Panel // Infrastructure matters: Who will finance the backbone of food system resilience?

28 Oct 2026
Main Auditorium
High-level dialogue on agriculture and forestry
Resilient food systems depend on resilient infrastructure. As climate pressures, population growth, and supply chain disruption intensify, this session examines where investment is most urgently needed across water, energy, logistics, storage, and digital infrastructure. What does bankable food system infrastructure look like from the perspective of large institutional investors, and how can governments and development partners improve project readiness and investment certainty?
Host
Darian McBain
Darian McBain, Venture Partner, THE YIELD LAB ASIA-PACIFIC & Former CSO - MONETARY AUTHORITY SINGAPORE, Singapore
Speakers
Srini Nagarajan
Srini Nagarajan, Managing Director and Head of Asia - BRITISH INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT, Singapore
Nishant Kumar
Nishant Kumar, Head of Coverage (Asia) - PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT GROUP (PIDG), Singapore
Colin Rigg
Colin Rigg, Head of Agriculture - MACQUARIE ASSET MANAGEMENT, Australia