Infrastructure
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Investor
Women In Infrastructure Forum London 2019
5 - 6 November 2019,
The Hilton Tower Bridge - London
Creating Growth Through Diversity
With a growing body of research showing that more diverse teams and inclusive workplaces directly correlates with stronger business outcomes, the issue of diversity in infrastructure continues to move up the agenda.
Once again, we will be bringing together over 600 delegates for open discussion on the latest issues facing the industry, as well as the opportunity to exchange ideas, initiate deals and forge new relationships.
This year’s event will again be co-located with the Women in Private Equity Forum, in addition to the Women in Private Debt Forum and the Women in Real Estate Forum, all registered attendees will have access to all events allowing you to build your network across alternative asset classes.
COVERING WOMEN IN Private Equity, PRIVATE DEBT & REAL ESTATE
One Summit: Four Forums
Now in its 6th year
New for 2019
New for 2019
Features in 2019
Dictate the narrative
Interactive panel discussions, keynote interviews, networking roundtables, think tanks and an oxford style debate allow you to put forward your thoughts and shape this important discussion.
Build your network
Hear from a world class speaking faculty and network with 600 international decision makers, featuring senior infrastructure asset owners, fund managers, developers and global investors.
Gain insights
Identify key global infrastructure opportunities and discover strategies for 2019 and beyond.
The advantages of a more diverse team
Anne Grandin, Investment Director at Whitehelm Capital discusses the importance of a diverse investment team.
Irina Frolova, Head of Asset Management at PGGM discusses the value of inclusion and diversity in infrastructure.
Investors who attended last year
Testimonials
Kirsty Packer
Senior Analyst, I Squared Capital
It was inspiring to meet so many strong women who are excelling in this industry and raising awareness of the benefits of gender diversification.
Laura Yang
Analyst, CPPIB
The conference is very well organized, covering topics on both diversity awareness and key industry issues such as investing in emerging markets.
Anke Heinze
Director Investments & Financing, AviAlliance GmbH, Germany
It is an excellent forum for women of all levels of seniority to get to know each other, exchange views and hopefully to form professional relationships that ca…
Anke Heinze
Director Investments & Financing, AviAlliance GmbH, Germany
It is an excellent forum for women of all levels of seniority to get to know each other, exchange views and hopefully to form professional relationships that carry over into our working lives going forward.
Hear from last year’s featured speakers…
Deborah Zurkow, Global Head of Alternatives,
Allianz Global Investors
Jane Seto, Managing Director,
DWS
Tani Burge, Director and Head of Investor Relations,
Alinda Capital Partners
Emma Haight-Cheng, Partner, Infrastructure Debt,
AMP Capital
View the 2019 agenda
For more information on the agenda, please contact Charles Gould at charles.g@peimedia.com or call +44 (0) 20 7566 5444.
Download your copy of the 2019 agenda here.
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Agenda
Day 1 - Tuesday 5th
Plenary
08:00 - 08:45
Registration & coffee
08:45 - 08:50
PEI Welcome
08:50 - 09:05
Chairperson's opening remarks
Laurie Mahon
Laurie Mahon
Vice-Chair, US Investment Banking, Global Investment Banking, CIBC World Markets
Read bio
09:05 - 09:30
Keynote speech: The economic case for diversity
09:30 - 10:15
Heads of Private Markets: The themes that unify our asset classes
Andrew Blincoe,
Kirsten Bode
Panel Session
- What is driving the growth in private markets? Are we in a bubble?
- Putting money to work in an increasingly competitive environment
- To what extent do investors differentiate between asset classes? Where are their similarities?
- How can working together address talent deficits across private markets?
- What practical advice do industry leaders have for young people in the industry today?
10:15 - 10:55
How are investor pressures driving change within the funds they invest in?
Laurie Mahon,
David Jeffrey,
Paul Ward,
Matina Papathanasiou
Panel Session
- To what extent are investors challenging fund managers on diversity across investments?
