John is a member of Manulife’s Global Leadership Team and sits on Manulife’s investment committee for their $300 billion global life insurance portfolio. John is directly responsible for the firm’s investment portfolios in public bonds, private placement debt, and alternative equities. Manulife’s life insurance companies in the US (John Hancock), Canada and Asia invest through an integrated global investment organization.

John happens to be a 30-year infrastructure investor, and is responsible for Manulife’s $20 billion infrastructure equity program, and their $40 billon infrastructure debt portfolio. The Manulife life insurance companies are ranked as one of the largest infrastructure investors in the world.

Prior to joining Manulife through their Infrastructure investment team in 2001, John worked for ten years advising on and arranging infrastructure debt financings in both developed and developing economies from the New York and London offices of JP Morgan Chase. Before entering the private sector, John served as an Intelligence Officer with the Central Intelligence Agency, and he has been an executive sponsor of John Hancock’s Veterans and Military Families club.

Externally, he is also on the board of the YW Boston, whose mission is to empower women and eliminate racism.

John holds an MBA from Georgetown University and received his BA in Economics from The University of Chicago.

John speaks French, Serbo-Croatian, German, Spanish, and Russian at an intermediate level, and would not be mistaken for a native speaker in any of these languages.

Canan specializes in TMT and Digital Infrastructure investments. Before joining PMP, Canan spent the last 10 year with Mubadala Investment Company where most recently she was heading the new investments in ICT and Digital Infrastructure. Prior to that Canan was a consultant with McKinsey. Canan holds an MSc in Earthquake Engineering from Bogazici University and an MBA from INSEAD.

PMP Strategy is a boutique strategy consult.ancy firm with 150 consultants in 8 offices: Paris, London, Madrid, Brussels, Casablanca, Dubai, Montreal and Toronto with a strong sector focus to create a differentiated, highly insightful and impactful offering in TMT, Transport/Mobility/Tourism, Energy, Retail and Banking/Insurance sectors. In addition to all the traditional strategy management consulting subjects, PMP has strong practice in Innovation & Transformation, Digital, Big Data, Client Capital, Finance & Performance and Due Diligence.

Michele joined Infracapital in 2015 to develop the Greenfield infrastructure investment activities. Michele has over 15 years' experience in infrastructure financing, development and asset management experience.

Michele joined Infracapital from 3i plc where he was a Director in the infrastructure team. He was responsible for origination, execution and asset management of infrastructure investments across sectors including energy transmission and generation, accommodation and transport throughout Europe. Michele transferred to 3i plc following their acquisition of Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management, where he was an Investment Director. Before that he worked in the energy project finance team of SMBC.

Michele holds an MSc degree in Physics from the University of Milan.

Infracapital is one of the leading European mid-market infrastructure specialists. Since being founded by Martin Lennon and Ed Clarke in 2001, it has been investing in, building and managing a diverse range of essential and resilient infrastructure assets in the UK and Europe, to meet the changing needs of society and support long-term economic growth. Infracapital has extensive knowledge and experience of financing, structuring and executing across both brownfield and greenfield strategies. The founder-led team has worked with more than 60 companies and has raised and managed over €9 billion of client capital with a focus on investing across the telecoms, energy, utilities and transport sectors on behalf of its investors, primarily pension funds and insurance companies. Infracapital proactively manages all of its investments to ensure they fulfil their potential and are built to be adaptable and resilient in an ever-changing world.

Daniela works as an Associate at the DC Advisory Infrastructure team based in New York, offering M&A and debt advisory services to middle market infrastructure funds in the US. She has 4+ years of experience, particularly in the transportation, logistics and digital infrastructure sectors. Prior to DC Advisory, she worked at Credit Suisse and Lazard.

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

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

Albourne

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

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

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

Paul is a Partner in Pantheon’s Global Infrastructure and Real Assets Investment Team. He previously worked at GIC, from 2012, where he was Senior Vice President, Infrastructure with a global remit focussing on primary, secondary and co-investment opportunities. Paul also has expertise in infrastructure direct investing and infrastructure debt transactions. Prior to GIC, Paul worked at Challenger Infrastructure and Macquarie Capital. Paul studied Business at the University of Edinburgh. He is also a CFA Charterholder, a Chartered Accountant, and a Member of the Securities Institute.

Izzet Bensusan is the founder and CEO of Captona, where he leverages years of expertise in the energy transition sector. With a focus on solar, energy storage, renewable natural gas (RNG), fuel cells, and microgrids, he has successfully deployed billions of dollars in institutional capital into infrastructure projects at Captona over the past decade.

At Captona, Mr. Bensusan has pioneered an integrated approach that combines investment and operational excellence. This unique strategy sets Captona apart from traditional investment firms, enabling the company to operate effectively and invest selectively in both development and operational-stage assets within the power generation and energy infrastructure sectors. From the outset, he emphasized a long-term vision, prioritizing significant minority stakes in all assets over short-term income, thereby aligning the firm’s interests with those of its investors.

Before founding Captona, Mr. Bensusan established Karbone, an award-winning trading and brokerage firm focused on environmental and energy commodities related to renewable generation and fuels. Over nearly two decades, Karbone developed strong relationships and conducted trades with a diverse range of market participants, including utilities, energy developers, institutional investors, and investment firms.

Mr. Bensusan holds an MBA from Columbia University and a BA/MA from Brandeis University.

Captona is a North America-focused investment company dedicated to Decarbonization and the Energy Transition. Captona invests in late stage, utility-scale renewable energy and clean fuels projects across North America with a focus on solar, storage, wind, fuel cell, RNG and hydrogen technologies.

Since inception, the Captona team, through its impact-focused approach, has deployed north of $2 billion of equity and debt capital to construct, acquire, and operate its 30+ infrastructure assets across North America.
As an investor, owner, and operator, Captona possesses the capabilities and resources to pursue the diverse mix of generation assets necessary to best serve the demands of an ever-changing energy landscape. Captona caters to institutional investors with a long-term investment horizon that seek secure, diversified cash-yielding assets as well as preferred minority stake positions.

Charles Buck is President and CEO of United Church Funds (UCF), a provider of endowment and investment management services for faith-based non-profit organizations. Charles is an ordained minister of the United Church Christ, having served as a pastor and conference minister in Northern California, Hawai`i and New Hampshire prior to joining UCF in 2019. He has extensive administrative, organizational, governance and investment experience from over thirty years of work as a church senior minister, judicatory executive, and member of numerous boards of directors and investment, finance and audit committees. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, earned his Masters of Divinity from San Francisco Theological Seminary, and holds a Ph.D. in historical musicology from Stanford University.

United Church Funds (ucfunds.org), established in 1909, is a leading provider of investment and endowment management services to United Church of Christ (UCC) churches and ministries, as well as all faith-based organizations. Managing over $1 billion in assets, UCF offers sustainable and responsible investment options that align with the values of its clients and provide strong, competitive returns. Working collaboratively with other investors and managers, especially through networks such as the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility and Climate Action 100+, UCF actively engages companies on a variety of issues such as climate action, environmental stewardship, racial justice, human and worker rights, and health and reproductive care.

Duane Callender manages the Credit Programs Office within the Build America Bureau which houses the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA and the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) credit programs. He directs a staff responsible for all aspects of underwriting, portfolio monitoring and risk management. Duane oversees a portfolio that encompasses nearly $50 billion in Federal credit assistance to intermodal, highway, transit, airports, ports, transit-oriented development (TOD) and rail projects totaling more than $135 billion of infrastructure investment in the U.S.

He previously held positions in DOT’s Office of Budget and Programs where he was responsible for oversight of the Maritime Administration budget, in DOT’s Inspector General’s Office and the Budget Office of the District of Columbia’s Metropolitan Police Department.

A New York native, Mr. Callender holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Connecticut College (1994) and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from American University (1998).

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.

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

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

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

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

Donnett is a Managing Director within the SS&C GlobeOp Private Markets, Real Assets Division where oversees fund administration teams and has over 20 years of relevant real estate accounting and managerial experience. Prior to joining SS&C, she worked in the real estate fund administration business at State Street where she was a Real Estate Product Manager and managed fund administration operations for real estate clients. While at State Street, Donnett completed various overseas assignments in Jersey, Channel Islands, Luxembourg and Singapore to manage real estate fund administration teams. Prior to State Street she worked with PwC in New York as a manager in their Financial Services Real Estate division where she worked on audits of various real estate companies. She is a Certified Public Accountant in New York State and earned a Bachelor in Business Administration from Baruch College, City University of New York.

SS&C is a global provider of services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Founded in 1986, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has offices around the world. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Kevin Chang is a Managing Director in the Ares Secondaries Group, where he focuses on infrastructure secondaries. Prior to joining Ares in 2021, Mr. Chang was a Director in Landmark's Private Equity Group, where he focused on transaction origination, underwriting, and negotiation of private equity investments, with a focus on real assets. Previously, Mr. Chang was an Investment Banking Vice President within the Power and Renewables sector at Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC. In addition, Mr. Chang was a Regional Manager of Engineering and Planning Energy Services at Consolidated Edison Company of New York. Mr. Chang holds a B.E. from Cooper Union and an M.B.A. from New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

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

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

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

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

AustralianSuper

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

Nirav Dangarwala is currently a portfolio manager at Resolution Life. He primarily manages the Public and Private Credit, along with the infrastructure strategies for the US balance sheet. Prior to Resolution Life, Nirav was at Prudential as a Junior Portfolio Manager as part of the Chief Investment Office overseeing Prudential's Closed Block business. Nirav earned a bachelor’s degree in finance and economics with a minor in Political Science from Rutgers University. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Resolution Life is a Global Life insurance group focusing on reinsurance and the acquisition/management of portfolios of life insurance policies. Headquartered in Bermuda with customers in primary life insurance markets including North America, Europe, Australia and Asia.

