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Joanne K. Wood is the Founder and Managing Partner of Capital Eight, an investment banking boutique specialized in corporate finance and headquartered in Shanghai.
Prior to establishing Capital Eight, Joanne worked in senior corporate finance positions with UBS, Jardine Fleming and GE Capital in Europe, the USA and China.
Listing many Fortune 500, FTSE 100 and Sino 400 entities amongst her clients, Joanne continues to advise companies on China domestic and cross-border investment strategies, capital structuring, fund-raising plans and transaction negotiations.
Joanne has been active in representing the Foreign Financial Services Industry in China, engaging in peer dialogue with the Chinese Government and Chinese financial services entities. She is currently Vice Chair of the British Chamber of Commerce Financial Services Focus Group, a former Vice Chair of the Strategic M&A and Private Equity Working Group under the EU Chamber of Commerce in China and also participates in the Australian Chamber’s Financial Services Industry Group. In August 2011, Joanne was honored with unanimous election as the inaugural and founding Chair of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Greater China, a newly established, national peak body that advocates Australian business in China.
Joanne holds an MBA from London Business School, an under-graduate degree from the University of Adelaide, South Australia and reads, writes and speaks Mandarin.

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Victoria has over 15 years of experience in infrastructure finance and environmental engineering related to construction, utilities, and real estate property development. She has extensive experience in infrastructure advisory and implementation of innovative financing solutions, having worked on some of North America and Europe’s leading PPP projects, including the Capital Beltway I-495 financing in Virginia, North Tarrant Express in Texas and the South Bay Expressway in California, USA as well as the High Speed Rail 1 in the UK and the Eurasia Tunnel in Turkey, recently recognized as the global transportation deal of the year by Infrastructure Journal.

Victoria has experience across a number of different infrastructure asset classes, including transportation transactions, transit transactions, energy transactions (coal-fired and waste-to-energy facilities), freight and passenger heavy rail transactions, port transactions, water transactions, and social infrastructure transactions including hospitals and courthouses.

As a financial advisor with PFAL and in previous positions as a lender and advisor with DEPFA Bank and WestLB, Victoria has been responsible for negotiating concession agreements and running programs for clients to deliver financing solutions for complex transactions drawing on diverse funding sources, including bank debt, tax exempt private activity bonds, government subsidized TIFIA loans, multilateral loans, export credit agency financial products, and complementary derivative products. Victoria’s experience also includes coordinating activities across multiple disciplines eg. legal, technical, engineering, economic and environmental. She is currently leading teams performing financial advisory services for a University of Kansas capital expansion program and the LA River Revitalization urban greening project, a major redevelopment initiative in Los Angeles County.

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Ray Chisnall is Country Manager of China and Asia Pacific Regional Director for Gleeds. He has nearly 30 years’ experience within the construction industry. Having spent the last 20 years working in Asia, he has extensive experience at a senior level in all aspects of consultancy, design, construction, operation, business and cost/project management across Asia Pacific but with a particular focus on China where he has lived for 15 of the 20 years. He is actively involved in public organizations and is Chair of the Construction & Property Focus Group for the British Chamber (Shanghai) and for the Australian Chamber (Shanghai). He sits on the PPP Steering Committee with representatives from FCO, UKTI, CBBC and the private sector. He has previously delivered PPP seminars in Shanghai and Beijing. He also works with UKTI and the FCO on HVO, PPP & Healthcare initiatives.

Gleeds is an independent international construction consultancy with offices across the globe. We are leaders in all aspects of PPP both in the UK and globally and have been instrumental in developing PPP in the UK since its inception. The Gleeds China team has recently celebrated its 20th year in China and has completed over 350 projects with a total investment value in excess of RMB 30 billion.

Gleeds is recognised as one of the leading technical and project management advisory companies in the PFI/PPP sector with experience gained from over 275 projects with a capital value in excess of £25 billion. Our wide-ranging experience and the capabilities of our people enable us to add significant value to our client’s businesses.

Gleeds have been involved in the PPP/PFI market since its inception in the early 1990’s. In 1996, Gleeds were the first technical advisory company to provide a secondment to HM Treasury to assist with development of Government PPP/PFI strategy and approach. We have since assisted the introduction of PPP/PFI into new sectors such as Real Estate Partnerships, housing / regeneration, leisure, LIFT, BSF and Decontamination. These cutting-edge commissions have enabled us to stay at the forefront of procurement development in PPP/PFI.

Email: ray.chisnall@gleeds.com.cn
Mobile: +86 13817815299