{"id":75784,"date":"2016-11-07T11:59:38","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T11:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=929c458e37f1fbb7a87a2372f731c7ee"},"modified":"2016-11-07T11:59:38","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T11:59:38","slug":"news-story-new-infrastructure-finance-chief-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=75784","title":{"rendered":"News story: New Infrastructure Finance Chief unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Today (7 November) the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/infrastructure-and-projects-authority\">Infrastructure and Projects Authority<\/a> (<abbr title=\"Infrastructure and Projects Authority\">IPA<\/abbr>) has announced Matthew Vickerstaff will become its new Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Head of Project Finance.<\/p>\n<p>The move reflects the importance the government places on securing private sector investment to fund the country\u2019s infrastructure and Mr Vickerstaff will start his role on 14 November.<\/p>\n<p>This is a new post that will bring additional world-class project finance expertise to the <abbr title=\"Infrastructure and Projects Authority\">IPA<\/abbr>, a government body which provides expert support for major infrastructure and government projects.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his responsibilities in the <abbr title=\"Infrastructure and Projects Authority\">IPA<\/abbr>, Matthew will be the Head of the Project Finance profession across government, the first time such a post has existed.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Meggs, CEO of <abbr title=\"Infrastructure and Projects Authority\">IPA<\/abbr>, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I am delighted to welcome Matthew to the <abbr title=\"Infrastructure and Projects Authority\">IPA<\/abbr>. I look forward to working closely with Matthew as he brings with him a wealth of private sector expertise in the financing of major international infrastructure projects across a broad range of sectors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">He will play an invaluable role in leading the project finance profession across government and demonstrating that the UK is open for business.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Chief Secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We are determined to build a bigger, better, Greater Britain, and we will do all we can to help attract investment to ensure our infrastructure is fit for the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Matthew\u2019s proven experience and commercial expertise will help the UK attract additional infrastructure investment by bringing the private sector on board.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Matthew Vickerstaff, Deputy CEO, Infrastructure and Projects Authority, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I am really looking forward to joining the <abbr title=\"Infrastructure and Projects Authority\">IPA<\/abbr> at such an exciting time for infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">This government\u2019s ambition to deliver high quality infrastructure must be matched by its ability to work with investors, project sponsors from the UK and across the world.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4 id=\"more-information\">More information<\/h4>\n<p>Mr Matthew Vickerstaff<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Matthew has spent over 10 years at Societe Generale, leading teams responsible for advisory, banking, equity investment and the capital markets, with clients across multiple industries, including airports, ports, rail, roads, PPPs, utilities, renewables, energy and real estate<\/li>\n<li>most recently he was Head of Impact Investment Banking at ClearlySo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Deputy CEO role<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>they will deputise for the CEO as required, as well as having direct leadership responsibility for the management of teams responsible for <abbr title=\"Private Finance 2\">PF2<\/abbr> policy and implementation, the UK Guarantees Scheme, and the <abbr title=\"Infrastructure and Projects Authority\">IPA<\/abbr>\u2019s international team<\/li>\n<li>they will also be spokesperson for the <abbr title=\"Infrastructure and Projects Authority\">IPA<\/abbr> and government on the use of private finance to deliver public projects<\/li>\n<li>the post holder will be the Head of the Project Finance Profession within government<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) announces Matthew Vickerstaff as their new Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Head of Project Finance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75784"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}