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OVERVIEW
TXF Global 2018: Project Finance
(Conducted in English)
Jun 5, 2018
Prague, Czech Republic
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One day to rule them all...
At TXF Global 2018, our dedicated project finance day offered attendees a chance to meet the market leaders with the ideas, expertise and resources to deliver new infrastructure projects, with an agenda covering project finance opportunities and trends across the globe. This event brought together senior developers, investors, government personnel, MFIs/DFIs, law firms, Insurers and more who made the deals happen, no matter where in the economic cycle.
Key event highlights included:
Multiple networking opportunities throughout the day PLUS a cocktail reception in the evening
Keynotes from project finance heavyweights: CEOs of Developers and Investors, Global Heads of Finance, Senior Level Government Representatives
An ideal demographic with an even split between developers and financiers and large multinationals to Investors
Multiple session types and dynamic networking formats to review industry trends, innovation, and new opportunities
An event that offered new ways of thinking, a fresh approach to solving common problems, a welcoming and an inclusive networking environment
Speakers
Rishi Nihalani
MD
MUFG
Brer Adams
Senior Director
Global Infrastructure Hub
Rajit Nanda
CIO
ACWA Power
Alessandro Izzo
Head of Division - Project Finance, Lending Operations Western Europe Department
European Investment Bank (EIB)
Michael Barrow
Director General, Private Sector Operations Department
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Michael Feith
Policy Officer
European Commision
Matthew Vickerstaff
Deputy Chief Executive and Head of Project Finance
Infrastructure and Projects Authority
Heiko Schupp
Global Head of Infrastructure
Columbia Threadneedle
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Rishi Nihalani
MD
MUFG
Brer Adams
Senior Director
Global Infrastructure Hub
Rajit Nanda
CIO
ACWA Power
Alessandro Izzo
Head of Division - Project Finance, Lending Operations Western Europe Department
European Investment Bank (EIB)
Michael Barrow
Director General, Private Sector Operations Department
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Michael Feith
Policy Officer
European Commision
Matthew Vickerstaff
Deputy Chief Executive and Head of Project Finance
Infrastructure and Projects Authority
Heiko Schupp
Global Head of Infrastructure
Columbia Threadneedle
Annette Bannister
Director and Head of European Infrastructure
Metlife
Teguh Widhi Harsono
CFO PLN Nusantara Power
Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) (Persero)
Phuntsok Wangyal
SVP, Acquisitions, Investment & Financial Advisory
Engie
Nils Driemeyer
Head of Origination
Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB)
Takashi Matsumoto
General Manager, Project Finance Department
Mitsui & Co., Ltd
Stephen Jennings
Head of Energy, Structured Finance, Chief Sustainability Officer EMEA
MUFG
Mikhail Sychev
Head of Debt Finance Department
Gazprom Neft
Kensuke Tanaka
Head of Asia
OECD
Lasitha Perera
CEO
GuarantCo
Russell Dallas
Director, Infrastructure Finance and Investments
Mott MacDonald
Tom Sumpster
Head of Infrastructure
Legal & General
Sebastian Joachimiak
Member of the Board
Centrum PPP Poland
Arun Kumar Sharma
Head of Structured Finance
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Fatick Hussain Al Balushi
Finance Director
Salalah Methanol Company
Neeraj Agrawal
Group CFO
Crescent Group
Stephane Grandguillaume
Partner
3i Group
Claire Burgess
Partner
Clifford Chance
Harald Junke
Partner & Managing Director
Infralinx Capital
Elena Palei
Global Head, Infrastructure
MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
Claudia Luckhaus
Head of Project Finance
Hochtief
Alberto Diaz del Rio
Global Head of Business Development
Acciona
Andi Aranitasi
Senior Banker, Power & Energy Utilities
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Karl Smith
Managing Director
UK Green Investment Bank
Ian Paterson
PPP Director
Atkins Global
Martin Dasek
Senior Climate Financing Specialist & SEF Regional Lead for Europe, Central Asia & MENA, IFC FIG
IFC World Bank Group
Tomáš Janeba
President
Czech Infrastructure Association
Alexander Currie
Partner
Herbert Smith Freehills
Olga Davydava
Partner
Herbert Smith Freehills
2018 Attendees
- Alexander Dennis
- Metalloinvest
- Rolls Royce
- Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor ( BWSC )
- Skanska Infrastructure Development
- Gazprom Neft
- Hochtief
- Acciona
- 3i Group
- Engie
- John Laing Group
- Meridiam Infrastructure
- Alcatel Submarine Networks
- OCP Group
- ECC
- Marubeni Corporation
- Ansaldo STS
- Zuma Energia
- GE Vernova
- Sumitomo Corporation
- Codest Italy
- Jebsen & Jessen Industrial Solutions GmbH
- Braskem S.A.
