Infrastructure
Investor
Investor
Global Summit Berlin 2021
18 - 21 October 2021,
Hilton, Berlin and virtually
Today’s leaders. Tomorrow’s infrastructure. The Global Summit.
The no.1 event in the industry, the Infrastructure Investor Global Summit will be back on 18-21 October, both in Berlin and virtually.
Bringing together infrastructure’s most influential decision-makers for four days of networking and industry-leading content. Benefit from more keynotes and speakers, the world’s largest investor attendance and enhanced networking you simply can’t get anywhere else.
Expand your network, gain new insights, and drive your investment strategies forward.
Gain fresh perspectives and be inspired
Keynote speakers include:
Simon Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Join Simon Clark as he discusses his book The Key Man and lessons learned from the fall of Abraaj, red flags for investors to look out for, and more.
Paul Polman, Co-Founder and Co-Chair, IMAGINE
Be inspired by Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever, as he discusses how to invest to succeed both financially and socially.
Adebayo Ogunlesi, Chairman & Managing Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners
Join Adebayo Ogunlesi as he talks about infrastructure’s post-pandemic route and addresses systemic and economic disadvantages and more.
Sadek Wahba, Chairman & Managing Partner, I Squared Capital
Hear Sadek Wahba’s roadmap for the infrastructure asset class and the importance of Biden’s administration’s infra plan.
Advance your fundraising
Expand your fundraising horizons by joining the largest gathering of global institutional investors, looking for opportunities in infrastructure.
Uncover high-yield opportunities
The Summit’s world-class speaking faculty will show you where, and how, you can find attractive investments around the globe.
Save time building your network
Create and nurture sustainable relationships with infrastructure’s elite by using our sophisticated networking platform ahead of, during, and post-event.
Join 600+ global institutional investors
Event Overview
Seven Forums. One Global Summit.
The Global Summit consists of seven specialist forums, offering something for everyone involved in infrastructure. Across four days, get up to date on the latest trends and challenges in the industry, covering everything from ESG to infrastructure debt.
Monday
Join three of the Summit’s specialist Forums: Emerging Markets Forum, Social Infrastructure Forum, and ESG and Sustainability Forum.
Tuesday & Wednesday
Join the biggest names in the industry at the Global Investor Forum, the largest gathering of institutional capital devoted to infrastructure and the centrepiece of the Global Summit.
Thursday
The final day will consist of three more specialist Forums: Energy Transition Forum, Digital Infrastructure Forum, and Infrastructure Debt Forum.
2021 speakers include:
Testimonials
Rick Walters
GRESB
Infrastructure Investor managed to pull off the best infrastructure investing conference of 2020!
Fraser Hughes
GLIO
Great event again. The virtual platform was extremely well done – congrats on hosting a top-quality event.
John Anderson
Manulife
One of the best events of 2020 for connecting with other market participants.
Now part of the Global Passport
By securing your place at the Infrastructure Investor Global Summit, you will instantly become part of our global community of infrastructure leaders shaping the asset class.
Members have year-round access to a directory of investors, frequent meetings with industry leaders, and a place at all Infrastructure Investor conferences throughout the year, including:
Please note, annual agenda is subject to change.
A new way to experience the Infrastructure Investor Global Summit
Join us in Berlin or take part online
Experience the Global Summit from your desk or join us for a week in Berlin. The choice is yours.
The new Global Passport subscription means that, this year, we can do things differently. While we are excited to welcome those who can join us in Berlin, we understand this may not be possible for everyone. Therefore, the event will be fully available online if you are unable to travel to Berlin come October.
By bringing together in-person and online attendees, the Global Summit will offer you the best networking experience yet, with an even wider audience for you to connect with.
Your options explained
Attending the event in-person
Enjoy a break from your desk to join the infrastructure community. You will have access to all content on-demand as part of your Passport subscription. Spend more time making connections without missing any of the fantastic content on offer across the week. Connect with other attendees at the event, but also virtual attendees online.
Join us in Berlin with a Global Passport subscription.
Attending the event virtually
This option gives you remote access to the event, allowing you to take place from anywhere, anytime. Watch all sessions from your desk, and schedule virtual meetings with other virtual attendees but also those in Berlin. All content will be available on demand offering you flexibility to ensure you do not miss any of the Global Summit.
Join us online with a Regional Global Passport subscription.
Unrivalled networking, wherever you are
Join us in Berlin or take part online
Experience the Global Summit from your desk or join us for a week in Berlin. The choice is yours.
The new Global Passport membership means that, this year, we can do things differently. While we are excited to welcome those who can join us in Berlin, we understand this may not be possible for everyone. Therefore, the event will be fully available online if you are unable to travel to Berlin come October.
By bringing together in-person and online attendees, the Global Summit will offer you the best networking experience yet, with an even wider audience for you to connect with.
Build valuable connections with the global industry
600+ Institutional investors
$1trn+ Capital in attendance
55+ Countries represented
Meet the right people
Easily connect with the right people on the virtual event platform. Enhanced search capabilities and sophisticated filtering allow you to narrow down potential contacts by region, investment strategy and sector. This will ensure you do not miss a single new opportunity.
