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Global Investor Forum Global Summit 2021
19 - 20 October 2021,
Hilton, Berlin
The private infrastructure industry’s annual general meeting
Join the biggest names within the industry at the Global Investor Forum, the largest gathering of institutional capital devoted to infrastructure and the core of the Global Summit.
Meet and hear from the best of the best in the asset class – founding and managing partners, CEOs and chairmen, plus leading global institutional and private investors attend and speak annually.
Advance your fundraising
The most efficient way to meet more than 400 investors actively allocating to the asset class.
Gain peer-to-peer insights
Explore how fundraising prospects look for H2 and beyond, how sector-focused strategies can capitalise on market dislocations, and much more.
Save time building your network
Create and nurture sustainable relationships with infrastructure’s elite at the event and on our sophisticated networking platform.
Speakers include:
One Summit. Seven Forums.
The Global Investor Forum is the core of the industry leading Infrastructure Investor Global Summit. Taking place across four days, the Summit has something to offer everyone involved in infrastructure. The Global Investor Forum is just one of the specialist forums taking place across the week.
Scaling emerging market investment in a post-pandemic world
Investing in assets which provide essential services
The role of infrastructure in the route to net-zero
The future of energy
Building the inclusive digital economy of the future
From pandemic-resilience towards sustainable growth
Sponsorship opportunities
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Agenda
Global Investor Forum - Tuesday 19th
Global Investor Forum
08:30 - 08:45
Welcome from Infrastructure Investor
Nicholas Lockley
08:40 - 08:50
Chair’s welcome
Ali Miraj
08:50 - 09:30
Keynote panel: Building back better: lessons learned from a difficult 18 months
Ali Miraj,
François Bornens,
Gwenola Chambon,
Stephane Kofman,
Chantale Pelletier,
Gijs Voskuyl
- Defining the brand and communicating it to investors
- Style drift- embrace or avoid?
- Offering investors diversification into new sectors
Moderator: Ali Miraj, Director, Infrastructure Finance, ING
09:30 - 10:10
2021 and climate change: Making sense of net zero, SDGs, EU taxonomy and COP26
Rick Walters,
Laurent Chatelin,
Graham Matthews,
Rosheen McGuckian,
Oliver Schubert
- What does it all mean for infrastructure investors?
- How covid has accelerated existing trends on climate and broader ESG issues
- Are funds responding quickly enough to changing investor needs?
Moderator: Rick Walters, Chief of Standards and Innovation, GRESB
10:10 - 10:50
Profit with purpose: Investing to succeed both financially and socially
Paul Polman,
Nicholas Lockley
- Moving sustainability from ‘nice to have’ to business-critical
- The critical role of global business amid growing governmental nationalism
- Developing global partnership and leadership to counteract inequality
Followed by Q&A with Nicholas Lockley, Director, EMEA Events, PEI Media Group
10:50 - 11:20
Coffee break
Global Investor Forum
11:20 - 12:00
Beyond wind and solar- examining interesting areas for renewables investors
Lawrence Slade,
Mohamed El Gazzar,
Mark Florian,
Jaroslava Korpanec,
Lorenzo Parola,
Marco van Daele
- Evaluating business models for EV fleets, fuels, energy efficiency and carbon capture assets
- Getting investors comfortable with risk profiles and overall fit
- What should the industry do to get more of these assets into the market?
Moderator: Lawrence Slade, Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Investor Association
12:00 - 12:40
Fundraising in 2021: Getting back on the road
Bruno Alves,
John Anderson,
Oskar Backman,
Sarah Borg-Olivier,
Dominic Helmsley
- Comparing virtual and physical fundraising results
- How investors feel about fundraising in a virtual era
- Can new entrants or products still raise money now?
Moderator: Bruno Alves, Senior Editor, Infrastructure Investor
Sarah Borg-Olivier
Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President, Instar Asset Management
Read bio
12:40 - 13:50
Lunch break
Stream A- Sectors and strategies
13:50 - 14:30
Sectors in focus: What will be the next digital?
Patrick Deasy,
Adam Emmert,
Uwe Fleischhauer,
Vittorio Lacagnina,
André Pfleger
- Where do fuels, EV fleets and charging, energy efficiency and carbon capture fit?
- Are more open-ended products the way forward?
- How investors view the products and sectors of tomorrow
Moderator: Patrick Deasy, Partner, Goodwin
14:40 - 15:20
Digital infrastructure: Does the reality match the hype for the ‘fourth utility’?
