Jonathan Carmody Managing Editor, Americas Infralogic 212 500 1393

As editor for the Infralogic Americas team, Jonathan Carmody is responsible for delivering proprietary information on project finance, fundraising and M&A situations across the North, Latin America and the Caribbean regions.

Jonathan joined Infralogic in February 2014 and is responsible for driving the American content to ensure that our coverage in the region stays focused and up to date.

Eric Wittleder Managing Director Brookfield Infrastructure

Eric Wittleder is a Managing Director in Brookfield’s Infrastructure Group. In this role, Mr. Wittleder is responsible for infrastructure investment activities for Brookfield’s infrastructure debt strategy in the Americas and supports the oversight of the underwriting of global credit investment opportunities.

Prior to joining Brookfield in 2017, Mr. Wittleder worked for several leading investment banks, raising debt capital for energy and infrastructure projects in the U.S. and Latin America.

 Mr. Wittleder holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University.

Chris Ortega Managing Director and Head of Americas Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners

Chris Ortega is a Managing Director and Head of Americas of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP). Prior to joining MSIP, Chris was a Partner at TPG Capital, based in New York, where he led their energy and natural resources group. Before that, he was a Director at First Reserve Corporation. Chris holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a JD (magna cum laude) from Harvard Law School, and a BA (magna cum laude) from Harvard University.

Robert Valentine Senior Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure Advisory (Americas) Macquarie Capital

Robert heads Macquarie Capital’s market-leading infrastructure advisory practice, consisting primarily of advising clients in buying, selling, financing and restructuring complex infrastructure and infrastructure-like assets.

He has worked exclusively in infrastructure projects since 2000, starting in Australia then, in August 2008, relocating permanently to New York City to further Macquarie’s efforts in infrastructure advisory in the U.S. and Latin America.  Robert has expertise in the toll road, port, airport, parking, water, power, energy and social infrastructure sectors, advising a raft of infrastructure funds, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds over the past 19 years.

His particular focus is in project management of complex transactions and raising capital for projects (debt and equity) in a manner which best suits the key stakeholders.

Robert also leads Macquarie’s US sponsor coverage team, managing Macquarie’s relationship with infrastructure capital managers based in the US.

Michael Hill Executive Vice President & Global Head of Infrastructure OMERS Infrastructure

Michael is Executive Vice President & Global Head of OMERS Infrastructure. He joined OMERS in September 2023 and is based in New York.

Michael is a highly respected investment professional and leader with more than 30 years of broadly diversified, global investment experience. At OMERS he has accountability and oversight for our global infrastructure investment and asset management programs.

Michael joined OMERS from another Canadian pension plan where most recently he was the Americas Head of Sustainable Energies, focused on direct private equity investments across the energy sector. He was also the head of the firm’s New York office. Previously, Michael spent over 25 years in investment banking, working across asset classes, in various roles at Nomura Securities, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley. He has worked globally, and been based out of New York, London and Toronto.

Michael holds an HBA from Ivey Business School, where he is also a Board member, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Cedric Lucas Managing Director, Asset and Wealth Management, Infrastructure Funds Goldman Sachs

Cedric Lucas is focused on infrastructure investing in the Americas for Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He joined Goldman Sachs as a Managing Director in 2019 and is a member of the Asset Management Private Infrastructure Investment Committee. He also serves on the boards of directors of Mitigation Investment Holdings, Synagro Technologies and Synthica Energy. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Mr. Lucas was a member of the senior leadership of the KKR Global Infrastructure Fund and headed midstream investing at Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA). Before that, he focused on energy investment banking and infrastructure finance and engineering. He earned an MBA with high distinction, Baker Scholar, from Harvard Business School, an MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University, and a master's degree in Engineering from Ecole Centrale Paris.

Dolly Mirchandani Partner, Global Head of Infrastructure, Transportation and Logistics White and Case

Dolly's practice focuses on the infrastructure and energy sector, including public private partnerships, reflecting 25 years of experience working on some of the most significant deals in the sector. She represents sponsors, infrastructure funds, commercial banks, institutional lenders, contractors, secondary market investors and governments in the tender, development, acquisition and financing of greenfield and brownfield infrastructure projects. Dolly has advised across multiple infrastructure asset classes including surface transportation (airports, ports, roads, parking, bridges, transit and rail), water and wastewater, waste management, district energy, digital and social infrastructure. Her breadth of practice and decades of experience allows her to anticipate concerns, propose solutions and promote agreement. She has played a leading role in the introduction of private investment and finance in the infrastructure sector in North America, having advised on multiple, award-winning transactions, including ones that were first-of-their-kind.

