Investing in Stability, Delivering Growth

The Infrastructure Investor: Investor Forum is returning to London on 15–16 September, bringing together the brightest minds in the industry for two days of unparalleled networking, game-changing insights, and real investment opportunities.

More than 300 of infrastructure’s most influential leaders and over 150 institutional and private investors will gather to explore the hottest trends, uncover the next big opportunities, and shape the future of the asset class. Attendees have the chance to connect, collaborate, and take their investment strategies to the next level.

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Unmatched 1:1 ratio
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80+ Speakers


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300+ Industry Leaders


Expand your network. Deepen relationships.

150+ investors anticipated in 2026 including:

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James Hatwell
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Alexander Jakes
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Luca Greene

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Unlock Opportunity, Insight, and Influence with the Infrastructure Investor Network

Infrastructure Investor Forum 2025 attendees access unparalleled advantages that extend far beyond the scope of the event day with access to an exclusive year-round community designed to elevate infrastructure professionals through continuous access to LPs, actionable insights and peer-to-peer connections.

Register for events and manage connections

Explore in-person and virtual events happening across the globe throughout the year while the member directory is a simple way to find peers in your network.

Enhanced LP access

Members access top LPs and peers year-round through curated meetings, private summits, and exclusive dinners, driving relationships, visibility, and fundraising success.

Stay ahead with timely, expert analysis

Access exclusive infrastructure insights to stay ahead of market trends, capital flows, policy shifts, and strategies from energy transition to digital infrastructure.

Discover global investors

Connect with the most active investors in infrastructure
Abu Dhabi Investment Council
AP4
Asian Development Bank
AustralianSuper
AXA
BCI
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership
CPPIB
EBRD
Employees Provident Fund Board
First State Super
GIC
Government Pension Investment Fund
IMCO
Japan Post Bank
Korea Investment Corporation
LGIA Super
Manulife
Swiss Re
World Bank Pension Plan

2023 Advisory Board

Anna Baumbach

Partner, Palladio Partners

Kamil Burganov

Senior Vice President, GIC

José Cabrita

Head of Unit, European Investment Fund

Uwe Fleischhauer

Head of Infrastructure, YIELCO Investments

Nicole Grützmacher

Director of Alternative Investments, FERI AG

Elisabetta Leoni

Senior Investment Director, AustralianSuper

Vladan Martinovic

Head of Infrastructure Debt, PIC

Our line-up of industry leading speakers

George Anstey

Senior Managing Director, NERA

Lyes Arezki

Portfolio Manager, Private Markets, UMR

Anna Baumbach

Partner, Palladio Partners

Alex Bretz

Senior Investment Director, AustralianSuper

Kamil Burganov

Senior Vice President, GIC

José Cabrita

Head of Unit, European Investment Fund

Uwe Fleischhauer

Head of Infrastructure, YIELCO Investments

Nicole Grützmacher

Director of Alternative Investments, FERI AG

Anne Kuleshova

Senior Investment Director, Real Assets, Cambridge Associates

Elisabetta Leoni

Senior Investment Director, AustralianSuper

Vladan Martinovic

Head of Infrastructure Debt, PIC

Siobhán Nagle

Managing Director, Digital Infrastructure EMEA

Katya Romashkan

Portfolio Manager – Infrastructure, Aware Super

Holger Rothenbusch

Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure & Climate, British International Investment

Julia Schiffer

Head of Infrastructure Europe / Partner, Mercer Alternatives

Laurens-Jan Sipma

Senior Director, APG Asset Management

Robbert Staal

Senior Portfolio Manager, Global Real Estate, MN

Surinder Toor

Managing Partner, Arjun Infrastructure Partners Ltd

Ionna Trofimova Elliot

Director, Borderless Renewables

Amarik Ubhi

Senior Portfolio Manager - Real Assets, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership

Simon Whistler

Head of Real Assets, Principles for Responsible Investment

Day 1 Day 2
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Agenda

Day 1- Investor Forum 2026 - Tuesday 15th

08:00 - 09:00

Registration opens & Emerging manager real assets breakfast roundtables (invite only)

