IPFA Trainer: Masterclass in Infrastructure Investment & Finance (Module 6).

Hugo Teixeira is a senior risk management professional with over 25 years of international experience in underwriting, structuring, and managing complex structured finance transactions. His career spans a broad spectrum of financing solutions, with a particular focus on Project and Leveraged Finance. He currently serves as Chief Risk Officer at Siemens Financial Services, where he oversees all equity investments on a global basis. His responsibilities include the analysis, structuring, approval and execution of equity investments across private equity, project finance, growth equity, acquisition finance, and fund investments. Hugo is a Managing Director of Siemens Project Ventures GmbH and is a member of several leadership and management committees within Siemens. Previously, Hugo held key leadership roles within Siemens Bank, including Deputy General Manager of the Singapore Branch, Head of Risk Management for Project and Corporate Finance in EMEA and Head of Risk Management for Project and Energy Finance in the Asia-Australia region. His earlier career includes roles in credit risk for infrastructure at WestLB, commercial finance and advisory at London Underground, infrastructure advisory at PwC, M&A at Banco BPI, and wholesale banking at Banco Espirito Santo. Hugo holds multiple professional designations: he is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), a Fellow Chartered Management Accountant (FCMA), and a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA). He earned his Economics degree from the University of Porto and an MBA from Warwick Business School.