About Paris EUROPLACE

Paris EUROPLACE is the professional body which supports the France-based financial services industry and promotes Paris as an international financial center. Paris EUROPLACE gathers and expresses positions of market players as it seeks to strengthen the attractiveness of the Paris financial marketplace, establish constructive relations with European Institutions in a global financial context, stimulate research and financial innovation, and promote these objectives internationally.

Opening addresses

Bruno LE MAIRE French Minister of the Economy and Finance
Gérard MESTRALLET Chairman, PARIS EUROPLACE and Chairman of the Board, ENGIE
Ambroise FAYOLLE Vice-President, EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK

Presentation - Bridging Global Infrastructure Gaps, 2017 Survey

Frédéric REMOND Associate Principal, MCKINSEY & Company

Roundtable 1 - Long-term Financing for Long-term Infrastructures

René KASSIS Head of Private Debt, LA BANQUE POSTALE AM Chairman of the Infrastructure Committee of the ASSOCIATION FRANÇAISE DE LA GESTION FINANCIÈRE (AFG)
Olivier GUERSENT Director General, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, DG FISMA
Chris HEATHCOTE CEO, GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE HUB
Vincent LEVITA Founding Partner & CEO, INFRAVIA CAPITAL PARTNERS
Antoine LISSOWSKI Deputy CEO and CFO, CNP ASSURANCES
Nicolas NOTEBAERT CEO, VINCI CONCESSIONS and President, VINCI Airports
Federico TUREGANO Global Head of Natural Resources, Energy and Infrastructure Financing, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
Deborah ZURKOW Global Head of Alternatives, ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS

Roundtable 2 - Africa and Emerging Markets: Financing Infrastructures for Long-term Growth

Jérémie PELLET Deputy CEO, AGENCE FRANÇAISE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT
Jean-Jacques BARBERIS Co-Head of Institutional Clients Coverage, ComEx Member, AMUNDI
Bruno BENSASSON CEO, ENGIE AFRICA
Jean-Patrick MARQUET MD Head of Infrastructure, EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
Gregory NESS Executive Director Project/Export Finance, Africa, STANDARD CHARTERED
Julia PRESCOT Chief Strategy Officer, MERIDIAM
Hamid TAWFIKI CEO, CDG CAPITAL, GROUPE CAISSE DE DÉPÔT ET DE GESTION DU MAROC

Keynote speech & Student Awards - Empowering the next generation, building their capacity

Thierry DEAU Founding Partner & CEO, MERIDIAM

Roundtable 3 - Sustainable Finance for Green Infrastructures

Philippe ZAOUATI CEO, MIROVA (Natixis) Chair, FINANCE FOR TOMORROW
Pedro ARIAS Global Head of Real & Alternative Assets, ComEx member, AMUNDI
Tanguy CLAQUIN MD, Head of Sustainable Banking, Credit Agricole CIB
Emmanuel LEGRAND Director of Energy and Environment Department, GROUPE CAISSE DES DÉPÔTS
Sébastien PEJOAN MD, Project Finance, Bouygues Construction
Franck ROETERS VAN LENNEP CIO Private Markets, PGGM
Romain TALAGRAND Head of Power & Renewables Financing, BNP Paribas

Closing speeches

François RIAHI Global Co-Head of Corporate & Investment Banking and Member of NATIXIS' Senior Management Committee, NATIXIS
Alain RAUSCHER CEO, ANTIN INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS and Chairman of the INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE ASSOCIATION FRANCAISE DES INVESTISSEURS POUR LA CROISSANCE (AFIC)
Lionel ZINSOU Former Prime Minister of Bénin, President, AFRICAFRANCE
Philippe PONTET Chairman Investment Banking, HSBC France
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