Dominik Thumfart,
Steven Marshall,
Garret Tynan
- Areas of focus; sub-sector, strategy and asset type
- Competition for larger ($1bn+) vs. mid-market transactions
- Assessing exit strategies and hold periods for digital assets
Moderator: Dominik Thumfart, Managing Director, Global Credit Financing Solutions, Infrastructure & Energy, Deutsche Bank
Stream B- ESG, engagement and diversity
13:50 - 14:30
Getting aligned: How to manage stakeholder engagement in 2021
Clare Burgess,
Meryem Cherif,
Sola Lawson,
Jemima Atkins
- How the ESG lens has sharpened its focus during the pandemic
- Labour, social unrest and how to get partnerships right
- Engaging with stakeholders around equality, diversity and inclusion issues
Moderator: Clare Burgess, Partner, Clifford Chance
14:40 - 15:20
How is infrastructure doing on equality, diversity and inclusion?
Helen Beatty,
Robert-Jan Bakker,
Neil Brown,
Allison Kingsley
- Making diversity a business imperative
- Driving better results through greater diversity
- How does gender diversity within infrastructure compare to other asset classes?
Moderator: Helen Beatty, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
15:20 - 15:50
Coffee break
Streams conclude- plenary sessions continue at 15.50
Global Investor Forum
15:50 - 16:30
The road to recovery: Putting the covid crisis in context
Charlotte Madden,
Konstantin von Falkenhausen,
Ingrid Edmund,
Ross Posner,
Michael Ryan
- Comparing today with previous crises- the GFC, the dotcom crash and more
- How the recovery is shaping up in Q4 2021
- Which sectors feature the best opportunities for growth and why?
Moderator: Charlotte Madden, Partner, Clifford Chance
16:30 - 17:10
Global Keynote Panel: Industry leaders look forward to 2022 and beyond
Bruno Candès,
Lennart Blecher,
Andrew Claerhout,
Stéphane Calas,
Angelika Schöechlin
- Why fundraising and M&A activity have continued despite the challenges of covid
- Do new cyber-attacks + increased digitalisation = the big risks keeping investors up at night?
- How increases in geopolitical tensions are affecting the sector globally
Moderator: Bruno Candes, Partner, InfraVia Capital Partners
Lennart Blecher
Head of Real Assets' Advisory Teams, Deputy Managing Partner and Chairperson of EQT Exeter, EQT
Read bio
17:10 - 17:40
The state of play: Global investor strategy panel
Adam Smallman,
Alena Antonava,
Andrea Echberg,
Ted Frith,
Eugene Zhuchenko
Institutional and private investors analyse the state of the infrastructure market as 2021 draws to a close
- Are investors as bullish as managers on the shape of the recovery?
- Views on new fund commitments and re-upping with existing managers
- Has alignment of interest with managers improved?
Moderator: Adam Smallman, Director of Membership Programs, PEI Media Group
17:40 - 17:50
Close of Global Investor Forum Day 1
Ali Miraj
17:50 - 19:00
Networking Drinks Reception
Agenda
Global Investor Forum - Wednesday 20th
08:00 - 09:00
Investor-only Think Tank session (by invite)
Global Investor Forum
09:00 - 09:15
Chair’s welcome back
Ali Miraj
09:15 - 10:00
Keynote interview: An industry leader sets out their roadmap for the infrastructure asset class
Bruno Alves,
Sadek Wahba
Hear why the Biden administration’s infra plan is a crucial first step, and how a US version of the World Bank could play a key role in mobilising private capital.
Interviewer: Bruno Alves, Senior Editor, Infrastructure Investor
Speaker: Sadek Wahba, Chairman & Managing Partner, I Squared Capital
10:00 - 10:40
Above 5%: How to get more out of your renewables funds
Irene Mavroyannis ,
Barney Coles,
Michael Hoverman,
Pete Labbat,
Raphael Lance,
Daniel von Preyss
- Moving beyond vanilla wind and solar strategies in search of alpha
- How disruptive technologies can boost energy & electricity distribution
- Solving supply and demand issues for operating assets
Moderator: Irene Mavroyannis, Managing Partner, Private Capital Advisory, Sera Global
Irene Mavroyannis
Global Co-Head of Business Development, Infrastructure, Partners Group (USA) Inc.
Read bio
10:40 - 11:10
Coffee break
Global Investor Forum
11:10 - 11:25
Market update from Infrastructure Investor
Tom Zimmermann
Our reports analyse the current state of the infrastructure market and detail the significant trends affecting the asset class in each quarter. We review 2021 from a fundraising perspective and look ahead to trends for 2022 as the world tries to get back to normal.
11:25 - 11:45
A new era of data and analytics for infrastructure investors
Frederic Blanc-Brude
- The role of data in the infrastructure investment process
- Investment regulation and the need for better data
- InfraMetrics and the future of infrastructure investing
11:45 - 12:30
Keynote interview: Hear from GIP’s chairman and managing partner on the state of infrastructure today
Adebayo Ogunlesi ,
Kalliope Gourntis
Bayo will join us for an on-stage interview to discuss issues including where infrastructure is heading in the aftermath of a global pandemic, how to address systemic and economic disadvantage and what private markets firms can do to improve diversity in light of increasing investor and stakeholder demand.
