Port Finance International London Press Release

Introduction

Port Finance International London took place on 17 & 18 November 2009 at 1, Victoria Street in the heart of London's Westminster.

 If you would like to purchase the papers for this event - which included over 30 presentations - for just £200 please contact patrick@portfinanceinternational.com
 

Supported by UKTI, over 100 delegates from all four corners of the globe came to hear from an unparalleled line up of industry speakers. Participants in this exclusive event included representatives from:

DP World, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Pinsent Masons LLP, M&G Investments, Buss Group GmbH & Co. KG, TT Club, Royal Haskoning, Port of Rjeka Authority, Industry Funds Management, HSH NORDBANK, St Lucia Air and Sea Ports Authority, Moffatt & Nichol, EBDR, Port of Gdansk Authority S.A., Borealis Infrastructure Management Inc., Port of Tallinn Ltd, NCB Holdings BHD, Cirrus Oil Services Ltd, European Investment Bank, European Commission, Forth Ports PLC and many more...

who heard from leading experts such as:
• David Whitehead, Director, British Ports Association
• Maxim Shirokov, General Director, Ust Luga
• Jesper Kjaedegaard, Partner, Mercator International LLC & President, British Chamber of Shipping
• Jose Luis Almazan Palomino, CEO, General Manager, Port Authority of Melilla
• Richard Tollis, Director, 3i plc
• Mark Wandless, Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan LLP
• Christian Moller Laursen, CFO, Vice President, APM Terminals Management BV
• Patrick Verhoeven, Secretary General, ESPO
• Tim Waggott, Director of Finance & Commercial, Port of Dover
• Alan Shaoul, Treasurer, Euroports
• Neil Davidson, Director-Ports, Drewry Shipping Consultants
• Rajeev Sinha, Director, Mundra Port and SEZ Limited
• Oliver Wolff, Executive Undersecretary, North-Rhine Westfalian Ministry of Transport
• James Sutcliffe, Chairman, UK Trade & Investment's Ports Advisory Group
• Andrew Morris, Vice President, RREEF Infrastructure
• Martin Blaiklock, Independent Port Consultants
• Dr. Jan Byok, Partner, Bird & Bird LLP
• Eleanor Hadland, Managing Director, BMT Transport Solutions
• Katherine Downs, Infrastructure Advisory Services, International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group
• Marten van den Bossche, Chairman, ECORYS Nederland BV
• A. Balasubramanian, Director - Project Finance, Infrastructure Development Finance Company Ltd.
• Rainer Scholl, Partner, Technical Assistance and Port Management, Hamburg Port Consulting
• Gordon Rankine, Director, Beckett Rankine
• Jamie Simpson, Director, GHK International
• Guillermo Massot Cristino, Senior Consultant, Arup
• Andreea Nistor, Commercial Director, Maritime Ports Administration, Romania
• Bogdan Oldakowski, Secretary General, Baltic Ports Organization

Along with 2 days of learning and debating, delegates were able to network and meet each other, promoting further discussion and exchanges of business contacts and information.