Empowering growth on the frontline of infrastructure’s emerging economies
Attendees learnt from and networked with a global delegation focused on investment opportunities in emerging markets.
The forum, part of the Infrastructure Investor Network Global Summit, brought together emerging market specialists with investors to push forward change and discuss the current state of infrastructure investing in emerging economies.
Key themes:
- Accessing investment opportunities on the frontlines of innovation
- Which developing frontiers can offer lower relative risk amidst unprecedented global geopolitical instability?
- Assessing sector appetite and viability across regions: renewables, logistics, data infrastructure and more
- How investors can reap long-term rewards through savvy risk-mitigation and diversification
Advance your fundraising
Connect with a global audience of investors with an interest in emerging markets and benefit from focused networking with the right people.
Gain peer-to-peer insights
Find out how to navigate the market amidst unprecedented global geopolitical instability, how to reap long-term rewards through diversification and much more.
Save time building your network
Set up pre-event meetings and continue the conversation after the Summit with your membership to the Infrastructure Investor Network. Gain access to 2,000+ investors and managers globally.
Part of the Global Summit
The Emerging Markets Forum is part of the industry leading Infrastructure Investor Network Global Summit. The Summit took place across four days and included six forums. From ESG to infrastructure debt, the Summit is always your best opportunity to connect with the world’s investors, learn from inspirational speakers and stay at the forefront of the infrastructure market.
Six specialist forums
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Position your brand at the centre of the infrastructure community
Strengthen your market credibility, put your brand in front of your key target markets and meet your investment and business goals. Sponsorship gives you:
- VIP access
- Thought-leadership opportunities
- High-profile branding
- And much more …
For more information on available sponsorship opportunities, please contact Alexander Jakes at alexander.j@peimedia.com or call +44(0)20 3862 7498
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Agenda
Emerging Markets Forum 2023 - Monday 20th
Introduction from Infrastructure Investor
Welcome from the chair

Emerging markets: a prosperous opportunity in uncertain times?
- How are certain markets defying the geopolitical and macroeconomic volatility that is gripping the world?
- What levels of sophistication must investors embrace to open themselves to these prospects?
- Avoiding complacency and adapting risk management: balancing global inflation, interest rate and security concerns with regional risk appetite
Moderator: Andrew Brown, President, Delphos






Sustainable infrastructure and green energy: the growing, beating heart of emerging economies
- How are emerging market investment opportunities increasingly becoming defined by green initiatives?
- Regulation, government agendas and PPPs: what’s being done on the public side and how global and regional private capital is responding
- Solving a global crisis on a regional scale: to what extent can developing markets help solve a climate problem that transcends borders and jurisdictions?
- How well do the emerging markets perform on the climate resilience and adaptation scorecard?
Moderator: Jean-Christophe Barth, Executive Director, World Association of PPP Units & Professionals




Hans-Peter Egler
Director, Sustainable Infrastructure / Technical Assistance, South Pole Group
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Coffee & networking Digital Infrastructure & ESG & Sustainability attendees
LP discussion: Gaining exposure, selecting strategies, and measuring risk
- Where to find optimum emerging markets exposure in an increasingly complex fund market
- Debt, equity, primaries, core and more: what strategies for what regions?
- Demanding efficient ESG and sustainability reporting in the era of green transparency
Moderator: Georg Inderst, Principal, Inderst Advisory
Urban growth and development: smarter cities with smarter infrastructure
- How the sub-sectors of infrastructure investment intersect in these areas of rising-population dependency
- Improving unreliability of transmission infrastructure: the key to urban development in emerging regions?
- Making an impact: the push for greener municipalities
Moderator: Matthew Jordan-Tank, Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Policy & Project Preparation, EBRD
Networking lunch with Digital Infrastructure & ESG & Sustainability attendees
Embracing frontier market risk in an uncertain environment
- Does increasing geopolitical and economic uncertainty threaten or underpin the case for emerging markets?
- How are governments across these regions encouraging infrastructure investment in this climate with enticing policy frameworks?
- Regional study – pricing and measuring different risks across different jurisdictions within regions
- Risk ownership and contracting – how is risk distributed amongst stakeholders within these transitioning and ever-increasingly sustainable economies?
Moderator: Helga Van Peer, Lawyer & Non-Exec Board Member, Independent


Lucie Bernatkova
Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Impact Investments, Allianz Global Investors
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Presentation: Bulgaria – Outstanding Investment Destination

