Speakers
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Adrian Jones Portfolio Manager, Infrastructure Debt Director of Infrastructure Debt
Before joining Allianz Global Investors, Adrian was a Managing Director within MBIA UK Insurance Limited. He was primarily responsible for infrastructure debt, project finance, and public finance origination and execution. Adrian also provided senior support to the transaction monitoring teams, negotiating major variations and complex remediation. His main areas of focus were Public Private Partnerships/Private Finance Initiative financings, utility debt raising, and transportation financing. Prior to joining MBIA, Adrian worked for Schroders/Citigroup, Deloitte and ANZ Bank in advisory and debt arranging capacities. Adrian holds an MA from St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University.
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Stephen O'Shea Stephen O'Shea is a Director of Transactions in the European Direct Infrastructure team at First State Investments ('FSI').
In his role, Stephen is responsible for the origination, execution and management of investments for the First State Investments European Diversified Infrastructure Fund.
Prior to joining FSI in 2008, Stephen was a member of the Infrastructure Finance & Advisory team at ING. He has more than 15 years' experience in the infrastructure sector providing advice to both public and private sector clients as well as structuring and arranging finance for investors across Europe and the US. Stephen has worked across a wide range of sectors including road, rail, airport, water and Private Finance Initiative/Public Private Partnerships.
Stephen holds a Masters Degree in Applied Economics from the National University of Ireland, Galway and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from Trinity College Dublin.
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John Dewey Head of Investment Strategy, Global Investment Solutions Joined investment industry: 2003
Joined Aviva Investors: 2016
John is responsible for developing the solutions business and building outcome-oriented investment strategies for institutional clients across all areas of solutions design, management and client delivery.
Prior to joining Aviva Investors, John was a Managing Director at BlackRock, where he held solutions leadership roles in investment strategy, LDI, private assets, market views and thought leadership. Previously, John worked in both investment and actuarial consulting.
John holds a first class honours degree in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge and is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries.
