People Moves Report H1 2020

Americas

        Introduction

In this ‘unprecedented’ first half of 2020, Covid-19 came to test the $2bn commitment to its new GTR platform (hiring the inimitable coupled with Matt’s enviable rolodex and reputation amongst LPs, claim of our asset class to be ‘resilient’. It passed with flying colors, Franek Sodzawicny as CEO to build a global platform) puts it firmly we predict its progress to be greatly accelerated on this side of the and there is no better demonstration of this resilience than the in the game. In Renewables, we have seen a West Coast power pond. amount of hiring which has taken place in the midst of such volatile surge, with Generate Capital and Softbank Energy each making 5 market conditions. hires, and significant investment (foreign and domestic) into US Anyway, enough of my hype – I will leave you to peruse the report Renewables driving an increasing demand for talent. at your leisure. Do please reach out with any thoughts as to how we Make no mistake, these hires were not all in train pre-lockdown, nor might improve it for your edification in future editions. have they all been hurriedly concluded in these tentative early days On the Credit side, one very clear talent winner in the first half of of its easing. Many of the hires documented here in our H1 People 2020 is CIBC. Making six hires into its impressive Corporate We will also be publishing our annual diversity and compensation Moves Report were commissioned in those dark early weeks of the Banking division now led in the US by Project Finance heavyweight reports later in the year so make sure you are signed up for those. crisis, such was the confidence of the hiring entities in their own Jim King – three of them senior hires from direct competitors - the stability. Entire interview processes were held via Teams or Zoom, bank signaled its intent for continued growth. Staying with Project Stay safe and pretty much everyone now knows someone who has started a Finance, a significant outbreak of hiring is observed amongst the job without ever physically (even to this day) meeting their boss or Chinese banks, led by ICBC who seem to have contained Dan team. Such is the world we now live in. transmission within a small group of other Chinese banks. Outside of Merchants Bank and Bank of China, only one French audit In equity investment, the major US players continue firm was a ected with the removal of a junior, and is said to be to push into the asset class with hiring at H.I.G, KKR and Apollo making a speedy recovery. where Dylan Foo’s arrival in February triggered a succession of high caliber appointments as he builds a team fit for the adventure The continuing migration of foreign vehicles into the North DAN McCARTHY ahead. American market means that European and Australian investors Practice Leader, Americas are playing catchup with the natives when it comes to LP buy-in. Digital Infrastructure and Renewables were two of the most active This in turn has put well-connected IR/Fundraising professionals in sectors for hiring during H1. Digital is positively thriving in this new the spotlight and we were delighted to work on one of the most M: +1 (646) 512 0002 covid era with so many of us pushing our data usage to the max notable moves in this pocket of the market, the much publicized E: [email protected] and testing the resilience of those data centers. Digital Colony move of IR luminary Matt Nelson from Arclight to head up North continues its relentless march towards sectoral domination with American IR at Antin Infrastructure Partners. The quality of Antin’s hires in equity investment and for its new debt launch, whilst KKR’s product is already becoming well known here in the US but,

People Moves Report - Americas, H1 2020 | Cover Note pg. 2 EQUITY, Senior Career Moves 91% Male 9% Female

Name Leaving Joining Title Location

Partner & Co-Head of Dylan Foo AMP Capital Apollo Global Management CA Infrastructure Private Equity

Je Hunter Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners Apollo Global Management Senior Advisor TX

Dave Cohen GS Infrastructure Partners Apollo Global Management Principal, Infrastructure Private Equity NY

Andrew Kirby AMP Capital Apollo Global Management Principal, Infrastructure Private Equity NY

John Yanchek ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC ThreeHill Capital Partners Co-Founder & Managing Partner MA

Adam Heltzer Partners group Corporation Head of ESG & Sustainability NY

Stuart Page The Carlyle Group Whitehall Capital Management Managing Partner TX

Randall Posejpal Mercuria Energy America Whitehall Capital Management Managing Partner TX

Brent Kelley White Deer Energy North Hudson Resource Partners Chief Financial O icer TX

Gary Graphia Kean Miller LLP Bernhard Capital Partners Operating Partner LA

Shawn Cherian Packet Host Energy Impact Partners Partner CA

Victor Flansburg Next Wave Energy Partners Triten Energy Partners Partner TX

Stephanie Hogue PwC Bombe Chief Investment O icer & NY Managing Director

People Moves Report - Americas, H1 2020 | Moves to Equity pg. 3 EQUITY, Senior Career Moves (cont.)

