 Featured Speakers of the 5th Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum
| Jean-Marc Aboussouan works in the Structured & Corporate Finance Department of the IDB. As Chief of the infrastructure division he is responsible for financing energy, transportation, water and sanitation, and telecommunications projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. Mr. Aboussouan has over 20 years experience in South America, where he has worked on energy, gas, water, transportation and telecommunications projects. Before joining the IDB, Mr. Aboussouan worked at SG in Sao Paulo where he followed the Brazilian infrastructure sectors concentrating his efforts through the banks’ privatization and project developments in power and telecommunications. Earlier in his career, Mr. Aboussouan held positions in J.P.Morgan’s equity capital market group in New York and as an engineer on electric dispatching systems at Cegelec in Brazil. Mr. Aboussouan holds a Master in Applied Physics and Computer Systems Engineering from Paris’ P & M Curie University and an MBA in Finance/International Business from NYU’s Stern School of Business.
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| Norman Anderson, President & CEO, CG/LA Infrastructure & the Global Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum. As President & CEO, Norman F. Anderson focuses on infrastructure project creation, aimed at increasing the level of infrastructure investment, and the performance of existing infrastructure stocks, in developed and developing countries alike. He has overseen the development and execution of CG/LA’s proprietary analytic models. He leads the CG/LA team that develops infrastructure projects globally; and provides high level strategy assessment for the public (cities, states, countries, MDB’s) and private (finance, E&C, equipment/technology) sectors. Among other positions he is a visiting professor in the Politecnico de Madrid, a regular contributor to AmericaEconomia, and the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Sustainable Construction. He is also an Advisory Board Member of The Center for Transformation and Strategic Initiatives (London/Washington). | | | |
| Neside Tas Anvaripour, an American national, is the Head of the Infrastructure Finance and PPP Unit in the Private Sector Department of the African Development Bank. Previously, she worked at the Asian Development Bank where she provided technical leadership on a spectrum of themes throughout Asia in the area of infrastructure development. Ms. Anvaripour also worked as Senior Director at Arthur Andersen LLP, New York, and as Senior Advisor at PriceWaterHouse Coopers LLP, Chicago, where she provided advisory services to structure finance transactions in a number of sectors. Her experience includes project finance in commercial banking, as well as corporate management. She holds a Master of Science in Economics and Policy Management from Columbia University and a BSc in Finance and Economics from Ankara University, Turkey. She is a World Bank Scholar.
| | | | | | Luis Alvarez, President, EMEA and Latin America BT Global Services, was appointed BT President for continental Europe, the Middle-East, Africa and Latin America in May 2007. He also leads BT’s Global Telecommunications Market (GTM), in charge of business with carriers and operators outside the UK. Luis joined BT in April 1999 as Director of Multimedia and Internet Services, responsible for the scoping and development of BT’s internet services. In January 2001, he became BT’s Country Manager for Spain and Portugal, and he spearheaded a period of significant business growth with revenues growing by 500% during his tenure. In May 2005 he also took responsibility for BT’s Latin American operations, which saw rapidly expanding business on the back of global outsourcing deals and the acquisition of Comsat International, a leading provider of data communication services for corporations and public sector organisations in Latin America. Luis is married with four children and lives in Madrid. He enjoys playing golf, cycling, reading, building and designing doll houses, travelling and spending time with his children. | | | |  | Arc A Aliyu Osezay's infrastructural development drive span over 25 years, as one of the most successful indigenous contractors in Nigeria. He is the founder and Managing Director of CEEZALI LTD, which started operation as a building construction company about 25 years ago under the name SHELTER DEVELOPMENT LTD. (SDL), a cherished name in building industry in Nigeria, West Africa. Arc A Aliyu Osezay played a major role in the planning, designing, financing and construction of some of the major buildings and infrastructure developments in the FCT and some of the states in Nigeria. He is currently packaging a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) Proposal for the provision of infrastructure in some satellite settlements within the FCT. He is very passionate about integrity, good governance and corporate social responsibility. A very resourceful and extra-ordinary talented and visionary leader.
