Infrastructure Debt Forum Global Summit 2020

Monika is a Director at Lagrange based in Frankfurt/Germany. She advises institutional investors on infrastructure and debt funds. She has nearly 20 years of professional experience in finance, including corporate and asset financing, financial structuring and restructuring, corporate turn-around, particularly in the area of infrastructure and real estate. Prior to Lagrange she worked for Zurich Insurance Group and BNP Paribas. Monika is a Chartered Certified Accountant – member of ACCA.

Lagrange Financial Advisory

Lagrange Financial Advisory GmbH is a financial service company based in Frankfurt/Germany, which mainly operates in the real estate, private debt and infrastructure markets. The experts in the area of investment funds, real estate, infrastructure and debt cover global markets in fund and debt advisory. Investors predominantly come from Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Over the last 6 years, 22 various alternative investment funds were placed with institutional investors, with a total fund value of ca. EUR 1.9 bn.

Anish Butani is a Director in the Private Markets team at bfinance, where he leads the coverage of the infrastructure sector and advises institutional investors seeking to deploy capital to the Infrastructure sector, with a focus on fund manager search, evaluation and selection in the infrastructure equity and debt space as well as originating and assessing potential co-investment opportunities. Prior to joining bfinance, Anish gained over 10 years of experience with KPMG Corporate Finance based in London, where he was a senior member of the infrastructure corporate finance team. Anish has significant experience acting as an M&A and valuations advisor to global infrastructure fund managers across all sub-sectors in the asset class, including renewable energy, regulated utilities, transport and social infrastructure. In 2016/17 Anish spent time on client secondment at John Laing Group plc, the international investor in infrastructure, where he was responsible for leading and shaping divestment processes of their infrastructure project portfolio. Anish has a degree in Economics, Politics and International Studies from Warwick University.

Tim joined the business in 2012 and has over two decades of relevant experience. Based in London, Tim is the Head of the Global Infrastructure Debt business and the portfolio manager of a number of the firm’s debt mandates. He is Chair of the Debt Investment Committee and a member of the firm’s global Executive Committee.

Prior to joining the firm, Tim worked in senior banking roles for Westpac in Sydney and London. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master of Business from the University of Otago and a Master of Business Administration from the London Business School.

Frank Dornseifer is Managing Director of Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V. (BAI), the German advocacy organization for the Alternative Investment industry. He has been active for more than 18 years in various functions in investment management, capital markets and corporate law. He studied law at the universities of Bonn, Dublin (Trinity College) and Lausanne. After admission to the German Bar in 2000 he practiced various years as attorney in an international law firm in the field of corporate and securities law before joining the German Financial Regulator BaFin as deputy head of the policy unit within the investment management department. In this function he also represented BaFin in the Investment Management Committee of IOSCO. Mr. Dornseifer frequently publishes articles both on investment and corporate law and he is co-editor of legal commentaries on the German Investment Act and on the AIFM Directive. The finance committee of the German Bundestag, the EU commission and the European Parliament denominated him several times as expert on capital market law. Mr. Dornseifer gives frequently speeches at national and international conferences on investment and regulatory topics.

Bundesverband Alternative Investments

Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V. (BAI) is the central advocacy association for the alternative investment industry sector in Germany. The BAI serves as a catalyst between institutional and professional German investors and recognized providers of alternative investment products worldwide. Particularly, one goal is to make it easier for institutional and professional German investors to more effectively diversify their financial assets into Alternative Investments, especially as many of those investors are responsible for safeguarding long-term retirement pensions. Another core task of the organization is to improve public awareness and enhance the understanding of alternative asset classes and strategies in public. The BAI maintains an intense dialogue with political institutions as well as supervisory bodies. Furthermore, the BAI cooperates with various national and international organizations and industry associations. It advocates for legal reforms to design an attractive and competitive regulatory environment for Alternative Investments in Germany. At present, BAI counts about 210 members from all areas of the professional alternative investments sector

Jonathan holds the title of Senior Director, Specialty Finance within the Fixed Income team at the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”). As part of his mandate, Jonathan originates and structures investment opportunities that often fall outside the scope of traditional financing.

Prior to joining CDPQ, Jonathan spent 11 years at a Canadian fixed income investment dealer where he led the firm’s participation in numerous financings and its entry into the project finance realm. He authored a monthly project finance newsletter that reached equity partners, government sponsors, financial advisors and bond investors in more than 150 firms.

