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Quality Infrastructure Projects: How Are Investor Attitudes Changing?

Congress Centre, conference hall D2 (VEB Space)
Moderator
Pavel Seleznev
General Director, Public-Private Partnership Development Center
Speakers and experts
H.E. Saleh bin Majid Al-Khulaifi
Assistant Undersecretary for Commerce Affairs, Ministry of Commerce and Industry of the State of Qatar
Francois Bergere
Executive Director, Long Term Infrastructure Investors Association (LTIIA)
Denis Ilyin
Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Eurasian Development Bank
Natalya Komarova
Governor of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area–Yugra
Oleg Pankratov
Chief Executive Officer, VTB Infrastructure Holding
Ilya Torosov
First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Roberto Cialone
Managing Director, Russia & East Europe, AECOM
Svetlana Yachevskaya
Deputy Chairman, Member of the Board, VEB.RF
Participants
Anton Nikitin
Director of Infrastructure Bonds, DOM.RF
Mikhail Sukhov
General Director, Analytical Credit Rating Agency
Vladimir Shchekin
Founder, Co-owner, Rodina Group