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| Marc Bajer, CEO, Hadrian's Wall Capita. Marc has overall responsibility for the operations of Hadrian’s Wall Capital. He is also the chairman of the credit committee which is tasked with making investment recommendations to Aviva Investors. Marc will also be actively involved in the origination of transactions and interaction with the Fund Manager. Marc has had a long career in the finance industry in Chicago, New York and London. Before founding HWC, Marc was the CEO of Assured Guaranty UK Ltd where he was responsible for its international business. Prior to this he was CEO of Via Capital, a specialist advisory firm and previous to this, the Global Co-Head of Debt and Structured Capital Markets at Commerzbank Securities. Before this position, Marc was a Director, then a Managing Director of Barclays Capital’s Structured Capital Markets Division. From 1979 until 1996 Marc worked at Kidder Peabody, Morgan Stanley, and Bear Stearns in Chicago and New York. | | | |
| James Bass, is the Texas Department of Transportation’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). As such, Mr. Bass has financial oversight responsibility for the Department. Mr. Bass also oversees management of the Department’s financial planning operations division (the “Finance Division”), which includes letting management activities associated with project delivery. In addition, recently announced changes in organizational responsibilities and executive administration of the Department gave the CFO oversight of toll operations, innovative finance and debt management (including the State Infrastructure Bank and investment functions), and grant management. Mr. Bass began his career with the Department in the summer of 1985 in the Fort Worth District and then worked part-time as an engineering aide for the Austin District while earning his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Texas at Austin. He was named Finance Division Director in 1999 and his title was changed to Chief Financial Officer in 2005. | | | | | Alexander Bazhenov is Director, PPP Centre Vnesheconombank. Is also the chairman of the Board of Directors (JSC Economic Institute of Utilities) and Member of the Board of Directors of JSC Zarubezhneft. Mr. Bazhenov has held roles in major social structures, such as National Director of the Joint Project of Vnesheconombank and UNDP "Development of Private Public Partnerships in Russia", Independent Director of JSC "Kazakhstan PPP Center", "Deputy Chairman of the Group of Specialists on PPPs UNECE" and as Member of the Expert Council for PPP in Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship Committee of the State Duma of The Russian Federation. | | | | | Terry Bills is the global transportation industry manager at ESRI. He has served as a Principal Planner with a regional transportation planning agency, and as President of a transportation-related GIS consulting services company. He has more than 20 years of experience in transportation planning and policy, information technology and GIS | | | |
| Mr. Wagner Bittencourt de Oliveira is Secretary of Civil Aviation of the Brazilian national government. He has been Chairman, Executive and Counselor of companies in the public and private sectors, among which include logistics, financial, mining, metallurgy and equipment. He has 20 years of executive experience. He was Secretary of the Ministry of National Integration, Superintendent of Sudene, Chairman of the Companhia Ferroviaria do Nordeste (Northeast Railroad Company), and Director, Superintendent, Department Head and Manager of various units of BNDES (Brazilian Development Bank). He is the former Director of Infrastructure and Basic Input Resources at BNDES and Member of the Board of Directors of several companies, such as Caraiba Metais, Sibra, Cadam, Usiminas Mecanica and Banco do Nordeste. He gained a degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro in 1974 and completed a specialization course in Finance and Capital Markets. | | | | 
| Pierre Boulanger Mr. Boulanger has extensive experience in the fields of business and international relations. In 1974, he began his diplomatic career with the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs. His initial posting was at the Canadian Embassy in Mexico City as vice-consul and second secretary. He subsequently served as an information program officer in Africa and Western Europe. After pursuing his career at the Canadian Consulate General in Boston, he joined the Canadian Embassy in Paris, where he completed two non-consecutive terms as a trade delegate and investment counsellor. Upon his return to Québec in 1993, Mr. Boulanger took up the position of president and general manager of the Greater Québec Economic Development Corporation (SPEQM). He was subsequently appointed vice-president of business development at CO2 Solution Inc. He went on to serve as chair and general manager of the National Capital Commission (2003-2005) and as president and general manager of the Québec City 400th Anniversary Society (2005-2008). Mr. Boulanger received a degree in administrative sciences from Laval University in 1973 and a master’s degree in city planning from Boston University in 1981; he completed an advanced certificate program in economics at Harvard University in 1982. | | | |
| Andrew Bride founded InfraLinx in 2009. Prior to this he worked for DEPFA Bank where he was responsible for its EMEA infrastructure lending team, global infrastructure equity and advisory teams and also for its EPIC infrastructure loan securitization program. Before joining DEPFA in 2002, Andrew spent three years at the EBRD, where he was a director in the Infrastructure Business Group, eleven years at Morgan Grenfell & Co Limited where he advised on infrastructure transactions in Europe, Asia and North America, and five years at Deloitte Haskins & Sells, where he qualified as a chartered accountant. He read economics at Trinity College, Cambridge.
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| Jonathan Brown With current projects including the regeneration of the Heart of Canning Town, the 20 year expansion masterplan for the University of Cambridge and the implementation of Singapore Sports Hub, Jonathan is a Principal at AECOM (Design & Planning) and Masterplanning Practice Leader. Recent work has also included a new international conference centre promoted by the GLA and London Development Agency, a new central urban quarter for the historic city of York and the concept masterplan for the rejuvenation of Cardiff City Core. Formerly, Jonathan was a practice principal and architect at Arup, where he led a broad range of projects through all stages of development. His portfolio of projects included work on the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station, buildings at Stockley Park, the masterplan for a new university campus in Sri Lanka and the Award-winning Druk White Lotus School in Ladakh, in which he continues his involvement as a trustee. While at Arup New York, Jonathan was masterplan architect for Fulton Street Transit Center and a design opportunities team leader for 2nd Avenue Subway. He was also design principal for the New Queen's Hall, a project which seeks to provide a world–class symphony hall for London.
