Meet the team
Get to know our award-winning Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in North America.
Hans Beekmans
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Hans joined Investec in 2019 and Co-heads the Power and Infrastructure coverage group in North America. Hans leads origination in the Midstream Oil & Gas and Energy Transition sectors. Hans has over 17 years of experience and has led over $10bn of transactions between senior secured and mezzanine financings across various subsectors.
Hans Beekmans
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Hans joined Investec in 2019 and Co-heads the Power and Infrastructure coverage group in North America. Hans leads origination in the Midstream Oil & Gas and Energy Transition sectors. Hans has over 17 years of experience and has led over $10bn of transactions between senior secured and mezzanine financings across various subsectors.
Valeria Lombardi
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Valeria joined the North American Power & Infrastructure Finance team in 2021 and leads Investec’s syndication efforts. She brings over 11 years of structuring, execution and debt capital markets experience mostly across the energy and infrastructure space. Prior to joining Investec, Valeria was a part of Intesa Sanpaolo’s structured finance Americas team in New York focusing on origination and execution.
Valeria Lombardi
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Valeria joined the North American Power & Infrastructure Finance team in 2021 and leads Investec’s syndication efforts. She brings over 11 years of structuring, execution and debt capital markets experience mostly across the energy and infrastructure space. Prior to joining Investec, Valeria was a part of Intesa Sanpaolo’s structured finance Americas team in New York focusing on origination and execution.
Fred Petit
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Fred joined Investec in 2019 and Co-heads the Power and Infrastructure coverage group in North America, with a focus on leading origination in the Power and Energy Transition sectors. Fred brings 15 years of experience in the banking industry having closed over $10 billion of financings in the project finance space during that span. Prior to joining Investec, Fred worked within Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank’s Energy & Infrastructure Group, where he originated and executed structured finance transactions billion in the North American conventional power, renewables, oil & gas, and petrochemical sectors.
Fred Petit
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Fred joined Investec in 2019 and Co-heads the Power and Infrastructure coverage group in North America, with a focus on leading origination in the Power and Energy Transition sectors. Fred brings 15 years of experience in the banking industry having closed over $10 billion of financings in the project finance space during that span. Prior to joining Investec, Fred worked within Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank’s Energy & Infrastructure Group, where he originated and executed structured finance transactions billion in the North American conventional power, renewables, oil & gas, and petrochemical sectors.
Daniel Daza
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Daniel joined Investec’s Energy and Investec’s North American Energy & Infrastructure finance team in December 2024. Prior to Investec, Daniel worked in Citigroup’s Power, Utilities and Renewables team, where he supported the execution of various investment-grade and high-yield corporate financing transactions. Daniel holds a B.A. in Economics from Georgetown University.
Daniel Daza
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Daniel joined Investec’s Energy and Investec’s North American Energy & Infrastructure finance team in December 2024. Prior to Investec, Daniel worked in Citigroup’s Power, Utilities and Renewables team, where he supported the execution of various investment-grade and high-yield corporate financing transactions. Daniel holds a B.A. in Economics from Georgetown University.
Vanessa Guillermety
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Vanessa is a legal counsel within Investec’s Energy and Infrastructure team, based in New York City. Vanessa joined Investec from Macquarie Capital, where she worked in both the London and New York offices covering primarily energy and infrastructure principal transactions across the Americas, Latin America and EMEA.
She has extensive experience working as in-house counsel and within private practice across the energy sector, conventional power, renewables, oil & gas and transportation infrastructure sectors on a variety of project finance, project development and M&A transaction, covering a wide geographic ambit that includes the US, Latin America and Europe. Prior to working in New York and London, she also spent time working within the energy sector in both Houston, Texas and Mexico City and continues to have strong ties to both regions.
As legal counsel, Vanessa is a strategic business partner, leveraging her broad knowledge of the sector and cross-border experience, on commercial and legal structuring, project management and deal execution and working closely with both internal stakeholders and our clients to ensure transactions are seamlessly and efficiently executed and completed.
Vanessa Guillermety
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Vanessa is a legal counsel within Investec’s Energy and Infrastructure team, based in New York City. Vanessa joined Investec from Macquarie Capital, where she worked in both the London and New York offices covering primarily energy and infrastructure principal transactions across the Americas, Latin America and EMEA.
