Our people
  • 30 James Dawes
    James Dawes
    Chief Financial Officer

    UK / Infrastructure

    James Dawes

    Chief Financial Officer
    UK / Infrastructure

    James is Chief Financial Officer for 3i Group's Infrastructure business and joined in January 2016. He manages all of the operational, financial and reporting requirements for the Infrastructure business line within 3i Group, as well as performing CFO duties for 3i Infrastructure plc.

    Prior to joining 3i, James was with Legal & General Investment Management where he held a number of senior finance roles, including Finance Director of LGV Capital from 2007 to 2015.

    He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

    3i office address

    16 Palace Street
    London SW1E 5JD
    +44 (0)20 7975 3131
    Shares Mag
    James Dawes, speaks to AJ Bell’s Shares Magazine about 3i Infrastructure and the megatrends underpinning its strategy.
  • John Decesare
    John Decesare
    Director, Group Compliance

    UK

    John Decesare

    Director, Group Compliance
    UK

    John is Director, Group Compliance and is responsible for regulatory compliance at 3i. He joined 3i’s in-house legal team in 1997, providing wide-ranging legal support to 3i’s investment and corporate activities worldwide until he took over responsibility for the compliance function in 2010. 

    Prior to joining 3i, he worked as a solicitor in private practice and remains admitted to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales. 

    John is also a member of the BVCA’s Regulatory Committee and has represented that Committee on the board of the Joint Money Laundering Steering Group.

    3i office address

    16 Palace Street
    London SW1E 5JD
    +44 (0)20 7975 3131
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    Leo Deibel
    Senior Associate

    UK / Private Equity

    Leo Deibel

    Senior Associate
    UK / Private Equity
    Software, Industrial Technology, Services, Healthcare

    Leo is a Senior Associate in 3i’s Private Equity team in London.

    Prior to joining 3i, Leo worked in private equity at Core Equity Holdings and spent five years in strategy consulting with The Boston Consulting Group. During this time he covered a range of sectors and spent multiple years working and living in the US, Europe, China and the Middle East.

    Leo holds an MBA in Finance from The Wharton School as well as a BA in Economics and Statistics from Swarthmore College.

    3i office address

    16 Palace Street
    London SW1E 5JD
    +44 (0)20 7975 3131
  • Anna 3I
    Anna Dellis
    Partner

    UK / Infrastructure

    Anna Dellis

    Partner
    UK / Infrastructure

    Anna Dellis joined the Infrastructure team in 2006 and became a partner in 2018. Since then she leads asset management for the portfolio of economic infrastructure investment held in funds 3i Infrastructure plc and 3i Managed Infrastructure Acquisitions Limited. This role includes oversight of portfolio company performance; recruitment of board members and senior executives for portfolio companies; and delivery of cross-portfolio initiatives to protect and grow value.

    Anna has direct investment experience across a number of sectors including oil storage (Oystercatcher); utilities (Elenia and ESP) and transport (Eversholt and BCA). Currently she represents Oystercatcher on the board of Advario Singapore Limited. Since August 2022 she is responsible for the team’s investment in DNS:NET which is rolling out fibre-to-the-home in the Berlin vicinity.

    Prior to joining 3i Anna qualified as a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) and advised on infrastructure finance at PricewaterhouseCoopers. She has a degree in German and French from the University of Nottingham.

    3i office address

    16 Palace Street
    London SW1E 5JD
    +44 (0)20 7975 3131
  • 34 Adrien Delmottee
    Adrien Delmotte
    Director

    UK / Infrastructure

    Adrien Delmotte

    Director
    UK / Infrastructure

    Adrien is a Director in 3i’s Infrastructure team in London and joined in September 2015. He is primarily responsible for the origination and execution of deals in the infrastructure sector.

    He is currently involved in TCR and Valorem.

    Prior to joining 3i, Adrien worked in the investment banking division of Société Générale, advising on Financial Institution Group transactions.

    Adrien graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique.

    3i office address

    29 rue de Berri,
    75008 Paris
    + 33 1 73 15 11 00
  • 36 Kevin Dunn
    Kevin Dunn
    General Counsel and Company Secretary

    UK

    Kevin Dunn

    General Counsel and Company Secretary
    UK

    Responsible for 3i’s legal, compliance, internal audit, and company secretarial functions. A member of the Executive Committee since joining 3i in 2007.

