OUR TEAM
Non-Executive Board
Aliah F. Al-TameemiChairperson
Aliah F. Al-Tameemi
Chairperson
Aliah is Chairperson of the Board of Wren House Infrastructure.
Director
Hanan Al-Fares
Director
Hanan is a Director on the Board of Wren House Infrastructure.
Director
Nadia Rasheed Al-Sharhan
Director
Nadia is a Director on the Board of Wren House Infrastructure.
Director
Ahmad Al-Hamad
Director
Ahmad is a Director on the Board of Wren House Infrastructure.
Director
Roslyn Kelly
Director
Roslyn is a Director on the Board of Wren House Infrastructure.
Director
Bader Al Qattan
Director
Bader is a Director on the Board of Wren House Infrastructure.
Management Team
Philippe BusslingerCEO
Philippe Busslinger
CEO
Philippe is CEO at Wren House Infrastructure and is responsible for leading the infrastructure portfolio, team and investment strategy globally.
Prior to joining Wren House in January 2022, Philippe spent twelve years at OMERS Infrastructure, the last six as Head of Europe. He played a leadership role in investments such as HS1, Tank & Rast, Exolum, London City Airport, XpFibre, VTG and amedes.
Philippe has a background in investment banking and consulting. He was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs, advising clients on M&A, equity and debt financing transactions across Europe. He started his career at McKinsey & Company.
Philippe holds a Business degree from ICADE (Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Spain), and an MBA from Columbia Business School (Columbia University, USA).
Managing Director
Michael Bloch-Hansen
Managing Director
Michael is a Managing Director at Wren House Infrastructure involved in the origination, execution as well as the asset management of investments.
Michael joined Wren House from OMERS Infrastructure in 2023, where he spent more than 13 years investing in infrastructure in Europe. He was involved in multiple transactions including amedes, Deutsche Glasfaser inexio, XpFibre, MapleCo, London City Airport and Thames Water.
Michael holds an Honours Business Administration degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business at Western University.
Michael is a Canadian national.
Managing Director
Benedetto De Biasio
Managing Director
Benedetto is a Managing Director at Wren House Infrastructure and focuses on origination and execution of global infrastructure investments, recently with focus on social infrastructure.
Benedetto was involved in the successful execution of a number of Wren House’s investments such as Voyage Care, Almaviva, Viesgo, GPG and the Zorlu Enerji mezzanine loan. He is a board member of Almaviva and Voyage Care and holds asset management responsibilities for Zorlu Enerji and GPG.
Prior to joining Wren House in April 2014, Benedetto worked for Morgan Stanley’s investment banking division in London and New York where he focused on Power & Utilities and infrastructure M&A and in UBS's Securities Lending & Financing department based in Zurich.
Benedetto holds a degree in Economics from the University of Bologna. He is fluent in French, Spanish, English and Italian.
Benedetto is an Italian and British national.
Managing Director
Emmanuel Gionakis
Managing Director
Emmanuel is a Managing Director at Wren House Infrastructure involved in the origination, execution as well as the asset management of investments.
Emmanuel joined Wren House from Citigroup, where he spent more than 23 years building his career within Banking, Capital Markets and Advisory – his final role was as Head of EMEA Communications Investment Banking and member of the Strategy and Operating Committees for EMEA Banking, Capital Markets & Advisory. He advised on M&A deals with transaction value over $200bn, including the merger of O2 UK and Virgin Media UK, British Telecom and Everything Everywhere, and Tele2 and Comhem.
Emmanuel holds an MBA and an MSc in computer science.
Emmanuel is a Greek and British national.
Managing Director
Marc Keller
Managing Director
Marc is a Managing Director with Wren House Infrastructure and mainly focuses on sourcing and execution of global infrastructure investment opportunities, as well as asset management. He is currently a Board Director of i3 Broadband.
Marc was involved in the successful acquisitions of a number of Wren House’s investments in the Energy & Utility space such as Viesgo, Transgrid, Thames Water and i3 Broadband and has held asset management responsibilities for Viesgo and Thames Water. More recently, Marc has focused his origination activities on digital infrastructure globally.
Prior to joining Wren House in September 2013, Marc worked for Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Corporate Finance and M&A team in London.
Marc holds a Master’s degree from University of Mannheim in Germany.
Marc is a German and British national.
Managing Director
Karl Lim
Managing Director
Karl is a Managing Director at Wren House Infrastructure involved in the origination and execution as well as the asset management of investments.
