Key industry experts will discuss:
1. Structuring and financing infrastructure projects:
- General appetite for project finance in the Kingdom
- Liquidity and constraints for Saudi banks
- International lenders, private equity firms and investment funds: a role to play?
2. Beyond petrochemicals:
- The emergence of smaller downstream projects
- Transportation infrastructure: opportunities in the airport and port sectors
3. A new era for renewables: will the new wave of renewable projects finally materialise?
- Examples of other markets leading the way: Jordan, Egypt, the UAE
- Changes underway in the Saudi power sector
- Does Saudi Arabia need a feed-in tariff programme to jumpstart its renewable projects pipeline?
4:00pm Registration
4:30pm Welcome and Introduction
4:45pm Panel discussion
Mario Salameh, Partner, Infrastructure Finance, PWC
Mohamed Hamra-Krouha, Partner, Clifford Chance
Rayyan Nagadi, Director, Project and Export Finance, HSBC Saudi Arabia Limited
Shaun Johnson, Director of Legal, Project Finance, Concession & Privatisation, ACWA Holding
Q&A
5:50pm Closing Remarks from AS&H / Clifford Chance
5:55pm IPFA Update - Sikander Zaman, Head of Specialized Finance Division, National Commercial Bank
6:00pm Networking Reception kindly hosted by AS&H / Clifford Chance
For event enquiries, please contact Carrie Reid e: creid@ipfa.org
