Chin Ratnayake

Speaker

Managing Director

National Westminster Bank (NatWest)

United Kingdom

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Project and infrastructure finance lender leader keynote panel

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Toby Walker

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Chin Ratnayake

Managing Director,

National Westminster Bank (NatWest)

· Identifying high-return sectors and geographic hotspots for capital deployment

· Examining strategic approaches to risk-return optimisation and portfolio resilience in unpredictable economic cycles.

· How are lenders stress-testing project portfolios against inflation, FX, and interest rate volatility?

· What risk-sharing mechanisms (guarantees, syndication, insurance, blended finance) are gaining traction?

· Appetite for greenfield vs. brownfield vs. refinancing deals

· To what extent are private credit and non-bank lenders reshaping deal structures and pricing?

· Examining the evolution of perceptions around sustainability and ESG metrics