Gregorio Oberti

Gregorio Oberti

Partner, Deals Utilities Sector Leader, PwC Canada

Greg is a Deals Partner at PwC and leads the Real Assets practice for the Prairies Region. Greg holds multiple roles within the firm including PwC’s Energy Transition Leader & National Utilities Sector Leader for Deals.  Broadly, Greg’s focus is on building trust and delivering sustained outcomes for PwC's clients grappling with the financing and development of real assets, in Canada and abroad.

Prior to his current role, Greg spent time overseas working at one of the world's largest commodity trading firms. Greg is highly collaborative and excels at developing multi-functional solutions for clients across the globe. Greg has over 20 years of experience and has worked in over 15 countries assisting clients and colleagues on large scale infrastructure projects in Africa, Central America, South-East Asia, Australia, Canada and Europe. He speaks English, French, Italian and Spanish fluently. 

Since returning to Canada, Greg has executed multiple large mandates for some of the largest Canadian infrastructure investors as well as for Canadian corporates and public sector stakeholders in various infrastructure assets including bulk fuel storage assets, energy storage assets, green fuel assets, LPG export terminals, fuel distribution networks, municipal infrastructure, pipelines, and port terminals.

Outside of the office, Greg is an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia where teaches Infrastructure & Public Sector Finance and he teaches undergraduate and graduate (MBA) level courses on Project Finance at the University of Calgary. He is also an avid skier and an aviation enthusiast holding multiple pilot licenses.

Greg devotes considerable time to his community and in that regard is passionate about contributing on economic development and education-related issues. His work and leadership in the community was recognized with this being awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee medal and he is a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants of Canada (FCPA).

Experience

  • Emerging Markets Project Finance
  • Cleantech financing
  • Deal structuring
  • Corporate Strategy

Specialty

  • Project Finance
  • Infrastructure Finance
  • Commodity Trading & Shipping
  • Municipal Finance
  • Commodity-linked Infrastructure

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts, Economics and History: McGill University
  • Graduate Diploma in Accounting: McGill University
  • Fellow, Chartered Professional Accountant (FCA, FCPA)
  • Masters Degree in Commodity Finance, University of Geneva
  • Chartered Business Valuator (CBV)

Area of interest

  • Skiing
  • Flying
  • Economic development
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