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European Infrastructure Conference
November 17th 2022
Gibson Hotel – Dublin




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ROBERT COSTELLO

PARTNER, HEAD OF CAPITAL PROJECTS & INFRASTRUCTURE - PWC IRELAND

Speaker Bio



Robert is the head of PwC Ireland's Capital Projects & Infrastructure group. He
is a Chartered Accountant who has provided advice on the delivery of capital and
infrastructure projects for over 19 years. Robert is passionate about
successfully delivering large scale complex projects and has a track record of
success in both Ireland and Australia. He has worked in a range of sectors
including transport, healthcare, energy, telecoms and digital, defence,
education and water. Robert recently joined PwC and is growing a team with a
global reach that takes a long term view on projects. His team includes
accountants, engineers, economists and project managers who advise clients
through the project lifecycle from strategy & planning through funding,
financing, procurement and execution to delivery, operations and asset
management.


JERRY GRANT

CHAIRPERSON - DUBLIN PORT COMPANY

Speaker Bio



Jerry Grant is an experienced Non-Executive Director & Strategic Business
Advisor, specialising in the Infrastructure and general Utilities sectors. He is
currently Chairman of Dublin Port Company, Director of Sport Ireland, an
External Member of the Governing Body of TU Dublin and a Member of the Major
Projects Advisory Group at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. He
has set up and chairs Watershare Ireland, a partnership between GOAL and the
Irish Water sector, which is helping to deliver water & sanitation projects in a
number of developing countries.

Jerry played a leading role in the establishment of Irish Water as the national
water utility, was its first Head of Asset Management from April 2013 to
February 2016 and thereafter was Managing Director up to September 2018. Prior
to Irish Water, Jerry was Managing Director of RPS in Ireland from 2002 for 10
years, leading a successful infrastructure and environmental consultancy and
prior to that was Director of MCOS from the early 1990’s, where he led a market
leading water sector consultancy business.

Jerry holds a First Class Honours Degree in Civil Engineering and a Diploma in
Contract Law & Arbitration from UCD, is a Fellow of Engineers Ireland, Fellow of
the Irish Academy of Engineering, is a Member of the Institute of Arbitrators
and Member of the Institute of Directors. He was the recipient of the
President’s Award from the ACEI in 2017 for Services to Engineering in Ireland
and in 2018, received the 2018 Irish Environment Award from CIWEM (ROI Branch),
Outstanding Achievement Award from ICE (ROI Branch) and the Civil Engineering
Contractor’s Award for services to the industry.


BRIAN LEDDIN TD

CHAIR - OIREACHTAS COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE ACTION

Speaker Bio



Brian Leddin is a TD for Limerick City and Chair of the Joint Oireachtas
Committee on Environment and Climate Action. He is Green Party spokesperson on
Climate Action, Environment and Transport and also chairs the Green Party in the
Oireachtas. Before being elected to the Dáil, he worked as a mechanical engineer
in Limerick and was a councillor on Limerick City and County Council. Brian is
an engineering graduate of the University of Limerick and also holds an MSc in
Renewable Energy Systems Technology at Loughborough University.


MARY LOU MCDONALD TD

PRESIDENT - SINN FÉIN

RICHARD ABADIE

PARTNER & GLOBAL LEADER, CAPITAL PROJECTS & INFRASTRUCTURE - PWC

Speaker Bio



Richard leads PwC’s global Capital Projects & Infrastructure group. This group
works with clients on capital projects throughout the project lifecycle from
strategy through to delivery. He has been a partner at PwC since he joined the
firm in 1999 and has over 20 years’ experience working on private and publicly
financed infrastructure projects globally. He has advised governments,
regulators, corporates and investors on infrastructure strategy, development and
financing. On a sectoral basis he has led a multitude of projects across all
aspects of transport (road, rail, airports and ports), power (nuclear and
interconnector), social (hospitals) and environmental (water and solid waste).

Richard has also worked in government (on secondment from PwC) leading a
specialist PFI/PPP team in the UK Treasury. His role involved advising senior
officials and ministers on PPP policy matters, interacting with the PPP market
(contractors, lenders, advisers, and foreign governments) and troubleshooting on
complex projects. Prior to joining PwC Richard worked for a listed
infrastructure developer and toll road operator.