Name Leaving Joining Title Location

Robert A Schultz Greentech Capital Advisors Capricorn Investment Group Partner NY

Florian Christ McKinsey & Company KKR & Co. Managing Director TX

Francis Van Scoy Trident Star America Infrastructure Partners Chief Compliance O icer and Controller NY

Lawrence Cyrlin Citi KKR & Co. Managing Director, Structured Capital NY Markets

Benjamin Baker Deleware River Solar Greenbacker Capital Managing Director NY

Managing Director, Americas, Kevin Kerr Bastion Infrastructure Group Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Canada - Toronto Infrastructure & Natural Resources

Managing Director, Group Head Martin Laguerre CPPIB CDPQ NY Capital Solutions

Said Nashashibi Alinda Capital Partners LLC American Triple I Partners Managing Director NY

John DiMarco CCA Group, LLC First State Investments Director NY

Nosh Irani Ares Management Corporation InstarAGF Asset Management Inc. Principal CO

Reid Capalino Aligned Climate Capital LS Power SVP, Business Development NY

Alan Bezoza Dorsal Capital Management Digital Colony Senior Vice President CO

People Moves Report - Americas, H1 2020 | Moves to Equity pg. 4 EQUITY, Senior Career Moves (cont.)

Name Leaving Joining Title Location

Charles Monk Climate Infrastructure Strategies SB Energy (Softbank Group) Director CA

Jose Olmos Clearway Energy Group SB Energy (Softbank Group) Director CA

Velvet Voelz DynaSolar DevCo SB Energy (Softbank Group) Director, Asset Management CA

Yuri Estrada Siemens The Carlyle Group Vice President DC

Sebastian Caputto RBC Capital Markets John Laing Investment Director CO

Principal, Renewable and Sustainable David Gluck Clearway Energy Group The Carlyle Group CA Energy

People Moves Report - Americas, H1 2020 | Moves to Equity pg. 5 EQUITY, Mid-Level Career Moves 85% Male 15% Female

Name Leaving Joining Title Location

Principal, Infrastructure & Natural Igor Romitelli INSEAD MBA Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Canada - Toronto Resources

Paul Gurm American Infrastructure Funds H.I.G. Capital Principal NY

Kevin Rolston Cypress Creek Renewables Lacuna Sustainable Investments Principal CA

Bryan Gartner Apax Partners Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners Principal NY

Bill Glennon 3i Group Plc GI Partners Vice President NY

Lachezar Tolev REAL Infrastructure Partners Semiens Private Equity Risk Manager NY

Connor McGauley US Anesthesia Partners GI Partners Vice President NY

HK Hallet III Saratoga Investment Corp Digital Colony Vice President NY

Aman Sareen I Squared Capital AMP Capital Associate Director NY

David Xia Oak Hill Advisors Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners Vice President NY

Brett Baucum Oil Patch Group Intervale Capital Vice President TX

People Moves Report - Americas, H1 2020 | Moves to Equity pg. 6 EQUITY, Mid-Level Career Moves (cont.)

Name Leaving Joining Title Location

Catherine Cusimano HPS Investment Partners Bernhard Capital Partners Vice President LA

Gianluca Signorelli Lightsource BP SB Energy (SoftBank Group) Vice President CA

Matt Deitch Silverpeak Kimmeridge Energy Investment Analyst NY

Cash Cameron Citi Crosstimbers Capital Group Vice President TX

John Bergeron Entergy Rockland Capital Vice President TX

Kathryn Cantlon Technip FMC Hastings Equity Partners Vice President TX

Robert Mills AEC Partners Pickering Energy Partners Vice President TX

Marina Fenley CohnReznick Capital Generate Capital Investment Professional CA

Tony Hack NY Green Bank Generate Capital Investment Professional CA

William Roberts Moelis & Co Generate Capital Investment Professional CA

Helen McNamee BAML QIC Manager NY

People Moves Report - Americas, H1 2020 | Moves to Equity pg. 7 EQUITY, Mid-Level Career Moves (cont.)

