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.

Jorge Roberts Chief Executive Officer Avports

Jorge Roberts is the CEO of Avports (formerly Pan Am World Services), America’s most experienced airport operator and manager. Avports is wholly owned by WSIP III, an infrastructure investment fund managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

Jorge’s global airport management and public-private partnership (P3) development and investment career spans over 15 years, including leading the $150 million New Haven Airport P3 and co-originating the $9.5 billion JFK Terminal One P3.

He is currently a proud Board Member (Advisor) of ACI’s Latin American and Caribbean region, a member of the President’s Advisory Board for NY’s Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology, member of A.A.A.E.’s National Leadership Committee, volunteer for the Airport Minority Advisory Council (AMAC), and Board Trustee of the University of Washington’s Friends of the Educational Opportunity Program.

He holds an International Airport Professional accreditation from Airports Council International (ACI) and ICAO’s airport management program (AMPAP), and two bachelor’s degrees in economics and business from the University of Washington in Seattle and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Kevin Willis Director FAA Office of Airport Compliance and Management

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Jeffrey Lack Senior Director Fitch Ratings’ Global Infrastructure and Project Finance Group

Jeffrey Lack is a Senior Director in Fitch Ratings’ Global Infrastructure and Project Finance Group (GIG) and the group’s analytical lead for North American Public Private Partnership (P3) transactions. He is also the group’s analytical lead for the Austin, TX office and the sector lead for North American airport ratings within GIG covering international gateways, hubs, and regional airports. Jeff has responsibilities for credits spanning airports, availability payments, toll roads, and sports sectors, including P3 transactions. He was named one of The Bond Buyer’s Class of 2020 municipal finance Rising Stars.

Since joining Fitch Ratings in 2011, Jeff has analyzed numerous billion dollar public and private P3s and rated municipal credits such as Atlanta International Airport, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority, San Francisco International Airport, the Grand Parkway in Texas, and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. Some examples of his public P3 work include rating both Purple Line light rail project financings in Maryland, the Moynihan Station Redevelopment in New York City, and he was the lead analyst for the single agency rating on the LAX Automated People Mover transaction in Los Angeles.

Prior to joining Fitch, Jeff was a Vice President with Alix Partners in its Financial Advisory Services group. Responsibilities included providing litigation consulting and valuation services with a concentration in financial and intellectual property matters. Jeff would complete detailed economic damages analyses in complex commercial disputes and author the correlated expert reports.

Jeff received his BSBA in both Finance and International Business from Washington University in St. Louis, graduating magna cum laude. Jeff grew up playing ice hockey on the East Coast, having the opportunity to compete on the 1980 ‘miracle on ice’ rink in Lake Placid, NY and remains an avid NY Rangers fan. He became a coronavirus groom during the pandemic and is a new dad to his first baby girl.

Eimear Connery Head of Airport Technical Advisory Practice Infrata

Eimear Connery Heads up Aviation Technical Advisory Services at Infrata. She is a Chartered Civil Engineer with over 18 years' of experience in the industry. She joined Infrata in 2016, from Aecom whom she was with for over 11 years through their legacy companies URS and Scott Wilson, bringing with her, her broad range of airport project experience and skills including master planning, feasibility assessments, due diligence studies, design and monitoring of major airport developments worldwide including on the design of the New Istanbul Airport. Since joining Infrata she has been involved in over 50 transaction projects across all infrastructure classes with her main focus in recent years being airports and the aviation industry. Her remit is a global one from small regional airports to major international transport hubs. Eimear leads Infrata’s services for both the US$9.5 billion, New Terminal One Project at JFK and the US$1.25 billion expansion project at Jorge Chávez International Airport, Lima both of which closed in 2022.

Lorne Potash Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure and Project Finance, Americas Assured Guaranty

Lorne Potash is a Managing Director at Assured Guaranty based in New York where he isresponsibleforitsProjectFinance/InfrastructurebusinessacrosstheAmericas. Withwiderangingexperience, his transactions involve transportation, social infrastructure and energy projects acrossthe U.S. and Latin America.

Lorne joined Assured Guaranty in 2006 as part of the Structured Finance group where he workedon whole-business securitizations and esoteric asset-backed transactions before working on theacquisition of FSA and transitioning into project finance in 2009. Prior to joining AssuredGuaranty he was with Ambac (New York) and involved with the lease financings of aircraft,rolling stock and electric utilities, Andersen Corporate Finance (New York) where he was involvedwith the financings of energy turbines and Arthur Andersen in Toronto, Curaçao and New Yorkin various capacities.

Lorne has been involved in the financial markets for over 30 years. He holds a Bachelor’s Degreein Honors Business Administration from the Ivey Business School at the University of WesternOntario in London, Ontario, Canada. Lorne is a CFA charter holder, Certified Public Accountantand member of the New York Society of Security Analysts and Municipal Analysts Group of NewYork.