For more information contact: emailus@marcusevans.com An interview with: Saud Siddique who is the Joint Managing Director at SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited and a sponsor company at the marcus evans Elite Summit 2012 who provides his thoughts on India’s growing infrastructure market. Join the 2014 Summit along with leading regional investors in an intimate environment for a highly focused discussion on the latest investment strategies in the market. For more information contact: emailus@marcusevans.com

1. Profiting
Alongside India’s Infrastructure Growth
are in excess of USD 1 trillion over the have. This gives us a very strong
next five years. This includes the competitive edge, as our involvement
construction of roads, airports and with project financing for years means
power infrastructure. The government we understand contracts, cash flows
is trying to increase the percentage of and the timeliness of payments, and
GDP going into infrastructure projects have a proven track record of being
from six per cent to about nine per cent able to execute transactions efficiently.
of GDP, to make sure that there will not
be a gap that will act as a bottleneck
and impact the country’s growth.
Where does the private sector
come into play?
Interview with: Saud Siddique,
Joint Managing Director, SREI The Indian government is very much
Infrastructure Finance Limited aware that to increase India’s
productivity base, the current
infrastructure has to improve and that
Infrastructure investment needs in investment needs cannot be met by its
India are in excess of USD 1 trillion funds alone. It has therefore introduced
over the next five years, says Saud
Siddique, Joint Managing Director,
SREI Infrastructure Finance
reforms to encourage the private sector
to come in, construct, own and operate
projects in the form of public-private
India is
Limited. With the Indian government’s
commitment to growing the economy
partnerships. There is a very secular
trend towards improving the regulatory the second
and the realisation that the country framework to allow the private sector to
needs good infrastructure to achieve its
targets, that translates into many
invest successfully. The government’s
target is for 50 per cent of the USD 1
fastest
growing
opportunities for investors globally. trillion to come from the private sector.
From an Indian infrastructure fund What information is crucial for
attending the upcoming marcus evans
Elite Summit 2012 in Montreux,
making the right infrastructure
investment decisions? country
Switzerland, 30 May - 1 June, Siddique
highlights the investment
opportunities in the Indian
It is crucial to be able to source
transactions, know which sponsors
in the
world today
infrastructure market and what it offers have a track record, who is reliable, has
to European private wealth access to capital and the ability to start,
portfolios. complete and manage a project. That is
vitally important, and is actually scarce
Why India and why infrastructure? in the market because there are
hundreds of companies developing
India is the second fastest growing infrastructure in India.
country in the world today, after China.
What investors should know is that This knowledge can only come from
India’s infrastructure investment needs being in the industry for as long as we

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About SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited
Srei is a Holistic Infrastructure Institution, constantly and consistently ideating to deliver innovative solutions in infrastructure
space, thus playing a significant role in nation-building for over two decades. Srei's businesses include Infrastructure Project
Finance, Advisory and Development and Infrastructure Equipment Finance. Srei has a pan-India presence with a network of 85
offices and has also replicated its business model overseas with two offices in Russia.
For more information: www.srei.com
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