Our courses are led by 20+ expert practitioners, chosen for their industry experience and regional knowledge. As our Learning programme grows, we welcome professionals worldwide to join as trainers or case study speakers. Trainers deliver core, specialty, and in-house courses, while case study speakers share their expertise in one-hour sessions at international programmes.

Reasons to join

  • Align your profile (and organisation) with the world’s largest infrastructure and energy finance association.
  • Support the next generation and advance the industry.
  • Showcase expertise to the IPFA network.
  • Build lasting connections with trainers and peers.
  • Share knowledge and ideas with professionals worldwide.
  • Global exposure via marketing to 600+ members and 20,000+ contacts.
  • Recognition on our website and LinkedIn (20k+ followers).
  • Competitive daily rate (for trainers).

Become a Trainer

Trainers are current or recent practitioners, so they can draw on recent experience and combine structured learning with knowledge transfer.

What we are looking for

  • Experience delivering engaging, high-quality training
  • Solid industry knowledge (general or specialist)
  • Confidence working with diverse groups of professionals

What you will do
  • Deliver in-person or online training for up to 25 delegates
  • Use IPFA’s materials, adding your own insights
  • Help shape new course content with our team
  • Coordinate with speakers or hosts, if needed
  • Sign a trainer agreement

How we support you
  • Promotion to 20,000+ industry contacts
  • Organise venue, registrations, speakers, logistics, and tech setup
  • Format your slides with IPFA branding
  • Share participant feedback after the session
  • Competitive daily rate offered

Take part as a Case Study Presenter

Case Study Presenters should be current practitioners in the market, who have worked on the specific project they are presenting on, and can share their experience and expertise.

What we are looking for

  • Insightful case studies on:
    • Asset Management
    • Legal Structuring
    • Financial Modelling
    • ESG and Sustainable Infrastructure
    • Financial Structuring
    • Risk Mitigation and Allocation
  • Direct experience working on the project or initiative being presented
  • Skilled in delivering engaging, high-quality case study presentations
  • Confidence working with diverse groups of professionals

What you will do

  • Coordinate with the trainer to prepare your session
  • Complete the provided case study slide template
  • Deliver a 1-hour presentation in person or online

How we support you
  • Promotion to 20,000+ industry contacts
  • Coordinating all logistics
  • Help formatting your slides with IPFA branding
  • Sharing any feedback provided from the participants post course

Hello from our lead trainer, Alex

Hi I’m Alex Yew. On behalf of IPFA Learning, I would like to welcome all members and non-members to join the Learning Faculty, to help us achieve our mission to empower infrastructure professionals across the world to unlock their potential as individuals.

For any questions, please get in touch with the Learning Team at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!

Meet the IPFA Learning Faculty

Abdul Moqueet

Manager, KPMG

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Alex Hadrill

Senior Associate, BCLP

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Alex Murray

Director - Infrastructure Research and Strategy, UBS

IPFA Trainer: Masterclass in Infrastructure Investment & Finance (Module 9). Alex is a built environment economist with special…

Alex Yew

Independent Director / Advisor / Consultant

IPFA Trainer – Project Finance: Fundamentals and Advanced. Alex Yew has more than 25 years of experience in…

Alexander Sarac

Partner, Addleshaw Goddard

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced. Alexander heads the Addleshaw Goddard Infrastructure Projects and Energy practice in…

Allard Nooy

Managing Director, Markland

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced. Allard has an extensive experience in strategic planning, directing growth, developing,…

Amaury Gilliot

Vice President Infrastructure Finance & Advisory, ING Bank N.V

IPFA Trainer: Masterclass in Infrastructure Investment & Finance (Module 7). Amaury has 11 years of banking experience including…

Andreas Ruthemeyer

Partner, Freshfields

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Andrew Farrimond

Infrastructure Sector Lead, Aviva Investors

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Andy Pearson

Director

IPFA Trainer: Project Finance Fundamentals and Asset Management for Project Finance. Infrastructure advisor since Autumn 2022. Current focus…

Arash Mojabi

Vice President Infrastructure Finance & Advisory, ING Bank N.V

IPFA Trainer: Masterclass in Infrastructure Investment & Finance (Module 7). Arash has 9 years of infrastructure experience working…

Ashish Anand

Managing Director, Assured Guaranty

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.  

Axel Jaegle

Director, UK Infrastructure Bank

IPFA Trainer: Masterclass in Infrastructure Investment & Finance (Module 8). LinkedIn Profile

Ben Foulser

Partner, KPMG

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Ben Prynn

Project Director, Agilia Infrastructure Partners

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Beth Watkins

Independent

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Brad Sandford

Partner, Trowers & Hamlins LLP

IPFA Trainer – Project Finance: Fundamentals. Brad is a project finance partner with 14 years’ experience advising the…

Bram van Wickeren

Senior Investment Manager, TINC Development Partners

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Caroline Lytton

Chief Operating Officer, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford

IPFA Trainer: Masterclass in Infrastructure Investment & Finance (Module 6). Caroline has sixteen years’ experience in project finance,…

Catalina Brando

Independent

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Catherine Workman

Infrastructure/PPP Partner, Pinsent Masons

IPFA Trainer – Project Finance: Fundamentals. Catherine is a partner at Pinsent Masons. She has been involved in…

Christopher Reeves

Consultant

IPFA Trainer – Implementing Sustainability: Lessons for Infrastructure and Energy Transition. Christopher Reeves is a global executive and…

Claudia Appels

Pycott

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Conrad Purcell

Partner, Haynes & Boone

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced. Conrad’s practice focuses primarily on energy and infrastructure projects. He advises…

Darryl Murphy

Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure, Aviva Investors

IPFA Trainer: Masterclass in Infrastructure Investment & Finance (Module 1 & 9). Darryl is Head of Infrastructure, Private…

David Charlier

Managing Partner, Ashurst LLP

IPFA Trainer: Project Finance Fundamentals.