    Prior to joining 3i, was a Senior Managing Director, running GE’s European Leveraged Finance business after serving as European General Counsel for GE. Prior to GE, was a partner at the law firms Travers Smith and Latham & Watkins.

    3i office address

    16 Palace Street
    London SW1E 5JD
    +44 (0)20 7975 3131
  • 37 Jennifer Dunstan
    Jennifer Dunstan
    Partner, Head of Fund Investor Relations

    UK / Fund Investor Relations

    Jennifer Dunstan

    Partner, Head of Fund Investor Relations
    UK / Fund Investor Relations

    Jennifer is the Partner heading the Fund Investor Relations team.

    Prior to this, Jennifer was a Partner in the UK Buyouts team and Head of Consumer in the UK. Since joining 3i in June 2005 she co-led 3i’s investment in Mayborn and co-led the take privates of Telecity Group and Redbus to create TelecityRedbus.  In November 2007 she was responsible for 3i’s investment in Agent Provocateur.

    Prior to joining 3i, Jennifer spent nine years at Terra Firma Capital Partners and Nomura’s Principal Finance Group (PFG), where she was Managing Director. In addition to numerous portfolio responsibilities, major deals that she led there include the privatisation of Angel Train Contracts and the acquisition of Inn Partnership. Jennifer started her career as a solicitor for Allen, Allen & Hemsley in Sydney and London.

    Jennifer holds a BA degree and LLB from the University of Sydney. She is a Director of 3i Infrastructure plc, the FTSE250 listed long-term investor in infrastructure businesses and assets, a Co-Founder and past Chair of Level 20, an initiative to support women in private equity, and a Trustee of The Fred Hollows Foundation (UK).

    3i office address

    16 Palace Street
    London SW1E 5JD
    +44 (0)20 7975 3131
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    Sasha East
    Senior Associate, ESG

    UK / Infrastructure

    Sasha East

    Senior Associate, ESG
    UK / Infrastructure

    Sasha is a Senior Associate in 3i’s Infrastructure team in London, having joined in 2022. She supports the identification, prioritisation and delivery of sustainability-related workstreams and initiatives for 3i's Infrastructure business line, its funds and portfolio companies.

    Sasha previously spent six years in the Strategy& Deals team at PwC, working on a variety of due diligence and strategy projects for clients in the Industrial and Energy sectors. She has a PhD in Chemistry from Cambridge University, having previously studied Biochemistry at the University of Oxford.

    3i office address

    16 Palace Street
    London SW1E 5JD
    +44 (0)20 7975 3131
  • 39 Matt Edwards
    Matt Edwards
    Director

    UK / Infrastructure

    Matt Edwards

    Director
    UK / Infrastructure

    Matt is a Director in 3i's Infrastructure team in London and joined in January 2017. He is primarily responsible for the asset management of infrastructure and energy projects in the UK and continental Europe. Matt also leads on a number of value enhancement strategies as well as evaluating and executing selected investment opportunities.

    Previously Matt was an Investment Director at Innisfree Limited where he was responsible for asset management of operational infrastructure projects and led on a number of secondary PPP acquisitions.

    Matt holds a first class honours degree in Finance and Accounting from the University of Nottingham and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

    3i office address

    16 Palace Street
    London SW1E 5JD
    +44 (0)20 7975 3131
  • Nuno Fernandes 8934
    Nuno Fernandes
    Senior Associate

    UK / Infrastructure

    Nuno Fernandes

    Senior Associate
    UK / Infrastructure

    Nuno joined 3i in June 2022 and is a Senior Associate in the Infrastructure team based in London. He is primarily responsible for the origination and execution of deals and the management of assets across the economic infrastructure space.

    Prior to joining 3i, Nuno was an Associate in the Infrastructure team at Gingko Tree Investment Ltd in London where he focused on deal origination and execution, and asset management.

    Nuno holds a MSc in Banking and Finance from Queen Mary University of London and a BSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon.

    3i office address

    16 Palace Street
    London SW1E 5JD
    +44 (0)20 7975 3131
  • 40 Thomas Fodor
    Thomas Fodor
    Investor Relations Partner

    UK / Infrastructure

    Thomas Fodor

    Investor Relations Partner
    UK / Infrastructure

    Thomas is Investor Relations Partner for 3i Group’s Infrastructure business and joined in February 2016. He is responsible for interacting with the limited partners and public shareholders across 3i Group’s infrastructure funds as well as managing any new fundraising and co-investment opportunities.

