Event Speakers

CAIA Montreal and CFA Montreal present: Opportunities in Today's Infrastructure Market

  • Date: October 9, 2019
  • Location: Omni King Edward - Ontario

Speakers

Dominic Chalifoux
Organization: Axium Infrastructures


Based in the firm’s Montreal office, Dominic serves as a senior member of the management team and is primarily responsible for the firm’s asset management, as well as transaction origination, due diligence and execution. Dominic joined Axium Infrastructure in 2009 and has 20 years of experience in infrastructure principal investing, asset management and project management. As a mechanical engineer, Dominic began his career working as a project manager for a leading HVAC manufacturer (Trane) where he managed relationships with large Canadian corporations and delivered large turn-key projects. Dominic later moved on to join Macquarie Capital Funds’ asset management group where he maintained asset management responsibility for transportation assets. He was active in the development of risk management plans, recruitment of management staff, performance monitoring, reporting and valuation functions, and negotiation of amendments to contractual terms. Dominic is an engineering and finance professional holding an MBA from HEC Montréal and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Polytechnique Montréal. He is also a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec.


Hadley Peer Marshall
Organization: Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.


Hadley Peer Marshall is a Managing Director in Brookfield’s Infrastructure Group. In this role, Ms. Peer Marshall oversees the origination, execution and asset management of the Firm's infrastructure credit investments in the Americas. Prior to joining Brookfield in 2015, Ms. Peer Marshall was Co-Head of the project finance and infrastructure group at Goldman Sachs, where she was responsible for originating, structuring, executing and advising on infrastructure and project financings for clients. Ms. Peer Marshall holds a B.A. degree in economics and an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


Sid Vittal
Organization: Mercer Alternatives Limited


Sid is a Principal & North American Co-Lead for the infrastructure sector with Mercer Alternatives, Mercer’s specialist boutique dedicated to alternative investments. Sid's responsibilities include portfolio construction and performing diligence on fund investments, co-investments and secondaries for both Mercer’s discretionary capital and advisory clients. Sid has worked in various capacities in the infrastructure and energy sector with some of the world’s leading advisors and investors in the sector such as Infrastructure Ontario and SunEdison and has worked on transactions globally across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific. Sid holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the Schulich School of Business, York University and a Master's Degree in Finance (with Merit) from the London School of Economics.