Lars Hickey
Managing Director | Project Finance and International Government Affairs Wabtec
Lars began his career in Investment Banking in New York and Chicago for thirteen years. During his tenor in investment banking Lars specialized in emerging markets, commodities, fixed income, and foreign exchange. After investment banking Lars joined General Electric as a Global Treasurer in 2013. From Global Treasury Lars was promoted to run the global project finance function for General Electric globally. GE Transportation merged with Wabtec in 2019 and Lars was asked to head the Wabtec’s Project Finance function along with the International Government Affairs function for Wabtec post-merger. Lars leads the internal Wabtec Chinese competition initiative with CRRC (China Railroad Corporation) globally. Lars has completed complex projects globally including green incentivized projects, government concessionary financing, buyers’ credits, and tax lease structures for the global railroad industry.