Global Infrastructure Advisory Services 2050

Philippe Benoit, managing director (and founder) of GIAS2050, is an accomplished senior professional with more than 25 years of experience in international energy, finance, development and sustainability. He combines project financing expertise with strategic and high analytical competency. Mr. Benoit’s experience spans a wide spectrum of countries, from advanced economies in Europe and North America, to emerging economies in Asia, Africa and Latin America, to least-developed countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. He has been responsible for the financing of infrastructure and other projects totaling over $5 billion that catalyzed over $10 billion in additional private and public sector funding. He has also published extensively (see links below).

Mr. Benoit, among other things, worked for 20 years at the World Bank (including as Energy Sector Manager) and in various other management and strategic capacities, such as at SG Investment Bank as Director in the Energy Project Finance group, and at the International Energy Agency as Division Head for Energy Environment and Energy Efficiency. He most recently worked as Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University-SIPA’s Center on Global Energy Policy. He also served as Senior Associate (non-resident) with the Center on Strategic and International Studies: Energy Security and Climate Change Program.

He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, a B.A. in economics and political science from Yale University, and a masters in trade law from the University of Paris.

Contact: Information@gias2050.com