She has extensive experience working as in-house counsel and within private practice across the energy sector, conventional power, renewables, oil & gas and transportation infrastructure sectors on a variety of project finance, project development and M&A transaction, covering a wide geographic ambit that includes the US, Latin America and Europe. Prior to working in New York and London, she also spent time working within the energy sector in both Houston, Texas and Mexico City and continues to have strong ties to both regions.
As legal counsel, Vanessa is a strategic business partner, leveraging her broad knowledge of the sector and cross-border experience, on commercial and legal structuring, project management and deal execution and working closely with both internal stakeholders and our clients to ensure transactions are seamlessly and efficiently executed and completed.
Elif Kaya
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Elif joined the North American Power & Infrastructure Finance team in October 2023. She was previously with KKR’s renewable energy development platform, Stellar Renewable Power, working across utility-scale and distributed generation solar and storage capital markets. Prior to her transition into energy and infrastructure finance, she was active in asset-liability management. She holds a B.S. in Quantitative Economics from Davidson College.
Elif Kaya
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Elif joined the North American Power & Infrastructure Finance team in October 2023. She was previously with KKR’s renewable energy development platform, Stellar Renewable Power, working across utility-scale and distributed generation solar and storage capital markets. Prior to her transition into energy and infrastructure finance, she was active in asset-liability management. She holds a B.S. in Quantitative Economics from Davidson College.
Sean Kulkarni
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
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, 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 global Energy & Infrastructure Finance team across jurisdictions to deliver the highest quality product and service to our clients, with a premium focus on cost efficiency and accelerated timing.
Sean Kulkarni
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
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, 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 global Energy & Infrastructure Finance team across jurisdictions to deliver the highest quality product and service to our clients, with a premium focus on cost efficiency and accelerated timing.
Akhilesh Kumar
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Akhilesh joined Investec in 2024, as Portfolio Manager for the Energy & Infrastructure Finance team. Akhilesh has over 12 years of experience in infrastructure and aviation portfolio management. Previously he was with Natixis as Director, Portfolio Management.
Akhilesh holds an MBA from University of Connecticut and IIM Kozhikode India. He is also a CFA Charterholder.
Akhilesh Kumar
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Akhilesh joined Investec in 2024, as Portfolio Manager for the Energy & Infrastructure Finance team. Akhilesh has over 12 years of experience in infrastructure and aviation portfolio management. Previously he was with Natixis as Director, Portfolio Management.
Akhilesh holds an MBA from University of Connecticut and IIM Kozhikode India. He is also a CFA Charterholder.
Jose Lerma
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Jose joined Investec's Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in February 2024. Prior to joining, Jose was part of the Loan Capital Markets – Latin America team at SMBC in New York City, where he contributed to the successful closing of deals exceeding $8.8 billion across Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Mexico, Panama, and Peru. He also worked at various companies, such as Amazon, SpaceX, and J.P. Morgan. Jose graduated from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in May 2022 with a B.B.A. in Finance.
Jose Lerma
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Jose joined Investec's Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in February 2024. Prior to joining, Jose was part of the Loan Capital Markets – Latin America team at SMBC in New York City, where he contributed to the successful closing of deals exceeding $8.8 billion across Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Mexico, Panama, and Peru. He also worked at various companies, such as Amazon, SpaceX, and J.P. Morgan. Jose graduated from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in May 2022 with a B.B.A. in Finance.
Dayle Malherbe
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Dayle joined Investec in 2017 and has spent time in Investec’s Power & Infrastructure teams in New York and Johannesburg. She has worked on transactions across the capital stack, throughout North America and Africa. Her experience covers a range of technologies including utility scale gas and renewable power generation, as well as midstream O&G and other infrastructure sub-sectors. Dayle is a South African chartered accountant CA(SA).
Dayle Malherbe
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Dayle joined Investec in 2017 and has spent time in Investec’s Power & Infrastructure teams in New York and Johannesburg. She has worked on transactions across the capital stack, throughout North America and Africa. Her experience covers a range of technologies including utility scale gas and renewable power generation, as well as midstream O&G and other infrastructure sub-sectors. Dayle is a South African chartered accountant CA(SA).
