• CERAWeek
  • March 18 - 22, 2024

Salim Samaha

Global Infrastructure Partners

Partner, Global Head of Energy

Salim G. Samaha, Partner, Global Head of Energy

Salim Samaha is a Partner at Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), Global Head of Energy, and a member of GIP’s Investment and Operating Committees. Mr. Samaha is based in New York and is responsible for overseeing GIP’s power/renewables, midstream/LNG, and energy transition/decarbonization investment activities globally. Prior to joining GIP, Mr. Samaha was a senior banker in the Global Energy Group of Credit Suisse’s Investment Banking Division and an investment banker at Lehman Brothers in its Global Power and Project Finance Group.  Mr. Samaha serves as a Director of Eolian, Rio Grande LNG, and Columbia Pipeline Group. Mr. Samaha received a B.Com. degree in finance and accounting from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and is a guest lecturer and member of McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management Expert Panel.

Sessions With Salim Samaha

Wednesday, 13 March

  • 11:30am - 12:30pm (CST) / -

    How Will LNG Infrastructure Be Financed?

    Panel Gas Finance/Trading/Risk Management

    With a record inventory of new LNG projects competing to meet growth in demand, how will the winners be funded? Will traditional commercial and risk management approaches lose out to new business models? Can novel sources of financing be accessed, and can these sources significantly increase the availability and lower the cost of capital? Insights from leading developers, stakeholders, and financial institutions will help inform these questions.