IJGlobal - Infrastructure Journal - is host of this podcast series where members of the editorial team delve into matters relating to the finance, procurement, delivery and operation of infrastructure and energy projects around the world. This coverage ranges from greenfield project / corporate finance through to M&A activity in this space, and infra fund activity... all of it in the infrastructure and energy world. You can find IJGlobal at www.IJGlobal.com - and it is an established provide ...
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Infra Dig – Ravi Suri on project finance, nuclear and climate change
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21:59IJGlobal welcomes back regular guest Ravi Suri for an episode focused on nuclear power, the role that project finance will play in this mega-scale environment and saving the planet with PF. Ravi – who has recently had a shift in focus at KPMG and now is linked to the Kenya practice while still being global head of sustainable finance and impact inv…
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Fresh from having hosted IJGlobal Infrastructure Finance Forum: Asia 2025 in Singapore, the Infra Dig podcast continues the theme with a regional focus. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville pulls up a seat for a far-ranging conversation on matters predominantly energy with Rahul Agrawal – managing director and head of Southeast Asia fo…
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Having spent the last week hosting our Singapore conference – IJGlobal Infrastructure Finance Forum: Asia 2025 – it felt only right to record a short podcast recorded from the sidelines. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville took a break from the conference hall at The Westin Singapore to have a chat with Adrian Aw, managing director of…
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Infra Dig – Ecobank discusses African infra
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33:38The evolving landscape of financing infrastructure and energy across Africa is the focus for this latest episode of Infra Dig, the podcast service brought to you by IJGlobal. Angus Leslie Melville – editorial director of IJGlobal – talks to Meinna Gwet, group head of corporate finance at Ecobank, and the conversation centres on the African lending …
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Infra Dig – AIP tackles investing in infrastructure
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35:25This latest Infra Dig podcast sits somewhere between a masterclass on how to invest in Core and Core+ infrastructure and a deep dive into infra fund activity. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down for a chat with AIP Management co-heads of investment Greg Falzon and Domenico Tripodi for a far-reaching discussion on all matters…
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IJGlobal Podcast – HSBC on Infra Finance in Asia and the Middle East
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41:42Infrastructure finance across Asia and the Middle East is the focus for this latest IJGlobal podcast – hosted by IJ’s APAC editor, speaking to 2 senior members of the HSBC team. Manju Dalal pulls up a seat to speak with HSBC’s Gregoire Bouzereau, head of infra finance for Asia Pacific, and Justo Alejandro Algaba, head of infra finance for the Middl…
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With IJGlobal’s Asia Pacific conference one month away, the timing’s perfect for a focus on renewable energy across the region. Singapore-based Achal Sondhi – chief investment officer at Aquila Clean Energy – speaks to IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville for this latest episode. With a strong leaning towards solar PV and battery energ…
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The latest episode of Infra Dig – the IJGlobal podcast service – delves into the pressing need to invest in energy generation across the African continent. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville talks to Iain Macaulay, director and head of project finance for Africa and Pakistan at British International Investment – the UK’s development …
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Infra Dig – the US nuclear scene with Blue Energy
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39:53Less than a week before the start of IJGlobal’s flagship energy conference – REFF North America – chat turns to nuclear energy with a company that has interesting plans. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville pulls up a mic for the latest Infra Dig episode with Jake Jurewicz – chief executive at US-based nuclear developer Blue Energy. Bl…
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This latest IJGlobal Podcast sees Angus Leslie Melville – editorial director of IJGlobal – sit down for a chat with Jean-Francis Dusch, chief executive of Edmond de Rothschild UK. Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management (EDRAM) is famed for its Bridge infrastructure debt funds and JF gives an update on fundraising followed by his views on the market …
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Infra Dig – Denham Capital on powering data centres
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26:17As IJGlobal gears up for hosting REFF North America – our landmark conference for the regional energy sector – the Infra Dig podcast turns its focus to the thorny issue of powering data centres across the US. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville speaks to Justin DeAngelis – global head of sustainable infrastructure at Denham Capital – …
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Infra Dig – shocking energy from Jonathan Maxwell