Andrew Kessler President NY Green Bank

Andrew Kessler assumed the position of President of NY Green Bank in February 2021 having served the prior two years as Managing Director and Co-Head of Investment & Portfolio Management at NY Green Bank. Mr. Kessler is an industry leader in clean energy investing, bringing over 25 years of extensive experience in banking and finance to NY Green Bank. As president, Mr. Kessler oversees partnerships with private sector capital providers and other clean energy market participants to address barriers that limit private investment into attractive renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.

Prior to joining NY Green Bank, Mr. Kessler founded and led the Biogas, Waste & Recycling Advisory group at the Danish Trade Council based in Washington, D.C. He also served as Co-Head of the Danish Trade Council’s North America Energy & Environment Group and held senior positions as a corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions professional at various firms including HSBC, Waller Capital, Morgan Stanley, and Duff & Phelps.

Prior to launching Turning Earth, Mr. Kessler spent 15 years as an investment banker holding senior positions as a corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions professional at various firms including HSBC, Waller Capital, Morgan Stanley, and Duff & Phelps. He has executed equity, debt, and M&A transactions across a diverse set of sectors and markets and has served in numerous corporate governance

leadership roles. Mr. Kessler has written and lectured on waste, recycling, biogas, and related renewable       energy topics and regularly speaks at industry forums and conferences. He served on the Board of Directors of the U.S. Composting Council from 2010 to 2012 and was elected to its Executive Committee as Vice President and Treasurer, respectively.

Mr. Kessler earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Virginia and a Master of Business Administration at New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Mark Voccola Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Infrastructure Americas Ardian

Mark Voccola is Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Ardian Infrastructure US. In addition to investing activities, Mark is part of the infrastructure co-investment/syndication team.

Mark is a board member of portfolio company Hill Top.

Mark joined Ardian in 2018. Previously, Mark was a Partner at Ares Management, within the Ares Private Equity Group, where he was responsible for sourcing and appraising investment opportunities and monitoring portfolio companies. Prior to joining Ares in 2015, he was a Partner at Energy Investors Funds (EIF).

Peggy Smyth Partner QIC

Peggy Smyth joined QIC in 2021 as U.S. Senior Advisor, Global Infrastructure, based in New York, and Chair of the CenTrio Board of Directors. She became a Partner in 2022. Peggy leads QIC’s North American infrastructure investment team on investment strategy and asset management.

Peggy brings deep experience in decarbonization and sustainability as well as extensive leadership experience in guiding transformations resulting in increased productivity, engagement and performance across the energy, manufacturing, telecommunications and professional service sectors. She is the former Chief Financial Officer of National Grid U.S. – one of the world’s largest publicly owned energy companies – and is an Independent Director of Etsy (digital marketplace), Frontier Communications (digital), Lilium (electric mobility) and Remitly (fintech for immigrants).

As a noted authority on the role of finance executives in driving ESG, she was recently recognized by the Energy Inclusion Conference as one of the “100 Most Influential Women in Energy” and by GreenBiz News as one of its “20 C-Suite Sustainability Champions.” She also received the United Way of New York City’s Power of Women to Make a Difference Award in 2018.

Peggy is a member of the Executive Committee of the Fordham University President’s Council and a member of the Board of Trustees and the Audit Committee of Concern Worldwide, Ireland’s largest aid and humanitarian organization. She is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Ireland (EU).

Mark Florian Managing Director and Head BlackRock Global Infrastructure Funds

Mark B. Florian, Managing Director, Head of BlackRock Global Infrastructure Funds ("BGIF"), started the BGIF franchise in 2008. Since inception, Mr. Florian has overseen all of the Fund's activities, including overall strategy, portfolio construction, investment origination, structuring, execution, monitoring, and exit strategy. He is the Chairman of the Investment Committee for BGIF.

The BGIF team manages over $15 billion in capital commitments across four vintages. BGIF invests globally in essential contracted infrastructure assets and businesses by capitalizing on the long-term trends of decarbonization, decentralization and digitalization. The BGIF team has created over 40 portfolio companies across the globe for the Funds and includes over 60 investment professionals who are located in Greenwich (Connecticut), London, Singapore, Houston and Mexico City.  The BGIF team joined BlackRock in 2017 from First Reserve, a private equity firm that supported the creation of the BGIF franchise starting in 2008, when Mr. Florian joined the firm. The BGIF team raised the first two fund vintages while at First Reserve.

