Monday 11 April 2022

I've got a bad feeling about this one ...

Uh. PR email. Uh.

Good morning.

You see? 'What's the problem, boss?' It's from Vauban, Voice. 'Oh.' And they normally work with Lucky, don't they? 'Oh, Christ.' Yeah. 'Well, just copy and paste from the covering email first.' All right.

Please find attached a 1st press release regarding the appointment of six experts, over the last six months, in the Vauban IP teams in order to bolster the team and support the company's growing operations.

Among these 6 experts, you will meet Gwen Colin, newly appointed ESG Director of the Group and Rothman Valencia Mazola, appointed ESG Officer. Their new roles are described in a 2nd press release which goes into more detail on Vauban IP's ESG strategy and the creation of a dedicated ESG team.

Two press releases! Two PDFs! Can you believe these guys?!

Wishing you a pleasant reception.

Oh, yeah, sure. Two PDFs!!! 'They're taking the piss!'

We remain at your disposal for any further information or exchanges with the Vauban teams.

Best,

Estelle

Listen, Estelle, I ain't got no problem with you or the Vauban teams, but why do you keep getting Lucky to do the PDFs for you? He's incompetent. All he does is talk - 'And think.' All he does is talk and think, and he doesn't understand a word of it. He's an idiot. He's worse than The Voice. 'Oh, thanks!' Ha! Only joking, man.

Okay, well, look ... we'll take a chance with the first PDF. 'It's your funeral, boss.' And yours, idiot.

Here we go ...