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41:55This latest episode of Infra Dig centres on energy efficiency, energy security and grid shocks… an increasingly important issue given developments earlier this year. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville speaks to Jonathan Maxwell, chief executive of Sustainable Development Capital (SDCL) about the substation fire that knocked out Heath…
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The focus of this latest Infra Dig podcast is very much on energy transition across Europe, the challenge it faces and (hopefully) light at the end of the tunnel. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down for a fireside chat with Mark Gilligan, head of infrastructure at AXA IM Alts, to hear how it’s shaping up. Tune in for this la…
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The Infra Dig focus turns once again to Asia Pacific as IJGlobal builds momentum for hosting our regional conference later this year. IJGlobal is hosting the Infrastructure Finance Forum: Asia 2025 over 2 days – 18 and 19 November 2025 – in Singapore and to keep the kettle boiling in anticipation of this event, this latest episode has a strong regi…
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IJGlobal Podcast – US midstream and the AI boom
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21:15Enrgy demand is on the increase globally, but in the US the seemingly endless build-out of data centres and application of power-hungry AI is forcing the market to step up activity to cater for a growing need. IJGlobal senior editor Ila Patel talks to Richard Lum, one of the founders of Victory Hill Capital Partners, about energy demand not abating…
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Offshore wind across Asia is building momentum to the point that it warrants the Infra Dig spotlight to bring listeners up to speed with developments on the ground… more to the point... at sea. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down to record a podcast with 2 Norton Rose Fulbright partners for a round-robin of the hottest marke…
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The Infra Dig podcast returns to its infrastructure fund interview format for this latest episode, interviewing 2 key players from UK-based clean energy investor Foresight Group. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down (in person for this latest podcast) with 2 Foresight partners – fund managers of Foresight Energy Infrastructur…
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Focus for the Infra Dig podcast turns once again to Africa – this time taking a look at the Mission 300 which has ambitious goals to electrify the continent. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville is joined by Naomi Wagura, a director at the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) and Nicole Poindexter, founder and chief exe…
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This latest episode of the IJGlobal podcast – Infra Dig – sees the spotlight turn on infrastructure and energy investments across Africa and Asia Pacific. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down with Philippe Valahu – chief executive of Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) – for a tell-all interview on the investment …
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Infra Dig – Fola Fagbule on the role of AFC
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35:59On the back of numerous recent victories at the IJGlobal Awards in London and IJInvestor Awards prior to that, Africa Finance Corporation talks to Infra Dig about its evolution. Fola Fagbule – head of financial advisory at the AFC – speaks to IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville about the organisation’s role in driving private sector i…
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IJGlobal earlier this month hosted IJ LatAm 2025 – The Miami Conference – with a record delegate attendance, and recorded a couple of podcasts with leading figures who are driving investments into national infrastructure and energy. Izalia Lopez, promotion deputy director at the PPP unit of the Dominican Republic, speaks to IJGlobal editorial direc…
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Infra Dig – Mitsubishi’s Energy Revolution
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38:30The energy revolution is moving at pace, and Mitsubishi Power Europe is in the vanguard as it supports the transition of natural gas power plants to hydrogen. In this latest episode of the Infra Dig podcast, IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville speaks to Javier Cavada – president and chief executive of Mitsubishi Power Europe – to hear…
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IJ LatAm Podcast – Pablo Cevallos, Ecuador
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18:53Having spent the first half of this week in Miami at IJ LatAm 2025, it was too good an opportunity not to record a couple of podcasts with government delegates. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down with Pablo Cevallos – Ecuador’s secretary for public-private partnerships – to hear about plans to drive investments into infrast…
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One of the most interesting power projects on the radar right now – Xlinks, the Morocco-UK power project – is making great strides and this latest episode of Infra Dig delves into developments. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville talks to James Humfrey who has been chief executive of Xlinks for the last year, since taking the role fro…
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As we put the finishing touches to preparations for our glorious “Miami Conference” – IJ LatAm 25 – the Infra Dig focus turns once again to the Latin American infrastructure market. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville talks to Aitor Alava – managing director and LatAm head of infrastructure and energy finance at Natixis – about the re…
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IJGlobal Podcast - Bluestar Energy Capital
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24:36Bluestar is a global renewable energy investment company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2022, the company is focused on developing large-scale clean energy projects through its regional platforms in the United States, Europe and Australia. In this latest episode, CEO of Bluestar Energy Capital, Declan Flanagan talks about how the co…
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The Infra Dig podcast launches into the new year with the first episode serving as a reminder that “The Miami Conference” – IJ LatAm 2025 – is just around he corner and it’s shaping up to be the best one to date. Running from 10-12 March at 1 Hotel South Beach, Miami, IJ LatAm 2025 has been running for more than 2 decades and is IJGlobal’s premier …
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Infra Dig – CFM on investing across LatAm
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32:32As IJGlobal builds momentum towards “The Miami Conference” – IJ LatAm 2025 – the Infra Dig podcast turns its focus on equity engagement in infrastructure and energy across Latin America. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville talks to Susana Lopez, an investment director at Climate Fund Managers (CFM), about the regional market. Susana –…
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Infra Dig – Marsh on the role of insurance in infrastructure
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26:28Insurance has cropped up repeatedly in Infra Dig podcasts, to the point that we had to turn the focus this direction in the continuing quest to improve understanding across the infrastructure community. Martin Bennet – managing director for infrastructure and energy as well as private equity and M&A at Marsh – joins IJGlobal editorial director Angu…
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Infra Dig – taking Infra Core+ into forestry…
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24:03Looking beyond infra/energy for this latest episode of Infra Dig… into its second cousin (one sector removed) and investigating forestry as an investment. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville mulls the ever-stretching definition of infrastructure and talks to William Barrett – managing partner of Reach Capital – about forestry… which l…
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IJGlobal Podcast - Apterra, the New Kids on the Block
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20:54IJGlobal Editor Ila Patel talks to Michael Panetlogianis and Ralph Cho, the co-heads of Apterra, an infrastructure finance platform backed by New York-headquartered Apollo Asset Management. Launched in 2023, Apterra originates, structures and invests in infrastructure opportunities globally focusing on key sectors such as renewable energy, conventi…
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Infra Dig – Paraguay’s green fertiliser pathfinder
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34:29As IJGlobal readies itself for the IJLatAm conference next March in Miami, the timing is perfect to focus on a fascinating green fertiliser project financing in Paraguay. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville talks to Olivier Mussat – chief executive of ATOME – about a pathfinder project in a Core+ infrastructure sector that’s going to …
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Infra Dig Masterclass – PF for peace & climate change
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26:59Returning to the Masterclass series of Infra Dig podcasts, this latest episode falls very much into the training and awareness category, delving into the impact that project finance can have on achieving peace and climate change goals. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville talks to regular Masterclass guest Ravi Suri – global head of su…
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Infra Dig – Highview Power… just so interesting
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24:49Here at IJGlobal we love to bring you podcasts on the most interesting developments on technology and innovation across the panoply of infrastructure assets classes – and this one’s a cracker. Well, to be fair, it’s not an actual “cracker”, this is an interview with Richard Butland, co-founder and chief executive of Highview Power, where we are dis…
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Infra Dig – powering the eVTOL revolution
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21:00Another technology-based Infra Dig podcast – designed to foster greater understanding of the underlying assets that the infrastructure community invests in and lends to. This latest episode seen IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sit down for a fireside with Yash Tripathy – head of product at battery software company About:Energy. Co…
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IJGlobal Podcast – Octopus talks LGPS and social infra
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20:03Real assets are increasingly on the agenda for UK local government pension schemes, as they offer stable returns. Social infrastructure has been a rising investment focus due to impact it has on the local community and members of the scheme. Lisa Botter, Editor of IJInvestor (a service of IJGlobal, which is a Green Street company), speaks with Jack…
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Infra Dig – Viridi Energy and the RNG story
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25:42When the opportunity cropped up to record a podcast on renewable natural gas – RNG – we jumped at it. This is a fascinating technology that is evolving fast and looks set to play an increasingly large role in the energy mix. In this latest episode of Infra Dig, Angus Leslie Melville – editorial director of IJGlobal (a Green Street company) – talked…
