Standard & Poor’s: A+ / Moody’s: A1 / Fitch Ratings: A+).

Dan Gunner

Director of Research ＆ Analytics, PEI Media Group

Dan has led PEI’s research products for the private equity, private real estate, private debt and infrastructure markets since he joined in 2010. A graduate of the University of Bristol, he previously worked at EMAP as Operations Director of its political information and data service.

Emma Haight-Cheng

Partner - Head of Infrastructure Debt Europe, AMP Capital

Emma Haight-Cheng leads the European platform for the Infrastructure Debt team. She and her team are primarily responsible for sourcing, arranging and executing infrastructure debt investments in Europe. Emma has 14 years of infrastructure and energy finance experience. Prior to joining AMP, Ms. Haight-Cheng worked as Vice President of NIBC Bank NV’s Infrastructure and Renewables senior debt team and at Nur Energie SAS originating and executing renewable energy development and investment in France and North Africa. Ms. Haight-Cheng is a UK qualified solicitor, qualifying into Allen & Overy’s Projects group in London.

AMP Capital

AMP Capital is a leading investment house with c. €116 billion in funds under management as at 31 March 2015.

We have a heritage and strength in real estate and infrastructure, and specialist expertise in fixed income, equities and multi-asset solutions. Our experience and leadership across asset classes not only provides insights into ever-changing markets, but also means we are at the forefront of developing contemporary investment solutions for clients.

Increasingly, delivering outstanding investment outcomes to our clients involves looking beyond traditional techniques to a new generation of investment portfolios. This involves the blending of any number of inputs such as different securities, asset classes, styles, geographic regions and even managers to obtain the optimal risk and return outcome. To do this well requires real depth of in-house investment expertise, a business philosophy open to partnering and specialist capabilities designed to integrate and maximise the two. For more information, please visit: ampcapital.com

Charles Hamieh

Managing Director, Portfolio Manager - ClearBridge

Charles co-manages all Global Infrastructure Strategies. He has 24 years of investment industry experience.

Charles joined a predecessor organization in 2010. Previously, he was Director and Senior Analyst, Global Infrastructure Securities, at AMP Capital as well as Director, Infrastructure Securities at Hastings Fund Management. He was also Head of Listed Infrastructure at Challenger Financial Services Group, a Portfolio Manager at AMP Capital Investors and an Analyst and Strategist at HSBC Australia.

Charles earned a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Western Sydney.

Roxana Isaiu

Chief Sustainability Officer , GRESB

Roxana Isaiu is Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) for GRESB. She is responsible for the strategy, management and delivery of GRESB products. She is overseeing the ESG & Benchmarks Pillar, consisting of the Real Estate and Infrastructure teams of subject matter experts, which are responsible for developing the GRESB Assessments, setting product requirements and supporting GRESB members in understanding and using the GRESB data and benchmarks.

Since joining the company in 2012, Roxana has been working with institutional investors, real estate companies and industry groups to help develop reliable and consistent data collection and analysis tools. Roxana holds an Msc in Corporate Finance from Duisenberg School of Finance and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

GRESB

Mission-driven and investor-led, GRESB is the environmental, social and governance (ESG) benchmark for real assets. They work in collaboration with the industry to provide standardized and validated ESG data to the capital markets. The 2020 real estate benchmark covers more than 1,200 property companies, real estate investment trusts (REITs), funds, and developers. The coverage for infrastructure includes more than 540 infrastructure funds and assets. Combined, GRESB represents US $5.3 trillion in real asset value.

Nadia Kalic

Partner, Sydney, Clifford Chance

Nadia is a Corporate partner at Clifford Chance who specializes M&A and project development transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors. She is also a member of the firm’s Worldwide Projects Group, co-head of the Global Oil & Gas Group and a member of the Global ESG Board. Nadia's experience spans Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, and includes advising on the Formosa I and II wind farm projects in Taiwan, the Murra Warra I and II wind farm projects in Victoria (Green Deal of the Year 2020), the WestConnex privatization toll road project in NSW, the land registry privatizations across NSW, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia and the QCLNG sell-down of common facilitates infrastructure assets in Queensland.

Andrew Kinloch

Managing Director, Logie Group

Andrew has been Lead Arranging and advising on infrastructure finance for 20+ years. This was initially in the developed markets of Australia (Westpac) then the UK (Mizuho and UBS) as concepts such as IPPs, resource based lending and PPP were first developed. Based in Hong Kong since 1998, he was Head of Global Structured Finance, Asia Pacific for WestLB when it was a top five Lead Arranger of project finance globally. In 2003, he set up in business as Logie Group to advise across the whole investment cycle, namely governments on policy; investors on strategy; fund raising for individual projects and M & A; and as an expert witness in disputes. He is published in the specialist and general press; speaks at conferences; and issues opinion pieces on his website, all on a regular basis.

Jaroslava Korpanec

Head of Infrastructure, Allianz Capital Partners

Jaroslava Korpanec joined Allianz Capital Partners (ACP) in 2008 and has worked on a number of debt and equity investments in the infrastructure sector since joining. Jaroslava was, among other transactions, responsible for the below acquisitions:

- Chicago Parking Meters, the 75 year concession to own, manage and operate the on street parking system of the city of Chicago
- Gassled, stakes from Total and Statoil in the Norwegian offshore gas system
- Net4Gas, the gas transmission and transport system in the Czech Republic
- Porterbrook, one of the major UK rolling Stock leasing companies
- Thames Tideway Tunnel, the £4.2 billion project to construct a new super-sewer under the river Thames
- Cadent gas, the largest distributor of gas in the UK
- Affinity Water, the largest water only supply company in the UK
- Gasnet, the gas distribution business in the Czech Republic

Prior to joining ACP, Jaroslava worked at AIG Financial Products in the principal finance group where she made several investments in the infrastructure sector. Jaroslava was one of the principals responsible for the acquisition and management of London City Airport in behalf of AIG Financial Products.

