Oskar Backman

Investment Director

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 company owned by AP1, AP3 and AP4. Backman has participated throughout his career in international transactions ranging from multiple real estate strategies, tax-based leasing, project finance, public procurements, private placements (of bonds) and M&A

Irina Frolova

Head of Asset Management

PGGM

Irina Frolova joined PGGM in 2014 and currently oversees asset management of the EUR 7.5bn infrastructure investments portfolio as well as the (board) governance of the portfolio companies in which PGGM is an influential investor.
She is a member of PGGM infrastructure investment committee and serves as non-executive director of the Boards of GlobalVia, global road & rail concession owner and operator, and UPP, leading UK on-campus student accommodation business.

Marc Ganzi

Chief Executive Officer

Digital Bridge

Marc C. Ganzi is Managing Partner and Investment Committee member at Digital Colony. He is also a founder and Chief Executive Officer of Digital Bridge Holdings, a leading global investor and owner of mobile and internet infrastructure. Mr. Ganzi has extensive experience with Digital Infrastructure deployment across the Americas and Europe.

Boe Pahari

Managing Partner & Global Head of Infrastructure Equity

AMP Capital

Boe Pahari, Global Head of Infrastructure Equity, Managing Partner, is responsible for leading AMP Capital’s global infrastructure equity activities. Mr Pahari has over 20 years of experience in the industry having started his career at Citigroup and subsequently worked for more than 13 years with ABN AMRO. Mr Pahari has led principal, advisory and banking businesses, leading teams across Europe, Asia and North America, and personally led the creation and development of several businesses for ABN AMRO and RBS.

Julia Prescot

Chief Strategy Officer

Meridiam Infrastructure

Julia is co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Meridiam Infrastructure and sits on the Board of Meridiam SAS.
Julia was recently named as a new Commissioner on the UK’s National Infrastructure Commission. She is also a non-executive director at the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund, Infraco Asia Investments and Infraco Africa Investments, a member of the Advisory Board of Glennmont Partners, a fund focussed on renewable energy and a Visiting Professor in Infrastructure Finance at the Bartlett School, University College London.

Rick Walters

Director Infrastructure

GRESB

Rick has more than 25 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 the first Technical Director for ISCA overseeing the development and operation of the Infrastructure Sustainability (IS) rating scheme from idea to launch and successful take up across industry. As GRESB Director Infrastructure he is responsible for the development and implementation of the GRESB Infrastructure Assessments..

Simon Wilde

Senior Financial Adviser

OFGEM

Simon Wilde is a senior managing director at Macquarie Capital and has 24 years of advisory experience in power, renewable and utilities. He has acted on behalf of most of Europe’s major utilities as well as for governments in Western and Eastern Europe. In recent years, Simon has increasingly facilitated investments of Asian and financial investors into the sector such as AMP, CKI, Macquarie, MEAG and Tokyo Gas.

Eugene Zhuchenko

Founder

ETORE Advisory

Eugene Zhuchenko has 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.