Speaker: Adebayo Ogunlesi, Chairman and Managing Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners
Interviewer: Kalliope Gourntis, Editor, Infrastructure Investor
12:30 - 13:40
Lunch break
Global Investor Forum
13:40 - 14:20
A key plank: How infrastructure debt has moved to the mainstream
Adam Smallman,
Karen Azoulay,
Annette Bannister,
Jean Francis Dusch,
Bertrand Loubières,
Jonathan Stevens
- Why investors are increasingly allocating to infrastructure debt
- Is high yield the new core infrastructure equity?
- Making the grade: how to finance the digital infrastructure boom
Moderator: Adam Smallman, Director of Membership Programs, PEI Media Group
Jean Francis Dusch
CEO, Edmond de Rothschild UK, CIO Infrastructure Debt, Edmond de Rothschild AM UK
Read bio
14:20 - 15:00
Transportation infrastructure- the good, the bad and the ugly
Minesh Mashru,
Dylan Foo,
Andreas Köttering,
Ed Pallesen
- Investors explain how to return transport assets to good health
- How airports can get their mojo back
- What are the capital markets and other financing sources’ outlook on transportation businesses?
Moderator: Minesh Mashru, Senior Investment Director, Real Assets Investment Group, Cambridge Associates
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee break
Global Investor Forum
15:30 - 16:10
Midmarket infrastructure- finding value in a packed segment
Colin Simpson,
Andrew Liau,
Jérôme Sousselier ,
Dominik von Scheven
- Assessing how new vehicles and spinoffs are moving into the space
- Growing pains: Dealing with size, discipline and maturity issues
- Is the midmarket large enough for funds to deploy at the scale they claim?
Moderator: Colin Simpson, Head of Asset Management, GLIL Infrastructure
Dominik von Scheven
Global Head of Infrastructure, Private Markets, HSBC Alternatives, HSBC Asset Management
Read bio
16:10 - 16:50
Unpicking a GP-led infrastructure secondary
Jasmine Hunet Lamourille,
Paul Barr,
Marie-Victoire Rozé,
Immanuel Rubin
- Choosing the right route: Motivation, pricing and transparency
- Success factors: explaining the deal rationale, early engagement with investors and advisors
- Valuations: why getting a second opinion on price can make the difference
Moderator: Jasmine Hunet Lamourille, Managing Director, Private Capital Advisory, Evercore
16:50 - 17:30
Hybrid assets – the future of infrastructure or evidence of style drift?
Kalliope Gourntis,
Chris Beall,
Oliver Bradley,
Matthias Fackler,
Angelika Schöechlin
- The evolving definition of infrastructure and real assets investments
- Are dentists, funeral homes and psychiatric clinics the new toll roads?
- Has investor appetite aligned with the risk profile of hybrid assets?
17:30 - 17:40
Chair’s summary and close of Global Investor Forum
Ali Miraj
Bruno Alves
Senior Editor, Infrastructure Investor
Bruno Alves is the Senior Editor of award-winning publication Infrastructure Investor. Bruno has been a journalist for nearly 20 years and first joined Infrastructure Investor in December 2009, where he quickly rose to become Associate Editor and a l… Read full bio
John Anderson
Global Head Corporate Finance & Infrastructure, Manulife
The most recent decade of John Anderson’s 30-year investing career has increasingly focused on gender and racial inclusion. John has been a leader in his firm building greater gender inclusion in his investment officer roster, including expanding rec… Read full bio
Jemima Atkins
Infrastructure Investments, Allianz Capital Partners
Jemima Atkins is an investment professional within the Infrastructure Direct Investments team at Allianz Capital Partners, based in London. She is particularly focused on infrastructure investments in the energy, utilities and transport sectors, incl… Read full bio
Alena Antonava
Investment Manager, RPMI Railpen
Alena Antonava is an Investment Manager of Long-Term Income Fund (LTIF) at RPMI Railpen. LTIF targets core infrastructure, renewable energy, and long-lease commercial real estate investments in the UK. LTIF invests across capital structure and throug… Read full bio
Karen Azoulay
Head of Infrastructure Debt, BNP Paribas Asset Management
Karen joined BNP Paribas Asset Management in May 2017 from SCOR Investment Partners where she had been Head of Infrastructure since 2012 and implemented and developed SCOR’s infrastructure debt strategy. She previously worked for Dexia, joining in 20… Read full bio
Oskar Backman
Investment Manager, Polhem Infrastructure
Oskar Backman has spent over 20 years in the financial industry, with a focus on real assets. In 2019 Oskar left AP1 to build up the investment activities of the newly established Polhem Infra in Stockholm, a dedicated infrastructure investment compa… Read full bio
Robert-Jan Bakker
Member of Management, Partners Group
Robert-Jan Bakker is part of the European Private Infrastructure business unit, based in Zug. He has 15 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at APG Asset Management and Deloitte. He holds a cum laude master’s degre… Read full bio
Annette Bannister
Managing Director, MetLife Investment Management