Phalo Maurice-Mopp
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Phalo joined Investec in 2020 in order to complete his South African Chartered Accountancy articles. During this time, he worked across the capital stack and gained exposure to project finance, private equity as well as leverage finance. Before joining Investec’s Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in late 2024, Phalo worked as an investment professional for a private equity fund manager being incubated by Investec which focused on renewable energy investments across Sub-Saharan Africa. Phalo graduated from the University of Cape Town with a Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting.
Phalo Maurice-Mopp
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Phalo joined Investec in 2020 in order to complete his South African Chartered Accountancy articles. During this time, he worked across the capital stack and gained exposure to project finance, private equity as well as leverage finance. Before joining Investec’s Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in late 2024, Phalo worked as an investment professional for a private equity fund manager being incubated by Investec which focused on renewable energy investments across Sub-Saharan Africa. Phalo graduated from the University of Cape Town with a Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting.
Peter Messenger
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Peter joined the North American Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in February 2024. He previously held a senior analyst position at Citigroup, covering project finance and PPP transactions for tax advantaged clients across circular economies, transportation, and social infrastructure. Peter holds a B.A. in Psychology from Colby College.
Peter Messenger
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Peter joined the North American Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in February 2024. He previously held a senior analyst position at Citigroup, covering project finance and PPP transactions for tax advantaged clients across circular economies, transportation, and social infrastructure. Peter holds a B.A. in Psychology from Colby College.
Ellen Mo
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Ellen joined the Energy & Infrastructure Finance syndications platform in 2023. Previously, she was a Director with SMBC’s Structured Finance Group focused on the origination, structuring and execution of ABS and CLOs across private credit, aviation, and power. Before SMBC, she held various roles within BNP Paribas’ Power, Infrastructure & Project Finance team as well as the Power & Utilities group. Ellen began her career in 2012 with Imperial Capital’s power and energy high yield research desk. She is a CFA charterholder.
Ellen Mo
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Ellen joined the Energy & Infrastructure Finance syndications platform in 2023. Previously, she was a Director with SMBC’s Structured Finance Group focused on the origination, structuring and execution of ABS and CLOs across private credit, aviation, and power. Before SMBC, she held various roles within BNP Paribas’ Power, Infrastructure & Project Finance team as well as the Power & Utilities group. Ellen began her career in 2012 with Imperial Capital’s power and energy high yield research desk. She is a CFA charterholder.
Arundeep Patwalia
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Arundeep recently joined Investec as a Portfolio Management Analyst. She specializes in structured finance for renewable energy and infrastructure projects, managing diverse portfolios across the energy sector. Arundeep holds an MBA from Northeastern and a Finance degree from Rutgers University. With a strong background in finance and analytics, she is committed to supporting sustainable investments.
Arundeep Patwalia
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Arundeep recently joined Investec as a Portfolio Management Analyst. She specializes in structured finance for renewable energy and infrastructure projects, managing diverse portfolios across the energy sector. Arundeep holds an MBA from Northeastern and a Finance degree from Rutgers University. With a strong background in finance and analytics, she is committed to supporting sustainable investments.
Shashank Reddy
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Shashank joined Investec’s Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in 2024 and brings over 7 years of experience in the infrastructure space. He was previously with ING's Energy Sector Coverage Group, focused on origination, structuring and execution of transactions ranging from senior secured to mezzanine debt across North America and Latam. Shashank holds a Master's degree in Engineering from Columbia University and is a CAIA charterholder.
Shashank Reddy
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Shashank joined Investec’s Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in 2024 and brings over 7 years of experience in the infrastructure space. He was previously with ING's Energy Sector Coverage Group, focused on origination, structuring and execution of transactions ranging from senior secured to mezzanine debt across North America and Latam. Shashank holds a Master's degree in Engineering from Columbia University and is a CAIA charterholder.
Adena Schmidt
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Adena joined Investec’s North America Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in 2023, following her MBA at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. She was previously with Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank’s Energy & Infrastructure Group, where she structured and executed transactions in the North American conventional power, renewables, oil & gas, and transportation infrastructure sectors. Prior to Credit Agricole, she worked within Moody’s Project and Infrastructure Finance team conducting credit ratings and research related to project finance and municipal infrastructure finance.
Adena Schmidt
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Adena joined Investec’s North America Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in 2023, following her MBA at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. She was previously with Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank’s Energy & Infrastructure Group, where she structured and executed transactions in the North American conventional power, renewables, oil & gas, and transportation infrastructure sectors. Prior to Credit Agricole, she worked within Moody’s Project and Infrastructure Finance team conducting credit ratings and research related to project finance and municipal infrastructure finance.
