Rémi Carnimolla

Partner, Managing Director
France / Private Equity
Consumer  

Rémi joined 3i in 2003 and is currently the Head of the French Private Equity team. He sits on the Board of Havea.

Rémi recently 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 two acquisitions (Ersa/Aragan and Densmore).

In 2011, he led 3i's investment in Etanco, a European specialist in fastening systems for the construction industry, where he sat on the Board. Together with management, they made a strategic acquisition in Poland and ran several improvement programmes including pricing and sales force excellence. Etanco was successfully sold in 2018 having grown and expanded during two construction sector downturns.

In 2010, he led 3i’s investment in Vedici, the French group of private clinics, where he sat on the Board and worked with management to complete 12 acquisitions, while in parallel restructuring the group, optimising its operational efficiency and completing a major sale and lease back. Vedici doubled its size in four years and was successfully sold in 2014.

Previous successful deals Rémi has led include Trescal, the global leader in calibration services. Rémi chaired the Supervisory Board and supported the management in its fast growing plan with five acquisitions across Europe and its expansion into the US. Trescal doubled its EBITDA in three years and was successfully sold in 2013.

Alexandre Chaton

Director
France / Private Equity
Business & Technology Services  

Alexandre is a Director based in the French Private Equity team.

He was notably involved in 3i's investments in Etanco, the leading European manufacturer and distributor of fasteners; Formel D, an international provider of quality services for the automotive industry; and Trescal, the global leader in calibration services. 

Before joining 3i, Alexandre spent more than three years in the M&A team of Goldman Sachs in London and Paris, where he worked on a number of French and cross-border transactions in the industrial and TMT sectors.

Alexandre graduated from ESSEC business school, majoring in Finance.

Frédéric Chiche

Director
France / Private Equity
Business & Technology Services  

Frédéric joined 3i in January 2017 as a Director and is based in the French Private Equity team in Paris.

Before joining 3i, Frédéric held roles in investment banking at Morgan Stanley and Rothschild, as well as in private equity at Providence Equity and Silverfleet Capital, in both Paris and London.

Most recently, Frédéric worked at ING in London with a particular focus on advising corporates and private equity funds on French M&A transactions. Prior to this, he was co-owner of a niche independent investment banking firm with offices in France and China.

Frédéric graduated from the French engineering school, Telecom Paris, and the business school, HEC.

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.

James Cox

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 SMI 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 across a wide range of sectors including the recent sales of Oticas Carol, SLR Consulting and OneMed.

Jonathan Crane

Partner, Head of Industrial
UK / Private Equity
Industrial  

Jonathan is a Partner based in London and is responsible for 3i’s global Industrial sector. His recent deals include Aspen Pumps, Element Materials Technology and MKM Building Supplies. He currently sits on the Board of Aspen Pumps.

Jonathan brings 11 years’ experience from Bain in London and San Francisco where he managed the private equity team as well as worked on strategy, performance improvement and turnaround assignments for a wide variety of public and privately owned companies.

Jonathan holds a Masters degree from Cambridge University in Natural Sciences and Management Studies.

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.

Pieter de Jong

Co-Head, Private Equity
Benelux / Private Equity
Industrial, Business & Technology Services  

Pieter joined 3i in 2004 and has been Managing Director of 3i Benelux since 2011, 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 Royal Sanders, Basic-Fit, Weener Plastics, Lampenwelt, Refresco and Action.  He currently sits on the Boards of Basic-Fit, Royal Sanders and 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 Group, a corporate finance consulting firm in Benelux, where he became partner responsible for M&A. After selling the firm to NIBC in 2000, Pieter headed the M&A department.

Pieter has an MBA degree from Georgia State University (USA) and a BBA degree from Nijenrode University (Netherlands).

Reinier de Jong

Associate Director
Benelux / Private Equity
Business & Technology Services  

Reinier joined 3i in March 2018 as Associate Director in the Benelux Private Equity team. He focuses on the Business & Technology Services sector. Reinier has been involved in 3i's investments in Action and Christ.

Prior to joining 3i, Reinier worked at Bain & Company in Amsterdam for seven years. As Manager, Reinier was part of the office leadership team, spending most of his time in the Financial Services and Private Equity practice areas, focusing on both strategic as well as operational assignments.

Before joining Bain, Reinier spent two years working in Investment Banking as M&A Analyst at Morgan Stanley in London.

Reinier holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from Columbia Business School (with Honors & Distinction) and a MSc in International Economics from the Graduate Institute Geneva.

Anna Dellis

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.

Adrien Delmotte

Senior Associate
France / Infrastructure
 

Adrien is a Senior Associate in 3i’s Infrastructure team in Paris 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.

Piotr Doniec

Senior Associate
Germany / Private Equity
Industrial  

Piotr joined the 3i team in 2017 as a Senior Associate in the German Private Equity team based in Frankfurt. He was a deal team member on 3i’s investments in Lampenwelt, the largest European online specialist in the lighting space, and Formel D, a global service provider to the automotive and component supply industry.

Prior to joining 3i, Piotr has gained work experience as a Consultant with McKinsey and Company in the Corporate Finance practice and in investment banking at Deutsche Bank focused on M&A and ECM transactions. 

Piotr holds a Masters degree in Finance from HEC Paris and a Bachelors degree in Economics from the University of St. Gallen.

Steve Dorsey

Vice President
North America / Infrastructure
 

Steve joined 3i in 2017 as a Vice President in the North American Infrastructure team. Prior to joining 3i, Steve was an Associate Director at Hastings Funds Management where he was responsible for the origination, execution and management of infrastructure equity investments in the energy, utilities and transportation sectors.

Steve began his career as an investment banker at BNP Paribas, where he focused on project finance and advisory in the infrastructure, power and energy sectors.

Steve holds a Bachelor’s degree in economics from Bucknell University.

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.

Kevin Dunn

General Counsel and Company Secretary  

Responsible for 3i’s legal, compliance, internal audit, human resources and company secretarial functions. A member of the Executive Committee since joining 3i in 2007.

Prior to joining 3i, was a Senior Managing Director, running GE’s European Leveraged Finance business after serving as European General Counsel for GE. Prior to GE, was a partner at the law firms Travers Smith and Latham & Watkins.