Net Zero Investor’s Renewable Infrastructure Forum 2026

Kingsmill Bond, CFA is an energy strategist for Ember. He has worked as a financial market analyst and strategist for over 30 years, including for Deutsche Bank and Citibank in London, Hong Kong and Moscow.

He believes that the electrotech revolution is the most important driver of financial markets and geopolitics in the modern era. He joined Ember from RMI in 2025 to write analysis on the impact of the energy transition on financial markets, with a focus on the exponential growth of electrotech and the disruption to the fossil fuel sector.

Anish Butani is a Managing Director in the Private Markets team at bfinance and leads the firm’s coverage of the infrastructure asset class. Since joining bfinance in 2017, Anish has advised a broad range of clients globally in allocating over $10bn to the infrastructure asset class. Prior to joining bfinance, Anish gained over ten years’ experience as a corporate financier, advising on mergers and acquisitions, financings and valuations of assets in the infrastructure asset class primarily at KPMG in London and latterly at John Laing Group plc, the international developer of infrastructure projects, where he was responsible for leading and shaping divestment processes of their infrastructure project portfolio during 2016/17. Under Anish’s leadership, bfinance was recognised in 2019 & 2020 by Infrastructure Journal as ‘Best Investment Consultancy’ as recognised by leading market participants in the asset class.

Sam has over 15 years’ experience in UK and European energy policy, advising clients on investment strategy and regulatory change across the energy transition. As Head of UK Market Strategy, he works closely with investors, developers, and policymakers to shape market frameworks and unlock commercial opportunities. Sam has represented the energy sector on high-level government taskforces and is a regular contributor to national media on policy, power markets, and energy investment. He is a member of the British Institute for Energy Economics.

Akshay Kaul joined Ofgem in 2017 and is currently the Director General for Infrastructure. His department leads on energy systems and network regulation for nuclear power, carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, long duration energy storage, interconnection, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence.

Before joining Ofgem, Akshay was on secondment from HM Treasury, where he worked for five years, to Transport for London. He also had an early career in investment banking, financial services, and project finance.

William Blyth has over 25 years’ experience in energy economics and policy, with a focus on transitions to a low-carbon economy and energy access in developed and developing countries. 

He is the Director of Oxford Energy Associates, an independent energy research company established in 2004, working with business, government and academic clients. 

He is a Principle Research Fellow at Imperial College London, working with the UK Energy Research Centre on future electricity markets designed for zero-carbon electricity.

Until recently, William was part-time Senior Research Fellow for the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office where he helped launch the COP26 Green Grids Initiative which aims accelerate the transformation of electricity systems towards renewables, and the Climate Compatible Growth programme which aims to support investment in sustainable energy and transport systems to meet development priorities in the Global South.

He has a DPhil in Physics from Oxford University.

Rhyadd Keaney-Watkins is a Managing Director and  Head of ESG at Arjun Infrastructure Partners, a London-headquartered and independent asset management firm dedicated to identifying, executing and managing mid-market infrastructure investments. Founded in 2015, Arjun now manages over €7 billion of capital on behalf of prominent institutional investors.

Prior to Arjun, Rhyadd spent over 15 years in sustainability consultancy, advising a range of Development Finance Institutions and Infrastructure Fund Managers on infrastructure ESG strategy development, risk management and value creation. His diverse experience includes advising the International Finance Corporation on solar development in Zambia, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in hydropower and agricultural irrigation in Morocco, and Infrastructure GPs on a range of infrastructure strategies focussing on OECD countries. He has also advised companies on topics such as ground risk and liabilities, greenhouse gas accounting and climate risk assessment.
Rhyadd is a Chartered Environmentalist (C.Env.) and Chartered Member of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (MCIWEM).

Matteo is a Senior Responsible Investment Specialist at APG Asset Management, specializing in Private Equity and Venture investments. With 15 years interest in Responsible Investment, Matteo has worked extensively on financial and climate risk in both asset management and banking supervision. In its academic career he has published several papers on socially responsible investment and financial inclusion. He holds a PhD in Finance from Maastricht University.

Ryan is a Programme Director, with his work including leading the team advising the UK Government on implementing the UK Green Taxonomy, through the Green Technical Advisory Group (GTAG), and developing criteria for new sectors, via the Land, Nature and Adapted Systems (LNAS) advisory group. 

Ryan also works with the Institute’s sector-focused coalitions and initiatives, and previously led the Zero Carbon Heating Taskforce (ZCHT) and established the Local Climate Bond (LCB) Campaign. 

Before joining the Institute, Ryan worked in investment banking at Cantor Fitzgerald and Jefferies, specialising in infrastructure and renewable energy. 

An experienced financial journalist who was previously deputy editor at portfolio institutional. Winner of the 2023 WTW Media Awards in the category DB Pensions Journalist of the year.

Manuel is Head of Real Assets, Private Markets leading a team responsible for the origination and execution of infrastructure, real estate and public sector investments for Standard Life. He also acts as SME for all Real Assets matters. Prior to joining Standard Life, Manuel was at Scottish Widows in the Loan Investments team in London, where he was a Director, responsible for originating and executing infrastructure transactions. Previously, he worked at Lloyds Bank in London as part of the Infrastructure and Energy team. Manuel also held positions at Standard & Poor’s and the European Investment Bank. Manuel received a Master in Finance and Monetary Policy from the University of Brescia