Podcasts Technology Energy Unplugged EP.62 Bruce Riley Managing Director, Infrastructure and Project Finance at NatWest

EP.62 Bruce Riley Managing Director, Infrastructure and Project Finance at NatWest

Published: Aug. 27, 2021, midnight

In this episode, our CEO John Feddersen is joined by Bruce Riley \u2013 Managing Director for Infrastructure and Project Finance at NatWest. The focus of the show is the evolving role of project and infrastructure finance in the energy transition. Bruce leads one of Europe\u2019 largest and most influential energy infrastructure and project finance teams and he\u2019s a veteran in Europe\u2019s project finance industry, having spent his career entirely with Royal Bank of Scotland \u2013 NatWest. \n\nJohn and Bruce discuss:\n\n\u2022\tHow has project finance as a field changed over the past two and a half decades\n\u2022\tThe relevance of renewables low carbon finance for NatWest loan book & long term climate commitments \n\u2022\tFinancing coal assets and how decisions are made within the bank to not lend against a particular area on ESG grounds