- How senior leaders across private markets are promoting social mobility?
- Highlighting case studies where lack of diversity has impacted an investment decision
- Comparing approaches to diversity across private markets, are there any differences?
- How does diversity compare with other factors in impacting where investors put their money?
Moderator: Laurie Mahon, Vice-Chair, US Investment Banking, Global Investment Banking, CIBC Capital Markets
10:55 - 11:35
Coffee & networking
Women in Infrastructure Forum 2019
11:35 - 11:40
Infrastructure chairperson's opening remarks
11:40 - 12:20
State of Play: Have we reached peak infra?
Tara Davies,
Esther Peiner
Panel Session
- Where are we in the current infrastructure cycle?
- Emerging regulatory and political risks; populism, renationalisation and more
- Putting money to work in an increasingly competitive market
12:20 - 13:00
How private infrastructure is advancing the energy transition
Margarita Aleksieva,
Marie Joyce
Panel Session
- Where can investors get a more attractive risk/return profile?
- The role of industrial players in developing the renewables of the future
- Comparing opportunities in different renewable markets
13:00 - 14:00
Networking lunch
Women in Infrastructure Forum 2019
14:00 - 14:45
Infrastructure investing in a digital world
Dan McCarthy,
Margarida Leal,
Phoebe Smith
Panel Session
- Why infrastructure funds are increasingly investing in digital assets
- Applying data analytics to generate value from infrastructure assets
- Digital disruption and what it could mean for infrastructure assets
Moderated by: Dan McCarthy, Chief Executive Officer, One Search
14:45 - 15:15
Infrastructure investment and regulation: Has regulatory risk increased?
Regina Finn,
Marina Gibbs
15:15 - 16:00
Delivering operational excellence: Value-creation and infrastructure assets
Irina Frolova,
Anke Heinze,
Allison Kingsley,
Anna Sundell
Panel Session
- Comparing value creation approaches across different sectors and asset types
- How relevant is asset management in core infrastructure?
- Utilising data to assist with asset management of assets
- Bringing in consultants vs. building up inhouse expertise
16:00 - 16:30
Coffee & networking
Women in Infrastructure Forum 2019
16:30 - 17:10
Why ESG and infrastructure are such natural bedfellows
Sandra Lowe,
Angela Roshier,
Louise Stevenson
Panel Session
- What business factors can ESG activity have a positive impact on?
- How ESG implementation differs for debt and equity investors
- Incorporating ESG into investment analysis, decision-making and monitoring
17:10 - 17:45
Infrastructure debt: How are managers adjusting their strategies to attract investors?
Panel Session
- Does debt still offer an attractive risk/reward profile?
- Comparing opportunities across this rapidly expanding asset class
- What are the barriers for investors looking to commit capital to infrastructure debt funds?
17:45 - 19:30
Women in Alternatives Cocktail Reception
Agenda
Day 2 - Wednesday 6th
08:00 - 09:00
Invitation only think-tanks
Matina Papathanasiou,
Sunaina Sinha
These closed-door sessions will allow women to speak freely about the issues impacting their office and asset class. It is a closed door, open conversation where attendees can benchmark ideas and share best practices to gain solutions for common concerns.
- Infrastructure: Matina Papathanasiou, Deputy Head of Global Infrastructure, QIC
- Private equity: Sunaina Sinha, Managing Partner, Cebile Capital
- Private Debt
- Real Estate
08:30 - 09:10
Registration & coffee
Plenary
09:10 - 09:50
Emerging Markets: Where are the most attractive opportunities in emerging markets?
Taru Oksman,
Danielle Baron,
Lucy Heintz,
Maria Pejter
Panel Session
- Which macro trends are affecting investment in emerging markets today?
- Key reasons to invest in Asian, LatAm & African alternative assets
- What is the appetite for different investment strategies across emerging markets?
