Our team

Ralph Cho

Ralph Cho is Co-Head of Power & Infrastructure at Investec in New York and is responsible for leading Investec’s Americas energy banking and capital markets platform.

Ralph has over 20 years of experience in project finance focusing on independent power, renewable energy, midstream, and other energy infrastructure. He is a capital markets professional with deep relationships across a variety of investor classes including commercial and investment banks, finance companies, ‘grey market’ lenders, life insurance companies and, most recently, Asian capital providers.

Ralph has a strong track record of successfully leading syndications of complex transactions for over $100 billion of loans for high profile sponsors including ArcLight, Ares, Carlyle Group, Caithness Energy and Morgan Stanley Infrastructure (MSIP).

Michael Pantelogianis

Michael Pantelogianis is Co-Head of Investec’s Power & Infrastructure group in North America. He has spent the last 26 years banking independent power and renewable energy companies. At Investec, Mr. Pantelogianis is responsible for the originations platform that leverages the bank’s core product strengths: lending across an asset’s capital structure and capital markets distributions. Sponsors involved in recently closed transactions include, amongst others, Carlyle Group, Morgan Stanley Infrastructure, LS Power, Rockland Capital, Ares Management, and Sunrun Inc.

Fred Petit

Fred joined Investec’s Power & Infrastructure Finance team in 2019  as a senior banker with a focus on originating, structuring and executing project financings in the energy and infrastructure sectors and brings over 13 years of experience in the banking industry. Prior to joining Investec, Fred was a Director within Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank’s Energy & Infrastructure Group, where he originated and executed structured finance transactions ranging from $120 million to $12 billion in the North American conventional power, renewables, oil & gas, and petrochemical sectors. Fred started his banking career in Crédit Agricole's Counterparty Risk Analysis department where he was in charge of performing in-depth credit analyses of U.S and Latin American corporates as well as structured finance transactions.

Sean G. Kulkarni

At Investec we offer bespoke and innovative financing solutions, enviable speed of execution, and world-class service at each stage of the investment cycle. As Legal Counsel on the Power & Infrastructure Finance (PIF) and Fund Finance (FF) teams in North America, I help develop and optimize our financing products so as to manage and mitigate risk, streamline the closing and eventual portfolio management processes, ensure flexibility where desired in anticipation of new market opportunities, and ultimately enhance our clients’ core business objectives. From the kickoff and initial structuring phase through closing, operation and final maturity or refinancing, I work seamlessly with our PIF and FF teams across jurisdictions to deliver the highest quality product and service to our clients, with a premium focus on cost efficiency and accelerated timing.

Xin Hui Yeo

Xin Hui Yeo joined the North American Power & Infrastructure Finance team in 2015, supporting the power and renewable energy business. She previously worked at South Street Capital focusing on energy efficiency investments for the firm’s real estate portfolio. Prior to her matriculation at Columbia University, Xin worked at Standard Chartered Bank as a Valuations Analyst specializing in foreign exchange and interest rate derivatives.

Eric Rabin

Eric Rabin joined the North American Power & Infrastructure Finance Team in 2018. Prior to joining Investec, Eric worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers for three years auditing private equity infrastructure and real estate funds.

Anna Joh

Anna joined the North American Power & Infrastructure Finance team in 2019 to support Investec’s deal execution and portfolio management effort. She brings over 7 years of banking experience that spans across renewables, conventional power, and economic, social and core infrastructure projects. Prior to joining Investec, Anna was a part of National Australia Bank’s global project finance team and has worked in Sydney, London, and New York.

Hans Beekmans

Hans joined Investec’s Power & Infrastructure Finance team in 2019 as a senior banker and leads Investec’s origination activity in the midstream oil & gas sector for North America. Prior to joining Investec, Hans was a senior banker within ING’s midstream oil & gas team, where he led over $10 billion of transactions in the mid -and downstream oil & gas sectors in the Americas region. Hans brings over 13 years of industry experience that is spread across pipeline, storage, export terminal, gathering & processing, and petrochemical assets.

Anna Wang

Anna joined the North American Power & Infrastructure Finance team in 2019 to support Investec’s syndication efforts. She brings over 5 years of banking and syndication experience across leveraged finance, healthcare, TMT, commodities and project finance. Prior to joining Investec, Anna was a part of ING’s Americas syndication team in New York.

Kevin Ginns

Kevin joined the North American Power & Infrastructure Finance team in 2019 to support Investec’s execution team.  Prior to Investec, Kevin spent time as a Summer Analyst on the NORD/LB origination team, gaining experience across wind, solar, and natural gas assets. 

Michael Alerhand

Michael joined Investec’s North American Power & Infrastructure Finance team in April 2020. He most recently worked at Morgan Stanley in their project finance team, and prior, at PJ Solomon in their Infrastructure and Power Advisory team. His experience includes both Debt and M&A Advisory, and he has worked across several infrastructure, power, and energy sub-sectors. 

Tomson Carroll

Tomson joined the North American Power & Infrastructure Finance team in October 2020. Prior to joining Investec, Tomson interned at G2 Capital Advisors in an M&A advisory capacity and at Morgan Stanley’s Hedge Fund Strategic Content desk.

William Wrede

Will joined the North American Power & Infrastructure Finance team in October 2020. Prior to joining Investec, Will interned at EY in their Transaction Advisory Services group focusing on M&A consulting and early stage technologies.