Name Leaving Joining Title Location

Colin Witherspoon CIBC Capital Markets D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments Associate Director NY

Austin Winger KKR & Co. I Squared Capital Senior Associate FL

Steven Connell CBRE Global Investors Ares Management Corporation Senior Associate NY

Joseph Kasbaum EV Private Equity Hastings Equity Partners Senior Associate TX

Brian Green Abacus Finance Group PineBridge Investments Vice President NY

People Moves Report - Americas, H1 2020 | Moves to Equity pg. 8 EQUITY, Early Career Moves 67% Male 33% Female

Name Leaving Joining Title Location

Geet Bhatt Wharton MBA OGCI Climate Investments Senior Associate NY

Solomon Ferro Wharton MBA CPPIB Senior Associate, Global Infrastructure Canada - Toronto

Alison Montenegro Goldman Sachs Pantheon Ventures Associate CA

Grace Brandon Bank of America Merrill Lynch QIC Associate, Global Infrastructure NY

Cole Sorenson First State Investments Executive NY

Emily Arches Javelin Capital Basalt Infrastructure Partners Associate NY

Tuyen Pham Gavilan Resources The Carlyle Group Associate NY

Francisco Sabal Scotiabank Digital Colony Associate NY

Henry Meiring OnyxPoint Global Management, LP GI Partners Associate NY

Brian Gramolini Citi Gamut Capital Management Associate, Private Equity NY

Jonathan Blum Basalt Infrastructure Partners Ashler Capital Associate NY

Demetrios Kellari X, The Moonshot Factory Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners Associate CA

Logan Dickinson RBC Pickering Energy Partners Associate TX

People Moves Report - Americas, H1 2020 | Moves to Equity pg. 9 EQUITY, Early Career Moves (cont.)

Name Leaving Joining Title Location

Luke Song Guggenheim GI Partners Associate NY

Shannon Dominguez JP Morgan Digital Colony Associate NY

Hamilton Foster CohnReznick Capital SB Energy (SoftBank Group) Associate CA

Rett Young SunPower Corporation Generate Capital Associate CA

Verena Cavalheiro Macquarie Group OMERS Infrastructure Associate NY

Alexander Dempsey Wharton MBA Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners Associate TX

Juan Camilo Garcia Wharton MBA SB Energy (SoftBank Group) Associate CA

Gloria Markov Wells Fargo Securities Blue Sage Capital Associate TX

Associate, Innovation & John Daugherty Accenture Energy Impact Partners NY Commercialization

Nathanael Robinson Citi Rockland Capital Associate, Private Equity TX

Hans How Equity Residential New Island Capital Management Associate, CA

Jacqueline Fedida BNP Paribas Greenbacker Capital Associate NY

Anaëlle Croteau ArcelorMittal Advantage Capital Solar Senior Analyst NY

People Moves Report - Americas, H1 2020 | Moves to Equity pg. 10 EQUITY, Early Career Moves (cont.)

Name Leaving Joining Title Location

Boyce Taylor Morgan Stanley The Blackstone Group Analyst NY

Courtney Lang Flat World Partners LS Power Analyst NY

Eric Guan Greentech Capital Advisors Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets Analyst, Waste Infrastructure NY

Jake Blank Greentech Capital Advisors D.E. Shaw Renewable Energy Investments Analyst NY

Jake Smith KPMG Pickering Energy Partners Analyst TX

Hayley McCurdy UPenn / Energy Impact Partners intern Terra Alpha Investments Equity Research Analyst DC

Shivani Shikha Semiens Basalt Infrastructure Partners Analyst NY

Maria Clara Uquillas Columbia University BTG Pactual Analyst, Timberland Investment Group NY

Cole Halliburton III University of Oklahoma Arch Energy Partners Analyst TX

Evan Vranian PA Capital Golding Capital Partners GmbH Associate NY

People Moves Report - Americas, H1 2020 | Moves to Equity pg. 11 CREDIT, Senior Career Moves 83% Male 17% Female

Name Leaving Joining Title Location

Andre Burba Pine Brook Road Partners, LLC Global Infrastructure Partners Managing Partner, Credit NY

Dean Criares Digital Colony Managing Partner, Credit NY

Tal Sheynfeld EMM Investments Energy Impact Partners Partner, Credit Strategies NY

Scott Weinstein Goldman Sachs Orion Energy Partners Managing Director NY

Joshua Parrish Ascribe Capital Digital Colony Managing Director, Credit NY

Export-Import Bank of the United Managing Director, Structured and Daniel Tobin U.S. Department of Energy DC States Project Finance