All in-person and virtual attendees will have access to the virtual platform, offering an unrivalled audience of infrastructure leaders to connect with. Use the platform to create a want to meet list prior to the event to ensure you make the most of the week, whether attending in-person or online.
Chat and arrange private meetings
Reach out to your want to meet list ahead of the event and book in private 1-2-1 meetings. Video meetings will be available on the event platform throughout the Global Summit week for all attendees to make use of.
In addition, in Berlin, more meeting spaces available than ever before, for you to connect with investors in a more and get deals done.
Lead the global conversation
Themed networking sessions will be taking place across the week allowing you to quickly identify other attendees with the same interest areas of you. Join these themed rooms in-person or online to meet relevant contacts and discuss the selected topics.
Tailor your four-day agenda and join sessions from any of the seven specialist forums.
Year-round access to the global community
With a Global Passport subscription, your networking experience is not restricted to four days in Berlin. Access a directory of institutional investors actively allocating to infrastructure, and benefit from year-round connectivity.
In addition, you will also have access to all of Infrastructure Investors leading events across your subscription, offering the largest and most diverse audience to connect with.
Join the global investor community
The Global Summit is the largest gathering of institutional investors allocating to infrastructure. Gain peer to peer insights, advance your firm, and shape the future of the asset class.
As an investor joining the Global Summit, you can:
- Meet the fund managers doing the deals and the developers and corporates seeking investment
- Explore the latest trends and opportunities offered by the growth of the asset class
- Hear from industry leaders as they cover every aspect of infrastructure investment; more managing partners, founders and CEOs speak at the Global Summit than any other infrastructure event
“If you are serious about infrastructure investing, the Global Summit should be a fixture in your calendar.”
Lincoln Webb, BCI
“One of the best events of 2020 for connecting with other market participants.”
John Anderson, Manulife
Access to the Global Summit is exclusive to Infrastructure Investor Global Passport holders. We offer a limited number of complimentary Passport subscriptions to qualified investors, subject to validation and limited to two per organisation.
To apply, please contact Katherine Watson at katherine.w@peimedia.com.
Sponsorship opportunities 2021
The Infrastructure Investor Global Summit offers a unique opportunity for organisations to raise their profile as part of the premier meeting for infrastructure investment professionals.
For more information on available sponsorship opportunities please contact Alexander Jakes: alexander.j@peimedia.com, +44(0)20 3862 7498.
Infrastructure Investor Global Summit 2021 agenda
View the sessions taking place across the week
Pre-Event Resources
Harsh Agrawal
Partner, I Squared Capital
Harsh Agrawal is a Partner at I Squared Capital, focusing on the Firm’s infrastructure strategy in Asia. Harsh brings more than 18 years of financial services and investing experience. Prior to joining I Squared Capital in 2013, Harsh served for 12 y… Read full bio
Jussi Ahonen
Senior Investment Manager, Finnfund
Jussi works as a Senior Investment Manager at Finnfund, leading the origination and execution of Telecommunications, Technology, and Fintech -sector investments. Recent transactions include investments into Lebanese Telecom-ESCO company IPT Powertech… Read full bio
Bruno Alves
Senior Editor, Infrastructure Investor
Bruno Alves is the Editor of Infrastructure Investor. Bruno has been a journalist for over 10 years and first joined Infrastructure Investor in December 2009, where he quickly rose to become Associate Editor and a leading writer covering the infrastr… Read full bio
John Anderson
Global Head Corporate Finance & Infrastructure, Manulife
John Anderson is a 30-year infrastructure investor, responsible for Manulife’s US$ 40 billion infrastructure investment program across equity and debt strategies, and President of the Firm’s Infrastructure Equity Funds. In John’s broader role, as Glo… Read full bio
Matteo Andreoletti
Head of Infrastructure Equity, Smart City Infrastructure Fund
Matteo leads Whitehelm’s equity investment activities in Europe & North America for economic infrastructure and digital investments. He is a partner of Whitehelm’s European Infrastructure Fund, a mid-market focused core infrastructure strategy, a… Read full bio
Canan Anli
President, ECA Advisory
Canan is an infrastructure investor and consultant. She 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 McKin… Read full bio
Jemima Atkins
Portfolio Manager, Allianz Global Investors
Jemima Atkins is an investment professional within the Infrastructure Debt team at Allianz Global Investors, based in London. She has made investments in European infrastructure assets, particularly in the energy, utilities and transportation sectors… Read full bio
Annette Bannister
Head of European Infrastructure, MetLife Investment Management
Annette Bannister is a Director and Head of European Infrastructure for MetLife Investments and is responsible for the origination and execution of new transactions, as well as the ongoing management of existing investments. Annette joined MetLife in… Read full bio
Chris Beall
Founder & Managing Partner, NOVA Infrastructure
Chris Beall is the Managing Partner and a Founder of NOVA Infrastructure and has over 20 years of experience in private equity, investment banking, and infrastructure operations and engineering. At NOVA, Chris leads the execution of infrastructure in… Read full bio
