Chin Ratnayake
Chin Ratnayake
Speaker
Managing Director

National Westminster Bank (NatWest)

United Kingdom

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Stage 2 - Proximo Project Finance

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)
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

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