Speakers

Deepa is responsible for the infrastructure business in Europe and for oversight of IFM Investors’ European infrastructure portfolio. She is a board member of Mersin International Port and has previously been a board member at Brisbane Airport and Veolia Energia Polska.

Deepa has extensive global expertise in the infrastructure and energy sectors, having worked in the US, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. Her 13 years at Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore included senior leadership roles, most recently as Global Head for Power, Transportation and Infrastructure. Over the course of her career, Deepa has successfully concluded several billion dollars in advisory and financing transactions, including marquee deals in power, utilities, renewable energy, infrastructure and transportation. 

Deepa also has extensive experience in diversity and inclusion initiatives and has been a member of the Steering Committee of the Women’s Infrastructure Network in Australia and Chair of IFM’s Inclusion and Diversity Forum in Europe.

IFM Investors

IFM Investors is a global asset manager, founded and owned by pension funds, with capabilities in infrastructure equity and debt, private equity, private credit, real estate and listed equities. Our purpose is to invest, protect and grow the long-term retirement savings of working people. We believe healthy returns depend on healthy economic, environmental and social systems - and these are evolving on a scale never experienced before. To find opportunity, build value and meet the needs of future generations, you need scale, skill and expertise. That’s what IFM Investors has built up over 30 years.

With assets under management of approximately €137.2 billion (as at  30 September 2025), we prioritise the interests of over 800 institutional investors worldwide. IFM operates from 16 offices across Australia, Europe, North America and Asia.