The Alternative Investment Forum – Virtual Experience 2020

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Senior investment banking professional, with a background as a legal practitioner, amassing over 16 years’ experience working with international companies in middle market M&A transactions and having extensive cross border activities between Europe and Latin America.

Prior to joining Wimmer Family Office in London UK (2017), in charge of Private Capital Advisory, Antonio was a senior investment team member of a Private Equity Fund (Fir Capital Partners) and an IB boutique firm (G5Evercore&Sao Paulo Investments SA) based in Brazil for 9 years and began his career at and International Law Firm in Italy&Brazil. Antonio has extensive experience in Renewables, Infrastructure, Mining&Commodities, Real Estate and Consumer Goods across Europe, LatAm and Africa.

Antonio holds a MBA from MIP Business School by Polytechnic of Milan, Italy 2012, along with an executive master’s certificate from SDA Bocconi School of Management from Milan, Italy 2016 and a Bachelor degree in International Law from University of Milan, Italy 2003.

Antonio is, from 2019, a Non-Executive Director at Academy Ambassador the School’ Network by Department of UK Education in London, UK and from 2018 at Eurus Financial Education in Zurich, Switzerland.”

Session Details: Panel Discussion: How to tap into emerging markets such as Africa and Latin America to secure high financial returns 13-10-2020, 1:00 pm View In Agenda

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Session Details: Keynote address - Highlighting the importance of using ESG criteria within Alternative Investment to generate positive social and environmental impact alongside ahealthy financial return 13-10-2020, 9:15 am Keynote address - Highlighting the importance of using ESG criteria within Alternative Investment to generate positive social and environmental impact alongside ahealthy financial return 13-10-2020, 9:15 am Crowdtable: Why sustainability, ESG criteria, and metrics are at the core of a strong alternative investment strategy 13-10-2020, 5:00 pm View In Agenda

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Session Details: Joint session: Natural capital as an emerging market: how to add value in the long-term 13-10-2020, 11:35 am View In Agenda

Biography: Miguel López de Silanes Gómez Managing Director, Market Leader for Europe and Latin America Family Office Exchange Miguel López de Silanes Gómez is the Market Leader for Europe and Latin America at Family Office Exchange (FOX). He is responsible for delivering FOX services to current members, and actively works to expand the network in Europe and Latin America. Miguel has most recently been director of the family office for one of Europe’s leading real estate families, with specific responsibility for designing and implementing the family’s investment strategy and for providing owner education to the younger family members. Previously, he worked at UBS Wealth Management in New York, Chile, and other locations in Latin America. He began his career at Bain & Company as an Associate Consultant in London and Madrid. He has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Economics from Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE) in Madrid.

Session Details: How demand for alternative investments affects the ways family offices invest In agro business 13-10-2020, 3:50 pm View In Agenda

Biography: Jacek Siry, PhD Professor of Forest Economics, Center for Forest Business & Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA Dr. Siry has significant international forestry experience, including forest finance and investment, business management, and policy; timber trade, availability, and costs; and natural and plantation forest management across the world’s major producing regions. His research is focused on the global competitiveness of forest industries, international forest investments, timber market modeling, and forest management efficiency.

Session Details: Addressing which geographical regions are hot areas for timber investment 13-10-2020, 3:15 pm View In Agenda

Biography: I advise a wide array of institutional investors and Family Offices with interest in the global food and agricultural sector, helping them to deploy capital across the asset spectrum - including farmland, row and permanent crops, private equity opportunities across the food and ag value chain, VC and structured finance.  

Session Details: Assessing the overall appetite of alternative investment to pinpoint future opportunities 13-10-2020, 12:25 pm View In Agenda

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Session Details: Investing In natural green structures to reach the Paris Climate Goals Cheaper, Faster And with more social perspective to create a free climate insurance policy 13-10-2020, 11:35 am View In Agenda

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Session Details: Taking advantage of the whole value chain for natural assets to drive impact and sustainability 13-10-2020, 1:50 pm View In Agenda

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Session Details: Panel discussion: Exploring renewable energies to secure the future of sustainable agriculture 13-10-2020, 2:50 pm View In Agenda

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Session Details: In conversation: Realising the potential of forests as a ‘Natural Climate Solution’ to combat climate change 13-10-2020, 4:15 pm View In Agenda

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Session Details: The Investor’s Debate: Discussing how private investments into agriculture and timber can fulfil sustainable development goals 13-10-2020, 10:30 am The Investor’s Debate: Discussing how private investments into agriculture and timber can fulfil sustainable development goals 13-10-2020, 10:30 am View In Agenda

