Breakfast Briefing: The UK's Role In Developing Sustainable International Infrastructure Post COP26/COP27
Author WIG Date 15 Nov 2022
With Matt Crossman, Deputy Director for Infrastructure, Department for International Trade; Meg Nicolaysen, Deputy Director for Climate Change and Sustainability, UK Export Finance; and Jason Eis, Executive Director, Vivid Economics.
The UK's commitment to champion investment into sustainable foreign infrastructure featured as a key component of COP26, resulting in the role out of the government's Clean Green Initiative. Following this, the UK has invested over £550 million into programmes such as British Support for Infrastructure Projects, and UK Expertise for Green Cities and Infrastructure.
Catch up on this Briefing to:
- Discuss long-term opportunities for public/private investment into sustainable foreign infrastructure projects
- Understand how the UKEF and DIT are supporting infrastructure investment to help drive clean growth in developing countries
- Learn about the Government's vision for UK FDI in global infrastructure
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Speakers at the Event
Matt leads the Infrastructure Exports and Investment team at the Department for International Trade in UK. He is a chartered civil engineer and prior to his current role he was a team leader at the National Infrastructure Commission, responsible for a study on resilience (Anticipate, React, Recover: Resilient infrastructure systems) and the flood, water and waste sectors together with cross cutting work on housing, finance and the environment for the first ever UK National Infrastructure Assessment.
Earlier in his career, Matt was based in Singapore as regional director for the UK Science and Innovation Network and had roles in water and flood management at Defra, including policy lead for the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. Matt started his career in the private sector, working for engineering consultants in UK and South East Asia.
Meg Nicolaysen is Deputy Director of Climate Change and Sustainability at UK Export Finance, the UK's export credit agency. UKEF's mission is to advance prosperity by ensuring no viable UK export fails for lack of finance or insurance, doing that sustainably and at no net cost to the taxpayer. Meg leads strategy, policy and delivery of UKEF's approach to climate change and sustainability issues.
Based in McKinsey’s London office, Jason helps senior decision makers in both the private and public sectors turn ambitious strategic visions into action. He is an expert in sustainable finance, carbon markets, transitioning energy and industrial systems, managing and valuing natural resources, and ensuring inclusive economic development. His clients include multinational financial institutions and corporations, international organizations, and government agencies.
As executive director of Vivid Economics, a McKinsey company, Jason has supported clients in projects including:
- helping a major European retail and commercial bank define its net-zero commitment and integrate it into its business strategy
- working with an energy company to assess the impact of climate-related policies on the long-term viability of its assets
- supporting a North American bank with a transition risk analysis for commercial real estate and agriculture counterparties
- helping an agricultural company in Asia assess the impact of climate change on its business and define critical risk-mitigation actions
- conducting a climate-risk impact analysis for one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, with deep dives into a sample of key companies
- working with a new environmental foundation focused on finance for biodiversity to drive thought leadership on how financial institutions should account for impacts on the natural world
Earlier in his career, Jason was regional director for the Global Green Growth Institute, overseeing programs in Latin America, Africa, and India and supporting public- and private-sector investment decisions in the energy, transport, agriculture, and forestry sectors. He led the strategic development of cleantech R&D, incubation, and seed-funding programs at The Carbon Trust.