Resilience and returns: unlocking infrastructure debt’s potential in a volatile market
Join the Infrastructure Debt Forum, part of the Infrastructure Investor Global Summit, and connect with global investors, issuers, and developers to explore how debt is providing security and opportunity for forward-thinking investors.
Find out about investor appetite for lending in the private infrastructure world on 23 March.
Key themes include:
- Retreating banks and lack of liquidity? How the debt market is shaping up amidst high interest rates
- Accessing opportunities in an era of transformation for project financing
- Working towards standardisation for infrastructure debt funds when it comes to sustainability
- How equity players are faring as they cross-over to credit and its impact on the debt market
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Explore why infrastructure debt may be considered the new core infrastructure class, how debt managers can improve their ESG integration and much more.
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Part of the Global Summit
The Infrastructure Debt Forum is part of the industry leading Infrastructure Investor Global Summit. The Global Summit will take place across four days and include six forums. From ESG to emerging markets, the Summit is your best opportunity to connect with the world’s investors, learn from inspirational speakers and stay at the forefront of the infrastructure market.
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Best practice in sustainability to improve investment strategy
Driving global connectivity through investing in innovation
The private infrastructure industry’s annual general meeting
Resilience and returns: unlocking infrastructure debt’s potential in a volatile market
Investing in energy: price, security, and the transition to net zero
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Agenda
Infrastructure Debt Forum 2023 - Thursday 23rd
Infrastructure Debt Forum 2023
08:00 - 08:50
Investor council breakfast & welcome
08:50 - 09:00
Infrastructure debt forum begins – Chair’s welcome
Severin Hiller
09:00 - 09:40
Opening panel: How are investors combating and overcoming outside pressures?
Hans-Peter Dohr,
Laurence Monnier,
Florence Carasse,
Jorge Camina,
Jean-Francis Dusch,
David Rosenblum
- From low to high in a heartbeat: how are debt funds coping with the inflationary environment?
- Impact of rising interest rates and continuing geopolitical instability
- Resilience, revenues, and refinancing: considerations for various infrastructure assets
Moderator: Hans-Peter Dohr, Founder & Managing Director, Institutional Capital Associates (ICA)
Jean-Francis Dusch
CEO, Edmond de Rothschild UK, CIO Infrastructure Debt, Edmond de Rothschild AM UK
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09:40 - 10:20
Assessing the state of play in credit: what’s on offer for borrowers and investors?
Alex Koriath,
Manuel Dusina,
Kashif Khan,
Markus Schaen,
Claudio Vescovo
- Liquidity leaving, bank caution and more: what is the state of current intermediation between banks, sponsors and funds in the financing space?
- How will this develop in the near future and what does it mean for other stakeholders in the market?
- Why might these prove favourable conditions for private and institutional investors to increase their exposure to infrastructure debt?
Moderator: Alex Koriath, Head of European Pension Practice, Regional Head of Germany, Cambridge Associates
10:20 - 11:00
How are debt funds and investors grappling with constantly evolving sustainability developments
Agnes Mazurek,
Frank Dornseifer,
Vivek Sapra,
Thibault Sauvage,
Chris Purcell,
Lucy Dale
- Deciphering how different transactions across different sectors are performing when it comes to ESG requirements
- How can debt funds better communicate to LPs whether certain transactions are compliant under articles 8 and 9?
- Standardisation – the answer to overcoming SFDR, taxonomy and other increasing regulatory disclosure requirements?
Moderator: Agnes Mazurek, Head of Product Innovation, APEX Group
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee and networking with Energy Transition forum attendees
11:30 - 12:10
Debate: Merits and risks of junior mezzanine vs senior secured debt
Monika Bednarz,
Sacha Kamp,
Nicholas Stockdale,
Stéphane Delatte,
Christopher Quayle,
Karen Azoulay
- What’s the smartest play in the current environment?
- Assessing access to opportunity for both sides in the market
- What is the best balance for savvy institutional and private investors looking to diversify their portfolio?
Moderator: Monika Bednarz, Director, Lagrange Financial Advisory
12:10 - 12:40
Presentation: Case Study – The Benefits of Private Infrastructure Credit in a Challenging Economic Environment
Erik Savi
- Certainty of execution for project developers / sponsors
- Better terms and relative value for institutional investors
- Access to proprietary origination that protects allocations
Erik Savi, Partner and Global Head of Carlyle Infrastructure Credit, The Carlyle Group
12:40 - 13:00
LP interview: optimising your debt portfolio in turbulent times
Daniel Roddick,
Michela Bariletti
13:00 - 14:00
Networking lunch with Energy Transition forum attendees
14:00 - 14:40
Digital and data infrastructure assets to the fore for credit investors
Agnes Mazurek,
Timo Buijs,
Stefan Wala,
Michael Suppan,
Yannic Yvon,
Mustafa Dincer
- Assessing the transformation of the digital infrastructure financing space in recent years
- How have debt investors embraced digital infrastructure funds since the pandemic?