Nic Tucker
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Nic is senior deal originator within Investec’s Energy and Infrastructure Finance team, based in New York City. Nic joined Investec in 2013 and is focused on origination and execution of project finance transactions, primarily in the power sector. Over 15 years banking experience, having worked in New York, London and South Africa. Nic has led over $3bn of transactions across various sub-sectors.
Nic Tucker
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Nic is senior deal originator within Investec’s Energy and Infrastructure Finance team, based in New York City. Nic joined Investec in 2013 and is focused on origination and execution of project finance transactions, primarily in the power sector. Over 15 years banking experience, having worked in New York, London and South Africa. Nic has led over $3bn of transactions across various sub-sectors.
Hans Beekmans
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Hans joined Investec in 2019 and Co-heads the Power and Infrastructure coverage group in North America. Hans leads origination in the Midstream Oil & Gas and Energy Transition sectors. Hans has over 17 years of experience and has led over $10bn of transactions between senior secured and mezzanine financings across various subsectors.
Hans Beekmans
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Hans joined Investec in 2019 and Co-heads the Power and Infrastructure coverage group in North America. Hans leads origination in the Midstream Oil & Gas and Energy Transition sectors. Hans has over 17 years of experience and has led over $10bn of transactions between senior secured and mezzanine financings across various subsectors.
Valeria Lombardi
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Valeria joined the North American Power & Infrastructure Finance team in 2021 and leads Investec’s syndication efforts. She brings over 11 years of structuring, execution and debt capital markets experience mostly across the energy and infrastructure space. Prior to joining Investec, Valeria was a part of Intesa Sanpaolo’s structured finance Americas team in New York focusing on origination and execution.
Valeria Lombardi
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Valeria joined the North American Power & Infrastructure Finance team in 2021 and leads Investec’s syndication efforts. She brings over 11 years of structuring, execution and debt capital markets experience mostly across the energy and infrastructure space. Prior to joining Investec, Valeria was a part of Intesa Sanpaolo’s structured finance Americas team in New York focusing on origination and execution.
Fred Petit
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Fred joined Investec in 2019 and Co-heads the Power and Infrastructure coverage group in North America, with a focus on leading origination in the Power and Energy Transition sectors. Fred brings 15 years of experience in the banking industry having closed over $10 billion of financings in the project finance space during that span. Prior to joining Investec, Fred worked within Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank’s Energy & Infrastructure Group, where he originated and executed structured finance transactions billion in the North American conventional power, renewables, oil & gas, and petrochemical sectors.
Fred Petit
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Fred joined Investec in 2019 and Co-heads the Power and Infrastructure coverage group in North America, with a focus on leading origination in the Power and Energy Transition sectors. Fred brings 15 years of experience in the banking industry having closed over $10 billion of financings in the project finance space during that span. Prior to joining Investec, Fred worked within Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank’s Energy & Infrastructure Group, where he originated and executed structured finance transactions billion in the North American conventional power, renewables, oil & gas, and petrochemical sectors.
Daniel Daza
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Daniel joined Investec’s Energy and Investec’s North American Energy & Infrastructure finance team in December 2024. Prior to Investec, Daniel worked in Citigroup’s Power, Utilities and Renewables team, where he supported the execution of various investment-grade and high-yield corporate financing transactions. Daniel holds a B.A. in Economics from Georgetown University.
Daniel Daza
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Daniel joined Investec’s Energy and Investec’s North American Energy & Infrastructure finance team in December 2024. Prior to Investec, Daniel worked in Citigroup’s Power, Utilities and Renewables team, where he supported the execution of various investment-grade and high-yield corporate financing transactions. Daniel holds a B.A. in Economics from Georgetown University.
Vanessa Guillermety
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Vanessa is a legal counsel within Investec’s Energy and Infrastructure team, based in New York City. Vanessa joined Investec from Macquarie Capital, where she worked in both the London and New York offices covering primarily energy and infrastructure principal transactions across the Americas, Latin America and EMEA.