Jonathan holds a Masters of Science in Administration and a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University. He is a CFA charterholder.

Jean-Francis brings over 27 years of international project and structured finance experience to the team. He joined the Edmond de Rothschild Group in 2004, as co-head of the Project Finance department before taking charge of the group’s structuring advisory services. He contributed to the successful development of the Project Finance advisory (EdR led the 2011 IJ league tables as global financial advisor in transport and PPP) and Private Equity structuring activities.

In 2013, as part of the group’s globalisation, Jean-Francis headed the group’s Infrastructure, Real Assets and Structured Finance department. This led to the closing of Benjamin de Rothschild Infrastructure Debt Generation in 2014, a EUR 2.6 billion platform comprising of BRIDGE I (EUR 595m), BRIDGE II (EUR 310m), BRIDGE III (EUR 145m), BRIDGE IV Senior (EUR 317m), BRIDGE Higher Yield (EUR298m) and two BRIDGE managed accounts (EUR 250m + EUR500m) for two leading institutional investors.

M. Nicolas J. Firzli is Director-General of the World Pensions Council (WPC), the international association of pension and social security funds. He is a graduate of Canada’s McGill University (Statistics & Financial Economics), an alumnus of the HEC School of Management (MBA Corporate Strategy & Marketing) and the University of Paris Law School (LL.M. Corporate Law, summa cum laude) and has conducted research at the University of Louvain (UCL) Doctoral School of Economics and Management in Waals Brabant.

Mr. Firzli is co-chair of the World Pensions Forum (WPF) held annually in a G12 capital, director-general of the Singapore Economic Forum (SEF APAC Summit) and cofounding-member & Advisory Councillor of the World Bank Group Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF).

He has (co)authored key notions such as“The Pension Wealth of Nations”, “Modern Trusteeship and Fiduciary Capitalism”, “Real Assets and the Quest for Yields”, “Infrastructure as an Asset Class”, “The New Silk Road” and “The SDG–Driven Firm of the Future”.

The World Pensions Council

The World Pensions Council (WPC) is a Paris-based think-tank and international association of pension and social security funds. The research and advocacy programmes we oversee bring together asset owners, policy makers and academic thought leaders from across G12 nations, Greater China, Australia and emerging markets & developing economies (EMDEs), focusing more particularly on the evolving fiduciary role of pension, sovereign wealth fund and insurance executives and board members (trustees) in relation to ESG & the UN SDGs Agenda – notably corporate governance, green growth, technological innovation and social inclusion. Find out more: https://worldpensions.org

Glenn heads the Infrastructure Debt Investments team at HSBC Global Asset Management, bringing almost 30 years of infrastructure experience to the role. He heads a team which invests globally in USD infrastructure debt and in a select range of Asia Pacific local currencies.

A seasoned practitioner in the infrastructure sector, Glenn has worked as a policymaker and adviser to public procurers, private equity sponsors and infrastructure debt investors, debt structurers and originators and as an asset manager.

Glenn’s broad sector experience spans airports, availability based PPP projects, conventional energy, oil and gas, ports, transportation, renewables, telecommunications and utilities. He has closed transactions in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Glenn began his career with HM Treasury, where he helped develop some of the earliest transport PFI projects. Following this, Glenn joined Arthur Andersen as an adviser on the procurement and financing of PFI projects in the UK. Between 2001 and 2008 Glenn structured and originated debt at the monolines Ambac, MBIA and then FGIC, where he was European Head of Infrastructure. Since 2008 Glenn has worked at the interface between infrastructure debt opportunities and investors as Chief Investment Officer of Hadrian’s Wall Capital, as a partner of FHW Capital, and at HSBC Global Asset Management, which he joined in 2015.

Glenn has a first class BA in History from King’s College London.

HSBC Global Asset Management

HSBC Global Asset Management is the investment management business of the HSBC Group. We are a truly global organisation, with local presence in 26 countries and territories around the world. Our vision is to be a trusted asset manager for our clients, helping them thrive by capturing global growth opportunities. By offering expert insights and specialist investment strategies that draw on the depth of our global on-the-ground expertise, we aim to provide investors with sustainable investment opportunities. As at 30 September 2019, we managed assets of more than USD516.4 billion across across equities, fixed income, multi-asset, liquidity and alternative investments. Our alternatives capability – covering hedge funds, infrastructure equity and debt, private markets and real estate - represents USD27.8* billion of our assets under management. * Includes USD4.4 billion from committed capital (“dry powder”) in hedge funds, private equity and infrastructure debt, as at 30 September 2019.