Alongside his leadership responsibilities, Richard remains client-facing,
advising PwC’s most high-profile infrastructure clients. He is a regular
spokesperson on infrastructure financing and policy issues and has sponsored
multiple reports and papers on developments in the global infrastructure market.
Richard also works closely on PwC UK's outbound strategy into the key emerging
markets of Africa, CEE and the Middle East.


BERIT CHAVEZ MEINERTZ AZERI

SENIOR INVESTMENT MANAGER, INVEST IN DENMARK - MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF
DENMARK

STEN HANSEN

INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISOR - CITY OF HELSINGBORG, SWEDEN

Speaker Bio



Sten Hansen is an infrastructure advisor at the Mayor’s office in the City of
Helsingborg, Sweden. He has a background in transportation engineering and
planning. His career began in the Danish State Railway with strategic planning
of new fixed link, he then worked as transport consultant focusing on the
planning of railway projects in Scandinavia. The last 15 years he has been
working with development on the infrastructure projects on the European TEN-T
corridors linking together Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and the Baltics. He
is responsible for the feasibility study of large tunnel projects in the City
and a fixed link to Denmark. The city has 150.000 inhabitants, located at the
Öresund strait, 4 km from Denmark.


NATIVIDAD GARCIA MAYOR

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR - CDPQ INFRA

NIGEL O’NEILL

DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT - TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IRELAND

Speaker Bio



Nigel O’Neill is Director of Capital Programme Management for Transport
Infrastructure Ireland (TII). Nigel is a Chartered Engineer and member of the
Institution of Engineers of Ireland. Nigel has 30 years’ experience in the
private and public sectors including civil engineering, project management,
public procurement, strategic transport planning, Public Private Partnerships
(PPP), tolling operations and light railway operations.


CATHERINE SHERIDAN

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER - EIH2

Speaker Bio



An energy professional with 20 years utility experience, Catherine’s key focus
as Chief Operating Officer with EIH2 is to help Ireland, and Europe achieve Net
Zero 2050 through green hydrogen and energy system integration. A Chartered
Engineer and Fellow of Engineers Ireland; project manager and communications
expert, her experience including site and contract management as well as
commercial roles with national utilities.


KEITH SIBLEY

PROJECT DELIVERY PARTNER DIRECTOR - BECHTEL

Speaker Bio



Keith is a long-term Bechtel professional with over 45 years of in-depth program
management, design, construction, commissioning, commercial, and project
controls experience on large highly complex projects. He was most recently the
Project Delivery Partner Director on the Crossrail Project in London. He was
previously Project Director of the Spadina Subway Extension Project in Toronto
and Stations Delivery Director on the Tube Lines Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly
Upgrade Programme on the London Underground. He was Bechtel’s Regional Manager
for New York. In his earlier career, he held positions of increasing
responsibility on mega-projects in rail, highway bridges and tunnels, airports,
and nuclear power. Keith holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and a
master’s degree in Construction Management. He is a registered Professional
Engineer and a Certified Construction Manager.


GARRET TYNAN

MANAGING DIRECTOR AND EUROPEAN HEAD OF INFRASTRUCTURE & PROJECT FINANCE - KBRA

Speaker Bio



Garret Tynan is the Managing Director and European Head of Infrastructure and
Project Finance at KBRA Europe Limited (KBRA).

Garret previously spent five years with KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH in London, where he
was responsible for originating and executing project and leveraged finance
transactions in the UK, Europe, and North America.

Prior to KfW IPEX, Garret worked for nine years at Depfa Bank plc in Dublin,
where he initially focused on public-private partnerships/PFI, utilities, and
leveraged finance in the UK and, in later years, managed a team responsible for
restructuring and winding down the bank’s global infrastructure portfolio.

Garret is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and started his career at
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency department in
Dublin.

Garret earned both a B.A. in accounting and finance, and an MBS in accounting
from Dublin City University. He also holds graduate diplomas in International
Financial Reporting Standards (ICAI) and Management and Applications of IT in
Accounting (DCU), as well as certificates in Directors Duties & Responsibilities
(ICAI) and Complex Financial Instruments (Institute of Bankers).