Plenary
09:00 - 09:05

Welcome from Infrastructure Investor

09:05 - 09:15

Introduction from the Chair

09:15 - 09:55

Opening keynote panel: Capital, security and infrastructure in the current geopolitical landscape

Katya Romashkan
  • The do’s and don’ts of navigating market noise and volatility and how to navigate the changing regulatory angle
  • Resilience of infrastructure assets during periods of market stress
  • LP perspectives on the shifting capital flows in an era of geopolitical realignment, and the implications of the movement from the US to Europe

Speakers:

  • James Walsh, Head of European Infrastructure, Abu Dhabi Investment Council
  • Katya Romashkan, Portfolio Manager – Infrastructure, Aware Super
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Katya Romashkan

Portfolio Manager – Infrastructure, Aware Super

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09:55 - 10:35

Panel: Financing the energy transition

  • To what extent have we achieved the goal of the energy transition, and how are investors balancing risk, returns, and client impact in energy transition projects?
  • What innovations in grid infrastructure and responses to rising AI and digital technology demands are most likely to attract private capital, including opportunities in grid upgrades, energy storage, and demand management?
  • While batteries dominate today’s conversation, what emerging technologies or sectors should investors watch in the near future?

Speakers:

  • Puneet Sharma, Senior Investment Director, Universities Superannuation Scheme
10:35 - 11:00

Presentation: Market Update from Infrastructure Investor

11:00 - 11:30

Morning networking & coffee break

Plenary
11:30 - 12:10

Panel: Operational excellence and high-growth opportunities in the mid-market

  • What strategies unlock alpha by navigating less crowded deals and capturing attractive entry opportunities?
  • How to drive value in mid-market infrastructure through operational improvements, platform scaling, and build-to-core strategies
  • What are the most secular growth opportunities in energy transition, digital assets, and other high-growth segments?
12:10 - 12:50

Panel: Financing infrastructure through private debt strategies

Lyes Arezki
  • How have recent shifts in capital supply and demand reshaped the opportunity set for infrastructure credit?
  • How is heightened stress in corporate credit markets changing underwriting approaches?
  • Is capital rotating from direct lending into infrastructure credit, and how compelling is the case for LPs?

Speakers:

  • Lyes Arezki, Portfolio Manager, Private Markets, UMR
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Lyes Arezki

Portfolio Manager, Private Markets, UMR

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12:50 - 13:10

Debate: Edge vs Hyperscale: Which AI infrastructure strategy will deliver the best risk-adjusted returns?

  • The case for hyperscale AI data centers: Highlighting the predictable, efficient, and scalable returns, leveraging economies of scale, and supporting the compute demands of the largest AI models
  • The case for edge/secondary locations: Highlighting the benefits of geographic diversification, support for latency-critical AI workloads, lower-cost opportunities, and access to emerging high-growth markets
13:10 - 14:10

Lunch & Women in Real Assets Circle lunch

Plenary
14:10 - 14:30

Presentation: Keynote Presentation

14:30 - 15:05

Panel: The risks, returns and strategic importance of defence infrastructure

José Cabrita
  • To what extent is private capital entering defence, and how are investors approaching risk in the sector?
  • As Europe seeks strategic defence autonomy, can private capital deliver, and what’s in it for institutional investors?
  • Do current project finance and infrastructure fund models suit defence-linked assets, or is a new approach needed?

Speakers:

  • José Cabrita, Head of Unit, European Investment Fund
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José Cabrita

Head of Unit, European Investment Fund

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15:05 - 15:40

Panel: Value creation in sustainable infrastructure

Simon Whistler, Holger Rothenbusch
  • How have sustainability initiatives translated into higher EBITDA or exit valuations? Are investors paying a premium for sustainable assets?
  • Which sustainability focus, grid resilience, water, decarbonisation, reshoring, or nature-based solutions etc, will drive infrastructure performance in the next five years?
  • Are global LPs pricing sustainability consistently or is there regional divergence between Europe, North America, and Asia?

