ANNAPOLIS, Maryland,
May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/
-- American Capital Energy & Infrastructure announced
today that is has expanded its global investment team with two new
members: Lisa Pinsley, Director of
Africa Investments and Pol Mijares, Senior Associate. The
company also appointed Peter Bird
and Venu Nambiar as Senior
Advisors. The team will focus on sourcing investments
opportunities in global energy infrastructure assets as well as
product and service companies in the power and energy
sectors.
"We are delighted that Lisa, Pol, Peter and Venu, all
experienced industry professionals, are joining the investment
team," said Paul Hanrahan, Chief
Executive Officer of American Capital Energy & Infrastructure.
"Their combined experience in investing, managing and
advising in the energy and infrastructure sectors, as well as their
established relationships worldwide, will enable us to navigate the
global energy and infrastructure market and find the best
investment opportunities."
Investment Team
Lisa Pinsley is responsible for
sourcing opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to
joining American Capital Energy & Infrastructure, Ms. Pinsley
served as a Vice President of AES Africa Power Company, where she
focused on power and energy infrastructure opportunities on the
African continent. Ms. Pinsley has 15 years of experience in
emerging markets and finance. In addition, she served as
Chief of Staff to the Afghan Minister of Finance focusing on the
country's economic reform programs with the International Monetary
Fund and World Bank.
Prior to joining American Capital Energy & Infrastructure,
Pol Mijares worked at The AES Corporation ("AES") in a number
of roles in business development, commodities, and risk management
supporting businesses located throughout the United States, Europe, Asia,
and Latin America. Prior to AES, Mr. Mijares was an
investment banker at Bear Stearns & Co. and Banc of America
Securities, LLC where he focused on executing buy-side and
sell-side M&A engagements, as well as structuring high-yield
and investment grade debt financings for public and closely held
companies.
Senior Advisors
Peter
Bird advises American Capital Energy & Infrastructure on
sourcing opportunities in Asia.
Until June 2012, Mr. Bird served as
an Executive Vice-Chairman of Rothschild's South East Asian global
financial advisory business. In this role, Mr. Bird's
experience included advising leading corporations on acquisitions
and divestitures in the infrastructure sector; advising numerous
governments on privatizations in both developed and emerging
economies; advising borrowers on project finance, acquisition
financing, refinancing, insolvency and debt restructuring; advising
utilities and public sector bodies on competitive solicitations and
tender design; and advising governments on energy industry
restructuring in the U.K., Europe,
Australia, South America and Asia. Prior to joining
Rothschild in 1990, Mr. Bird worked as an economic consultant and
economic researcher focused on the energy sector and as an academic
economist at the University of
Stirling.
Mr. Bird serves on the board of InfraCo Asia Development Pte.,
Ltd., a donor-funded infrastructure development company focused on
low-income emerging markets in Asia, and Vector, Ltd., a listed
infrastructure group that owns and manages a portfolio of energy
and fiber optic infrastructure networks in New Zealand.
Venu Nambiar advises American
Capital Energy & Infrastructure on sourcing opportunities in
the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. Prior to
joining the company, Mr. Nambiar served as a Vice President of AES
with primary regional responsibilities for the Middle East, North
Africa and South Asia. During his tenure at AES, Mr.
Nambiar held various senior positions including serving as the CEO
of AES Oasis Limited, Chairman and Managing Director of AES India,
and Managing Director for Business Development and M&A in
Asia and Middle East. Mr.
Nambiar has over 21 years of experience in the energy industry with
15 years dedicated to investing and managing growth in emerging
markets.
American Capital Energy & Infrastructure is part of American
Capital, Ltd.'s (Nasdaq: ACAS) ("American Capital") asset
management affiliate, American Capital Asset Management, LLC.
American Capital Asset Management is dedicated to creating,
capitalizing and managing alternative investment funds across asset
classes, including energy and infrastructure, real estate, private
equity and private finance. American Capital has committed
$200 million to support American
Capital Energy & Infrastructure initiatives.
ABOUT AMERICAN CAPITAL ENERGY & INFRASTRUCTURE
American Capital Energy & Infrastructure invests in global
energy infrastructure assets, including power generation
facilities, power distribution and transmission networks, energy
transportation assets, fuel production opportunities and product
and service companies focused on the power and energy sectors.
For further information, please refer to www.ACEI.com.
ABOUT AMERICAN CAPITAL
American Capital, Ltd. (Nasdaq:
ACAS) is a publicly traded private equity firm and global asset
manager. American Capital, both directly and through its
asset management business, originates, underwrites and manages
investments in middle market private equity, leveraged finance,
real estate and structured products. American Capital manages
$21.2 billion of assets, including
assets on its balance sheet and fee earning assets under management
by affiliated managers, with $112
billion of total assets under management (including levered
assets). Through an affiliate, American Capital manages
publicly traded American Capital Agency Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC) with
approximately a $13 billion market
capitalization and American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp.
(Nasdaq: MTGE) with approximately a $1.5
billion market capitalization. From its eight offices in the
U.S. and Europe, American Capital
and its affiliate, European Capital, will consider investment
opportunities from $10 million to $750
million. For further information, please refer to
www.AmericanCapital.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements. The
statements regarding expected results of American Capital are
subject to various factors and uncertainties, including the
uncertainties associated with the timing of transaction closings,
changes in interest rates, availability of transactions, changes in
regional, national or international economic conditions, or changes
in the conditions of the industries in which American Capital has
made investments.
Contact: +1-443-214-7070
Paul Hanrahan, Chief Executive
Officer
Richard Santoroski, Managing
Director
Rajeev Garside, Vice President