Abhishek Gupta is a Senior Research Engineer and Investment Solution Specialist leading the applied research of unlisted infrastructure indices and advising solutions to prospective clients. He has more than six years of asset management industry experience including working as a quantitative analyst with a private markets fund manager. He holds a Masters of Science in Financial Engineering from Nanyang Business School and a Bachelor of Technology (Computer Science) from Indian Institute of Technology.

Tim has 16 years of experience, predominantly in project and structured finance. Previous assignments included working in Great Britain, the US and emerging markets (China, India, Africa). Before joining HOCHTIEF, Tim was with the World Bank (Washington DC and field offices). Since 2007, he has managed international PPP projects in roads, airports, ports and social infrastructure, for which he structured bank, bond and hybrid financings. In 2014 Tim closed the first credit-enhanced project bond in a German highway PPP (A7 North). Subsequently, he successfully refinanced an operational project, setting off several larger scale refinancings in the portfolio; the last being a German traffic risk tunnel PPP in 2017. Tim gained operational management experience while seconded to a Greek project company co-owned by HOCHTIEF. During his studies of Business Administration and Finance in Germany and Great Britain Tim worked for Arthur Andersen, Ernst & Young and Roland Berger on termed assignments.

HOCHTIEF

HOCHTIEF is one of the world's leading construction groups. We have excelled for 140 years in our core competency of construction. Our focus is on complex infrastructure projects, many of which we deliver based on concession models. With almost 54,000 employees and sales of EUR 22.6 billion in 2017, the company is represented in all the world's major markets. At HOCHTIEF PPP Solutions we are currently working on several dozen PPP projects worldwide: e.g. the Federal Ministry of Health in Berlin or the police headquarters in Aachen. With the A7 North and the A6 in Baden-Württemberg we are involved in two of Germany’s currently most important highway projects. We have implemented numerous other projects through our participating interests in Australia and North America. In Canada we are constructing a key infrastructure project – the New Champlain Bridge and in Los Angeles, we are building the People Mover at LA International Airport.

Severin Hiller is a co-head of infrastructure debt at Rivage Investment, having joined the firm in October 2014. Since joining the firm, Severin has been instrumental in building one of the leading infrastructure debt practices in Europe.

Severin has 21 years of experience in the private debt markets across infrastructure, asset backed, and structured finance having closed over €4bn of transactions during this timeframe. Prior to joining Rivage, he was an Investment Director at Hadrian’s Wall Capital where he focused on originating and executing junior infrastructure debt transactions. Prior to this, Severin worked at Campbell Lutyens where he helped develop the global infrastructure advisory business including a focus on infrastructure debt. Before that Severin was a Vice President at MBIA UK Insurance Ltd.
Severin holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University, Massachusetts and a MBA from London Business School.

Andrew Jones is responsible for leading AMP Capital’s infrastructure debt activities globally including AMP Capital’s Infrastructure Debt funds. Mr Jones has over 29 years of experience in the industry and joined the Investment Team in January 2000.

Mr Jones has significant experience sourcing, arranging and managing infrastructure debt assets in all of the target markets that the infrastructure debt team pursue. From 2004 to 2010 he was a member of the AMP Capital’s Infrastructure Investment Committee which considered equity investments for AMP Capital’s infrastructure equity investments. Prior to joining AMP Capital, Mr Jones held senior roles within the project finance teams at National Australia Bank and National Westminster Bank’s Australian operations. Mr Jones holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Flinders University (Australia) and chairs AMP Capital’s Infrastructure Debt Investment Committee.

AMP Capital

AMP Capital is a leading investment house with around US$140 billion in funds under management as at 30 June 2019, and more than 130 infrastructure equity and debt investments throughout Europe, Asia, North America, Australia and New Zealand. AMP Capital has a successful track record of infrastructure investing across multiple geographies and sectors. We’re recognised as one of the largest infrastructure managers globally with more than US$19 billion in infrastructure equity and debt funds under management. We are committed to responsible investment and consideration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles are at the forefront of our approach to investment. AMP Capital infrastructure funds and portfolio companies continue to rank well in the annual GRESB assessment of ESG performance of real assets, a world standard in providing high-quality ESG data to a global audience. We have a heritage and strength in real estate and infrastructure, and specialist expertise in fixed income, equities and multi-asset solutions. Our experience and leadership across asset classes not only provides insights into ever-changing markets, but also means we are at the forefront of developing contemporary investment solutions for clients. Our commitment to delivering outstanding investment outcomes and innovative solutions for our clients is at the heart of everything we do.

