Jose Barroco

Mr. Barroco specializes in renewable energy project development, risk management, and project finance. He is a financial consultant to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in energy, project finance, and public-private partnerships. He assists ADB in designing and developing climate mitigation programs to help the Philippine Government craft renewable energy and grid essential services policies. He assists the Public-Private Partnership Center of the Philippines in all financial and economic aspects of solicited and unsolicited proposals.

Hemant Nandanpawar

Hemant is a Clean Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development expert, working as Senior Director, Advisory Services of Ernst & Young in Manila, Philippines. He is supporting EY Asian countries for development and implementation of assignments/projects Clean Energy, Climate change, sustainability, and sustainable development sector.

E N Venkat

E.N. Venkat is a Partner at Aavishkaar Venture Management Services (AVMS) and leads its first regional fund – the Aavishkaar Frontier Fund (AFF). Founded in 2002, the Aavishkaar - Intellecap Group now manages assets of over one billion dollars, thru a mix of fund and balance sheet vehicles. Venkat has over 30 years of experience in the Financial Services and Corporate sector in different parts of Asia.

Bence Szegedi

Bence manages investments in renewable energy, energy storage, and energy efficiency projects and platforms across South East Asia. Bence has a decade of experience in power generation M&A, valuation, and project finance. His experience includes developing and financing over 300MWp of solar PV projects in South East Asia, including Cambodia’s first utility-scale solar farm and one of Vietnam’s largest solar PV projects of 168MWp.

International Arbitration in Project Finance Transactions

Mr. Prakash Pillai, partner at Clyde & Co Clasis Singapore Pte. Ltd., began by introducing the audience to the concept, parties involved, and typical structure of project finance transactions. He then identified the benefits of arbitration as a dispute resolution method in project finance transactions given the complex nature of such transactions, namely, the presence of multiple contracts, governing laws, jurisdiction, and parties.