Prior to her position at AIG Financial Products Jaroslava was a senior attorney with the US law firm of Simpson Thacher and Bartlett where she spent six years.

She was awarded a Masters and a Master of Arts degree in Law from Cambridge University, United Kingdom (1996). Jaroslava is also a member of the New York bar and a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales.

Frank Kwok

Senior Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific for Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, Macquarie Group

Frank is the Head of MIRA Asia-Pacific, based in Sydney. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing MIRA’s investments in the region, primarily in infrastructure. Frank has been pivotal in MIRA’s growth in the region, including the establishment of Macquarie Asia Infrastructure Fund (MAIF), Macquarie Greater China Infrastructure Fund (MGCIF) and the Philippine Alliance for Infrastructure (PINAI). Since joining Macquarie in 1997, Frank has worked in various offices across the Asia Pacific and has led investments across sectors including transportation, utilities, renewable energy and communication infrastructure.
Frank sits on the investment committees and boards of MIRA’s funds in the region including MAIF, PINAI, MGCIF, Macquarie SBI Infrastructure Fund (India) and Macquarie Australia Infrastructure Trust.

Nicolas Le Clerc

Managing Director, ADM Capital

Nicolas Le Clerc is a Managing Director at ADM Capital, responsible for renewable energy and project finance matters.

Prior to joining ADM Capital in 2019, Nicolas was an energy banker in Asia for over 18 years with CSFB, SMBC, ANZ and Nomura, based in Singapore and Hong Kong. During these years, he has worked as advisor or lead arranger on a number of hydropower, wind and geothermal energy projects, as well as numerous thermal power projects, across Asia.

Nicolas obtained a Master of Science in Finance from George Washington University after graduating in Economics and Finance from Sciences Po Paris.

ADM Capital

ADM Capital is a leading investment manager with specialist competence in private markets and a particular focus on sustainable investment.

Over the past 20 years, ADM Capital has developed proprietary origination networks, extensive structuring capabilities and a reputation as a reliable and trusted source of capital with a focus on sustainability. ADM Capital has two established investment strategies: private lending to mid-market corporates across the Asia Pacific region and private equity investing in the food and agriculture sector. Recently, ADM Capital has added a specific renewable energy strategy to its portfolio. Each strategy is advised by specialist investment teams in Hong Kong, Singapore and London, respectively.
Alongside ADM Capital, the ADM Capital Foundation, which was established in 2006, provides solutions to environmental challenges in Asia and acts as environmental, social and governance advisor to ADM Capital.

Jake Lee

Head of Infrastructure, Hyundai Insurance

Jake (Jong Kwan) Lee is Head of Infrastructure, leading domestic and overseas infrastructure investments at Hyundai Insurance based in Seoul, South Korea. Prior to his current position, he helped build overseas Private Equity and Debt investment platform at Hyundai Insurance. Jake has work experiences in Alternative Investments (Infrastructure and Private Equity), M&A advisory, Valuation, Financial Modeling, Financial Analysis, and Auditing at Hyundai Insurance, J.P. Morgan, KPMG, and Deloitte. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Yonsei University in South Korea and an MBA from Emory University in the USA.

이종관 현대해상 인프라 매니저는 국내외 인프라투자를 담당하고 있다. 이 전에는 당사 사모펀드 및 채권투자 플랫폼 구성을 맡았다. 현대해상, J.P. 모건, KPMG, 딜로이트 등에서 대체투자 (인프라 및 사모펀드), M&A 자문, 밸류에이션, 금융모델링, 금융분석, 감사 등의 업무를 수행해왔다. 연세대학교 행정학과를 졸업하였으며, 에모리대학에서 MBA를 취득하였다.

Bertrand Loubières

Head of Infrastructure Finance, AXA IM Alts

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. 

David Luboff

Partner and Head of Asia Pacific Infrastructure, KKR

David Luboff (Singapore) joined KKR in 2019 and is a Partner and Head of Asia-Pacific Infrastructure. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Luboff spent 18 years at Macquarie Group where he was most recently the CEO and an investment committee member of the Macquarie Asia infrastructure fund series, in addition to the country head for Singapore. During his time at Macquarie, Mr. Luboff led the establishment and ongoing management of various global and regional infrastructure vehicles, which spanned across Asia, Australia and Europe, and held various prior senior roles within Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Asset (MIRA) including CIO and CEO of Macquarie Specialized Asset Management (2007-2013) and CFO of ASX-listed Macquarie Airports (2009).

He was also previously appointed by the Australian Government as Chairman on the Council on Australia Latin American Relations (2010-2013). Mr. Luboff has a Bachelor of Commerce (Actuarial) and a Bachelor of Applied Finance from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

Nicolas Lucas

Investment Director, Infrastructure Debt - Allianz Global Investors

Nicolas joined Allianz Global Investors in 2013 at the launch of the infrastructure debt platform, after over 9 years in project finance/infrastructure financing. Since 2013, we have invested more than 18billion euros in more than 90 transactions across 12 countries, in EUR, GBP and USD, including greenfield and brownfield assets. Nicolas has played an active role in deploying the strategy which now covers a broad credit spectrum ranging from long term investments in Core/investment grade infrastructure assets to BB and B credits, including junior debt.

Prateek Maheshwari

Managing Director, OMERS Infrastructure

Prateek joined OMERS Infrastructure in 2019 as a Managing Director based in London and leads investment efforts in transport and renewable energy infrastructure. He will be relocating to Singapore in the latter half of the year to lead our team there. Prateek also currently serves on the boards of Associated British Ports and London City Airport. Prior to joining OMERS, Prateek was a Senior Principal with Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) for 12 years, where he has worked in the power, energy and transport sectors across the US, Europe, Asia and Australia. Before GIP, he worked as an investment banker with Dresdner Kleinwort, Barclays Capital and ICICI Bank in M&A, leverage and project finance, debt capital markets and derivative structuring. Prateek has a Bachelor of Engineering with a specialisation in Electrical and Industrial Electronics from Pune University. He also has a Masters in Finance from London Business School and an MBA from HEC Paris.