Francois Bergere
Executive Director, LTIIA
François BERGERE, joined the Long Term Infrastructure Investors’ Association (LTIIA) as Executive Director in September 2018. Before that, he served in the World Bank from 2014 to 2018 as Program Manager for PPIAF (Public-Private Investment Advisory… Read full bio
Frederic Blanc-Brude
Director, EDHECinfra & 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
Deputy Managing Partner and Head of Real Assets, 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
Michael Bonte-Friedheim
Founding Partner & Group CEO, NextEnergy Capital
Founded NextEnergy Capital Group in 2007. Over 25 years of experience in the European Power & Energy sector, Banking and Finance industries. Michael has an extensive expertise in principal investing across the energy sector, with a particular focus o… 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 asset management company dedicated to executing and managin… Read full bio
Richard Braakenburg
Managing Director - Investments, SUSI Partners
Richard Braakenburg is a Managing Director in SUSI Partners’ investment team, focusing on energy storage and broader energy transition investment opportunities. He has almost 20 years of experience in the financial sector, with a strong emphasis on s… Read full bio
Oliver Bradley
Managing Director, Macquarie
Oliver Bradley is Managing Director, Digital Infrastructure Investing at Macquarie Capital, the advisory, capital markets and principal investment arm of Macquarie Group Limited. The Digital Infrastructure team invests directly in and supports the gr… Read full bio
Floortje Brouwers
Senior Vice President, GIC Private Markets
Floortje Brouwers leads the Infrastructure Debt strategy for GIC, based out of London. She is part of GIC’s INFRA investment team which covers Equity, Debt and Fund investments. In her role she is responsible for investments in non-investment grade a… Read full bio
Anish Butani
Director, Private Markets - bfinance
Anish Butani is a Director in the Private Markets team at bfinance, where he leads the coverage of the infrastructure sector and advises institutional investors seeking to deploy capital to the Infrastructure sector, with a focus on fund manager sear… Read full bio
Tim Cable
Senior Partner, Vantage Infrastructure
Tim joined the business in 2012 and has over two decades of relevant experience. Based in London, Tim is the Head of the Global Infrastructure Debt business and the portfolio manager of a number of the firm’s debt mandates. He is Chair of the Debt In… Read full bio
Gwenola Chambon
CEO – Founding Partner, Vauban Infrastructure Partners
Gwenola Chambon, is CEO and Founding 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
Simon Clark
Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Simon Clark is a reporter at The Wall Street Journal in London. A British citizen, he has been a journalist since 2000, reporting on a wide range of financial, economic and political subjects that led him as far as the poppy fields of Afghanistan, th… 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 & Natural Resources investing at the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (“OT… Read full bio
Barney Coles
Managing Director, Clean Energy Infrastructure - Capital Dynamics
Barney is a Managing Director on 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 spent over six… Read full bio
Isabelle Combarel
Deputy CEO - Head of Business Development & ESG, SWEN Capital Partners
Isabelle COMBAREL is Deputy CEO and Head of Development and ESG at SWEN Capital Partners. She began her career in 2001 at MAIF, where she spent 10 years as an equity portfolio manager for public and private markets. In 2012, she joined the unlisted a… Read full bio
Phil Cooper
Director, Digital Infrastructure Accelerator
Phil Cooper is a Director of the Digital Infrastructure Accelerator. The DIA exists to help accelerate investment in emerging market digital infrastructure. Currently the DIA is working with digital infrastructure investors and owners in Asia, Africa… Read full bio
Marco van Daele
Co-CEO & CIO, SUSI Partners
Marco van Daele is Co-CEO of SUSI Partners and oversees the global expansion of the company’s investment activities in his role as Chief Investment Officer. He has wide-ranging investment and M&A experience in the energy infrastructure sector. Be… Read full bio
Hubert Danso
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Africa Investor
Mr Danso is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Africa investor (Ai) Group – a pan African Infrastructure Investment Holding Company for institutional investors. He also serves as the Chairman of the CFA New York Society Global Asset Owners’… Read full bio
Renaud de Matharel
CEO & Managing Partner, Cube Infrastructure Managers
Renaud de Matharel is Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of Cube Infrastructure Managers (“Cube IM”), and has 31 years of infrastructure project management and investment experience. Since establishing Cube IM in 2005, the manageme… Read full bio
Peter Dickson
Partner, Glennmont Partners
As Founding Partner and Director of Glennmont Partners, Peter is responsible for the technical aspects of all investments. He oversees many of the investments and plays a significant part in the management of the portfolio, through construction and o… Read full bio
Frank Dornseifer
Managing Director, Bundesverband Alternative Investments
Frank Dornseifer is Managing Director of Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V. (BAI), the German advocacy organization for the Alternative Investment industry. He has been active for more than 18 years in various functions in investment manageme… Read full bio