Karl is a Board Director of GPG.
Since joining Wren House in September 2017, he has been a key member of the team playing significant roles in sourcing investment opportunities. He is primarily involved in originating investments in the energy transition, mobility and natural systems infrastructure sectors.
Karl joined Wren House after twenty years in investment banking, most recently as Head of Power & Utilities EMEA for HSBC, and previously at BoA Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse, where he advised on M&A, equity and debt financing transactions for corporates and financial investors in the power & utilities, energy, renewables and environmental infrastructure sectors.
Karl holds a degree in Law from Exeter University, and was called to the Bar of England & Wales.
Karl is a British national.
Managing Director
Piotr Sochocki
Managing Director
Piotr is a Managing Director at Wren House Infrastructure and is responsible for the origination and execution of infrastructure investments with particular focus on EMEA power & utilities, midstream sector and other "core plus" investments.
Piotr is a Board Director of NSMP.
Prior to joining Wren House in November 2016, Piotr was a Director in the Energy & Power investment banking team of BofA Merrill Lynch in London where he spent nearly 12 years. During that time Piotr advised large corporate clients and several infrastructure and pension funds on M&A and capital markets transactions in the utility and regulated infrastructure sectors in the UK, Spain, Germany, and CEE among others.
Piotr graduated summa cum laude from Warsaw School of Economics in Poland with two MA degrees in Finance and in Management, and is a CFA charter holder.
Piotr is a British and Polish national.
Director
Naser AlAujan
Director
Naser is a Director at Wren House Infrastructure, with responsibilities that cover origination, execution, as well as asset management.
Naser has worked on a number of transactions including Transgrid, London City Airport and Zorlu Enerji mezzanine loan. He is actively involved in the asset management of London City Airport.
Prior to joining Wren House in September 2015, Naser was a Senior Analyst at Asiya Investments in Hong Kong and Kuwait, running a portfolio of public equities within the Energy and Utilities sectors within Emerging Asia. Prior to that, he was a Junior Analyst Trainee at Wafra Investment Advisory Group in New York, participating in its rotational training program covering several asset classes.
Naser holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and graduated Cum Laude from the University of Southern California with a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration.
Naser is a Kuwaiti national.
Director
Bader Al Fares
Director
Bader is a Director at Wren House Infrastructure and is involved in the origination, execution and asset management of investments. He is currently a Board Director of i3 Broadband.
Since joining Wren House in 2015, Bader has been focusing on the digital infrastructure space across the globe, including towers, fiber, data centres and cloud services and worked on a number of transactions including the acquisition of i3 Broadband.
Prior to his current role, Bader worked for management consulting firm Booz & Company.
Bader holds an MBA from London Business School, BS from University of Colorado at Boulder and is a CFA charterholder.
Bader is a Kuwaiti national.
Director
Andrew Hopkins
Director
Andrew is a Director at Wren House Infrastructure and mainly focuses on origination, execution and asset management of global infrastructure investment opportunities.
Prior to joining Wren House in March 2019, Andrew spent 5 years at 3i covering origination, execution and asset management of opportunities in the infrastructure and energy sectors. Andrew worked on deals including 3i’s acquisition of a portfolio of 5 assets from the EISER Global Infrastructure Fund (including ESP Utilities, HerAmbiente and Belfast City Airport); 3i’s acquisition of Attero; and 3i’s oil storage investments with Oiltanking. Prior to 3i, Andrew advised on infrastructure and energy transactions at Macquarie and worked in the global supply team of a Shell / ExxonMobil joint-venture.
Andrew held non-executive board seats at Belfast City Airport, Oiltanking Singapore, Oiltanking Amsterdam, Oiltanking Ghent, Oiltanking Terneuzen and Oiltanking Malta. He led the successful refinancings of these businesses.
Andrew holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from University College London.
Andrew is a British national.
Director
Jean-François Paris
Director
Jean-François is a Director at Wren House Infrastructure where his focus is on Debt Financing and Asset Management across the portfolio.
Jean-Françoisis a Board Director of Almaviva Sante and Associated British Ports (alternate). Jean-François was also involved in the acquisition of the 99 year lease for the TransGrid high voltage electricity transmission network in NSW, Australia and was an observer on the board and committees until Wren House's divestment.