Moderator: Simon Whistler, Head of Real Assets, Principles for Responsible Investment
Speakers:

  • Holger Rothenbusch, Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure & Climate, British International Investment
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Simon Whistler

Head of Real Assets, Principles for Responsible Investment

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Holger Rothenbusch

Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure & Climate, British International Investment

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15:40 - 16:10

Afternoon Networking & Coffee Break

Plenary
16:10 - 16:40

LP Panel: Investors and the real assets convergence

Alex Bretz, Robbert Staal
  • What’s driving organisations to merge real estate and infrastructure teams and is this the new model for institutional portfolios?
  • How can unified real assets teams improve allocation, risk management and cross-asset decision making compared to siloed structures?
  • Approaches to manager selection, governance, sustainability, technology and the balance between real estate and infrastructure exposure

Speakers:

  • Alex Bretz, Senior Investment Director, AustralianSuper
  • Robbert Staal, Senior Portfolio Manager, Global Real Estate, MN
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Alex Bretz

Senior Investment Director, AustralianSuper

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Robbert Staal

Senior Portfolio Manager, Global Real Estate, MN

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16:40 - 17:20

Panel: Cross conversation: The investor & manager real assets partnership

Anne Kuleshova, Amarik Ubhi, Nicole Grützmacher, Surinder Toor
  • How are investors balancing real estate, infrastructure and adjacent strategies against other private and public market exposures?
  • Where do real assets sit in delivering income, inflation protection and diversification today?
  • What does real asset convergence mean for manager relationships, mandate design and long-term allocation strategy?

Speakers:

  • Anne Kuleshova, Senior Investment Director, Real Assets, Cambridge Associates
  • Amarik Ubhi, Senior Portfolio Manager – Real Assets, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership
  • Nicole Grützmacher, Director of Alternative Investments, FERI AG
  • Surinder Toor, Managing Partner, Arjun Infrastructure Partners
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Anne Kuleshova

Senior Investment Director, Real Assets, Cambridge Associates

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Amarik Ubhi

Senior Portfolio Manager - Real Assets, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership

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Nicole Grützmacher

Director of Alternative Investments, FERI AG

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Surinder Toor

Managing Partner, Arjun Infrastructure Partners Ltd

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17:20 - 18:20

End of day 1 and networking drinks reception

 

 

Agenda

Day 2- Investor Forum 2026 - Wednesday 16th

08:30 - 09:15

Registration opens

Plenary
09:15 - 09:20

Chair’s welcome back

09:20 - 09:50

Presentation: Opening keynote presentation

09:50 - 10:30

Panel: The next phase of digital infrastructure investing

Laurens-Jan Sipma
  • Which digital sub-sectors are gaining momentum, where is the market nearing saturation, and how should investors approach diversification?
  • How are operational constraints shaping opportunities and returns?
  • How are investors assessing risk, liquidity, and returns in the evolving markets, and what makes a strategy truly differentiated today?

Speakers:

Laurens-Jan Sipma, Senior Director, APG Asset Management

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Laurens-Jan Sipma

Senior Director, APG Asset Management

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10:30 - 11:10

Panel: Transport infrastructure in the energy transition era

Anna Baumbach, Kamil Burganov
  • What innovative strategies could strengthen the sustainability focus in transport investments?
  • How can investors balance short-term resilience with long-term decarbonisation goals?
  • What impact do cost pressures, raw material constraints, and scaling challenges have on the sub-asset class and how can they be tackled?

Moderator:

Speakers:

  • Anna Baumbach, Partner, Palladio Partners
  • Kamil Burganov, Senior Vice President, GIC
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Anna Baumbach

Partner, Palladio Partners

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Kamil Burganov

Senior Vice President, GIC

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11:10 - 11:40

Morning Networking & Coffee Break

Plenary
11:40 - 12:00

Keynote: Investor Keynote

12:00 - 12:40

Panel: The maturation and transition of alternative investment vehicles

Uwe Fleischhauer, Julia Schiffer
  • What’s driving infrastructure secondaries from niche to a core source of investor liquidity?
  • Examining how regulatory and policy developments are shaping investor behaviour, alongside the growing momentum in both LP-led and GP-led secondary transactions, and the evolving role of private wealth capital
  • Are secondaries and co-investments becoming indispensable tools for flexible portfolio construction, offering enhanced pricing, alignment, and an alternative to traditional primary fund commitments?