ROBERT DESMOND

HEAD OF PPP PROCUREMENT & FINANCE - TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IRELAND

Speaker Bio



Robert Desmond is Head of PPP Procurement & Finance for Transport Infrastructure
Ireland (TII). Robert is a qualified solicitor and practiced for over 15 years
in private practice and more recently as in-house counsel for TII in advance of
commencing his current role. His experience includes working in banking and
finance, commercial and procurement law.


MARIE FOLEY

DIRECTOR, INFRASTRUCTURE ADVISORY SERVICES - BTY GROUP

Speaker Bio



Marie has over 20 years of industry experience and joined BTY’s Toronto office
in 2015. She leads the firm’s Infrastructure Advisory Services with an
integrated team of construction finance, technical advisory and energy experts.
As a senior leader, Marie is also responsible for business development, client
management and advising on growth strategy for BTY’s expansion in Eastern
Canada, the United States, and Europe. She led the standardization of BTY’s
award-winning technical reporting across multiple markets and is recognized as
an industry leader in infrastructure advisory. She is a member of the Canadian
Institute of Quantity Surveyors (CIQS), and the Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors (RICS). She also serves on the steering committee for Women’s
Infrastructure Network Toronto (WIN), and as a Board Member for the Canadian
Council for Public-Private Partnerships.


DAVID KENIRY

CONSULTANT - KENIRY ADVISORY SERVICES

Speaker Bio



David advises on opportunities in the delivery and management of infrastructure,
energy, and housing projects. Based in Cork, David is also a consultant to the
Association for the Improvement of American Infrastructure (AIAI), an industry
body which serves as a resource for public and private sector leaders as they
consider public-private partnerships as an alternative solution to address
infrastructure.


LIAM ROCHE

DIRECTOR - EQUITIX MANAGEMENT SERVICES

MARK VARIAN

PARTNER, HEAD OF PROJECTS AND CONSTRUCTION GROUP - EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND

Speaker Bio



Mark is a Partner in the Construction and Projects Group.

Mark specialises in construction, projects and PPP law. He has acted for
developers, employers, banks and contractors in some of the largest and most
complex building and engineering projects undertaken in the State. He has also
advised on the commercial aspects of many transactions in the telecoms,
renewable energy, transport, waste and oil and gas sectors.

Mark's recent experience includes:

Acting for National Toll Roads in the Waterford N25 PPP (value in excess of
€200m)
Acting for AIB in the financing of the new eircom headquarters (value in excess
of €150m)
Advising Hollandia BV in relation to the development of the Samuel Beckett
Bridge, Macken Street, Dublin


JACK MCINERNEY

DIRECTOR - BTY

Speaker Bio



Jack McInerney is a Director at BTY Group, an international consultancy firm
providing technical advisory, assigned certifier and independent tester, fund
monitoring, and project delivery expertise to public and private sector clients
in Ireland. After spending 8 years with BTY in Vancouver, BC, leading technical
advisory services on large scale public-private partnership infrastructure
projects across North America, Jack returned home to Dublin to establish an
office for BTY in 2018. Since then, Jack has been working to grow BTY’s Dublin
team and service offering and has been leading technical advisory mandates on
multiple PPP projects in Ireland, the UK, eastern Europe, Turkey, the US and
Canada. Jack is currently advising on project investments totaling over €5
billion, including social housing, healthcare, education, broadband, motorway,
rail, and water assets.


FERGAL O’BRIEN

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LOBBYING AND INFLUENCE - IBEC

Speaker Bio



Executive Director, Lobbying & Influence. Previously an economic consultant to
the public and private sectors with Fitzpatrick Associates, and an economist
with the Irish Dairy Board. BBS and MBS in Economics from UL, member of the
National Competitiveness Council, Chair of BusinessEurope’s Economic and Finance
Committee and a council member of the Foundation for Fiscal Studies.


MARIA PEREIRA

PARTNER - DLA PIPER

Speaker Bio



Maria Pereira practices in the area of infrastructure projects and procurement
law, with extensive experience of a range of commercial contracts, including
large scale complex PPP and PFI infrastructure transactions.

Her clients include public and private entities in a range of sectors including
defence, emergency services, nuclear, transport and education.

Maria's key strength lies in the depth and understanding of the commercial and
legal issues affecting each party in a transaction and finding solutions
acceptable to the parties to ensure the successful delivery of the transaction.


