Infralogic Investors Forum Australia 2024
Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney and Online
05
Mar
Asia spotlight: Coming of age
Across Asia Pacific, the need for substantial infrastructure development has become increasingly urgent with factors such as urbanisation, population growth, and economic development driving the demand. There is also a growing appetite among investors and lenders and India, in particular, as well as Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia, is benefiting with certain sectors and markets viewed as highly viable options for diversification and long-term growth. In this session, a panel of Asia investment experts will share their strategies, hotspots, and experiences in navigating the complexities of operating across Asia.
- Which markets in the region present the biggest potential for growth amidst the changing economic, social, and investment landscapes?
- How can investors navigate the requirements of governments throughout the region?
- With India clearly an investment target, which sectors are attractive and what are the risks?
- What strategies are GPs looking into: greenfield vs brownfield investments, open-ended vs closed-ended funds?
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SpeakersRobin Ganguly Global Executive Editor INFRALOGIC
Nick Kuys Managing Director, Private Infrastructure Asset Management PARTNERS GROUP
Hans-Martin Aerts Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure & Natural Resources, Asia Pacific APG ASSET MANAGEMENT
Jan Brand Managing Director, Infrastructure & Natural Resources OTPP
Karthikeyan M Partner – Investments NATIONAL INVESTMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE FUND
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Robin oversees global editorial and research coverage for Infralogic. A 24-year news veteran, with 16 of them spent editing financial news, Robin has worked for some of the world's leading news outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires and Bloomberg. He has been a regular on live television, commenting mainly on Chinese government and central bank policy. At Infralogic, he is responsible for daily news coverage and analysis written by a team of journalists spread across the globe, including the Americas, EMEA and the Asia-Pacific region.
Nick Kuys is part of the Private Infrastructure Asset Management team, based in Sydney. He is member of the Board of Directors of the firm's portfolio companies Evolution Rail (HCMT), Ararat Wind Farm and Unity Digital Infrastructure. He has 17 years of industry experience. Prior to joining Partners Group, he worked at Australian Industrial Energy, DUET Group, Macquarie Group, Westpac Banking Group and Deloitte and Touche. He holds a bachelor's degree in Commerce from the University of Cape Town, South Africa and a Masters of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management in Australia and was previously a Chartered Accountant.
Hans-Martin Aerts is a Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure & Natural Resources, Asia Pacific at APG Asset Management, one of the largest pension fund asset managers in the world.
In February 2007, Hans-Martin moved to Hong Kong to establish APG’s first office in Asia Pacific and has since been responsible for APG’s regional infrastructure strategy and investments and as of 2019, he is also responsible for APG’s regional natural resources investment program.
Prior to working for APG, Hans-Martin was a Senior Portfolio Manager at ABP. He joined ABP in 2001 and has since worked in various areas, including listed equities, structured finance, infrastructure, and natural resources. Hans-Martin is a CFA charter holder and holds an MSc degree in Economics from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, an MBA degree for Executives from Tsinghua University, and an EMBA degree from INSEAD.
Jan Brand joined Ontario Teachers’ in 2015 and is a member of its Infrastructure & Natural Resources team. He helps manage Ontario Teachers' investments across the Asia-Pacific region, including Connexa Limited in New Zealand, and Spark Infrastructure and the Sydney Desalination Plant in Australia. He has worked on the group’s acquisitions of Connexa in 2022, Spark Infrastructure in 2021, Enwave Energy Corporation in 2021, the National Investment & Infrastructure Fund in 2019, and Atlantic Aqua Farms in 2017. Jan sits on the boards of directors of Spark Infrastructure, Connexa Limited, TransGrid, and the Sydney Desalination Plant.
Jan holds a Masters in Financial Economics from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management as well as a Joint Honours Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Finance from McGill University.
Karthikeyan M is a Partner with NIIF. He has an overall experience of around 19 years and has worked in investments across the transportation sectors such as roads, metro rail and airports. At NIIF, he is part of the initial team that set up the building blocks on investments, fund raise and policies for the fund. He covers the transportation sector. He has set up Athaang Infrastructure (Roads platform for NIIF), partnership with GMR on specific airport assets, and has led partnerships for several transactions with global and domestic institutions.
Prior to joining NIIF, he was the Chief Investment Officer for the infrastructure platform for Khazanah /UEM Group (Malaysia), in JV with IDFC. Earlier, he worked with KPMG’s Infrastructure Advisory practice as Associate Director in Transaction & Restructuring and Corporate Finance, and at L&T IDPL as Assistant General Manager on bidding and investments in infrastructure assets.
Karthikeyan graduated as a gold medalist with a Bachelor in Engineering degree from Govt. College of Technology, Coimbatore and has done his management in Finance and Strategy from XLRI, Jamshedpur.