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| David Brulotte is the Commercial Attache for the Quebec Government Office in London. David's experience on the international scene began in early 2000 in Japan, where he studied Japanese and worked as a translator for nearly 2 years. He then worked as a freelance correspondent for various Canadian and European publications and broadcasters around Asia and Europe. After working for an NGO and in academia in the Defence and Security Sector, David moved to Nepal to work for the United Nations’ Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament Affairs, focussing on the Arms Trade and proliferation issues across 43 countries. David joined the Quebec Government Office in London in 2010 as a Commercial Attaché, covering the IT, Oil & Gas, Financial and Infrastructure Sectors. David has a B.A. from University Laval and studied at Science Po. in France and the National University of Singapore. He received his M.A. in International Studies and Diplomacy from the University of London, SOAS.
| | | | | | Martin Buck was appointed as Crossrail Ltd’s Commercial Director in July 2009. Working directly with Chief Executive Rob Holden, he leads Crossrail's commercial function, with responsibility for developing and implementing Crossrail's commercial and procurement strategies and processes, and leading negotiations of all major Crossrail commercial contracts. Buck was previously a project director with Partnerships UK where he managed activities in the transport sector. As a founding member of the Treasury Taskforce (predecessor of Partnerships UK) he participated in many of the largest and most complex projects in the transport sector. | | | |
| Michael Charlton Michael Charlton is the International Director of Rio Negócios, the official agency of the city of Rio de Janeiro responsible for attracting and promoting inward investment. Michael’s role includes developing and implementing strategies to use the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and the Rio 2016 Olympics as catalysts for the broader promotion of the city and its many business opportunities. Until March 2011, Michael was Chief Executive of Think London, the award winning public-private Foreign Direct Investment agency for London. Under his leadership, Think London played a critical role in ensuring that London maintained its position as Europe’s leading destination for FDI. The agency assisted nearly 2,000 overseas businesses from more than 40 countries around the globe to set up and expand in London. Collectively these companies created over 40,000 jobs – adding £4.6 billion to the London economy. Michael was responsible for developing and implementing the successful strategy to use the London 2012 Olympics as a platform to promote London as a business location. Michael is a Chartered Accountant having trained and spent ten years with KPMG. Whilst on secondment from KPMG to Her Majesty’s Government he was Commercial Consul in Atlanta, USA, responsible for promoting the UK as a destination for FDI. He has a BSc Honours degree in Management & Business Finance from Loughborough University of Technology. | | | |
| Matt Cheney is the CEO of CleanPath Ventures, which manages the global renewables finance fund, CleanPath Development Fund (CPDF). CleanPath is designed to provide mezzanine development and construction finance to large-scale solar projects. Matt Cheney is the former CEO of Fotowatio Renewable Ventures, a global solar Independent Power Producer that is one of the largest companies of its kind worldwide, and MMA Renewable Ventures, which Fotowatio acquired in 2009. MMA focused on the development, ownership and operation of a multi-million dollar portfolio of large and distributed scale solar, wind, biomass, and energy efficiency project investments, including the 14 MW solar facility at Edwards Air Force base in 2007. | | | | | | Sean T. Connaughton, Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Virginia. As Secretary, he oversees seven state agencies with more than 9,700 employees and combined annual budgets of $5 billion. Prior to joining the McDonnell administration, Connaughton was named U.S. Maritime Administrator under President George W. Bush, and in this capacity he acted as head of the Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, and was responsible for the daily management of that agency and its promotional programs for the marine transportation industry. He also served as Corporate Vice President, Government Affairs for the American Bureau of Shipping, one of the world's leading ship and marine classification societies.
