SGS to Attend Projects and Infrastructure International 2011 in Brussels, Belgium

May 11, 2011 - PRLog -- From June 28-30, 2011, SGS will be sponsoring the 18th Projects and Infrastructure International 2011 in Brussels, Belgium, a leading infrastructure and energy finance conference. SGS experts, Jale Cairney and Len Beale, will give a presentation entitled ’Risk Management on Mega Projects’ and chair a part of the PPP and Transport Finance Forum on Greenfield Projects on June 30. Furthermore, SGS will showcase a wide range of services for Project Finance, Risk Management and Collateral Management throughout the conference.

Projects and Infrastructure International 2011 is a leading conference aiming to provide a meeting place for key players and a one-stop shop for the latest news on structuring finance for energy and infrastructure projects. The three-day event presents a perfect opportunity for SGS to showcase its wide range of services for the Project Finance and Infrastructure sector, including Project Finance (link to: http://www.sgs.com/sgs-ind-project-finance-brochure-en-11.pdf), Risk Management and Collateral Management Services.

Furthermore, on June 30, 2011, the second day of the main conference, dedicated to Financing Global Energy and Infrastructure, Jale Cairney, Vice President Risk Management at SGS, will give a presentation titled ’Risk Management on Mega Projects’. The presentation is scheduled for 10:15 and will focus on quantifying project performance and strategies for managing cost and revenue risk in mega infrastructure projects.

In addition, on June 30, 2011, Len Beale, Vice President Infrastructure and Building at SGS (link to: www.sgs.com/industrial), will chair the PPP and Transport Finance Forum, dedicated to Greenfield Projects, scheduled from 11:15 to 13:15. The entire sector on Greenfield Projects will include the following topics: structuring multi-source finance for greenfield airports, examining the current environment for port profitability and financing, high speed rail projects as well as assessing recent experience of structuring road deals.

About SGS Industrial Services

Industrial Services is one of the major Business Lines of the SGS Group, a global service provider for technical verification, inspection, testing and conformity assessment. SGS Industrial Services ensures that the customer’s installations, material, equipment, facilities and projects meet all quality and performance requirements, whether they are regulatory, voluntary or customer based. Industrial Services has decades’ worth of experience and some remarkable references in serving key industries, such as Construction, Industrial Manufacturing & Trade, Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industry, Power Generation and Transmission, Banks and Financial Institutions as well as Renewable Energy.

With its worldwide industry expertise, SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, provides a fully comprehensive program of Project Finance Services from Risk Management (link to: http://www.sgs.com/project-finance-services-risk-manageme...) and Project Management to Due Diligence and Technical Reviews, designed to meet the specific requirements of its clients.

For further information, please contact:

SGS Project Finance Services
Adrian Shaw
Head of Project Finance Services

t: +41 22 739 9160
f: +41 22 739 9850

Email: industrial.pr@sgs.com
Web: www.sgs.com/industrial

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SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 64,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 1,250 offices and laboratories around the world.