Anna Dayn is a Managing Director and US head of New End, a family-office-anchored strategic advisory and capital formation firm in private markets. At New End, Anna partners and invests in high-growth companies, sponsors and investment platforms to provide business development and access to institutional capital.

Anna has over 20 years' experience in funding, designing and implementing private equity investment programs. Before New End, Anna established the North American platform of XTP, a leading cost analysis platform serving institutional investors. Anna previously served as the head of Private Equity at Cardano, a UK pension consultancy, where she oversaw a private equity program spanning $2bn of invested capital. Prior to that, Anna worked at Capital Dynamics and NM Rothschild.

Anna has served on the limited partner advisory boards of several private equity funds across North America and Europe, is a published author, media commentator, and a frequently featured speaker at investment industry conferences. She sits on the Executive Board of WAVE, the Women’s Association for Venture and Equity, and serves on the New York Steering Committee for PEWIN, the Private Equity Women’s Investor Network.
Anna received an MBA from the Wharton School and a BA in Economics from the College of Arts and Sciences, both at the University of Pennsylvania.

New End is a global institution that underwrites and invests principal capital in the opportunities originated by the team. Core activities extend to private equity, private debt, and real assets. New End partners and invests alongside asset managers, providing valuable support on strategic initiatives, including new step-out offerings and capital raising. New End has helped launch numerous first-time teams and supports emerging and established managers with capital formation and business development.

New End is headquartered in London with offices in New York, Montreal, Zurich, Paris, and Milan.

Don Dimitrievich is a Senior Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for Energy Infrastructure Credit at Nuveen. He joined Nuveen in November 2022 to establish a multi-billion credit investment business to ensure secure energy supply and provide sustainable energy solutions to decarbonize energy consumption.

Prior to joining Nuveen, Don was Head of Energy ＆ Power and a Partner at HPS Investment Partners from 2012 where he founded the energy and power investment vertical. Previously, Don was a Managing Director of Citi Credit Opportunities, a credit-focused principal investment group. At Citi Credit Opportunities, Don oversaw the power, renewables and energy portfolio and invested in mezzanine, special situation and equity co-investments, and secondary market opportunities. Prior to joining Citi, Don worked at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher ＆ Flom LLP from 1998 to 2004 focusing on energy and power M＆A and corporate finance.

Don has a law degree with Great Distinction from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, a chemical engineering degree with Great Honors and a Bachelor of Arts degree (earned concurrently) from Queen's University in Kingston, Canada.

Nuveen

Nuveen manages $25bn+ in AUM across its global infrastructure platform in infrastructure equity and credit. We have a 30-year history of investing in infrastructure and are grounded by a long-term investment philosophy, with sustainability at its core. Today Nuveen employs over 130 people in its infrastructure business and invests across a range of infrastructure sectors. The infrastructure platform builds on the scale, expertise, and extensive history of our $175 bn+ real asset’s business and offers a diverse set of investment vehicles across both equity and credit. For more information, visit Nuveen.com/infrastructure.

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering & Bachelor of Laws (Monash University). Joined IFM Investors in September 2022

Tim is responsible for the origination of infrastructure opportunities, predominantly in the renewable energy sector.

Before he joined IFM Investors, Tim was a Senior Vice President at Macquarie Capital in New York, where he executed infrastructure transactions in a range of sectors, including renewables, transportation, water, and social infrastructure. Tim was seconded into Macquarie’s utility scale solar development platform – Savion – as Chief Operating Officer, and also served as Commercial Director for the Macquarie/Transurban joint venture developing the Maryland Express Lanes toll road project.

Mr. Ebie is the CEO and founder of the Phoenix Infrastructure Group, an infrastructure investor based in Washington, DC. He has over fifteen years in infrastructure, municipal finance, and public-private partnerships investment banking and advisory experience. Phoenix, founded in 2015, is one of the few minority-owned infrastructure investor/developers in the United States, and is an investor in the Washington, DC Smart Streetlights System, Charlotte Gateway Train Station, among other regional-defining infrastructure projects.

Prior to founding Phoenix, Mr. Ebie has served as an investment banker and financial advisor on both innovative public-private partnerships (P3s) for transportation, energy social and infrastructure projects across the United States, in projects totaling over $8 billion. Mr. Ebie has also advised commercial, federal, state, and local agencies on developing programs designed towards the analysis and procurement of P3s.

Before founding the Phoenix Infrastructure Group, Mr. Ebie was a founding member of the infrastructure team of Booz Allen Hamilton, and an investment banker at William Blair and Company. Mr. Ebie holds an undergraduate degree from Duke University, an MBA from the University of Chicago, and an JD from Tulane Law School.

Phoenix Infrastructure Group (“Phoenix”) is an infrastructure investment and advisory firm with a focus on adding value to infrastructure projects across North America with a focus on the United States. Founded by experienced infrastructure professionals in 2015, we engage with public agencies, private investors, developers and technical experts to bridge the growing infrastructure gap within the United States through investment in critical assets of inelastic value to the economy.

Our overall company goal is driven by the goal of creating value for our investors and the communities that we participate in. We seek to combine innovative and rigorous financial analysis, knowledge of market trends, regulatory, stakeholder and governmental insight along with experienced management to maximize value, increase efficiency, and provide positive social and environmental impact.

Phoenix’s approach to adding value is identifying development, project, operations, and financing inefficiencies and challenges to traditional approaches to public infrastructure by providing capable and flexible financing vehicles and strategies such as Public-Private Partnerships (P3s). We seek to leverage the inherent value of our growing asset class, our perspective as a minority-owned firm, and strong network of infrastructure and local partners to add value to the projects we engage in.

Phil Eichhorn is a Director of Investments at Versus Capital where he is responsible for portfolio management, credit selection, and manager due diligence for the Versus Capital Infrastructure Income Fund. He joined Versus in May of 2021. Previously, Mr. Eichhorn was a Senior Portfolio Analyst at OppenheimerFunds/Invesco for the Cash Strategies team which managed a suite of $10 billion in mutual funds and separate accounts. In this role he led trading, was the asset-backed securities analyst, and managed $1 billion in separately managed accounts. Prior to that he was a Senior Analyst at Innovest Portfolio Solutions. Mr. Eichhorn graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Colorado State University and is a CFA® charterholder.

Versus Capital Advisors LLC manages real assets investment strategies (real estate, infrastructure, farmland and timberland) that have the potential to deliver strong risk-adjusted returns with low correlations to traditional equity and fixed income investments. Versus Capital believes real assets investments have attractive potential benefits when incorporated into multi-asset portfolios, such as low historical volatility with relatively stable income and positive correlations to inflation.

Jennifer Essigs is Head of Sustainability at AE Industrial Partners, based in Boca Raton, Florida and is primarily focused on developing AE Industrial’s sustainability strategy and assessing and monitoring portfolio investments for environmental, social, and governance risks and opportunities. Under her management, the Firm has developed and instituted a value creation scorecard for all control investments focused on the material issues of GHG emissions intensity, energy efficiency, data security, employee days lost due to injury and category one customer escapes.

Ms. Essigs has spearheaded AE Industrial’s participation in the UN Principles of Responsible Investing (UNPRI), ESG Data Convergence Initiative (EDCI), the Initiative Climat International (iCI) and ILPA Diversity in Action. She has developed several projects focused on inclusion during her time at the Firm including an official mentoring program, employee engagement surveys and an affinity group. Prior to joining AE Industrial Partners in 2021, Ms. Essigs owned and managed a multi-family office based in New Canaan, Connecticut.

Hamza joined Antin in 2011 and is located in the New York office. He is a board member of portfolio companies Vicinity Energy and Lake State Railway. He previously held board seats at Fund III portfolio companies Kisimul and Hesley and Fund I portfolio companies Westerleigh and Andasol. Prior to joining Antin, Hamza worked at JPMorgan in Paris where he was part of the Investment Banking team working on M&A transactions.

Michael Felman is President and CEO of MSF Capital Advisors, a global multi-family office. Besides his own family office, his firm advises other family offices and a select group of high net worth individuals. Mr. Felman began his investment career as an Angel Investor. He invested in real estate, film projects, technology companies and a restaurant. Mr. Felman received his B.A from Clark University and J.D. from Pace University. Winner of Acquisition International 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Global Multi-Family Office award. Winner of Wealth & Finance International 2014, 2020,2021 Global Multi-Family Office Award. Winner of Corporate Live Wire 2020 Investment Advisory Firm of the Year. A member of the NYU Stern Family Office Council. Advisory Board member of Family Office Association. He is a frequent speaker at family office, hedge fund and emerging markets conferences.