Biography: Martin is a Partner at Pollination, a specialist climate change advisory and investment firm, accelerating the transition to a net zero, climate resilient future. His focus at Pollination is to build out investment ideas for environmental asset classes such as natural capital and carbon markets. He joined Pollination from the European Investment Bank (EIB) where he led investments into new sectors including natural capital and the blue economy, developing new business models and blended finance solutions for more developed low carbon sectors, such as energy efficiency and renewable energy. He also supervised the Natural Capital Financing Facility, a pioneering joint EIB and European Commission initiative, and raised over EUR 2 billion for carbon, capture and storage and innovative renewable energy demonstration projects as part of the NER300 initiative. He served on the Board of Directors for the Green for Growth Fund in Luxembourg and was Vice President at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London responsible for carbon financing. Martin also worked for the environmental investment firm RNK Capital in New York, the OECD Climate Change Unit in Paris and started his career at the UNFCCC in Bonn.

Session Details: The Investor’s Debate: Discussing how private investments into agriculture and timber can fulfil sustainable development goals 13-10-2020, 10:30 am The Investor’s Debate: Discussing how private investments into agriculture and timber can fulfil sustainable development goals 13-10-2020, 10:30 am Joint session: Natural capital as an emerging market: how to add value in the long-term 13-10-2020, 11:35 am View In Agenda

Biography: I am the Founder, Owner and CEO of Blue Harvest S.A. My professional background counts over 20-years in private banking, but also 5 years as a farmer. Today, I combine the two experiences by advising on farmland investments, by analysing, negotiating and advising.

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Biography: Gaëtan Herinckx is a senior investment professional passionate about working with growing businesses having positive impact on societies. He is Manager at BIO, the Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries. He oversees BIO’s direct investments SME and Corporate (including Agribusiness). BIO invests in financial institutions, enterprises, infrastructure and funds across Africa, Latin America and Asia with an objective to promote economic and social development. Gaëtan has been working in sustainable investment field over the last 19 years. He first worked for Candriam Asset Management as Head of Sustainable and Responsible Investment. He then participated to the launch of Sustainable Capital, boutique asset manager focusing on investment in Africa (ex-SA) investments. In 2016, he joined BIO with a focus on providing funding to SME and Corporates. Mr. Herinckx hold a Msc in Business Engineering (UCL, Louvain-La-Neuve), a post-graduate in Financial risk management (Saint-Louis, Brussels) and an International Management Program – MBA (Stern Business School, New-York)

Session Details: Panel discussion: How to correctly market investment into agriculture to attract sufficient capital 13-10-2020, 2:25 pm Panel discussion: Exploring renewable energies to secure the future of sustainable agriculture 13-10-2020, 2:50 pm View In Agenda

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Session Details: The Investor’s Debate: Discussing how private investments into agriculture and timber can fulfil sustainable development goals 13-10-2020, 10:30 am The Investor’s Debate: Discussing how private investments into agriculture and timber can fulfil sustainable development goals 13-10-2020, 10:30 am View In Agenda

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Session Details: The Investor’s Debate: Discussing how private investments into agriculture and timber can fulfil sustainable development goals 13-10-2020, 10:30 am The Investor’s Debate: Discussing how private investments into agriculture and timber can fulfil sustainable development goals 13-10-2020, 10:30 am View In Agenda

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Session Details: In conversation: Realising the potential of forests as a ‘Natural Climate Solution’ to combat climate change 13-10-2020, 4:15 pm Exploring the ecological and social benefits of forest investing 13-10-2020, 5:25 pm View In Agenda

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Session Details: Panel Discussion: How to tap into emerging markets such as Africa and Latin America to secure high financial returns 13-10-2020, 1:00 pm Panel discussion: How to correctly market investment into agriculture to attract sufficient capital 13-10-2020, 2:25 pm View In Agenda

Biography: Alec joined AgDevCo in late 2016 bringing over 15 years’ experience in ESG in international project development and investment. Prior to this Alec spent 5 years at global sustainability consultancy ERM as a Principal Consultant focussing on ESG and Responsible Investment. Alec previously spent ten years at the international engineering consultant Halcrow where we was Technical Leader for Environmental Water Quality and a Principal Scientist. For a number of years Alec also helped run a small Malawi based Water and Sanitation NGO in a voluntary capacity.

Session Details: Covid-19 as the new normal: ESG and Impact monitoring and management in a post-Covid world 13-10-2020, 1:25 pm View In Agenda

Biography: ROBERT L. IZLAR, RF, CF HARLEY LANGDALE, JR. CENTER FOR FOREST BUSINESS WARNELL SCHOOL OF FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ATHENS, GEORGIA 30602-2152 bizlar@uga.edu Bob Izlar has been founding director of the UGA Harley Langdale, Jr. Center for Forest Business since 1998. He has 24 years of operational forestry experience in forest industry. Izlar is a retired United States Army Colonel with 36 years’ service.