Speakers:

  • Uwe Fleischhauer, Head of Infrastructure, YIELCO Investments
  • Julia Schiffer, Head of Infrastructure Europe / Partner, Mercer Alternatives
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Uwe Fleischhauer

Head of Infrastructure, YIELCO Investments

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Julia Schiffer

Head of Infrastructure Europe / Partner, Mercer Alternatives

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12:40 - 13:20

Panel: Decarbonisation in a fragmented policy landscape

Ionna Trofimova Elliot, George Anstey
  • How should investors approach emerging energy transition sub-sectors such as long-duration storage, hydrogen, district heat, and European transmission?
  • How should investors build resilience in infrastructure assets to withstand climate shocks
  • Is climate data transforming investment decisions or just creating better narratives?

Moderator: Ionna Trofimova Elliot, Director, Borderless Renewables

Speakers:

George Anstey, Senior Managing Director, NERA

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Ionna Trofimova Elliot

Director, Borderless Renewables

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George Anstey

Senior Managing Director, NERA

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13:20 - 14:20

Networking Lunch Break

13:25 - 14:20

LPs in Real Assets Lunch (invite only)

Plenary
14:20 - 14:50

Real Assets Debate: Unification or specialisation?

Elisabetta Leoni

Join your peers for an on-stage debate featuring LPs and GPs as they debate:

  • The case for convergence: How unified real assets teams unlock cross-asset insights, improve capital allocation and align more naturally with multi-asset GP platforms
  • The case for specialist silos: How dedicated real estate and infrastructure teams deliver deeper expertise, sharper underwriting and stronger governance as assets become more operational and complex

Speakers:

Elisabetta Leoni, Senior Investment Director, AustralianSuper

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Elisabetta Leoni

Senior Investment Director, AustralianSuper

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14:50 - 15:30

Real Assets Panel: Data centers: the new backbone of real assets

Siobhán Nagle
  • How investors are approaching data centers as a real assets strategy, including the convergence of real estate and digital infrastructure, the rise of hyperscale demand and operational intensity?
  • Where key risks and opportunities lie, from power-constrained markets and AI driven demand to land scarcity, grid access, sustainability requirements and evolving tenant demands
  • What capabilities and platforms are needed to succeed and how can real assets teams leverage cross-aisle expertise in energy, development and operations to create value?

Speakers:

  • Siobhán Nagle, Managing Director, Digital Infrastructure EMEA
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Siobhán Nagle

Managing Director, Digital Infrastructure EMEA

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15:30 - 16:10

Real Assets Panel: Logistics as a real asset: power, platforms and supply-chain infrastructure

  • How logistics is evolving as a core real assets strategy driven by demand for supply-chain resilience, energy-intensive operations and the convergence of warehousing with transport, grid infrastructure and digital technologies
  • Where do the major opportunities and constraints lie for real assets logistics teams?
  • How will real assets teams leverage cross-asset expertise, from energy strategy and grid access to operational technology and development 
16:10 - 17:10

End of conference & Coffee to go

The Investor Forum was held at the The Carlton Tower Jumeirah, a luxury hotel in the heart of Knightsbridge, London.

 

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Annette Bannister, MetLife

Annette Bannister

Managing Director, MetLife Investment Management

Manuel Dusina

Head of Infrastructure, Phoenix Group Plc

Hans Fredrik Forssman

Senior Investment Manager, Skandia Norden

Ulla Agesen

Head of Infrastructure, NIO

Ted Frith

Chief Operating Officer, GLIL Infrastructure

Irina Frolova

Independent non-executive director & Investment Committee Chair, PGGM

Jason Hyunjae Kim

Head of Infrastructure PF Team, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance

Nitesh Mistry

Head of Infrastructure Finance, Swiss Re

Eugene Zhuchenko

Director & Founder, ETORE Advisory

Day 1 Day 2
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Agenda

Investor Forum 2022 - Tuesday 13th

08:00 - 09:00

Registration

Plenary
09:00 - 09:10

Introduction from Infrastructure Investor

09:10 - 09:20

Welcome from the chair

Anish Butani
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Anish Butani

Managing Director, Infrastructure, bfinance

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09:20 - 10:00

Assessing options for policymakers amid ongoing volatility

Minesh Mashru, Gordon Bajnai, Andrea Echberg, Danae Kyriakopoulou, Esther Peiner

·       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?