- Comparing risk in EM to more developed markets
Moderated by: Taru Oksman, Managing Partner, Riverhouse Partners
09:50 - 10:30
Highlights of the PEI LP Insight findings
Nicole Douglas
Presentation
The PEI Investor Research & Analytics team surveyed LPs to capture investor sentiment, relationships with GPs, and performance predictions. Investors range from established infrastructure players with diverse fund portfolios, to those planning to make their first alternatives commitments in 2019.
Presented by: Nicole Douglas, Head of Investor Research, PEI Media Group
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee & networking
Plenary
11:00 - 11:40
View from the deal team: What skills are required to make a successful investment partner?
Cecile Levi,
Claire Madden
Panel Session
- Why do deal teams remain so male, pale and stale even when compared to other areas of finance?
- Outlining the advantages of a diverse deal team
- What advice do deal team partners have for young people aiming for a spot on the deal team?
11:40 - 12:20
How, why and when to move between alternative asset classes
Gail McManus,
Yodia Lo,
Merrick McKay
Panel Session
- Building a cross-asset class network
- Are there any significant differences in the skills required to be successful?
- What skills are transferrable between asset classes?
- Case studies from practitioners who have made the move
Moderated by: Gail McManus, Founder and Managing Director, PER
12:20 - 13:00
Meet a Mentor Session
Roundtables
This unique session will split the room up into tables with a senior representative on each table offering practical career advice to the table. This will provide a unique opportunity to build your network and tables will be led by people with different areas of expertise.
13:00 - 14:30
Themed networking working lunch
Ulyana Shtybel
Tables discussing a variety of topics over lunch led by an expert moderator
- Tokenisation of private equity and private debt – Ulyana Shtybel (HighCastle)
14:30 - 14:40
Chairperson's closing remarks
Featured speakers
View the 2019 speakers
For more information on speaking, please contact Charles Gould at charles.g@peimedia.com or call +44 (0) 20 7566 5444.
Download your copy of the 2019 agenda here.
Margarita Aleksieva
Head of Asset Management, IST Investment Foundation
Margarita Aleksieva is leading the asset management of the IST3 Global Infrastructure Fund and is a member of the IST Private Infrastructure Equity management team. She has about 15 years of experience in the energy sector and broad expertise in buil… Read full bio
Danielle Baron
Global Head of Power & Utilities, Crédit Agricole CIB
Danielle began her career at U.S Ex-Im Bank in Washington D.C. She later joined ANZ where she held several positions in Structured Finance and Infrastructure & Utilities Coverage in Hanoi, Melbourne and London. She later joined HSBC and finally Credi… Read full bio
Kirsten Bode
Co-Head of Pan-European Private Debt, Muzinich & Co
Prior to joining Muzinich, Kirsten worked for six years as a Managing Director in the principal debt investing team at Macquarie, responsible for sourcing and executing transactions ranging from leveraged senior, unitranche and mezzanine debt to equi… Read full bio
Tara Davies
Member and Head of European Infrastructure, KKR
Tara Courtney Davies (London) joined KKR in 2016 and is a Member and Head of the European Infrastructure team. Ms Davies is a member of the Infrastructure Investment Committee and Infrastructure Portfolio Management Committee. Ms. Davies is currently… Read full bio
Nicole Douglas
Head of Investor Research, PEI Media
Nicole Douglas is the Head of Investor Research for PEI’s Research & Analytics department. Based in London but working across the company’s offices and products, she oversees researched content, surveys, and projects on investors globally. She is als… Read full bio
Regina Finn
Director, Lucerna Partners
Regina is an experienced Chair, Board director, chief executive and strategic leader in sector regulation, competition and consumer policy. Regina’s sector expertise includes infrastructure, especially water, energy and telecommunications, and servic… Read full bio
Irina Frolova
Head of Asset Management, PGGM
