META Projects Investments Finance & Delivery 2017 | GFC Media Group | 1 November 2017 | Le Meridien Hotel and Conference Centre, Airport Road,Garhoud - إمارة دبيّ - United Arab Emirates

META Projects is the only event to bring together over 500 government officials, off takers, developers, financiers and investors to discuss the latest market trends and opportunities for projects across the Middle East, Turkey & Africa. It is a unique opportunity to hear from decision makers and obtain exclusive insights into the risks and returns involved in each project to better focus your business strategy for the short, medium and long-term.

2017 Speakers:

H.E. Eng. Fatima Alfoora Alshamsi
Assistant Undersecretary for Electricity, Future Energy Affairs, Ministry of Energy, United Arab Emirates

Taher Diab
Senior Director, Strategy and Planning, Dubai Supreme Council of Energy

Turki AlShehri
Head of Renewable Energy Project Development Officer (REPDO), Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Eng. Suhaila Marafi
Director, Department of Studies and Research, Ministry of Electricity and Water, Kuwait

Loay Ghazaleh
Advisor, Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning, Kingdom of Bahrain

Atter Hannoura
Director, PPP Central Unit, Ministry of Finance, Egypt

Pascal Martese
Executive Director – Acquisitions and Projects Finance, Investments, ACWA Power

Daisuke Fukuoka
General Manager of Business Team – II, Power Business Department - IV, Marubeni

Meredydd Rees
Senior Financial Adviser, Engie

Tim Armsby
Partner, Eversheds Sutherland

Antoine Cousin
Partner, White & Case

Simon Kitchen
Macro-Strategy, Research, EFG Hermes Holding

Samer Solh
Senior Portfolio Manager, Al Muhaidib

Kapil Lalwani
Investment Director – PPP Unit, ACWA Holding

Rohit Sinha
Director – Acquisitions and Projects Finance, ACWA Power

Carlos Cosín
Chief Executive Officer, Almar Water Solutions

Ashley Blows
Managing Director, Global Infrastructure and Projects, Head of Infrastructure, Natixis

James Simpson
Partner, Winston & Strawn

Meera NarayanaswamySenior Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Frank Beckers
Head of Project Finance and Advisory, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

Michael Watson
Partner, White & Case

Thomas Waterhouse
Managing Director, Head of Corporate and Project Finance, SMBC

Carlos Gonzalez
Chief Executive Officer, TW Solar

Lynn Xia
Deputy General Manager of Overseas Company, TBEA Sunoasis

Silas Zimu
Energy Advisor to the President, Republic of South Africa

Mark Lemmon
Independent Consultant

Uday Bhasin
Senior Partner, Tradeways *

Isabelle Demir
Investment Director, MENA Infrastructure Fund

Olivier Kueny
Chief Investment Officer, AMEA Power

Peter Purkl
Director and Team Head – Power, Renewables and Water, KfW IPEX Bank

Wiebke Schloemer
Regional Industry Head, Infrastructure, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa, IFC – International Finance Corporation

Naoki Tamaki
Chief Representative, Middle East, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)

Tarek AlAmad
Chief Executive Officer, European Jordanian Renewable Energy Projects (ERJE)

Thierry Tardy
Executive Director – Acquisitions and Project Finance, ACWA Power

Kanke Masaru
Chief Representative for EMEA Region, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI)

Duncan Allison
Managing Director, Head of Power and Renewables, MENA, SMBC

Tammam Al-Dandachi
Associate Director – Infrastructure Asset Management, Arqaam Capital

Balaji PrasadChief Financial Officer, Manazel Real Estate

Paul Mansouri
Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright

Neeraj Agrawal
Group Chief Financial Officer, Crescent Petroleum

Danielle Montgomery
Managing Director, Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)

Owais Ahmed
Chief Representative - MENA, Export Development Canada (EDC)

Sudheer Perla
Vice President, Business Development, Tabreed

Shiv Hiremath
Group Chief Financial Officer, National Real Estate Company

Ranjan Moulik
Head of Power and Renewables, Global Infrastructure and Projects, Natixis

2017 Sponsors:

SILVER:
• AMEA Power
• Engie
• NATIXIS
• Winston & Strawn LLP

BRONZE:
• ABN♦AMRO
• Citi
• Evershed Sutherlan
• Marubeni
• Masen
• TBEA
• TW Solar

GOLD:
• SMBC
• White & Case

Lunch Sponsors
• ACWA Power

Networking Sponsors
• Norton Rose Fulbright