Prior to BGIF, Mr. Florian was a Partner at Goldman Sachs, fulfilling two primary roles at the firm: 1) managing its global Infrastructure Investment Banking business, and 2) serving on the Investment Committee for Goldman Sachs Infrastructure Partners. His 23-year Goldman Sachs career spanned a wide range of areas within the firm, including the government finance, corporate finance investment banking, and the mergers & acquisitions group. While at Goldman Sachs, he led over $25 billion of mergers and acquisition transactions, and also had structured over $35 billion in financing and hedging transactions. He has been asked to testify to the U.S. Congress on infrastructure issues multiple times and was appointed to a Federal Government commission, which developed recommendations to the U.S. Congress on key changes to its infrastructure finance system.

Mr. Florian holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Economics, magna cum laude, from Duke University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

John Veech Chief Investment Officer Marathon Capital Partners

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Miguel Peña Head of US/Canada Project Finance BBVA

• 30 years of experience in the industry 
• Joined BBVA in 2008, where he has held several position in the Investment Banking and Finance within the project finance  department.
• In 2011 he was appointed to the role of Global Head of Infrastructure
• Deeply involved in Latam since 2013Appointed Head of PF Americas in 3Q 2017.
• Moved to US in Nov. 2021 to set up fully dedicated North America Project Finance team based in New York
• Prior to joining BBVA he has held relevant positions at British Airport Authority (BAA), XL Capital Assurance, Cintra and Ferrovial based in either London or Madrid

Onofrio Castiglia Reporter Infralogic

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Dan Abbott Principal Carlyle

Dan Abbott is a Principal with the Renewable and Sustainable Energy team. He is based in California.

Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Abbott was a Senior Manager at Clearway Energy Group, one of the largest renewable energy developers in the United States (formerly NRG Energy’s renewable energy platform). At Clearway, he executed project finance and M&A transactions for projects across Clearway’s utility-scale solar, wind, and community solar businesses. Previously, Mr. Abbott was a Consultant with Alliance Consulting Group, focused on corporate strategy and investment due diligence.

Mr. Abbott received his B.A. from Dartmouth College and his M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Jorge Camina Partner & Head of Sustainable Infrastructure Credit Denham Capital Management

Mr. Camiña is a Partner and Head of Sustainable Infrastructure Credit. Jorge brings over 20 years experience in project finance and investment management, having held senior positions at both Allianz Global Investors and Santander Corporate & Investment Banking. In his most recent role, as Director of Infrastructure Debt at Allianz Global Investors since 2016, Mr. Camiña was responsible for the origination, structuring and execution of Infrastructure Debt investments in the Americas. He led the execution of a strategic shift towards renewable power across US and Latin America, investing in over three gigawatts of solar and wind assets. He was also member of the Infrastructure Debt investment committee. Jorge received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration by Deusto Business School in Spain.

Corey Lewis Managing Director, Transaction Solutions Aon

Corey Lewis joined Aon's Transaction Solutions team in June 2015, focusing on tax insurance. Prior to joining Aon,Corey was an associate in the International Tax Services: Financial Services/Real Estate division in the New York office of PricewaterhouseCoopers. At PwC, Corey focused primarily on the tax structuring of international real estate investments.

Teresa Mattamouros Managing Director, Infrastructure Investing Goldman Sachs

Teresa Mattamouros is a Managing Director in Infrastructure investing within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where she is responsible for sourcing, underwriting, executing and monitoring energy transition and transportation & logistics infrastructure investments.  

 Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Teresa was a managing director at EQT Partners, where she was a member of the board of directors of Kodiak Gas Services (NYSE:KGS) and Voltera Power. Prior to EQT, she was at SCF Partners, an energy focused investment firm, from 2019 through 2022. While at SCF, she served on the boards of Pro Directional and Frontier Tubular Solutions and was the interim CEO of Frontier Tubular Solutions from 2020 through 2021. Teresa was part of Baker Hughes between 2016 and 2017, serving in key positions in the finance and technology organizations and playing a key role in the integration of GE Oil & Gas and Baker Hughes. Prior to Baker Hughes, she was a Vice President of Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, advising companies in the energy sector in M&A and capital markets transactions. 

 She has a degree in Architecture from Technical University of Lisbon and a Masters in Business Administration from Jones Graduate School of Management at Rice University.

