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Lesley Maasdorp

Lesley Maasdorp

Chief Executive Officer of British International Investment (BII), the UK's development finance institution.

Jul 30, 2026

19:47
Are there any areas that believe the market is still not looking up closely enough? No.
19:54
I'd say that we have had now more than two decades of success in what is broadly called climate mitigation.
20:03
This is putting in place a large, globally recognized new sector, the renewable energy sector, that has created some big global institutions.
20:16
So we as BII, we out of the roughly $2 billion that we invest every year, 40% is geared towards climate.
20:24
So we have a big footprint in, I mean, I just came back from Egypt a few weeks ago, where we've invested in a wind project, the Gulf of Swiss wind project, which will generate 1.1 gigawatts of power once it's done.
20:37
providing electricity to over a million homes in Egypt.
20:44
So through this project, we not only provide electricity and clean power to people who don't have electricity, but it also stimulates economic growth and economic development.

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