Geoffrey Tan
Geoffrey Tan
Speaker
Managing Director, Asia-Pacific

U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

United States

Geoffrey Tan is a Managing Director at U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), the U.S. government's development finance institution.  As DFC’s representative based in Singapore, he is responsible for business development in Malaysia, Mongolia, the Pacific and the Philippines, as well as coordination across DFC’s Bangkok, Jakarta and Mumbai offices.  Mr. Tan has worked in emerging markets investment financing for over 25 years.  At DFC (formerly Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)) he has worked primarily on power, renewable energy and infrastructure projects, but also has diversified into other sectors including access to finance, impact and gender lens investing.  These investments have been in Latin America, the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia.  Prior to OPIC Mr. Tan worked for the Chase Manhattan Bank (now JPMorgan Chase) in New York, Singapore and Hong Kong focusing on project and structured finance, and for Emerging Markets Partnership in Singapore focusing on private equity infrastructure investments.  Mr. Tan is a graduate of Cornell University and the University of Virginia, and attended Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium.

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Energy Transition

Project Finance Leaders Lunch Roundtable

Aaron Ross
Global Head Project, Export & Asset Finance,
ANZ
Romain Voisin
Energy & Infrastructure Group,
Crédit Agricole CIB
Shiv Sivarajah
Head of Project Finance (Asia),
MUFG
Amanda Copping
Chief Investment Officer,
Export Finance Australia (EFA)
Jason Lim
Project Finance, Asia-Pacific,
DZ BANK AG
Steve Mercieca
Regional co-Head Project & Export Finance ASEAN & Australia,
Standard Chartered
Gregory Thomassin
COO, Head of Project Finance - APAC,
Total Eren
Geoffrey Tan
Managing Director, Asia-Pacific,
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

This exclusive workshop will unite the leading financiers in the region to discuss the main topics, trends and opportunities across the Asian Project finance market.

This session is invite only, if you are interested in joining and would like to apply to attend please email max.kallmeier@exilegroup.com

DFI leaders panel: Hear from Asia's Development Banks

Paulo Martelli
VP & Chief Investment,
FinDev Canada
Geoffrey Tan
Managing Director, Asia-Pacific,
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
Nishant Kumar
Managing Director and Head of Asia,
GuarantCo
Pramod Vijayaskandar
Other,
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Saud Minam
CEO,
Fiji Development Bank

The Asia Pacific region is rife with opportunity for Development finance. Across both energy and infrastructure there are plenty of opportunities for DFIs and multilaterals to be involved in deals. Join us as we unite Asia’s leading DFIs to discuss: 
- What does the pipeline look like for DFI transactions in Asia? 
- What are some of the biggest challenges facing DFIs operating in Asia? 
- What can DFIs do to help facilitate investment from institutional investors? 
- What role will the energy transition mechanism play in Asia, and what work needs to be done to make the ETM a functioning reality?