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The latest episode of the Infra Dig podcast focuses on telecoms infrastructure across Africa and the Middle East, interviewing an organisation that is driving the growth of communications across the region. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down for a fireside chat with 2 of Helios Towers’ leading figures – group CFO Manjit Dhi…
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IJGlobal Podcast – DEI and Women in renewables, US
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51:07IJGlobal’s editor, Ila Patel chats with Doseke Akporiaye, executive director of WRISE about her upbringing in Nigeria, witnessing energy poverty and the need to provide electricity as a necessity rather than a luxury. This laid the foundations for Doseke to build experience in start-ups, scaling businesses and social impact in the tech and renewabl…
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IJGlobal returns to one of its favourite subjects for this latest Infra Dig podcast – technology – and in this case how it impacts solar panels. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville settles in for a fireside chat with David Ward, chief executive of Oxford PV, to hear how his company’s product is set to transform solar panel efficiency.…
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Infra Dig – JF Dusch of EDRAM on Energy Transition
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38:56An interview (from a couple of months back) with Jean-Francis Dusch, global head of infrastructure and structured finance at Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management (EDRAM). IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville talks to JF about all things infra debt and how EDRAM has evolved its model to lend to some truly landmark transactions in the e…
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The Nordics have long been a haven for infrastructure, attracting investors from all over globe. Now, with energy transition ramping up, the region is becoming even more popular, with local infra managers benefitting from this trend. Lisa Botter, head of content for M&A and funds at IJInvestor (an IJGlobal service), speaks with CapMan’s Pia Kall, c…
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Infra Dig Masterclass – Why Infrastructure Goes Wrong
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33:13The latest in the Infra Dig Masterclass series – delving into why infrastructure projects go wrong and the 10 Cardinal Rules to avoid this outcome – is a must listen… especially for people launching their careers in infra. In this episode, IJGlobal content director Angus Leslie Melville sits down to chat for a second time with old friend Ravi Suri,…
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While not many people associate the UK with geothermal energy – and not without good reason – things look set to change dramatically on that front in the coming years. IJGlobal content director Angus Leslie Melville talks to Dr Charlotte Adams, a director at the newly established National Geothermal Centre (NGC) which is championing the proliferati…
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Infra Dig Masterclass – Project Finance Evolution
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26:55The primary thrust of this latest episode of Infra Dig – IJGlobal’s podcast service – is the financing mechanism that underpins the delivery and operation of billions of dollars of infrastructure around the world… and how project finance is evolving. IJGlobal content director Angus Leslie Melville sits down for an enlightening interview with Ravi S…
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One person’s meat is another person’s poison… a saying that has long been associated with the thorny issue of defining ESG. While this podcast does not focus on the definition of ESG in the infrastructure sector, it does shine a strong light into a dark corner. IJGlobal content director Angus Leslie Melville sits down for a chat with David Thomas –…
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Offshore wind went from nascent technology to mature in the blink of an eye… not something that will come as a surprise to anyone who has been kicking around the infrastructure community for a long time. Here IJGlobal content director Angus Leslie Melville pulls up a chair for the latest Infra Dig episode, speaking to Dr Sherif Gebaly, investment d…
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The thorny issue of nuclear power and its financability is the central theme for this latest Infra Dig podcast between IJGlobal and two senior bankers from Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking. IJGlobal head of content Angus Leslie Melville is joined by Natixis CIB energy transition specialists Ivan Pavlovic and Eric Benoist for an episode that d…
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An episode that warrants the tag line of "everything you ever wanted to ask about battery energy storage, but were too embarrassed to ask". IJGlobal content director Angus Leslie Melville talks to Eva Zimmermann – research associate at Aurora in Berlin – about a technology that is an ever-growing asset class being targeted by infrastructure funds. …
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Infra Dig – The Energy Transition Podcast
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46:11The full scope of energy transition is tackled in this latest Infra Dig episode… a longer-than-usual podcast (it’s a big topic) brought to you by IJGlobal. IJGlobal content director Angus Leslie Melville talks to Adrian Del Maestro, vice-president of global energy advisory at AECOM, in a (very) far-ranging discussion that covers all matters energy …
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