Prior to joining Wren House, he worked in the Investment Banking Division of HSBC in London covering Transport Infrastructure in Europe, Latam and the Middle East. He also worked for Avington Financial Limited and Groupe Casino.
Jean-François holds a Masters in Computer Science and Engineering from INA Lyon (French Grande Ecole) and a Masters in Finance from ESCP-Europe Business School.
Jean-François is a French and British national.
Vice President
Jean-François Leon Pernet
Vice President
Jean-François is a Vice President at Wren House Infrastructure and is primarily responsible for executing deals across the infrastructure space and managing assets within Wren House's portfolio.
Jean-François has worked on a number of transactions and is actively involved in the asset management of NSMP.
Before joining Wren House in July 2017, Jean-François worked at Societe Generale CIB in their Power, Utilities & Infrastructure team in London, where he advised clients on M&A transactions and capital raisings. When at SGCIB, Jean-François was involved in several transactions in Europe in the airports, ports and energy sectors.
Jean-François holds a MSc Investment & Wealth Management from Imperial College Business School and a BSc Management from HEC Lausanne.
Jean-François is a Swiss national.
Vice President
Iryna Podoliak
Vice President
Iryna is a Vice President at Wren House Infrastructure team based in London and focuses on origination, execution and asset management of infrastructure investment opportunities.
Prior to joining Wren House in 2022, Iryna spent seven years with Macquarie Group’s infrastructure funds business MIRA, working on transactions and asset management with focus on CEE and German-speaking regions, and most recently in the Energy Transition team. At Macquarie, she has been involved with investments such as Austostrade per l'Italia, Arlanda Express, Czech Gas Networks and Energie Steiermark AG amongst others. She has previously worked in the DACH coverage team of the investment banking division of Credit Suisse.
Iryna holds a Master of Science in Management (Finance) degree from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management (Germany) and a Master in International Economics degree from Kyiv National Economic University (Ukraine).
Iryna is a British and Ukrainian national.
Thomas Raoux
Vice President
Thomas Raoux
Vice President
Thomas is a Vice President at Wren House Infrastructure and mainly focuses on the evaluation and execution of infrastructure investments, as well as asset management.
Prior to joining Wren House, Thomas worked in the Investment Banking division of Societe Generale CIB in London, advising clients on M&A and capital raising transactions across the Power, Utilities & Infrastructure space. He also has previous Investment Banking experience at Jefferies.
Thomas holds a MSc in Finance from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance Major) from HEC Montreal.
Thomas is a French national.
Junior Vice President
Letitia Cheung
Junior Vice President
Letitia is a Junior Vice President at Wren House and mainly focuses on the evaluation and execution of infrastructure investments.
Prior to joining Wren House, Letitia worked in the Investment Banking division of Citi in London, advising clients on M&A and financing transactions across the energy & infrastructure space.
Letitia holds a BA & MEng in Chemical Engineering from University of Cambridge.
Letitia is a Hong Kong SAR national.
Junior Vice President
Melanie Jabbour
Junior Vice President
Melanie joined Wren House in 2023 as a Junior Vice President based out of London. She is involved in the evaluation and execution of infrastructure investments across a wide range of subsectors, with particular focus on digital infrastructure. She is also part of the asset management teams of Voyage Care and The Associated British Ports.
Prior to joining Wren House, Melanie was part of OMERS Infrastructure’s European team. Melanie started her career in management consulting at Strategy& (formerly known as Booz & Co).
Melanie holds an M.B.A. majoring in Finance and Business Economics & Public Policy from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania and is an engineer by background with an MSc in Engineering Management and BEng in Civil Engineering.
Junior Vice President
Federico Raviola
Junior Vice President
Federico is a Junior Vice President at Wren House and mainly focuses on the evaluation and execution of infrastructure investments.
Prior to joining Wren House in January 2022, Federico spent 2 years at DWS Infrastructure covering the execution of acquisition opportunities and the asset management of portfolio companies across the infrastructure space. Federico worked on deals including PEIF III's acquisition of Ermewa Group from SNCF (Railcars and Tank Containers lessor) and PEIF III's acquisition of Medipass (Italian healthcare operator) from KOS and F2i.
Prior to that, Federico worked at Credit Suisse where he advised EMEA clients on M&A and capital markets transactions across the energy and infrastructure space.
Federico holds a MSc in International Management from Bocconi University and CEMS, and a BSc in Economics and Finance from Bocconi University.
Federico is an Italian national.
