We are delighted to announce that The Rt Hon David Gauke MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury will be delivering the keynote address at the UK Infrastructure Policy & Investment Summit, which is being held in London shortly after the Budget on Wednesday 29th March 2017.

This highly topical event, being held shortly after the Budget, is supported by the Infrastructure & Projects Authority.

The objective of the conference is to review any relevant budget announcements and provide delegates with an update on the latest government initiatives for infrastructure. Of course, infrastructure was recently highlighted as a top priority for the UK in the government’s Green Paper on its Industrial Strategy for the UK.

Key themes will include:

Confirmed speakers to date include:

• The Rt Hon David Gauke MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury
  
• Matthew Vickerstaff, Deputy Chief Executive and Head of Project Finance, Infrastructure & Projects Authority
  
• Philip Graham, CEO, National Infrastructure Commission
  
• James Ballingall, Head of International, Infrastructure and Projects Authority
  
• Shona Henderson, Head of New Projects, Public Private Partnerships
  , Infrastructure and Projects Authority
• Steve Lomas, Head of Finance Team, Infrastructure and Projects Authority
  
• Phillip Williams, Head of Regeneration, Infrastructure and Projects Authority
• Ion Appuhamy, Managing Director, Project Finance and International Investment, Balfour Beatty Investments
  
• Mark Baxter, Managing Director, Investments Division, Galliford Try Investments
  
• Max Cairnduff, Of Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  
• Alex Carver, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  
• Sir Merrick Cockell, Chairman, UK Municipal Bond Agency, London Pension Fund Authority
  
• Gershon Cohen, Global Head of Infrastructure Funds, Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
  
• Andrew Coleman, Deputy Chief Executive, Local Partnerships
  
• Iain Craven, Finance Director, Transport for the North (TFN), Alistair Curzon, Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  
• Michèle Dix CBE, Managing Director, Crossrail 2
  
• Guillaume Fleuti, Managing Director, Head of Corporate Debt Capital Markets - Infrastructure and Energy, Lloyds Banking Group
  
• Giles Frost, Chief Executive Officer, Amber Infrastructure Ltd
  
• Alasdair Grainger, Deputy Director, Commercial & Corporate Finance Advisory, Department for Business
  
• Adrian Jones, Director, Infrastructure Debt, Allianz Global Investors
  
• Dr Marek Kubik, Energy Storage Market Analyst,  AES Energy Storage
  
• Sir Edward Lister, Chairman, Homes & Communities Agency (HCA)
  
• Darryl Murphy, Partner, Corporate Finance Infrastructure, KPMG
  
• Martin Nelson-Jones, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  
• Joe Perkins, Chief Economist & Partner, OFGEM
  
• Julia Prescot, Chief Strategy Officer, Meridiam
  
• Cllr Darren Rodwell, Leader, London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
  
• Andy Rose, Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA)
  
• Dan Rudley, Deputy Director, Private Finance, Education Funding Agency
  
• Harry Seekings, Director, Infrastructure, InfraRed Capital Partners
  
• Phil Wilbraham, Expansion Programme Director, Heathrow Airport
  
• Alex Yew, Managing Director, Strategy & Partnerships, John Laing
  
   

Further speakers to be confirmed shortly.

Attendees at our recent Infrastructure/Energy Investment events have included:

3i Group plc, Actavo, AES Energy Storage, Alexa Capital, Alfanar, Allen & Overy LLP, Amber Infrastructure Limited, AmpUp, Aquind, Arcus Infrastructure Services LLP, Ashurst, Atkins Limited, Aviva Investors, Balfour Beatty Investments, BAM Nuttall, BAM PPP UK Ltd, Banco Interacciones, Baringa Partners LLP, BDO LLP, Bircham Dyson Bell, Bird & Bird LLP, Bishopsfield Capital Partners Ltd, British Property Federation (BPF), Brodies LLP, Brookfield Asset Management, Centrica, CH2M Hill, Charles Russell Speechlys, China Construction Bank, China-Britain Business Council, China Financial Services, Clarity Economics, Clifford Chance LLP, Compass Infrastructure, Cornwall, Crossrail 2, Cuadrilla Resources Limited, Curzon Trinitas Ltd, Defra, Deloitte, Dentons UKMEA LLP, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, Department for International Trade, Department of Finance & Personnel, DIF, Digital Railway Programme, Dragados SA, Eastleigh Borough Council, EDF Energy plc, Electrical Oil Services Limited, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the UK, Energy Networks Association, Engie UK & Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, Environment Agency, Equitix Limited, Exova UK Limited, Falck Renewables Wind Ltd, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Gowling WLG (UK) LLP, Greater London Authority, Green Giraffe, HEC Paris, Heidrick & Struggles, Hermes Investment Management, Highway England, Hitachi Consulting, Homes & Communities Agency, Inderst Advisory, Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA), Interconnector UK, International Project Finance Association (IPFA), Iridium Concesiones De Infraestructuras, S.A. J.C Rathbone Associates Limited, John Laing, JSA Architecture Ltd, Kier Highways Limited, KPMG LLP, Lagoni Engineering Ltd, Legal & General Investment Management, Linklaters, Lloyds Banking Group plc, Local Pensions Partnership, London Business School, Long O'Donnell, M&G InfraCapital, Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited, Matrix 4 Capital, Meridiam, Moixa Technology, Mott MacDonald, Municipal Bonds Agency, London Pensions Fund Authority, Nabarro LLP, National Grid plc, National Infrastructure Commission, Northamptonshire County Council, npower, Nuclear Industry Association, Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), Office of Richard Graham MP, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Marine Energy & Tidal Lagoons, OFGEM, RhysJones Consultants, Pinsent Masons LLP, Portland Advisers, PowerVault, Pöyry Capital, Renewable Energy Systems Ltd, RICS, RSM Corporate Finance LLP, S&P Global Ratings, Shire Oak Energy, Simmons & Simmons LLP, Skanska Infrastructure Development, Smart DCC, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Terna S.p.A. Thames Water, The Hendry Review of Tidal Lagoons,The Housing & Finance Institute, Tideway, Turner & Townsend, UK Green Investment Bank, UKMBA, Uniper UK Limited, White & Case, Women's Engineering Society (WES)