Speakers

Saad Ul Islam is an Investment Director in the infrastructure equity team at British International Investment with responsibilities for leading renewable power, transmission and distribution, and water utility investments in Africa and South Asia. He has 17 years of experience of investing in power and infrastructure. Prior to joining BII, Saad worked for HgCapital focused on investing in renewable energy projects in Europe and at Citigroup where he advised on infrastructure and energy projects across Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Saad has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics.

British International Investment 

British International Investment (formerly known as CDC Group), is the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor established in 1948 and has over 75 years experience of investing in emerging economies.