Luke Fernandes joined Swiss Re Asset Management in January 2022 to build out the firm's investment platform and team focused on direct origination of investment grade/sub investment grade infrastructure debt in North America, Latin America, and Australia. Prior to Swiss Re, he spent 8 years at Legal and General Investment Management America where he was a founding member of the US Private Credit platform focused on investment grade infrastructure debt, corporate private placements, and structure credit. Luke also spent 3 years on the Liability Driven Investment Solutions team constructing asset liability matching investment portfolios for corporate defined benefit pension plans. Luke began his career at Citigroup where he was on the Project Finance and Infrastructure team focused on structuring project finance loans and/or capital market bond solutions for Sponsors.

Valtin is group head of the Digital Infrastructure team in the Americas and a member of Societe Generale’s global TMT Executive Committee. Valtin has over 15 years of banking experience across TMT sectors covering US, Canada and Latin America. Valtin is primarily focused on Digital Infrastructure sectors such as Data Centers, Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Mobile Wireless, Fixed Wireless, Fiber, Cable and Small Cells. Other areas of expertise include Media, Technology, Enterprise Software and Cybersecurity. Valtin has advised on and structured transactions across North and South America ranging from direct lending, acquisition financings, project loans, cash flow loans, asset based loans, institutional term loans, and construction financings with an aggregate value in excess of US$10 billion. Valtin is a regular speaker at various industry conferences and a frequent contributor to trade publications.

Prior to joining Societe Generale, Valtin was a Director with ING Capital in New York where he was responsible for originating and underwriting Structured Finance transactions throughout the Americas.

Prior to that Valtin spent 3 years with Ernst & Young in New York covering the Asset Management industry. During his time at EY Valtin worked with Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds, covering various Structured Finance products including CDOs, CLOs and other securitized products.

Valtin holds a Master of Science in Accountancy degree from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Science in Finance degree from The Ohio State University (Graduation with Distinction - Honors Thesis in Modeling Prepayment Risk for Mortgage Backed Securities).

Kevin joined Antin in 2017. He is a member of the Executive and Investment Committees.

Kevin is a board member of portfolio companies FirstLight Fiber, Vicinity Energy, and Lake State Railway.

He was previously with Morgan Stanley where he was a Managing Director and the Group Head of Power & Utilities EMEA in the Investment Banking department. Prior to that position, he headed Morgan Stanley’s Clean Technology Group based in New York and Silicon Valley.

During his 20-year career at Morgan Stanley and in his three years at Credit Suisse First Boston, Kevin advised on over 100 completed transactions in the power, utilities and clean technology sectors in Europe and across the Americas.

Jay Gillespie is the Director of Alternative Finance at the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and is based in Atlanta. At GDOT, Jay leads financial support of public-private partnership (P3) procurements, analysis of project delivery options, major project financial planning, and support for state and P3 financing to deliver GDOT’s multi-billion-dollar major capital program.

Prior to joining GDOT, Jay spent 12 years with Ernst & Young Infrastructure Advisors where he advised public sector clients on financial, procurement, strategic and P3 issues for large-scale infrastructure projects and programs across multiple sectors.
Previously, Jay was an associate at the Atlanta office of AECOM as part of their urban planning and design practice, leading and supporting major private real estate development and public sector projects in the U.S. and globally.

Jay holds master’s degrees from Columbia University and Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia.

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is responsible for the planning, construction, maintenance, and operation of the state’s transportation system. With an operating budget of over $4 billion and staff of nearly 4,000, GDOT manages funding for transportation projects, prioritizes infrastructure improvements, and coordinates with local governments and federal agencies. GDOT also focuses on enhancing mobility, reducing traffic congestion, and responsible management the state’s transportation assets.
The Office of Alternative Finance (OAF) is responsible for the administration, advisement and management of the financial elements in the agency’s Public-Private Partnership (P3) Program and other innovative delivery contracting solutions.

OAF is committed to the delivery of projects through the use of alternative financing mechanisms. P3 and other innovative delivery contracts deliver much-needed mobility improvements and support Georgia’s ongoing economic development needs. Such projects, due to their magnitude and associated costs, are likely beyond the GDOT’s ability to pursue through traditional project delivery methods.

Bill Green is the Managing Partner at Climate Adaptive Infrastructure (CAI), one of the first infrastructure investment firms exclusively targeting low-carbon real assets in the energy, water, and urban infrastructure sectors. CAI invests in assets that support day-to-day needs of growing populations while addressing the “triple threat” of the climate crisis: physical risk, regulatory risk, and political risk.

Bill has spent his professional career making investments in the sustainability and energy transition sectors. He founded Ecolink, producing alternatives to ozone-depleting chemicals. Bill then joined VantagePoint Partners where he co-founded the CleanTech practice. Bill then became Senior Managing Director at Macquarie and CEO of MIC Renewable Energy Holdings. After a decade at Macquarie, Bill decided to lead a new type of infrastructure investment firm: Climate Adaptive Infrastructure. CAI has developed a unique approach to screen for climate-related risks and opportunities. This approach is the foundation of CAI’s unique approach to infrastructure investing.

Climate Adaptive Infrastructure

Climate Adaptive Infrastructure (CAI) is an investment firm that targets large-scale, low-carbon real assets in the clean energy, water, and urban infrastructure sectors. CAI seeks to combat systemic climate change by investing in projects that support the day-to-day needs of growing populations and address the “triple threat” of the climate crisis: physical risk, regulatory risk, and political risk. CAI coined the term ‘climate adaptive infrastructure’ to describe the future of real assets investing in a world that is increasingly focused on deep decarbonization. Led by Founder and Managing Partner Bill Green; the Firm also includes and a deeply experienced team of professionals who have dedicated their careers to sustainable infrastructure investment, asset operations, and policy in the energy, water and environmental sectors.

Carolyn Hansard is currently a Managing Director and Portfolio Head for the Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure portfolio at the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. She has primary responsibility for the 6% target allocation to fund and principal investments in both equity and credit mandates in the energy, natural resources and infrastructure sectors. She is also a member of the Investment Committee and Management Committee for the Trust. Prior to joining TRS, Ms. Hansard spent 17 years at Merrill Lynch in New York, London and Tokyo. While at Merrill Lynch, Carolyn held several senior management positions throughout the Capital Markets division and represented Merrill Lynch on several corporate boards. Ms. Hansard began her professional career with Arthur Anderson as a consultant. Carolyn has an MBA and BS, both from the University of Texas. She has served on numerous non-profit boards in both New York and Austin and is currently on the Advisory Board for University of Texas McCombs School of Business and the KBH Energy Center at UT Austin, as well as the Advisory Board for Women in Energy.

The Teacher Retirement System of Texas is the largest public retirement system in Texas, serving more than two million people. Innovation, technology, and collaboration make the difference as we strive to continue earning your trust every day. TRS improves the retirement security of Texas public education employees through our “best in class” investment management and delivery of pension and health care benefits. TRS has earned much recognition, including:

• 12-Time “Top Workplace” by the Austin American-Statesman (2010-2023)
• Honored for "Best Opportunistic Strategy" by Investments and Pensions, Europe (2014)

Taylor Hart is a partner in Ropes & Gray’s private equity transactions group and a member of the Firm’s Infrastructure Industry Group, where he leads the infrastructure services subsector. Taylor represents private equity firms and public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and other investments.

Taylor regularly advises private equity sponsors such as Berkshire Partners, Charlesbank Capital Partners, Athyrium Capital and TA Associates, and other companies in structuring leveraged buyout acquisitions, add-on acquisitions, dispositions and general corporate matters. Clients look to Taylor for his expertise on transactions involving various aspects of digital infrastructure, including data transmission, network infrastructure, internet technologies, data centers and digital infrastructure services. He also has experience across various other industries including healthcare, software and other technology, and retail and consumer brands.

Nick is a Managing Director with Stonepeak, where he has been involved in investments across both energy (Madison Energy, InterEnergy, and Orsted North America) and transportation (Textainer Group Holdings) sectors. Prior to joining Stonepeak, Nick was a member of the Global Industrials group at Credit Suisse, where he focused on the business services sector. Nick received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, Finance, and Business Economics from the University of Cincinnati.

Grant Hodgkins is a Director with BCI's Infrastructure and Renewable Resources group. Grant joined BCI in 2017 and is responsible for sourcing, executing and managing infrastructure investments, with a focus on Power & Utilities and Energy. Grant also serves on the Corix Infrastructure Board of Directors and the Board of Puget Sound Energy —a Washington State based gas and electric utility.

Prior to joining BCI, Grant was an Advisor with KPMG serving institutional investors with a focus on Power & Utility investments. Before that, he spent 7 years in corporate development roles with Fortis Inc. and Interfor Corporation. He is a Chartered Professional Account, a CFA Charterholder and Chartered Business Valuator and holds an undergraduate degree in Science from the University of British Columbia.

With approximately $200 billion in AUM, BCI is a leading provider of investment management services for British Columbia’s public sector. Our role is to generate investment returns that will help our institutional clients build a financially secure future. With our global outlook, we seek investment opportunities that will meet our clients’ risk and return requirements over time. This compels us to integrate long-term environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters into our investment decisions and activities. We offer investment options across a range of asset classes: fixed income; public and private equity; infrastructure and renewable resources; and real estate and mortgages. Grant is part of the Infrastructure and Renewable Resources team that targets meaningful direct equity investments that operate in stable regulatory environments in developed and emerging countries, have high barriers to entry, and provide low return volatility.