Laurie Mahon

Former Vice-Chair, US Investment Banking, Global Investment Banking, CIBC Capital Markets

Laurie Mahon served as Vice Chair of CIBC’s Global Investment Banking business until May of this year, a role she assumed after having led the Global Infrastructure and Power team since August 2013. She has spent her entire professional life in the infrastructure space, having had a multifaceted career as a banker, public sector manager, infrastructure executive, consultant, journalist and developer focusing on the development and financing of large infrastructure projects around the globe.

Before joining CIBC Capital Markets, Ms. Mahon was a senior expert in McKinsey’s infrastructure practice. Previously, she spent 12 years as an independent advisor, helping numerous public and private entities develop transportation projects in the U.S., Latin America, China and the U.K. From 1984 until 1999, she worked on Wall Street as an investment banker, focusing on the infrastructure markets in both the U.S. and emerging markets. She started her banking career as a municipal banker.

Prior to her banking career, Ms. Mahon spent five years at New Jersey Transit, where she held various positions in planning and policy until becoming deputy Chief Financial Officer.
Ms. Mahon began her professional career as a journalist with The Boston Globe and The Bergen Record.

She is a member of the North American Advisory Board of Transurban Inc., a global developer and operator of toll facilities, serves as a trustee for Public Media New Jersey Inc., which operates NJ PBS, and served as a director for Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives Inc., a NASDAQ company which constructs wind, solar and rail projects, until its sale last year.

Ms. Mahon holds a master’s degree in Urban Planning from Harvard University, and a B.S. summa cum laude in journalism from Boston University.

Irene Mavroyannis

Global Co-Head of Business Development for Infrastructure, Partners Group

Irene joined Partners Group in April 2023 as Global Co-Head of Business Development, Infrastructure, and is based in NY. She has 30+ years of finance experience and prior to Partners Group was the Global Head of the Infrastructure Private Capital Advisory business for Sera Global, Brookfield’s real assets advisory platform. Irene’s previous roles include Managing Director in the Investor Solutions Group at Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), Head of North America and Business Development at Hastings Funds Management and Global Product Specialist for Infrastructure & Energy at KKR. Irene also previously worked in investment banking at both Morgan Stanley and Citigroup in NY. Irene received a Master of Laws from the University of Chicago Law School, a JD (Magna cum Laude) from the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, and a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Econ/Math) (Summa cum Laude) from the University of Ottawa. Irene sits on the University of Chicago Alumni Board, the Board of the Philharmonia Foundation and is a non-executive director at Verdigris Inc.

Jonathan Maxwell

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Sustainable Development Capital

Jonathan Maxwell is the Founder and CEO of Sustainable Development Capital, LLP (‘SDCL’), an
independent investment firm with over US$2 billion of investment capital dedicated to energy efficiency.

Jonathan has over 27 years’ experience in business and finance with 15 years at the helm of one of the
UK’s only independent sustainability and climate-focussed investment firms, which is one of the largest
and fastest growing firms of its kind in the world.

Jan Mende

Senior Vice President, Callan

Jan Mende is a Senior Vice President in Callan’s Real Assets Consulting group and based in San Francisco, California. She works with a range of institutional investors and is responsible for strategic planning, implementation and performance oversight of their real assets portfolios. She heads research coverage for private infrastructure, in addition to Asian real estate and US value add real estate strategies. Prior to joining Callan, she worked at Capital Dynamics in Europe and the US. Jan held multiple roles, which included portfolio manager for a global real estate fund of funds and client advisor for global infrastructure portfolio investment and manager selection on behalf of European clients. Jan earned a BA in Political Economy from the College of William & Mary, an MA in East Asian and Japanese Studies from the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Callan

Callan was founded as an employee-owned investment consulting firm in 1973. Ever since, the firm has empowered institutional clients with creative, customized investment solutions backed by proprietary research, exclusive data, and ongoing education. Today, Callan advises on more than $2 trillion in total fund sponsor assets, which makes it among the largest independently owned investment consulting firms in the U.S. Callan uses a client-focused consulting model to serve pension and defined contribution plan sponsors, endowments, foundations, independent investment advisers, investment managers, and other asset owners. Callan has six offices throughout the U.S. Learn more at callan.com.

Alessandro Merlo

Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure Debt, UBS Asset Management

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

Aditi Mohapatra

Managing Director, BSR

Aditi works with BSR members across sectors to help them improve and advance their sustainability strategies. She leads BSR’s global portfolio of work on women’s empowerment across consulting, collaboration, and research.

Aditi joined BSR after several years at Calvert Investment Management, a leading sustainable and responsible investment firm. There, she led strategic planning for Calvert’s executive committee, and held various roles within the sustainability research team. Her portfolio included companies in the information and communications technology sector, and she led corporate engagements on the subjects of gender corporate governance and gender equality, including the advancement of the Calvert Women’s Principles.

Aditi holds an M.B.A. in Finance from George Washington University, and a B.S. in International Economics from the University of Florida.

Guillaume Morency

Manager, Infrastructure Investments - Desjardins Global Asset Management

Guillaume Morency serves as a Manager, Infrastructure Investments at Desjardins Global Asset Management.

In his capacity as a Manager, Infrastructure Investments, Guillaume is responsible for cultivating relationships with first-rate fund managers to capitalize on co-investment opportunities and collaborates with the rest of the team to determine top quality infrastructure assets.

His career in the investment industry began at Normandin-Beaudry in 2005. He then joined in 2006 Desjardins Group and held several roles of increasing seniority in the risk and alternative investment space before his current appointment.

