Confirmed speakers

Priya Veerapen, Managing Director, Infracapital
Priya joined Infracapital in 2021 to develop the Greenfield infrastructure investment activities. Priya has over 17 years’ experience in infrastructure financing, development and asset management experience.
Priya joined Infracapital from Deloitte, where she was a director in the infrastructure advisory team advising infrastructure fund clients on telecoms, energy, transport project financings and acquisitions. Prior to Deloitte, Priya was a Vice-President at Canadian developer Ledcor as well as a Director with 3i plc, where she was responsible for origination, execution and asset management of infrastructure investments across sectors including energy transmission and generation, accommodation and transport. Priya transferred to 3i plc following their acquisition of Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management, where she was an Investment Director. Priya holds an MSc degree in Economics from University College London and a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Oxford. She is authorised to undertake investment activities by M&G under the Certification Regime.

Vicky Read, CEO, Charge UK
Vicky was appointed CEO of ChargeUK, the voice of the UK’s EV charging infrastructure industry, in May 2024, after serving as the organisation’s inaugural Vice-Chair for Policy and Communications. With over 20 years of experience in policy and communications leadership, she has held key roles, including Head of Policy and Public Affairs at broadband infrastructure provider CityFibre, Head of Government Affairs at social network Bebo, and Executive Director of the Commercial Broadcasters Association. She has also advised organisations across the mobile, publishing, and sharing economy sectors. Vicky joined the EV charging industry in 2021, working with Dutch charge point operator Fastned before joining UK-based Connected Kerb in 2023. Passionate about driving the growth of innovative industries, she is committed to scaling sustainable solutions and motivated by the urgent need to decarbonise our economy.

Helena Romero Santos, Director for Growth Infrastructure, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

Elaine Meskhi, Principal Consultant, Steer
Elaine is a Chartered Systems Engineer with a decade of experience in the sustainable energy and transport industries. During this time, Elaine’s been engaged in innovation trials and led consultancy projects helping organisations of different types and sizes to understand what the transition to electric road transport means and how best to navigate the associated changes. She has a successful track record of managing multi-stakeholder, data-based projects for electricity Distribution Network Operators (DNOs), Local Authorities, fleet operators and other organisations.
As a Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure expert, Elaine’s domain knowledge, data analysis skillset and ability to engage with different stakeholders to develop bespoke and evidence-based strategies for infrastructure rollout are highly valued by Steer’s clients.
Further speakers to be announced…