Lawrence Slade

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Lawrence Slade

Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA)

“The scale of global investment needed to address infrastructure-related climate challenges in markets around the world has been laid bare at COP 26. Despite the billions of dollars committed by governments for investment in emerging markets, we need to find ways to leverage significant allocation of private capital as well as the private sector’s expertise to deliver the progress that is needed. GIIA members are increasingly open to exploring investment opportunities outside traditional markets with upwards of $200 billion of dry powder to allocate globally. We are pleased therefore to support this new ML-IIPP which will help to build confidence amongst international investors in their future assessment of emerging market opportunities.”