Guillaume holds a Bachelor of Science (Actuarial Science) from Université Laval and is a CFA charterholder. He has also attained the Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA) designation and is a designated Finance Risk Manager.

Mark Moseley

Principal and Owner, Moseley Infrastructure Advisory Services (MMM Infra)

Mark M. Moseley is the Owner and Principal of Moseley Infrastructure Advisory Services (MMM Infra), a global consulting firm advising on infrastructure projects and enabling environments, for multilateral development banks, governments and transaction/legal advisors.

Mark has over 40 years of international infrastructure experience, having held the following positions:

- Chief Operating Officer of the Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub), an initiative of the G20 Group of Countries;
- Lead Counsel, Infrastructure Practice Group, The World Bank;
- Partner and Practice Group Manager for the Global Energy, Projects and Construction Group at the international law firm CMS Cameron McKenna; and
- Lecturer on Legal Issues for Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure Transactions, at the Harvard Kennedy School.

In these capacities, Mark Moseley has advised numerous governments, project developers, lenders and other entities on infrastructure transactions. He has also provided advice on the establishment of legal, regulatory and institutional enabling environments to attract increased private sector infrastructure investment.

Moseley Infrastructure Advisory Services (MMM Infra)

Moseley Infrastructure Advisory Services (MMM Infra) offers specialised consulting services, in the infrastructure sector, to:
• multilateral development banks and other international organisations;
• national and sub-sovereign governments;
• national infrastructure banks; and
• infrastructure transaction/legal advisors.

Elie Nammar

Senior Director and Partner, Vauban Infrastructure Partners

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.

Rohit Nanda

Head of Asia, Principal Investments - Infrastructure, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Rohit has around 13 years of experience in Private Equity, Banking and Consulting. He is currently the Head of Principal Investments – Infrastructure in SMBC in charge of building a multi-country, multi-sector infrastructure focused equity investment platform attempting to create a well-diversified portfolio of investments in Asian Infrastructure. Previously, he was a senior member in the investment management team of Core Infrastructure India Fund (CIIF) an infrastructure fund jointly established by SMBC, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Brookfield Asset Management focused on investing in Indian infrastructure opportunities. In this role, Rohit was involved in origination, evaluation, due diligence and execution of investments, as well as managing the assets post-acquisition. His investment transactions include investment in an energy storage platform (Nov 2016), investment in a diversified infrastructure platform (Aug 2015) and investment in a solar energy platform (Oct 2014) Rohit started his finance career in the project finance team of SMBC (from 2008) at Singapore working on lending/advisory deals across emerging markets. He has experience in financing, structuring and providing financial advisory services to large international project financing transactions in the areas of conventional power, renewable energy, petrochemical, oil and gas, mining and other infrastructure sectors. Rohit graduated in 2008 from McGill University, Canada with a MBA in finance. Prior to that, he did his under graduation in 2002 in Computer Science & Engineering from Utkal University, India.

Mary Nicholson

Head of Responsible Investment, Macquarie Asset Management

Mary is the Head of Responsible Investment for Macquarie Asset Management (MAM). Supported by a global team of experienced sustainability professionals, Mary sets and guides implementation of best practice sustainability integration and measurement and communication of MAM’s impact and performance.
Mary joined Macquarie in 2002. Prior to taking on her current role Mary was the Chief Risk and Sustainability Officer for MAM’s private markets businesses, where she oversaw the management of environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities across MAM’s global portfolio of private markets investments as well as operational risk within MAM. Before that, Mary was Chief Financial Officer of the ASX-listed Macquarie Atlas Roads (now Atlas Arteria) and its predecessor Macquarie Infrastructure Group.
Before joining Macquarie, Mary worked in PwC’s financial services audit practice in London and Sydney. Mary holds an MA from Cambridge University and a Master of Finance from INSEAD.

About Macquarie Asset Management

Macquarie Asset Management is a global asset manager that aims to deliver positive impact for everyone. Trusted by institutions, pension funds, governments, and individuals to manage approximately €536 billion ($US582 billion) in assets globally, we provide access to specialist investment expertise across a range of capabilities including infrastructure, green investments, real estate, agriculture & natural assets, asset finance, private credit, equities, fixed income and multi asset solutions.

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 more than 20,500 people in 34 markets and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

All figures as at 31 March 2023.

Vivian Nicoli

Managing Director - Head of European Infrastructure, CDPQ

Vivian Nicoli has been Managing Director, Head of European Infrastructure at CDPQ, since September 2020. She also heads the Paris office and leads CDPQ in developing and implementing its infrastructure investment strategy in the region. She oversees a team of professionals with an expertise in infrastructure responsible for targeting promising opportunities for CDPQ. The portfolio she manages encompasses assets in health care, airports, rail and public transportation, telecommunications, gas distribution, renewable energy and hydrogen.

Ms. Nicoli has over 26 years of experience in international infrastructure. Before joining CDPQ, she was a Founding Partner of EISER Infrastructure Partners, a multinational infrastructure asset manager. In that role, she led a team responsible for originating, executing and managing investments. Previously, she worked for eight years at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development where she was a senior banker on the municipal and environmental infrastructure team.

CDPQ

CDPQ is a global investment group that manages funds for public pension and insurance plans, working alongside its partners to build enterprises that drive performance and progress. As at June 30, 2022, CDPQ’s net assets totalled CAD 392 billion. As one of Canada’s leading institutional investors, CDPQ invests globally in major financial markets, private equity, infrastructure, real estate and private debt.