Steve Cheng Credit Partner Global Infrastructure Partners

Steve Cheng is a founding Partner of GIP Credit, Global Infrastructure Partners’ credit investment platform. He is a member of GIP Credit’s Investment Committee, Operating Committee and Valuation Committee and serves on the boards of BrightNight LLC, BrightNight U.S. LLC and BT Generation Holdings. GIP Credit provides custom tailored financing solutions to infrastructure projects and businesses across a breadth of capital needs, including greenfield projects, acquisition finance, liquidity and growth, restructuring and secondary purchases with the ability to transact anywhere in the capital structure except for common equity. Prior to joining GIP in 2012, Mr. Cheng spent 20 years at Credit Suisse, most recently as Co-Head of the Global Project Finance Group and a Managing Director in the Global Energy Group

Mary Weisskopf Partner Ember Infrastructure

Mary Weisskopf is a is a Partner at Ember Infrastructure and a member of the Investment Committee.

With over 15 years of experience in energy and infrastructure finance, Mary was previously a Vice President on the investment team of Global Infrastructure Partners’ flagship fund. Prior to her time at GIP, Mary was part of Credit Suisse’s Power and Renewables group within the Investment Banking division. Mary was involved in the execution of a wide variety of M&A, strategic advisory, capital markets, and project financing transactions for developer, corporate, and private equity clients. Mary began her career with Charles River Associates providing economic consulting services in the Energy and Environment Practice.

 Mary holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a B.S. in Commerce and Economics from the University of Virginia.”

Elena Rubinov Partner Mayer Brown

Elena Rubinov is a partner in Mayer Brown's Corporate & Securities practice. She maintains a broad M&A practice, representing public and private companies, including private equity and infrastructure fund clients, in corporate and business combination transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, investments, co-investments, joint ventures, recapitalizations, restructurings and bankruptcy sales, among others. She regularly counsels clients in a variety of industries, including energy, infrastructure, media and entertainment, chemicals, financial services and retail. Additionally, she advises on debt and corporate restructurings in connection with equity recapitalizations, rights offerings and 363 sales and acquisitions.

Raymond Pang Principal, Investment Management DigitalBridge

Raymond Pang is a Principal at DigitalBridge Investment Management. Mr. Pang is based in New York and focuses on evaluating, executing, and managing new and existing investments across each of the digital infrastructure subsectors globally.  

Prior to joining DigitalBridge, Mr. Pang worked at TAP Advisors, a boutique TMT-focused advisory firm in New York, where he covered the wireless and telecom infrastructure industries.  

Mr. Pang received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis.

Emily Goergen Azer Director GI Partners

Emily Goergen Azer is a Principal of GI Partners.  She currently serves on the boards of DRFortress and Rise Broadband.  Prior to joining GI Partners, Mrs. Azer was a Vice President at Stonepeak Partners in New York where she focused on infrastructure investments in the Communications sector.  Earlier in her carrier, Emily worked in the North America Private Equity and Global Infrastructure groups at KKR in New York and was an investment banking analyst with the Blackstone Group in New York.  Mrs. Azer received her B.S. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Florestan Ferroux Senior Director, Infrastructure Financing CDPQ Fixed Income Inc

Florestan Ferroux is a Senior Director, Infrastructure Financing, at CDPQ. In this capacity, he is responsible for building strategic partnerships for the Infrastructure Financing portfolio. He also develops and monitors the infrastructure financing strategy and portfolio.

Mr. Ferroux has close to 15 years of infrastructure structuring and financing experience. He has held different roles within CDPQ, including more recently, the position of Director, Transactions and Investments, at subsidiary CDPQ Infra, where he developed greenfield sustainable transportation projects. Before joining CDPQ, he was Vice-President, Infrastructure Advisory, at EY, where he advised public authorities and private sector clients in structuring and financing public-private partnerships.

 Mr. Ferroux is a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from HEC Montréal.

Ajit Pai Partner Searchlight Capital

Prior to joining Searchlight in 2021, Mr. Pai was the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), which he led from 2017 until 2021. During his tenure as Chairman, he implemented major initiatives to help close the digital divide; advance U.S. leadership in 5G, Open Radio Access Networks, Wi-Fi 6, and other wireless technologies; promote innovation; protect consumers, public safety, and national security; and make the agency itself more open, transparent, and data driven. Mr. Pai first joined the FCC as a Commissioner in 2012. Before becoming Commissioner, Mr. Pai served in various positions of increasing responsibility at the FCC, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the U.S. Senate. Previously, he was a partner at Jenner & Block and served as in-house counsel at Verizon. Mr. Pai serves on various portfolio company boards. Mr. Pai received an AB, with honors, from Harvard University and a JD from the University of Chicago Law School. 