She has extensive experience working as in-house counsel and within private practice across the energy sector, conventional power, renewables, oil & gas and transportation infrastructure sectors on a variety of project finance, project development and M&A transaction, covering a wide geographic ambit that includes the US, Latin America and Europe. Prior to working in New York and London, she also spent time working within the energy sector in both Houston, Texas and Mexico City and continues to have strong ties to both regions.
As legal counsel, Vanessa is a strategic business partner, leveraging her broad knowledge of the sector and cross-border experience, on commercial and legal structuring, project management and deal execution and working closely with both internal stakeholders and our clients to ensure transactions are seamlessly and efficiently executed and completed.
Vanessa Guillermety
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Vanessa is a legal counsel within Investec’s Energy and Infrastructure team, based in New York City. Vanessa joined Investec from Macquarie Capital, where she worked in both the London and New York offices covering primarily energy and infrastructure principal transactions across the Americas, Latin America and EMEA.
She has extensive experience working as in-house counsel and within private practice across the energy sector, conventional power, renewables, oil & gas and transportation infrastructure sectors on a variety of project finance, project development and M&A transaction, covering a wide geographic ambit that includes the US, Latin America and Europe. Prior to working in New York and London, she also spent time working within the energy sector in both Houston, Texas and Mexico City and continues to have strong ties to both regions.
As legal counsel, Vanessa is a strategic business partner, leveraging her broad knowledge of the sector and cross-border experience, on commercial and legal structuring, project management and deal execution and working closely with both internal stakeholders and our clients to ensure transactions are seamlessly and efficiently executed and completed.
Elif Kaya
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Elif joined the North American Power & Infrastructure Finance team in October 2023. She was previously with KKR’s renewable energy development platform, Stellar Renewable Power, working across utility-scale and distributed generation solar and storage capital markets. Prior to her transition into energy and infrastructure finance, she was active in asset-liability management. She holds a B.S. in Quantitative Economics from Davidson College.
Elif Kaya
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Elif joined the North American Power & Infrastructure Finance team in October 2023. She was previously with KKR’s renewable energy development platform, Stellar Renewable Power, working across utility-scale and distributed generation solar and storage capital markets. Prior to her transition into energy and infrastructure finance, she was active in asset-liability management. She holds a B.S. in Quantitative Economics from Davidson College.
Sean Kulkarni
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
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, 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 global Energy & Infrastructure Finance team across jurisdictions to deliver the highest quality product and service to our clients, with a premium focus on cost efficiency and accelerated timing.
Sean Kulkarni
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
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, 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 global Energy & Infrastructure Finance team across jurisdictions to deliver the highest quality product and service to our clients, with a premium focus on cost efficiency and accelerated timing.
Akhilesh Kumar
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Akhilesh joined Investec in 2024, as Portfolio Manager for the Energy & Infrastructure Finance team. Akhilesh has over 12 years of experience in infrastructure and aviation portfolio management. Previously he was with Natixis as Director, Portfolio Management.
Akhilesh holds an MBA from University of Connecticut and IIM Kozhikode India. He is also a CFA Charterholder.
Akhilesh Kumar
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Akhilesh joined Investec in 2024, as Portfolio Manager for the Energy & Infrastructure Finance team. Akhilesh has over 12 years of experience in infrastructure and aviation portfolio management. Previously he was with Natixis as Director, Portfolio Management.
Akhilesh holds an MBA from University of Connecticut and IIM Kozhikode India. He is also a CFA Charterholder.
Jose Lerma
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Jose joined Investec's Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in February 2024. Prior to joining, Jose was part of the Loan Capital Markets – Latin America team at SMBC in New York City, where he contributed to the successful closing of deals exceeding $8.8 billion across Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Mexico, Panama, and Peru. He also worked at various companies, such as Amazon, SpaceX, and J.P. Morgan. Jose graduated from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in May 2022 with a B.B.A. in Finance.
Jose Lerma
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Jose joined Investec's Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in February 2024. Prior to joining, Jose was part of the Loan Capital Markets – Latin America team at SMBC in New York City, where he contributed to the successful closing of deals exceeding $8.8 billion across Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Mexico, Panama, and Peru. He also worked at various companies, such as Amazon, SpaceX, and J.P. Morgan. Jose graduated from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in May 2022 with a B.B.A. in Finance.