Michael Ebner
Head of Infrastructure, KGAL
Michael Ebner is Managing Director Infrastructure of KGAL Investment GmbH & Co. KG. He is responsible for the Infrastructure department which he started sixteen years ago: Today, KGAL is the German market leader for renewable energies investment… 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
Senior Portfolio Manager, Infrastructure Investments, Columbia Threadneedle Investment
Ingrid Edmund is a senior portfolio manager within the Infrastructure Investments team with responsibility for managing global infrastructure portfolios, including our European Sustainable Infrastructure strategy. She has 15 years’ experience in infr… Read full bio
Hans-Peter Egler
Director Sustainable Infrastructure, South Pole Carbon Asset Management
Hans-Peter Egler is economist and has 30 years of experience in international cooperation in the areas of trade, production, investment and infrastructure including environment and social issues. Thereby he has worked with businesses and financial en… 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
Thomas Engelmann
Head of Energy Transition, KGAL Investment Management
Thomas Engelmann is the Head of Energy Transition of KGAL Investment Management GmbH & Co. KG. As of 1st July 2020, he returned to KGAL to be responsible for the development of the Energy Transition asset class within KGAL, investing in energy tr… Read full bio
Martin Ewald
Lead Portfolio Manager - Impact Investments, Allianz Global Investors
Martin Ewald is a Managing Director in the London office of Allianz Global Investors and heads the Impact Investment team of AllianzGI as Lead Portfolio Manager. The team currently manages the Allianz Impact Investment Fund and AfricaGrow and is acti… Read full bio
Alena Fargere
Principal, SWEN CP
Passionate about climate change mitigation, Alena is renewable gas investor and hydrogen energy expert. Since 2012 she accelerates the Energy Transition by developing economic, policy and financial tools with the global objective to abate 6 Gt of CO2… Read full bio
Michael Feith
Policy Officer , European Commission
Michael Feith is a policy officer at the European Commission, where he deals with financing programs for infrastructure and services. He specializes in social infrastructure and the “smart cities” area. He is involved in the implementation of the Inv… Read full bio
Kim Fejfer
Managing Partner and CEO, A.P. Møller Capital
Kim Fejfer is Managing Partner and CEO of A.P. Moller Capital – a private equity firm established in 2017. The purpose of A.P. Moller Capital is to develop infrastructure in growth markets to support sustainable economic growth while delivering attra… Read full bio
Uwe Fleischhauer
Managing Director, YIELCO Investments AG
Uwe Fleischhauer is Founding Partner and Managing Director of YIELCO Investments AG in Munich, Germany. YIELCO, established in 2011, is an innovative alternative investment boutique with focus on the asset classes Infrastructure, Private Debt and Pri… Read full bio
Mark Florian
Managing Director and Head, Global Energy & Power 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
Co-Head, Global Infrastructure, Apollo
Mr. Foo is a Senior Partner at Apollo and co-lead of the firms global infrastructure platform, which has historically deployed over $20bn in infrastructure. Mr. Foo is responsible for setting the investment strategy and overseeing all investment-rela… Read full bio
Irina Frolova
Head Asset Management, PGGM
Irina Frolova brings over 20 years of international experience in portfolio management, corporate finance and investments and currently oversees asset management of the EUR10bn open-ended infrastructure fund at PGGM, the Dutch pension fund investment… Read full bio
Suzanne Gaboury
Director General, Private Sector Operations Department, Asian Development Bank
Suzanne Gaboury was appointed Director General, Private Sector Operations Department in January 2021. Ms. Gaboury has more than 28 years of professional experience in private sector finance and emerging markets with extensive international networks a… Read full bio
Prasad Gadkari
Executive Director & Chief Strategy Officer, NIIF
Prasad Gadkari has over two decades of experience in areas of private equity, principal investments, joint ventures, project finance, and corporate & policy advisory. He is currently the Chief Strategy Officer at NIIF and is responsible for the S… Read full bio
Helmut Von Glasenapp
Secretary-General, European Long-Term Investors Association
After an apprenticeship in banking Helmut (born 1962) studied business administration in Germany. He gained his first business experience with reuhandanstalt, the former privatisation agency in the eastern part of Germany. 1993 he joined KfW in the B… Read full bio
Darren Glatt
Partner and Co-Head of Infrastructure Investing, Searchlight Capital Partners
Mr. Glatt is a Partner and Co-Head of Infrastructure Investing at Searchlight Capital Partners, overseeing the firm’s efforts in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (“TMT”) sectors. Prior to joining Searchlight in 2013, Mr. Glatt worked as a… Read full bio
Matthias Hamel
Partner and Managing Director, Solon Management Consulting
Matthias Hamel focuses on strategy development for European and Global telecommunication companies and transaction advice for leading International investors. He covers mobile, fiber, cable, data center, cloud / SaaS, and selected media clients. His… Read full bio
Raza Hasnani
Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure Investments, Africa50
Raza Hasnani has over twenty-five years of private equity, infrastructure and impact investing experience across Africa, Asia and the Americas. He leads the infrastructure investments business at Africa50 (a $850 million investment platform) and is f… Read full bio