- IHS Markit
- ECCO GmbH
- Bouygues
- Atkins Global
- ACWA Power
- CNHI International SA
- CNH Industrial
- Risen Energy
- Crescent Group
- SENVION GmbH
- 8minutenergy
- Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
- Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk
- Ericsson
- Terrawatt Initiative
- Van Oord
- European Energy
- Mitsui & Co., Ltd
- Mott MacDonald
- Midrex UK
- Metso
- Jan De Nul
- Royal BAM Group
- MV Werften
- Mitsui & Co. Europe PLC
- Getinge Group
- Macquarie Capital
- Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB)
- DIF Capital Partners
- MUFG
- GE Energy Financial Services
- KfW IPEX-Bank
- Societe Generale
- ANZ (Australia and New Zealand Banking Group)
- Norddeutsche Landesbank (NORD/LB)
- Wärtsilä Financial Services
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ( PwC )
- Bank of China
- Accolade Advisors
- SERV - Swiss Export Risk Insurance
- Euler Hermes
- Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO)
- SACE
- Axis Capital
- Metlife
- Swiss Re
- SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Clifford Chance
- Watson Farley & Williams
- A&O Shearman
- Ashurst
- Czech Infrastructure Association
- Salalah Methanol Company
- Centrum PPP Poland
- Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) (Persero)
- Infrastructure and Projects Authority
- Societe d'Electricite du Senegal (Senelec)
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- World Bank Group
- European Investment Bank (EIB)
- GuarantCo
- Steelinvest Ltd
- Global Infrastructure Hub
- Columbia Threadneedle
- European Commision
- Infralinx Capital
- OECD
- S&P Global Ratings
- AES
- Fieldstone
- IFC World Bank Group
- Blend Finance
- Legal & General
- EY-AHB
- Mariner Investment Group
- Royal Boskalis Westminster NV
- Meridiam U.S.
- Ministry of Energy & Mining, Argentina
- TXF
- Alexander Dennis
- Metalloinvest
- Rolls Royce
- Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor ( BWSC )
- Skanska Infrastructure Development
- Gazprom Neft
- Hochtief
- Acciona
- 3i Group
- Engie
- John Laing Group
- Meridiam Infrastructure
- Alcatel Submarine Networks
- OCP Group
- ECC
- Marubeni Corporation
- Ansaldo STS
- Zuma Energia
- GE Vernova
- Sumitomo Corporation
- Codest Italy
- Jebsen & Jessen Industrial Solutions GmbH
- Braskem S.A.