Dayle Malherbe
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Dayle joined Investec in 2017 and has spent time in Investec’s Power & Infrastructure teams in New York and Johannesburg. She has worked on transactions across the capital stack, throughout North America and Africa. Her experience covers a range of technologies including utility scale gas and renewable power generation, as well as midstream O&G and other infrastructure sub-sectors. Dayle is a South African chartered accountant CA(SA).
Dayle Malherbe
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Dayle joined Investec in 2017 and has spent time in Investec’s Power & Infrastructure teams in New York and Johannesburg. She has worked on transactions across the capital stack, throughout North America and Africa. Her experience covers a range of technologies including utility scale gas and renewable power generation, as well as midstream O&G and other infrastructure sub-sectors. Dayle is a South African chartered accountant CA(SA).
Phalo Maurice-Mopp
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Phalo joined Investec in 2020 in order to complete his South African Chartered Accountancy articles. During this time, he worked across the capital stack and gained exposure to project finance, private equity as well as leverage finance. Before joining Investec’s Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in late 2024, Phalo worked as an investment professional for a private equity fund manager being incubated by Investec which focused on renewable energy investments across Sub-Saharan Africa. Phalo graduated from the University of Cape Town with a Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting.
Phalo Maurice-Mopp
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Phalo joined Investec in 2020 in order to complete his South African Chartered Accountancy articles. During this time, he worked across the capital stack and gained exposure to project finance, private equity as well as leverage finance. Before joining Investec’s Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in late 2024, Phalo worked as an investment professional for a private equity fund manager being incubated by Investec which focused on renewable energy investments across Sub-Saharan Africa. Phalo graduated from the University of Cape Town with a Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting.
Peter Messenger
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Peter joined the North American Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in February 2024. He previously held a senior analyst position at Citigroup, covering project finance and PPP transactions for tax advantaged clients across circular economies, transportation, and social infrastructure. Peter holds a B.A. in Psychology from Colby College.
Peter Messenger
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Peter joined the North American Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in February 2024. He previously held a senior analyst position at Citigroup, covering project finance and PPP transactions for tax advantaged clients across circular economies, transportation, and social infrastructure. Peter holds a B.A. in Psychology from Colby College.
Ellen Mo
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Ellen joined the Energy & Infrastructure Finance syndications platform in 2023. Previously, she was a Director with SMBC’s Structured Finance Group focused on the origination, structuring and execution of ABS and CLOs across private credit, aviation, and power. Before SMBC, she held various roles within BNP Paribas’ Power, Infrastructure & Project Finance team as well as the Power & Utilities group. Ellen began her career in 2012 with Imperial Capital’s power and energy high yield research desk. She is a CFA charterholder.
Ellen Mo
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Ellen joined the Energy & Infrastructure Finance syndications platform in 2023. Previously, she was a Director with SMBC’s Structured Finance Group focused on the origination, structuring and execution of ABS and CLOs across private credit, aviation, and power. Before SMBC, she held various roles within BNP Paribas’ Power, Infrastructure & Project Finance team as well as the Power & Utilities group. Ellen began her career in 2012 with Imperial Capital’s power and energy high yield research desk. She is a CFA charterholder.
Arundeep Patwalia
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Arundeep recently joined Investec as a Portfolio Management Analyst. She specializes in structured finance for renewable energy and infrastructure projects, managing diverse portfolios across the energy sector. Arundeep holds an MBA from Northeastern and a Finance degree from Rutgers University. With a strong background in finance and analytics, she is committed to supporting sustainable investments.
Arundeep Patwalia
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Arundeep recently joined Investec as a Portfolio Management Analyst. She specializes in structured finance for renewable energy and infrastructure projects, managing diverse portfolios across the energy sector. Arundeep holds an MBA from Northeastern and a Finance degree from Rutgers University. With a strong background in finance and analytics, she is committed to supporting sustainable investments.
Shashank Reddy
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Shashank joined Investec’s Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in 2024 and brings over 7 years of experience in the infrastructure space. He was previously with ING's Energy Sector Coverage Group, focused on origination, structuring and execution of transactions ranging from senior secured to mezzanine debt across North America and Latam. Shashank holds a Master's degree in Engineering from Columbia University and is a CAIA charterholder.
Shashank Reddy
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Shashank joined Investec’s Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in 2024 and brings over 7 years of experience in the infrastructure space. He was previously with ING's Energy Sector Coverage Group, focused on origination, structuring and execution of transactions ranging from senior secured to mezzanine debt across North America and Latam. Shashank holds a Master's degree in Engineering from Columbia University and is a CAIA charterholder.