Moderator: Minesh Mashru, Global Head of Infrastructure, Cambridge Associates

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Minesh Mashru

Head of Infrastructure, Cambridge Associates

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Gordon Bajnai

Partner, Campbell Lutyens

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Andrea Echberg

Partner and Head of Global Infrastructure and Real Assets, Pantheon

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Danae Kyriakopoulou

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

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Esther Peiner

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

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10:00 - 10:40

The infrastructure landscape today

Kalliope Gourntis, Serkan Bahçeci, Alastair Hall, Sam Lissner, Yuriko Watanabe
  • 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, Deputy Editor, Infrastructure Investor

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Kalliope Gourntis

Deputy Editor, Infrastructure Investor

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Serkan Bahçeci

Partner and Head of Research, Arjun Infrastructure Partners

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Alastair Hall

Senior Managing Director, Europe, OMERS

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Sam Lissner

Principal, Ridgewood Infrastructure

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Yuriko Watanabe

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

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10:40 - 11:15

Coffee & networking

Plenary
11:15 - 12:00

The growing importance of energy security

Irina Frolova, Mariana Barrientos, Michael Bonte-Friedheim, Gabriel de Lastours
  • 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, Independent non-executive director & former Head of Infrastructure, PGGM

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Irina Frolova

Independent non-executive director & Investment Committee Chair, PGGM

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Mariana Barrientos

Director- Infrastructure, Europe, CBRE Investment Management

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Michael Bonte-Friedheim

Founding Partner and Group CEO, NextEnergy Group

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Gabriel de Lastours

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

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12:00 - 12:45

The geopolitical implications of the energy transition

Lawrence Slade, Marcus Ayre, Nic DiLoretta, Anand Jagannathan, Laurent Segalen
  • 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)

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Lawrence Slade

Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Investor Association

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Marcus Ayre

Partner, Head of Igneo Infrastructure Partners, Igneo Infrastructure Partners

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Nic DiLoretta

Managing Director, Head of Real Assets, Aksia

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Anand Jagannathan

Senior Partner- NextGen, Antin Infrastructure Partners

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Laurent Segalen

Managing Partner, Megawatt-X

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12:45 - 14:00

Networking lunch

Plenary
14:00 - 14:40

The growth of sustainable investment

Joss Blamire, Ulla Agesen, Carolyn Pearce, Shane Swords
  • 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

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Joss Blamire

Director, Infrastructure, GRESB

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Ulla Agesen

Head of Infrastructure, NIO

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Carolyn Pearce

Managing Director, Stonepeak

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Shane Swords

Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations - NextEnergy Capital

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14:40 - 15:20

Defining infrastructure investment in 2022

Anish Butani, Michela Bariletti, Diogo Honório, Martin Ragettli, Stefan Stauber
  • 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

Moderator: Anish Butani, Senior Director, bfinance

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Anish Butani

Managing Director, Infrastructure, bfinance

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Michela Bariletti

Chief Credit Officer, The Phoenix Group

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Diogo Honório

Director Real Assets & Alternatives, Nordea Asset Management

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Martin Ragettli

Senior Vice President, IST Investment Foundation

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Stefan Stauber

Investment Manager, Perpetual Investors

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15:20 - 15:50

Coffee & networking

Plenary
15:50 - 16:30

Investor views on the evolving global infrastructure market

Eugene Zhuchenko , Benjamin Canet, Ted Frith, Christoph Gertenbach, Takako Koizumi
  • 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

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Eugene Zhuchenko

Director & Founder, ETORE Advisory

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Benjamin Canet

Foreign Investment Manager, The Israeli Phoenix

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Ted Frith

Chief Operating Officer, GLIL Infrastructure

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Christoph Gertenbach

Deputy Head of Finance, RAG-Stiftung

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Takako Koizumi

Managing Director, Konomi, Inc.

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16:30 - 17:10

Digital and smart infrastructure- the new core or just overhyped?

