Investor
Investor Forum London 2022
13 - 14 September 2022,
Jumeirah Carlton, London
Today’s investors: tomorrow’s infrastructure
The Investor Forum brings together infrastructure’s most influential investors, fund managers, legislators and advisors for two days of networking and insight sharing in Europe’s largest financial hub.
Hear global investors debate the outlook for infrastructure amid ongoing market volatility. Expand your network and connect with leading investors.
Advance your investment strategies
Advance your investment strategies by connecting with the world’s most active institutional investors.
Discover new opportunities
Share investment strategies and industry insights to identify high value investment opportunities across Europe with leading investment practitioners.
Save time building your network
Create and nurture sustainable relationships with infrastructure’s elite by using our sophisticated networking platform.
Programme at a glance
- Assessing options: What do events like Ukraine, Covid and interest rate rises mean for the market now?
- The geopolitical implications of the energy transition
- Investor views on the evolving global infrastructure market
- Dissecting the energy security trilemma – efficiency, environmental impact, and affordability
- Examining the long term goals for impact investing
Connect with active institutional investors
Part of the Global Passport
By securing your place at the Investor Forum, you will instantly become part of the global network of infrastructure leaders shaping the asset class.
Passport holders 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.
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Investor Forum attendees shape the industry
Your access to the Investor Forum will provide more value than ever before, with year-round access to a directory of global infrastructure’s most influential network.
Advance your fundraising
Expand your fundraising horizons by meeting the the world’s most active institutional investors.
Uncover high-yield opportunities
Share perspectives on investment strategies and identify high-yield assets across the region with leading investment practitioners.
Save time building your network
Create and nurture sustainable relationships with infrastructure’s elite by using our sophisticated networking platform.
Investor Forum attendees get more
By attending the Investor Forum, you will join infrastructure’s most influential global network. Membership will give you:
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- Access to the Investor Forum
- 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

Annette Bannister
Head of European Infrastructure, MetLife Investment Management

Manuel Dusina
Head of Infrastructure, Phoenix Group Plc

Hans Fredrik Forssman
Senior Investment Manager, Skandia Norden

Ulla Agesen
Head of Infrastructure, Nordic Investment Opportunities

Ted Frith
Chief Operating Officer, GLIL Infrastructure

Irina Frolova
Independent non-executive director & former Head of Infrastructure, PGGM

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

Nitesh Mistry
Head of Infrastructure Finance, Swiss Re

Eugene Zhuchenko
Director and Founder, ETORE Advisory
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Ulla Agesen
Head of Infrastructure, Nordic Investment Opportunities

Karen Azoulay
Head of Infrastructure Debt, BNP Paribas

Serkan Bahçeci
Partner and Head of Research, Arjun Infrastructure Partners

Gordon Bajnai
Partner, Campbell Lutyens

Robert-Jan Bakker
Member of Management, Partners Group

Michela Bariletti
Chief Credit Officer, The Phoenix Group

Mariana Barrientos
Director- Infrastructure, Europe, CBRE Investment Management

Alex Bebov
Managing Partner, BAC Securities

Joss Blamire
Director, Infrastructure, GRESB

Michael Bonte-Friedheim
Founding Partner and Group CEO, NextEnergy Group

Oliver Bradley
Managing Director, Macquarie Capital

John Bromley
MD of Clean Energy, Legal & General Capital

Anish Butani
Senior Director, bfinance

Benjamin Canet
Foreign Investment Manager, The Israeli Phoenix

Phil Cooper
Director, Digital Infrastructure Accelerator

Gabriel de Lastours
Regional Head, Energy MENA - European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD)

Nic DiLoretta
Managing Director, Head of Real Assets, Aksia

Manuel Dusina
Head of Infrastructure, Phoenix Group Plc

Andrea Echberg
Partner and Head of Global Infrastructure and Real Assets, Pantheon

Kiko Emae
Senior Director, Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)

John Flint
Chief Executive Officer, UK Infrastructure Bank

Ted Frith
Chief Operating Officer, GLIL Infrastructure

Irina Frolova
Independent non-executive director & former Head of Infrastructure, PGGM

Christoph Gertenbach
Deputy Head of Finance, RAG-Stiftung

Kalliope Gourntis
Editor, Infrastructure Investor

Alastair Hall
Senior Managing Director, Europe, OMERS

Rajesh Hemnani
Investment Manager, British International Investments

Diogo Honório
Director Real Assets & Alternatives, Nordea Asset Management

Anand Jagannathan
Senior Partner- NextGen, Antin Infrastructure Partners

Seung-ki Jeong
Manager, DGB Life Insurance

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

Kuutti Kilpeläinen
Investment Manager, Finnfund

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

Takako Koizumi
Executive Director, Head of Investment Management Department, Mitsui & Co. Alternative Investments

Danae Kyriakopoulou
Senior Policy Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics

Sam Lissner
Principal, Ridgewood Infrastructure

Bertrand Loubières
Head of Infrastructure Finance, AXA IM Alts

Alessandro Merlo
Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure Debt, UBS Asset Management

Nitesh Mistry
Head of Infrastructure Finance, Swiss Re

Elie Nammar
Senior Director, Vauban Infrastructure Partners

Rohini Pahwa
Managing Director, Arjun Infrastructure Partners

Carolyn Pearce
Managing Director, Stonepeak

Esther Peiner
Managing Director, Co-Head Private Infrastructure Europe, Partners Group

Vivek Sapra
Senior Advisor, Infrastructure Investments, Ampega Asset Management

Olga Sclovscaia
Regional Head, MIGA, World Bank Group

Laurent Segalen
Managing Partner, Megawatt-X

Laurens-Jan Sipma
Senior Portfolio Manager, Infrastructure Private Equity, APG Asset Management

