Introduction to the Fast-Infra Label Application Portal

Jana Blank

Data Team Leader

Bloomberg

Jana Blank is a Team Leader in Bloomberg's Data Department, based in London. She manages a team of data engineers and data analysts who onboard and maintain databases for physical assets such as renewable and conventional power plants, hydrogen and energy storage projects as well as their corresponding financing instruments. Her team also works on the technical implementation of the FAST-Infra Label Data Repository. Jana has over 8 years of experience working in Bloomberg’s Data Department across a variety of products and roles, including as a project manager and data specialist. She holds degrees in Economics from the University of Münster and City University London.

Edith Guedella Bustamante

Head of Sustainability

ACCIONA Construction

Edith Guedella is an expert in sustainability with nearly 20 years of experience in developing sustainable solutions for infrastructure. She currently works as the head of sustainability at the construction business of ACCIONA, coordinating global projects focused on sustainable construction. She has been recognized by the European Commission as an expert evaluator for programs such as H2020 and Horizon Europe. Edith holds a degree in Environmental Biology and Environmental Sciences from the Autonomous University of Madrid, an International MBA from EOI and the University of Manchester, and is pursuing a PhD in sustainability at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. She has also completed executive programs in leadership and creativity at UCLA Anderson School of Management. She contributes to the Advisory Board of the Circular Engineering Master’s Program at Carlos III University of Madrid and actively participates in Women Action Sustainability (WAS). Additionally, she is part of the steering committee for the Fast Infra Sustainable Label and the Homeward Bound program, which will take her on an expedition to Antarctica in January 2025.

Louis Downing

Chief Executive Officer

Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation

Louis is CEO of the Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation. Louis has a background as an engineer with a diverse professional practice across developed, emerging and least developed economies as well as in conflict and post-conflict contexts. He is a respected thought leader, experienced innovator and sustainability/resilience expert. With qualifications in Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Physics and International development, Louis also brings experience in leading complex multi-stakeholder processes and has developed and lead a range of impactful global programmes accelerating sustainable and resilient infrastructure.

Marie Lam-Frendo

Partner, Chief Strategy Officer

Meridiam

Marie has 22 years of experience spanning across the development, financing, and public policy for infrastructure projects, as well as almost 10 years of experience in general management. From 2019 to 2023, Marie was the CEO of the G20 Global Infrastructure Hub, directly advising for Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on public policies and program development to boost infrastructure investment in emerging economies. From 2015 to 2018, she was the MD and Head of Asia-Pacific for Atkins Acuity, the advisory services business of the SNCL group, helping clients with infrastructure project strategy and finance. Prior to that, Marie headed the Infrastructure Initiatives department of the World Economic Forum (WEF) (2011-2014) where she led their thought leadership activities, publishing reports on best practices in the infrastructure sector. She started a career in 2001, and held numerous commercial and technical positions at various European utilities providers (Alpiq, Essent, RWE,…) where her expertise spanned from arch dam design to business development and equity investment activities in LNG, renewables (solar, biomass, hydro) in the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia. She holds an MSc of Civil Engineering from EPF, an MSc of Marketing and Strategy from ESCP-EAP (Paris), and an MSc of Management and Leadership from WEF (in partnership with LBS and INSEAD). She is a Global Leadership Fellow of the WEF.

Robin Grenfell

Head of Green Analytics Team

Macquarie Asset Management

Robin is head of Macquarie Asset Management’s (MAM) Green Analytics team, part of MAM Sustainability. The team specialises in sustainability investment appraisal, asset management, reporting and product structuring, with a focus on “green impact” – the contribution to environmental objectives. During his tenure at Macquarie, Robin has structured green investment frameworks for debt and equity products. He led development of MAM’s data-centric green impact capability to demonstrate the environmental benefits of green investments, including collaborating with Bloomberg on the Project Impact Tracker tool. Previously Robin worked in environmental and engineering consultancy, with Stantec and the UK’s National Physical Laboratory. He developed analytical techniques to model carbon emissions of infrastructure projects and authored a number of peer-reviewed articles on analytical science and carbon accounting. Robin has two Masters of Science degrees from the University of Edinburgh and is a Chartered Project Professional (Association for Project Management). Robin represented Macquarie as the Co-chair of Financial Services Taskforce Working Group on Sustainable Finance under the Sustainable Markets Initiative.

Jaco Kemp

Data Product Owner

FAST-Infra Sustainable Infrastructure Label

Jaco Kemp is the Product Owner for the FAST-Infra Data Repository acting as a bridge between stakeholders, end-users, and engineering teams. With a strong focus on data quality, user experience and continuous improvement he aims to ensure the Data Repository helps deliver real word sustainable change. Prior to joining Bloomberg, he worked for a multinational design and engineering consultancy in the build environment in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australasia. Jaco has more than two decades of engineering and sustainable infrastructure design experience combined with data product management. Jaco holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from University College Dublin, the Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.