Guy is a Director within bfinance’s Chicago office, consulting with US institutional investors across Pensions, Insurance and E&Fs, amongst others. Guy was previously in bfinance’s Private Markets research team. His research focused on infrastructure, real estate and other real asset strategies including agriculture and timber. He joined from JLT Investment Consulting (now Mercer), where he was an Investment Consultant and Head of Alternatives Manager Research, advising clients on portfolio construction and manager selection across alternative asset classes. Guy graduated with an Economics degree from Rollins College having also spent part of his course studying in Shanghai, China.

bfinance works for asset owners around the globe on the implementation of investment strategy, from fund manager research and selection to portfolio design and monitoring. For the past 23 years the primary focus has been on customized search and selection projects, with the firm having conducted 1250+ searches for institutional investors in 46 countries. These investors have cumulative assets in excess of $7 trillion. bfinance strives to put power in investors’ hands by doing things differently; offering full customization, fully transparent analysis and an independent, conflict-free business model.

Monica Huffer serves as a Portfolio Director on the Texas Municipal Retirement System’s Private Markets team, where she assists in the construction of uncorrelated, defensive portfolios, comprising ±$8.5 billion, that generate income and appreciation returns to fund the retirement, disability, and death benefits for over 250,000 beneficiaries working across 900+ Texas municipalities. Prior to joining TMRS, Monica served at USAA Real Estate where she provided guidance on real asset acquisition and development opportunities to support the life, property, and health insurance benefits for over 13 million active service members, veterans, and military families. In her role at USAA Real Estate, Monica supported ±$9.3 billion and ±$5.6 billion of real estate and infrastructure investments, respectively, which contributed to a ±$1.9 billion increase in assets under management. Monica received a B.B.A. in Finance and an MRE in Land Economics and Real Estate from Mays Business School at Texas A&M University.

Rich Juliano is one of the nation’s leading advocates for transportation construction contractors and investment. As general counsel of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), he oversees the national group’s legal and regulatory activities, and works as a member of its government relations team. He also manages ARTBA’s Contractors Division and serves as principal liaison to its affiliated state contractor organizations, as well as staffing ARTBA’s Public Private Partnerships Division and its annual conference.

Prior to joining ARTBA in 2002, Rich served as the White House liaison at the United States Department of Transportation under then-Secretary Norman Y. Mineta. He earned bachelors and law degrees from the University of Chicago, and is also a Certified Association Executive.

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) brings together all facets of the transportation construction industry to responsibly advocate for infrastructure investment and policy that meet the nation’s need for the safe and efficient movement of people and goods. ARTBA represents all public and private sector components of the U.S. transportation construction industry. We utilize the unparalleled diversity of our membership to develop consensus-oriented policy solutions that challenge the status quo in pursuit of improving transportation system performance and conditions.

Our advocacy agenda is driven by one central tenet: securing a dynamic transportation network that enriches American life.

Founded in 1902, ARTBA is headquartered in Washington, D.C.

Recep oversees the Manulife infrastructure investments group with over $14 billion in assets and is the portfolio manager of multiple infrastructure funds. He has been investing in infrastructure assets for more than two decades and leading the infrastructure platform since 2016. Recep is responsible for all aspects of the infrastructure program with a focus on key business relationships, fundraising, sourcing, approving, and monitoring the investments as well as serving on a number of Boards and Committees in the sector.

Prior to joining Manulife in 2007, Recep worked for Enel, acquiring and developing renewable energy projects across North America and also took an international assignment in Europe. Recep started his infrastructure career developing and financing power plants in the United States for InterGen. He also took various asset management and finance roles in the organization, including managing the Strategy and Planning group.

Recep holds an MBA from Rice University and received his BS in Computer Engineering from Boğaziçi University. Recep is a CFA Charterholder, Certified Financial Risk Manager, and a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society.

Manulife Investment Management

Manulife Investment Management’s infrastructure group has been investing in and managing core and core-plus assets across digital infrastructure, renewable energy, utilities, power, midstream and transportation assets for more than 30 years. Totalling $13.7B1 assets under management, our diversified portfolios seek to provide cash yield, low volatility, downside protection and realistic capital appreciation expectations to institutional investors with access to infrastructure assets that deliver essential services and value to our society, the economy, and the communities in which we operate.

Manulife Investment Management is the global brand for the global wealth and asset management segment of Manulife Financial Corporation. We draw on over a century of experience to provide leading private and public market capabilities across 19 geographies. Responsible stewardship is integral to our business and culture, and we seek to be a global leader in creating long-term, sustainable value for our stakeholders. For additional information, please visit manulifeim.com.

As at March 31, 2023

1 AUM data is on a fair value basis based on a combination of independent third-party appraisals and sponsor valuations as of March 31, 2023, and is reflected in U.S. dollars. Data includes North American assets managed by Manulife Investment Management and its affiliates on behalf of Manulife’s U.S. and Canadian General Account. AUM does not include unfunded commitments. U.S. infrastructure private equity opportunities are offered to U.S. institutional investors through Manulife Investment Management Private Markets (US) LLC (“Manulife IM PM (US)”), a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission registered investment adviser and affiliate of John Hancock Life Insurance Company (USA). Of Manulife IM PM (US)’s $37.0B assets under

management, Manulife IM PM (US) manages $3.7B of infrastructure equity assets on a discretionary basis as of March 31, 2023. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results, and there can be no assurance that such returns will be achieved.

Vidyu Kishor is the Director of Renewables & Grid Solutions in the Power Division at Osaka Gas USA (OGUSA). She joined OGUSA in 2022 and is primarily responsible for overseeing investments across renewable energy assets, battery storage infrastructure, and new climate technologies. Prior to OGUSA, she was the Vice President on the Investments team at Soltage, a solar & storage development company where she led valuations of M&A opportunities and structuring/execution of investments into solar & storage markets across the US. She also worked with the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority to help expand NY state’s incentives in the energy efficiency sector. Prior to that, she was a practicing attorney in India. Vidyu holds an MPA from Columbia University and a B.A. LLB from the National University of Juridical Sciences, India

Osaka Gas USA Corporation (“OGUSA”), a subsidiary of Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. OGUSA one of the largest energy utility companies in Japan, focusing on its four core businesses of power generation, shale gas development, natural gas liquefaction at Freeport LNG, and future energy development/innovation. OGUSA strives to contribute to achieving a low-carbon/carbon-neutral society by developing renewables as well as natural gas-fired power plants.

Peter is a Managing Director on the Real Assets Investment team, where he is an Investment Committee member and also oversees capital formation for the real assets platform. Peter previously worked on Hamilton Lane’s Fund Investment & Managed Solutions Team from 2002 to 2013 and was a Partner with AtlanticPacific Capital from 2013 to 2020. Prior to this, he had served as an Analyst at WR Hambrecht + Co. Peter began his career as a Trading Associate at Schwab Capital Markets.

Peter received his M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a B.A. from Bucknell University.

Hamilton Lane was founded in 1991 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a private equity firm focused on providing private markets solutions to large public pension plans. We launched our first commingled fund strategy in 1998 and have since launched and managed 66 commingled fund strategies. We have continued expanding our suite of private markets solutions for clients and investors globally through managed solutions and commingled funds. We are focused on building investment programs that provide our client base with unique and differentiated access to the full spectrum of private markets strategies, sectors, and geographies.

Today, we are a recognized leader in alternative asset management, serving some of the most sophisticated clients across the globe. We provide a wide array of private market services tailored to our clients' needs, including strategic portfolio planning, due diligence, legal, monitoring and reporting, board presentations, performance analysis, benchmarking, and data and technology services.

Ying Lin is a Vice Principal with StepStone’s infrastructure and real assets (“SIRA”) team, and is involved in fund, secondary, and co-investments investing across the SIRA platform in New York. Prior to StepStone, Ms. Lin was in the portfolio management team in the fixed income team at AMP Capital in Sydney.

Company profile (similar length): StepStone provides access & solutions across the private markets, and integrate fund, secondary, direct and co-investments across all asset classes including Private Equity, Infrastructure, Private Debt, and Real Estate. StepStone currently has US$135 billion assets under management.

Mr. Liparidis is Principal and Director of Real Assets at Bessemer Trust. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the firm’s Real Assets funds including sourcing, allocating to, and monitoring real assets investments. He is a member of the firm’s Investment Policy and Strategy Committee, Real Assets Investment Committee, Private Equity Investment Committee, and Sustainable Investing Committee. Anthony earned an M.B.A. from the New York University Stern School of Business, an M.S. from Manhattan College, and a B.S. from Cornell University. He is a CAIA® charterholder.

Andie Logan is a Director at FirstPoint and has over a decade of experience in the financial services industry. Ms. Logan is based in New York and specializes in fundraising across institutional investors and advising General Partners throughout their firm’s lifecycle. Prior to joining FirstPoint, Ms. Logan was a Senior Vice President at MVision Private Equity Advisors, where she provided capital raising and advisory services to alternative asset fund managers. Previously, Ms. Logan worked at Grain Management in Washington DC in capital raising and investor relations. She has also worked as an Investor Relations Consultant within the Global Private Equity segment at The Carlyle Group, and held similar investor relations roles at Tailwind Capital, Goldwater Asset Management and Core Capital. Ms. Logan holds a BA from Louisiana State University.

