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.