Diederik de Koe

Independent

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Dr. Frank J. Matzen

Strategy and Transactions, EY

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Ehab Nassar

Director, Fitch Ratings

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced. Ehab Nassar is a Director at Fitch Ratings and a member…

Erhan Yildiz

Investment Director, Stellae Capital

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced. Erhan Yildiz is Investment Director & Partner at StartGreen Capital, where…

Felix Cassel

Europe Representative, Plenary Group

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Fernando Faria

Head of Infrastructure Financing, KPMG

IPFA Trainer – Project Finance Fundamentals. Fernando has developed his career advising public and private sector clients on…

Gideon Tilburgs

European Managing Director, Equitix

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Gordon Rowan

Origination and Credit Structuring, AlphaReal Capital

IPFA Trainer: Masterclass in Infrastructure Investment & Finance. Gordon brings 24 years of experience in structured finance spanning…

Hashem Khawaja

Associate Director - M&A, Forvis Mazars

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Herman Wamelink

Attorney, Stek

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Hugh Riches

Senior Consultant, CubeLynx

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Hugo Teixeira

Head of Risk Management Europe, Middle East & Africa, Siemens

IPFA Trainer: Masterclass in Infrastructure Investment & Finance (Module 6). Hugo Teixeira is a senior risk management professional…

Ian Greer

Consultant, Independent

IPFA Trainer: Understanding Project Finance, PPPs & Private Financing.    

Iris Ivkovic

Associate Director, John Laing

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Jaber Alsalah

Chair of the Academic Chapter, WAPPP

IPFA Trainer – Project Finance Advanced.

Jan Frederik Rönn

Manager Deals Advisory (Infrastructure & Renewable Energy), PwC

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced. Since 06/2023 Manager at PwC Deals Advisory, focusing on infrastructure and…

Jean Monson

Head of Infrastructure, Project Finance Asia, MUFG

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced. Jean Monson joined MUFG in 2019 and is based in Singapore.…

Jennifer Willenbrock

Director, 1898 & Co

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced. Jennifer has nearly 30 years of experience in provision of environmental…

Jo Hayes

Financial Modelling Associate Director, Grant Thornton UK

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Josephine Pletts

Senior Vice President, DNB

IPFA Trainer: Masterclass in Infrastructure Investment & Finance

Joshua Smith

Director, Plenary

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Juan Alcala Mataix

Senior Investment Director, Bestinver

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Katinka van den Brink

Attorney, Stek

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Kirill Lebedyanskiy

Senior Legal Counsel, ABN AMRO Bank N.V

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Lieven Jacquemyn

Director / Advisor / Consultant

IPFA Trainer: Project Finance: Fundamentals and Advanced. As an experienced Project Finance and Impact Investment Professional, Lieven brings…

Maria Fassakhova

Director

IPFA Trainer: Masterclass in Infrastructure Investment & Finance (Module 5). Maria has a background in investment banking and…

Mark Richards

Partner, Head of EMEA Energy, Environmental & Infrastructure Team, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

IPFA Trainer: Masterclass in Infrastructure Investment & Finance (Module 4). Mark, a partner within the leading international law…

Markus Nentwig

Corporate / Project Finance + Restructuring, Aderhold

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced. Partner at Aderhold in Frankfurt, German Public Accountant. 10+ years of…

Martin Angelov

Executive Director, Project and Structured Finance Asia Australia. Siemens

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Martin Locke

Independent Consultant / Professor

IPFA Trainer: Understanding Project Finance, PPPs & Private Financing. Martin is an infrastructure finance specialist with over 30…

Matt Garrity

Associate Director, Grant Thornton

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Mayur Gondhea

Founder/Director, CubeLynx

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced. Mayur Gondhea is the founder of CubeLynx a financial modelling consultancy…

Michael Lawson

Partner, King & Wood Mallesons

IPFA Case Study Presenter: Project Finance Advanced.

Nathan Weatherstone

Managing Director, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

IPFA Trainer: Project Finance Fundamentals. Two decades of corporate and project finance experience with Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, PricewaterhouseCoopers…

Nawara Msallati

Head of Project Finance - Concessions & Assets, BESIX

IPFA Trainer: Project Finance Fundamentals. Nawara has led the Project Finance team at BESIX C&A in Dubai since…

Omar Mahmoud

Director

IPFA Trainer – Project Finance: Fundamentals and Advanced. Omar is an independent adviser. He has solid international and…

Phil Adam

Partner, Head of Infrastructure, Debt & Capital Advisory, Deloitte

IPFA Trainer: Masterclass in Infrastructure Investment & Finance (Module 3). Phil is a Partner in Deloitte’s Advisory Corporate…

Rachel Nodder

Commercial Specialist, Infrastructure and Projects Authority

IPFA Trainer: Masterclass in Infrastructure Investment & Finance (Module 8). Rachel Nodder is a Commercial Specialist in IPA’s…