James Heath
Chief Executive, National Infrastructure Commission (UK)
James joined the Commission as Chief Executive in May 2020. Prior to this, he served as Director of Digital Infrastructure at the UK’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). James led DCMS through the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review an… Read full bio
Chris Heathcote
Independent
Chris brings a wealth of knowledge in infrastructure, developed through extensive experience in both the public and private sector. Whilst advising and working with a variety of clients, Chris has recently become a Senior Advisor to ENEA Consulting w… Read full bio
Lucy Heintz
Partner, Actis
Lucy is Fund Head for Actis Energy Fund 5 (AE5), and is Board Chair of Lekela and Aela Energia, two of Actis’ renewable energy platforms. Lucy is also responsible for coordinating ESG and impact related efforts for the Energy Infrastructure Team, wor… Read full bio
Emil Henry
CEO & Managing Partner, Tiger Infrastructure
Emil W. Henry, Jr. is CEO and Managing Partner of Tiger Infrastructure Partners, a private equity firm focused on growth equity investments in infrastructure businesses. He previously was Global Head of Lehman Brothers private equity business focused… Read full bio
Chris Hogg
Investment Director, Amber Infrastructure
Chris is an Investment Director at Amber Infrastructure focused on digital infrastructure opportunities across Europe, including fibre, data centres and towers across the UK, continental Europe, and Central and Eastern Europe. Chris joined Amber from… Read full bio
Georg Inderst
Independent Adviser, Inderst Advisory
Georg Inderst is an independent adviser to pension funds, institutional investors and international organizations, based in London. He is a member of various international investment and advisory committees. Georg authored several key studies on infr… Read full bio
Adrian Ion
CFO, Therme Group
Adrian Ion is the CFO of Therme Group and VP for Corporate Finance, responsible for managing the group’s financial strategy, its relationship with investors and funding partners and day-to-day financial operations. Prior to joining Therme Group, Adri… Read full bio
Allison Kingsley
Founder & Partner, NOVA Infrastructure
Allison Kingsley is Partner and Founder of NOVA Infrastructure and has over 20 years of experience working in infrastructure, project finance, investment banking, and risk. NOVA Infrastructure is a value-added, middle market infrastructure fund targe… 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
Andreas Köttering
Partner, CBRE Caledon
Andreas joined CBRE Caledon in 2018 as head of their European infrastructure investment practice and member of the CBRE Caledon Investment Committee. He is based in London, UK, and responsible for sourcing investments in Europe, negotiating partnersh… Read full bio
Alicja Kowalewska-Montfort
Principal – Energy Storage, Gore Street Capital
Alicja is a Principal with Gore Street Capital. She heads up the Technical Team overseeing the development, construction and operation of the Gore Street Fund portfolio including the route to market strategy. She holds MSc from Cranfield University i… Read full bio
Dr. Bernd Kreuter
Managing Partner, Palladio Partners
Bernd Kreuter is managing partner and co-founder of Palladio Partners, Frankfurt, Germany. He advises German institutional investors on their infrastructure and other illiquid asset portfolios, including strategy definition, structuring, investments,… Read full bio
Sola Lawson
Managing Director & Co-Head, 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
Joanne Lee
Sustainable Finance Specialist, WWF International
As a sustainable finance specialist at WWF International, Joanne provides technical guidance and thought-leadership to WWF offices on various topics including net zero portfolio alignment, green financial solutions, sustainable infrastructure finance… Read full bio
Thomas Lefebvre
Partner, I Squared Capital
Thomas Lefebvre is a Partner of I Squared Capital, responsible for the Firm’s infrastructure strategy in North America. Since joining I Squared Capital as a founding member in 2012, Thomas has overseen the acquisition, development and transformationa… Read full bio
Johannes Maier
Portfolio Manager, Bantleon
Johannes Maier is Portfolio Manager for global infrastructure equities with BANTLEON in Munich. Johannes Maier joined BANTLEON in September 2019 as Co-Portfolio Manager of the mutual fund BANTLEON SELECT INFRASTRUCTURE. He received the €uro-FundAward… Read full bio
Steven Marshall
Chairman - Telecommunications, Cordiant Capital
Steven Marshall was President of American Tower’s U.S business; NYSE-listed AMT (market capitalisation $105 billion) pioneered the network-neutral telecoms infrastructure model. AMT’s U.S. business generated profits of $2.4 billion and undertook ~$12… Read full bio
Graham Matthews
Chief Executive Officer, Whitehelm Capital
Graham is a founding shareholder and Chief Executive of Whitehelm Capital. Graham joined the team in 1998 and started the firm’s infrastructure business at the time when private ownership of public infrastructure originated globally. Since then Graha… Read full bio
Irene Mavroyannis
Managing Partner | Private Capital Advisory | Infrastructure, Sera Global
Irene leads our Private Capital Advisory practice for Infrastructure and is responsible for advising leading general partners, operating companies and managers of real assets on capital formation and fund strategy, including capital raising. Addition… Read full bio
Rosheen McGuckian
Chief Executive Officer, NTR
NTR acquires, constructs and manages sustainable infrastructure assets on behalf its investors. NTR has invested in, built and managed just under 3GW of wind, solar and energy storage projects in Europe and the USA. Rosheen was appointed CEO of NTR i… Read full bio