With over 20 years of experience in infrastructure, CDPQ is the world’s second-largest institutional investor in Infrastructure according to PEI rankings. Its team makes direct investments in companies involved in various types of infrastructure in the developed markets as well as in targeted growth markets, in brownfield assets as well as greenfield projects. Its CAD 45-billion portfolio includes ports, airports, highways, wind farms, public transit systems, telecom assets and energy transportation and distribution networks. Through its subsidiary CDPQ Infra, CDPQ also acts as a developer in certain infrastructure projects by providing integrated management of the planning, financing, construction and operating phases. CDPQ Infra’s first project is the REM, one of the largest automated transit networks in the world, with 67 km of rail and 26 stations, currently under construction in Montréal, Canada.

Allard Nooy

Chief Executive Officer, InfraCo Asia Development

Allard joined InfraCo Asia in mid-2013 and has overall accountability for the company’s infrastructure developments and investments in 12 Asian countries. InfraCo Asia is part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) and a commercially-managed, publicly-financed infrastructure development and investment company, headquartered in Singapore. InfraCo Asia funds early stage, high-risk infrastructure development activities by taking an equity stake in commercially viable infrastructure projects that contribute to economic growth and social development. Allard has been based in Asia for over 25 years and has strategic executive leadership experience in the infrastructure sector in emerging and frontier markets. He has successfully led and acquired infrastructure, energy and environmental companies and his key focus has been on the development and implementation of growth strategies and has been accountable for the financing and creation of new assets and the execution of energy and infrastructure projects. The format of these projects varied widely and included PPP’s and BOOT structures in the water, wastewater, solid waste management, waste-to-energy, power and renewable energy sectors. Allard’s previous roles include CEO of Jindal Aquasource and Jindal Ecopolis in New Delhi, India; President Asia Pacific at Covanta Energy Corporation (the world’s largest energy from waste company) based in Shanghai, China; Regional Director Infrastructure Development and Country Director China, for the Leighton Group in Asia; Regional Director, Greater China at Thames Water International in Hong Kong SAR; and Country Manager of Vermeer–Ballast Nedam, while based in Vietnam. Allard has served on the Board (as NED) of the International Project Finance Association – IPFA (headquartered in London) since 2017. He holds a BSc (Eng) in engineering management and an MBA in international business.

Paul O’Donnell

Partner, Greencoat Capital

Paul is a Partner at Greencoat Capital, where is the Investment Manager for Greencoat Renewables Plc, a €850m European renewable energy infrastructure company. Paul joined Greencoat Capital in 2009 and has over 20 years of renewables and investment experience, of which the last 15 have been focussed solely on renewables. Paul has specialised in managing investments in the wind and solar generation sectors, working across development, operations and financing. He has overseen the investment in over 900MW of wind and solar assets, across the Irish, French and Nordic markets.

Prior to joining Greencoat Capital, he worked at Libertas Capital, advising renewable companies on raising equity and focussed on AIM market. He started his career with PWC Ireland in Dublin.

Ronak Patel

Principal, Campbell Lutyens & Co

Ronak is Partner at Campbell Lutyens, an advisory firm focused on raising private equity, infrastructure and private credit funds from institutional investors worldwide and advising on the secondary sale or restructuring of portfolios of direct or fund investments. Ronak has a specialist focus on infrastructure, leading several of the firm’s fundraising mandates in this business vertical as well as being responsible for developing and maintaining key LP relationships in both the UK and the Netherlands with respect to infrastructure.

Prior to joining Campbell Lutyens Ronak was a member Deloitte’s strategy consulting practice where he worked on strategy and supply chain projects for public and private sector clients.

Ronak graduated with a first-class degree in Economics from Cambridge University and is also a qualified management accountant.

Esther Peiner

Managing Director, Co-Head Private Infrastructure Europe, Partners Group

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.

Abigail Rayner

Principal, Real Assets, HarbourVest

Abigail Rayner joined the HarbourVest team in 2018 as a product specialist focused on global infrastructure and real assets investments.

Abigail joined the Firm from Octopus Investments, a London-based renewable energy manager. Prior to that, Abigail was with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in Toronto and London, where she invested directly in global infrastructure assets.

Abigail received an HBA (Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration) from Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario in 2008 and an MBA from the London Business School in 2014.

HarbourVest

HarbourVest is an independent, global private markets firm with 40 years of experience and more than $106 billion of assets under management as of December 31, 2022. Our interwoven platform provides clients access to global primary funds, secondary transactions, direct co-investments, real assets and infrastructure, and private credit. Our strengths extend across strategies, enabled by our team of more than 1,000 employees, including more than 215 investment professionals across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Across our private markets platform, our team has committed more than $55 billion to newly-formed funds, completed over $46 billion in secondary purchases, and invested over $33 billion in directly operating companies. We partner strategically and plan our offerings innovatively to provide our clients with access, insight, and global opportunities.

Kate Roscoe

Managing Director, Infrastructure Equity - Manulife

Kate Roscoe is a Managing Director on the global infrastructure equity team at Manulife and is based in Toronto. The portfolio is comprised of funds, co-investments and direct minority equity positions to support Manulife’s general accounts in Canada, the US and Asia. Kate’s responsibilities include global fund investing as well as execution of direct investments and co-investments primarily in Canada and Europe with a broad sector focus.

Kate joined Manulife in 2006 and has over 10 years of experience in private investments. Kate holds an Honours Business Administration degree (with Distinction) from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and is a CFA Charterholder.

Manulife

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (“Manulife”) is the main Canadian operating subsidiary of Manulife Financial Corporation. Operating in 24 countries and headquartered in Toronto, Manulife Financial Corporation is Canada’s largest life insurance company and one of the world’s largest as measured by market capitalization. Manulife Financial Corporation is listed under “MFC” on the TSX, NYSE and PSE and under “945” on the SEHK. In the United States, Manulife Financial Corporation operates primarily through its John Hancock subsidiaries. Manulife Financial Corporation’s credit ratings are AA‐ (S&P), A1 (Moody’s) and AA‐ (Fitch). As at December 31, 2020, funds under management and administration were ~C$1.3 trillion. Manulife is a leading investor (debt and equity) in power generation (renewable and non‐renewable), energy (oil & gas exploration and midstream), transportation (toll roads, marine ports, etc.), water and social infrastructure as well as other alternative assets including timber and agriculture. Manulife Financial Corporation’s infrastructure equity holdings globally are in excess of C$12.5 billion and its public and private infrastructure debt holdings are ~C$48.0 billion (including Canadian PPP debt of C$5.0 billion).

