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North America / Private Equity
Senior Legal Counsel
North America / Private Equity
Lauren joined 3i in 2019 and has responsibility for supporting the Private Equity team globally on new investments and divestments, portfolio matters and legal risk management.
Prior to 3i, Lauren was an associate in the corporate team at Kirkland & Ellis International LLP in London, where she advised private equity funds and portfolio companies on international M&A, management incentivisation, restructurings and refinancings. Lauren trained and qualified at Travers Smith LLP and completed a six month secondment to Hellman & Friedman.
Lauren holds a BSc in Politics from the University of Bristol and completed her post-graduate legal studies at the University of Law, Guildford and BPP University, London.
UK / Infrastructure
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.
France / Private Equity
Partner, Managing Director
France / Private Equity
Consumer
Rémi joined 3i in 2003. He is currently the Head of the French Private Equity team and is a member of the 3i Investment Committee. He sits on the Boards of Havea and Evernex. In 2019, Rémi led 3i’s investment in Evernex, a leading European provider of third party maintenance services for data centre infrastructure and quickly after, in 2020 the transformative acquisition of Technogroup. In 2017, he led 3i’s investment in Havea, a European leader in the natural consumer healthcare industry, offering OTC / food supplements and hygiene products. Since 3i's investment, the company has completed five acquisitions (Ersa/Aragan, Densmore, Pasquali, Calmosine and ixX Pharma). Rémi also led 3i’s investments in Keolis, Etanco, Vedici and Trescal as well as being involved in GEKA, ATESTEO, Formel D, Hans Anders, TCR and in 2021 MPM in the “natural pet food” segment
Prior to joining 3i, Rémi founded and headed a French venture capital firm in Tunisia and spent three years with McKinsey.
Rémi has a degree in Accounting and Finance from the Paris Business School (ESCP) and an executive MBA (sponsored by McKinsey).
UK / Infrastructure
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.
UK / Private Equity
Associate Director
UK / Private Equity
Grace is an Associate Director in the UK Private Equity team.
Prior to joining 3i in 2021, Grace was an investor at Apax Partners, focused on consumer retail, digital media and technology. Prior to Apax, Grace worked at Lazard in the M&A team, after having started her career in transaction services at KPMG.
Grace holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Vanderbilt University, and a Master’s degree in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics.
UK / Infrastructure
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.
North America / Infrastructure
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.
North America / Infrastructure
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.
UK / Private Equity
Portfolio Director, Asset Management Group
UK / Private Equity
James is a Portfolio Director in 3i's Asset Management Group which manages investments in a range of companies across a variety of sectors and geographies.
He has been with 3i since 1998 having started his career at PiMS UK, a London based media services company, where he headed up the financial services account team. James subsequently joined 3i’s London based portfolio management team in 2002 where his focus was managing higher value minority investments.
James has 20 years’ experience of managing Growth Capital and Buyout assets across a wide range of sectors. He has both invested in, and supported, companies at various stages of growth and completed a significant number of successful realisations including the sales of SLR Consulting, Oticas Carol and OneMed.
Investments
UK
Director, Internal Audit
UK
Gordon joined 3i in 2000 and heads up the Internal Audit function based in London.
He is responsible for providing internal audit services as well as advice and support across a range of areas including corporate governance and risk management.
Prior to 3i, Gordon worked with PwC in both the UK and Netherlands before moving to the internal audit profession working initially in the consumer and healthcare sector.
Gordon has an MA in Economics from the University of St. Andrews. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant, Financial Risk Manager and Certified Fraud Examiner, and is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors.
Board of Directors
Non-Executive Director
Board of Directors
Non-executive Director since October 2016. Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of Ocado Group plc. Independent.
Chief Financial Officer and an executive director of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. Finance Director of Daily Mail and General Trust plc (“DMGT”) from 2011 to 2017. Non-executive director of ZPG Plc. Prior to joining DMGT he was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Dow Jones and prior to that Chief Financial Officer of News International. He originally qualified as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse (now part of PwC).
Valuations - Member
Nominations - Member
Audit and Compliance – Member
UK / Infrastructure
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.
James Dawes speaks to Pensions Age about how, and why, pension funds should be looking at infrastructure as an investment opportunity
Benelux / Private Equity
Analyst
Benelux / Private Equity
Healthcare, Industrial Technology
Casper joined 3i in 2021 as an Analyst in the Benelux Private Equity team and is a deal team member of Dutch Bakery, Royal Sanders and Basic Fit.
Prior joining 3i, Casper gained internship experience in sell-side M&A at Lincoln International and mid-market Private Equity at Avedon Capital Partners.
Casper holds a BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering and is in the final stages of completing an MSc in Biomedical Engineering from the Technical University of Delft.
UK
Director, Group Compliance
UK
John is Director, Group Compliance and is responsible for regulatory compliance at 3i. He joined 3i’s in-house legal team in 1997, providing wide-ranging legal support to 3i’s investment and corporate activities worldwide until he took over responsibility for the compliance function in 2010.
Prior to joining 3i, he worked as a solicitor in private practice and remains admitted to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales.
John is also a member of the BVCA’s Regulatory Committee and has represented that Committee on the board of the Joint Money Laundering Steering Group.
Benelux / Private Equity
Co-Head, Private Equity
Benelux / Private Equity
Industrial Technology, Business & Technology Services
Pieter joined 3i in 2004, was Managing Director of 3i Benelux and has been co-Head Private Equity and a member of the Executive Committee since 2019. He is based in Amsterdam.
He was a key member of the deal teams involved in Yanga, Mepal, Dutch Bakery, Royal Sanders, Basic-Fit, Weener Plastics, Lampenwelt, Refresco and Action. He currently sits on the Boards of Mepal, Dutch Bakery and Royal Sanders and is a Board Observer at Weener Plastics.
Pieter has more than 25 years’ experience in corporate finance, management and operations. He started his career at Stork in the US, before joining Van Den Boom Groep, a corporate finance consulting firm in Benelux, where he became partner responsible for M&A. After selling the company to NIBC, Pieter headed the M&A department.
Pieter has an MBA degree from Georgia State University (USA) and a BBA degree from Nijenrode University (Netherlands).
UK / Infrastructure
Partner
UK / Infrastructure
Anna joined 3i in 2006, is a Partner in the Infrastructure team, and leads asset management for the portfolio of economic infrastructure investments.
Over the last 12 years, Anna has had a leading role on many of the large infrastructure investments made by 3i, including Elenia and Eversholt Rail. In 2015 she led the successful bid for 45% stakes in Oiltanking terminals in Ghent and Terneuzen. In 2017 she was senior deal team member for the acquisition of a portfolio of assets from the EISER Global Infrastructure Fund.
Anna holds board positions at Belfast City Airport, ESP Utilities Group and at Oiltanking companies in Singapore, Amsterdam, Terneuzen, Ghent and Malta.
Prior to 3i, Anna advised on infrastructure transactions at PricewaterhouseCoopers. She has a BA Joint Honours in French and German from the University of Nottingham and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.