- Quality assets, specialisation and creative structuring: the keys to success for lenders
Moderator: Agnes Mazurek, Head of Product Innovation, APEX Group
14:40 - 15:20
Financing the energy transition
Johnnie Barnett,
Claus Fintzen,
Magdalena Kowalska,
Dr. Dimitar Lambrev,
Pierre-Antoine Machelon,
Stefan Futschik
- Debt funds’ role amongst equity funds in the global energy transition and path to net zero
- Marking out your roadmap: where do the best opportunities lie across assets, regions and strategies
- Impact of pricing variation & regulation on energy and power assets for debt investments
Moderator: Johnnie Barnett, Partner, The New Amsterdam Group
15:20 - 16:00
Audience roundtables
Nicolas Firzli,
Matias Sottile,
Aneliya Erdly
- Emerging market debt opportunities – facilitated by Aneliya Erdly, External Advisor, BAC Green Energy
- Sector discussion: digital, energy, social, logistics & more – facilitated by Matias Sottile, Managing Director, Ayres Partners
- ESG & sustainability: GP & LP challenges – facilitated by
M. Nicolas Firzli, Director, World Pensions Council
16:00 - 16:10
Closing comments from the chair
Severin Hiller
16:10 - 16:15
Close of Infrastructure Debt forum
Karen Azoulay
Head of Real Assets, BNP Paribas Asset Management
Karen Azoulay is Head of Real Assets at BNP Paribas Asset Management, until January 2023 she was Head of Infrastructure Debt, since joining the company in April 2017. She has over 20 years of experience in project and structured finance as advisor or… Read full bio
Michela Bariletti
Chief Credit Officer, The Phoenix Group
Michela joined Phoenix Asset Management as Chief Credit Officer in May 2021. In this newly created role, Michela will lead the Credit Research and Ratings team for all asset strategies pursued by Phoenix Group, which will have capabilities to assign… Read full bio
Johnnie Barnett
Partner, The New Amsterdam Group
Johnnie Barnett is a Partner at New Amsterdam based in London, England. Johnnie leads the firm’s distribution efforts across Europe and is involved across all aspects of fund raising for their GPs. He has been raising capital from institutional LPs a… Read full bio
Monika Bednarz
Executive Director, Lagrange Financial Advisory
Monika is Executive Director at Lagrange based in Frankfurt, Germany. She advises institutional investors on infrastructure and real estate investments funds (equity and debt). She has over 20 years of professional experience in finance, including co… Read full bio
Timo Buijs
Director, Project Finance Digital Infrastructure, ABN AMRO
Timo Buijs has been active for 9 years in infrastructure and investment banking with a primary focus on digital infrastructure in Europe. This includes data centres, fiber networks and communication towers. He has executed over 70 infrastructure tran… Read full bio
Jorge Camina
Partner ＆ Head of Sustainable Infrastructure Credit, Denham Capital
Mr. Camiña is a Partner and Head of Sustainable Infrastructure Credit. Jorge brings over 20 years experience in project finance and investment management, having held senior positions at both Allianz Global Investors and Santander Corporate & Inv… Read full bio
Florence Carasse
Head of Infrastructure Debt, Pension Insurance Corporation
Florence is responsible for the infrastructure private debt team at PIC. She has over 10 years’ experience in the infrastructure space, including leading major transactions in the renewable energy, transportation and social infrastructure sectors. Th… Read full bio
Lucy Dale
Director, BlackRock
Lucy Dale is a member of the Infrastructure Debt Group of BlackRock Alternative Investors. She has over 15 years of experience in infrastructure and energy project finance as an advisor, banker and asset manager. Mrs. Dale is responsible for the orig… Read full bio
Stéphane Delatte
Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer, Pierfront Capital
Stéphane is the Chief Executive Officer as well as the Chief Investment Officer of Pierfront Capital and is directly responsible for the day to day running of the business. He commenced at Pierfront Capital in 2016. He has over 25 years of experience… Read full bio
Mustafa Dincer
Founder and Partner, MD Advisors
Mustafa is founder and partner of MD Advisors, a London-based independent debt advisory and restructuring platform providing high value-added, strategic and confidential advice in growth financings, LBO’s, special situations and distressed transactio… Read full bio
Hans-Peter Dohr
Founder & Managing Director, ICA - Institutional Capital Associates
Hans-Peter founded ICA in 2016. He has nearly 35 years’ experience of debt & corporate finance and alternative investments and holds an MBA from the Vienna University of Economics. ICA Institutional Capital Associates (ICA) ICA is an award-winnin… 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 20 years in various functions in investment manageme… Read full bio