    Prior to joining 3i, Thomas worked in the private placement team at HSBC, where he advised General Partners on fundraising in Europe and Asia. Thomas started his career at Lehman Brothers where he focused on private placements and fundraising for alternative investment funds.

    Thomas holds a Master in Finance and Business Administration from HEC, Paris.

    3i office address

    16 Palace Street
    London SW1E 5JD
    +44 (0)20 7975 3131
  • Katerina Hanackova 4775
    Katerina Hanackova
    Associate Director

    UK / Infrastructure

    Katerina Hanackova

    Associate Director
    UK / Infrastructure

    Katerina joined 3i in November 2023 and is an Associate Director in the Infrastructure team based in London. She is responsible for the origination and execution of new investments in Europe, as well as supporting the activities of portfolio companies including Ionisos, Oystercatcher and Global Cloud Xchange.

    Before joining 3i, Katerina worked at STAR Capital where she was involved in the execution and portfolio management of myflexbox, SkyFive, Synergy LMS and the Windlogix. Before STAR, she worked in advisory and principal investment teams at Macquarie Capital.

    Katerina holds an MSc in Accountancy and Financial Management from the Stockholm School of Economics and a BSc in Accounting and Finance from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

    3i office address

    16 Palace Street
    London SW1E 5JD
    +44 (0)20 7975 3131
  • Rupert Howard
    Rupert Howard
    Partner

    UK / Private Equity

    Rupert Howard

    Partner
    UK / Private Equity
    Consumer

    Rupert is a Partner based in London. He co-heads the UK PE team, leads the consumer team and sits on the board of MPM.

    Rupert joined 3i in 2018 prior to which he was a Director in the Consumer, Retail and Leisure team at Rothschild in London. He brings 12 years’ experience advising both public and private companies on transactions across the UK and Europe.

    Rupert graduated with a BA from Durham University.

    3i office address

    16 Palace Street
    London SW1E 5JD
    +44 (0)20 7975 3131

     

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  • Sophia Walyn James
    Sophia Walwyn-James
    ESG & Sustainability Director

    UK / Private Equity

    Sophia Walwyn-James

    ESG & Sustainability Director
    UK / Private Equity

    Sophia is ESG & Sustainability Director within 3i’s Private Equity business, with responsibility for leading the consideration of ESG matters through the investment lifecycle, defining the team’s ESG strategy, and providing support to portfolio companies across Europe and North America. Sophia is also a member of the 3i Group ESG Committee.

    Sophia previously spent 11 years in 3i’s Fund Investor Relations team, having joined 3i in 2011. She holds an honours degree in History from the University of Durham, and a certificate in Business Sustainability Management from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (“CISL”).

    3i office address

    16 Palace Street
    London SW1E 5JD
    +44 (0)20 7975 3131
  • Laura Kapps
    Laura Kaps
    Associate Director

    UK / Infrastructure

    Laura Kaps

    Associate Director
    UK / Infrastructure

    Laura is an Associate Director in 3i’s Infrastructure team in London and joined 3i in August 2017. She is primarily responsible for the origination and execution of transactions in the infrastructure sector.

    Prior to joining 3i, Laura worked in the investment banking divisions of Evercore and J.P. Morgan in London and Frankfurt advising on Infrastructure, Transport and Energy transactions.

    Laura holds a MSc in International Business from Maastricht University, Netherlands and Queen’s University, Canada and a Master of European Studies from TU Berlin, Germany.

    3i office address

    16 Palace Street
    London SW1E 5JD
    +44 (0)20 7975 3131
  • Charlie Kickham
    Charlie Kickham
    Associate Director

    UK / Private Equity

    Charlie Kickham

    Associate Director
    UK / Private Equity
    Industrial Technology, Services

    Charlie is an Associate Director in the UK Private Equity team.

    Charlie has been involved in a number of 3i investments, including Sussex-based Aspen Pumps, Digital Barriers, a leading provider of IoVT surveillance and security products and Audley Travel, the leading provider of tailor-made travel. Charlie is currently a board member of Audley Travel.

    Prior to joining 3i in 2019, Charlie worked in the Industrial group at Evercore, advising clients on M&A and restructurings.

    Charlie graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in Economics.

    3i office address

    16 Palace Street
    London SW1E 5JD
    +44 (0)20 7975 3131
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