Submissions for the Middle East and North Africa section of the IJGlobal Awards 2024 are flooding in for what will be the biggest regional celebration of greenfield infrastructure and energy in the calendar.

The submissions portal – which remains open until 6 December – can be accessed here…

IJGlobal unashamedly claims the title for hosting the single most established infra/energy awards nights and the MENA event is already shaping up nicely, but there’s still plenty of time to submit.

We believe that the IJGlobal Awards are the most peer-review in the sector, selected in the most transparent process, to be run by any publication and presented at the most entertaining awards nights.

IJGlobal has already announced the MENA judging panel which comprises:

• Christopher Cantelmi – IFC
• Abu Chowdhury – ASMA Capital Partners
• Adel Elsolh – Natixis
• Ali-Tahir Jaffery – Standard Chartered Bank
• Lina Kassas – MUFG Bank
• Oksana Maksymchenko – WSP
• Nawara Msallati – Besix
• Sami Neffati – Aberdeen Standard Investments
• Vishal Rander – Deloitte
• Ravi Suri – KPMG
• Dan Taylor – INFRA, National Development Fund of Saudi Arabia
• Sarah Usmani – First Abu Dhabi Bank
• Laughlan Waterston – SMBC
• Catherine Workman – Pinsent Masons

The MENA judges will meet for Judgment Day on 29 January over Teams to debate the merits of companies that closed deals – project finance greenfield and refi – in that region over the course of 2024.

Judges are recused from casting a vote where they are conflicted. In effect, this means that lawyers cannot vote in the legal segment and bankers are not allowed to sway the decision in the MLA category.

Th MENA section of the IJGlobal Awards 2024 will be staged in Dubai on 30 April 2025. The venue will be confirmed nearer the time.

Read all about last year’s MENA winners in the Company category and for transactions closed over the course of the judging period, the 2023 calendar year.