Julian Mylchreest

Julian is Executive Vice Chairman of Global Corporate & Investment Banking at Bank of America. He focuses on key clients globally within the Natural Resources space and also senior client relationships across all sectors in EMEA. He also co-leads the firm’s ESG Strategic Council, serves as a commissioner on the Energy Transitions Commission, is an active participant and taskforce leader for the Sustainable Markets Initiative, and is a Business Fellow at the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment at Oxford University. Julian joined Bank of America in 2010 to lead the firm’s Energy and Power team, after 19 years at Citigroup. In 2017, he took on leadership of the Global Natural Resources team. Over his career, Julian has been responsible for over $750 billion in global M&A transactions, IPOs and financings for clients in the energy, power, renewables and mining space and has built a trusted advisor relationship with many CEOs and boards globally.

Session Overview

Monday, 4 November

13:30

Finance & Investment Conference Conference Room A 13:30 - 14:30

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Bridging the gap: energy and financial cross-sector collaboration to advance new projects

A successful global energy transition will naturally be advanced in large part by the acceleration of renewables project deployment, advances in clean technology and scalability, and more. Large scale capital investment is critical to advancing the development of clean and lower carbon energy projects including hydrogen and LNG. Investment and finance confidence will be built across a combination of mechanisms, from policy incentives to transition knowledge building across the finance community a tolerance for the risk profile required to deliver the global transition. How can the energy and finance sectors work better together to unlock the needed finance? What are investors and banks looking for in energy projects to prove their bankability? How can the energy sector inspire investor confidence to create the risk tolerance required to deliver innovative energy projects?

Attendee insights:

Hear how leading investors and banks can collaborate with the energy industry to deliver the required investment to ensure the energy transition progresses at the pace and scale needed.