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  • 98 Phil White
    Phil White
    Vice Chair of Infrastructure

    UK / Infrastructure

    Phil White

    Vice Chair of Infrastructure
    UK / Infrastructure

    Phil joined 3i in 2007 and is Vice Chair of 3i’s Infrastructure business and a member of 3i’s Investment Committee. From 2014 to 2022 he was Managing Partner, Head of Infrastructure.

    Prior to joining 3i, he was Division Director in Macquarie’s Infrastructure Funds business, where he managed investments in the transport sector. Phil has over 20 years of infrastructure investment, advisory and finance experience from earlier roles at Barclays and WestLB.

    Phil has an MBA from London Business School.

    3i office address

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

    3i’s Phil White and Elenia’s CEO, Tapani Liuhala, and COO, Jorma Myllymäki, discuss how Elenia grew and developed during our 5 year partnership.

  • Richard
    Richard Widdowson
    Director, Portfolio and Operations

    UK / Infrastructure

    Richard Widdowson

    Director, Portfolio and Operations
    UK / Infrastructure

    Richard is Director of Portfolio and Operations for 3i’s Infrastructure business and joined in 2016. He manages the operations of the Infrastructure investment team and leads key projects and initiatives across the business. Richard also manages various portfolio management initiatives and supports some of the Investor Relations activity for 3i Infrastructure plc.

    Prior to joining 3i, Richard worked at Barclays plc where he held a number of front office senior business partnering roles within the investment bank and a strategy role in Barclays Group.

    Richard is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and holds a degree in Economics from Loughborough University.

    3i office address

    16 Palace Street
    London SW1E 5JD
    +44 (0) 20 7975 3131
  • Peter Wirtz (1)
    Peter Wirtz
    Head, Private Equity, Managing Director

    Germany / Private Equity

    Peter Wirtz

    Head, Private Equity, Managing Director
    Germany / Private Equity

    Peter joined 3i Germany in 1998. He was appointed co-Managing Director 3i Deutschland in May 2009 and has led 3i's Private Equity business since April 2019. He leads our consumer sector, is a member of the Investment Committee and the 3i Group Executive Committee.

    During his time at 3i, Peter has taken a leading role across more than 15 transactions including YDEON (GartenHaus), Luqom (Lampenwelt), Christ, Scandlines, Amor and MotorenWerkeMannheim (MWM). Further transactions in which Peter has been involved include 3i’s investments in arrivia (ICE), Action, Basic-Fit, NORMA, Hyva and Azelis. Peter currently sits on the Boards of Luqom and YDEON. 

    Prior to joining 3i, Peter worked for Procter & Gamble and Deutsche Bank. 

    He holds a degree in Business and Administration from the University of Bamberg.

    3i office address

    OpernTurm
    Bockenheimer Landstraße 2-4
    60306 Frankfurt am Main
    +49 69 710000 0

    Investments

    Pe 2021 Overview
  • Lorenz Woelfel 9739
    Lorenz Woelfel
    Senior Associate

    UK / Infrastructure

    Lorenz Woelfel

    Senior Associate
    UK / Infrastructure

    Lorenz 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, Lorenz was an Associate in the Infrastructure Equity team at UBS Asset Management in London, where he also focused on origination and execution of new transactions and the management of existing assets.

    Lorenz holds a B.Sc. in Management & Technology from the Technical University of Munich and a M.Sc. in International Finance from HEC Paris.

    3i office address

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