Andrew Thomas Senior Managing Director Stonepeak

Andrew is a Senior Managing Director with Stonepeak and is Head of Communications, Global ex-Europe. Prior to joining Stonepeak, Andrew worked at Pacific Equity Partners and McKinsey & Company.

 Andrew received a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, as well as a Bachelor of Economics (First Class Honors and University Medal) and Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honors) from the University of Sydney.

Ravi Purohit Partner, Co-Head of Infrastructure Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

A partner in the Paul, Weiss Corporate Department, Ravi Purohit is co-head of the firm’s Infrastructure Practice, a member of the Mergers & Acquisition Practice and a member of the Private Equity Group. Ravi advises strategic companies, institutional investors and financial sponsors globally on mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, investments, joint ventures as well as other general corporate and financing matters. He is a nationally recognized leading lawyer in the energy and infrastructure space and regularly counsels clients involved in oil and gas, renewables, utilities, transportation, telecommunication, water and waste transactions. Ravi’s experience encompasses more than $150 billion of transactions and many landmark energy and infrastructure transactions across various sectors including a number of first-of-their-kind deals.

Prior to his private legal experience, Ravi worked as a Managing Director and founding member of the Investment Team at Blackstone Infrastructure Partners and also recently served as the General Counsel of Blackstone Infrastructure Partners. Earlier, he also served as a Managing Director at Alinda Capital Partners, an infrastructure investment firm.

Ravi is a frequent speaker and writer on developments in infrastructure, energy, private equity and M&A. He has been quoted in numerous articles in business and legal publications.

Jonathan Winer Co-Founder and Co-CEO Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners

Jonathan is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP). Over two decades Jonathan has led three private equity platforms and personally led investments of over $3B with a focus on the application of technology to real assets.

Previously, Jonathan was Head of Investments for Alphabet’s urban innovation platform. In this role, Jonathan managed dedicated investment funds related to technology venture capital, real estate, and infrastructure.

He previously founded Nereus in 2009, a private equity fund that invests in alternative energy infrastructure in Asia. Prior to Nereus, Jonathan worked at the D. E. Shaw group where he built the private equity team across venture capital, growth equity, and structured finance. Jonathan started his career by founding startups in natural language processing and computational biochemistry.

Jonathan graduated from Yale with degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science. Jonathan is based in SIP’s Brooklyn office and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Chris Moon Managing Director, Credit DigitalBridge Investment Management

Chris Moon is a Managing Director, Credit at DigitalBridge Investment Management. Mr. Moon is responsible for origination in the Americas and European regions and has over 20 years of experience in the Communications and Technology sectors including over 15 years of direct experience in sourcing transactions in digital infrastructure. Prior to joining DigitalBridge, Mr. Moon was a Managing Director and founding member of the TMT Sector Lending Group at ING Bank and had responsibility for origination, structuring and underwriting leveraged transactions in North America and LatAm. Prior to ING, Chris was an Analyst at Goldman Sachs in the Investment Management Division and a CPA at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in the Communications and Technology practice. Mr. Moon received an MBA and MS in Tax and a dual Bachelor of Science in Finance and Computer Information Systems from Northeastern University. He is a CFA Charterholder and a Certified Public Accountant (inactive)

Joshua Pang Managing Director and Head of Digital Infrastructure Carlyle Global Infrastructure

Joshua Pang is a Managing Director and the Head of Digital Infrastructure for Carlyle Global Infrastructure. He is based in New York.

Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Pang served as Managing Director at Blackstone. Throughout his career, he has been investing in and partnering with leading businesses and management teams across digital infrastructure asset classes, including data centers, bandwidth/broadband and mobile infrastructure, and adjacencies such as communications IT, services, and software.

Before Blackstone, Mr. Pang was a Principal in the U.S. Buyouts group at BC Partners, where he primarily focused on telecom. He began his career as an analyst at Blackstone. He received his B.S. in Finance and Financial Accounting from the Stern School of Business at New York University, where he graduated magna cum laude.

