LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners (“Quinbrook”), a specialist global investment manager focused exclusively on the infrastructure needed for the energy transition, today announced a number of senior appointments across the US, UK and European investment and capital formation teams, including the appointment of Hilkka Komulainen as new Global Head of Sustainability and Impact.
Quinbrook Appoints New Global Head of Sustainability and Impact
Effective 25 November, 2024, Hilkka Komulainen succeeds Anne Foster in this global role and will direct Quinbrook’s sustainability and impact initiatives across all fund’s and regions. Hilkka is based in London and will serve on the Quinbrook Investment Committee, driving the next phase of the firm’s well established commitment to impactful investment strategies.
Hilkka joins from Aegon UK, one of the UK’s largest DC pension providers where she established and led the responsible investment team, overseeing Aegon’s climate and stewardship efforts, leading Aegon’s efforts to invest in the energy transition and serving on Aegon’s investment leadership team. Prior to Aegon she led the responsible investment strategy at Inter Fund Management, part of the Interogo Foundation/IKEA, and also previously held roles at EY, the OECD, the United Nations, and the Principles for Responsible Investment where she established a pioneering industry C-Suite Advisory Committee to guide ESG best practice in infrastructure investing.
“Quinbrook’s long standing commitment to bringing the most innovative, authentic and impactful solutions to advance the energy transition is fundamental to everything we do,” commented David Scaysbrook, Quinbrook’s Co-Founder and Managing Partner. “I have known Hilkka for over 10 years from her time at the UNPRI and her extensive experience in ESG, sustainability and impact investment make her an ideal and exciting addition to the Quinbrook team as we continue our efforts to deliver truly impactful investments that will drive large scale industrial decarbonization outcomes for North America, the UK and Australia.”
Quinbrook Expands Senior Leadership Team
Quinbrook is pleased to also announce the following senior appointments to our corporate management, capital formation and investment teams:
- Cathy Jones joins Quinbrook in the newly created role of Chief People Officer, based in London. Jones brings decades of experience in managing talent within private capital investment firms across diverse regions. Jones was previously at CVC Capital Partners in London, where she led the HR Business Partners across the UK and EMEA. Prior to her tenure at CVC, she served as Chief People Officer & Partner at Alderwood Capital, Northill Capital LLP, and as Head of Employee Relations EMEA at BNY Mellon.
- Predrag Dukic has been appointed as a Senior Director, Capital Formation and Investor Engagement in Quinbrook’s Europe team, based in Germany. Predrag’s appointment marks Quinbrook’s increased commitment to serving institutional investors in continental Europe and will significantly enhance the firm’s capital formation efforts across the region. With over two decades of expertise in real assets and infrastructure, Predrag joins Quinbrook from DC Placement Advisors, where he served as Director of Institutional Sales, focused on infrastructure capital raising throughout the DACH region.
- Nick Baker has been appointed as a Senior Director on the US investment team, based in New York. Nick brings a wealth of experience in both conventional and renewable energy infrastructure investment, project development, financing, M&A and asset management. He joins from BAES Infrastructure, where he played a pivotal role in originating new investment opportunities and spearheading project development and business strategy within the US energy markets. Nick’s prior roles include Vice President of Corporate Development at Buckeye Partners, a portfolio company of IFM, board director of Freeport LNG, and Senior Vice President at Macquarie Capital, where he specialized in energy infrastructure and midstream investment banking.
- Liv Miller joins as a Director in Quinbrook’s UK investment team, based in London. Miller joins from Statkraft, where she served as Vice President of M&A and Senior Investment Manager, spearheading M&A and project development initiatives in the renewable energy sector. Prior to Statkraft, Miller managed investments in solar, wind, and anaerobic digestion assets across the UK at the Ingenious Group and prior to that was a senior development and structured finance manager at Lightsource Renewable Energy.
“Each of our new recruits join Quinbrook during a time of significant momentum and growth, following three successful fund closings in the past year representing over USD 4.3 billion in aggregate investor commitments,” continued Scaysbrook. “We have much to do as we warmly welcome these exceptional professionals to our growing ranks. We look forward to the contributions they will make as we continue to develop some of the largest energy infrastructure projects ever undertaken in the US, UK and Australia.”
About Quinbrook
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners (http://www.quinbrook.com) is a specialist investment manager focused exclusively on the infrastructure needed to drive the energy transition in the UK, US, and Australia. Quinbrook is led and managed by a senior team of power industry professionals who have collectively invested c. USD 6.9 billion of equity capital in 40 GW of energy infrastructure assets representing a total transaction value of USD 29.8 billion. Quinbrook has completed a diverse range of direct investments in both utility and distributed scale onshore wind and solar power, battery storage, reserve peaking capacity, biomass, fugitive methane recovery, hydro and flexible energy management solutions in the UK, US, and Australia. Quinbrook is currently developing and constructing some of the largest renewables and storage infrastructure projects in the UK, US, and Australia.