Oliver Bradley, Phil Cooper, Elie Nammar , Rohini Pahwa, Laurens-Jan Sipma, Phoebe Smith
  • 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

Moderator: Oliver Bradley, Managing Director, Macquarie Capital

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Oliver Bradley

Managing Director, Macquarie Capital

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Phil Cooper

Director, Digital Infrastructure Accelerator

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Elie Nammar

Senior Director and Partner, Vauban Infrastructure Partners

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Rohini Pahwa

Managing Director, Arjun Infrastructure Partners

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Laurens-Jan Sipma

Senior Portfolio Manager, Infrastructure Private Equity, APG Asset Management

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Phoebe Smith

Senior Director, Patrizia AG

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17:10 - 17:30

Presentation: Picking the right yield in Infrastructure

Abhishek Gupta
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Abhishek Gupta

Associate Director at the EDHEC Infrastructure Institute and the Head of infraMetrics® Product Development, EDHECinfra

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17:30 - 17:40

Closing comments from the chair

Anish Butani
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Anish Butani

Managing Director, Infrastructure, bfinance

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17:40 - 18:30

Networking drinks reception; Realport’s private dinner (invite only)

Agenda

Investor Forum 2022 - Wednesday 14th

Plenary
08:00 - 09:25

Registration

08:15 - 09:15

Invitation-only institutional investor breakfast session

09:25 - 09:30

Welcome from the chair

Anish Butani
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Anish Butani

Managing Director, Infrastructure, bfinance

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09:30 - 10:15

Keynote: Outlining a global investor’s approach to infrastructure today

Kikuko Emae
  • 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
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Kikuko Emae

Senior Director, Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)

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10:15 - 11:00

Identifying investment opportunities in real asset debt

Alex Bebov, Karen Azoulay, Manuel Dusina, Kashif Khan, Alessandro Merlo
  • 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

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Alex Bebov

Managing Partner, BAC Securities

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Karen Azoulay

Head of Real Assets, BNP Paribas Asset Management

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Manuel Dusina

Head of Infrastructure, Phoenix Group Plc

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Kashif Khan

Director, Infrastructure & Project Finance, MetLife Investment Management

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Alessandro Merlo

Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure Debt, UBS Asset Management

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11:00 - 11:30

Coffee & networking

Plenary
11:30 - 12:15

Infrastructure debt fundraising – under the magnifying glass

Matias Sottile, Seung-ki Jeong, Bertrand Loubières, Nitesh Mistry, Vivek Sapra
  • 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, Infrastructure Debt – RiverRock Asset Management, RiverRock European Capital

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Matias Sottile

Managing Partner, Ayres Partners

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Seung-ki Jeong

Head of Team, Kiwoom Asset Management

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Bertrand Loubières

Head of Infrastructure Finance, AXA IM Alts

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Nitesh Mistry

Head of Infrastructure Finance, Swiss Re

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Vivek Sapra

Senior Advisor, Infrastructure Investments, Ampega Asset Management

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12:15 - 13:00

Assessing the opportunity set in emerging & frontier infrastructure

Gergely Horvath, Rajesh Hemnani, Kuutti Kilpeläinen, Olga Sclovscaia, Thomas Walenta
  • 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

Moderator:
Gergely Horvath
, Investment Officer / Infrastructure & Climate Action Funds, European Investment Bank

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Gergely Horvath

Investment Officer / Infrastructure and Climate Action Funds, European Investment Bank

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Rajesh Hemnani

Investment Manager, British International Investments

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Kuutti Kilpeläinen

Investment Manager, Finnfund

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Olga Sclovscaia

Regional Head, MIGA, World Bank Group

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Thomas Walenta

Senior Investment Officer, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

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13:00 - 14:00

Networking lunch

Themed workshops
14:00 - 14:50

Themed roundtables: Attendees choose their preferred topic

Michela Bariletti, Richard Knight, Robert-Jan Bakker, James Hewitt

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

Moderator: Richard Knight, Managing Director, Asset Management, Equitix

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: James Hewitt, Vice President, Investor Relations, NextEnergy Capital

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Michela Bariletti

Chief Credit Officer, The Phoenix Group

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Richard Knight

Managing Director, Asset Management, Equitix

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Robert-Jan Bakker

Member of Management, Partners Group

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James Hewitt

Vice President, Investor Relations, NextEnergy Capital

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14:50 - 15:00

Chair's summary

Anish Butani
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Anish Butani

Managing Director, Infrastructure, bfinance

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15:00 - 15:00

Close of conference

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Please note annual agenda is subject to change