First Point Equity

FirstPoint Equity is a global and independent private capital solutions advisor focused on fund placement and GP capital advisory services. FirstPoint offers a range of services, including primary, secondary, and co-investments with expert advice both on and off cycle.

Over the past two decades, our executives have completed more than 200 fundraising assignments totaling in excess of USD 125 billion.

FirstPoint provides a Bespoke, Experienced and Effective service to a select number of clients by leveraging our expertise, deep industry knowledge, and trusted investor relationships globally. Our reputation is built on delivering exceptional results as referenced by our clients and investors.

Winston Ma, CFA & Esq., is an investor, attorney, author, and adjunct professor in the global AI-digital economy. He is a partner of Dragon Global, an AI-focused family office (founding member: Dragon.AI), and he is also the Executive Director of Global Public Investment Funds Forum and an Adjunct Professor (on Sovereign Investors) at New York University (NYU) School of Law.

Most recently for 10 years, he was Managing Director and Head of North America Office for China Investment Corporation (CIC), China’s sovereign wealth fund. Prior to that, Mr. Ma served as the deputy head of equity capital markets at Barclays Capital, a vice president at J.P. Morgan investment banking, and a corporate lawyer at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. He is one of a small number of native Chinese who have worked as investment professionals and practicing capital markets attorneys in both the United States and China.

A nationally certified Software Programmer as early as 1994, Mr. Ma is the author of more than 10 books on SWF funds, digital economy, and global geopolitics, including The Hunt for Unicorns: How Sovereign Funds are Reshaping Investment in the Digital Economy. He was selected a 2013 Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum (WEF), and in 2014 he received the NYU Distinguished Alumni Award.

Léonie Maruani has joined Vauban Infrastructure Partners as the Senior Director focused on the firm’s expansion into North America, bringing 20+ years of experience across Europe and the Americas. Previously, she served as a Senior Advisor at the Rockefeller Foundation. Prior to that, she was the Managing Partner at New York-based Latitude Advisory, a firm she co-founded to provide infrastructure and energy advisory to public and private sector clients. Léonie spent 15+ years in Project Finance lending and financial advisory at Natixis and Scotiabank, where she originated, structured, and executed transactions for infrastructure assets in Europe, the U.S., and Latin America. She also co-headed and built the higher education and healthcare team at CIFG, a AAA rated bond insurer in the U.S. Public Finance capital markets. Léonie holds an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School, studied at the Stanford GSB, and is a graduate of the Business School ESCP Europe. She also holds a Master’s in History from Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Vauban Infrastructure Partners is a leading Infrastructure Asset Manager focused on European core infrastructure investments. Headquartered in Paris, Vauban employs over 65 professionals, the majority of whom have been working together for over a decade. Vauban is the fully-fledged affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers dedicated to sustainable infrastructure equity investments. Vauban targets predominantly European brownfield mid-market assets, and pursues a long-term, yield-driven strategy that matches the underlying nature of the assets & the long-term commitment to all stakeholders’ interests through a strong focus on creating sustainable value. Vauban has raised c.€7.2 billion across 6 funds in core infrastructure from over c.100 investors from 17 different countries, and has invested in over 70 assets in the mobility, energy transition, social infrastructure, and digital infrastructure sectors across 13 different geographies.

Teresa Mattamouros is a managing director in Infrastructure Investing within Goldman Sachs Alternatives. She is a member of the Asset & Wealth Management Private Infrastructure Investment Committee. Prior to rejoining the firm, Teresa was part of the Investment Banking Division, where she advised companies in the energy sector in M&A and capital markets transactions. She initially joined the firm as an associate in 2014 and rejoined the firm in 2023 as a managing director. Prior to joining the firm, Teresa was a managing director at EQT Partners, where she was a member of the board of directors of Kodiak Gas Services (NYSE:KGS) and Voltera Power. Prior to joining EQT Partners, she was a managing director at SCF Partners, from 2017 to 2022. Earlier in her career, Teresa worked at Baker Hughes between 2016 and 2017 and prior to that, she was part of the energy investment banking division at Morgan Stanley.

Goldman Sachs is one of the leading investors in alternatives globally, with over $490 billion in assets and more than 30 years of experience. The business is driven by a focus on partnership and shared success with its clients, seeking to deliver long-term investment performance drawing on its global network and deep expertise across industries and markets. Established in 2006, Infrastructure at Goldman Sachs Alternatives has consistently navigated the evolving infrastructure asset class, having invested approximately $16 billion in infrastructure assets across market cycles since its inception. The business partners with experienced operators and management teams across multiple sectors, including energy transition, digital infrastructure, transportation & logistics and social infrastructure.

Susan McGeachie is CEO of the Global Climate Finance Accelerator, which convenes partnerships across business, finance, and government on strategies, policies, procedures, and tools to finance the deployment of technically viable climate solutions. With over 20 years of experience in sustainable finance, Susan has held leadership positions in banking, management consulting, and engineering firms, as the Head of the BMO Climate Institute, Global Director of the Climate Change practice at Hatch, and the Central Market Leader for EY's Climate Change and Sustainability Services practice. Prior to consulting, Susan was a Director with Innovest Strategic Value Advisors (since acquired by MSCI) where she supported the firm’s asset owner clients on the integration of environmental, social, and governance factors into stock valuation and selection decisions. Susan started her sustainability career with WWF Canada in 2000 supporting the integration of biodiversity conservation in resource development.

Susan is an Executive-in-Residence and a member of the ESG Designation program faculty at the Rotman School of Management, and adjunct professor at the University of Toronto teaching a graduate course in environmental finance and sustainable investing. She is also a member of the Climate Governance Experts Panel and a former board member of the Canadian Responsible Investment Association. Susan was named to the Canadian delegation of COP 26 and 27 and was awarded one of twenty-six Canadian Climate Champions by the Canada Climate Law Initiative and the British High Commission ahead of COP 26. In 2014 she was named to the Clean50 and Clean 16 lists of practitioners, which recognize leadership in advancing the clean economy. Also in 2014 Susan received the University of Toronto Arbor Award in recognition of her work on the University of Toronto’s Environmental Finance Advisory Committee from 2006 to 2018.

Justin McGown is the Americas Reporter for Infrastructure Investor, based out of New York City. He applies his broad experience covering business, technology, and breaking news to investigating the latest developments in infrastructure investment across the Americas. Prior to joining PEI in 2024 he was the Fairfield County Editor for the Westfair Business Journal. In the past he has worked as a digital content marketer, a freelance writer and photographer, and assisted best-selling authors with research. He holds a BA in Creative Writing from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Master’s in Journalism from NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Institute.

Jonathan Melmed is an M&A, Corporate partner based in New York. He is Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Private Equity/M&A practice, Co-Chair of the Global Energy, Power and Infrastructure Practice, and also Chair of the firm’s Canada practice with over 20 years of experience.  

Jonathan represents private equity funds, pension plans, sovereigns, family offices, hedge funds, corporate clients and investment banks on U.S. and international M&A, private equity and complex corporate transactions. Jonathan has extensive M&A and PE experience across many sectors including energy, power, infrastructure, fiber/telecommunications, media, telecommunications, technology, life sciences, health care, pharma, real estate, and insurance sectors.

Jonathan is the lead M&A/PE lawyer for the following representative clients in the energy, power and infrastructure sectors: Axium Infrastructure, Brookfield Infrastructure, Capital Dynamics, CDPQ, CPPIB, D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments, InstarAGF Essential Infrastructure, Macquarie Capital, Oaktree Capital, OMERS, Ontario Teachers, Starwood Energy Group, Strategic Value Partners, TPG SSP, UBS Infrastructure, among others. 

He has been recognized as a leading M&A lawyer in Chambers USA in 2014-2015, and 2020-2024 and in Chambers Global in 2014 - 2024. Jonathan was also recognized as a leading U.S. Private Equity Buyouts lawyer by Legal 500 U.S. in 2016-2024. Additionally, in 2011-2014 and 2017-2021 Jonathan was recognized by the Legal 500 U.S. for M&A as well as in 2013, 2014, and 2017-2021 as a leading lawyer in the U.S. for Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power. Legal 500 U.S. for M&A has referred to Mr. Melmed as “incredibly responsive and able to handle difficult negotiations and matters...results oriented.” Jonathan has also been recognized by New York Super Lawyers for M&A in 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Catarina is senior reporter for Infrastructure Investor Deals, based out of New York City. Before joining the team, she covered private credit for Reorg Research. In the past, she’s also covered crypto markets and bitcoin mining at The Block, and local news at Patch.com and at the New York Daily News. She started her career in Lisbon, Portugal, where she worked for publications such as Público and Sábado. She graduated from NYU with a MA in Journalism.

Joshua Oboler is an Investment Partner for Palistar Capital. Mr. Oboler has 15 years of experience in finance as an equity and credit investor and investment banker.

Mr. Oboler is a specialist in the TMT and communications infrastructure sectors, having worked in depth on a variety of transactions in macro towers, communications easements, fiber, data centers, spectrum, wireless, wireline, cable, satellites, media rights (film, music, publishing) and technology.

Mr. Oboler’s previous roles to Palistar include advisor at UBS Investment Bank’s TMT group where he focused on M&A advisory, debt and equity capital markets transactions with both U.S. and international clients. Mr. Oboler began his career working for

Rabobank International in New York and Amsterdam, including M&A advisory, structured finance, credit risk management and leveraged finance.