| | | | | | Tony Douglas, Master Developer of Ports and Industrial Zones in Abu Dhabi. Mr. Tony Douglas has been the Chief Executive Officer of Abu Dhabi Ports Company since June 2010. Mr. Douglas has a broad executive remit covering strategic business development and operational management across the Group's three geographic hubs: Europe; Middle East and South Asia; and Australasia. He served as Chief Operating Officer of Construction Europe for Laing O'Rourke Plc since August 2007 and also served as its Member of the Executive Board, responsible for leading the European Hub's strategy and ensuring operational delivery. He has been the Chief Operating Officer of Laing O'rourke Holdings Ltd. since July 20, 2007. His career began in 1979 at General Motors, where he served as an Apprentice Industrial Engineer. In 1990, Mr. Douglas moved to BAE, where served as Product Process Director in its Regional Aircraft division. Earlier in his career, he worked for the Kenwood Group as Manufacturing and Global Logistics Director. Mr. Douglas also sat on the board of the ALDAR Properties / Laing O'Rourke joint venture, the strategic 50/50 investment, development and project delivery vehicle. He is a Mechanical Engineer by training. | | | |
| Sarah Elliott is Senior Planning Director for AECOM Design and Planning. Sarah is a senior planning director at AECOM Design + Planning. Sarah has undertaken a variety of public and private sector development, regeneration and planning assignments, including: consultancy support for the London Borough of Barnet on the Brent Cross and Cricklewood Development; consultant lead for the Lower Lea Valley Regeneration Strategy and the LLV Lea Opportunity Area Planning Framework; and most recently, consultant lead on the housing, commercial and social infrastructure elements of the Olympic Legacy Communities Scheme. Sarah leads the AECOM Design + Planning team responsible for social and community facility planning. The team works with clients to understand how growth strategies are both underpinned by and unlocked by community infrastructure provision. The team created a methodology for Social Infrastructure Frameworks(SIF) and the subsequent AECOM SIF model which can be used to determine future needs for education, health, community & leisure, open space and emergency service facilities provision. This approach has been used in a number of complex masterplanning and policy projects and as part of overseas work in the UAE and West America. Sarah is the Technical Director on a current AECOM project to create Community Facility Standards and Design Guidelines for the entire Emirate of Abu Dhabi. | | | | | | Isabel Esnaola is the current Head of the Project Finance Division at BANKIA. Bankia was established on December 2010 as the result of the merger of 7 Spanish Saving Banks (including Caja Madrid). She has over 20 years of banking experience with a special mention in project finance, including both the infrastructure and energy sector. She joined the Project Finance Department of Caja Madrid in 2001. From 2006 to 2011 she was Head of the Infrastructure team, whereby she was involved in the closing of high-profile transport transactions, with a leading role in roads, airports, ports and rail projects, in Europe and North America. Prior to that, she was Head of the Energy & Environmental team, where she was involved in structuring and arranging energy deals (mainly renewable and CCGT plants) and oil & gas projects. Prior to Caja Madrid, Isabel worked for Commerzbank at the Corporate Finance Department, being involved in a wide variety of project finance and acquisition finance deals. Her sector experience includes transport, energy, telecom, and general industry. She also has extensive experience of credit analysis. She holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the "Universidad Comercial de Deusto" in Bilbao (Spain). | | | |
| Rosemary Feenan, International Director, Global Research Programmes, Jones Lang Lasalle, UK. A former urban planner and market strategist, Rosemary is currently an International Director at Jones Lang LaSalle where she runs their Global Research Programmes. Over her 30 year career she has concentrated on innovation in property market analysis and in the last 10 on introducing futures thinking and scenario planning to the world of real estate. She has authored projects such as “The Wired Lease”, “Tech Cities Futures”, “Dreams of Prosperity; the Future of Retailing in China” and “ China’s Property Market : Fast Tracking to Maturity”. Over the last 5 years Rosemary has concentrated on work to define the next generation of “rising urban stars” with an emphasis on emerging markets and in particular on China, India and the UAE. She uses the work with leading corporates, developers and investors on their global strategies and expansion plans. She is also runs the firm’s unique programme on real estate transparency helping cities to strengthen business attractiveness through improving transparency around property market practices. She is an active member of the Urban Land Institute and Chairs it’s European Policy and Practice Committee.
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| Enrique Garcia is President and CEO of CAF since December 1991. CAF is a multilateral financial institution with 18 member countries, committed to sustainable development and regional integration of Latin America and the Caribbean. Previous positions include: Minister of Planning and Coordination and head of the Economic and Social Cabinet of Bolivia (1989-1991). In this capacity, Governor at the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, as well as member of the IMF-IBRD Development Committee. Also, he occupied senior positions at the Inter-American Development Bank during 17 years, including Treasurer of the Institution. He is Vice President of Canning House, member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Dialogue, the Advisory Board of the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the board of the Doña Maria de las Mercedes Foundation in Seville, member of Harvard Kennedy School Dean´s Council, member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Latin American Studies at Georgetown University, among others. Mr. García holds a B.S. and an M.A. in Economics and Finance from St. Louis University and doctoral studies at American University.
| | | |  | Ala Ghanem, Regional Director for Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, is responsible for business development in this area since 2009, when he began to work as Regional Director at Invensys Rail in Dubai. Previously, Ghanem was Marketing Director at Global Projects in Melbourne, Australia. In this role, he delivered strategic planning to enter the Middle East and North Africa market. From 2004 to 2008, he held a similar role at Invensys Rail in Australia and the UK, respectively. | | | | | | Don Graul is Global Executive Managing Director of Alternative Delivery for AECOM. With over 30 years of experience in engineering and construction on some of the United States' highest profile projects, Graul has comprehensive experience in organizational management, operations, and business development. With strong, industry-wide relationships with departments of transportation, concessionaires and contractors, he has helped contribute to a record of successes on multi-billion-dollar design-build and public-private ventures. Prior to AECOM, Graul served as senior vice president and senior executive, alternative project delivery, for Parsons Corporation, where he led the global coordination and development of alternative project delivery across all of its transportation divisions. Before joining Parsons, he also served as vice president, director of design-build/public-private ventures, at Modern Continental Corporation and as deputy director, surface transportation, at URS Corporation.
