Shemara Wikramanayake
Shemara Wikramanayake, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Macquarie Group Key points:
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Private investment can play a key role in supporting governments’ stimulus efforts through innovation, financing capacity and human resources.
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Despite the short-term health crisis of COVID-19, medium-term structural trends, such as decarbonisation and growing investment in renewables, will continue, while other trends like growth in internet traffic and decentralisation are likely to drive new investment.
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What constitutes resilient infrastructure has expanded beyond managing the risks of climate change to include aspects like health resilience and the capacity to repurpose existing infrastructure to meet changing needs in times of emergency.
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