Ben Arnott

Based in Sydney, Ben has 23 years of professional experience in the energy sector in Asia Pacific, the last 9 of which have been with Societe Generale where he leads the bank’s energy finance and advisory team for Australia & NZ. He previously occupied the same role for the Southeast Asia region. Ben is a renowned expert in the energy finance sector in Asia Pacific and has successfully closed loan facilities totaling over US$50bn and won numerous Deal of the Year awards from major finance publications. He has significant debt advisory and arranging experience across the entire energy spectrum, including wind, solar, battery hydroelectric, geothermal, LNG and upstream oil & gas. Ben holds a degree in Geology from Imperial College, London and a post-graduate diploma from Aston University, UK.