Highlights / Key Themes
- Market Leading Banks Assessed The Future For Commercial Lending & Project Finance! The State of the Union Panel is the only place where you can learn the real state of lending to this sector straight from the horse's mouth! Standard Chartered Bank, SMBCE and Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank were in the hot seat this year and suggested that levels of lending and even syndication were showing signs of recovery.
- The Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals Summit attracted project finance directors from the major global oil companies including Total, BP and Exxonmobil. Attendees were delighted to get the inside track direct from the financiers on the outloook for financing mega Oil and Gas projects, with case studies including the PNG LNG project.
- The NEW for 2010 Raising Finance & Structuring Infrastructure Transactions summit was a highly valued addition to the 2010 event, both from a content and networking perspective. With an impressive speaker line-up including Hochtief Concessions, Global Infrastructure Partners and Meridiam, delegates took home valuable data on global projects in the pipeline and today's infrastructure development challenges.
- Projects & Infrastructure International is the only event that focusses on the financing for greenfield and brownfield projects across all sectors globally. Attendees appreciate the opportunity to pick up information about the evolution of Renewable energy project financing, as well as understand the dynamics of financing projects in emerging markets.
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James Courtenay
Global Head of Project & Export Finance
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK
James Courtenay was appointed Global Head of Project and Export Finance in January 2009. He manages a team of over 100 professionals based in London, Dubai and Singapore, with additional offices in a variety of locations including New York, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing. |
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Noburu Kato
GM, Co-Head, Structured Finance
SMBC
Noburu joined SMBC in 1985 and has over 19 years experience in project finance, based in New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo. He currently oversees project finance (PFI/PPP, Energy, Transport etc.), ECA, advisory, Islamic finance and environmental projects in the EMEA region. |
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Mkhuseli Faku
Group Executive Director
CALULO
Mkhuseli Faku has extensive experience in the South African oil industry. He is a non-executive director of Total South Africa and has been a member of the Executive Committee of the World Petroleum Congress (South Africa), Deputy Chairman of the Nepad Energy Sector Committee and Chairman of the African Minerals and Energy Forum. |
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Noubi Ben Hamida
Corporate & Project Finance
TOTAL
Noubi Ben Hamida is part of Total’s Finance division where he currently oversees for Total the financing of Total’s Jubail Refinery Project JV with Saudi Aramco. Noubi has been with Total for 9 years during which he held several positions in Trading & Shipping and Corporate Finance. He was previously with Société Générale where he spent 6 years in various positions. |
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Martin Lennon
Co-Founder
INFRACAPITAL PARTNERS
Martin Lennon joined M&G Investments in 1998 and has been the Head of Infracapital since its inception in 2005. Martin has accumulated nearly 20 years of infrastructure, project finance and investment experience gained in the corporate and financial sectors. Martin has developed a diversified business investing in infrastructure across a wide range of financial instruments including public bonds, private placements, loans, mezzanine and equity representing a total investment portfolio in... |
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Vishal Joshipura
SVP, Advisory Division
GULF ONE INVESTMENT BANK
Vishal is responsible for execution of project finance advisory assignments across the region. Prior to Gulf One, Vishal worked with Deloitte Infrastructure Advisory where he working on wide-ranging areas like PPP, privatization, public sector reforms, feasibility studies etc. in India and Saudi Arabia. Vishal’s PPP experience in the Middle East includes advising... |
