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 China Merchants Bank and Bank of China, only one French audit In equity investment, the major US private equity players continue firm was aected 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 Ares Management 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 Oicer 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 Asset Management Chief Investment Oicer & 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 Investment Management Star America Infrastructure Partners Chief Compliance Oicer 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