Dr. Ayesha Khanna is Co-Founder and CEO of ADDO AI, an artificial intelligence (AI) advisory firm and incubator. She has been a strategic advisor on artificial intelligence, smart cities and fintech to clients such as SMRT, Singapore's largest public transport company, SOMPO, Japan's largest insurance firm, and Smart Dubai, the government agency tasked to transform Dubai into a leading smart city. In 2017, ADDO AI was featured in Forbes magazine as one of four leading artificial intelligence companies in Asia and Ayesha was named one of South East Asia's groundbreaking female entrepreneurs by Forbes magazine in 2018.

Khanna spent more than a decade on Wall Street developing large scale trading, risk management and data analytics systems. She was cofounder of the Hybrid Reality Institute, a research and advisory group established to analyse the social and economic impact of accelerating technologies. She directed the Future Cities Group at the London School of Economics, and has been a Faculty Advisor at Singularity University.

Khanna has been named one of Singapore's leading female entrepreneurs and a leading Asian fintech influencer by Fintech Asia. She also served on the Singapore Ministry of Education’s Steering Committee on future skills and applied learning for emerging industries.

Khanna is author of Straight Through Processing and co-author of Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization. She is the Founder of 21C GIRLS, a charity that delivers free coding and artificial intelligence classes to girls in Singapore.

Dr. Gabriella Kindert is a senior banking and investment professional specialized on Alternative Credit, Private markets and the digital transformation in the financial sector.
She gained over 20 years of international experience in managing investment portfolios over the cycle and investment teams of several global alternative fixed income strategies (€ 22 billion AUM).

She started her career in banking in 1998 in MeesPierson Corporate and Investment Banking where she gained insight in various asset classes, - asset-based finance, project finance, leveraged finance) in different geographies. She held various managerial positions with financial institutions including Fortis Bank, Fortis Investments, BNP Paribas AM as Global Head of Loans and till 2019 at NN IP (former ING Investment Management) as Head of Alternative Credit, where she was responsible for several asset classes ranging from Private Debt, Infrastructure Debt, ECA loan, Emerging market loans, CRE debt and Mortgages.

She is currently a NED, Supervisory Board member at Mizuho Europe NV, an expert to EU to assess Fintech Alternative Lending projects and a senior advisor to several companies (eg. CVI).

She is also a recognized public speaker on private market investment trends and digital transformation in the financial sector and at leading events (ao. SuperReturn, Private Debt Forum, AltFi, Global Wealth Tech Summit) and associate professor and/or guest lecturer at business schools (LBS, RSM, Nyenrode, MSM). She is the (co)author of bestselling books; a.o. Alternative Credit and its asset classes, The Wealthtech book.

She has an M.A. in History, Economics, MBA in Accounting and Finance and a Ph.D. in Finance om Alternative Lending.

Dimitar Lambrev joined UNIQA Insurance Group in 2015. Dimitar is based in Vienna and is leading UNIQA’s infrastructure investment activities. Within his current role, Dimitar is responsible for the origination, structuring and execution of infrastructure investments across the transportation, social infrastructure, energy, utilities and digital infrastructure sectors. Dimitar offers more than 15 years of relevant experience in the industry having previously worked in project finance, private equity and commercial real estate.

Dimitar earned a Bachelor of International Economic Relations and graduated with a Master degree in International Banking and Finance. Mr. Lambrev is currently a PhD-candidate in the space of capital market financing for infrastructure investments.

The UNIQA Group

The UNIQA Group is one of the leading insurance groups in its core markets of Austria and Central and Eastern Europe. The group has approximately 40 companies in 19 countries and serves more than 10 million customers. The company operates in all lines of insurance and currently has 21,300 UNIQA employees. UNIQA Capital Markets (100% owned) is an investment firm, which is responsible for the asset management activity of the group's subsidiaries. Currently the firm has approximately EUR 20bn of AuM across various asset classes and geographical regions.

