Programme

BUILDING LONG-TERM INVESTOR PARTNERSHIPS FOR RUSSIA’S INFRASTRUCTURE AGENDA

Realizing Russia's Competitive Edge
Panel Session
Pavilion 5, Conference Hall 5.2


Russia can fulfil all its infrastructure development needs only if it is able to attract sustained private sector investment in projects. However, most private sector funds require short- and medium-term returns, while many projects may require payback periods stretching decades. How can financiers, relevant government agencies, and the business sector better create new ways to put infrastructure funds to work while mitigating long-term risk and meeting investors’ expectations on returns?


Moderator:
Timothy Heritage , Bureau Chief CIS, Thomson Reuters

Panellists
Andrei Elinson , Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Basic Element
Jose Luis Irigoyen , Director, Transport, Water, Information and Communications Technology, World Bank
Vadim Mikhaylov , Senior Vice-President, Russian Railways
Sergey Nekrasov , First Vice-President, Gazprombank (Open Joint-Stock Company)
Roland Nash , Senior Partner and Chief Investment Strategist, Verno Capital
Robert Swaak , Vice-Chairman, Clients & Markets, PwC International
Yves-Thibault de Silguy , Vice President, MEDEF International

Broadcast

Key moments

“The Russian investment environment for infrastructure can potentially be one of the very best in the world over the next 15 years”.
Roland Nash
“Competition in itself should be allowed by increasing players in these local domestic markets because any time new players enter a market, innovation will take place”.
Robert Swaak