Angelika Schöechlin

Senior Partner, Antin Infrastructure Partners

Angelika joined Antin in 2010 and is a member of the Investment Committee.

Angelika is a board member of Fund II portfolio companies Amedes and GSR, Fund III portfolio company Almaviva and Fund IV portfolio companies Babilou and Hippocrates. She previously served on the boards of Westerleigh in Fund I and Inicea in Fund II.

Before joining Antin, she worked for Goldman Sachs and Terra Firma. She has experience in both principal investment and mergers and acquisitions and has significant experience in deal execution, financing solutions, operational change and asset management.

In 2008, she was elected into “Generation CEO” (an exclusive business network for women in top management) and, in 2010, nominated as one of the top 40 German Managers under 40 by the German newspaper Die Welt.

Antin

Antin Infrastructure Partners is a leading independent private equity firm focused on infrastructure investments. Based in Paris, London and New York, and fully owned by its 14 partners, the firm employs over 100 professionals. Antin targets majority stakes in infrastructure businesses in the energy and environment, telecom, transport and social infrastructure sectors. The firm has raised close to €15 billion across four funds and has made investments in 24 companies.

In 2008, she was elected into “Generation CEO” (an exclusive business network for women in top management) and, in 2010, nominated as one of the top 40 German Managers under 40 by the German newspaper Die Welt.

Laurent Segalen

Managing Partner, Megawatt-X

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

Chenhua Shen

Managing Director, I Squared Capital

Chenhua Shen is a Managing Director of I Squared Capital, where she leads the investment and asset management in Asia including deal origination, due diligence, valuation, negotiation and execution. She works closely with portfolio companies in platform rollout, operation, financing, financial reporting, human resource and communication with regulators. She set up Asia Cube Energy, one of the largest renewable energy developers in Asia, invested in Asia Cube Water, a dedicated China wastewater treatment platform, and HGC Global Communications, a leading Hong Kong and international fixed line operator. Chenhua was previously an associate on the investment team at Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, a $4 billion infrastructure investment fund. The portfolio included investments in several countries and diverse sectors including power generation, co-generation, gas distribution, transmission and distribution companies, airports, toll roads and container ports. Chenhua covered the renewables, gas transmission pipeline, waste to energy, water/wastewater treatment and storage facilities sectors in China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. She participated in the $150 million Zhaoheng Hydropower deal and closed another $150 million investment in the company with a consortium of investors. Chenhua holds a Master of Economics from the New York University, a Bachelor of Finance from Peking University, and is a CFA charterholder.

Jacob Shu

Associate Director, Infrastructure Investments, Manulife

Jacob Shu is a member of Manulife’s infrastructure investments team, based in Toronto, Canada. He focuses his time on infrastructure equity opportunities globally across the risk-return spectrum. He has been with Manulife since 2015 in its Toronto and Hong Kong offices, and has 10+ years of industry experience. Jacob holds a Master’s degree in Accounting & Finance and a Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology from University of Waterloo. He also holds the Chartered Accountant (CPA, CA) professional designation.

Tamara Singh

Advisor, OMFIF

Tamara Singh is Head of Asia Pacific. Following a decade in the UK and two years in Hong Kong, she returned to Singapore in 2012. A multi-disciplinary business manager, her experience spans energy, financial services and fund management, covering trading floors in London, New York and across Asia. Tamara left GIC, Singapore’s sovereign fund, to launch a start-up aimed at reducing the costs of compliance for financial institutions. She previously served Centrica, BP Oil International, Deutsche Bank, Macquarie Bank and Westpac Banking Corporation. She is a member of the Investment Managers Association of Singapore's digital innovation committee. Tamara has degrees in Law and in Applied Accounting, and attained an Executive Masters in Business Administration from INSEAD. She is involved with organisations and causes that are focused on equality and education, including Conjunct Consulting, Southeast Asia’s first social change consultancy. She coaches clients including accelerators, social enterprises, not-for profits and corporate decision-makers.

Adam Smallman

Director – Membership Programs, PEI Media

Adam joined PEI in December 2018 in a new role as Head of Content Strategy. Previously he spent three years with investment bank Liberum and held leading editorial and content roles at Dow Jones and Informa PLC. His responsibility is to ensure PEI’s subscription products reach and engage the group’s professional audiences.

Steven Sonnenstein

Senior Managing Director, Digital Colony

Steven Sonnenstein is a Senior Managing Director and member of the Investment Committee at Digital Colony. Mr. Sonnenstein is an accomplished telecommunications infrastructure executive with over 24 years of global mergers and acquisitions, asset management and operations experience. Mr. Sonnenstein is responsible for the origination, evaluation, completion, and ongoing asset management of new investments for Digital Colony globally. He has been responsible for over $1B in equity committed/deployed since joining Digital Colony.

Prior to joining Digital Colony, Mr. Sonnenstein was a Senior Director at the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), one of Canada’s largest pension investment managers, where he was responsible for leading all telecommunication infrastructure investments within the broader infrastructure group in addition to his other investment management responsibilities.

Before joining PSP Investments, Mr. Sonnenstein worked for Brookfield Asset Management in its Private Equity and Infrastructure Groups with a particular focus on and experience in South America. Prior to that, Mr. Sonnenstein spent several years working in mergers and acquisitions and distressed advisory.