- IHS Markit
- ECCO GmbH
- Bouygues
- Atkins Global
- ACWA Power
- CNHI International SA
- CNH Industrial
- Risen Energy
- Crescent Group
- SENVION GmbH
- 8minutenergy
- Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
- Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk
- Ericsson
- Terrawatt Initiative
- Van Oord
- European Energy
- Mitsui & Co., Ltd
- Mott MacDonald
- Midrex UK
- Metso
- Jan De Nul
- Royal BAM Group
- MV Werften
- Mitsui & Co. Europe PLC
- Getinge Group
- Macquarie Capital
- Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB)
- DIF Capital Partners
- MUFG
- GE Energy Financial Services
- KfW IPEX-Bank
- Societe Generale
- ANZ (Australia and New Zealand Banking Group)
- Norddeutsche Landesbank (NORD/LB)
- Wärtsilä Financial Services
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ( PwC )
- Bank of China
- Accolade Advisors
- SERV - Swiss Export Risk Insurance
- Euler Hermes
- Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO)
- SACE
- Axis Capital
- Metlife
- Swiss Re
- SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Clifford Chance
- Watson Farley & Williams
- A&O Shearman
- Ashurst
- Czech Infrastructure Association
- Salalah Methanol Company
- Centrum PPP Poland
- Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) (Persero)
- Infrastructure and Projects Authority
- Societe d'Electricite du Senegal (Senelec)
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- World Bank Group
- European Investment Bank (EIB)
- GuarantCo
- Steelinvest Ltd
- Global Infrastructure Hub
- Columbia Threadneedle
- European Commision
- Infralinx Capital
- OECD
- S&P Global Ratings
- AES
- Fieldstone
- IFC World Bank Group
- Blend Finance
- Legal & General
- EY-AHB
- Mariner Investment Group
- Royal Boskalis Westminster NV
- Meridiam U.S.
- Ministry of Energy & Mining, Argentina
- TXF
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Corporates
- Alexander Dennis
- Metalloinvest
- Rolls Royce
- Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor ( BWSC )
- Skanska Infrastructure Development
- Gazprom Neft
- Hochtief
- Acciona
- 3i Group
- Engie
- John Laing Group
- Meridiam Infrastructure
- Alcatel Submarine Networks
- OCP Group
- ECC
- Marubeni Corporation
- Ansaldo STS
- Zuma Energia
- GE Vernova
- Sumitomo Corporation
- Codest Italy
- Jebsen & Jessen Industrial Solutions GmbH
- Braskem S.A.
- IHS Markit
- ECCO GmbH
- Bouygues
- Atkins Global
- ACWA Power
- CNHI International SA
- CNH Industrial
- Risen Energy
- Crescent Group
- SENVION GmbH
- 8minutenergy
- Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
- Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk
- Ericsson
- Terrawatt Initiative
- Van Oord
- European Energy
- Mitsui & Co., Ltd
- Mott MacDonald
- Midrex UK
- Metso
- Jan De Nul
- Royal BAM Group
- MV Werften
- Mitsui & Co. Europe PLC
- Getinge Group
Financial Institutions
- Macquarie Capital
- Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB)
- DIF Capital Partners
- MUFG
- GE Energy Financial Services
- KfW IPEX-Bank
- Societe Generale
- ANZ (Australia and New Zealand Banking Group)
- Norddeutsche Landesbank (NORD/LB)
- Wärtsilä Financial Services
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ( PwC )
- Bank of China
- Accolade Advisors
ECAs
- SERV - Swiss Export Risk Insurance
- Euler Hermes
- Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO)
- SACE
Insurance companies
- Axis Capital
- Metlife
- Swiss Re
Law firms
- SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Clifford Chance
- Watson Farley & Williams
- A&O Shearman
- Ashurst
Government
- Czech Infrastructure Association
- Salalah Methanol Company
- Centrum PPP Poland
- Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) (Persero)
- Infrastructure and Projects Authority
- Societe d'Electricite du Senegal (Senelec)
DFI/MFI
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- World Bank Group
- European Investment Bank (EIB)
- GuarantCo
Other
- Steelinvest Ltd
- Global Infrastructure Hub
- Columbia Threadneedle
- European Commision
- Infralinx Capital
- OECD
- S&P Global Ratings
- AES
- Fieldstone
- IFC World Bank Group
- Blend Finance
- Legal & General
- EY-AHB
- Mariner Investment Group
- Royal Boskalis Westminster NV
- Meridiam U.S.
- Ministry of Energy & Mining, Argentina
- TXF
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