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[Event] ILX Forum 2025. Global Development Finance: Sustainable Investment in Emerging Markets

July 24, 2025
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Thursday 25th September, 12:30 – 18:00, Move, Amsterdam

Overview

Mobilising Private Capital to invest in Sustainable Growth and the Climate Transition in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs) has become a central focus among global development finance stakeholders. Especially in the new geopolitical reality with reduced development assistance and international trade frictions.  

Since its start in 2022, ILX has established itself as the leading asset manager in the growing Development Finance asset class and demonstrated that co-investment with Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) and Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) provides attractive, stable and diversified returns which are directly aligned with the SDG and Climate goals. The ILX now manages USD 1.7 billion on behalf of Dutch and Danish pension funds and has invested in over 65 high-impact projects in 24 countries, partnering with all the leading Multilateral Development Banks and DFIs

The ILX Forum will bring together key stakeholders from across the development finance and institutional investor ecosystem to discuss the opportunities and challenges of investing in this growing asset class across EMDEs. The emerging market regions provide the greatest long-term growth prospects and require significant investment in support of sustainable economic growth, and key climate and energy transition objectives. The ILX Forum builds on the ILX Fund’s experience and aims to catalyse further engagement in this key development finance investment strategy, bringing together practitioners, projects, and institutional investors. 

Attendees

The ILX Forum will host 150 invited senior representatives from the global MDB, DFI community, leading European pension fund investors, policymakers and academics.

Objectives
  • Deep dive into the broader MDB and DFI ecosystem as key investment partners in EMDEs, specialised in sustainable and climate finance projects. 
  • Discuss how global pension funds and other institutional investors can increase their allocation to the growing global development and climate finance private credit asset class.
  • Highlight the ILX strategy, the portfolio performance, SDG & climate impact across the EMDEs and scalability of the Development Finance asset class.
  • Demystify the perceived vs actual risk of the Development Finance asset class, its attractive return on risk and comparison with other public and private asset classes.
  • Showcase actual high-impact ILX portfolio projects with the borrowers, the MDBs, and engagement of the ILX team
If you want to attend, reach out to communications@ilxfund.com
ILX Forum Thursday 25Th September 2025 12.30-18.00 Move,  Stadionplein 28, 1076 CM Amsterdam
12:30Registration
13:00ILX welcome by Manfred Schepers, CEO, ILX
13:10
Keynote addresses
Sigrid Kaag: Former Dutch Deputy Prime Minister and minister of Finance, Trade & Aid and Former Under Secretary General, United Nations
Harmen van Wijnen: Chairman of the Executive Board, ABP
13.30
Fireside chat with MDB leadership: The future of Development Finance
Kevin Nijrani, Global Director for Mobilization and Syndicated Loans, IFC
Hans Peter Lankes, Managing Director, ODI
13:45
The ILX Investment Strategy and Portfolio
Manfred Schepers, CEO and Member Investment Committee
Luz Martinez, Head of Sustainability
14.00
Development Finance panel
This panel will discuss the critical role of MDBs and DFIs in delivering SDG and Climate finance projects across the EMDE and in mobilising private capital. It will highlight the stable risk-adjusted returns and SDG-Climate impact achieved in partnerships with MDBs and DFIs.  

Panel members:
ADB: Bart Raemaekers, Head of Mobilisation and Blended Finance
AfDB: Max Magor Ndiaye, Senior Director of Syndications
DEG: Peter Thimme, Senior Director of Syndications
EBRD: Christian Kleboth, Head of Debt Mobilisation
FMO: Annemieke Mokveld, Manager of Loan Syndications and Agency Desk
IDBi: Jozef Henriquez, Head of Resource Mobilisation
IFC: Giancarlo Ortega, Manager of Syndications Operations  
Moderator: Rosy Khanna, Former Director, IFC
15:00 Tea Break
15.30The Critical Role of MDBs in Providing Climate Finance across the EMDEs
Gianpiero Nacci, Managing Director, Climate Strategy and Delivery, EBRD

The Investment and Impact Case for Climate Finance in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies
Arti Grover, Principal Economist, IFC
15:50
Institutional Investor panel
This panel will discuss the experiences of leading pension funds investing in EMDEs and in their ESG, SDG, Climate alignment. It will explore the role, impact and scale of the development finance private credit strategy  

Panel members:
ABP: Katrien Hooyman, Sr Investment Advisor
Achmea IM: Maureen Schlejen-Peeters, CEO
Blackrock: Julie Ansidei, EMEA Head of Sustainability Policy and Engagement
Folksam: Marcus Svedberg, Chief Economist
PGB: Roy Kroon, Team Lead Credit Investments
PGGM: Gary Barnes, Senior Portfolio Manager, Global Credit  
Moderator: Brenda Kramer, Executive Director, Sustainable Finance Lab
16:50
ILX Portfolio Projects: the MDB/DFI Bankers and ILX Investment Managers   Conversation between ILX portfolio projects, the MDB bankers and ILX investment managers. Presenting the project objectives, investment process and SDG and Climate impact

Fireside chat one
Andrew Keeley, Director of Investor Relations,TBC Bank
Erdenedelger (Degi) Bavlai, First Deputy CEO, Khan Bank
Wieger Fokke, Investment Manager, ILX (Moderator)
 
Fireside chat two
Ali Shaikh, CEO, SAFCO Ventures
Tarang Khimasia, Unit Head, Funded Distribution, ADB
Guillaume Le Bris, Senior Investment Manager, ILX (Moderator)

17:20Wrap-up and Closing Remarks
17.30ILX Forum Reception
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