Lawrence Slade
Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Investor Association

Phoebe Smith
Senior Director, Patrizia

Matias Sottile
Infrastructure Debt – RiverRock Asset Management, RiverRock European Capital

Stefan Stauber
Investment Manager, Perpetual Investors

Shane Swords
Managing Director-Head of Investor Relations, NextEnergy Capital

Thomas Walenta
Senior Investment Officer, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Yuriko Watanabe
Director, Infrastructure Investment/Private Equity Investment Department, Japan Post Bank

Eugene Zhuchenko
Director and Founder, ETORE Advisory
Agenda
Investor Forum 2022 - Tuesday 13th
Registration
Introduction from Infrastructure Investor
Welcome from the chair

Assessing options for policymakers amid ongoing volatility
· What do events like Ukraine, covid and interest rate rises mean for the market now?
· Making sense of over two years of restrictions, risk and opportunity
· What would it take for people to stop investing in infrastructure?



Danae Kyriakopoulou
Senior Policy Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics
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The infrastructure landscape today
- Assessing the biggest infrastructure needs in 2022
- Anticipating the future investment impact of a cost-of-living and energy price crisis
- Does infrastructure still protect investors against inflation?
Moderator: Kalliope Gourntis, Editor, Infrastructure Investor




Yuriko Watanabe
Director, Infrastructure Investment/Private Equity Investment Department, Japan Post Bank
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Coffee & networking
The growing importance of energy security
- Dissecting the energy trilemma – energy efficiency, environmental impact, and affordability
- The role of hydrogen to empower the energy transition
- How the global energy mix needs to change to meet growing demand, and how this can be done sustainably
Moderator: Irina Frolova, Head of Infrastructure, PGGM





Gabriel de Lastours
Regional Head, Energy MENA - European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD)
Read bioThe geopolitical implications of the energy transition
- How global independence from its largest energy source will spur a shift to renewables
- How will an energy transition to ‘rewire Europe’ look?
- Finding a role for transition technologies and traditional sources of energy
Moderator: Lawrence Slade, Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA)
Keynote: The UK’s infrastructure bank roadmap

Networking lunch
The growth of sustainable investment
- Comparing best practice of impact investment in the UK vs the rest of the world
- The implications of COP26 on pension pools and other investor types
- ESG data and reporting – how it differs region to region
Moderator: Joss Blamire, Director, Infrastructure, GRESB
Defining infrastructure investment in 2022
- Definition creep- drawing the line on what’s infrastructure and what’s leisure, healthcare and real estate
- Blurring the boundaries: Where does the market go next?
- Global investor and manager perspectives on where to seek returns
Coffee & networking
Investor views on the evolving global infrastructure market
- Big funds, big fees and declining investor influence? How to readdress the balance of power
- What will the manager relationships of the future look like?
- Decarbonisation- measuring carbon intensity within infrastructure and across the broader portfolio
Moderator:
Eugene Zhuchenko, Director & Founder, ETORE Advisory





Takako Koizumi
Executive Director, Head of Investment Management Department, Mitsui & Co. Alternative Investments
Read bioDigital and smart infrastructure- the new core or just overhyped?
- Getting frothy: Is there still value to be found in digital assets?
- Smart meters, street lighting and connectivity: New areas of digital examined
- Meeting the sustainability challenge: Addressing power consumption, energy efficiency & more





Laurens-Jan Sipma
Senior Portfolio Manager, Infrastructure Private Equity, APG Asset Management
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Case study: The importance of data and analytics in value creation
Closing comments from the chair

Agenda
Investor Forum 2022 - Wednesday 14th
Invitation-only institutional investor breakfast session
Keynote: Outlining a global investor’s approach to infrastructure today
- Creating and developing the infrastructure programme
- Lessons learned from the pandemic- diversification, key sector performance & new opportunities
- Looking forward- portfolio management, investment strategy & sustainable growth

Identifying investment opportunities in real asset debt
- Why investors should investigate infrastructure debt or other real asset financing to protect their portfolios
- Will debt overtake equity as the core infrastructure class of the future?
- How investors are navigating the increase in risk in infrastructure debt investment
Moderator: Alexander Bebov, Founder, BAC






Coffee & networking
Infrastructure debt fundraising – under the magnifying glass
- How infrastructure debt has fared compared to other asset classes through the pandemic
- The types of vehicles proving most appealing and crisis-resilient
- Growth of UK infrastructure debt investment in comparison to other regions
Moderator: Matias Sottile, Responsible for Infrastructure Debt, Riverrock European Capital

Matias Sottile
Infrastructure Debt – RiverRock Asset Management, RiverRock European Capital
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Assessing the opportunity set in emerging & frontier infrastructure
- How are emerging market faring in the current macro environment?
- Mitigating the perception of risk in emerging markets
- Inflation, commodity prices and the impact on the growth market landscape
Networking lunch
Themed roundtables: Attendees choose their preferred topic
Infrastructure Finance
- Is infrastructure debt the best route to get exposure in infrastructure as an asset class?
- How infrastructure debt is performing compared to other real asset finance strategies
Moderator: Michela Bariletti, Chief Credit Officer, Phoenix Group
Infrastructure Equity
- Improving the supply of social & economic infrastructure
- How inflation has affected sub-sector such as energy, food supply, etc
ESG/Sustainability
- A geopolitical focus on impact investment
- The rise of the ‘S’ in ESG
Moderator: Robert-Jan Bakker, Member of Management, Private Infrastructure Partners Group
Energy Transition
- Hybrid batteries and charging stations – infrastructure investment or just PE?
- What can be done to help existing companies enter into the zero-carbon world
Moderator: Shane Swords, Managing Director-Head of Investor Relations, NextEnergy Capital
Chair's summary

Close of conference
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