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Feb
Sector focus: the growing energy and digital infrastructure boom
- As the Middle East shifts away from traditional oil reliance, what is prompting strategic investments into energy infrastructure?
- The clean energy sector- from large-scale renewables to hydrogen, solar and wind – where are managers deploying capital in Asia, Europe and beyond?
- Digital infrastructure - the growing data center and AI-driven infrastructure demand- where are the global investment opportunities?
- How are managers driving green energy transition and fostering cross-border collaboration?
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SpeakersJennifer Aguinaldo Senior Reporter Infralogic
Sherif ElKholy Managing Director, Head of Middle East & Africa Actis
Kyle Shaw Founder and Managing Partner ShawKwei & Partners
Steven Ciobo Managing Director, Head of Global Affairs Stonepeak
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Sherif is a Managing Director, Head of Middle East & Africa, working across Actis’ long life infrastructure and energy infrastructure sectors. Born in Cairo, Sherif has spent most of his life in the Middle East region. He started his career at EFG-Hermes Private Equity, investing in Egypt, Jordan and Turkey, and later moving to structured finance at HSBC where he focused on infrastructure project finance.
In 2004, Sherif joined Actis as an Associate focusing on North Africa. Now a Partner leading Actis’ business in the Middle East & Africa, he has played various deal leadership, execution, investment management and exit roles across 13 different transactions spanning multiple sectors including Wind Power, Solar C&I, Telecommunications, Education, Healthcare, and Consumer Sectors. Sherif also played a leadership role in the transaction leading to Actis taking over management rights of the Middle East, Africa, and Southeast Asia funds previously managed by Abraaj Capital in 2019.
Sherif is an Adjunct Professor of Finance at the American University in Cairo, where he has regularly lectured on private equity and has been awarded the “Excellence in Teaching Award.” He is also a member of the Economic Advisory Council of the Arab Republic of Egypt and a member of the Young Presidents Organisation. Sherif has a Ph.D. in Economics and an MSc in Finance and Economic Development (with Distinction), both from the University of London.
Kyle is the Founder and Managing Partner of ShawKwei & Partners, a private equity investment firm established in 1998. ShawKwei & Partners has offices in Singapore, San Francisco and Shanghai managing investments in Asia, Europe, and the USA. Kyle’s private equity experience before ShawKwei & Partners included managing Asian private equity businesses for Security Pacific National Bank (Hong Kong) and then the Tudor Group (Shanghai) as well as in the energy industry with Union Texas Petroleum (Houston), Tidewater (Louisiana & Singapore) and McDermott (Indonesia). Kyle has served as a director of several Asian and European industrial and service companies including as founder and director of Flex Ltd. (formerly known as Flextronics International Ltd).
Kyle received an MBA from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania, a BS in Commerce from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, as well as studied Mandarin Chinese at Taiwan’s National Normal University.
Steven is a Managing Director with Stonepeak and is Head of Global Affairs. Before joining Stonepeak, Steven was Australia’s Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, and also served in other senior Cabinet and Ministerial roles over nearly two decades in the Australian Parliament.
Steven received a Master of Laws (Competition Law) from the Queensland University of Technology and a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from Bond University. Steven is also a Fellow with the Milken Institute.