Coffee & networking Digital Infrastructure & ESG & Sustainability attendees
Emerging markets at the centre of the energy transition
- Supply and demand: why the demographics of these regions and green energy ambitions are the perfect match
- How are public and private stakeholders utilising the unmatched renewable energy resource across developing markets?
- Putting into action the international co-operation and funding frameworks that must underpin a clean energy agenda
Moderator: Aditi Bhattacharya, Investment Specialist, Asian Development Bank





Polling debate: Which region provides the most attractive infrastructure investment opportunities?
Representatives from different emerging regions will argue why their respective regions are providing the most opportunity across different infrastructure assets.
- Africa – Olusola Lawson, Co-Managing Director, African Infrastructure Investment Managers (“AIIM”)
- Middle East – Ahmed Ashour, Co-Founder & CEO, Pylon
- Asia Pacific – Aditi Bhattacharya, Investment Specialist, Asian Development Bank
- Eastern Europe – Daniel Calderon, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Alcazar Energy Management Services
Moderator: Jan Brazda, Partner, PwC





Presentation: Airport Investments in Emerging Markets
- Drivers for investments and Levels of private sector participation
- Optimal risk allocation and risk mitigation in airport concessions
- Learnings from emerging markets

Closing comments from the chair

Keynote fireside chat: Putting ESG & sustainability at the heart of your real asset investment approach in 2023 and beyond
- Executing cutting-edge sustainability methods across a global alternatives business unit
- How infrastructure and real estate are increasingly intersecting and how this is defining your ESG approach
- Reality bites? How can infrastructure funds counter present-day challenges like inflation, valuation volatility, soaring costs and other factors, whilst staying the distance on their ESG journey?
Moderator: Bruno Alves, Senior Editor, Infrastructure Investor
Members' welcome drinks reception in the Listo Lounge

Mariam Akanbi
General Counsel, ARCH Emerging Markets

Bruno Alves
Senior Editor, Infrastructure Investor

Ahmed Ashour
Co-Founder & CEO, Pylon

Deepali Bahl
Managing Director, Augment Infrastructure

Jean-Christophe Barth
Executive Director, World Association of PPP Units & Professionals

Lucie Bernatkova
Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Impact Investments, Allianz Global Investors

Aditi Bhattacharya
Investment Specialist, Asian Development Bank

Daniel Bircher
Managing Director, Zurich Airport International AG

Jan Brazda
PwC CEE Partner, PwC CZ

Andrew Brown
President, Delphos

Daniel Calderon
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Alcazar Energy

Alexandre Chavarot
Founder, Climate Finance 2050

Isabella da Costa Mendes
Founding Partner, ImpactA Global

Dr. Hubert Danso
CEO & Chairman, Africa investor (Ai) Group

Hans-Peter Egler
Director, Sustainable Infrastructure / Technical Assistance, South Pole Group

Hristo Etropolski
Deputy Executive Director, InvestBulgaria Agency

Rajesh Hemnani
Investment Manager, British International Investments

Gergely Horvath
Investment Officer / Infrastructure & Climate Action Funds, European Investment Bank

Georg Inderst
Principal, Inderst Advisory London

Tomas Janeba
President, Czech Infrastructure Association

Deepti Jerath
Head - UK, Global Head - Institutional Investors, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

Dhanpal Jhaveri
Vice Chairman, Everstone Group and CEO, EverSource Capital

Matthew Jordan-Tank
Director of Sustainable Infrastructure Policy and Project Preparation, EBRD

Morgan Landy
Director, Global Infrastructure, IFC

Ram Krishna Khatiwada
Chief Executive Officer, Nepal Infrastructure Bank

Pushkar Kulkarni
Managing Director Infrastructure & Sustainable Energies, CPP Investments

Olusola Lawson
Co-Managing Director, African Infrastructure Investment Managers ("AIIM")

Ryan Levinson
Head of Emerging Market Energy Transition, Mirova SunFunder

James Meffen
Director, The AES Corporation

Chandra Reddy
Advisor, GMR Infrasructure

Isabelle Scemama
Global Head of AXA IM Alts, Member of AXA IM Management Board, Member of the Board of Directors of EPRA

Karsten Sinner
Head of Infrastructure Funds and Regional Head of Funds North Africa, the Levant and Türkiye, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Prerna Soni
Vice President, Invest India

Marieta Stefanova
Associate, Sustainable Finance, SYSTEMIQ

Wolfgang Teubner
Regional Director Europe, ICLEI European Secretariat

Helga Van Peer
Lawyer, Mediator and Non-Exec Board Member

Jochen von Frowein
Director –Infrastructure & Energy, Global Equity, DEG

Dr. Neslihan Vural
Director of Finance, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality

Thomas Walenta
Senior Investment Officer, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Ashwin West
Head of Sustainable Infrastructure Investments, Blue Orchard