Alexander Ramirez Senior Managing Director Guggenheim Partners

Alex is a Senior Managing Director at Guggenheim. He leads the global investment banking coverage of telecom, network infrastructure and data center industries. He has acted as an advisor on a wide range of landmark transactions during his career, including both M&A and debt and equity capital markets transactions. Prior to Guggenheim, Alex was a Managing Director at Citi in the Global TMT group. He led the global coverage of clients in the data center and cloud industries and was responsible for managing key infrastructure fund relationships. During his 18 year career at Citi, Alex also worked in Citi’s Asia Pacific Technology, Media and Telecom investment banking team based in Hong Kong and in the Equity Capital Markets division. Alex was named one of TMT Finance's 2019 Top 10 Comms M&A Dealmakers.

Adam Cieply Partner White & Case

Adam Cieply is a partner in White & Case's Mergers & Acquisitions practice group. Mr. Cieply represents domestic and international private equity funds and corporate clients in private and public domestic, cross-border and global mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, joint ventures and private investments in a broad range of industries. Mr. Cieply also has broad experience advising distressed companies and holders of distressed debt on corporate restructurings, equity raises and distressed M&A transactions, whether in-court or out-of-court.

Prior to joining White & Case, Mr. Cieply practiced corporate law, focusing on public and private mergers and acquisitions and securities law, at a major Canadian law firm, working in both their Montreal, Canada and London, UK offices.

William Watts McIvor Vice President, Project Finance Arevon

Profile to follow shortly. 

Sarah Kiriluk Head of Acquisitions, Investments and Advisory ENGIE

Sarah Kiriluk is a seasoned finance professional with 20 years of experience, most of which is in the energy sector. She has held various international assignments in Belgium, France, the U.K., the Middle East and in the U.S. In her current role, Sarah leads ENGIE’s acquisitions, investments and financial advisory team which manages valuations and financings for ENGIE North America across the various businesses of the group. ENGIE is a leader in the net-zero energy transition and currently has more than 7 GW of renewable production in operation or construction across the U.S. and Canada as well as a large battery storage portfolio.

Zachary Rubenstein Managing Director, Sustainable Resource Group Blackstone Credit

Zachary Rubenstein is a Managing Director in the Sustainable Resource Group within Blackstone Credit Insurance.  He is involved with investments in the renewable energy and mobility sectors.

Prior to joining Blackstone Credit, Mr. Rubenstein worked at BofA where he was a leader of the Global Sustainable Finance Group focused on structured products within the renewable and infrastructure sectors. Before BofA, Mr. Rubenstein worked in the Alternative Energy Finance group at Citi where he focused on renewable asset finance. Before Citi, Mr. Rubenstein was an early employee at Altus Power, a clean electrification company, where he was a key member of the team responsible for significant growth of the firm.

Dorian Hunt Partner, Head of Renewable Energy Leo Berwick

Dorian Hunt leads Leo Berwick’s Renewable Energy practice.

Dorian has 20 years of experience in tax credit monetization, with clients including renewable energy project developers, tax equity investors, project lenders, insurers and syndicators.

Prior to joining Leo Berwick, he was a leader in the Power and Utilities and Energy Transition practices of a Big 4 firm, where he focused on providing tax consulting services with respect to tax credit-driven project finance across, with a focus on renewable energy.

Dorian is a thought leader in the tax credit space and has authored articles on topics including the potential implications for “direct pay” of renewable energy tax incentives and on the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on the US renewable energy industry. He has also presented on these and other similar topics for organizations such as IPED, NARUC, and the Boston Bar Association.

Dorian has experience with myriad energy incentive programs including Treasury 1603 grants, 48C advanced energy manufacturing studies, and the rapidly-developing field of 45Q carbon capture credits.

Bryan Didier Partner, Managing Director - Renewable Energy Monarch Private Capital

Bryan Didier is a Partner and the Managing Director of Renewable Energy at Monarch Private Capital. In addition to nearly two decades of legal experience in renewable energy and project finance, Bryan brings over 30 years of leadership experience to his role, including over 20 years of service as an officer in the US Navy. 

As part of his responsibilities, Bryan leads and manages Monarch’s renewable energy tax practice, overseeing the origination and closing of transactions, working closely with investors, and serving as the primary point of contact for developers and service providers in the rapidly expanding renewable energy field. Bryan has been a frequent lecturer, speaker, and panelist for industry conferences and CLEs, including most recently on opportunities created by the Inflation Reduction Act. 

