Slate Asset Management (Slate), a global alternative investment platform focused on real assets, has appointed Jeff Rodgers as Managing Director, North American Infrastructure.
Rodgers will oversee origination and asset management for Slate’s infrastructure platform in North America, supporting the build out of Slate’s Cities and Communities Impact Infrastructure Strategy in Canada and the US.
Rodgers is an infrastructure specialist with over 16 years of experience, including 11 leading principal investments. Prior to joining Slate, he was a Managing Director at DIF Capital Partners (DIF) and a key member of the senior leadership team that led the successful build-out of DIF’s North American platform. Rodgers has led over $1.2 billion of equity investments across various infrastructure subsectors, including energy transition, renewable energy, telecommunications, and transportation. Prior to DIF, Rodgers worked for prominent infrastructure development companies Plenary Group and Bilfinger Project Investments.
Rodgers is being joined at Slate by Ryley Gartshore as Vice President, who was most recently Director of Investments at Core Development Group. Previously, Gartshore served as Associate Director at DIF, where he worked closely with Rodgers on the build out of DIF’s North American platform.
Rodgers and Gartshore are joining Slate in August and September, respectively, and will be based in the firm’s Toronto office.