| | | | | | Alan Hilburg, president and CEO of Hilburg Associates, is one of the world’s leading senior advisors to law firms, corporate general counsels and boards of directors for his expertise in crisis mitigation, litigation communications and related institutional and personal brand issues. He has been recognized by the New York Times as the “Red Adair of corporate crisis management," and in 1984, pioneered litigation communications having experience in more than 106 trials. He has been one of the most sought after strategic counselors in the most complex, high-risk civil and criminal legal contacts had helped legal teams achieve success in what is often perceived as impossible situations.
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| Stuart Hill was appointed Vice President BT London 2012 Delivery Programme in August 2008. He has overall responsibility for the delivery of communications technology to the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games for BT. Stuart joined BT as a Systems Engineer over 30 years ago, marking the start of a diverse career which has covered several senior roles in leading sales, marketing and public sector work. During this time he was responsible for the successful delivery of highly complex programmes on time. Before joining the London 2012 programme he spent two years as CEO of BT’s “N3” team leading the delivery of the major new broadband network which connects every NHS location in England. This programme was completed two months ahead of schedule in February 2007 after achieving 18,000 connections. | | | |
| Michael Horodniceanu, Ph.D., P.E., is the President of MTA Capital Construction. Appointed in August 2008, Dr. Horodniceanu leads the largest transit infrastructure construction program in the nation, overseeing $17 billion dollars in network expansion for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s mega projects including East Side Access, Second Avenue Subway, the No. 7 Line Extension, the Fulton Street Transit Center and the MTA Capital Security program. Prior to joining MTA Capital Construction, he was Chairman and CEO of the Urbitran Group, a New York City-based engineering/architectural firm, ranked by Engineering News Record as one of New York’s top 20 firms and top 270 in the United States. Dr. Horodniceanu also served as New York City’s Traffic Commissioner from 1986 to 1990, overseeing a $4 billion capital construction program. As Commissioner, he was responsible for the day-to-day traffic operations and reconstruction of the roadway infrastructure throughout the City of New York while overseeing a workforce of 3700 employees. | | | |
| Modou Khaya, Chief Executive Officer AIBD, is a civil aviation engineer (IEEAC/T) who graduated from the French Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (“ENAC”) in Toulouse, Modou Khaya also holds a MSc in Aeoronautics and Astronautics and an Advanced Diploma in Air Transport Economy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T) in Boston, USA. He is also a private pilot. Before being nominated CEO of AIBD-SA, he held a number of important responsibilities within the aviation sector. Modou Khaya has participated in all steps of the New Airport Project since 2001, from the first feasibility studies and the choice of the location to the creation of AIBD-SA in February 2006. Following this creation, Mr Khaya was called back to Senegal to act as the CEO of this new company. | | | | | | Stan Kolenc, Director of OP Trust. Stan has worked in the infrastructure sector as an investor for over 11 years and has led or participated in numerous transactions in the transport, regulated utility and energy sectors. Stan joined the OPTrust Private Markets Group in 2006 from the Macquarie Group where he worked across North America and Europe as a principal infrastructure investor. Stan graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1999 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering (with distinction)and is a CFA charter holder. | | | |
| Claude Letourneau is a senior executive with more than 25 years of experience in international joint ventures and strategic alliances. His key areas of expertise include the identification and growth of new business opportunities, overall management and strategic leadership of high growth companies, start-up of high-tech companies and the management of new technology-based ventures in the metallurgical, energy, manufacturing and chemical process industries. He has provided strong leadership in a highly entrepreneurial and team-oriented environment. He obtained an M.Sc., Chemical Engineering (Technology Management Program), from University Laval in Quebec City, Canada, in 1986. He also holds a B.A.Sc., Chemical Engineering from the same institution (1983). Mr. Letourneau speaks English and French fluently. | | | | 
| Marc Mandaba, A Central African Republic citizen, is currently working as Senior Investment Officer in the Infrastructure Finance division of the African Development Bank. Mr. Mandaba is working on Project Finance transactions mainly in the transport and energy sectors, responsible for originating and structuring transactions. He has been involved in several transactions across the continent including Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Morocco, Nigeria, Benin, Mauritius, Cameroon, CAR and Equatorial Guinea. Mr. Mandaba has 8 years’ experience in infrastructure development as an engineer and financier. He holds a Master Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Université de Bretagne Sud, France, and a Master Degree in Management from EDHEC Business School, France.