JAMES RYAN

DIRECTOR - AA PROJECTS

PATRICK CALNAN

LEAD MARKET DEVELOPER - ØRSTED

Speaker Bio



Patrick is managing Orsted’s market entry for Offshore in Ireland. He is a
Chartered Engineer with 20 years experience from project development, commercial
development and portfolio management. He has worked in consultancy, development
and gas generation but the majority of his career has been in renewables. He
helped to establish the Brookfield Renewable portfolio in Europe building the
commercial and power marketing function and setting up trading for the onshore
assets. He was then responsible for growing the revenues for the portfolio via
PPAs, ancillary services, retail and the capacity markets. He is currently
working to establish Orsted offshore business in Ireland.


PAUL DEANE

ENERGY TRANSITION & INFRASTRUCTURE - BECHTEL

Speaker Bio



Since joining Bechtel, Paul has spent the past 20 years working around the globe
on some of the world’s largest energy projects. Paul has worked on multiple
mega-projects for the energy and water sectors including carbon transport and
storage, gas treatment and hydrocarbon processing, liquefied natural gas (LNG),
water and desalination, and pipeline projects. Paul recently returned to Ireland
and has since been involved in the development of carbon capture and export /
import facilities, data centers and offshore renewable energy and associated
infrastructure.


JERRY HALLISSEY

HEAD OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT - SHANNON FOYNES PORT COMPANY

EOIN HARTIGAN

HEAD OF ORIGINATION, PROJECT FINANCE - BANK OF IRELAND

Speaker Bio



Eoin has held an active financing role to the energy market across a number of
organisations spanning the last 12 years. In his current role, Eoin is Head of
Origination for Bank of Ireland’s renewable energy and infrastructure division.
Bank of Ireland is recognised as a leading Project Finance bank with substantial
energy, renewable energy and infrastructure experience. Bank of Ireland has been
a long standing supporter of the renewable energy sector playing a key financing
role across various support schemes including AER, REFIT and RESS.


MUIREANN HERNON

PARTNER - MASON HAYES & CURRAN

Speaker Bio



Muireann has extensive experience in advising financial institutions, corporate
borrowers, developers, semi-state bodies and other stakeholders on a range of
financing transactions across the energy, housing and healthcare sectors.
Mason Hayes & Curran LLP is a leading Irish law firm based in Dublin with
offices in San Francisco, New York and London, three of Ireland’s most important
conduits for inward investment to Ireland.


FERGAL LALOR

MANAGING DIRECTOR - LALOR CONSULTANCY

CLAIRE MADDEN

CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER - GAS NETWORKS IRELAND

TIM MURPHY

HEAD OF PORT ENGINEERING - PORT OF CORK COMPANY

Speaker Bio



Tim is Head of Engineering in the Port of Cork Company mainly responsible for
future proofing Port capacity requirements (by way of infrastructure) towards
meeting projected trade growth demand whilst also considering opportunities in
future cargo’s such as ORE and green energy fuels. Tim has 7 years-experience
with the Port company delivering large strategic infrastructural projects such
as the recently opened €86m Cork Container Terminal. Tim is responsible for a
wide range of activities across the Port such as planned dredging campaigns to
maintain ship navigation channels and the procurement and maintenance of large
port cargo handling equipment such as ship-to-shore gantry cranes to handle
trade imports and exports.

Tim is currently heading up the Port’s Masterplan 2050 (currently going through
public consultation) which is a vision of how the Port can grow and adapt in the
short, medium and long term to 2050 towards facilitating the Port’s journey to
the lower harbour from a ’river to sea port’ due to ever increasing ship vessel
sizes.

Prior to joining the Port, Tim worked in the private sector as a Contracts
Manager with a large civil engineering company with almost 20 years-experience
delivering major infrastructural projects in Ireland and abroad which included
large civils, motorways, port/marine, energy, flood relief and windfarms.


DAVID SWARBRICK

MANAGING DIRECTOR, UK AND IRELAND - INVESIS

FELIX CASSEL

EUROPE REPRESENTATIVE - PLENARY GROUP

SHARLENE HAY

ASSOCIATE - ARUP

QIAN LI

DEPUTY CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER - IRISH RAIL

Speaker Bio



Qian Li is the Deputy Chief Procurement Officer for Iarnród Éireann. Qian has
over 18 years’ public procurement experience for the semi-state and public
sectors.