Oliver Langel SYREN CAPITAL, LLC Landesbank Baden-Württemberg Leader Project Finance North America NY

Industrial and Commercial Bank of Michael Peist China Merchants Bank China (ICBC) Head of Infrastructure Project Finance NY

Jonathan Kim Natixis Mizuho Managing Director, Head of Power NY

Senior Director, Project Development Hillary Thatcher Government of Canada The Canada Infrastructure Bank Canada - Toronto of Indigenous Infrastructure

Michael Boarts Crédit Agricole CIBC Executive Director NY

Peter Lee Natixis National Bank Director, Specialized & Acquisition NY Finance

Philipp Slabik NORD/LB CIBC Director, Project Finance NY

People Moves Report - Americas, H1 2020 | Moves to Credit pg. 12 CREDIT, Senior Career Moves (cont.)

Name Leaving Joining Title Location

Richard Cassells Bayern LB CIBC Director NY

US International Development Brian Gilmore EIG Global Energy Partners Director DC Finance Corp

Michael Kochis Morgan Stanley BNP Paribas Structured Loan Syndicate NY

Becca Glazer Sol Systems Wunder Capital Director, Capital Markets CO

Aleksandr Kleynberg Korea Development Bank Korea Development Bank (promotion) Director NY

Mizuho David Whitcher UBS Investment Bank Managing Director NY

Gregory Randolph Greenhill & Co NY Green Bank Managing Director and Co-Head NY

Lindsay Drogin Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation NY Green Bank Director NY

Marco Simental Scotiabank Nomura Managing Director NY

Sara Roccisano Centrica NY Green Bank Director NY

People Moves Report - Americas, H1 2020 | Moves to Credit pg. 13 CREDIT, Mid-Level Career Moves 62% Male 38% Female

Name Leaving Joining Title Location

Director, Loan Syndications & Trading, Nenter Chow Bank of China Industrial and Commercial Bank of China NY Americas

Mah Sissoko BNP Paribas Silicon Valley Bank Vice President, Project Finance NY

Hee Soo Yoon BAML National Australia Bank Vice President, Project Finance NY

Zhao Yang Nomura Orion Energy Partners Vice President, Senior Counsel NY

Arsalan Khan Wells Fargo Fifth Third Bank Vice President TX

Sven Semmelmann Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Generate Capital Vice President, Capital Markets NY

Hayley Arendtsz Lloyds Bank SMBC Vice President, Project Finance NY

Josh Presner Green Investment Group Vice President NY

Adrian Ruiz-Grossman CohnReznick Capital Silicon Valley Bank Corporate Development Manager CA

Industrial and Commercial Bank of Daniel Getman Mazars Assistant Vice President, Project Finance NY China (ICBC)

Jon Saelinger Goldman Sachs Orion Energy Partners Senior Associate NY

Vivek Chandwani UBS Scotiabank Vice President Canada - Toronto

People Moves Report - Americas, H1 2020 | Moves to Credit pg. 14 CREDIT, Early Career Moves 60% Male 40% Female

Name Leaving Joining Title Location

The Port Authority of New York & New Maria Surilas MUFG Associate, Project Finance NY Jersey

David Khov CIT Ares Management Corporation Associate MA

Jack Scaccia Greentech Capital Advisors Ares Management Corporation Associate NY

Annabelle Henry KPMG Citi Associate, Project FInance NY

Connor Mackin MUFG DWS Group Associate, Infrastructure Debt NY

Coline Guedj Delphos International MUFG Associate, Project Finance - Americas CA

Eleanor Masinter Moody's Investors Service Vantage Infrastructure Associate NY

Marya Friedman Green Street Power Partners C2 Energy Capital Associate, Project Finance NY

Julius Gakwasi NY Green Bank J.P. Morgan Associate, Public Infrastructure NY

Sean Morgan EnterSolar CohnReznick Capital Associate NY

Henry Foskett BlackRock Global Infrastructure Partners Associate, Credit NY

People Moves Report - Americas, H1 2020 | Moves to Credit pg. 15 CREDIT, Early Career Moves (cont.)

