• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

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

Thursday, 12 March

  • 11:30am - 12:30pm (CST) / -

    Financing New Power Projects: Seeking bankability
    Investment & Trading Power & Renewables

    The energy transition will require a significant build out of new power generation and storage assets over the coming decade. Yet uncertainty persists surrounding long-term revenue streams in the various evolving power markets. How is project financing evolving to adapt? How are risk profiles viewed across markets by the finance community? Will policy uncertainty stall the development of certain types of new supply more than others?