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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
- Metalloinvest
- Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor ( BWSC )
- Jebsen & Jessen Industrial Solutions GmbH
- CNH Industrial
- CNHI International SA
- Gazprom Neft
- ACWA Power
- Atkins Global
- Bouygues
- Hochtief
- Acciona
- 3i Group
- Engie
- Meridiam Infrastructure
- Alcatel Submarine Networks
- Marubeni Corporation
- Ansaldo STS
- Zuma Energia
- GE Vernova
- Sumitomo Corporation
- Codest Italy
- Braskem S.A.
- IHS Markit
- ECCO GmbH
- MV Werften
- OCP Group
- ECC
- 8minutenergy
- Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
- Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk
- Ericsson
- Terrawatt Initiative
- Van Oord
- European Energy
- Mitsui & Co., Ltd
- John Laing Group
- Mott MacDonald
- Midrex UK
- Metso
- Jan De Nul
- Royal BAM Group
- Skanska Infrastructure Development
- Risen Energy
- Crescent Group
- SENVION GmbH
- Rolls Royce
- Alexander Dennis
- Mitsui & Co. Europe PLC
- Getinge Group
- KfW IPEX-Bank
- MUFG
- ANZ (Australia and New Zealand Banking Group)
- Societe Generale
- Macquarie Capital
- GE Energy Financial Services
- Norddeutsche Landesbank (NORD/LB)
- DIF Capital Partners
- Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB)
- Wärtsilä Financial Services
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ( PwC )
- Bank of China
- Accolade Advisors
- SERV - Swiss Export Risk Insurance
- Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO)
- SACE
- Euler Hermes
- Metlife
- Axis Capital
- Swiss Re
- SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Clifford Chance
- Watson Farley & Williams
- A&O Shearman
- Ashurst
- Czech Infrastructure Association
- Infrastructure and Projects Authority
- Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) (Persero)
- Centrum PPP Poland
- Salalah Methanol Company
- Societe d'Electricite du Senegal (Senelec)
- MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- GuarantCo
- World Bank Group
- European Investment Bank (EIB)
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Global Infrastructure Hub
- Blend Finance
- IFC World Bank Group
- Infralinx Capital
- OECD
- S&P Global Ratings
- AES
- Fieldstone
- EY-AHB
- Mariner Investment Group
- Royal Boskalis Westminster NV
- European Commision
- Columbia Threadneedle
- Legal & General
- Steelinvest Ltd
- Meridiam U.S.
- Ministry of Energy & Mining, Argentina
- TXF
- Metalloinvest
- Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor ( BWSC )
- Jebsen & Jessen Industrial Solutions GmbH
- CNH Industrial
- CNHI International SA
- Gazprom Neft
- ACWA Power
- Atkins Global
- Bouygues
- Hochtief
- Acciona
- 3i Group
- Engie
- Meridiam Infrastructure
- Alcatel Submarine Networks
- Marubeni Corporation
- Ansaldo STS
- Zuma Energia
- GE Vernova
- Sumitomo Corporation
- Codest Italy
- Braskem S.A.
- IHS Markit
- ECCO GmbH
- MV Werften
- OCP Group
- ECC
- 8minutenergy
- Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
- Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk
- Ericsson
- Terrawatt Initiative
- Van Oord
- European Energy
- Mitsui & Co., Ltd
- John Laing Group
- Mott MacDonald
- Midrex UK
- Metso
- Jan De Nul
- Royal BAM Group
- Skanska Infrastructure Development
- Risen Energy
- Crescent Group
- SENVION GmbH
- Rolls Royce
- Alexander Dennis
- Mitsui & Co. Europe PLC
- Getinge Group
- KfW IPEX-Bank
- MUFG
- ANZ (Australia and New Zealand Banking Group)
- Societe Generale
- Macquarie Capital
- GE Energy Financial Services
- Norddeutsche Landesbank (NORD/LB)
- DIF Capital Partners
- Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB)
- Wärtsilä Financial Services
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ( PwC )
- Bank of China
- Accolade Advisors
- SERV - Swiss Export Risk Insurance
- Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO)
- SACE
- Euler Hermes
- Metlife
- Axis Capital
- Swiss Re
- SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Clifford Chance
- Watson Farley & Williams
- A&O Shearman
- Ashurst
- Czech Infrastructure Association
- Infrastructure and Projects Authority
- Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) (Persero)
- Centrum PPP Poland
- Salalah Methanol Company
- Societe d'Electricite du Senegal (Senelec)
- MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- GuarantCo
- World Bank Group
- European Investment Bank (EIB)
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Global Infrastructure Hub
- Blend Finance
- IFC World Bank Group
- Infralinx Capital
- OECD
- S&P Global Ratings
- AES
- Fieldstone
- EY-AHB
- Mariner Investment Group
- Royal Boskalis Westminster NV
- European Commision
- Columbia Threadneedle
- Legal & General
- Steelinvest Ltd
- Meridiam U.S.
- Ministry of Energy & Mining, Argentina
- TXF
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Corporates
- Metalloinvest
- Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor ( BWSC )
- Jebsen & Jessen Industrial Solutions GmbH
- CNH Industrial
- CNHI International SA
- Gazprom Neft
- ACWA Power
- Atkins Global
- Bouygues
- Hochtief
- Acciona
- 3i Group
- Engie
- Meridiam Infrastructure
- Alcatel Submarine Networks
- Marubeni Corporation
- Ansaldo STS
- Zuma Energia
- GE Vernova
- Sumitomo Corporation
- Codest Italy
- Braskem S.A.
- IHS Markit
- ECCO GmbH
- MV Werften
- OCP Group
- ECC
- 8minutenergy
- Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
- Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk
- Ericsson
- Terrawatt Initiative
- Van Oord
- European Energy
- Mitsui & Co., Ltd
- John Laing Group
- Mott MacDonald
- Midrex UK
- Metso
- Jan De Nul
- Royal BAM Group
- Skanska Infrastructure Development
- Risen Energy
- Crescent Group
- SENVION GmbH
- Rolls Royce
- Alexander Dennis
- Mitsui & Co. Europe PLC
- Getinge Group
Financial Institutions
- KfW IPEX-Bank
- MUFG
- ANZ (Australia and New Zealand Banking Group)
- Societe Generale
- Macquarie Capital
- GE Energy Financial Services
- Norddeutsche Landesbank (NORD/LB)
- DIF Capital Partners
- Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB)
- Wärtsilä Financial Services
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ( PwC )
- Bank of China
- Accolade Advisors
ECAs
- SERV - Swiss Export Risk Insurance
- Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO)
- SACE
- Euler Hermes
Insurance companies
- Metlife
- Axis Capital
- 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
- Infrastructure and Projects Authority
- Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) (Persero)
- Centrum PPP Poland
- Salalah Methanol Company
- Societe d'Electricite du Senegal (Senelec)
DFI/MFI
- MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- GuarantCo
- World Bank Group
- European Investment Bank (EIB)
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Other
- Global Infrastructure Hub
- Blend Finance
- IFC World Bank Group
- Infralinx Capital
- OECD
- S&P Global Ratings
- AES
- Fieldstone
- EY-AHB
- Mariner Investment Group
- Royal Boskalis Westminster NV
- European Commision
- Columbia Threadneedle
- Legal & General
- Steelinvest Ltd
- Meridiam U.S.
- Ministry of Energy & Mining, Argentina
- TXF
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