Now that submissions are in for this year’s IJInvestor Awards, we are delighted to confirm the full line-up of judges who will gather (virtually) on the afternoon of Wednesday 10 November to decide the fate of a record number of entries.

Now in its third year, IJInvestor Awards 2021 are scheduled to be staged on Thursday 9 December when we are quietly hoping winners will build this celebration into seasonal team outings!

For now, we are confirming the remaining members of the judging panel, all of them established industry leaders from the energy and infrastructure funds and M&A which we believe contributes significantly to creating the single most independent peer-reviewed awards in this space.

As with all our judging processes, judges vote in secret and those who have are conflicted are recused, relying primarily on the honour system and other judges pointing meaningfully at fellow panellists.

The latest members to be signed up to the IJInvestor Awards judging panel (in alphabetical order) are:

• Daniel Agostino – managing partner, iCON Infrastructure
• Jean-Francis Dusch – global head of infrastructure and structured finance, Edmond de Rothschild (London)
• Ingrid Edmund – head of portfolio management and financing for infra investments, Columbia Threadneedle Investments (London)
• Emma Haight – head of infrastructure debt Europe at AMP Capital (London)
• Charles-Henry Lecointe – global head of infrastructure debt, Legal & General Investment Management (Chicago)
• Dolly Michandani – energy and infrastructure partner, White & Case (New York)
• Richa Prasad – partner, Cranmore Partners (London)

Last month – in a fit of good organisation – we published the initial team of judges, again in alphabetical order:

• Gordon Bajnai – Partner and Head of Global Infrastructure, Campbell Lutyens (London)
• Ilya Bonhomme-Gomez – Executive Director, DC Advisory (London)
• Elise Dupuy Vaudour – Chief Operating Officer, Eurazeo Infrastructure (Paris)
• Matthias Fackler – Partner and Head of Infrastructure Advisory in Europe, EQT Partners (Munich)
• Udit Ghandi – Partner, EY (London)
• Maria Kang – Managing Partner, Sera Advisory (NY)
• Charlotte Madden – Partner, Clifford Chance (London)
• Chantale Pelletier – Global Head of Infrastructure in Private Assets, Schroders (Paris)
• Melannie Pyzik – Managing Director, Argo Infrastructure Partners (Sydney)

IJ prides itself on the independent nature of our awards which – to our minds – make them the most valuable industry recognitions to be presented in the global infrastructure and energy space.