Mr. Sonnenstein shares management oversight of Andean Telecom Partners and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Aptum Technologies, Highline do Brasil, Beanfield Metroconnect, Wildstone and Edgepoint.

Mr. Sonnenstein received a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University in 1996 and a post-graduate degree in Chartered Accountancy.

Digital Colony

Digital Colony is a leading global investment firm dedicated to digital infrastructure. With a heritage of over 25 years investing in and operating businesses across the digital ecosystem including towers, data centers, fiber, and small cells, the firm manages a $30 billion portfolio of digital infrastructure assets on behalf of its limited partners and shareholders. Digital Colony, a subsidiary of Colony Capital Inc. (NYSE:CLNY), is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, London and Singapore. For more information, please visit www.digitalcolony.com.

Aiva Sperberga

Principal, Campbell Lutyens

Aiva Sperberga has been with Campbell Lutyens secondary advisory team since 2009 and has advised clients on a wide range of secondary transactions across various asset classes, including private equity, private credit, infrastructure and real estate. Aiva focuses on Asia-Pacific secondary transactions. Before joining Campbell Lutyens, she was with UBS fund placement team and prior to that, with a corporate finance and M&A boutique in Latvia. Aiva holds a Masters in Management degree from ESCP Europe and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Business from Stockholm School of Economics in Riga.

Campbell Lutyens

Founded in 1988, Campbell Lutyens is a global and independent private capital advisor, focused on fund placement and secondary advisory services. Its fund placement practice advises and raises capital globally for private equity, infrastructure and private credit managers. Its secondary advisory practice advises across a wide range of transactions, including the sale or restructuring of portfolios of funds or direct investments and GP-led liquidity and fund restructuring transactions. The firm has a team of more than 160 operating from offices in London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Charlotte, Hong Kong and Singapore. Campbell Lutyens is consistently recognised as one of the leading fund placement and secondaries advisors globally. For more information, visit www.campbell-lutyens.com.

Ed Stumpf

Investment Director, Africa Infrastructure Investment Managers

Ed joined AIIM in 2014 as an Investment Director responsible for origination and execution of infrastructure investments across Africa for AIIM’s funds. Ed leads AIIM’s activities in the digital infrastructure and ports & logistics sectors. Selected recent and current transactions include leading AIIM’s ZAR1.0 billion investment into Metrofibre Networx, a fibre network operator in South Africa, the establishment of the Onix Data Centres platform and acquisition of majority interests in a carrier neutral Tier IV data centre in Ghana and AIIM’s planned investment into a new a build-to-suit towerco being established to pursue opportunities in a number of regional markets.

Prior to AIIM, Ed was an Executive Director in the Advisory and Infrastructure Finance group at Standard Chartered Bank where he completed a range of financing and advisory assignments across multiple emerging markets and industry sectors. He was previously employed by Deloitte as a consulting Actuary to European financial services groups.

Ed currently serves as a Director on the boards of Metrofibre Networx, Onix Data Centres and African Ports & Corridors Holdings.

AIIM

African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), a member of Old Mutual Alternative Investments (OMAI), is one of the most experienced infrastructure equity investment managers on the continent, with a proven track record of managing African infrastructure funds since 2000. AIIM has raised more than USD2.3 billion for its investment mandates across the power, renewable energy, digital infrastructure, midstream energy and transport sectors in its focus regions across East, West and Southern Africa. AIIM is committed to Africa’s long-term development and has executed in excess of 60 transactions across 19 countries throughout sub-Saharan Africa through its offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Nairobi, Lagos and Abidjan.

Andy Thomson

Senior Editor, Private Debt Investor

Andy has been with PEI since 2003, working on a number of titles including as Editor of Private Equity International and Senior Editor of Infrastructure Investor. Since H2 2015, he took over responsibility for Real Estate Capital and, in the first half of 2016, also for Private Debt Investor. He is a regular writer for the magazines as well as websites and has also often contributed to our events as a panel moderator. Prior to joining PEI, Andy had senior roles at venture capital portal Venturedome.com and at Thomson Financial. He has a degree in Sociology from the University of Surrey.

Anne Valentine Andrews

Global Head of Real Assets, BlackRock

Anne Valentine Andrews, Managing Director, is Global Head of Real Assets within BlackRock Alternative Investors. BlackRock Real Assets comprises the Infrastructure and Real Estate platforms, which have 400+ professionals across 30+ cities globally, and manage $65 billion in equity and debt assets and investor commitments. Anne is a member of multiple investment committees within Real Assets, and also serves on BlackRock's Global Operating Committee, the Human Capital Committee, and the Alternative Investors Executive Committee.

Prior to joining BlackRock in 2014, Anne was Co-Head and Chief Operating Officer for the Morgan Stanley Infrastructure platform with $4 billion of assets under management. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 2006, she was a director at Macquarie Bank in both Melbourne and New York. She began her career as a corporate attorney in Australia.

Anne earned a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Law with Honors from Monash University, Australia. She was also awarded a Masters of Applied Finance degree from Macquarie University, Australia.

She was recognized as a Fellow of Monash University, Australia in 2016.

BlackRock is a leader in investment management, risk management and advisory services for institutional and retail clients worldwide. At December 31, 2013, BlackRock’s AUM was $4.324 trillion. BlackRock helps clients meet their goals and overcome challenges with a range of products that include separate accounts, mutual funds, iShares® (exchange-traded funds), and other pooled investment vehicles. BlackRock also offers risk management, advisory and enterprise investment system services to a broad base of institutional investors through BlackRock Solutions®. Headquartered in New York City, as of December 31, 2013, the firm had approximately 11,400 employees in more than 30 countries and a major presence in key global markets, including North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East and Africa. For additional information, please visit the Company’s website at www.blackrock.com.

