Romain Papassian joined Astris in 2005 and worked on several transportation projects, including toll roads and mass transportation systems, prior to being reassigned within the Dexia Group where he spent three years until rejoining Astris in 2009. At Dexia, Mr. Papassian was in particular responsible for the origination, structuring and placement of infrastructure credits in Europe, with a focus on project finance and regulated corporates such as toll road operators, water and electricity utilities. Romain Papassian has been directly involved in the arranging and placement of more than USD 5 billion of debt in Europe and Latin America. At Astris, Romain Papassian has been involved in a variety of projects in Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Colombia and the Caribbean, with a specific focus on capital markets, securitization and agency financings. More recently, Romain led the teams behind the financing of the Kingston Container Terminal (Jamaica, 2016 - advising CMA CGM), the successful bid for the award of Via 40 (Colombia, 2016 - advising VINCI Concessions and Conconcreto), and the closing of the financing of Cerro Dominador (Chile, 2018 - advising EIG), LatAm first CSP plant, for which Romain had a central role on the structuring and syndication of c. US$ 1bn of financing.
Mr. Papassian holds a BS/MS in infrastructure planning and finance from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC, 2007) in Paris. He is fluent in French, English and Spanish, and conversant in Portuguese.