This week on the show we speak with Lawrence Slade, the CEO of the Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA). He became CEO of the GIIA in January of 2020. GIIA represents investors with over US $1tn AUM. Prior to his role with GIIA Lawrence Slade worked with Energy UK in 2011, becoming their Chief Executive in January 2015. Additionally, he served on the boards of Eurogas and Eurelectric in Brussels. He has been involved in the energy industry since the late 1990’s working in countries all over the world. Lawrence is currently a Board member of Connected Kerb, a Board Trustee and Audit Committee member of the Money Advice Trust (who run the National Debtline and Business Debtline) and is also a Fellow of the Energy Institute. Help us grow! Leave us a rating and review - it's the best way to bring new listeners to the show. Don't forget to subscribe! Have a suggestion, or want to chat with Jim? Email him at Jim@ThePoliticalLife.net  Follow The Political Life on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter for weekly updates.