Monday 25 July 2022

Vauban Infrastructure Partners expands its team to support its growth ambitions

Christ!

'Why do they have growth ambitions, boss?!'

I don't know, Voice. I'll never understand these people. I mean, it's the middle of bloody summer! Do you think Aviva Investors have, uh ... growth ambitions? 'Ha!'

More lager! More ice cream!

That's all Aviva Investors are thinking about.

Anyway ...

Good morning,

Yeah. This is Monday morning, by the way, dear reader(s). Monday morning at the end of July. I'm sure there are better things I could be doing.

Never mind.

Please find attached a press release regarding the appointment of nine experts, over the last months, in the Vauban IP teams in order to bolster the team and support the company's growing operations. These professionals reinforce Vauban's set up in Paris, Luxembourg, Munich, and New York.

Oh, my God! They're experts, and professionals! 'This must be a joke.' I'm afraid Estelle is serious, man.

Wishing you a pleasant reception. 

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

Best,

Estelle

Jesus H. - !!!

'I suppose we've got Lucky to deal with now ... ???'

Yeah. A pleasant reception, apparently.

My life.

Come on, Lucky! 

Press              Release Paris         July            19th 2022  Vauban Infrastructure Partners expands its team to support its growth ambitions  Vauban  Infrastructure  Partners  "Vauban"!!!  continues  to  build  strong  momentum  and  is  pleased  to announce  that  it  has  hired  nine  experts  to  bolster  its  team  and  support  the  companys  growing        operations these professionals    reinforce Vaubans set up    in Paris Luxembourg Munich and New York Vauban recently welcomed    Jaime O               Donnell as an Investor Relations Vice President she will help address the demands of Vaubans diversified  investor        base of over        100 institutional investors  from 17 countries and enhance Vaubans fundraising efforts in Europe Asia and North America                     Vauban  is  pleased                   to  have  added  three  investment  professionals  to  its  offices  in  Paris  and       Munich Soledad  de  la  Cruz     will  be  joining  Vauban  as  a  Senior  Investment  Manager  in  Paris  in  addition  the appointment  of  Marie  Durand  as  an  Investment  Manager  in  Paris  strengthens the team dedicated to Vauban Infra        Fibre Frances       largest independent national digital infrastructure platform Vauban has also welcomed Massimiliano Rudifiera as an Investment Manager on Vaubans Munich Team which is already comprised of Christoph          Stagl a vice              President at Vauban Overseas  Léonie Maruani joins a  new  U              S team as Senior Director  to support Vaubans development efforts in North America alongside Olivier       Ta additionally     Vauban is reinforced with the appointment of    Ayoub Mouhieddine as       head of it     Ayoub will enhance data management and internalize key IT functions to increase the security and robustness of Vaubans operations the Middle Office team has been strengthened with the arrival of two experts Astrid Hopmann as Middle Officer in Paris and Antoine Cogent as Accounting Manager in Luxembourg Aya  Koffi  has  also  joined  Vauban  as  an  office             Manager  to  support  the  growing  needs  of  Vaubans headquarters in           Paris based in Paris         Luxembourg Munich and New York Vaubans team now totals 65 employees managing €                   8      bn of assets under management invested in a diversified portfolio of assets across Europe and North America  biographies     Jaime O            Donnell has joined Vauban as a Vice President on the Investor Relations team prior to joining Vauban  Jaime  worked  in  Investor  Relations  for  New  York based  VC  firm       Upper90  where  she  was  in charge of fundraising efforts relationship management and brand awareness she also spent 5 years at Goldman Sachs on the Core Franchise Equity Sales & Cross Asset Sales Desks in Dallas & New York City respectively Jaime received a  BBA in  Finance and BA in French from Southern Methodist University in 2016 Soledad de la Cruz        is a Senior Investment Manager at Vauban       IP she will support the management of Vaubans Spanish portfolio and will also be involved in the origination and execution of projects Soledad has  a  wealth  of  experience  in  Project  Finance  in  the  Infrastructure  world  especially  in  transportation social      health and digital  infrastructure prior to Vauban Infrastructure Partners sole         dad worked  on the Lender side in London where she executed new transactions as well as managed a portfolio prior to that she was part of the asset management team of Meridiam and Vinci Concession in the         UK    Marie Durand joined Vauban in 2022 as an Investment Manager after almost 5                   years of experience in Project Finance prior to joining Vauban Marie spent 6 years with Credit Agricole CIB  en Commandite par Actions Internal Natixis a year in corporate & acquisition finance and then joining the Infrastructure team for nearly 5 years she has been involved in various sectors across the EMEA region including Rail Airports Roads PPP Social Infrastructures  and  Energy             from  waste  she  has  worked  on  acquisitions  and  greenfield  &  brownfield projects both on the financing and advisory sides Marie holds a Masters degree in Finance and a MSc Market Finance      & Investment Banking from Paris                        Dauphine Massimiliano Rudiferia is an Investment Manager at Vauban and is involved in the execution and asset management  of  infrastructure  assets prior  to  joining  Vauban  Massimiliano 

Lucky?

