MINVEST: MSP Finance Event

Welcome remarks

John J. Gilluly III, Partner, U.S. Vice Chair, Transactional Practice, Member, Global Board Member, Executive Committee, DLA Piper

The Hon. Jose Fernandez, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, U.S. Department of State

Opening remarks

The Honorable Kurt Campbell, Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State 

State of Critical Minerals Finance – Gaps & Opportunities

PRESENTATION

Kwasi Ampofo, Head of Metals and Mining, BloombergNEF

Impact Unveiled: How ECAs & DFIs Are Funding the Transition to a Minerals-Based Economy

ARMCHAIR & PANEL

Armchair: James Burrows, Acting Chief Banking Officer, Export-Import Bank of the United States

PANEL

• Ashley Glen, Director, Export Development Canada
• Jan Klasen, First Vice President and Head of Equity Investments & and European Affairs, KfW Group
• Nozomi Nose, Chief Representative in Representative Office in New York, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
• Felicitas Riedl, Director, European Investment Bank
• Joe Stefano, Partner, Head, U.S. Projects & Energy, DLA Piper (Moderator)

Project Scorecards: Lessons for Government

PANEL

• Jason Chang, CEO and MD, EMR Capital
• Edwin Bennett, Principal, Engine No. 1
• Ryan Coté, Principal, Hatch
• The Rt Hon Dominic Raab, Head of Global Affairs, Appian and Co-Chair, SCOR (Moderator)

Remarks

Dorothy McAuliffe, Special Representative for Global Partnerships, U.S. Department of State

Paying Investment Forward

PANEL

• Amb. Geoff Pyatt, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State
• Andrew Trahar, Partner and Co-Founder, Vision Blue
• Mfikeyi Makayi, CEO, KoBold Metals Africa
• Oliver Wright, Partner, DLA Piper (Moderator)

Sending the Signal: The Power of State-backed Investment Funds

PANEL

• Emmanuel Dominguez, Director of EV Critical Materials Purchasing, General Motors
• Brian Menell, Chairman & CEO, TechMet
• Giulia Siccardo, Director, Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, U.S. Department of Energy
• Kevin Nolan, Partner, DLA Piper (Moderator)

Mining Titans and New Horizons

PANEL

• Hon. Sosten Alfred Gwengwe, Minister of Trade and Industry, Malawi
• Jakob Stausholm, CEO, Rio Tinto
• Benjamin Stoikovich, Chairman, Sovereign
• Zainab Usman, Senior Fellow and Director, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Moderator)

Funding the Supply Chain

PANEL

• Agnes Dasewicz, COO, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
• Oskar Lewnowski, Founder & Group CEO, Orion Resource Partners
• John Eleoterio, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
• Abigail Hunter, Executive Director, Amb. Alfred J. Hoffman Center for Critical Minerals Strategy, SAFE (Moderator)

Closing remarks

Amb. Ki-hwan Kweon, Deputy Minister for Multilateral and Global Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea