Bryan Acutt

Director
UK / Infrastructure

Bryan is a Director in 3i's Infrastructure team in London and joined in January 2016. He is responsible for the portfolio and asset management of infrastructure and energy projects in the UK and continental Europe, including the valuation of the funds, reporting to portfolio lenders and investors, portfolio value enhancement and yield management.

Prior to joining 3i, Bryan worked at Amber Infrastructure where he was involved in portfolio management and asset valuation of International Public Partnership. Prior to Amber, Bryan worked at Deloitte in Australia and South Africa.

Bryan has a Bachelor of Accounting Science (Honours).

Ashutosh Agrawal

Director
India / Infrastructure

Ashutosh joined 3i in 2011 and has more than nine years experience in various roles in private equity and management consulting. He manages various assets across the power, roads, ports and healthcare sectors. He supports 3i's existing portfolio companies in assessing the Indian market. He has delivered three exits in India for 3i. Prior to 3i, he worked at A.T.Kearney where he was involved in advising clients across multiple sectors including telecoms, energy, logistics and automotive. He also worked at Lehman Brothers and briefly at General Atlantic in their Mumbai office. Ashutosh holds a Management degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and a Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Zack Barron

Associate
North America / Infrastructure

Zack joined 3i in 2019 as an Associate in the North American Infrastructure team.

Prior to joining 3i, Zack was an Analyst at Wells Fargo Securities where he focused on M&A and financing advisory in the industrial services sector.

Zack holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School.

Chouaib Benlahoussine

Senior Associate
France / Infrastructure

Chouaib joined 3i in January 2019 and is a Senior Associate in the Infrastructure team based in Paris. He is primarily responsible for the origination and execution of deals across the Economic Infrastructure and Projects space. He is currently involved in Valorem.

Previously, he was an Associate in the Energy and Infrastructure team at BNP Paribas in Paris, covering Financial Advisory and Project / Acquisition Financing (origination, structuring and execution) in the EMEA region.

Chouaib graduated from the Ecole des Ponts ParisTech and holds an MSc in Infrastructure Project Finance.

Paolo Bergamelli

Director
UK / Infrastructure

Paolo is a Director in 3i’s Infrastructure team in London and joined 3i in 2015. He is responsible for the origination, execution and asset management of infrastructure investments. His transaction experience includes Wireless Infrastructure Group, Infinis, Tampnet, Anglian Water, Herambiente and Global Cloud Xchange. He is currently on the board of Herambiente.

Prior to joining 3i, Paolo worked in the investment banking division of UBS, advising on Infrastructure, Transport and Telecom transactions.

Paolo holds a MSc in Finance from Bocconi University.

Gaurav Bhurat

Director
India / Infrastructure

Gaurav joined 3i in 2011 and has been involved in both Infrastructure and Private Equity investments.

Prior to 3i, Gaurav worked at TVS Capital, a mid-market private equity fund, where he invested in banking, retail, healthcare and other consumer-oriented plays. He has also invested in European Private Equity and high yield debt at Goldman Sachs and in US small cap public equities at Boston Avenue Capital LLC, a billion $ hedge fund.

Gaurav holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Fernando Castagnolo

Director
UK / Infrastructure

Fernando is a Director in 3i's Infrastructure team in London and joined in April 2019. He is primarily responsible for the origination, evaluation and execution of new investment opportunities in the infrastructure sector, as well as managing existing investments.

Prior to joining 3i, Fernando was a Vice President in the Project and Infrastructure Finance team at Citigroup, where he acted as advisor and lender to infrastructure, transport, power and energy transactions.

Fernando holds an MSc Finance from Warwick Business School.

John Cavill

Partner
UK / Infrastructure

John is a Partner in 3i's Infrastructure team in London and joined 3i in November 2013.

He is responsible for asset management of greenfield and operational infrastructure projects, as well as the fund management of a number of 3i’s private infrastructure funds. He works closely with portfolio board directors and Infrastructure Managers Limited, the business’s main SPV management services provider.

John is also on the Boards of Cross London Trains and Wireless Infrastructure Group. Previously, John was a Director at Barclays Infrastructure Funds, St Modwen Properties, Land Securities and Vinci. Earlier in his career he worked for Arup.

John has a Geography Degree from the University of Liverpool, an MSc in Transport Planning & Economics from the University of Cardiff and an MBA from Cass Business School.

Aaron Church

Partner
UK / Infrastructure

Aaron is a Partner in the Infrastructure team based in London, with a focus on origination, execution and asset management of investments in Europe. He has played a key role in 3i's acquisitions of Attero, Joulz, Herambiente, ESVAGT, Infinis and Tampnet, and is a director on the boards of Attero, Joulz and Oystercatcher.

Prior to 3i, Aaron worked for HRL Morrison & Co, a major Australasian headquartered infrastructure fund manager, and the Boston Consulting Group.

Aaron holds a B.Com from the University of Canterbury and a M.B.A. (Distinction) from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where he was a Fulbright Scholar.

Rob Collins

Managing Partner, Head of North American Infrastructure
North America / Infrastructure

Rob joined 3i in 2017 as the Managing Partner for North American Infrastructure. He is a member of 3i’s Executive Committee. Prior to joining 3i, Rob led Hastings Funds Management’s infrastructure investment activities in North America & Europe and was a member of Hastings’ Executive Committee and Investment Committee.

Previously, Rob founded the infrastructure M&A practice at Morgan Stanley and Greenhill where he was a Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure Investment Banking for the Americas at both firms. He started his infrastructure career at Goldman Sachs after spending five years as an active-duty, naval officer in the U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarine Program.

Rob holds an MBA from The Wharton School, a masters equivalent in nuclear engineering from the Bettis Reactor Engineering School, and a B.E., magna cum laude, in chemical engineering from Vanderbilt University.

Spencer Cotten

Associate
North America / Infrastructure

Spencer joined 3i in 2021 as an Associate in the North American Infrastructure team.

Prior to 3i, Spencer was an Analyst at Jupiter Management where he focussed on executing real estate and public equity investments. Before joining Jupiter, Spencer was an analyst at Credit Suisse IB where he focussed on M&A and capital markets transactions in the real estate sector.

Spencer holds a bachelors degree in History from Princeton University.

James Dawes

Chief Financial Officer
UK / Infrastructure

James is Chief Financial Officer for 3i Group's Infrastructure business and joined in January 2016. He manages all of the operational, financial and reporting requirements for the Infrastructure business line within 3i Group, as well as performing CFO duties for 3i Infrastructure plc.

Prior to joining 3i, James was with Legal & General Investment Management where he held a number of senior finance roles, including Finance Director of LGV Capital from 2007 to 2015.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

Anna Dellis

Partner
UK / Infrastructure

Anna Dellis joined the Infrastructure team in 2006 and became a partner in 2018. Since then she leads asset management for the portfolio of economic infrastructure investment held in funds 3i Infrastructure plc and 3i Managed Infrastructure Acquisitions Limited. This role includes oversight of portfolio company performance; recruitment of board members and senior executives for portfolio companies; and delivery of cross-portfolio initiatives to protect and grow value.

Anna has direct investment experience across a number of sectors including oil storage (Oystercatcher); utilities (Elenia and ESP) and transport (Eversholt and BCA). Currently she represents Oystercatcher on the board of Advario Singapore Limited. Since August 2022 she is responsible for the team’s investment in DNS:NET which is rolling out fibre-to-the-home in the Berlin vicinity.

Prior to joining 3i Anna qualified as a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) and advised on infrastructure finance at PricewaterhouseCoopers. She has a degree in German and French from the University of Nottingham.

Adrien Delmotte

Associate Director
UK / Infrastructure

Adrien is an Associate Director in 3i’s Infrastructure team in London and joined in September 2015. He is primarily responsible for the origination and execution of deals in the infrastructure sector.

He is currently involved in TCR and Valorem.

Prior to joining 3i, Adrien worked in the investment banking division of Société Générale, advising on Financial Institution Group transactions.

Adrien graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique.

Stéphane Duhr

Director
France / Infrastructure

Stéphane is a Director in 3i's Infrastructure team in Paris and joined 3i in November 2013, following 3i’s acquisition of Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management Limited. He joined BIFM in 2005 to set up the business and originate investment opportunities in France.

He is currently involved in origination, execution, asset management and value creation across all sectors, for both greenfield and brownfield. He is also involved in business development in the Benelux and Central Europe.

Previously, Stéphane spent two years in the Strategy department of Barclays, helping the bank's product and country management grow their businesses. Before this, he was a consultant for the Boston Consulting Group in Paris and also worked in M&A for Morgan Stanley in London.

Stéphane holds an MBA with distinction from INSEAD, an MSc in Engineering from Ecole Centrale Paris and an MSc in Finance & Economics from the London School of Economics.

Sasha East

Senior Associate, ESG
UK / Infrastructure

Sasha is a Senior Associate in 3i’s Infrastructure team in London, having joined in 2022. She supports the identification, prioritisation and delivery of sustainability-related workstreams and initiatives for 3i's Infrastructure business line, its funds and portfolio companies.

Sasha previously spent six years in the Strategy& Deals team at PwC, working on a variety of due diligence and strategy projects for clients in the Industrial and Energy sectors. She has a PhD in Chemistry from Cambridge University, having previously studied Biochemistry at the University of Oxford.