Day 2
9:20
Opening remarks from the Chair
Angus Leslie Melville
Editor
Infrastructure Journal
9:30
M&A – a changing landscape?
The financial crisis has made access to capital difficult for even the largest players in the renewables sector. As such, the renewables world has registered a seismic shift with mergers and acquisitions rising in prominence and regularity? With this change comes a host of new problems.
- FCC – acquisition of Babcock’s Iberian business
- TWC – taking a 50% stake in Boreas
- Consolidation of smaller players in niche sectors
- Fighting off suitors – Community Wind Power
- Hostile takeover – Novera
- Which are the key countries for investment in M&A – USA, India, China?
Rob Forrest
Chief Executive Officer
GreenPower
Damian Darragh
Director
Terra Firma
Emmet Walsh
Director
Rothschild
David Fitzsimmons
Advisory Board Member
Nur Energie
John Jackman
Senior Vice President
Macquarie Capital Advisers
11:00
Morning refreshments
11:30
The growth of public sector joint ventures and partnering
- Exploring current and future public - private sector tie ups in the renewables sector
- Making long-term partnership agreements financially successful
- What are the opportunities for developers to JV with supply chain players
Gareth Miller
Director, Head of Renewable & Natural Resources, Project Finance
Barclays Commercial Bank
Jamie Hume
Deputy Director, Renewable Energy
Scottish Government
Nathan Goode
Partner, Government and Infrastructure Advisory
Grant Thornton
Jennifer Ballantyne
Partner
McGrigors
Iain Todd
Renewables Champion
Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG)
13:00
Lunch & Close of Forum
14:00