KEVIN MEANEY

PRINCIPAL OFFICER, NATIONAL INVESTMENT OFFICE - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
AND REFORM

Speaker Bio



Kevin is a Principal Officer in the National Investment Office of the Department
of Public Expenditure and Reform. In this role, he led on the development of the
recent National Development Plan 2021-2030 and has responsibility for Public
Spending Code policy. He leads the secretariat function for the Construction
Sector Group (CSG) and the CSG Innovation and Digital Adoption Subgroup, and
leads on the delivery of the Build Digital action being implemented by TU Dublin
and partner organisations. Prior to this role, Kevin worked in the Department of
Health and in other roles in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform,
including working on compliance with the EU fiscal rules and managing the
Government Spending Review. Kevin is a member of the Irish Government Economic
and Evaluation Service (IGEES) and holds a BA and MA in Economics from UCD.


STEPHEN CLANCY

MANAGING DIRECTOR - PARIO

GARETH GALLAGHER

MANAGING DIRECTOR - SACYR CONCESSIONS

TANIA TSONEVA

SENIOR DIRECTOR - CBRE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

Speaker Bio



Tania Tsoneva leads CBRE Investment Management’s Global Infrastructure research
capability.

Tania joined CBRE Investment Management in 2021 from S&P Global Ratings, a
leading global credit rating agency. There, she was most recently a Director and
Lead Analyst within the Infrastructure Ratings team with responsibility for some
of the largest issuers globally within the toll road, airport and rail sectors.
Throughout her 14-year tenure within S&P, Tania held a number of senior
positions within the Infrastructure and Utilities team and served as the leading
EMEA corporate hybrid specialist. In these roles she focused on credit risk
assessment, client relationship and criteria development for a range of
infrastructure companies, including U.K. and European regulated water and
network companies, as well as merchant and renewable generators.

A native Bulgarian speaker, Tania started her career in corporate relationship
management at ProCredit Bank (Bulgaria) JSC. Tania earned a BSc in Business
Administration and Politics and International Relations from the American
University in Bulgaria, and an MBA from Bayes Business School. Tania has
authored several articles on Infrastructure and ESG-related topics. She is a
Chartered Financial Analyst.


SETH MILLER GABRIEL

DIRECTOR, INFRASTRUCTURE - BDO, USA

JEREMY CARKNER

DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, CONSTRUCTION SCIENCES - ELLISDON

Speaker Bio



Jeremy joined EllisDon in 2018 and has more than 22 years of experience in the
real estate and construction industries. Jeremy relocated with his family to
Dublin, Ireland in 2020 and is responsible for development and implementation of
strategic initiatives within EllisDon’s Corporate Quality Assurance Team, with
the end goal of enhancing overall execution, subcontractor relationships, and
client experience. He has led numerous multi-discipline project teams over his
career and has a wide range of quality management, building envelope
investigation and restoration, sustainability, and energy management experience.
Prior to joining EllisDon and while employed in the consulting engineering
industry, Jeremy managed an average of $500,000 in professional fees annually
for projects in the commercial, government, industrial, institutional,
residential, sports/recreation, and transit sectors. He has also participated on
several P3 bid pursuits and delivery teams and keenly understands the
complexities, challenges, and opportunities of these project types.

Jeremy is an accomplished team leader and well-respected by his peers and
clients. Over his career he has delivered dozens of technical presentations to
architects, contractors, developers, and building owners, which complemented his
technical role on projects as well as his local and national business
development activities and responsibilities. Jeremy is a member of the
Experience Requirements Committee for Professional Engineers of Ontario
(Canada), assisting the regulator with assessment and review of incoming
engineering candidates seeking professional licensure. Jeremy also volunteers
with FoodCloud and Malahide Presbyterian Church and is on the Board of
Management for Sutton Park School.


PETER CURRAN

PARTNER, PROJECTS AND HEAD OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT - EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND

NOEL EARLEY

HEAD OF RESIDENTIAL - I3PT

MICHAEL MCBREARTY

MANAGING DIRECTOR, INVESTMENTS - EQUITIX

MICHAEL TINSLEY

WASTEWATER PORTFOLIO DELIVERY MANAGER - IRISH WATER

CAROL TODD

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS - ASSOCIATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF AMERICAN
INFRASTRUCTURE



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