Mr. Oboler is currently a director of Zubie, a Melody credit fund portfolio company.

Mr. Oboler holds a BA in Economics with a minor in Business from Brandeis University. Mr. Oboler is a CFA® charterholder.

Responsible for shaping US commercial vision, executing, and controlling all of PEI's US focused activities to enable best possible growth rates for the group's relevant products and services. PEI Group's activities in the US comprise a portfolio of subscription-based information brands including PE Hub, Buyouts, Private Funds CFO, Venture Capital Journal and Regulatory Compliance Watch. PEI Group's wider global portfolio including PERE, Infrastructure Investor, Private Equity International, Secondaries Investor, Private Debt Investor. The portfolio includes brand-aligned professional membership services, meetings, events and conferences. Prior to joining PEI, O'Conor held the position of Managing Director for Informa Plc's Wealth Management industry vertical and previously was Managing Director of Penton Media, Dow Jones, and Thomson Reuters.

David Quam is the founder, president, and CEO of 56 Capitals, a policy and advocacy firm that helps clients navigate issues at local, state, and federal levels. When more focused lobbying is required in specific states or cities, 56 Capitals utilizes its network of local firms for effective in-state representation. David also taps into his extensive relationships with national associations of local and state elected officials, enabling his clients to gain a broader platform for influencing state and local decisions.

David Rosenblum is a Credit Fund Partner, responsible for the sourcing, underwriting, execution and monitoring of I Squared Capital’s infrastructure credit strategy, including the ISQ Global Infrastructure Credit Fund series. David is a member of the Operating Committee and leads the Risk and Audit Subcommittee.

David has over 20 years of experience in originating, structuring, executing, trading, and monitoring credit investments across the capital structure, including distressed credit. Over the course of his career, he has worked on a variety of transactions across multiple sectors including structured, corporate, infrastructure and energy credit.

Prior to joining I Squared Capital, David spent over 16 years at Deutsche Bank, where he was most recently a Managing Director and Head of Social Infrastructure Direct Lending, a new vertical lending to business across the infrastructure healthcare and continuum of care sectors.

Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, David was associate general counsel at Goldman Sachs & Co. and began his career at the law firm of Fried Frank. He holds a B.A. in economics from the University of Chicago and a J.D. from the NYU School of Law.

I Squared is a leading independent global infrastructure investor with over $40 billion in assets under management. We are known for the development of investment platforms in infrastructure projects where we start small and grow big. We use global insights and deep local intelligence to solve complex problems, foster smarter businesses, serve local communities, and invest in a more sustainable future to provide essential services to millions of people around the world. We are a team of over 280 people, headquartered in Miami with offices in Abu Dhabi, London, Munich, New Delhi, São Paulo, Singapore, Sydney and Taipei. We operate a diverse portfolio of 86 companies in more than 70 countries with over 66,000 employees in a variety of sectors including utilities, energy, digital infrastructure, transport, environmental infrastructure, and social infrastructure.

Michael Ryder is a Partner and Co-Head of Igneo Infrastructure Partners team in North America. He is based in New York and has been with the business since 2022. Michael is a member of the GDIF Investment Committee.

Prior to joining Igneo, Michael was a Senior Managing Director and Head of Americas at OMERS Infrastructure and was a senior member of its executive management committee. Michael also previously held senior leadership and investment committee positions at Blackstone and Morgan Stanley Private Equity.

Michael holds a Masters of Business Administration with High Distinction from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar, a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne. He serves as an Honor Role Trustee for Scholarship America.

Avantika Saisekar is a Managing Director at Wafra, where she leads the Firm’s initiatives focusing on ESG integration, working with the investment teams to provide ESG due diligence and value creation guidance to the wide range of Wafra’s investments. Previously, Ms. Saisekar served as the Head of Institutional ESG Product at Northern Trust Asset Management where she oversaw product development and innovation of over $70 billion in ESG assets. Ms. Saisekar currently serves on two of the United Nations Principals of Responsible Investing (“PRI”) working groups including the Venture Capital LP group and the Assurance group, where she advises the PRI on relevant research and market guidance. Ms. Saisekar earned a BA in Economics from Claremont McKenna College and is also a Fundamentals of Sustainability (FSA) credential holder.

Wafra Inc.

Wafra Inc. is an alternative investment manager focusing on Strategic Partnerships, Real Assets, Real Estate, Absolute Return Strategies, and Public Markets. Wafra has discretionary and non-discretionary AUM of approximately $32 billion and employs over 195 professionals, including 70 investment professionals. By providing flexible and accretive capital solutions and focusing on the long term, Wafra aligns with and invests in high-quality investment management teams. Wafra’s principal offices are in New York, NY with affiliated and associated offices in Bermuda, London and Kuwait City.

Joe Seliga is co-lead of Mayer Brown’s Government Transactions practice and co-lead of Mayer Brown’s Projects and Infrastructure Industry Team. Joe advises on path-breaking road, bridge, airport, port, public parking, rail, mass transit, social infrastructure, water, wastewater and convention center infrastructure M&A and public-private partnership (P3) transactions. He has advised on many “Deal of the Year” award-winning transactions and has served as counsel to government owners, equity investors, lenders and contractors.

Joe is widely recognized as a leader in the infrastructure industry, having actively advised clients on infrastructure M&A and P3 transactions for nearly twenty years. Joe is rated in Band 1 in Chambers USA, which quoted a client highlighting Joe “for his thoroughness and his understanding and perspective on the challenges that come up in [P3] deals” and for “always willing to go out of his way to help [clients] achieve [their] objectives in a timely fashion.”
Joe also represents clients in various state and local government matters, including in the areas of complex government transactions, ethics, election and campaign finance law, economic development incentives and legislative drafting and statutory interpretation.

Michael Sheehan is Chief Operating Officer, Dimension Energy and has over 25 years of experience in the energy, investment banking, and engineering fields. At Dimension, Mr. Sheehan leads the operating business segment which includes managing the Construction, Operations, and Asset Management teams, ensuring operational metrics are achieved and furthering the deployment of Dimension’s robust 2 GW+ community solar pipeline. Prior to Dimension, he was Chief Customer Officer at renewable power company BrightNight, where he led the Origination and Commercial teams. Prior to BrightNight, he worked at NextEra Energy in various capacities in its Energy Resources and Transmission businesses. At NEER, he worked in its power marketing and business management organizations, overseeing a renewable and storage portfolio in excess of 6 GWs. At NEET he worked in its development and utility organizations, including as President for its operating utilities in PJM and MISO. Prior to NextEra, he worked as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch. Prior to Merrill Lynch, he worked at Gannett Fleming as a project engineer in the development, engineering, and construction of infrastructure projects.

Dimension Energy is a leading community solar developer, owner, and operator. Dimension has executed more than 500 megawatts (MW) of community solar and invested $500 million into clean energy assets since its 2018 founding. The company plans to invest over $3 billion over the next 5 years, with more than 2 gigawatts (GW) under development in 12 states. In the communities where we invest, our projects deliver clean energy, local jobs, tax revenue, and savings, alongside other benefits including workforce development and educational opportunities. Dimension is making clean energy work for everyone. Learn more at www.dimension-energy.com.

Daniel Silverberg serves as Capstone’s Managing Director of Corporate Practice and co-leads the Capstone National Security Team. He helps clients predict the trajectory of national security regulation and policy.

Silverberg has strong relationships in the Executive Branch and Capitol Hill based on 16 years of service in international security. Daniel has provided commentary on CNN, NPR, The Atlantic, Newsweek, and other media on key foreign policy matters.
Prior to joining Capstone, Silverberg served as the National Security Advisor to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, working to coordinate foreign policy legislation and inform Congressional leadership on major geopolitical developments. He previously served as Majority counsel to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where he provided legal advice regarding sanctions, arms procurement, and foreign assistance. He additionally served as an attorney for the Department of Defense, working with counterterrorism and partnership strategy offices. Silverberg has a JD from Stanford Law School and an AB in Comparative Study of Religion from Harvard College. Silverberg is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Capstone is a global, policy-driven strategy firm helping corporations and investors navigate policy and regulatory issues around the world. With locations in Washington, DC, London, Houston, and Sydney we have intimate knowledge of developments in Washington, London, Brussels, and other centers of government, and how crucial those developments are to corporations and industry. Legislation, regulatory reforms, and new federal oversight are affecting industries in evolving ways. We help our clients predict policy, quantify impact of that policy, and recommend revenue-driving strategies to companies and institutional investors regarding state, federal, and international policy. Our breadth of coverage is wide-ranging, with leading coverage of public policy-driven decision making affecting financial and business services, energy and environment, healthcare, TMT, and more.

Brice has been active in the infrastructure industry for over 14 years and has experience successfully financing, developing and managing assets totaling in excess of $15 billion of enterprise value in principal and corporate finance capacities. At Argo, Brice serves as a member of the asset management team, RPMC and on the boards of portfolio companies TierPoint, LAZ Parking, Smoky Mountain Hydro and Ice Energy. Prior to Argo, Brice served as Vice President, Investments at Brookfield Infrastructure Group, the infrastructure division of Brookfield Asset Management. Brice was a deal team member for the sale process of the Carlsbad Desalination Project and served as Director of Finance for the Huntington Beach Desalination Project.

