Canadian roundtable explores the importance of collaboration

Last week, the GI Hub facilitated an infrastructure roundtable with Canadian private sector participants, industry associations, and government infrastructure agencies at the Australian Trade and Investment Commission in Toronto.

GI Hub’s Head of External Relations, Katharina Surikow hosted the informal discussion which focused on the G20’s infrastructure agenda, an update on our work, and opportunities for further engagement and collaboration. Learn more about the G20 Presidency and our contributions here.

Thank you to the following participants for your contributions to a great roundtable:

• Hani Awad, Chief Executive Officer, Toraza Zenith
• Jody Barnett, Senior Vice President of Global Cities, Transit and Mobility, Mastercard
• Ayesha Bery, Manager, Content, Convergence
• Sherena Hussain, Academic Director, York University
• Michelle McConwell, Investment Director, Austrade Toronto
• Lisa Mitchell, CEO, Canadian Council of Public Private Partnerships
• Jeff Parker, VP Partnerships and Research, Infrastructure Ontario
• Neesha Patel, Managing Director, International Stakeholder Affairs, CPP Investments
• Andrew Posluns, Senior Director, Corporate Planning, Policy and Research, Canada Infrastructure Bank
• Neha Sani, InfraTech Future Mobility, Payments, KPMG Toronto
• Priyanka Vaidyanath, Investment Director, Austrade Toronto.

The GI Hub strongly believes in the importance and value of collaboration across the infrastructure community to achieve common goals for better quality infrastructure.

As a global entity independent of commercial objectives, we are uniquely positioned to create connections and help foster collaboration across the public and private sectors, academia, development banks, and other international organisations. There are many ways to connect and collaborate with us, as an individual or organisation. We welcome you to learn more and get involved.