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| Nasser Massoud holds the position of Executive Board Director at InterHealth Canada where he has global responsibility for transactions and corporate development. Prior to that Nasser held senior executive positions with Saraya Holdings, a real estate developer and asset manager specializing in tourism and leisure. He previously ran his own business (Concept Realisation) which focused on strategic consulting, investment advisory and enterprise transformation. Leading up to that Nasser was a director in PricewaterhouseCoopers, both in the Middle East and in the UK. He started his career working on high profile projects in the field of construction project management. Nasser holds academic and professional qualifications in a broad range of disciplines: Master in Finance (London Business School), Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Chartered Engineer, Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Master in Construction Economics and Management (Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London), Bachelors in Civil Engineering (University College London).
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| Michael McCooe is Queen’s Counsel to our London, U.K. office specializing in international competition and regulatory affairs, international litigation and mergers and acquisitions. One of the most senior and experienced lawyers in Europe, Dr McCooe has long standing expertise in the mining, resources and energy sectors and has for many years advised and represented the boards and management of some of the world’s largest corporations in those and other sectors in respect of corporate transactions totalling some US $400 billion in value to date. His breadth of experience covers Europe, Asia, Australasia, Latin America, North America, Middle East and Africa. He is a member of our Business Law Group.Throughout his career Dr McCooe has acted for a broad spectrum of market leading multinationals. These include corporations as diverse as BHP Billiton, Cantor Fitzgerald, the Body Shop and Hasbro Group.Dr McCooe received his B.Com and LLB in 1979 from the University of New South Wales, his LLM in 1991 from Kings College and his doctorates from Zurich (1993) and Trinity (1996). He was first called to the New South Wales bar in 1980, but has since been called in a number of other jurisdictions, primarily in Europe. Dr. McCooe is fluent in French and German in addition to English. | | | |  | David McFarlane has more than a decade of experience in corporate and economic development, having enjoyed great success in both the public and private sectors working with clients throughout Canada, the United States and Europe. Following 4 years spent as an economic analyst, a site selector, and lobbyist with Montreal's Corporate Affairs International and a year-long stint with Cossette Communications, he spent nearly four years with Montreal International, finding, framing and developing foreign investment projects in the metropolitan area. He left MI to head-up the Canadian operations of a private French University as Vice-president of corporate development then spent the following two years as a project manager for Investissement Qubec, managing the government's participation in large-scale business-lead investment projects. David is currently based in the UK, as the Director of Investissement Québec's London office. Prior to his career in corporate development he completed a BA in philosophy at the Université de Montréal, specializing in logic, pre-socratics and complex systems.
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| Arantxa Mencia holds a Chemical Engineering Master Degree at Valladolid University (Spain) and Project Manager Degree (PMI). In 2001, she joined Frost & Sullivan as a Water Market Researcher in London and then worked at Biwater in the Proposal & Process department. She became Latin America Business Development Manager in 2007 with Befesa and one year later Deputy Director for Business Development. Since 2011, she is the VP for Business Development for Abengoa Water. | | | |
| Terry Newendorp is the founder of Taylor-DeJongh. He has more than 35 years of experience in international and cross-border capital investments, project and structured financing, corporate financing and private placements of capital. He has negotiated and closed deals in 75 countries, aggregating more than $70 billion, primarily in the energy, oil & gas, petrochemicals, telecommunications, metals & mining and infrastructure sectors. In addition to extensive experience organizing and structuring commercial bank loans globally, he has strong experience with government and multilateral financing institutions, including the export credit agencies of most of the developed world. He has extensive experience assisting clients in managing the project development process and in closing transactions. Amongst Mr. Newendorp’s awards are: “Independent Energy 25-year All-Star Award” for energy finance, Infrastructure Journal’s “Oil and Gas Advisor of the Year, 2003,” Leader of “Superstar Team, Asia/Middle East Oil and Gas,” Infrastructure Journal’s “Latin America Advisor of the Year, 2001.” He was the overall leader for project finance teams that have won 13 “Deal of the Year” awards since 1999. He is on the Board of Directors of several energy companies, and since 2006, he has advised the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on energy security issues. | | | | 
| Captain Dapo Olumide, a Nigerian national, is Managing Director of Trico Capital Nigeria, a financial advisory firm and the Sponsor of the Lagos Cable Transit Project. Having worked in aviation for over 30 years, Capt. Olumide transitioned to banking and finance in 2007. He is one of the founding members of the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), an investment bank created to help mobilize capital for infrastructure projects. Later, Capt. Olumide accepted an offer to manage and restructure struggling airline Virgin Nigeria Airways. Following the successful rebranding and subsequent sale of the airline, Mr. Olumide return to his area of passion: project development. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida.
