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WHY IS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT STILL BEHIND? Macro Trends in Infrastructure Finance and PPP Projects
The 30 min free webinar discusses and illustrates the global trends in infrastructure finance, what are the needs and ultimately what are the factors that cause infrastructure development projects to stall.
Particular light will be shed on projects that are structured as Public Private Partnerships. Cledan Mandri-Perrott, Head of Infrastructure Finance & PPP of the World Bank Group in Singapore will share his perspective on what matters going forward:
- Historical perspective of infrastructure finance and what are the trends for infrastructure finance going forward
- What are the major challenges to attract private sector investment in infrastructure
- Implications of sovereign risk in mobilising financing
- How to manage regulatory and government non-performance risks
- What are investors looking for and market is not providing?
- Implications of Basel III on project finance and how to comply with new accounting standards for infrastructure projects
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CLEDAN MANDRI-PERROTT
Head of Infrastructure Finance and PPP, Singapore The World Bank Group
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Cledan Mandri‐Perrott is the Head of Infrastructure Finance and PPP, Singapore. He has been involved over the past 20 years in numerous infrastructure projects and has particularly experience in developing and implementing project finance transactions.
Cledan combines an engineering, financial and legal background with sound commercial and legal expertise. Prior to joining the World Bank, he acted as transaction adviser to a number of infrastructure projects advising both Governments and Private clients. He has strong regulatory background and has designed and implemented regulatory policy frameworks. He has practical operational experience having managed a utility in Trinidad and Tobago.
Furthermore, he has assisted a number of utilities in evaluating the potential benefits of privatization. He has gained a reputation as a pragmatic problem solver helping determine regulatory disputes and PPP contracts in distress through the development of innovative dispute resolution and mediation techniques between regulators and operators.
He has authored operating and service agreements for the provision of basic infrastructure services. He has written extensively on issues of PPP and infrastructure and is a regular presenter and trainer on PPP related topics. A graduate in Civil Engineering, he also holds an MSc in Finance, an LLM in commercial and transaction law from the University of Dundee, and a PhD in Project Finance from the University of Groningen. |
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JOIN US FOR THE FREE LIVE WEBINAR
Why is Infrastructure Development Still Behind?
By CLEDAN MANDRI-PERROTT World Bank Group
Date: Wednesday, 16 Dec 2015 Time: 10.00am to 10.30am

Focused on Asia – Transforming Performance, Singapore
Singapore Management University Executive Development (SMU ExD) together with Economic Development Board (EDB) has designed the Asia Leaders Programme in Infrastructure Excellence (ALPINE).

The programme hones project management skills and at the same time instils the mindset of the Social License to Operate to make major infrastructure projects successful long-term.

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