Ali Miraj
Director, Infrastructure Finance | ING
Ali Miraj is an infrastructure financier, political columnist and DJ. Having qualified as a Chartered Accountant, he currently works in Infrastructure Finance at ING, originating and structuring transactions in Europe as well as managing relationship… Read full bio
Carmela Mondino
Head of ESG & Sustainability, Partners Group
Carmela Mondino is Head of the ESG & Sustainability team, based in Zug. Carmela is also a member of the firm's Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Team and a leader of the firm's Women's Network. Prior to joining Partners Group, she worked at To… Read full bio
Mark Moseley
Principal and Owner, Moseley Infrastructure Advisory Services (MMM Infra)
Mark M. Moseley is the Owner and Principal of Moseley Infrastructure Advisory Services (MMM Infra), a global consulting firm advising on infrastructure projects and enabling environments, for multilateral development banks, governments and transactio… Read full bio
Paul Munday
Director, Adaptation and Resilience, S&P Global Ratings
Dr. Paul Munday is a Director and S&P Global Ratings’ Climate Adaptation and Resilience Expert. He leads applied research focussing on the application of climate risk analytics, helping to improve clarity of the credit impacts of climate risks. P… Read full bio
Jason Murphy
Chief Executive Officer, Centrus Advisors
Jason is co-founder and CEO of Centrus in Ireland and also sits on the group’s board of directors and executive committee. He has over 20 years’ investment banking and financial advisory experience. He has been a lender, portfolio manager or advisor… Read full bio
Tom Murray
Managing Director, I Squared Capital
Tom Murray is a Managing Director responsible for infrastructure credit investments, including debt capital markets activities for I Squared Capital's portfolio companies. Tom joined I Squared Capital in 2019 to build the Firm's infrastructure credit… Read full bio
Joe Nanda
Investment Manager , IFC
Joe Nanda is an Investment Manager with the IFC Global Infrastructure Fund. Joe joined AMC in June 2016 as an Investment Manager with the IFC Global Infrastructure Fund. Prior to joining AMC, he was a Senior Specialist at Deloitte Financial Advisory… Read full bio
Karl Nietvelt
Global Head of Analytics & Research, Infrastructure Ratings - S&P Global
Karl Nietvelt is S&P Global’s head of Analytics and Research for Infrastructure ratings. This comprises Infrastructure Corporate entities, Utilities and Project finance. Karl is based in Paris and works with a team of 12 industry experts across t… Read full bio
Nadia Nikolova
Lead Portfolio Manager, Allianz Development Finance
Nadia Nikolova is the lead portfolio manager for Allianz Development Finance strategy, managing over $1.8bn of blended finance commitments. Nadia joined AllianzGI over seven years ago originally as a portfolio manager in the Infrastructure Debt team… Read full bio
Dalit Nuttall
Principal, West Valley Capital
Following an institutional career with Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Wachovia, Dalit founded WestValley Capital in 2007 to connect preferred solution providers with European pension funds, insurance companies and asset managers in ways that addre… Read full bio
Declan O'Brien
Director, UBS Asset Management
Declan O'Brien is a Senior Infrastructure Analyst in the Research & Strategy team, which forms part of Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM) within UBS Asset Management (UBS-AM). Declan joined UBS-AM in October 2017. He is primarily responsible for pr… 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
Rohini Pahwa
Managing Director, Arjun Infrastructure Partners
Rohini is a Managing Director at Arjun where she is responsible for originating and executing investments with focus on Digital Infrastructure. She brings over 15 years’ experience in the financial services industry. Her focus in the last 10 years ha… Read full bio
Kay Parplies
Head of Unit, European Commission
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Nikolaj Pedersen
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Chantale Pelletier
Global Head of Infrastructure, Schroders Capital
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Alistair Perkins
Head of Infrastructure & Project Finance, NN Investment Partners
Alistair joined NN Investment Partners (formerly ING Investment Management) in July 2013. Previously, he held positions as Head of Debt Restructuring at Dexia following five years as a Director of Dexia’s Global Project Finance Group. Prior to that,… Read full bio
Paul Polman
Co-Founder and Co-Chair, IMAGINE
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Ross Posner
Managing Partner, Ridgewood Infrastructure
Ross Posner is the Managing Partner of Ridgewood Infrastructure, bringing more than two decades of successful private equity investing experience and business leadership across infrastructure, real assets, and other areas. Prior to joining Ridgewood,… Read full bio
Alessandro Ravagnolo
Principal - Consulting, Analysys Mason
Alessandro is a Principal based in Analysys Mason's London office. He specialises in advising on organic and inorganic growth strategies and has completed approximately 100 growth-related assignments. Alessandro has advised clients across numerous ge… Read full bio
Edoardo Reviglio
Chief Economist, CDP
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Thibault Richon
Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure Multi-Strategy | SWEN Capital Partners
Thibault started his career in 2006 at Morgan Stanley in the M&A department in Paris and London as part of the Energy and Utilities team. In 2010, he joined the Canadian pension fund OPTrust within its Private Markets Group, based in the London t… Read full bio