Annette Bannister is a Managing Director and Head of European Infrastructure and Project Finance for MetLife Investment Management (“MIM”). Annette is responsible for overseeing the origination and execution of new infrastructure debt transactions in… Read full bio
Paul Barr
Partner, Pantheon Ventures
Paul is a Partner in Pantheon’s Global Infrastructure and Real Assets Team. He previously worked in the Infrastructure teams at GIC, Challenger Group, and Macquarie. Prior to this Paul worked in a number of corporate finance and consulting roles, wit… Read full bio
Chris Beall
Managing Partner & Founder, NOVA Infrastructure
Chris is the Managing Partner and a Founder of NOVA Infrastructure and has 24 years of experience in private equity, investment banking and infrastructure operations and engineering. Since 2017 Chris has built NOVA with Allison Kingsley, forming the… Read full bio
Helen Beatty
Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
Helen is a finance and projects lawyer specialising in transactions in the infrastructure, power and mining sectors. Based in London, Helen has extensive experience advising both sponsors and financiers on major energy, infrastructure and mining proj… Read full bio
Frederic Blanc-Brude
Director, EDHECinfra and CEO, Scientific Infra
Frederic Blanc-Brude is the Director of EDHECinfra, an index, analytics and research provider specialised in the provision of unlisted infrastructure equity and debt market indices and custom benchmarks. Before joining EDHEC in 2011, he spent 10 year… Read full bio
Lennart Blecher
Head of Real Assets' Advisory Teams, Deputy Managing Partner and Chairperson of EQT Exeter, EQT
Lennart Blecher joined EQT Partners in April 2007 and is Head of Real Assets, Deputy Managing Partner and Chairperson of EQT Exeter. Lennart holds a Master of Law degree from the University of Lund, Sweden and has studied at the University of Dallas,… Read full bio
Sarah Borg-Olivier
Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President, Instar Asset Management
Sarah Borg-Olivier is Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President for Instar where she is responsible for overseeing fund administration activities and non-investment operations, including investor relations, business development, environmental… Read full bio
François Bornens
Partner – Investor Relations, Arjun Infrastructure
François Bornens has been a Partner at Arjun Infrastructure Partner since its creation in 2015. He has responsibility for Investor relations and business development. Arjun is an independent infrastructure asset management company managing €3.8 billi… Read full bio
Oliver Bradley
Managing Director, Macquarie Capital
Oliver Bradley is Managing Director, Digital Infrastructure Investing at Macquarie Capital, the advisroy, capital markets and principal investment arm of Macquarie Group Limited. The Digital Infrastructure team invests directly in and supports the gr… Read full bio
Neil Brown
Head of Capital Formation, Low Carbon
Neil Brown is Head of Capital Formation at Low Carbon, having recently joined from Actis. He leads capital raising efforts as Low Carbon scales to be a 20GW player by 2030. Neil works with investors globally and has spent more than 20 years raising c… Read full bio
Clare Burgess
Partner, Clifford Chance
Clare Burgess is a Partner with a particular focus on the infrastructure and renewables sectors. Clare has advised on a wide range of infrastructure transactions including project bonds, private placements, corporate bonds and multi-source financings… Read full bio
Stéphane Calas
Managing Director, Cube Infrastructure Managers
Stéphane has over 25 years of experience in investment banking, infrastructure and asset management. He is the Managing Director in charge of Telecom & Smart Infrastructure for Cube’s brownfield fund, and sits at the Investment Committee and Asse… Read full bio
Bruno Candès
Partner, InfraVia Capital Partners
Bruno has more than 20 years of experience in global infrastructure markets in particular as a principal investor across Europe and North America. Before joining InfraVia, Bruno worked for several financial and corporate institutions including Axium… Read full bio
Gwenola Chambon
CEO and Managing Partner, Vauban Infrastructure Partners
Gwenola Chambon, is CEO and Managing Partner of Vauban Infrastructure Partners. She has built and developed this equity infrastructure activity through the past 10 years. She developed the team, lead the various vintages of fundraising, designing the… Read full bio
Laurent Chatelin
Partner – Infrastructure, Eurazeo
Laurent joined Eurazeo as Partner and head of the Infrastructure investment team. Prior to that, Laurent was a Partner of Marguerite, a European infrastructure asset manager with 1.5bn€ AuM which he joined at inception in 2010. During his tenure at M… Read full bio
Meryem Cherif
Associate, AP Ventures
Meryem Cherif is an Associate at AP Ventures, looking after fundraising, Limited Partners and ESG integration. She also manages AP Ventures’ investment in Ergosup. Prior to this role, she worked for 5 years at UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan in Barcel… Read full bio
Andrew Claerhout
Partner & Co-Head of Infrastructure, Searchlight Capital Partners