Irina Frolova joined PGGM in 2014 and currently oversees asset management of the EUR 8,6bln infrastructure investments portfolio as well as the (Board) governance of the portfolio companies in which PGGM is an influential investor. She is a member of… Read full bio
Marina Gibbs
Competition Policy Director, OFCOM
Marina is a Competition Policy Director at OFCOM with responsibility for leading projects in the telecoms and post and parcels’ sectors. She has led a number of telecoms market reviews, most recently in relation to the business connectivity market an… Read full bio
Anke Heinze
Director of the Investments & Financing Department, AviAlliance
Anke is the Director of the Investments & Financing department of AviAlliance GmbH (former HOCHTIEF AirPort). She has over 20 years of airport M&A experience gained in various buy-side and sell-side projects. Anke has also been involved in the syndic… Read full bio
Lucy Heintz
Partner - Energy, Actis
Lucy is head of Africa for the Energy team, a role she has held since March 2017. She has overall responsibility for the Actis Energy team’s activities in Africa and is Investment Manager of Lekela and Aela, two of Actis’ renewable energy platforms i… Read full bio
David Jeffrey
Partner, StepStone Group
Mr. Jeffrey leads StepStone’s activities in Europe and is a member of the private equity team, focusing on investments in Europe and the Middle East and co-investments. He is also involved in the Firm’s ESG and diversity initiatives, as well as vario… Read full bio
Marie Joyce
Chief Financial Officer, NTR
Marie is Chief Financial Officer of NTR plc. She joined NTR in 2004 and has held executive financial and commercial roles across the Group during this time, including Deputy CFO of NTR and CFO of Wind Capital Group. Prior to NTR, Marie was Senior Dir… Read full bio
Allison Kingsley
Founder & Partner, NOVA Infrastructure
Allison Kingsley is one of the two Founders of NOVA Infrastructure, an investment firm that targets mid-market infrastructure investments in transportation, environmental services, and energy sectors in North American. Dr. Kingsley is a Partner and s… Read full bio
Margarida Leal
Senior Associate - Infrastructure Equity, Aviva Investors
Margarida Leal is a Senior Associate in the Infrastructure Equity team of Aviva Investors. Since joining the London office in 2017, her focus has been on the execution of deals across a variety of sub-sectors, with a special emphasis on the UK digita… Read full bio
Cecile Levi
Co-Head of Private Debt, Tikehau Capital
Cécile Mayer-Lévi joined Tikehau Capital in 2013 and heads the Private Debt platform of the asset management firm. She has extensive knowledge in direct lending transactions, and has worked closely with major private equity houses, investment funds a… Read full bio
Yodia Lo
Alternatives, Church of England
Yodia Lo focuses on Hedge Funds, Alternative Credit and Co-investments at Church Commissioners, the £8b endowment arm of the Church of England. In this role she has sourced investments including Emerging Market Distressed Debt, Short Term Quant and d… Read full bio
Sandra Lowe
Director, Business Development, InfraRed Capital Partners
Sandra heads investor coverage at InfraRed, the leading investment manager in infrastructure and real estate. She manages investor relationships to drive capital raising and shape infrastructure product development or investment propositions for fund… Read full bio
Claire Madden
Managing Partner, Connection Capital
Claire is Managing Partner of Connection Capital, a private client investment business specialising in alternative investments. Claire’s career began as a private equity investor at 3i having graduated in Banking & International Finance from Loughbor… Read full bio
Laurie Mahon
Vice-Chair, US Investment Banking, Global Investment Banking, CIBC World Markets
Laurie Mahon serves as Vice-Chair of CIBC’s U.S. Investment Banking business, a role she recently assumed after having led the Global Infrastructure and Power team since August 2013. She has spent her entire professional life in the infrastructure sp… Read full bio
Dan McCarthy
Chief Executive Officer, One Search
Dan has been a specialist recruiter into the Infrastructure market since 2003, and founded One Search in 2006 to serve the very distinct group of industry investors and financiers starting to emerge at the time – firms with whom One Search has been p… Read full bio