Name Leaving Joining Title Location

Jupjee Kochar Stellus Capital Management Angelo Gordon Associate, Energy Credit TX

Michael Alerhand Morgan Stanley Power and Infrastructure Finance NY

Shane Ogren Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Macquarie Group Associate, Debt Advisory NY

Varun Garg ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC Orion Energy Partners Associate TX

Ziyan Leng EY Bank of China Associate NY

Industrial and Commercial Bank of Axl Hu China Merchants Bank Associate NY China (ICBC)

Moon Cheng Columbia University in the City of New York Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Senior Analyst, Project Finance NY

Analyst, Renewable Energy Amaia Schultz Cypress Creek Renewables Fifth Third Securities CA Investment Banking

Jiri Honajzer HSBC Global Banking and Markets Brookfield Asset Management Analyst, Infrastructure Debt NY

Daniela Urias Inframation CIBC Analyst, Loan Syndications NY

Thomas Kunkel Baker Tilly Fitch Ratings Analyst, Project Finance IL

People Moves Report - Americas, H1 2020 | Moves to Credit pg. 16 CREDIT, Early Career Moves (cont.)

Name Leaving Joining Title Location

Anna Millington Commonwealth Bank CIT Bank Associate, Power & Project Finance NY

Mazen Abdelmaguid MetLife Investment Management ING Infrastructure Finance Analyst NY

Nicholas Rybak CIBC Capital Markets KeyBanc Capital Markets Investment Banking Associate OH

People Moves Report - Americas, H1 2020 | Moves to Credit pg. 17 IR, Senior Career Moves 75% Male 25% Female

Name Leaving Joining Title Location

Head of North American Investor Matt Nelson Arclight Antin Infrastructure Partners NY Relations

Jessica Ho man Brennan The Carlyle Group Onex Head of Client and Product Solutions NY

Head of Capital Formation & Investor Carlton Byrd Actis American Triple I Partners NY Relations

Head of Strategy & Business Craig Pollak Actis The Donerail Group NY Development

Matthew Zales Kimmeridge Energy Orion Resource Partners Head of Investor Relations NY

Grant Davis Infra-Energy Capital Advisors LLC FIRSTavenue Managing Director NY

Managing Director, Business Yokasta Segura-Baez Campbell Lutyens Capital Dynamics NY Development

Managing Director, Strategy, Impact & Kim Erle Cocoon Construct, co. NY Green Bank NY Investor Relations

Simon Willcocks ICR Rose & Company Director NY

Shirish Jajodia Rubicon Capital Advisors The AES Corporation Director, Investor Relations DC

Bradford Yankiver Motive Partners Ember Infrastructure Director NY

Viet Nguyen Riverstone Vista Equity Partners Managing Director, IR & Fundraising NY

People Moves Report - Americas, H1 2020 | Moves to IR pg. 18 IR, Mid-level Career Moves 62% Male 38% Female

Name Leaving Joining Title Location

Danyal Farooqi Stanwich Advisors FirstPoint Equity Director NY

Jonathan Azar Pride Wafra Optima Fund Management Director NY

Daniel Valladares Brookfield Asset Management KKR & Co. Principal NY

Nick Artemenkov Threadmark Private Capital Advisory CA

Samira Siskind GrandView Capital IFM Investors Associate Director NY

Alexander Morgan Pantheon Ventures Stonepeak Vice President CA

Cara Killackey Lee Partners Group I Squared Capital Vice President NY

Gairy Hall JP Morgan Aasset Management Oaktree Capital Management Vice President NY

Jacqueline Smith Bkm Capital Partners Oaktree Capital Management Assistant Vice President CA

Michael Heck Morgan Stanley Oaktree Capital Management Vice President NY

Rachael N. De Chacon Kirkland & Ellis The Blackstone Group Vice President NY

Ross Murphy Arclight Summit Partners Director NY

Vannie Yu Brookfield Asset Management The Blackstone Group Vice President NY

People Moves Report - Americas, H1 2020 | Moves to IR pg. 19 IR, Early Career Moves 43% Male 57% Female

Name Leaving Joining Title Location

Penn Sednaoui J.P. Morgan Asset Management KKR & Co. Associate NY

Ellen Erpenbeck Goldman Sachs Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners Associate NY

Charlotte Glatt Lazard AM Brookfield Asset Management Analyst NY

Je Cykiert Pinebridge investments Capital Dynamics Senior Associate Product development CA

Anuja Selvakumar Berchwood Partners Partners Group Associate NY

Madeleine Rodriguez Private Fund Group Stonepeak Associate NY

People Moves Report - Americas, H1 2020 | Moves to IR pg. 20 Contact

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