Gayatri Desai

Speaker

Managing Director & Head, Energy Transition & Natural Resources

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)

United Kingdom

Proximo Project Finance Stage

The Lender Lens: Big Calls in Project & Infrastructure Finance

Bart White

Managing Director, Head of Energy Structured Finance,

Santander

Gayatri Desai

Managing Director & Head, Energy Transition & Natural Resources,

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)

Toby Walker

Managing Director of Head of Infrastructure and Rail Finance , Loan Distribution,

Credit Agricole CIB

Chin Ratnayake

Managing Director,

National Westminster Bank (NatWest)

Phillip Hall

Managing Director Head of Structured Finance Office for EMEA,

MUFG

Moderator

Emily Burdass

Director of Trust & Agency and Capital Markets Business Origination - EMEA,

CSC Global

Identifying high-return sectors and geographic hotspots for capital deployment

Examining strategic approaches to risk-return optimisation and portfolio resilience in unpredictable economic cycles.

How are lenders stress-testing project portfolios against inflation, FX, and interest rate volatility?

What risk-sharing mechanisms (guarantees, syndication, insurance, blended finance) are gaining traction?

Appetite for greenfield vs. brownfield vs. refinancing deals

To what extent are private credit and non-bank lenders reshaping deal structures and pricing?

Examining the evolution of perceptions around sustainability and ESG metrics