The Project

This week (early April 2021), Joe Biden announced his $2 trillion investment programme.

We're delighted to welcome back Norman Anderson to evaluate Biden's infrastructure strategy.

Norman is a previous guest of the podcast. He’s been a member of a number of world economic forum groups including, The Global Advisory Council on Infrastructure and the Strategic Infrastructure Initiative.

We also discuss Norman's excellent new book Vision: Our strategic Infrastructure Roadmap Forward .  You'll also find out how you can get your hands on a free copy. 

In this new episode of The Project Podcast, Kenny Whitelaw-Jones and Yusuf Macun discuss all things Hydrogen. We cover what opportunities a new Hydrogen boom brings and what the challenges will be.

Yusuf Macun is the Managing Partner at Cranmore Partners. He has more than 20 years of experience in energy and Infrastructure, he is also one of the co-founders of the Project Finance Institute and teaches on the Certified Project Finance Analyst Programme.

Giles Dickson is the CEO of Wind Europe.

Wind Europe is the voice of the wind energy industry and represents over 400 companies and organisations across the whole wind power value chain.

In this episode, we discuss the expected growth in European wind energy in the coming years, the impact of the European green deal, as well as new innovations in renewable hydrogen.

Norman Anderson is the CEO of CG/LA Infrastructure.

He’s been a member of a number of world economic forum groups including, The Global Advisory Council on Infrastructure and the Strategic Infrastructure Initiative.

In this episode, we discuss why we build infrastructure and how the powerful symbolism surrounding many infrastructure projects reflects all of us.

Norman recently wrote, "The right infrastructure shows us who we are". Here, we dig deeper into these thoughts.

If you wish to read Norman's publications in more detail, here is the link to his posts in Forbes:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/normananderson/#395c98015e4a

In this short episode, Kenny gives an introduction to the Project Finance Institute - what it is, why we created it and how you can get involved. 

The Project Finance Institute is a dedicated learning community for Project Finance and Infrastructure professionals. Join at members.projectfinanceinstitute.com

Jeremy Connick is a partner at Clifford Chance. 

He specialises in advising clients operating in the fields of energy, natural resources and infrastructure. Jeremy has a particular focus on transactions in Africa.

In addition to discussing the post COVID outlook for energy projects in Africa, we dive into topics around mental health and well-being, especially in a professional context. 

Jeremy lost his wife to suicide 6 years ago. Jeremy's difficult journey through this experience has led him to speak out about issues of mental health and well being. He plays a leading role in well-being at Clifford Chance. 

In this episode, we talk to Darryl Murphy, Head of Infrastructure at Aviva Investors.  

Topics covered in this episode: 

• How COVID has affected the day to day working at Aviva Investors   
• How Aviva's Infrastructure Assets have performed during the crisis
• How resilient the infrastructure sector has been overall
• What lessons Darryl brought from the Global Financial Crisis that have informed this crisis  
• How COVID may affect aviation beyond the crisis  
• The role infrastructure may have in the post COVID recovery. 

John travels from London to Edinburgh to Hartlepool discussing the impact technology can have on essential public services. This episode, featuring Dr. Steven Fawkes, Max Carcas and Paul Hewitson, explores what is needed in terms of funding and policy to see greater deployment or integration of digital and clean technologies with physical infrastructure to deliver more efficient, connected, resilient and agile assets.

In this episode Kenny travels to Copenhagen to meet the team from Wave Dragon, a wave energy system under development, and Edinburgh to meet the founder of Pelamis. They discuss the development of the wave energy industry and what problems have to be overcome if wave energy is to complete with wind and solar. 

John walks with infrastructure specialist Laurence Carter as he nears the end of a deeply personal 12-month journey to raise awareness for cervical cancer.