Speakers

Leonie is Senior Director & Partner at Vauban Infrastructure Partners in the New York office, spearheading Vauban's expansion in the North American market. She is actively involved in strategy, origination and execution of US investments, and in active asset management with a focus on value creation strategies. She brings 25+ years of experience across Europe and the Americas in the energy transition, transportation and digital infrastructure sectors. L'onie participated in the origination and execution of the Cartier Energy transaction, who owns and operates district energy networks in several states of the US. Previously, she was Managing Partner at New York based Latitude Advisory, a firm she co-founded providing infrastructure and energy advisory to public and private sector clients, and served as Senior Advisor at the Rockefeller Foundation in the Global Policy & Advocacy team. Earlier, L'onie spent 15+ years in Project Finance lending and financial advisory at Natixis and Scotiabank, where she successfully originated, structured, and executed complex transactions for infrastructure and energy assets in Europe, the US, and Latin America. She also co-headed and built the higher education and healthcare team at CIFG, a triple-A rated bond insurer in the US Public Finance capital markets.

Vauban Infrastructure Partners

Vauban Infrastructure Partners is a leading Infrastructure Asset Manager focused on European core infrastructure investments. Headquartered in Paris, Vauban employs over 65 professionals, the majority of whom have been working together for over a decade. Vauban is the fully-fledged affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers dedicated to sustainable infrastructure equity investments. Vauban targets predominantly European brownfield mid-market assets, and pursues a long-term, yield-driven strategy that matches the underlying nature of the assets & the long-term commitment to all stakeholders' interests through a strong focus on creating sustainable value. Vauban has raised c.'7.2 billion across 6 funds in core infrastructure from over c.100 investors from 17 different countries, and has invested in over 70 assets in the mobility, energy transition, social infrastructure, and digital infrastructure sectors across 13 different geographies.