Session Details: The new fundamentals: redefining forest investments to promote a decade of climate change related transformation 13-10-2020, 6:50 pm View In Agenda

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Session Details: A joint approach: how to align investment production value with sustainability 13-10-2020, 12:25 pm View In Agenda

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Session Details: A joint approach: how to align investment production value with sustainability 13-10-2020, 12:25 pm View In Agenda

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•  CFO and member of the Management Board of Ekosem-Agrar AG
•  Member of the supervisory boards of Ekotechnika AG and ACS Landwirtschafts AG
•  Feb-13 to Oct-16: Served as CFO of Ekotechnika AG
•  In 2016 established the finance consulting company wb finance GmbH which specializes on financing consultancy
•  Also served as CFO of Novasoft AG and KTG Agrar AG in the years 2005 till 2009
•  Completed an apprenticeship in financial administration, followed by a degree in Technical Business Administration (FH) with distinction
•  Born in Offenburg, Germany, in 1968

Session Details: How investors can capitalise on dairy product manufacturing in Russia 13-10-2020, 11:10 am View In Agenda

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Session Details: Next-generation regenerative farming and agriculture: everything you need to know 13-10-2020, 4:15 pm View In Agenda

Biography: Dr Paul Smith is the Secretary General of Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). BGCI is the largest plant conservation network in the world, comprising 600 member institutions in 100 countries. Paul joined BGCI as Secretary General in March 2015. Prior to this, Paul was Head of the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank (MSB). During his nine years at the helm there, seeds from >25,000 plant species were conserved in the MSB and, in 2009, the MSB achieved its first significant milestone, securing seed from 10% of the world’s plant species, prioritising rare, threatened and useful plants. Paul trained as a plant ecologist, and is a specialist in the plants and vegetation of southern Africa. He is the author of two field guides to the flora of south-central Africa and the Vegetation Atlas of Madagascar. He is a Trustee of the National Botanic Garden of Wales, and is the recipient of the New England Wildflower Society’s Medal for Services to International Plant Conservation and the David Fairchild Medal for Plant Exploration.

Session Details: Panel Discussion: Is investing in biodiverse forestry the solution for corporations to meet their sustainability goals? 13-10-2020, 1:25 pm View In Agenda

Biography: Michael joined the Sustainable Investments team of DWS in 2011 as portfolio manager and focuses on funds that invest into debt products targeting businesses active in the food-, trade- and renewable energy sector which includes electrification. Michael oversees the investment activities for the group on the African continent and is the responsible portfolio manager for the Africa Agriculture and Trade Investment Fund. Part of the Sustainable Investments team, Michael pursued the initiative to accredit Deutsche Bank AG with the Green Climate Fund as the first private, international bank that obtained approval for an investment concept from the GCF. The mandate focuses on climate mitigation and targets investments in decentralized energy supply solutions from renewable sources designed to expand the availability of clean electrical energy across five African countries.   Michael holds a degree in international business administration from the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.

Session Details: Panel discussion: Exploring renewable energies to secure the future of sustainable agriculture 13-10-2020, 2:50 pm View In Agenda

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Session Details: Panel Discussion: Is investing in biodiverse forestry the solution for corporations to meet their sustainability goals? 13-10-2020, 1:25 pm View In Agenda

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Session Details: Panel Discussion: How to tap into emerging markets such as Africa and Latin America to secure high financial returns 13-10-2020, 1:00 pm View In Agenda

Biography: Trevor joined IFS, now Veon, in 1998 and became Managing Director of the company in 2004. He successfully developed the operational areas of the business, including the design, development and implementation of various management systems. Trevor has successfully negotiated a number of strategic relationships with utility companies and service providers so as to enhance the services provided by Veon to all its clients, be they private forest owners, family wealth or corporate clients holding large portfolios across multiple jurisdictions. In addition to his work within the company, Trevor believes strongly in cross-stakeholder engagement on issues of the day so he maintains an active role within Forestry Industries Ireland (FII) with a particular emphasis on timber mobilisation.  As part of this he holds a seat on the Forest Industry Transport Group.   Over recent years Trevor has led Veon into new market segments and jurisdictions as more corporate clients expand that CSR activities.  This has placed great emphasis on the need to not only deliver environmental objectives but also enable clients demonstrate the positive impact that their social and environmental activities are making on the ground.  Trevor believes in forestry’s ability to deliver on a full spectrum of social, environmental and economic needs in the modern world and is working with clients around the globe to deliver on this potential.

Session Details: Joint session: Investing in reforestation projects across the world 13-10-2020, 2:25 pm View In Agenda