Infrastructure and growth opportunities for Europe and the UK
The UK government recently communicated its new Infrastructure Plan, covering a ten-year period (2025-2035) and with estimated investments of over € 846 billion in infrastructure works, energy transition and the enhancement of social and environmental systems, with a focus on urban mobility, housing, renewable energy sources, healthcare and education.
THE ROLE OF INTESA SANPAOLO AS A CATALYST FOR INVESTMENTS
Following the launch of the British Infrastructure Plan, Intesa Sanpaolo's IMI Corporate & Investment Banking Division promoted the conference in London ‘Infrastructure and Growth Opportunities for Europe and the UK: Focus on the UK Infrastructure Strategy’, offering companies, infrastructure funds and institutional investors the opportunity to discuss the need for a stronger partnership between the public and private sectors and for investments to support sustainable growth in Europe and the UK.
“We are playing a catalytic role in supporting investments alongside institutions, corporates, funds and investors to support the key projects of the United Kingdom’s new 10-year infrastructure plan, working together to create synergies and business opportunities with the goal of enhancing competitiveness and promoting sustainable development”
Mauro Micillo, Chief of the IMI CIB Division at Intesa Sanpaolo
THE VALUE OF SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURES AND THE TWIN TRANSITION
The financing of sustainable infrastructure, in addition to facilitating the green and digital transition – the twin transition – remains a strategic pillar of the Division's strategy, thanks to its ability to mobilise capital for the real economy and the technical expertise of its professionals in advisory and in structuring in project and public financing.
THE EVENT IN LONDON ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND GROWTH STRATEGIES
Mauro Micillo, Head of the IMI CIB Division, opened the conference, followed by keynote speeches from John Edwards, Director and COO of the Office for Investment of the UK Government, Enrico Letta, former Italian Prime Minister, and Alan Morrison, Intesa Sanpaolo Professor of Business, Ethics and Finance at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. The subsequent panel discussion, moderated by Andrea Mayr, Head of Client Coverage & Advisory, IMI CIB Division, featured representatives from IKIGAI Capital, ENI UK, Masdar, Macquarie AM, Ofgem, and SSE Renewables.
This video clip is an excerpt from the conference, featuring the voices of the IMI CIB Division in the speeches by Mauro Micillo, Andrea Mayr and Luca Pietrantoni, Country Manager UK & MEA, imi cib Division, as well as the protagonists of the three keynote speeches.