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| Mario Oriol, Market Development Director, is responsible for International Markets and Marketing activities of Talgo since 2006 and Deputy Chairman responsible for Institutional Relations 2011. He began working in Talgo, OY, former Finnish subsidiary company of Talgo in the year 2000 and was a Board Member of Talgo OY from 2004 to 2007. In 2001, he returned to Talgo Headquarters in Madrid where he has been involved in international sales projects and marketing activities. | | | | 
| Mark Richards, Partner, Projects & Infrastructure, Berwin Leighton Paisner. Mark has extensive experience in providing multidisciplinary advice to public and private sector clients on a wide range of high value, innovative and complex infrastructure projects structured using PPP techniques. He has been involved in some of the most high profile PPP and infrastructure deals, including advising on equity (including secondary market trades), debt structures, infrastructure fund trades, leasing/structured finance and concession based structures. Richards is recognised as a leading PFI/PPP adviser and is rated as a PFI/PPP expert in the latest edition of Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession. He is also non-executive director and global council member of the International Project Finance Association (www.ipfa.org), and he regularly writes, chairs and addresses audiences on Global PPP structures.
| | | | | | Hans Schulz, Manager of Structured and Corporate Financing Department, Inter-American Development Bank: Hans Schulz, A German citizen, Mr. Schulz joined the Bank in 1992. Currently, he is General Manager of the Structured and Corporate Finance Department which provides financing to private firms, and private and state-owned financial institutions and enterprises as well as to public-private partnerships. Previously, he managed the financial markets group of the Private Sector Department, responsible for capital markets development, trade finance and financial institutions, and served as the Senior Private Sector Advisor to the Executive Vice-President of the IDB. As Senior Investment Officer in the Private Sector Department, Mr. Schulz focused on infrastructure projects. During the first four years at the Bank, Mr. Schulz worked on financial sector development issues as part of the Bank’s efforts to help increase the competitiveness of financial services in the region. Mr. Schulz also served at the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) in Caracas, at the UN’s ECLAC Office in Santiago, Chile, and at WestLB in Düsseldorf, Germany. Mr. Schulz holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from Southern Illinois University and undergraduate degrees in economics and business from Marburg University in Germany. | | | |
| Thomas Sevcik holds an Architecture degree from Technische Universitat Berlin. He co-founded in 1995 the internationally acclaimed applied think tank arthesia with offices in Zurich and Los Angeles. He is the mastermind behind innovative projects dealing with repositioning cities, companies, or organizations as well as content and positioning strategies for large and unique real estate projects. Thomas lectures at Central Saint Martins College of Arts in London, is a frequent commentator and panelist and sits on several advisory boards. | | | | | | Dr. Cyrus Njiru is the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport in the Republic of Kenya. Before his current appointment, Dr Njiru was Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Ministry of Trade. Before joining the Government of Kenya, Dr Njiru was Principal Adviser on Infrastructure Development and Management at the African Development Bank’s headquarters in Tunis, Tunisia. He has international experience in infrastructure development and management, including project finance and has consulted widely for international organizations. In addition to his international experience, Dr Njiru has held senior engineering and management positions in Kenya, both in the private and public sector. He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering, (UK), with specialization in project finance and management. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, and postgraduate degrees in Engineering Project Management, Business Management (MBA), Sanitary Engineering, Management and implementation of development projects among other post graduate qualifications. Dr Njiru is a Chartered Engineer (by the UK Engineering Council), a Registered Engineer (Engineers Registration Board of Kenya), and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Kenya. He is also a Chartered Water and Environmental Manager (CIWEM, UK). Dr. Njiru has published widely in international academic and professional journals, and is an author and co-author of several books on infrastructure finance and management. | | | | | | Ken Smith has served in the Queensland public service for over the twenty years. In the last decade he has served as the head of a number of departments, including Coordinator General. In 2007, he became the Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, for the incoming Premier, Anna Bligh. In 2011, Smith was appointed the Agent-General and Trade Commissioner for Europe and Africa, stationed in London. | | | |
| Geoffrey Spence, CEO, InfastructureUK. Spence is Responsible for growth-related policy and expenditure; including infrastructure strategy and delivery, and public
private partnerships (PPP). Having spent most of his career working in the finance sector, followed by a number of years in the Treasury – both as a civil servant, and as an adviser to former chancellor Alistair Darling – Spence is ideally placed to help improve the way public and private sectors work together. | | | | 
| David Suratgar, Chairman, BMCE Bank. David Suratgar is an international lawyer and banker with more than 30 years of infrastructure investment and finance experience. Mr. Suratgar is Chairman of MediCapital Bank plc and of Fortune Funds Ltd. and is a member of the Board of Directors of Banque Marocaine du Commerce Exterieur, Global Alumina Inc., DiscoveryTel Inc. and of Taylor-DeJongh Inc. He also serves as an advisor to the leading water consulting engineering firm CH2M Hill. Mr. Suratgar was a former senior lawyer at the World Bank and served as special legal advisor to the European Investment Bank, to the Bank of England and to the European Commission. He served as Director and Deputy Chairman of Morgan Grenfell and Deutsche Morgan Grenfell International and as a member of the Advisory Board of Pictet et Cie’s Water and Environmental Fund. | | | |
| Mukhtiar Tanda is a partner with BLP in London and leads the Cities group. Mukhtiar has a wide range of mixed use regeneration, commercial property, property finance and development experience. He specialises in advising both public and private sector clients involved in major mixed use urban regeneration and social infrastructure projects. In particular he advises on and develops innovative delivery, funding and partnering solutions which are required to solve the complex issues that are encountered on such schemes. He has been involved in a number of high profile projects such as advising on the legacy infrastructure delivery and interface issues on the Olympic Village in London and advising on the delivery of a greenfield city development extending over 40 square kilometers for a major middle eastern investor. | | | |
| Tim Turner, Director, Private Sector & Microfinance Department, African Development Bank (AfDB) Mr. Tim Turner a Canadian national is the director of the private sector and microfinance department at the African Development Bank (AfDB). Turner joined the AfDB in 1996 as the inaugural head of risk management. Previously, he worked for Smith Barney, an American Investment Banking firm, in both London and New York. He holds an engineering degree from the University of Toronto and an MBA from IMD in Switzerland.
