Retrofit Financing - Preparing for the Future of Shipping with: -Ms. Tanja Georg, Director, Team Head Origination & Structuring – Maritime Industries - KfW IPEX-Bank -Mr. Stephan Vetter, Vice President, Debt Origination & Structuring APAC, Mobility - Maritime Industries - KfW IPEX-Bank Interviewed by: -Ms. Anna Wichmann, Business Development Associate – Capital Link, Inc. Wednesday, March 20, 2024 ABOUT KfW-IPEX Bank Within KfW Group, KfW IPEX-Bank is responsible for project and export finance. It supports German and European companies operating in key industrial sectors in global markets by structuring medium and long-term financing for their exports, funding infrastructure investments, securing the supply of raw materials, and by financing environmental and climate change mitigation projects worldwide. KfW IPEX-Bank supports financing for the transformation of the maritime industry and aviation as well as climate-friendly mobility & transport. As Germany´s leading ship financier, KfW IPEX helps to preserve the innovative power of maritime enterprises. As a bank that stands for transformation, it finances technologies of the future to support the transition toward a sustainable society in all three dimensions of the economy, environment, and social. As a specialist bank, KfW IPEX-Bank has extensive industry, structuring, and country expertise, it takes on leading roles in financing consortia and actively involves other banks, institutional investors, and insurance firms. KfW IPEX-Bank operates as a legally independent group subsidiary and is represented in the most important economic and financial centres across the globe. For more information, visit https://www.kfw-ipex-bank.de