Junior Vice President
Haris Shahzad
Junior Vice President
Haris is a Junior Vice President at Wren House Infrastructure and mainly focuses on the evaluation and execution of infrastructure investments, as well as asset management.
Haris has worked on a number of transactions in the digital infrastructure space, including the acquisition and asset management of i3 Broadband.
Prior to joining Wren House, Haris worked in the Investment Banking division of Jefferies in London, advising clients on M&A and financing transactions across the Power, Utilities & Infrastructure space. He also completed a graduate programme with M&G Investments, including a rotation at their Infracapital subsidiary.
Haris holds a BSc in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics.
Haris is a Pakistani national.
Associate
Guillaume Bouriant
Associate
Guillaume is an Associate at Wren House Infrastructure and mainly focuses on the evaluation and execution of infrastructure investments.
Prior to joining Wren House in 2022, Guillaume worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions Execution team at Morgan Stanley in London, advising clients on public and private M&A transactions across all sectors and geographies. He has previously worked at Blackfin Capital Partners (Private Equity), BNP Paribas (M&A) and EY (Transaction Services) in Paris.
Guillaume holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon.
Guillaume is a French national.
Associate
Yunyi Zhu
Associate
Yunyi is an Associate at Wren House and mainly focuses on the evaluation and execution of infrastructure investments.
Prior to joining Wren House in August 2022, Yunyi was at Macquarie Asset Management, where she spent 2 years working on large cap utilities acquisitions in EMEA, including National Grid Gas and Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network and on the asset management of Cadent Gas.
Yunyi holds an MSc. in Investment and Wealth Management from Imperial College Business School, and a BSc in Economics from the University of Liverpool.
Yunyi is a Chinese national.
Managing Director
Gregory Pestrak
Managing Director
Greg is a Managing Director at Wren House Infrastructure, where his focus is on Asset Management across the portfolio.
Greg is a Board Director of Thames Water, London City Airport and Associated British Ports (alternate).
Prior to joining Wren House in July 2017, Greg was a Partner in KPMG’s Global Strategy Group based in the UK, where he was the Infrastructure lead since 2009. In this role, he worked with Infrastructure investors, where he led value creation reviews with management teams across a number of global portfolio companies.
Greg has over 17 years consulting experience, working with Investors and Corporates to drive performance improvement.
Prior to his career in consulting, Greg worked in Finance with Rothschild Asset Management and Jardine Fleming Asset Management in Hong Kong and the UK. Greg holds a Sloan Fellowship Masters in Management from the London Business School and B.A. from The University of King’s College, Canada.
Greg is an American, Canadian and British national.
Managing Director
Gab Barbaro
Managing Director
Gab is a Managing Director at Wren House Infrastructure, where his focus is on Asset Management across the portfolio. He is currently a Board Director of North Sea Midstream Partners and i3 Broadband.
Prior to joining Wren House in September 2020, Gab was a Managing Director at Centrica plc (the UK’s leading electricity and gas provider) where he lead their B2B electricity, gas and energy solutions provider, the UK’s largest provider of such services. He was also the Head of Group Strategy, supporting the Group Investment Committee on M&A and major capital programmes.
Until recently he was a Non-Executive Director for Biffa plc, a leading UK recycling and waste management business.
He has over 20+ years executive and consulting experience, working with large corporates to drive performance improvement.
Prior to his career in executive management, Gab worked with the Boston Consulting Group and Accenture in their global Energy & Utilities practices.
Gab holds a MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management, and Bachelors degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Law from Monash University, Melbourne.
Gab is an Australian and Italian national.
Chief Financial Officer
Laurence Clarke
Chief Financial Officer
Laurence is the Chief Financial Officer at Wren House Infrastructure. He is also involved in all aspects of the management and strategic development of Wren House. At Wren House, he has specific oversight of finance, taxation, shareholder reporting and operations activities.
Prior to joining Wren House in January 2017, Laurence held a number of roles in industry, including as Finance Director of a logistics PLC. Previously he spent 8 years at Barclays Infrastructure Funds, where he was responsible for finance and fund accounting activities, latterly as Chief Operating Officer. He also held a number of board positions in the education, healthcare and MOD accommodation sectors.
Laurence is a qualified accountant, having started his career in the London audit practice of KPMG. He holds a BA in Geography from Durham University.
Laurence is a British national.