Ulla Agesen

Head of Infrastructure, NIO

Marcus Ayre

Partner, Head of Igneo Infrastructure Partners, Igneo Infrastructure Partners

Karen Azoulay

Head of Real Assets, BNP Paribas Asset Management

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

Anish Butani

Managing Director, Infrastructure, 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

Kikuko Emae

Senior Director, Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)

Ted Frith

Chief Operating Officer, GLIL Infrastructure

Irina Frolova

Independent non-executive director & Investment Committee Chair, PGGM

Christoph Gertenbach

Deputy Head of Finance, RAG-Stiftung

Kalliope Gourntis

Deputy Editor, Infrastructure Investor

Abhishek Gupta

Associate Director at the EDHEC Infrastructure Institute and the Head of infraMetrics® Product Development, EDHECinfra

Alastair Hall

Senior Managing Director, Europe, OMERS

Rajesh Hemnani

Investment Manager, British International Investments

James Hewitt

Vice President, Investor Relations, NextEnergy Capital

Diogo Honório

Director Real Assets & Alternatives, Nordea Asset Management

Gergely Horvath

Investment Officer / Infrastructure and Climate Action Funds, European Investment Bank

Anand Jagannathan

Senior Partner- NextGen, Antin Infrastructure Partners

Seung-ki Jeong

Head of Team, Kiwoom Asset Management

Kashif Khan

Director, Infrastructure & Project Finance, MetLife Investment Management

Kuutti Kilpeläinen

Investment Manager, Finnfund

Richard Knight

Managing Director, Asset Management, Equitix

Takako Koizumi

Managing Director, Konomi, Inc.

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

Minesh Mashru

Head of Infrastructure, Cambridge Associates

Alessandro Merlo

Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure Debt, UBS Asset Management

Nitesh Mistry

Head of Infrastructure Finance, Swiss Re

Elie Nammar

Senior Director and Partner, 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

Martin Ragettli

Senior Vice President, IST Investment Foundation

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 AG

Matias Sottile

Managing Partner, Ayres Partners

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

Ekow Yankah

Founder & Management, Executive Board, RealPort

Eugene Zhuchenko

Director & Founder, ETORE Advisory

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What to expect at the Forum


Network with your peers

Enrich your network, build lasting relationships, and exchange valuable perspectives with your investor peers through investor-only breakfasts, networking breaks, lunches and much more.


Gain expert insights
Hear from our industry-leading speaker line-up, discover the latest trends and stay aligned with future innovations in the market.


Explore opportunities
Discover remarkable investment opportunities in sectors including emerging markets, the energy transition, infrastructure debt and more.


Meet with the best and brightest funds
Connect and arrange one-to-one meetings with infrastructure’s biggest fund and asset managers in the market.

Gallery

Connect with and benchmark against your investor peers. Take part in roundtable discussions, think-tanks and investor-focussed sessions to explore opportunities within the asset class so you can leave with strategies to generate the highest returns.

Unrivalled networking experience

The Forum offers unparalleled opportunities to network with infrastructure’s most influential leaders in London. Our networking offering is the ideal setting to build strong relationships with investors and secure commitments.

VIP Welcome Drinks Reception
10 September | 18:00 – 21:00

  • Cocktail reception networking function at exclusive Lancaster House
  • Reception arranged in collaboration with UK Government
  • Onsite branding at the function
  • Opening welcome speaking role

Official Drinks Reception
11 September | 18:00 – 20:00

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Women’s Lunch
12 September | 13:20 – 14:20

  • Opportunity to host a panel of senior women from within the industry for an interactive discussion around DE&I, recruitment, inclusion within businesses
  • This session will be off the record and allow for a private lunch space to cultivate and grow your current network
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Private Meeting Room

Private meeting room, set up in aboard room style for 6-8 people for the duration of the conference.

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Networking Lounge

Branded lounge seating area for 4 people.

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Interview with Eugene Zhuchenko, Director and Founder, ETORE Advisory

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They discuss the pursuit of alpha and the reasons behind the increased focus on smaller cap investments compared to larger cap. They also explore strategies for navigating the complexities of the infrastructure investment landscape.


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