'He's finished, boss.'

Was  an  analyst  at  Société Générale where he gained experience in transport logistics and automotive projects he also worked at Liberta  Partners  Private  Equity  where  he  worked  on  three  deals  in  the  automotive  healthcare  and telecommunications segments           Massimiliano holds a  bachelor                   degree from Bocconi University in Milan and a Master from IE Business School in        Madrid Léonie Maruani has joined Vauban as Senior Director focused on the firms     expansion into North America bringing  20                 +                   years  of  experience  across  Europe  and             the  Americas previously she  served               as  a  Senior Advisor at the Rockefeller Foundation on the Innovation and Global Policy & Advocacy teams prior to that  she  was  the  Managing  Partner  at  New  York   based  Latitude  Advisory  a  firm  she  co                   founded  to provide infrastructure and energy advisory to public and private sector clients as well as consulting on negotiation leadership and innovation Léonie spent 15      + years       in Project Finance lending and financial advisory at Natixis and Scotiabank where she successfully                   originated structured and executed         complex transactions  and  innovative  finance  solutions  for  infrastructure  assets  in  Europe  the  U   S  and  Latin America she also co headed and built the higher education and healthcare team at CIFG  a triple            a rated  bond  insurer  in  the  U         S  Public  Finance  capital  markets  Léonie  holds  a  Masters  in  Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School studied at the Stanford GSB and is a graduate of the Business School ESCP Europe she also holds a Masters in History from Université Paris I Panthéon              Sorbonne Ayoub Mouhieddine joined Vauban in 2022 as the new head of it        CTO prior to joining Vauban Ayoub spent       10 years in the it       field for the finance              and banking industries        Head of the Rapid                          Application Development Team    it quant!!!           financial engineer he      developed a       sound knowledge          of the business and clients needs he will help Vauban to implement the highest security compliance and data availability standards thanks to his prior experiences and                     a permanent technological watch              Ayoub is a graduate from ISAE                           SUPAERO!!!     and speaks                                         French English and             Arabic         Astrid                 Hopmann has joined Vauban as a middle officer in June 2022 prior to joining Vauban Astrid was a Manager  in  Audit  at  PwC  Luxembourg  where she worked                      for 4                          5  years           and specialized           in  managing audits of Infrastructure and Real Estate funds Astrid graduated from Skema           Business School in 2018  with an MSC in Corporate Financial Management             Astrid is fluent                      in French English                and possess knowledge         of Mandarin                      German she has lived            abroad for 17           years Taipei Johannesburg Hong         Kong and Shanghai Antoine Cogent joined Vauban Infrastructure Luxembourg in 2022 as an Accounting Manager Antoine has more                         than 8            years of experience in Luxembourg mainly in Debt and Private Equity fund administration with  various  service  providers  prior  to  Vauban  Infrastructure  Luxembourg  he  worked  at  BNP  Paribas Securities Services in the Private Capital team for over 2 years Antoine also spent              4 years with Alter                            Domus a leading          fund services provider Aya Koffi joined Vauban in February 2022 as an Office Manager she has 9 years     of experience in this field in  various  environments  prior  to  joining  Vauban  Aya  worked  in  London  for  2  years  as          a  bilingual French                     English administrative assistant for the Quebec Government office she also worked in a law firm environment  as  an  executive  assistant  for 6         years these  previous  experiences  have prepared  Aya to handle confidential information and have also sharpened her interpersonal            and communication skills to evolve              in a dynamic environment Aya brings her expertise      to provide valuable support to an organization      by performing various         administrative     tasks thus    contributing to its efficiency        about Vauban Infrastructure Partners  Internal Natixis Vauban Infrastructure Partners is a leading Infrastructure Asset Manager focused on the European core infrastructure investments Headquartered in Paris it employs 65 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

Lucky?

'He's gone!'

No, Voice. Let's wait for him to finish.

'We'll have a long wait. He's gone.'

Okay.

ENDS