Valeria Rosati
Senior Partner, Vantage Infrastructure
Valeria joined the business in 2006 and has two decades of relevant experience. Based in London, Valeria leads Equity asset management and is the joint portfolio manager of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group Pension Fund’s unlisted infrastructure manda… Read full bio
Angela Roshier
Head of Asset Management, DIF Capital Partners
Angela Roshier is Partner and Head of Asset Management at DIF Capital Partners (“DIF”). She joined DIF in 2010 and oversees the asset management of DIF’s investment portfolio of ca. 120 assets. Her responsibility includes the ESG strategy and the por… Read full bio
Michael Ryan
CEO, PartnerDalmore Capital
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Carlos Sanchez
Climate Resilience Investment Director, Willis Towers Watson
Carlos Sanchez is a Climate Resilience Investment Director at Willis Towers Watson. His work focuses on the integration of physical climate risks in asset valuation and investment decision-making processes. Carlos is also the Executive Director for t… Read full bio
James Schaefer
Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Securities
James Schaefer is a Senior Managing Director within Guggenheim’s Power, Energy and Renewables team and covers a number of electric and gas utility and renewable energy accounts for Guggenheim Securities. Mr. Schaefer brings to Guggenheim extensive ex… 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 and the development of relationships with potential partners. He is a member of the Equity… Read full bio
Cristina Serrano
Global Head of Institutional Business, Santander Asset Management
Cristina joined Santander Asset Management in 2018 as head of the Institutional Business. Her teams work both in fundraising both for traditional and more recently alternative assets. Cristina has been part of Santander Group since 2007 in positions… Read full bio
Phoebe Smith
Investment Director, Whitehelm Capital
Phoebe Smith is an Investment Director in the equity team of Whitehelm Capital, based in London. She is involved in the origination and execution of infrastructure transactions as well as the asset management of the existing portfolio. Phoebe has exp… Read full bio
Matias Sottile
Managing Partner - Founder, Ayres Partners
Matias Sottile is the founder of Ayres Partners, a boutique financial and strategy advisory firm specializing in energy transition and digital infrastructure in developed and emerging markets. Before AP, Matias held an investment director role within… Read full bio
Laurent Segalen
Managing Partner, Megawatt-X
Laurent Segalen is a franco-british clean energy investment banker. He is the founder of Megawatt-X, the London-based Energy transition meta-platform, which he currently heads. Megawatt-X has listed more than 15GW of Wind and Solar transactions over… Read full bio
Martin Sichelkow
Managing Director - Infrastructure, Eurazeo
Martin joined Eurazeo as Managing Director of the Infrastructure team. Prior to Eurazeo, Martin spent over a decade in the investment team of Marguerite, manager of three unlisted EU infrastructure equity funds with 1.5bn€ AuM, where he started at fu… 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
Darragh Stokes
Senior Managing Partner, Hardiman Telecommunications
Darragh Stokes is a Managing Partner and Director of Hardiman Telecommunications Ltd., (“HTL”), which he joined in 1998. HTL advises major investment banks, private equity funds and telecommunications carriers on Company Valuations, Flotations, Merge… Read full bio
Nikolas Stone
Director, Environment and Social Governance (ESG) - CDC Group
Nik is a Director of Environment and Social Governance at CDC Group, and leads the ESG workstream for the infrastructure sector. Prior to joining CDC Group, he was a consultant for Mott MacDonald and has previously worked for Iberdrola on its operati… Read full bio
Tom Sumpster
Head of Private Debt - Asset Management, Phoenix Group
Tom is currently the Head of Private Debt for Phoenix Group, the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement provider with over £330bn of Assets under Administration, on behalf of over 14 million policyholders. Tom is responsible for leading the Di… Read full bio
Sarvesh Suri
Director Operations , MIGA
Sarvesh Suri is Director for Operations at the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group. He is responsible for leading MIGA's operations team and growing the guar… Read full bio
David Swindin
Managing Director - Head of EMEA, Cubico Sustainable Investments
David Swindin has been Head of EMEA at Cubico Sustainable Investments since its inception at the beginning of 2015, when the business was spun out of Banco Santander. Cubico is a leader and global investor in renewable energy owned jointly by Ontario… Read full bio
Shane Swords
Managing Director-Head of Investor Relations, NextEnergy Capital
Shane is the Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations. He has over 20 years’ experience in infrastructure and renewable energy, where he has closed numerous M&A and debt transactions in Europe, the Americas, the Gulf, Asia and Australia. For… Read full bio
Cameron Talbot-Stern
Senior Responsible Investment and Governance Manager, APG Asset Management
Cameron currently leads the ESG integration for APGs Infrastructure Portfolio and is a member of the GRESB Infrastructure Advisory Board. He has 13 years’ experience working across infrastructure and real estate with a focus on energy/sustainability,… Read full bio
Jens Thomassen
Partner, A.P. Møller Capital
Jens Thomassen brings over 20 years of principal investment and business development experience in the energy sector in industry and private equity. Jens joined A.P. Moller Capital from a leading energy focused private equity firm focusing on emergin… Read full bio