Brice was previously the Director of Business Development at Poseidon Water, where he was responsible for originating investment opportunities in the water infrastructure sector in North America. While at Poseidon Water, he also participated in corporate development initiatives including raising over $50 million in corporate equity commitments from investors and executing the majority acquisition of the company by Brookfield in 2015. Brice started his career as an Analyst at J.P. Morgan Asset Management in the Infrastructure Investments Group. Brice was a member of the investment team focused on the regulated utility and renewable energy sectors and supported management of a portfolio of assets with a collective enterprise value of over $1 billion. Brice graduated Summa Cum Laude from Bentley University in 2010 with a degree in Economics-Finance.

Mr. Strauss is the co-founder of Broadband Success Partners - a consultancy focused on the technology and operations due diligence for digital infrastructure investors and service providers in Europe, North America and South America. Clients include Antin, Apollo, Blackrock, Brookfield, EQT, DIF, DigitalBridge, GI Partners, Macquarie, Omers, Novacap, Searchlight, and Stonepeak.

Previously, Mr. Strauss designed and executed the launch enterprise go-to-market plan for Comcast Business. He was also the VP of Marketing at Lightpath (Altice/Cablevision). Earlier in his career, David was part of the leadership team for Sprint’s wireless business in the New York Metro Area. He also worked at AT＆T/McCaw, IBM and Juniper Networks.

Mr. Strauss has an MBA from New York University and a BA from Tufts University.

Broadband Success Partners

Broadband Success Partners is the leading M＆A Advisor specializing in technical due diligence. Operating in Europe, North America and South America, the firm has completed over 80 network assessments for over 55 clients including Antin, Apollo, Brookfield, EQT, DIF, DigitalBridge, GI Partners, Macquarie, Omers, Novacap, Searchlight, and Stonepeak. In 2023, the firm completed 27 network evaluations including VX/Freedom Fibre for Equitix and Speed Fibre (Enet/Magnet Plus) for Cordiant. Broadband Success Partners is a winner of the 2023 TMT M＆A Award for “U.S. Fiber Deal of the Year” as technical advisor to BlackRock on Gigapower. As former network executives including a CTO at Charter Communications and a Director at Google Fiber, the team applies an operator’s perspective to each engagement. To learn more, please visit broadbandsuccess.com.

Rudi joined MEAG in 2014 and is responsible for the origination and structuring of infrastructure deals in the energy, renewables and transport sector in the Americas. He has 30 years of experience in financing infrastructure projects worldwide and arranged more than $5 billion of infrastructure projects in the U.S. with a focus on energy and renewables.

Previously, Rudi held Director positions as relationship manager for multinational clients and in the energy and renewables project finance group at HypoVereinsbank in Munich and New York. He also worked at Daimler Chrysler Capital Services and in the energy finance team of KfW.

Rudi has completed training as a banker and holds a Master degree in business administration and economics from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt.

MEAG is the asset manager of Munich Re Group, the largest reinsurance company worldwide. With offices in Europe, Asia and North America it also offers its extensive know-how to institutional investors and private clients from outside Munich Re Group. MEAG currently manages assets of EUR 336 billion, EUR 70 billion of which for institutional investors and private clients from outside the company group.

Sean Toland, Associate Partner, based in New York, is responsible for originating, evaluating, structuring and executing investments for CIP, with a focus on North America. Since joining CIP in February 2018, Mr. Toland has played a leading role in CIP’s onshore wind and solar investments in the US and Canada, including CIP’s investments in Travers Solar (695 MW), Buffalo Plains wind (500 MW), Panther Grove I & II wind (400 MW), and Misae solar (327 MW). Prior to joining CIP, Mr. Toland was a Director at EverPower where he was primarily responsible for renewable energy M&A, project finance and business development. While at EverPower, Mr. Toland led and supported the development, acquisitions, construction, financing and divestments of ~5 GW of renewable projects. Mr. Toland holds a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Energy, Business and Finance, with a Minor in Economics, from the Pennsylvania State University, and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Founded in 2012, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) is the world’s largest dedicated fund manager within renewable energy investments. The funds manage by CIP focus on investments in offshore and onshore wind, solar PV, biomass and energy-from-waste, transmission and distribution, reserve capacity, storage, advanced bioenergy, and Power-to-X. CIP manages 13 funds and to date has raised approximately EUR 31bn for investments in energy and associated infrastructure from more than 180 international institutional investors. CIP has made 45+ investments in large-scale greenfield projects with 16 GW in operation or construction and about 160 GW in development across technologies. CIP has a global presence with offices and projects around the world allowing the firm to leverage its industrial value creation approach on a global scale, meet the growing demand for electricity and make meaningful contributions to the energy transition.

Surinder Toor is the founder and Managing Partner of Arjun Infrastructure, a European asset management firm with €6bn of AUM. He was formerly the Head of Europe for J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Infrastructure Investment Group (JPMAM). At JPMAM Surinder was responsible globally for the existing portfolio of investments, including regulated utilities, power generation and transportation, and new investment in Europe.
Before that, he was Chief Financial Officer and co-head of Scotia Gas Networks. Scotia Gas Networks was the £5bn joint venture between Scottish and Southern Energy plc, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and Borealis Infrastructure.

Previously, Surinder was Managing Director of American Electric Power’s (AEP) European operations. AEP’s European presence consisted of 4,400MW of power generation capacity in the UK, regulated electricity networks and commodity trading activities.

Surinder holds a Masters degree in Engineering, Economics & Management from St John’s College, University of Oxford and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England ＆ Wales.

Arjun Infrastructure Partners

Arjun Infrastructure Partners is an independent European asset management firm dedicated to identifying, executing and managing mid-market infrastructure investments. The firm’s focus is on core/core-plus infrastructure investments (targeting double digit returns in the current market environment) across renewables, regulated assets, contracted transportation, digital and social infrastructure. Founded in 2015, Arjun now manages €6 billion of capital on behalf of prominent institutional investors through a team of 37 professionals with extensive operational and financial experience.

Quynh Tran is Deputy Head of Structured Finance at SMBC, with over 20 years of structured finance experience in the infrastructure sector, covering digital infrastructure, transportation, airports, water, power and social infrastructure. Quynh focuses on expanding SMBC’s infrastructure platform through serving the financing needs of sponsors and developers for investments in North American assets.

Quynh has taken the lead in building out SMBC’s coverage of the digital infrastructure sector, with a focus on developing the liquidity pool for this asset class. SMBC is a leading bank in the sector, structuring transactions for greenfield development, portfolio financing, securitizations, JV financing and acquisition financing across product platforms.

Prior to SMBC, Quynh was an investment banker at Robertson Stephens where she specialized in the “e-tail” and “e-finance” sectors, providing M&A advisory, equity underwriting and equity private placements.

Quynh earned a BA from Columbia University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Headquartered in Tokyo, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 150 offices and 86,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and ADRs on the New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network.

Raya Treiser is a partner in the Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations Practice Group in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. With over a decade of public and private sector experience, Raya advises clients on navigating high-stakes government investigations, legal and reputational crises, and complex federal permitting processes. Prior to private practice, Raya served in the Obama White House and the Department of the Interior where she helped shape federal energy and climate policies. Since joining Kirkland, Raya has represented Fortune 500 companies and some of the world’s most sophisticated private equity firms and energy infrastructure developers in responding to Congressional and state Attorney General inquiries, conducting ESG and DEI risk assessments, developing strategy in response to high-profile crisis situations, and developing federal permitting strategy for large and complex infrastructure projects.

Based in New York, Mr. John Tsui is the Managing Principal of Peninsula House, LLC which is a single-family office investing across alternative assets, as well as liquid investments. Investments encompass outsized high-yield alpha products, short-duration private lending, and private investment grade through funds, separate managed accounts, drawdown structure, co-GP funds or direct investments. Niche private investments include NAV loans, GP and LP liquidity solutions, sports media rights, bridge real estate structured loans, CRT risk transfer for banks, and secondary GP continuation. Mr. Tsui is a member of the Institutional Limited Partners Association, The Economic Club of New York, and the Advisory Board of Institutional Real Estate Americas Magazine. He was a former member of the Pension Real Estate Association and Young Presidents Association. He was appointed by Hon. John C. Whitehead to serve on the greater New York Council of the Board of Boy Scouts of America, as well as The Economic Club. He was an Adjunct Professor in the Master's program at Columbia University and lectured at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and Tsinghua University. Mr. Tsui earned a BS from Michigan State University, an MS from Columbia University, and an OPM from Harvard Business School.

Thierry Vandal has over 40 years of experience in the North American power and utility industry.

Thierry was the president and CEO of Hydro-Québec, one of North America’s largest power companies, with world class infrastructure EPCM operations, until May 2015. He joined Hydro-Québec in 1996 and served in various capacities until his appointment as president and chief executive officer in 2005.

He was previously active in the natural gas infrastructure sector, the petrochemical and the downstream oil industries.

Thierry is currently a member of the board of directors of The Royal Bank of Canada (RY: TSX and NYSE) and of TC Energy (TRP:TSX). He previously served as Chairman of BioFuelNet Canada and of the Conference Board of Canada and was also a member of the McGill University Board of Directors.

Thierry holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from Polytechnique Montréal, and an MBA from HEC Montréal. In 2012, he was elected a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering.

In 2007, the Université de Montréal awarded him an honorary doctorate to underscore his outstanding professional contribution to the energy sector.

