Gresham House, a specialist alternative asset manager, has further strengthened its Sustainable Infrastructure team with the addition of investment manager Ana Janine.
The hire complements the recent successful GBP100 million first close of Gresham House’s British Sustainable Infrastructure Fund II (BSIF II), backed by the Worcestershire Pension Fund and Teesside Pension Fund. BSIF II, a direct follow-on to the now fully invested infrastructure strategy BSIF I, targets profitable, real assets-based solutions addressing pressing environmental and societal challenges encapsulated by the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Led by Peter Bachmann, the Gresham House Sustainable Infrastructure team has vast experience in infrastructure investment and development, as well as direct sector expertise in areas such as renewables, clean tech, waste, education, healthcare and fibre.
Working across both BSIF I and BSIF II, Ana Janine’s addition will further strengthen the team’s focus on six key sub-sectors where sustainable infrastructure solutions have the greatest potential for impact and financial reward – resource efficiency, digital inclusion, waste solutions, regeneration, decarbonisation, and health & education. Prior to joining Gresham House, Janine was a consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where she worked on private equity deals across numerous sectors. Janine is an HEC Paris MBA graduate and was previously a tax lawyer in Portugal.
Janine’s appointment to the Sustainable Infrastructure team follows the April hire of Sharan Soni as investment associate. He joined from Octopus Investments, where he focused on raising and deploying capital into renewables opportunities across Europe. Soni graduated from Imperial College with an MSc and has experience as a start-up founder.
Peter Bachmann, managing director, Sustainable Infrastructure, Gresham House, says: “Infrastructure underpins the way society operates and is critical to solving the most pressing sustainability issues. Through our modern, impact-driven approach, the BSIF franchise is perfectly placed to deliver on opportunities in this space, and we are fortunate to be able to add the expertise of both Ana and Sharan to our team. We are also extremely proud to have cultivated a team split equally by gender, as we truly believe diverse perspectives are essential in understanding and overcoming the challenges we face today.”
Ana Janine adds: “This is an exciting time to join Gresham House’s Sustainable Infrastructure team, as we look to source attractive opportunities to invest in the underfunded mid-market UK infrastructure space – where our hands-on approach can enrich the lives of communities across the country. I look forward to working with Peter and his specialist, diverse team in supporting the origination and execution of new investments across key sectors of the market.”