Press Release ParisApril 6th2022  Vauban Infrastructure Partners expands its team to support its growth ambitions  Vauban  Infrastructure  Partners  "Vauban"!!!-!!!  continues  to  build  on  the  firms  strong  momentum  and  is pleased to announce the hiring of six experts over the last 6 months in order to bolster its team and support the companys growing operations Gwen Colin joins Vauban as an ESG Director the ESG team is now structured around Gwen Colin who joins Rothman Valencia Mazola to reinforce the companys leadership in sustainability promotion and to ensure the oversight of the Vaubans sustainability engagements the Investment Team remains highly involved in the ESG values promotions on the respective portfolio companies level being accountable for sustainability analysis and enhancing sustainable value creation at the portfolio assets level Gwen used to work closely with Vaubans team in a frame of her previous position consulting Vauban in creating its ESG methodology she is based in the headquarters of Vauban in Paris the organization of the company is also reinforced with the appointment of Laurent Verlet as HR Director Laurent being based in Paris will head HR function of Vauban supporting the companys growing staff additionally        Vauban  has  recently  welcomed  Fabian      Sires  to  lead  Luxembourg  Governance  and Operations Development Fabian    is based in the companys office in Luxembourg finally Vauban       is pleased to announce the arrival of Grégoire            Max as Compliance           Officer Lois Bourbon as Legal Counsel and Ollivier Pierre as Investor Relations Associate all are based in Paris based  in  Paris  with  a  subsidiary  in  Luxembourg  Vaubans  team  now  totals  56  employees  managing currently €6              5bn of assets under management invested in the diversified portfolio of assets across Europe  biographies Gwen Collin was previously a consultant for PE    Infra funds looking to develop their sustainable projects in Europe and Asia she has been managing projects on    topics like     impact management climate change and sustainable  finance     more  broadly        Gwen  has  done most of  her career with  some major financial corporations she started her career as a legal advisor then project manager at Credit Agricole Asset Management now Amundi in Paris and Luxembourg her involvement in sustainable finance started in 2008 leading the product innovation and supporting the distribution of a Socially Responsible Investments             offer  targeting         the  Middle  Eastern  and  Southeast  Asian  sovereign  entities  institutional  clients  private banks  and  family  offices Gwen  graduated  with  a  Master  in  Business  Law  and  a  Master  in  Business Administration from the University of Bretagne  Occidentale in France  she has a certification  in  Islamic Finance from the Security Investment Institute of London Laurent Verlet held from 2010 to 2021 different human resources positions at Natixis Investment Managers Private equity Division closely working with Vaubans Team and other affiliates in this role he led the set     up HR functions of different affiliates of Natixis IM prior to join the Group Laurent joined in 2000 the HR Department  of  Auchan  Retail-La  Défense  as  deputy  HR  Director  after  12  years            in  this  company  as manager    in mass           distribution he started   his career in 1988 as commercial engineer specialized in industrial     electricity     Laurent is graduated from a French industrial technology school Fabian         Sires  has  joined  Vauban  in  September  2021  based  in  Luxembourg he  has  reinforced  our operations  team  and  support  Vauban  on  digitalization  transition  operating  model  improvement  and corporate governance best practices to sustain growth Fabian has over 20 years experience in the Alternative Funds Industry in Luxembourg working for global corporate services providers PWC TMF and     Alter Domus he was                       responsible for a portfolio of Private Equity clients set       up of Luxembourg structures accounting tax and corporate legal services for SPVs  Funds under management 115  rue Montmartre !!!!!!!!!!  Société en Commandite par Actions au capital de  €  RCS Paris    TVA intracommunautaire FR                    C2 **** Internal Natixis Before  joining  Vauban  Infrastructure  Partners  Fabian  was  Director  at  Alter  Domus      responsible  for     the operational  enhancement  of  governance  and  corporate  legal  services  including  review  andor implementation of processes and     tools across several       jurisdictions Fabian     was also sitting     on the board of regulated and non-regulated Funds for large Private Equity and Infrastructure asset managers    among others          Allianz M&G Actis Loïs Bourbon Corporate and Regulatory Legal Counsel has 7 years of experience on corporate M&A & regulatory projects for asset managers she works on corporate and regulatory matters of Vauban Infrastructure Partners and its investment funds before         joining Vauban Infrastructure Partners  Loïs worked at Lyxor Asset Management in Paris on long term core acquisition projects diverse legal & regulatory advisory and general corporate matters before that she worked         three years in an advisory firm in Luxembourg where she built an experience in M&             a     corporate set ups for various international private equity firms  she holds a masters degree in Business      Law DJ               CE of Université Toulouse Capitole  Grégoire            Max holds after 6 years       of experience in compliance regulatory and       internal control      previously he was a senior consultant in a firm specialized in compliance and      ah, internal control     for asset management companies     he  was  manly           involved  with  players  investing  in  non    listed  assets  he  holds  a     Masters  in     Business Law of Université Toulouse Capitole  with  4        years  of  experience  in  Fundraising  and  Investment  Banking  Pierre  Ollivier  is  responsible  for managing the day     today aspects of investor relations and fundraising processes it includes     responding to  investors  requests producing  marketing  and  reporting  documents  as  well  as  taking  part  in communications            efforts before      joining     Vauban Pierre was Fundraising Associate at           Jasmin                   capital prior to that he was M        &A Analyst at Edmond    de Rothschild Pierre holds a Masters degree from Emlyon Business School based in France and completed an exchange semester at the University of Saint     Gallen based       in Switzerland about      Vauban Infrastructure Partners  Vauban Infrastructure Partners is a leading Infrastructure Asset Manager focused                        on the European core                infrastructure investments headquartered in Paris it employs  56 professionals who have  been working together for a decade Vauban is the fully fledged affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers dedicated to sustainable  infrastructure  equity  investments  Vauban  targets  predominantly  European     brownfield midmarket     assets pursuing a long     term yield     driven strategy matching     the underlying nature of assets and long     term commitment to all stakeholders    interests through a strong focus on creating sustainable value  Vauban  has  raised  c            €6.5  billion  across  6  funds  in  core  infrastructure  from  over 70  investors within  15 different  countries  and  has  invested  in  over  65  assets  in  mobility  energy  transition  social  &  digital infrastructure across 12 different -

STOP - !!!

'Hit him, boss! Smash his teeth in!'

No, Voice. He's stopped. And he's gone. 'Ha! Lucky's learnt his lesson after last time.' He hasn't learnt it enough to stop working on these press releases. I suppose we should blame Vauban. They're the ones employing him. God knows why. 'Maybe he's cheap.' Well, if you go cheap, you get a mess like the one above.

So be it.

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