Andrew Claerhout is a Partner and Co-Head of Infrastructure Investing at Searchlight Capital Partners. Prior to joining Searchlight in 2019, Mr. Claerhout led Infrastructure and Natural Resources investing at the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (“OTPP… Read full bio
Barney Coles
Managing Director, Clean Energy Infrastructure - Capital Dynamics
Barney is a Managing Director and Co-Head of the Clean Energy Infrastructure team and a member of our Responsible Investment Committee. He has over a decade of renewable energy financing experience across Europe. Prior to joining the team, Barney spe… Read full bio
Patrick Deasy
Private Investment Funds Partner, Goodwin
Patrick Deasy is a partner in Goodwin’s award-winning private investment funds group. His practice focuses on private capital solutions across various alternative asset classes, including energy and infrastructure, private equity and real estate, in… Read full bio
Jean Francis Dusch
CEO, Edmond de Rothschild UK, CIO Infrastructure Debt, Edmond de Rothschild AM UK
Jean-Francis Dusch brings 29 years of international project and structured finance experience to the team. He joined the Edmond de Rothschild Group in 2004, as co-head of the Project Finance department before taking charge of the group’s structuring… Read full bio
Andrea Echberg
Partner and Head of Global Infrastructure and Real Assets, Pantheon
Andrea is a Partner and Head of Pantheon’s Global Infrastructure and Real Assets Team. She is responsible for global infrastructure and real assets investments covering primary, secondary and co-investments. She is a member of the International Inves… Read full bio
Ingrid Edmund
Head of Financing and Portfolio Management, Columbia Threadneedle Investment
Ingrid is a founding member of the Columbia Threadneedle European Sustainable Infrastructure Fund, an open-ended fund focused on mid-market equity investments established in 2019. She leads the financing activity of ESIF’s portfolio companies and has… Read full bio
Mohamed El Gazzar
Partner, I Squared Capital
Mohamed El Gazzar is a Partner of I Squared Capital, responsible for infrastructure strategy in Europe. Since joining I Squared Capital in 2013, Mohamed has led the acquisition and development of portfolio companies encompassing thermal, renewables a… Read full bio
Adam Emmert
Managing Director, Tiger Infrastructure
Adam Emmert is a Managing Director of Tiger Infrastructure Partners. He was previously a member of Lehman Brothers' infrastructure private equity team. Prior to that, he held positions with Highstar Capital, the Lehman Brothers’ Merchant Banking Grou… Read full bio
Matthias Fackler
Partner and Head of EQT Infrastructure Team Europe, EQT
Matthias Fackler joined EQT Partners in Munich in September 2008 and is Head of Infrastructure Continental Europe. Matthias holds a Master degree in Business Administration of the University of Tübingen. Prior to joining EQT Partners, Matthias worked… Read full bio
Uwe Fleischhauer
Managing Director, YIELCO Investments AG
Uwe Fleischhauer is Founding Partner and member of the Executive Board and Investment Committee of YIELCO Investments AG in Munich, Germany. YIELCO, established in 2011, is an innovative alternative investment service provider with focus on the asset… Read full bio
Mark Florian
Global head, BlackRock Infrastructure Funds, BlackRock
Mark Florian leads the Global Energy & Power Infrastructure team at BlackRock, which currently manages about $9 billion, investing in the power, midstream, utility and other energy sectors across three long term funds. The team has created over 3… Read full bio
Dylan Foo
Head of Global Infrastructure, Apollo Global Management
Mr. Foo is a Partner and Head of Global Infrastructure at Apollo. Mr. Foo has more than 20 years of industry experience investing in Asia, UK, Europe and North America, with a particular focus on mid-market assets in transportation, telecommunication… Read full bio
Ted Frith
Chief Operating Officer, GLIL Infrastructure
Ted joined GLIL in November 2018 and he is the Chief Operating Officer. He chairs the Executive Committee and is responsible for the day-to-day management of GLIL. Ted’s career spans 30 years in investment banking and asset management and he has a tr… Read full bio
Kalliope Gourntis
Deputy Editor, Infrastructure Investor
Kalliope is Deputy Editor at Infrastructure Investor, focusing primarily on the print edition, the latest role she’s assumed since joining the company in 2013. Kalliope initially covered the US market when she was based in New York, but has since rel… Read full bio
Dominic Helmsley
Head of Core Infrastructure, Abrdn
Dominic heads up the Core Infrastructure team at abrdn. He has over 30 years’ experience in the infrastructure sector combining extensive mergers and acquisitions experience with asset management expertise. Dominic spent 12 years with BAA plc where h… Read full bio
Michael Hoverman
Managing Director and Head, Global Partners Group, CIM Group
Michael Hoverman is a Managing Director and Head of the Global Partners Group, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Michael oversees the Global Partners group at CIM, which is responsible for building strong relationships with CIM’s institutional par… Read full bio