Adena Schmidt
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Adena joined Investec’s North America Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in 2023, following her MBA at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. She was previously with Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank’s Energy & Infrastructure Group, where she structured and executed transactions in the North American conventional power, renewables, oil & gas, and transportation infrastructure sectors. Prior to Credit Agricole, she worked within Moody’s Project and Infrastructure Finance team conducting credit ratings and research related to project finance and municipal infrastructure finance.
Adena Schmidt
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Adena joined Investec’s North America Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in 2023, following her MBA at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. She was previously with Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank’s Energy & Infrastructure Group, where she structured and executed transactions in the North American conventional power, renewables, oil & gas, and transportation infrastructure sectors. Prior to Credit Agricole, she worked within Moody’s Project and Infrastructure Finance team conducting credit ratings and research related to project finance and municipal infrastructure finance.
Nic Tucker
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Nic is senior deal originator within Investec’s Energy and Infrastructure Finance team, based in New York City. Nic joined Investec in 2013 and is focused on origination and execution of project finance transactions, primarily in the power sector. Over 15 years banking experience, having worked in New York, London and South Africa. Nic has led over $3bn of transactions across various sub-sectors.
Nic Tucker
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Nic is senior deal originator within Investec’s Energy and Infrastructure Finance team, based in New York City. Nic joined Investec in 2013 and is focused on origination and execution of project finance transactions, primarily in the power sector. Over 15 years banking experience, having worked in New York, London and South Africa. Nic has led over $3bn of transactions across various sub-sectors.
Hans Beekmans
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Hans joined Investec in 2019 and Co-heads the Power and Infrastructure coverage group in North America. Hans leads origination in the Midstream Oil & Gas and Energy Transition sectors. Hans has over 17 years of experience and has led over $10bn of transactions between senior secured and mezzanine financings across various subsectors.
Valeria Lombardi
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Valeria joined the North American Power & Infrastructure Finance team in 2021 and leads Investec’s syndication efforts. She brings over 11 years of structuring, execution and debt capital markets experience mostly across the energy and infrastructure space. Prior to joining Investec, Valeria was a part of Intesa Sanpaolo’s structured finance Americas team in New York focusing on origination and execution.
Fred Petit
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Fred joined Investec in 2019 and Co-heads the Power and Infrastructure coverage group in North America, with a focus on leading origination in the Power and Energy Transition sectors. Fred brings 15 years of experience in the banking industry having closed over $10 billion of financings in the project finance space during that span. Prior to joining Investec, Fred worked within Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank’s Energy & Infrastructure Group, where he originated and executed structured finance transactions billion in the North American conventional power, renewables, oil & gas, and petrochemical sectors.
Daniel Daza
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Daniel joined Investec’s Energy and Investec’s North American Energy & Infrastructure finance team in December 2024. Prior to Investec, Daniel worked in Citigroup’s Power, Utilities and Renewables team, where he supported the execution of various investment-grade and high-yield corporate financing transactions. Daniel holds a B.A. in Economics from Georgetown University.
Vanessa Guillermety
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Vanessa is a legal counsel within Investec’s Energy and Infrastructure team, based in New York City. Vanessa joined Investec from Macquarie Capital, where she worked in both the London and New York offices covering primarily energy and infrastructure principal transactions across the Americas, Latin America and EMEA.
She has extensive experience working as in-house counsel and within private practice across the energy sector, conventional power, renewables, oil & gas and transportation infrastructure sectors on a variety of project finance, project development and M&A transaction, covering a wide geographic ambit that includes the US, Latin America and Europe. Prior to working in New York and London, she also spent time working within the energy sector in both Houston, Texas and Mexico City and continues to have strong ties to both regions.
As legal counsel, Vanessa is a strategic business partner, leveraging her broad knowledge of the sector and cross-border experience, on commercial and legal structuring, project management and deal execution and working closely with both internal stakeholders and our clients to ensure transactions are seamlessly and efficiently executed and completed.
