Investor
Infrastructure Debt Forum Global Summit 2023
23 March 2023,
Hilton, Berlin
Resilience and returns: unlocking infrastructure debt’s potential in a volatile market
Join the Infrastructure Debt Forum 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
Advance your fundraising
Connect with a global audience of investors looking to allocate to infrastructure debt and benefit from focused networking with the right people.
Gain peer-to-peer insights
Explore why infrastructure debt may be considered the new core infrastructure class, how debt managers can improve their ESG integration and much more.
Save time building your network
Set up pre-event meetings and continue the conversation after the Summit with your membership to the Infrastructure Investor Network. Gain access to 2,000+ investors and managers globally.
Part of the Global Summit
The 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.
Six specialist forums
Are you an institutional investor?
Then you may be eligible for a complimentary pass, please apply here and a member of our team will be in touch.
New for 2023, the Investor Council is a space for investors to come together and share peer-to-peer insights, learn from leading investors and more.
Position your brand at the centre of the infrastructure community
Strengthen your market credibility, put your brand in front of your key target markets and meet your investment and business goals. Sponsorship gives you:
- VIP access
- Thought-leadership opportunities
- High-profile branding
- And much more …
For more information on available sponsorship opportunities, please contact Alexander Jakes at alexander.j@peimedia.com or call +44(0)20 3862 7498
Position your brand at the centre of the infrastructure community
Strengthen your market credibility, put your brand in front of your key target markets and meet your investment and business goals. Sponsorship gives you:
- VIP access
- Thought-leadership opportunities
- High-profile branding
- And much more …
For more information on available sponsorship opportunities, please contact Alexander Jakes at alexander.j@peimedia.com or call +44(0)20 3862 7498
For more information or if you are interested in speaking at the Infrastructure Debt Forum, please contact James Hatwell.
james.hatwell@peimedia.com | +44 (0)20 3994 7961
Agenda
Infrastructure Debt Forum 2023 - Thursday 23rd
Investor council breakfast & welcome
Infrastructure debt forum begins – Chair’s welcome
Opening panel: How are investors combating and overcoming outside pressures?
- 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)
Assessing the state of play in credit: what’s on offer for borrowers and investors?
- 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?




How are debt funds and investors grappling with constantly evolving sustainability developments
- 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, Senior Consultant






Coffee and networking with Energy Transition forum attendees
Debate: Merits and risks of junior mezzanine vs senior secured debt
- 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



Nicholas Stockdale
Partner & Head of Europe, Infrastructure Debt, Queensland Investment Corporation
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Presentation: Infrastructure debt case study
LP interview: optimising your debt portfolio in turbulent times

Networking lunch with Energy Transition forum attendees
Digital and data infrastructure assets to the fore for credit investors
- 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
Financing the energy transition
- 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
Audience roundtables
- Emerging market debt opportunities – facilitated by Alex Bebov, Managing Partner, BAC Securities
- Sector discussion: digital, energy, social, logistics & more
- ESG & sustainability: GP challenges
- Investor relations & fundraising for debt

Closing comments from the chair
Close of Infrastructure Debt forum

Karen Azoulay
Head of Real Assets, BNP Paribas Asset Management

Michela Bariletti
Chief Credit Officer, The Phoenix Group

Johnnie Barnett
Partner, The New Amsterdam Group

Alex Bebov
Managing Partner, BAC Securities

Monika Bednarz
Director, Lagrange Financial Advisory

Timo Buijs
Director, Project Finance Digital Infrastructure, ABN AMRO

Stéphane Delatte
Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer, Pierfront Capital

Hans-Peter Dohr
Founder & Managing Director, ICA - Institutional Capital Associates

Frank Dornseifer
Managing Director, Bundesverband Alternative Investments

Manuel Dusina
Head of Infrastructure, Phoenix Group Plc

Claus Fintzen
Chief Investment Officer, Infrastructure Debt, Allianz Global Investors

Stefan Futschik
Managing Director, Head of Private Debt, Prime Capital AG

Sacha Kamp
Managing Director, Infranity

Kashif Khan
Director, Infrastructure & Project Finance, MetLife Investment Management

Jason Hyunjae Kim
Head of Infrastructure PF Team, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance

Magdalena Kowalska
Executive Director, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Dr. Dimitar Lambrev
Senior Portfolio Manager – Infrastructure Investments, UNIQA Insurance Group

Pierre-Antoine Machelon
Managing Director in charge of the energy transition infrastructure activity, Eiffel Investment Group

Agnes Mazurek
Head of Product Innovation, APEX Group

Laurence Monnier
Director, 1PlanetInfra

Roopa Murthy
Partner, Ares Management

Chris Purcell
Investment Director, Debt Investments, IFM Investors

Christopher Quayle
Executive Director, DC Advisory

Vivek Sapra
Senior Advisor, Infrastructure Investments, Ampega Asset Management

Thibault Sauvage
Director, Infrastructure debt, CDPQ

Markus Schaen
Principal Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, MN

Nicholas Stockdale
Partner & Head of Europe, Infrastructure Debt, Queensland Investment Corporation