Merrick McKay
Head of Europe - Private Equity, Aberdeen Standard Investments
Merrick joined SL Capital, now part of Aberdeen Standard Investments (“ASI”), in 2014 and is based in the Edinburgh and London offices. ASI’s European Private Equity business, with over €8bn AuM, encompasses primary and secondary fund investments and… Read full bio
Gail McManus
Founder and Managing Director, PER
Gail McManus is the Founder and Managing Director of PER, setting up the business in the late 1990s after a career in private equity at 3i. Gail is a passionate member of the private equity and alterative assets community and is actively involved in… Read full bio
Taru Oksman
Managing Partner, Riverhouse Partners
As Managing Partner, Taru oversees Riverhouse Partners and Riverhouse Advisory. She works across all practice areas on key strategic hires. At Riverhouse Partners, her remit encompasses country head roles across growth markets as well C-suite roles i… Read full bio
Matina Papathanasiou
Deputy Head of Global Infrastructure, QIC
Matina is currently the deputy head of QIC Global Infrastructure, a business she co-founded in early 2006. QIC Global Infrastructure has directly invested over $10billion in global infrastructure covering toll roads, airports, ports, water and energy… Read full bio
Esther Peiner
Managing Director - Private Infrastructure Europe , Partners Group
Esther Peiner is part of the European Private Infrastructure business unit, based in Zug. She is a member of the Private Infrastructure Investment Committee and of the PG LIFE Impact Committee. She is a member of the Board of Directors of firm's port… Read full bio
Maria Pejter
Head of HR, A.P. Møller Holding
A.P. Moller Holding is the investment arm of the A.P. Moller Foundation. Our purpose is to exercise the Foundation’s role as an engaged owner; in the spirit of A.P. Møller, and to ensure that the Foundation continues to contribute to society in the f… Read full bio
Angela Roshier
Head of Asset Management, DIF
Angela Roshier is Partner and Head of Asset Management. She joined in 2010 and oversees the asset management of all DIF’s Investments. Prior to DIF, Angela was a member of 3i Plc and Actis’s Infrastructure teams. With more than 20 years experience sh… Read full bio
Ulyana Shtybel
Vice-President, Highcastle
Ulyana is a Vice President and Chief Capital Officer at the HighCastle.co, the UK blockchain-based investment marketplace and share registrar. Ulyana co-founded and led two fintech incubation programmes, Fintech Master and Open Banking Lab in partner… Read full bio
Sunaina Sinha
Managing Partner, Cebile Capital
Sunaina Sinha is the founder and Managing Partner of Cebile Capital, a global private funds advisory group. Under her leadership, Cebile Capital has quickly become one of the leading advisors in capital raising and secondaries market advisory to both… 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
Louise Stevenson
Executive Director - Commercial, IFM Investors
Louise joined IFM Investors in January 2016 and focuses on infrastructure transactions and asset management. Before joining IFM Investors, Louise worked for 10 years in legal private practice in Europe and Asia advising sponsors and lenders on the de… Read full bio
Anna Sundell
Managing Director - Infrastructure, EQT
Prior to joining EQT Partners, Anna worked at Nordea Corporate Finance in Stockholm, where she was engaged in M&A and ECM transactions. Prior to Nordea, Ms Sundell worked at HSH Nordbank in Stockholm. Anna holds a M.Sc. degree in Business Administrat… Read full bio
Paul Ward
Managing Partner, Pantheon
Paul Ward, Managing Partner, joined Pantheon in 2003 and has 22 years of private equity experience. Paul is a member of the Partnership Board and leads the firm’s strategic development and operational management. Paul joined Pantheon from Lehman Brot… Read full bio
Sponsorship opportunities in 2019
The Women in Infrastructure Forum offers a unique opportunity for organisations to raise their profile as a part of the premier meeting for infrastructure professionals focused on increasing diversity within the asset class.
For more information on available sponsorship opportunities contact Christopher Wagland, chris.w@peimedia.com +44 (0) 0207 566 5475.
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