Georgina Baker
Director of Syndications and Deputy Treasurer, IFC
Since January 2016, Georgina serves the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in two capacities, as Director of Syndications and as Deputy Treasurer based in London where she heads EMEA Treasury Operations. As the Director, Syndications, Georgina is responsible for IFC's syndicated lending program, the oldest and largest among multilateral development banks. Since 1957 IFC has mobilized over $50 billion from more than 500 financial institutions for over 1,000 projects in more than 110 emerging markets. This includes the Managed Co-lending Portfolio Program (MCPP) which successfully allocated $3 billion in under 18 months. As of June 30, 2016, IFC’s syndicated loan portfolio totaled $15.3 billion. Georgina represents IFC on the board of directors of Bandhan Bank. Previously Georgina managed IFC’s suite of trade and supply chain finance products, starting with the Global Trade Finance Program which is the IFC flagship trade program. Georgina has been with the IFC for over 25 years during which time she has worked on IFC’s investments in many areas including manufacturing investments in Eastern Europe and financial sector investments in South Asia, Europe, Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa.
Before joining IFC, Georgina received an MBA from the London Business School and previously worked in the UK and in Indonesia as a mechanical engineer.
Katrina Haley
Global Head - Structured Bonds, HSBC
Katrina is responsible for the origination and structuring of debt capital markets instruments (in the form of more complex corporate bonds), predominantly covering transport infrastructure, energy, oil and gas and physical assets such as aircraft and real estate.
She has extensive experience developing new and bespoke capital markets issues in the UK and Western Europe and in emerging growth markets such as CEE, the Middle East and Asia where HSBC has a strong presence. The main focus of the business has been to develop ideas and strategies to enable HSBC’s clients to bridge the gaps between the demand and imperative for economic infrastructure development and the financing and funding available. This involves working extensively with clients and institutions, Governments, Authorities and Multilateral Institutions to find ways of matching institutional capital to development needs across currencies, jurisdictions and clients.
She was a member of the Lord Mayor of London’s Infrastructure Finance committee and has represented HSBC on various industry research panels.
Katrina graduated from the University of Birmingham with a Double Honours degree in Economics and International Studies.
Jocelyn Land
Partner, Allen & Overy
Jocelyn concentrates on project finance and structured finance transactions and has experience acting on a number of domestic, international and cross-border transactions including PPP projects across all of the energy and infrastructure sectors. Jocelyn graduated from Cambridge University with a BA in 1998 and from The College of Law - Guildford in 1999 with a LPC.
Julia Prescot
Chief Strategy Officer, Meridiam
Julia was educated at Cambridge University and has worked as an investor and advisor for numerous PPP projects across the globe.
She served as Head of Project Finance with Hill Samuel Bank in London, then as Co-Head of Project Advisory at Charterhouse Bank. In 2000, she joined Bank of Scotland (first as Senior Director, then becoming Head of Eurozone Infrastructure Finance) where she played a leading role as a financial equity investor, provider of mezzanine funding and arranger of senior debt.
Since joining Meridiam in mid-2005, Julia has been involved in PFI/PPP programs in the UK and in a number of other European countries. She is in charge of Meridiam’s strategy.
Having a particular interest in supporting ESG and CSR issues, Julia has engaged in numerous sustainable and responsible investment initiatives. Julia is non-executive President of the Sustainable Infrastructure Foundation in Geneva, a non-executive director of the IPFA and founder of Women Leaders in Infrastructure. She was nominated for candidacy for the UN PRI’s Advisory Council election in September 2014.
Deborah Zurkow
Head of Alternatives, Allianz Global Investors
Deborah Zurkow is Head of Alternatives at Allianz Global Investors. Deborah joined AllianzGI in 2012 as CIO and Head of Infrastructure Debt. The team was established to develop the institutional investor debt market in infrastructure and to secure investments in the sector for Allianz Global Investor’s parent, Allianz SE and third party investors. Since its inception, the team has made nearly €9 billion of debt investments in a variety of infrastructure sectors, including greenfield PPPs, utility financings and re-financings, including various landmark transactions such as the L2 Marseille bypass, the A11 in Belgium and a refinancing of the Indiana Toll Road
Before joining AllianzGI Deborah was CEO of Trifinium Advisors Limited and head of Public Finance EMEA for MBIA UK Insurance Limited. She was responsible for the oversight for new business efforts in infrastructure, including government-supported entities, transportation, utilities and Public Private Partnerships/Private Finance Initiative financings. She also previously served as a Director of MBIA UK Insurance Limited, and as President of MBIA Assurance S.A. Previously, she managed MBIA’s Paris office, where she was responsible for both structured and public sector business, and worked on a variety of transactions including French securitisations and European local government financings.
Deborah holds an MBA from Yale School of Management and a BA from Wellesley College. She is a member of the International Project Finance Assoc. (IPFA) Council of Management, WEF (World Economic Forum). She is also on the board of the LTIIA (Long-term Infrastructure Investors Association)
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