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| Huw Thomas is a partner at Foster + Partners. He joined the practice in 1987, initially working on the competition-winning King’s Cross redevelopment proposal and the associated British Rail International Terminal. He was subsequently involved in designs for a new airport station on the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway, the Central Station re-development in Kuala Lumpur, the St Pancras station plans for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link and Queen Alia International Airport in Jordan. His recent projects include the Haramain High-Speed Railway project in Saudi Arabia and the Thames Hub – an integrated vision for the future infrastructure in the UK. He is also a key member of the Foster + Partners Research and Development Group, with a special interest in energy and the environmental impact of buildings.
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| Ian Trehearn is Consultant, Planning & Environment, Berwin Leighton Paisner. He has worked for over 35 years in the field of planning and development, principally in London, but also more broadly in the UK and overseas. Ian is a Chartered Town Planner and Barrister. For over 10 years he jointly headed up the market-leading Planning and Environment Development of Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, having joined the firm in 1985 and been awarded partner status in 1988. Prior to 1985 Ian worked for central London Boroughs. Ian advised throughout the promotion and construction of many major developments including the London 2012 Olympics both to the 2012 bid organisation and the Olympic Delivery Authority, and London's tallest building, the 306m Shard of Glass as well as an overseas projects such as a new airport terminal at Riga, the Delhi Commonwealth Games and European development of factory outlet centers. | | | | | | Luis Valdes, is Director of Licensing for The Boeing Company, and president of the Boeing Intellectual Property Licensing Company. Luis Valdes leads business development of intellectual property and the licensing of technology, trademarks and copyrights for Boeing’s worldwide business units. Through a strategic, disciplined licensing program, Boeing enables global alliances and enhances the market by sharing its technological innovations. During his career at Boeing, Valdes has held positions in commercial intellectual property, contracts, program management, supplier management and customer support. He started at Boeing in 1981 as an engineer in propulsion. While in engineering, he worked in different areas of design, including preliminary design. Valdes earned a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1981 and a law degree from Seattle University in 1986. Valdes was born in Cuba and moved to Miami in 1963, where he lived most of his youth. He is based in Seattle, Wash.
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| Hubertus von Roenne is MD Global Logistics Sector, BT Services.As a board member of ECTA (European Telecoms Association representing the industries interests at the European Commission and Parliament) between 2005 and 2009 and as ECTA’s chairman in 2011 Hubertus has been deeply involved in the policy setting of the industry. Dr. Hubertus von Roenne is the Managing Director of the Logistics Industry Sector at BT Global Services. He is a longtime business professional in the European Telecoms & Internet Industries. For the past 12 years he has been leading major international transactions in the Communications industry. His mission is to create borderless ICT services to boost the productivity of international companies in the Global Marketplace. His particular interest is to push technology as a key enabler for the highly complex supply chain processes, where availability and compatibility of data about goods is so crucial. Hubertus has studied law & philosophy in Heidelberg, New York and Berlin, was awarded a doctorate in law from Humboldt-University Berlin. He has acted as an adviser to the German Parliament.
| | | | | | Lixing Zou is a Senior Researcher and Vice President with the China Development Bank. Previously, he served as Senior Research and Assistant Director-General of Investment Banking. Before joining the Bank he was a visiting scholar and consultant with the World Bank, and a Senior Research Fellow and Division Chief in the Research Office of the State Council, China. He earned a BSc in Ceramic Science from Jiandezhan Ceramic Institute of Light Industry and an MA in Economics from Columbia University.
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