In 2012, he received an honorary doctorate from the Institut national des sciences appliqués (INSA) in Lyon, France and was recognized as the Canadian Energy Person of the Year by the Canadian Energy Council.

Vicente has been an investor, advisor and senior executive in telecommunications, media, and technology for over 18 years. With a strong track record and network, Vicente is behind the investment strategies of DTCP. He has deployed over $2.3 billion in invested capital and executed over $100 billion in announced M&A transactions.

Vicente is a Managing Partner and a member of the investment committee of DTCP Infra, and a member of the investment committee of DTCP Growth. He currently serves as a board member at Cellnex Netherlands, Open Dutch Fiber, Community Fibre Ltd. and maincubes. Previously, he held board positions at Scout 24 (G24.DE), Ströer Media AG (SAX.DE), Cellnex Switzerland, Strato AG, Nexmo, Keepler and Cellwize.

‍Prior to founding DTCP, Vicente was the Global Head of Mergers & Acquisitions and a Senior Vice President at Deutsche Telekom between 2010 and 2015. During this time, he executed – amongst other transactions – the merger of MetroPCS with T-Mobile US, the lease-leaseback of over 7,000 T-Mobile telecommunication towers to Crown Castle, the sale of EE to British Telecom, and the acquisition of GTS Central Europe.

Before his tenure at Deutsche Telekom, he held various advisory and asset management positions at Morgan Stanley, Blackstone, and Royal Capital Management.

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

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

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Dr. Sadek Wahba is Chairman and Managing Partner of I Squared Capital, an independent global infrastructure investment manager based in Miami, Florida. He was previously at Morgan Stanley where he was the CEO of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure, a global platform for infrastructure investments.

A former economist at The World Bank, Sadek is an advocate for transformative approaches to infrastructure investment and a frequent commentator about the need for more investment in infrastructure to promote sustainable economic growth. He was part of the expert committee on the World Economic Forum's first report on global infrastructure investments and was named Global Infrastructure Personality of the Year twice, as well as Global Infrastructure Personality of the Decade, by Private Equity International (PEI). He appears regularly on national networks including Bloomberg and CNBC. In September 2022, President Biden appointed Sadek to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, which advises the White House on reducing the physical and cyber risks and improving the security and resilience of critical infrastructure in the U.S.

He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University, an M.Sc. in economics from the London School of Economics (LSE) and a B.A. in economics from the American University in Cairo. He is a published author on economic research and one of his publications was selected by MIT as one of their 50 most influential papers in the last 50 years. His recent book Build: Investing in America’s Infrastructure is published by Georgetown University Press.

Sadek is a Senior Fellow at the Development Research Institute of New York University, a Foundation Fellow of St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, and a trustee of the American University in Cairo. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, he is also a member of the national cabinet of the Wilson Center, and chair of the steering committee of the Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition at the Wilson Center.

He resides in Miami, Florida where he is a member of the board of directors of the Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute and a trustee of the Everglades Foundation.

Barbara Weber is the Founding Partner of B Capital Partners.

Barbara has over 25 years of sustainable infrastructure investment, private equity as well as project finance experience gained at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, PolyTechnos Venture and, since 2003 with B Capital Partners. Beforehand, she worked for the Private Sector Development Group of the World Bank.

Barbara is a Member of the Board at B Capital Partners AG as well as at Bekk og Strom AS (hydro power in Norway). She is also on the Investment Committees of both, the Impact Fund and the Real Assets Fund of Palisade (Australia). Further, Barbara is a Member of the Asset Selection Committee of RealPort, a regulated alternative investment brokerage platform (Germany). From 2017 till July 2021, she served as Non-Executive Director of the London Pension Fund Authorities (LPFA). Further to the mentioned, Barbara was key in setting up the infrastructure investment platform for Swiss pension funds (IST3) and its Investment Committee, of which she also was part for several years.

She is a prolific author and has written four books on infrastructure investments, the latest one being "Infrastructure as an Asset Class. Second Edition" (2016).

Barbara wrote her Ph.D. in Economics at Harvard University and University of St. Gallen. She holds an MSc in Business & Operations Research from Warwick University and a post-graduate degree in International Relations from Mannheim University.

As Global CIO and CEO based in NYC, Mark established JPMorgan’s Infrastructure Investments platform in 2005 growing it to $10 billion AUM by 2014. Prior to 2004, Mark was Head of Private Markets at the CPP Investment Board in Toronto, where he developed and implemented Private Equity, Venture, Real Estate and Infrastructure investment strategies, and established strategic partnerships, totaling $7 billion.

Prior to 2000, Mark was a senior investment banker and executive in Toronto, at HSBC Canada (Deputy CEO), CIBC World Markets, and Merrill Lynch Canada. Mark is a CPA, CA, CFA and CBV; served on the Board of the ILPA, and was founding Chair of its Research, Benchmarking & Standards Committee. Mark is a past President of the University of Toronto Alumni Association, where he obtained a B. Comm.

Mark Weisdorf Associates focuses on private market infrastructure and real assets investment strategies. Mark is Investment Committee chair of Zurich-based Swiss pension plan cooperative, IST3 Infrastruktur Global; and Senior Advisor to Seraya Partners based in Singapore. In addition to strategic consulting services, since 2015, Mark has facilitated over $5 billion of renewable energy, digital, FttH, transportation and other infrastructure investments and financings.

Li Xu is the founder of LXI Capital, a Houston-based firm specializing in investments in renewable operating assets across the United States. With a focus on power and fuel projects, Li brings extensive experience from her previous roles in capital markets, risk management, operations, turnarounds, and advisory services for energy projects worldwide.
Li's passion lies in navigating the complexities of risk management in today's rapidly evolving global landscape. She applies a comprehensive approach, considering both macro and local factors to optimize investment strategies. Her keen interest in technology, particularly AI automation, positions LXI Capital at the forefront of innovation in the renewable energy sector.
Thriving at the intersection of renewables, technology, and finance, Li leverages her diverse background to drive sustainable growth and deliver value to investors. Her leadership at LXI Capital reflects a commitment to advancing the renewable energy industry while embracing cutting-edge technological solutions.

LXI Capital is a Houston-based private equity firm dedicated to investing in renewable energy operating assets across the United States. Our portfolio focuses on power and fuel projects that generate long-term, inflation-adjusted yield, including solar, hydro, biofuel, biodiesel, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), and other clean energy ventures. Committed to operational excellence, we employ advanced risk management strategies to navigate the complexities of the renewable sector. As a 100% minority woman-owned company, we proudly serve as an approved vendor for Connecticut Green Bank and various utilities.

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

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

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

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

Eugene Zhuchenko has over 20 years of infrastructure experience. Prior to founding ETORE Advisory, he was the CEO of Long Term Infrastructure Investors Association, managed an infrastructure portfolio at APG Asset Management, led M＆A projects at APM Terminals and provided transport and energy advisory services at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Eugene has been a board member in several private equity infrastructure companies in Europe and North America. He is a Chartered Certified Accountant and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

ETORE Advisory

ETORE Advisory works with institutions, fund managers and asset companies to unlock new opportunities in infrastructure investing. With tailored solutions such as collaborative investing, we help our clients excel where markets are less efficient and success is linked to innovation.

Daniel Lau is a Portfolio Manager at the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS). He co-leads the Sustainable Investment and Stewardship Strategies (SISS) investment portfolio. The SISS investment portfolio is an opportunistic and unconstrained allocation designed to source and invest into sustainable investment opportunities across the risk-return spectrum from infrastructure to venture capital. Infrastructure investments within the SISS Portfolio focus on climate solutions that decarbonize the real economy, primarily investments into the energy transition. SISS infrastructure investments target sectors such as clean energy, transmission, storage, hydrogen, biofuels, industrial decarbonization solutions, mobility, and digital infrastructure.

Prior to joining CalSTRS, Daniel led the North American Structured Finance team for VINCI Concessions, structuring the equity investment and debt financing for VINCI’s infrastructure pursuits in the toll road, rail, and airport sectors. Prior to VINCI Concessions, Daniel worked within KPMG's Global Infrastructure practice advising clients on commercial and financial due diligence mandates within the energy and transport sectors.

California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) is the largest educator-only pension fund in the world, and the second largest pension fund in the U.S. CalSTRS was established by law in 1913 to provide retirement benefits to California’s public school educators from prekindergarten through community college. The market value of the CalSTRS investment portfolio was approximately $349.5 billion as of March 31, 2025.

Eric is a Trustee on Stamford’s Classified Employees Retirement Fund Board, Vice Chairman Other Post-Employment Benefit (OPEB) Board, Defined Contribution Plan Board and Chairman of the City’s Investment Advisory Committee.

Eric serves as a Trustee on the Town of Fairfield Employee Retirement Board and Joint Retirement Investment Board. Member of the NASP Africa Institutional Investor Advisory Council and served on the USAID MiDA Institutional Investor Delegations to Senegal, Kenya and South Africa.

Prior to entering government finance, Eric held finance positions at Royal Bank of Scotland, IBM Global Financing, Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder, Price Waterhouse and Soros Fund Management.

Eric received his B.B.A. in Accounting from Adelphi University; Certificate in Investment Banking from New York University; M.B.A. in Finance from Sacred Heart University and is currently pursuing graduate studies in Global Development at Harvard University. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Global Management Accountant.

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

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

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