Prior to joining Monarch, Bryan had been a partner at Leverage Law Group, LLC since 2009, where he developed and led the firm’s renewable energy practice, with a particular emphasis on tax-credit incentivized renewable energy transactions. His diverse client portfolio included tax credit investors, syndicators, renewable energy developers, lenders and non-tax equity investors. Bryan also possesses substantial experience in project finance and corporate governance, having previously served as in-house counsel at a publicly-held utility and a large private chemical manufacturer.

Before and during his civilian legal career, Bryan served for over 20 years on active and reserve duty in the US Navy, retiring with the rank of Commander. Assignments included multiple deployments to the Arabian Gulf as a helicopter pilot, a tour as an Admiral’s aide, and billets in anti-terrorism and domestic casualty response. His military background instilled in him a strong sense of discipline, strategic thinking and leadership, which he now brings to Monarch Private Capital.

Vittorio Lacagnina Partner, Institutional Client & Product Solutions Apollo Global Management

Vittorio Lacagnina is a Partner in the Institutional Client Group at Apollo where he leads product development for Sustainability & Infrastructure and serves as a member of the Infrastructure Investment Committee. 

Prior to joining Apollo in 2022, Vittorio was Head of Business Development, Private Infrastructure at Partners Group. Vittorio has 26 years of industry experience across a variety of senior investment, advisory and capital formation roles. 

Vittorio began his career in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs where he acquired relevant transaction and coverage expertise across the Americas and Europe. 

Vittorio graduated with a first-class BA (Hons) in international business from the European Business School, London. 

Vittorio is a Member of the Board of Governors of Ocean Exchange, whose mission is to accelerate the adoption of innovative solutions for a sustainable blue economy. He is also a supporter of Glasswing International involved in Youth Development, Community Empowerment and Trauma-Informed Care in Central America.

Paul Barr Partner Pantheon

Paul is a Partner in Pantheon’s Global Infrastructure and Real Assets Investment Team. He previously worked at GIC, from 2012, where he was Senior Vice President, Infrastructure with a global remit focussing on primary, secondary and co-investment opportunities. Paul also has expertise in infrastructure direct investing and infrastructure debt transactions. Prior to GIC, Paul worked at Challenger Infrastructure and Macquarie Capital. Paul studied Business at the University of Edinburgh. He is also a CFA Charterholder, a Chartered Accountant, and a Member of the Securities Institute. Paul is based in San Francisco.

Taylor McManus Principal, Real Assets Investments Hamilton Lane

Taylor is a Principal based in the firm’s Toronto office where he is responsible for originating, evaluating and executing direct, secondary and primary fund investment opportunities. Prior to joining Hamilton Lane in 2023, Taylor was a Vice President with Instar Asset Management where he focused on middle market infrastructure and private equity investments. Taylor began his career at Macquarie Capital Markets Canada. Taylor received an Honors Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University.

John Anderson Global Head, Corporate Finance & Infrastructure Manulife

John Anderson is a 30+ year infrastructure investor, including 22 years as a leader of the John Hancock / Manulife global infrastructure investing program. His career includes deep infrastructure investing experience across North America, complemented by meaningful experience in developed and emerging Europe, Latin America, and Asia/Pacific.  

John is President of the Manulife Infrastructure Funds, and chairs their investment committee for Infrastructure Equity investments, including their direct investing program in the US, and Manulife’s global fund and co-invest program.   Manulife’s global Infrastructure Debt lending program also reports to John.  

John recently concluded a three-year term as chair of the PRI investor advisory group for Infrastructure and continues to serve as a member of that advisory group.  

John is a member of Manulife’s global Investment Committee and the company's Global Leadership Team.   Manulife is a global life insurer with 35,000 employees across Canada, the US, and East Asia and a $300 billion portfolio.   John has served as an executive sponsor of Manulife’s veteran’s club in the US, and a leader with Employee Resource Groups helping gender and racial diversity flourish at the company.

Mr. Anderson holds an MBA from Georgetown University and received his BA in Economics from The University of Chicago. He speaks French, Serbo-Croatian, German, Spanish, and Russian at an intermediate level, and would not be mistaken for a native speaker in any of these languages.

Jillian Ashley Partner Allen & Overy

Jillian is a Partner in our Projects, Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure (PENRI) group and head of the U.S. China Group in the New York office. Jillian has significant experience representing investors, sponsors, developers and lenders on the acquisition, financing and development of major projects around the world in a wide range of sectors, including all aspects of energy transition (including carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), hydrogen, EV and renewables), transportation (including airports, rail, ports and roads), power generation and distribution and water. She also has extensive experience advising on the structuring, formation, marketing and financing of private investment funds in the infrastructure, energy, real estate and mining sectors, including representing lenders and funds on subscription line, NAV and hybrid financings for funds. Chambers USA 2023 has ranked Jillian at Band 4 in the PPP market.