Tom Murray is a Managing Director responsible for infrastructure credit investments, including debt capital markets activities for I Squared Capital's portfolio companies.

Tom joined I Squared Capital in 2019 to build the Firm's infrastructure credit platform after more than 20 years in leadership positions at major financial institutions, including Apollo Global Management, WestLB AG and Credit Suisse First Boston.

From 2014 to September 2018, Tom was a Managing Director and the Global Head of Infrastructure Credit at Apollo, where he developed the firm’s infrastructure credit strategy, hired and led a dedicated team and invested in over 30 transactions ranging from high-yielding senior to mezzanine debt across many sub-sectors, including power, renewables, transportation, social and telecommunications infrastructure.

Prior to Apollo, Tom led the Global Energy and Project Finance business at WestLB for ten years, overseeing 100 bankers across several countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas. He and his team advised and arranged debt financing for over 150 clients while managing a $17 billion credit portfolio. As a senior member of WestLB's international executive committee, Tom was responsible for overseeing and managing the global infrastructure, commodities and trade finance businesses.

Tom received his B.A. from the University of Washington and his MBA from Columbia University.

I Squared Capital

I Squared Capital is an independent global infrastructure investment manager focusing on energy, utilities, and transport in North America, Europe, and select high growth economies. The firm has offices in New York, Houston, London, New Delhi, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Paul Nash is a Partner of DIF and currently Head of Infrastructure Debt. Paul joined DIF in 2008 to establish its operations in the UK. He was responsible for all the PPP activities within DIF and has overseen the analysis, execution, value enhancement and exit of PPP/PFI investments. As of 1 September 2019, Paul will lead the infrastructure debt team within DIF which includes having overall responsibility for the debt strategy and portfolio at DIF.

Prior to DIF, he was a Director at XL Capital Assurance where he was responsible for writing AAA-rated financial guarantees for infrastructure bonds across Europe. In his earlier career, Paul spent ten years originating and structuring senior debt for infrastructure and project finance transactions at Rabobank International and he was later Deputy Head of Structured Finance at Landesbank Hessen Thüringen (Helaba), both in London.

He has a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Loughborough University, UK and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Imperial College, University of London, UK.

DIF Capital Partners

DIF Capital Partners is an independent infrastructure fund manager, with €5.6 billion of assets under management across seven closed-end infrastructure funds and several co-investment vehicles. DIF invests in greenfield and brownfield infrastructure assets located primarily in Europe, North America, Latin America and Australasia through two complementary strategies:

- DIF Infrastructure funds target equity investments in public-private partnerships (PPP/PFI/P3), concessions, regulated assets and renewable energy projects with long-term contracted or regulated income streams.
- DIF CIF funds target equity investments in small to mid-sized infrastructure assets in the energy, transportation and telecom sectors with mid-term contracted income streams.

DIF has a team of over 135 professionals, based in nine offices located in Amsterdam (Schiphol), Frankfurt, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Paris, Santiago, Sydney and Toronto. Please visit www.dif.eu for further information.

Following an institutional career with Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Wachovia, Dalit founded WestValley Capital in 2007 to connect preferred solution providers with European pension funds, insurance companies and asset managers in ways that address the investors’ market views and required considerations. Dalit has over 20 years’ experience working across asset classes within private markets and is a Committee Member of Women in Private Debt. Within the world of philanthropy Dalit is Co-Chair of Films Without Borders, and she sits on the Capital Committee of London’s South Bank Centre.

Kay Parplies is the Head of Unit for Investment and Innovative Financing in the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO), where he works, among other areas, in the development of innovative blending instruments, such as equity, guarantees and risk-sharing mechanisms, implemented in cooperation with partner financial institutions. The main current focus of his work is the EU External Investment Plan, including the new EUR 1.5 billion EFSD Guarantee facility for Africa and the EU Neighbourhood. Before joining DG DEVCO, Kay headed the unit for coordination with the EIB Group, EBRD and other IFIs. Prior to that position he was a senior economist in the trade directorate's Chief Economist team. Kay joined the Commission in 2000 as a case officer for merger control at DG Competition. Before joining the European Commission, Kay worked for NatWest Markets' project finance and advisory division. He holds a Ph.D. in industrial economics from Cambridge University and a M.Sc. in Economics and Finance from Warwick University.

