Forthlane Fridays

Politics

SESSION 33: THE UK AND EU POST-BREXIT AND THE STATE OF INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTING

We were joined by Gordon Bajnai, the former Prime Minister of Hungary and current Partner & Head of Global Infrastructure at Campbell Lutyens (read full bio). This discussion covered the geopolitical world post-COVID-19, the UK landscape leading up to and following Brexit, infrastructure innovation, and long-term changes to infrastructure as a result of the global pandemic.

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SESSION 17: THE US ELECTION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS

We were joined by Charles Myers and Andrew Bishop from Signum Global Advisors (read full bios) to discuss the upcoming US election and its implications. Specifically, this discussions looked at the likely outcome of the election, the US-Canada relationship, how the US-China relationship will change, and business implications with a democratic win.

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SESSION 3: GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO COVID-19 AND ITS AFTERMATH

This session featured three guests: Bill Pristanski & Bruce Hartley of Prospectus Associates and Duncan MacRae, Co-Founder and President of Watershed Partners (read full bios). Our guests covered the following topics: Politics as usual or time for structural change? How can businesses optimally partner with government during a crisis like this? Government relief plans – short term and long term impacts on the world. Information dissemination – how to figure out what’s accurate and what isn’t?

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