Ross Berger
Ross Berger
Speaker
President, Managing Director

Jefferies Trade Finance Group

United States

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Level 39: The Crush Session Room

TXF: Export Finance

Regional focus: North America

Jorge Del Solar
Vice President,
EllisDon Capital
Noe Bedetti
Director Export Finance Americas,
BNP Paribas
Ross Berger
President, Managing Director,
Jefferies Trade Finance Group
Moderator
Piers Constable
Senior Advisor,
Private Export Funding Corporation (PEFCO)

Given the introduction of the Inflation Reduction Act, US government entities are increasingly important in energy projects across the country. This session considers:

  • The role that the Departments of Energy and Agriculture have to play in US export finance moving forward
  • What's the Canadian government outlook for investment in the Americas?
  • The increasing opportunities for ECA finance in the US
  • How banks and borrowers should work with US and Canadian agencies to make the most of the new opportunities

Level 39: The Crush Session Room

Exile: Project & Export Finance

Exploring the regional transportation infrastructure pipelines: Financial structures and funding strategies

Jean-François Joachim
CFO,
VG Mobility
Ricardo Bosch
Head of North American Business Development,
Cintra
Nicolas Valencia
Financial Planning and Treasurer, Managing Director,
Odinsa
Alberto Villegas
Director,
John Laing Group
Mathieu Lebegue
Regional Head - Latin America,
STOA INFRA ENERGY
Ross Berger
President, Managing Director,
Jefferies Trade Finance Group
Moderator
Lila Granda
Head of Political Risk & Credit,
Vantage Risk

Transportation infrastructure is vital across the Americas, and globally, but it’s a carbon hungry industry. This panel considers how to decarbonise the Latin American transport industry, and the role that agencies have to play in the shift.

  • Evaluating regional transportation project pipelines: where are the opportunities?
  • Understanding innovative financial mechanisms and overcoming challenges like currency risk; considering risk management tools
  • How comfortable are investors with technology risk, and could ECAs alleviate some of the pressure?