Alistair joined NN Investment Partners (formerly ING Investment Management) in July 2013. Previously, he held positions as Head of Debt Restructuring at Dexia following five years as a Director of Dexia’s Global Project Finance Group. Prior to that, Alistair headed the infrastructure advisory team at NIBC Bank for five years and also held positions in project finance with CIT in New York and Newcourt Capital in London. Alistair started his career in the mid-1990s as a Civil Engineer with John Mowlem & Company plc (now Carillion) where he worked on many of the early UK DBFO road schemes and PPP projects, as well as several power, energy and renewables schemes across North America and Europe. Alistair holds a Bachelor’s degree (BEng) in Civil Engineering and an MBA from the University of Nottingham.

Mr. Savi is a Managing Director and Global Head of Carlyle Infrastructure Credit. He is based in New York.

Mr. Savi is responsible for overseeing and originating private investment grade, below investment grade, and mezzanine debt investments in global infrastructure projects across the power, energy, transportation, water/waste, telecom, and social infrastructure sub-sectors. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Savi was a Managing Director and Global Head of Infrastructure Debt at BlackRock. Before joining BlackRock in 2013, Mr. Savi worked at WestLB and Merrill Lynch, focusing on credit investments in the power and energy industries. Earlier in his career, Mr. Savi built and led MetLife’s Global Infrastructure Debt business.

Mr. Savi received his MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business and his BS in chemical engineering from The Cooper Union.

The Carlyle Group

The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) is a global alternative asset manager with $169 billion of assets under management across 125 funds and 177 fund of funds vehicles as of September 30, 2016. Carlyle’s purpose is to invest wisely and create value on behalf of its investors, many of whom are public pensions. Carlyle invests across four segments – Corporate Private Equity, Real Assets, Global Market Strategies and Investment Solutions – in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and South America. Carlyle has expertise in various industries, including: aerospace, defense & government services, consumer & retail, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrial, real estate, technology & business services, telecommunications & media and transportation. The Carlyle Group employs more than 1,625 people in 35 offices across six continents.

Sebastian Schroff is “Global Head of Private Debt” at Allianz Investment Management SE and in that function responsible for the Allianz Group private debt portfolio of > EUR 60bn. Previous roles at Allianz include being the responsible Investment Manager for the Alternative investment portfolio of the Germany Life & Health portfolios. Other roles include founding and exiting a fintech company, heading a research center for exchange trading, adjunct lecturer at the University of Hohenheim and doing a PhD in Behavioral Finance.

Céline Tercier is Head of Infrastructure Finance of Ostrum AM. She joined Ostrum AM in 2016 to participate in the launch of the Private Debt Real Assets department, which now manages more than €1.7Bn. Céline Tercier began her career in 1998 at the Export Credit Agency COFACE in Paris, in charge of large infrastructure projects. In 2006, she joined DBRS where she was in charge of the rating of transactions within the structured finance department and she developed rating methodologies for project finance debt. She joined Natixis in 2008 within the Global Infrastructure and Projects department; she was head of EMEA Portfolio Management until 2012. Céline Tercier then managed infrastructure debt mandates for institutional investors until 2016.

Ostrum Asset Management

Ostrum Asset Management’s teams have been committed to helping their clients provide for their future and achieve their long-term financial goals for more than 30 years. Our portfolio managers combine high-quality proprietary research with stringent risk analysis at each stage of the investment process driving their decisions to deliver the highest quality outcomes for clients.

Ostrum Asset Management is based in Europe, with a local presence in the United States and Asia, providing a full range of active fixed-income and equity expertise, along with tailored insurance investment management solutions and alternative strategies to address investors’ needs worldwide.
Ostrum Asset Management is a responsible and committed company,ranking among the leading asset managers in Europe with €274.9 billion in assets under management for institutional clients, individual investors and distributors.

Ostrum Asset Management is an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers.

Alex leads the debt investing activities for Whitehelm and has 16 years’ industry experience in debt financing, investment banking and principal investment. Prior to the formation of Whitehelm, Alex spent seven years at Challenger where he was a Director and led the international infrastructure debt investment strategy, leading investments in Anglian Water, Asciano, BAA, Coriance and Aquasure, inter alia. Previously, Alex was an Associate Director in the Structured Capital Finance and Infrastructure Corporate Finance groups at RBS, specialising in acquisition financing for infrastructure investments, including support of the buyouts of Associated British Ports, London City Airport and Sanef.