GIIA Singapore Summit 2026

Gerald Licnachan
Partner 

T: +65 6439 3494
E: gerald.licnachan@cms-cmno.com

Ilan Freiman
Partner 

T: +61 493 853 024
E: ilan.freiman@cms-cmno.com

Lloyd Chater
Partner 

T: +44 20 7367 2542
E: lloyd.chater@cms-cmno.com

Marc Rathbone
Partner

T: +65 6720 8278
E: marc.rathbone@cms-cmno.com

Keynote
Macro trends shaping APAC infrastructure in 2026

Speaker

• Gayle Tan, Project Director, Infrastructure Asia

Panel I: What’s trending in APAC? Key market insights and opportunities
This panel provides a sharp regional sweep of Asia‑Pacific’s most dynamic markets, exploring how investors are ranking and prioritising destinations like Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and India. Panellists will unpack the macro forces shaping sector allocations and asset pricing, compare regulatory certainty and cross‑market risk conditions, and examine where international capital is flowing first.

Speakers

• Gerald Licnachan - Partner, CMS Singapore (moderator)
• Oliver Redrup - Director, Plenary
• Wilson Chung - Managing Director, DigitalBridge
• Rajiv Khakhar - Executive Director, Morrison 

Fireside Chat: Digital Infrastructure, data demand & the investment challenge
This Fireside Chat will explore APAC digital infrastructure, examining the rapid expansion of data centres, storage assets, transmission networks, and how climate pressures, extreme weather, and energy constraints are reshaping where and how these facilities are built. Panellists will explore the economics behind revenue‑stacking models in Sydney and other regional markets, the financing gap created by increasingly cautious banks, and innovative deal structures emerging in response. The session will also assess grid readiness across the region alongside the growing role of battery storage, and the factors multinationals weigh when choosing APAC jurisdictions.

Speakers

• Jon Phillips – CEO, GIIA (moderator)
• Jonathan Dames – Partner, CMS UK
• Matthew Goh – Director, Asia Pacific Infrastructure, KKR

Panel II: APAC energy transition & net-zero sectors - reality vs. ambition
This panel explores the gap between APAC’s net‑zero commitments and progress, assessing where government ambition is outpacing action and what catalysts are needed to unlock scaled investment in critical energy‑transition infrastructure. Panellists will examine how fluctuating policy signals are reshaping investor strategies, the growth outlook across grid‑scale renewables, storage, transmission and industrial electrification, and how geopolitical dynamics are influencing project viability. The session will also provide jurisdiction‑by‑jurisdiction contrasts on readiness, investability, and regulatory certainty across the region.

Speakers

• Lloyd Chater – Partner, CMS Australia (moderator)
• Jirong Lim – Investment Director, Climate Fund Managers
• James Shaw – Operating Partner, Morrison
• Stephanie Tseng – Associate Director, KPMG