Johan Tiselius
Investment and Sustainability Manager, Infranode
Johan is Head of ESG at the Infranode and with over 7 years of experience from M&A and consulting. Since joining Infranode he has participated in several processes and transactions in the Nordic infrastructure space. Johan is responsible for the… Read full bio
Garret Tynan
Senior Director and European Head of Infrastructure and Project Finance, Dublin - KBRA Europe
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Konstantin von Falkenhausen
Partner, B Capital Partners AG
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Daniel von Preyss
Head of Private Equity Infrastructure (Europe), Executive Director - Impax Asset Management
Daniel joined Impax in 2009 and has primary responsibility for investments in Europe. Daniel is a member of the investments committee. He is both involved in investments and is Head of Asset Management. Daniel has significant business and senior tran… Read full bio
Gijs Voskuyl
Partner, DIF Capital Partners
Gijs is a partner and member of the executive committee at DIF Capital Partners. Since 2018, he is globally responsible with respect to DIF’s investment efforts of DIF’s core infrastructure fund series, focusing on all key items of the investment cyc… Read full bio
Sadek Wahba
Chairman & Managing Partner, I Squared Capital
Sadek Wahba is the Chairman and Managing Partner of I Squared Capital, global infrastructure investor with over $28 billion of assets under management across the energy, utilities, digital infrastructure, transport, and social infrastructure sectors… Read full bio
Alex Waller
Head of Infrastructure Debt, Whitehelm Capital
Alex leads the debt investing activities for Whitehelm and has 18 years’ industry experience in debt financing, investment banking and principal investment. Prior to the formation of Whitehelm, Alex spent seven years at Challenger where he was a Dire… Read full bio
Benjamin Walter
Portfolio Manager, Allianz Global Investors
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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
Dr. Barbara Weber
Founding Partner, BCapital Partners
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Simon Whistler
Senior Specialist, PRI
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Marek Wolek
VP - Strategy and Partnerships, Fluence, A Siemens and AES Company
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Jason Zhengrong Lu
Head of Global Infrastructure Facility, World Bank
Jason Z. Lu joined the GIF as Lead Infrastructure Finance Specialist after ten years of working at the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) of The World Bank Group. While at MIGA, Jason worked on a broad range of complex energy and infrast… Read full bio
Eugene Zhuchenko
Managing Director, ETORE Advisory
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Seven Forums. One Global Summit.
The Infrastructure Investor Global Summit consists of seven specialist forums across the week. Each forum will focus on a key area of infrastructure, and will allow for focused networking with investors and managers. Take a look at the seven agendas below or download the full week agenda.
Day one.
Day two & three.
The private infrastructure industry’s annual general meeting
The Global Investor Forum is the core of the Global Summit. Meet and hear from the best of the best in the asset class.
Day four.
Year-round infrastructure community networking
The Infrastructure Investor Global Summit will take place both in-person and virtually on our industry-leading platform.
Easily seek out relevant investors, get maximum visibility, and maintain relationships across the global industry.
Attendance at the event is now exclusive to Global Passport members – our new investor/manager community. Book a demo to see how, in addition to attendance at the Global Summit, membership can help grow your business.
Secure your next investor
Connect with the most active investors in infrastructure
Global Summit attendees shape the industry
Your access the Global Summit will provide more value than ever before, with year-round access to a directory of global infrastructure’s most influential community.
Advance your fundraising
Expand your fundraising horizons by joining the largest gathering of global institutional investors, looking for opportunities in infrastructure.
Uncover high-yield opportunities
The Summit’s world-class speaking faculty will show you where, and how, you can find attractive investments around the globe.
Save time building your network
Create and nurture sustainable relationships with infrastructure’s elite by using our sophisticated networking platform ahead of, during, and post-event.
Stay connected with the global community
Rick Walters
GRESB
Infrastructure Investor managed to pull off the best infrastructure investing conference of 2020!
Fraser Hughes
GLIO
Great event again. The virtual platform was extremely well done – congrats on hosting a top-quality event.
John Anderson
Manulife
One of the best events of 2020 for connecting with other market participants.
Global Summit attendees get more
By attending the Infrastructure Investor Global Summit, you will join infrastructure’s most influential global community. Membership will give you:
- In-person access to the Global Summit
- Virtual access to all of Infrastructure Investor’s global events
- Access to the investor directory
- Frequent virtual and in-person networking opportunities
- And much more…
Please note, annual agenda is subject to change.
2021 Keynote speakers:
Speakers across the specialist forums
Day one.
Day two & three.
Day four.
Interested in speaking at the Global Summit? Please email william.r@peimedia.com.