Kanat Emiroglu is based in London and heads up Alvarez & Marsal’s PEPI EMEA team that supports infrastructure investors. His focus is on market dynamics, commercial DD and performance improvement of infra portfolio companies.

Prior to this, Kanat led the infrastructure investing vertical for McKinsey & Co. across Europe. He also led McKinsey’s work in European-based energy-related portfolio companies owned by PE and infra funds. Before consulting, he was CEO of British Gas Business in the UK.

Kanat’s areas of core expertise are gas and electricity energy retailing, energy-related services, smart meters, low-carbon fuels including SAF, temporary power supply, BESS and decarbonisation of steel.

Panel 1: How to Mobilize the Mind Numbing Financial Means That Would be Needed?

Wednesday, January 15th
09:30 – 11:00 | HG F 30 | Audi Max

Moderator: Christoph Manser (Swiss Life Asset Management)

Panelists:
Michael Baldinger (UBS), Kanat Emiroglu (Alvarez and Marsal), Jing Li (KPMG),  Laurence Moore (Credit Agricole CIB)

Abstract:

Achieving net zero is a generational task and will need enormous amounts of capital. The hurdles for projects are high: they need to be attractive to investors and they need to be bankable. How are we doing in mobilizing the money? What needs to improve? Where will government funding be necessary?