As head of the U.S. China Group, Jillian has particular experience advising Chinese clients on their projects in the Americas, and advising US clients on transactions related to China, in close coordination with Allen & Overy’s China offices.

Jillian attended both Harvard College and Harvard Law School, graduating with honors of summa cum laude and magna cum laude. Jillian is fluent in Mandarin.

Nanda Kamat Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure for the Americas MUFG

Nanda Kamat joined MUFG in December 2009 and is currently the head of the Infrastructure Project Finance team. She has over 15 years of experience in project and infrastructure finance and while at MUFG has led numerous financial advisories for large-scale infrastructure projects including for the LAX Automated People Mover, I-395 Express Lanes, and Purple Line projects. She has also successfully closed financings in both the bank and bond markets for numerous greenfield and brownfield infrastructure assets, including PR-22, Long Beach Container Terminal, Veolia District Energy (now Vicinity Energy), and Indiana Toll Road. Nanda previously held positions at Transurban USA, Goldman Sachs, and Societe Generale. Nanda holds an MBA from The Wharton School, an MA in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University, and a BS in Finance from New York University.

Ryan Holbrook Senior Vice President Brookfield Infrastructure

Ryan Holbrook is a Senior Vice President in Brookfield’s Infrastructure Group. In this role, Mr. Holbrook is primarily responsible for transportation-related investment activities in North America.

Prior to joining Brookfield in 2022, Mr. Holbrook was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs in the Global Industrials group in New York.

 Mr. Holbrook holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary

Amit Rikhy Co-Founder & CEO CAG Holdings, LLC

Amit Rikhy is Co-founder and CEO of CAG Holdings, Carlyle’s dedicated investment and development platform for airport infrastructure. CAG is built to develop and invest in airport infrastructure at the intersection of decarbonization, energy transition and digitization, in conjunction with delivering positive community and customer outcomes.

Amit has 25+ years of airport development, investment and management experience and has led over 50 airport projects globally. Under Amit’s leadership, CAG led the sourcing, structuring, development and financing of the landmark $9.5 billion New Terminal One at JFK — the largest, privately financed aviation infrastructure project ever undertaken in the United States, which will deliver a world-class (Skytrax 5-star) experience for NTO’s airline partners, passengers, retail & catering partners and visitors. At the core of this world-class experience, will be a terminal that is powered by the largest rooftop solar array in United States, complemented with a next-generation sustainable and resilient microgrid and a fully digitized passenger journey from curb to the airfield. Throughout his career, Amit has worked closely with management teams to drive business performance and transformation and has served on multiple airport boards, where he has provided guidance on development, regulatory, financing and business performance objectives.

Amit has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University. He resides in Washington DC and serves on the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School Real Estate/Infrastructure Advisory Board.

Eric Lane Managing Director JLC Infrastructure

Mr. Lane is a Managing Director and member of the investment team responsible for sourcing, transaction evaluation, due diligence, and asset management of JLC's investments. Mr. Lane joined JLC in 2018 and brings over 15 years of M&A and infrastructure investment experience focused across all sectors including transportation, energy, and communications. Prior to joining JLC, Mr. Lane was a Director in the Mergers and Acquisitions group at Credit Suisse focused on Power and Renewables. Prior to that, Mr. Lane was a Vice President in the Corporate Investment Banking group at Loop Capital Markets and began his career as an attorney with DLA Piper focused on patent law and intellectual property. Mr. Lane currently serves as a director on the boards of JLC’s communications investments, AOC Connect and GeoLinks, manages JLC’s investment in the New Terminal One project at JFK Airport, and led the acquisition and exit of the Sustainability Partners former portfolio company. Mr. Lane received a Bachelors degree in Chemistry from Duke University, Juris Doctorate from the University of Michigan Law School and Master of Business Administration degree from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Patrick Selinger Partner Winston & Strawn

Patrick Selinger represents clients in a wide range of U.S. and international transactions, including infrastructure development, mergers and acquisitions, project financings, and public-private partnerships.

Patrick also served as in-house counsel at a multi-national commodities trading company and as a secondee to the international legal department of a major Japanese trading house in Tokyo.