The MENA region boasts an impressive projects market with a healthy pipeline and opportunities across the energy and infrastructure asset classes. However, the region is often perceived from the outside as a challenging market in the current global financial climate. In addition, the power and utilities sector faces its own challenges in its need to balance competing factors of environmental credentials, cost and system performance. But perhaps the perception does not reflect the reality?
Drawing on our experts’ experience, particularly in the power and utilities sector, attendees to this session will gain a valuable insight into why and how certain macro-economic factors, such as oil prices, sovereign liquidity, financing options and decarbonisation, are conspiring to fuel the regional projects market and creating an interesting and vibrant destination for investment. Our experts, who come from developing and investing, consulting, finance, legal and governmental intuitions, will explore the opportunities and challenges and will share their on insights operating in this highly innovate region.
8.00am Registration & Networking breakfast
8.30am Welcome & Introduction
8.40am Keynote Address
Paddy Padmanathan, President & CEO, ACWA Power
9.00am Panel Discussion
Chaired by: Paul Mansouri, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
Paddy Padmanathan, President & CEO, ACWA Power
Paul Norris, Senior Infrastructure Advisor, Debt Management Office, Abu Dhabi Department of Finance
Frank Beckers, MD, Head of Project Finance Advisory, National Bank of Abu Dhabi
Nigel Reed, Consultant, Global Infrastructure Finance, Mazars
9.45am Question & Answer Session
10.00am Closing Remarks
10.10am IPFA Update
10.15am Networking
Your attendance to this event is dependant on your company's renewal of their IPFA membership for 2017.
For more information, please contact Laura Dabas e: ldabas@ipfa.org