Jean-Francis Dusch
CEO, Edmond de Rothschild UK, CIO Infrastructure Debt, Edmond de Rothschild AM UK
Jean-Francis Dusch brings 30 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
Manuel Dusina
Head of Infrastructure, Phoenix Group Plc
Manuel Dusina is Head of Infrastructure, responsible for the origination, execution and portfolio management of Phoenix Group debt infrastructure investments in the UK, Europe and USA. Prior to joining Phoenix Group, Manuel was at Scottish Widows in… Read full bio
Aneliya Erdly
External Advisor , BAC Green Energy
Aneliya Erdly is an Energy Executive with over 20 years of renewable energy and management consulting experience. Her energy sector expertise includes origination and business development, structuring the investment theses for renewable energy platfo… Read full bio
Claus Fintzen
Chief Investment Officer, Infrastructure Debt, Allianz Global Investors
Claus Fintzen is the CIO and Head of Infrastructure Debt at AllianzGI in London. The infrastructure debt platform was created in 2012 in order to develop the institutional market for this asset class and to originate suitable transactions for the All… Read full bio
Nicolas Firzli
Director-General, World Pensions Council (WPC)
M. Nicolas J. Firzli is director-general of the World Pensions Council (WPC), the global think-tank & asset owners association. Mr. Firzli is co-chair of the World Pensions Forum (WPF) held annually in a G12/EU capital, coordinator of the G7 Pens… Read full bio
Stefan Futschik
Managing Director, Head of Private Debt, Prime Capital AG
Stefan Futschik, Head of Private Debt and Managing Director at Prime Capital AG Holds a Diploma (Master’s Degree) in Economics (Technical University Dresden) CFA Charterholder Joined Prime Capital in 2015 Prior positions at Andersch AG Wirtschaftsprü… Read full bio
Severin Hiller
Co-Head of Infrastructure Debt, Rivage Investment
Severin Hiller is a multi-lingual executive with over 23 years of experience in the financial services sector whose career has encompassed senior roles in the US, UK, France and Spain. Severin is an equity partner, portfolio manager and co-head of in… Read full bio
Sacha Kamp
Managing Director, Infranity
Sacha has 17 years of experience in the infrastructure finance sector, across both EMEA and US markets. He joined Infranity (then Generali Global Infrastructure) in 2018 where he is Managing Director, heading the debt investment team. Since joining,… Read full bio
Kashif Khan
Director, Infrastructure & Project Finance, MetLife Investment Management
Kashif Khan is a Director in the Private Infrastructure and Project Finance group for MetLife Private Capital Investors and is responsible for the origination and execution of new transactions, as well as the ongoing management of existing investment… Read full bio
Alex Koriath
Head of European Pension Practice, Regional Head of Germany, Cambridge Associates
Alex is the Head of the European Pension Practice and the Regional Head of Germany. Based in the Munich office, Alex joined Cambridge Associates in 2014 and has more than 15 years of investment experience. Alex is responsible for Cambridge Associates… Read full bio
Magdalena Kowalska
Executive Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Magdalena Kowalska is an Executive Director in the Infrastructure Debt team at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, formerly NN Investment Partners since 2014. Prior to this she spent 6 years as a Commercial Manager at Skanska Infrastructure Development U… Read full bio
Dr. Dimitar Lambrev
Senior Portfolio Manager – Infrastructure Investments, UNIQA Insurance Group
Dr. Dimitar Lambrev joined UNIQA Insurance Group in 2015. He is currently based in Vienna and is leading UNIQA’s infrastructure investment activities in both infrastructure debt and equity spaces. Within his current role, Dimitar is responsible for t… Read full bio
Pierre-Antoine Machelon
Managing Director in charge of the energy transition infrastructure activity, Eiffel Investment Group
Pierre-Antoine is a Managing Director of Eiffel and leads the firm’s energy transition infrastructure investments. Pierre-Antoine oversaw over 250 investments in the renewable energy sector for over 3 billion euros of investment. Prior to joining Eif… Read full bio
Agnes Mazurek
Head of Product Innovation, APEX Group
Agnes Mazurek is the Head of Product Innovation for Private Debt and Infrastructure at APEX Group. Her track record before joining APEX includes setting up the infrastructure debt platform for Macquarie Asset Management in Continental Europe, the deb… Read full bio
Laurence Monnier
Director, 1PlanetInfra