Jasmine Hunet Lamourille
Managing Director, Evercore
Jasmine Hunet Lamourille is a Managing Director in Evercore’s European Private Capital Advisory team. Jasmine has over 12 years of secondary market advisory experience. Prior to joining Evercore in 2013, Jasmine was a member of the Secondary Advisory… Read full bio
Allison Kingsley
Founder and Partner, NOVA Infrastructure
Allison is a Partner and a Founder of NOVA Infrastructure and has 22 years of experience working in infrastructure, project finance, investment banking, and risk. Since 2017 Allison has built NOVA with Chris Beall, forming the NOVA team and leading t… Read full bio
Stephane Kofman
Director, Fund Management, InfraRed Capital Partners Ltd
Stéphane joined InfraRed in 2007. He leads the Infrastructure business line's new strategic initiatives and product development from initial design and investment strategy definition to successful fund raising. He also focuses on securing and managin… Read full bio
Andreas Köttering
Managing Director, CBRE Investment Management
Andreas joined CBRE Investment Management in 2018 and is a member of the firm's investment committee. He is the head of European private infrastructure investment practice, and has over 25 years of extensive experience in infrastructure investing. Pr… Read full bio
Jaroslava Korpanec
Head of Infrastructure, Allianz Capital Partners
Jaroslava Korpanec joined Allianz Capital Partners (ACP) in 2008 and has worked on a number of debt and equity investments in the infrastructure sector since joining. Jaroslava was, among other transactions, responsible for the below acquisitions: -… Read full bio
Pete Labbat
Managing Partner, ECP
Mr. Labbat is a Managing Partner of ECP. He is involved in all areas of the firm’s investment activities, serves as the Chairman of the Investment Committee and Valuation Committee and is a member of the ESG Committee and Management Committee. Prior… Read full bio
Vittorio Lacagnina
Partner, Apollo Global Management
Vittorio Lacagnina is a Partner in the Institutional Client & Product Solutions group at Apollo where he leads capital formation for Infrastructure. Prior to joining Apollo in 2022, Vittorio was Managing Director & Head of Business Developmen… Read full bio
Raphael Lance
Head of Mirova Energy transition funds, Natixis Investment Managers
Raphaël joined Mirova (100% affiliate of Natixis IM) in 2009 as Managing Director of the renewable energy funds (Fideme , Eurofideme 2, Eurofideme 3, Eurofideme 4) with around 1.3 Bios€ assets under management, representing 200 projects across Europe… Read full bio
Sola Lawson
Co-Managing Director, African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM)
Olusola was appointed Co-Managing Director in August 2020 and has more than 16 years of corporate finance and infrastructure equity investing experience across European and African markets. Over the last decade, after founding the Nigerian office for… Read full bio
Andrew Liau
Managing Director and Co-Head of H.I.G. Infrastructure, H.I.G. Capital
Andrew is a Managing Director on the infrastructure team based in H.I.G.’s London office and co-heads the firm’s infrastructure activities. He has over 20 years of experience in private equity and investment banking. Prior to joining H.I.G., Andrew w… Read full bio
Bertrand Loubières
Head of Infrastructure Finance, AXA IM Alts
Bertrand is Head of Infrastructure Finance at AXA IM Alts. His responsibilities include managing a team of 10 infrastructure specialists investing in infrastructure loans and bonds. Before joining AXA IM Alts’ Real Assets in 2015, Bertrand headed the… Read full bio
Charlotte Madden
Global Co-Head of Infrastructure, Clifford Chance
One of the prominent partners at Clifford Chance, Charlotte specialises in private equity and infrastructure investments. A Chambers-ranked solicitor, she represents financial investors through all stages of the investment cycle and has been at the f… Read full bio
Steven Marshall
Chairman and Managing Partner, Cordiant Digital infrastructure, Cordiant
Steven Marshall is Chairman of Cordiant’s Digital Infrastructure practice. He is Co-Head of both Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited (CORD:LSE) and Cordiant Digital GP/LP fund (in fundraising). Formerly President of American Tower’s core business… Read full bio
Minesh Mashru
Global head of Infrastructure , Cambridge Associates
Minesh is a Managing Director and head of infrastructure in the Real Assets Investment Group at Cambridge Associates. He is focused on the infrastructure investment activities for the group, in both public and privatemarkets, debt, equity, and across… Read full bio
Graham Matthews
PATRIZIA CEO Infrastructure, PATRIZIA
Graham is CEO Infrastructure at PATRIZIA. He was formerly the founding shareholder and Chief Executive of Whitehelm Capital before the business merged with PATRIZIA in 2022. Graham joined the Whitehelm team in 1998 and started the firm’s infrastructu… Read full bio
Irene Mavroyannis
Global Co-Head of Business Development, Infrastructure, Partners Group (USA) Inc.
