James Metcalfe, the global head of power and utilities investment banking at UBS AG, is joining Alinda Capital Partners, a leading infrastructure investment firm, as its seventh Partner.
Metcalfe will work alongside Alinda Partner, Graeme Bevans, to focus on core infrastructure investments.
Core infrastructure investments are a new strategy for Alinda, which has previously focused on value added infrastructure investments.
Bevans joined Alinda in July 2010 from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, where he was head of infrastructure investing. Since joining Alinda, Bevans has focused on developing core infrastructure strategies for the firm.
Investments in utilities and energy infrastructure are seen by Alinda as key categories of core infrastructure, and Metcalfe has had extensive experience in utility and power M&A at UBS and his predecessor firms, Lehman Brothers and JP Morgan.
Other senior professionals hired recently by Alinda for its core investment strategy include Craig Harris, former director of the midstream group at El Paso Corporation, Patrick Bastien, former head of Veolia Energy North America’s business in the Western United States, and Guy Harris, former director of strategy and performance management at DTE Energy.
Metcalfe will be based in Alinda’s head office in Greenwich, Connecticut along with Bevans, Bastien and Guy Harris. Craig Harris will be based in Alinda’s Houston office.