Chief Operating Officer
Jonny Askew
Chief Operating Officer
Jonny is the Chief Operating Officer at Wren House Infrastructure. Alongside oversight of the firm’s operational activities, he is also involved in all aspects of the management and strategic development of Wren House.
Prior to joining Wren House in November 2020, Jonny served as European Chief Financial Officer at Oak Hill Advisors. Previously he spent 12 years in the Assurance division of PwC London, providing audit and advisory services to clients in the Corporate and Investment Banking sector.
Jonny is a chartered accountant and holds a BA in Accounting and Financial Analysis from Newcastle University.
Jonny is a British national.
Head of Tax and Operations
Richard Johnston
Head of Tax and Operations
Richard is Head of Tax and Operations and is responsible for the tax affairs of Wren House Infrastructure and its investment structures.
He also has responsibility for the operational side of the business, working closely with the finance and legal teams, and with the COO.
Prior to joining Wren House in June 2016, Richard had over 16 years of experience in international taxation, having joined from EY, where he was a director in their tax practice. Previously he has worked at, among other places, CMS Cameron McKenna and KPMG.
Richard holds an MA (Oxon.) in Physics from the University of Oxford.
Richard is a British national.
Senior Finance Manager
Justyna Karwanska
Senior Finance Manager
Justyna is the Senior Finance Manager at Wren House.
Before joining Wren House in October 2020, Justyna worked in finance team of 3i Group, and prior to that in the Banking & Capital Markets audit practice of PwC.
Justyna is ACA qualified and she holds a BSc in Economics and Accounting from City University.
Justyna is a British and Polish national.
General Counsel
Phil Bownes
General Counsel
Phil is General Counsel at Wren House Infrastructure and is primarily responsible for legal and compliance matters associated with Wren House and the transactions it undertakes, as well as managing Wren House’s external legal relationships and advising Wren House’s Board and Senior Management. Phil has 13 years of experience in large-cap international M&A.
Prior to joining Wren House in May 2014, Phil worked in private practice for Slaughter and May’s London and Hong Kong offices and the London office of White and Case.
He has a BA in Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford and is a qualified solicitor admitted to practice in England and Wales
Phil is an Irish and British national.
Senior Legal Counsel
Willoughby Knight
Senior Legal Counsel
Willoughby is a Senior Legal Counsel at Wren House Infrastructure, where his main focus is on legal and compliance matters.
Prior to joining Wren House in July 2018, Willoughby worked in private practice for Allen & Overy LLP, where he advised a wide range of clients on M&A, joint ventures, restructurings and general corporate advisory work.
He has a MA in History of Art from the University of Edinburgh and is a qualified solicitor admitted to practice in England and Wales.
Willoughby is a British national.
Legal Counsel
Marie Georgy
Legal Counsel
Marie is a Legal Counsel at Wren House Infrastructure, where her main focus is on legal and compliance matters
Prior to joining Wren House in June 2022, Marie worked in private practice for Jones Day’s London office and White & Case’s London and Brussels offices. She advised private equity funds, venture capital funds, corporates and management teams in a broad range of M&A transactions as well as restructuring operations and corporate management.
She has a LLM in Corporate Law from the University College London and is a qualified solicitor admitted to practice in England and Wales as well as Belgium.
Marie is a Belgian national.
Executive Assistant
Maria Alvarez
Executive Assistant
Maria is an executive assistant at Wren House Infrastructure and responsible for providing support to the CEO.
Prior to joining Wren House in January 2022, Maria worked at OMERS for almost 4 years providing support to both the Global Head of Infrastructure, as well as the European Head. Before that she worked at Corsair Capital and Citi Infrastructure Investors.
Maria holds Spanish and British passports.
Office Manager
Seveen Bellot
Officer Manager
Seveen is the Office Manager at Wren House Infrastructure and responsible for providing administrative support to the CEO and leadership team.
Prior to joining Wren House in October 2020, Seveen worked at BlackRock for 8 years working in HR as an Analyst and as an Executive Assistant to the Co-Heads of EMEA Retail Sales.
Seveen is a British national.
Team Assistant
Margaret Hellicar
Team Assistant
Margaret is the team assistant at Wren House Infrastructure and responsible for providing administrative support to a large part of the team.
Prior to joining Wren House in June 2016, she worked at Hymans Robertson, an Actuarial firm, for nearly 10 years.
Margaret attended Wolverhampton University where she studied Forensic Science.
Margaret is a British national.