Irene joined Partners Group in April 2023 as Global Co-Head of Business Development, Infrastructure, and is based in NY. She has 30+ years of finance experience and prior to Partners Group was the Global Head of the Infrastructure Private Capital Adv… Read full bio
Rosheen McGuckian
Chief Executive Officer, NTR
Rosheen was appointed Chief Executive Officer of NTR plc in April 2013. Since joining NTR in 2008, Rosheen has held a number of leadership positions in NTR including most recently as Group Business Development Director and CEO positions in solar dev… Read full bio
Ali Miraj
Managing Director, Infrastructure Finance, ING
Ali Miraj is an infrastructure financier, broadcaster, political commentator and DJ. Having qualified as a Chartered Accountant, he works in Infrastructure Finance at ING, co-ordinating global relationships with infrastructure equity funds. He regula… Read full bio
Adebayo Ogunlesi
Chairman and Managing Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners
Bayo Ogunlesi is Chairman and Managing Partner and a Founding Partner of GIP, a leading private equity firm that invests in infrastructure assets. He chairs both the Investment and Operating Committees and is a member of the Valuation Committee. He i… Read full bio
Ed Pallesen
Managing Director, Co-Head of Infrastructure, H.I.G. Capital
Ed is a Managing Director based in H.I.G.’s New York office and co-leads the firm’s Infrastructure activities. Prior to joining H.I.G., Ed was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs & Co. Ed worked at Goldman Sachs for 19 years in a variety of capa… Read full bio
Lorenzo Parola
Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
Lorenzo Parola is a Partner of Herbert Smith Freehills and Head of the Italian Energy and Infrastructure Practice. Mr Parola is admitted to both the Italian Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione) and as a Solicitor of England and Wales. He is one of the… Read full bio
Chantale Pelletier
Global Head of Infrastructure, Schroders Capital
Chantale joined Schroders Capital in March 2021 to lead the growth and development of Schroders’ infrastructure investment platform. Chantale is focused on enlarging the scale of Schroders Capital’s infrastructure platform globally across a range of… Read full bio
André Pfleger
Senior Investment Manager, SV SparkassenVersicherung
André Pfleger has been working at SV SparkassenVersicherung in Stuttgart since 2012 and, as Senior Investment Manager, is responsible for the Alternative Investments at SV with a focus on the asset classes Infrastructure and Timber and a portfolio vo… Read full bio
Paul Polman
Paul Polman, CEO Unilever (2009-19) and Co-Author of Net Positive
Influencer, business leader, campaigner, Co-Author of “Net Positive: how courageous companies thrive by giving more than they take”, recently published October 2021. Paul Polman works to accelerate action by business to tackle climate change and ineq… Read full bio
Ross Posner
Managing Partner, Ridgewood Infrastructure
Ross Posner is Managing Partner of Ridgewood Infrastructure, which invests in essential infrastructure in the U.S. lower middle market. Illustrative investments include the Vista Ridge pipeline supplying San Antonio with ~20% of its fresh water under… Read full bio
Marie-Victoire Rozé
Senior Managing Director, Ardian
Senior Managing Director and Member of the ASF Committee, based in Paris. Marie-Victoire Roze joined Ardian as an Analyst in 2005. She is primarily engaged in the origination and evaluation of secondary purchases of Fund of Funds’ investments, and th… Read full bio
Immanuel Rubin
Head of European Secondaries / Partner, Campbell Lutyens
Immanuel has 18 years of private equity, infrastructure and corporate finance experience, of which 17 years was spent at Campbell Lutyens. He is Head of the European and Asia secondary team as well as a member of the firm’s management committee. Imma… Read full bio
Michael Ryan
CEO, Dalmore Capital
Michael co-founded Dalmore Capital Limited in 2009 and is CEO. Michael is a Dalmore shareholder and board member as well as being on the Investment Committee and the Executive Committee. Michael’s day-to-day responsibilities as CEO are to lead the bu… Read full bio
Angelika Schöechlin
Senior Partner, Antin Infrastructure Partners
Angelika joined Antin in 2010 and is a member of the Investment Committee. Angelika is a board member of Fund II portfolio companies Amedes and GSR, Fund III portfolio company Almaviva and Fund IV portfolio companies Babilou and Hippocrates. She prev… Read full bio
Oliver Schubert
Senior Partner, Vantage Infrastructure
Oliver joined the business in 2012 and has over two decades of relevant experience. Based in London, Oliver leads Equity transaction origination and execution. He is a member of the Equity Investment Committee and the firm’s global Executive Committe… Read full bio
Colin Simpson
Head of Asset Management, GLIL Infrastructure
Colin is Head of Asset Management at Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI) and is part of the team responsible for origination, execution and management of LPPI’s infrastructure investments. His role includes GLIL Infrastructure, a £2.5 billi… Read full bio