Elif Kaya
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Elif joined the North American Power & Infrastructure Finance team in October 2023. She was previously with KKR’s renewable energy development platform, Stellar Renewable Power, working across utility-scale and distributed generation solar and storage capital markets. Prior to her transition into energy and infrastructure finance, she was active in asset-liability management. She holds a B.S. in Quantitative Economics from Davidson College.
Sean Kulkarni
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
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, 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 global Energy & Infrastructure Finance team across jurisdictions to deliver the highest quality product and service to our clients, with a premium focus on cost efficiency and accelerated timing.
Akhilesh Kumar
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Akhilesh joined Investec in 2024, as Portfolio Manager for the Energy & Infrastructure Finance team. Akhilesh has over 12 years of experience in infrastructure and aviation portfolio management. Previously he was with Natixis as Director, Portfolio Management.
Akhilesh holds an MBA from University of Connecticut and IIM Kozhikode India. He is also a CFA Charterholder.
Jose Lerma
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Jose joined Investec's Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in February 2024. Prior to joining, Jose was part of the Loan Capital Markets – Latin America team at SMBC in New York City, where he contributed to the successful closing of deals exceeding $8.8 billion across Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Mexico, Panama, and Peru. He also worked at various companies, such as Amazon, SpaceX, and J.P. Morgan. Jose graduated from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in May 2022 with a B.B.A. in Finance.
Dayle Malherbe
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Dayle joined Investec in 2017 and has spent time in Investec’s Power & Infrastructure teams in New York and Johannesburg. She has worked on transactions across the capital stack, throughout North America and Africa. Her experience covers a range of technologies including utility scale gas and renewable power generation, as well as midstream O&G and other infrastructure sub-sectors. Dayle is a South African chartered accountant CA(SA).
Phalo Maurice-Mopp
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Phalo joined Investec in 2020 in order to complete his South African Chartered Accountancy articles. During this time, he worked across the capital stack and gained exposure to project finance, private equity as well as leverage finance. Before joining Investec’s Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in late 2024, Phalo worked as an investment professional for a private equity fund manager being incubated by Investec which focused on renewable energy investments across Sub-Saharan Africa. Phalo graduated from the University of Cape Town with a Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting.
Peter Messenger
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Peter joined the North American Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in February 2024. He previously held a senior analyst position at Citigroup, covering project finance and PPP transactions for tax advantaged clients across circular economies, transportation, and social infrastructure. Peter holds a B.A. in Psychology from Colby College.
Ellen Mo
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Ellen joined the Energy & Infrastructure Finance syndications platform in 2023. Previously, she was a Director with SMBC’s Structured Finance Group focused on the origination, structuring and execution of ABS and CLOs across private credit, aviation, and power. Before SMBC, she held various roles within BNP Paribas’ Power, Infrastructure & Project Finance team as well as the Power & Utilities group. Ellen began her career in 2012 with Imperial Capital’s power and energy high yield research desk. She is a CFA charterholder.
Arundeep Patwalia
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Arundeep recently joined Investec as a Portfolio Management Analyst. She specializes in structured finance for renewable energy and infrastructure projects, managing diverse portfolios across the energy sector. Arundeep holds an MBA from Northeastern and a Finance degree from Rutgers University. With a strong background in finance and analytics, she is committed to supporting sustainable investments.
Shashank Reddy
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Shashank joined Investec’s Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in 2024 and brings over 7 years of experience in the infrastructure space. He was previously with ING's Energy Sector Coverage Group, focused on origination, structuring and execution of transactions ranging from senior secured to mezzanine debt across North America and Latam. Shashank holds a Master's degree in Engineering from Columbia University and is a CAIA charterholder.
Adena Schmidt
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Adena joined Investec’s North America Energy & Infrastructure Finance team in 2023, following her MBA at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. She was previously with Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank’s Energy & Infrastructure Group, where she structured and executed transactions in the North American conventional power, renewables, oil & gas, and transportation infrastructure sectors. Prior to Credit Agricole, she worked within Moody’s Project and Infrastructure Finance team conducting credit ratings and research related to project finance and municipal infrastructure finance.
Nic Tucker
Energy & Infrastructure Finance
Nic is senior deal originator within Investec’s Energy and Infrastructure Finance team, based in New York City. Nic joined Investec in 2013 and is focused on origination and execution of project finance transactions, primarily in the power sector. Over 15 years banking experience, having worked in New York, London and South Africa. Nic has led over $3bn of transactions across various sub-sectors.