Laurence has over 30-year experience in investment, credit, strategy and research across infrastructure and private debt. She is a director of 1PlanetInfra, an infrastructure advisory boutique, and Senior Advisor to Gira Strategic Finance. Previously… Read full bio
Chris Purcell
Investment Director, Debt Investments, IFM Investors
Chris is an Investment Director based in London and has been with IFM Investors for over 10 years. He is responsible for the origination and execution of European infrastructure debt transactions as well as being a sustainability lead for the IFM Inf… Read full bio
Christopher Quayle
Executive Director, DC Advisory
Chris is an Executive Director in the DC Advisory Infrastructure team based in London, with over 12 years’ experience in infrastructure financing. Recent transactions include advising on Cory’s equity capital raise and debt financing for the Riversid… Read full bio
Daniel Roddick
Founder, Ely Place Partners
Daniel Roddick CFA founded Ely Place Partners in 2018. Daniel has 20 years of experience in private equity advisory, formerly running the placement division of EPIC Private Equity. Prior to that he worked at Campbell Lutyens and McKinsey and Co. Dani… Read full bio
David Rosenblum
Credit Fund Partner, I Squared Capital
David Rosenblum is a Credit Fund Partner at I Squared Capital, responsible for the Credit Team. He has over 20 years of experience in originating, structuring, and executing credit investments across the capital structure. Before joining I Squared Ca… Read full bio
Vivek Sapra
Senior Advisor, Infrastructure Investments, Ampega Asset Management
Vivek Sapra is an Energy & Infrastructure project finance specialist with over 25 years’ experience in advising & structuring transactions. He joined the Infrastructure Investments team at Talanx Group – Ampega Asset Management GmbH in April… Read full bio
Thibault Sauvage
Senior Director, Infrastructure debt, CDPQ
Thibault Sauvage is a Senior Director in the Infrastructure Financing team of CDPQ, based in London. His responsibilities include the coverage and deployment efforts for infrastructure private debt investments across Europe. Thibault has over a decad… Read full bio
Erik Savi
Partner and Global Head of Carlyle Infrastructure Credit, The Carlyle Group
Mr. Savi is Partner and Global Head of Carlyle Infrastructure Credit. He is based in New York. Mr. Savi is responsible for overseeing and originating private investment grade, below investment grade, and mezzanine debt investments in global infrastru… Read full bio
Markus Schaen
Principal Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, MN
Markus is Principal Fixed Income for the Dutch fiduciary manager MN and is responsible for the selection and monitoring of MN’s internal external fixed income managers. Within fixed income, his focus is mainly on public and private corporate credit,… Read full bio
Matias Sottile
Managing Partner, Ayres Partners
Matias Sottile is the founder of Ayres Partners, a boutique financial and strategy advisory firm specializing in funding of energy transition, digital infrastructure and infrastructure funds across investment grade and emerging markets. Ayres Partner… Read full bio
Nicholas Stockdale
Partner & Head of Europe, Infrastructure Debt, QIC
Nicholas Stockdale joined QIC in 2021 and is based in London. As a Partner and Head of Europe, Nicholas is responsible for the origination, structuring, and asset management of European debt investments. Prior to joining QIC, Nicholas was Deputy Head… Read full bio
Michael Suppan
Managing Director, Deutsche Bank
Michael Suppan is Managing Director in Deutsche Bank’s Infrastructure & Energy financing team, based in London. He has more than 16 years of extensive experience in financing transactions in the broader infrastructure sectors (digital, energy tra… Read full bio
Claudio Vescovo
Managing Director, Head of Energy Transition Credit Funds, Glennmont Partners from Nuveen
Claudio has 20 years’ experience in international banking, strategy and financial consulting, and is the Head of Glennmont’s Energy Transition Credit Funds. Claudio has been with Glennmont since 2010 and has originated and led some of the key solar a… Read full bio
Stefan Wala
Head of Origination, Kommunalkredit Austria AG
Stefan has been with Kommunalkredit since early 2017 in charge of the bank´s origination, deal sourcing and client coverage efforts. During that time, Kommunalkredit has built a strong franchise in the European infrastructure and energy market with p… Read full bio
Yannic Yvon
Head of Corporate and Infrastructure Debt , DNB Bank ASA
Yannic is one of the leading infrastructure debt originators and debt advisors in the Nordics. He has headed DNB Markets’ Corporate & Infrastructure Debt offering for over 5 years. Under his leadership the DNB debt advisory franchise has seen rap… Read full bio