Lawrence Slade
Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Investor Association
Lawrence Slade became Chief Executive Officer of the Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA) in January 2020. GIIA represents investors with over US$1tn AUM. Prior to his role with GIIA Lawrence Slade worked with Energy UK since 2011, becom… Read full bio
Adam Smallman
Director – Membership Programs, PEI Media
Adam joined PEI in December 2018 in a new role as Head of Content Strategy. Previously he spent three years with investment bank Liberum and held leading editorial and content roles at Dow Jones and Informa PLC. His responsibility is to ensure PEI’s… Read full bio
Jérôme Sousselier
Managing Director, ICG
Jérôme joined ICG in May 2018 and is a Managing Director in the European Infrastructure Equity team. He is responsible for identifying, analysing and executing investment opportunities within this strategy. Prior to joining ICG, he was Head of Infras… Read full bio
Jonathan Stevens
Managing Director, Head of European Infrastructure Debt, BlackRock
Jonathan Stevens, Managing Director, is the Deputy CIO of BlackRock Real Assets Debt and Head of BlackRock’s Infrastructure Debt division in Europe. He has over 20 years of experience in infrastructure as an advisor, banker and as an asset manager. M… Read full bio
Jackie Surtani
Director – Infrastructure Finance, Asian Development Bank
Jackie Surtani was appointed Director of the Infrastructure Finance Division that covers East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands in April 2017. Prior to ADB, Jackie led the risk function of Siemens Financial Services’ Asian commercial finan… Read full bio
Dominik Thumfart
Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Origination, Infrastructure & Energy, Deutsche Bank
Dominik Thumfart is a Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Origination, Infrastructure & Energy, on Deutsche Bank´s Global Credit Financing Solutions platform. In this role, Dominik leads origination of structured credit opportunities and cove… Read full bio
Garret Tynan
Managing Director, KBRA
Garret Tynan is the Managing Director and European Head of Infrastructure and Project Finance at KBRA Europe Limited (KBRA). Garret previously spent five years with KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH in London, where he was responsible for originating and executing… Read full bio
Marco van Daele
Co-CEO ＆ CIO , SUSI Partners
Marco van Daele is Co-CEO of SUSI Partners and oversees the company’s global investment and asset management activities in his role as Chief Investment Officer. Before joining SUSI Partners in 2017, Marco worked for Brookfield Asset Management, where… Read full bio
Konstantin von Falkenhausen
Partner, B Capital Partners AG
Konstantin is a Managing Partner at B Capital Partners, an infrastructure investment house based in Zurich. He has been with B Capital since 2010. Konstantin has 20 years of direct investment experience, both in private equity and for the last 10 yea… Read full bio
Daniel von Preyss
Head of PE/Infrastructure, Executive Director, Impax Asset Management
Daniel joined Impax in 2009 and heads Impax’s Private Equity/Infrastructure business. Daniel is a member of the investment committees for each of the New Energy Funds. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of Impax Asset Management Group and… Read full bio
Dominik von Scheven
Global Head of Infrastructure, Private Markets, HSBC Alternatives, HSBC Asset Management
Dominik von Scheven is the Global Head of Infrastructure in the Private Markets team within HSBC Alternatives, a part of HSBC Asset Management and is based in London. Dominik is responsible for all equity infrastructure investments with a focus on co… Read full bio
Gijs Voskuyl
Partner, DIF Capital Partners
Gijs is Partner and member of the Executive Committee at DIF Capital Partners. Since 2023 he is covering a number of CEO-tasks related to managing the broader DIF organization. In addition, he is overseeing the activities in DIF’s traditional infrast… Read full bio
Sadek Wahba
Chairman and Managing Partner, I Squared Capital
Sadek Wahba is the Chairman and Managing Partner of I Squared Capital. Prior to founding I Squared Capital, Sadek was the CEO of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners and was an economist for several years at the World Bank. He is a Senior Fellow of… Read full bio
Rick Walters
Director, Infrastructure, GRESB
Rick has more than 30 years experience in Sustainability, Investment, Engineering and Management. His spans a diverse range of businesses, infrastructure and industry through design, construction and operations phases. Rick was a founder of the Infra… Read full bio
Eugene Zhuchenko
Managing Director, ETORE Advisory
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… Read full bio
Tom Zimmermann
Senior Research Manager, Fundraising, PEI Group
Tom Zimmermann is a Senior Research Manager, Fundraising at PEI Group, focusing on the GP-LP relationship via private markets fundraising. Based in London, he is responsible for leading a team of research associates dedicated to maintaining the firm’… Read full bio