Harry van den Heuvel

Senior Portfolio Manager, Achmea Investment Management

Harry van den Heuvel has been with Achmea since 2007 and is since 2016 responsible for the infrastructure investments off Achmea Investment Management's pension and insurance clients. Prior to 2016 Harry was responsible for the alternatives and real estate investments for the balance sheet of the insurance company. Harry has more than 20 years of experience in investing, he previously worked in various positions at Van Lanschot Bankiers, van der Moolen, Alpha Options and Optiver. He holds degrees in Economics (MSc), Investment Analysis (RBA), Alternative Investments (CAIA) and Real Estate (MSRE).

Achmea Investment Management

Achmea Investment Management is a leading player in the Dutch market for fiduciary management and asset management. With a team of over 280 committed employees, it offers larger and smaller pension funds services in the field of Strategic Portfolio Advice, Liability Driven Investments (LDI), Selection and Monitoring of external managers, Socially Responsible Investing and various fund and mandate strategies. Currently total Assets under Management are around EUR 200 billion.

John Walker AM

Chairman, Eastpoint Partners

John Walker AM, who was Chairman of Macquarie Capital Asia and Chairman of Macquarie Group, Korea , retired in 2020 after a 22 year career with Macquarie Group. John spent 21 years in Asia, initially in Korea where he led the establishment of Macquarie’s business there, and then more broadly across Asia in his regional role. Prior to Macquarie John had a 26 year career in Government in Australia where his roles included Director General of Transport in New South Wales and the Chief Executive of the Chief Ministers Department in the Australian Capital Territory. Across all these roles John has led businesses and new initiatives in the energy and infrastructure sectors across project development, advisory and funds. In recognition of his achievements John was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1998 in recognition for his role in development of the transportation plan for the Sydney Olympics and his contribution to Government reform. Some years later he received a Citation from the President of Korea for his contribution to the development of Korea’s capital markets. John remains based in Asia and has established and Chairs Eastpoint Partners Limited which provides a range of advisory services. He also holds a broad range of board positions with a number of global companies including as Chairman of Infraco Asia Development and Infraco Asia Investments and is Vice Chairman (Asia) of the UK based Private Infrastructure Development Group. In his spare time John has published a number of Childrens’ books and is also a published singer songwriter with three albums to his name to date. The proceeds of both the book and album sales are donated to a range of charities across Asia. Post retiring from Macquarie John established Eastpoint Partners which provides bespoke services in the energy transition sector.

Simon Whistler

Infrastructure Lead, PRI

Simon joined the PRI in June 2018, and leads the organisation’s work on real assets. He works with real assets investors to support their understanding and integration of responsible investment in their investment processes. His most recent work has included projects on developing guidance for real assets investors on implementing the recommendations of the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and looking at the role of investors in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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 often involved carrying out pre- or post-transaction due diligence for major investments and operations in the region, as well as assessing clients’ social risk management and governance frameworks and performance.

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.

Felix Zhang

Partner, Alternative Credit, Ares Management

Mr. Zhang is a Partner in the Ares Credit Group, where he focuses on alternative credit investments. Prior to joining Ares in 2015, Mr. Zhang was an Associate at Goldman Sachs, where he focused on investment banking. Previously, Mr. Zhang was an Analyst at Barclays Capital, where he focused on investment banking. Mr. Zhang holds a B.A., with honors, from Harvard University in Economics.

Jingyi Zhang

Investment Officer, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

As investment officer at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Jingyi is passionate about connecting people, services and markets by financing and investing in sustainable infrastructure. AIIB is a multilateral financial institution with a mission to improve social and economic outcomes in Asia. At AIIB, Jingyi works on originating, structuring and executing innovative, developmental and profitable debt and equity transactions, including fund investments, across all infrastructure sectors in Asia. Prior to AIIB, she worked at IDB Invest and World Bank in Washington D.C..

Jingyi holds a doctorate degree from Harvard Graduate School of Design, a Master of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and a bachelor’s degree from Peking University.

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‘Chase the sun’ across Asia, Europe and the US

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Networking at the Global Investor Offsite

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Head, Infrastructure / Asia ex-China, GIC

Country Manager, Japan, Ørsted

Head of Infrastructure Finance, AXA IM Alts

Senior Vice President, Callan

Managing Director - Head of European Infrastructure, CDPQ

Senior Investment Officer, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

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The Infrastructure Investor Global Passport

Networking at the Global Investor Offsite

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2021 agenda

Agenda

Infrastructure Investor Global Offsite - Tuesday 22nd

Infrastructure Investor Welcome & ‘meet the Passport holders’ speed networking

Nicholas Lockley

Networking tutorial

Networking opens and 1-2-1 meetings available until 22.00 LDN/17.00 NY

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Infrastructure Investor Global Offsite - Wednesday 23rd

Networking opens

Asia Panel: The rise of Asian funds

David Luboff

Frank Kwok

Chenhua Shen

Nadia Kalic

Ambalika Banerji

Asia Panel: Decarbonizing the portfolio post COP26

Jeffrey Altman

Deepali Bahl

Ayaka Fujiwara

Felix Zhang

Asia Panel: Asia as a strategy for portfolio diversification

Andrew Kinloch

Nicole Goh

Jie Gong

Prateek Maheshwari

Rohit Nanda

Comparing EMEA & APAC approaches to ESG and sustainability

Simon Whistler

Rohit Anand

Mary Nicholson

Ronak Patel

Above 5%: How to get more out of your renewables funds

Laurent Segalen

Sybille Grandgeorge

Jaroslava Korpanec

Jonathan Maxwell

Paul O’Donnell

Has the market accurately assessed valuations post-pandemic?

Adam Smallman

Canan Anli

Bénédicte de Giafferri

Charles Hamieh

Global Keynote Panel: Heavyweights from three regions discuss the state of play in infrastructure at the halfway point of the year

Kalliope Gourntis

Suzanne Gaboury

Vivian Nicoli

Esther Peiner