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Germany / Private Equity
Associate
Germany / Private Equity
Christoph joined 3i in 2022 and is an Associate in the Private Equity team based in Frankfurt having completed an internship at 3i in 2018. He focuses on the origination and execution of investments in Germany with a focus on the Consumer sector.
He is involved in 3i’s investment in Luqom Group, the largest European online specialist in the lighting space. Prior to joining 3i, Christoph worked for Amazon in Operations and Supply Chain Management in Germany and the UK. Christoph holds a MPhil in Industrial Systems, Manufacturing and Management from the University of Cambridge and a BSc in International Business from WHU.
Investments
UK / Private Equity
Partner & Chief Operating Officer, Private Equity
UK / Private Equity
Tony joined 3i in 1998 and became Chief Operating Officer in 2010. He is a member of the 3i Group Executive Committee, Investment Committee and the Private Equity Leadership Team. Tony currently sits on the boards of Scandlines and MPM.
Outside 3i, Tony is a member of the International Private Equity Valuations (IPEV) Board; Invest Europe's Professional Standards Committee; and the Private Equity Reporting Group (PERG), an independent body that reviews transparency and disclosures within the UK Private Equity industry.
Before joining 3i, Tony worked at KPMG where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
Tony has a Geography degree from Loughborough University.
UK / Private Equity
Managing Partner, Asset Management Group
UK / Private Equity
Ian joined 3i in 1987 and became a Partner in 1994 prior to its IPO on the London Stock Exchange. In his current role as Managing Partner, Asset Management, Ian is involved in investing and asset management activity across 3i Private Equity and Infrastructure.
He sits on the boards of a number of leading, international companies including: AESSEAL (seals for rotating equipment), Cirtec Medical (medical device outsourcing) and Tato Holdings (biocides and specialty chemicals). Ian is the senior independent director of BSI Group, the global standards and services company driving company excellence and resilience, and a former director of 3i Infrastructure plc, the FTSE250 listed long-term investor in infrastructure businesses and assets.
Prior to his current role, Ian led 3i’s Technology business in Europe having invested in areas including security software (Sophos), artificial intelligence (Searchspace), mobile technology (Nujira).
Ian graduated in Chemical Engineering from the University of Birmingham. Prior to 3i, Ian worked as an Engineer for BOC Specialty Gases in the UK supplying the medical, semi-conductor and space research sectors.
UK / Private Equity
Associate
UK / Private Equity
Darcey is an Associate in the Private Equity team based in London, primarily responsible for the origination and execution of new investments in Europe.
Prior to joining 3i in September 2021, Darcey worked for Venture Capital firm 24Haymarket, where she focused on the sourcing and completion of new opportunities and the management of existing assets.
Darcey holds a BA in History from the University of Durham.
North America / Private Equity
Partner
North America / Private Equity
Services & Software
Rahul Lulla joined 3i in 2012 as a member of the North American Private Equity team.
Rahul focuses on Business & Technology Services and Healthcare and has been involved in 3i’s investments in Mold-Masters, Quintiles, TouchTunes, Q Holdings, Dynatect Manufacturing, arrivia and WilsonHCG. He currently sits on the Boards of arrivia, Dynatect Manufacturing and WilsonHCG.
Previously, Rahul worked at Monitor Clipper Partners in Boston, where he focused on investments in business services and consumer. Prior to this, Rahul worked at Credit Suisse in New York where he was a member of the Investment Banking Division’s Healthcare Group.
Rahul received a BA in Economics and Mathematics with Honors from Vassar College, and an MBA with Honors from Columbia Business School.
UK
Chief Human Resources Officer
UK
Julien Marie is Chief Human Resources Officer and is a member of the Executive Committee. Julien has overall responsibility for the firm’s talent strategy, the HR operational support and the Human Resources team. He works across all geographies and Business lines.
Prior to joining 3i, Julien worked at Bouygues Construction and Bouygues Telecom for six years.
Julien has a degree in Politics from Sciences Po Paris and a MA in Human Resources from the University of Paris Pantheon-Assas.
UK / Infrastructure
Director
UK / Infrastructure
Céline is a Director in 3i's Infrastructure team in London. She leads Sustainability and ESG for the Infrastructure team, with responsibility for defining the ESG strategy, driving ambition and progress at portfolio company level and leading consideration of ESG matters through the investment cycle. Céline is also a member of the 3i Group ESG Committee.
Céline previously spent nine years originating, evaluating and executing new investment opportunities, as well as managing both core plus infrastructure and brownfield project investments. She was involved in 3i Infrastructure plc's investments in TCR, Joulz and Valorem and worked on the acquisitions of a number of brownfield projects across Europe, with a particular focus on Portugal. She is a non-executive director on the board of TCR.
Céline joined 3i in 2013, following 3i’s acquisition of Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management Limited. She spent three years with Barclays in London. Céline holds an MBA from ESSEC Business School (Paris) with majors in Social Business and in Private Equity, and a certificate in Sustainable Investing from Harvard Business School.
France / Private Equity
Associate Director
France / Private Equity
Services & Software
Adrien Masson joined 3i in 2021 as a member of its European Private Equity team based in Paris.
Prior to joining 3i, Adrien spent six years at Hottinguer Corporate Finance where he worked on several public and private M&A transactions in France and cross border in the media, industrial, agri-food and consumer sectors.
He holds a MSc in Financial Engineering from Ecole des Ponts Paristech and a MSc in Finance and Private Equity from the London School of Economics.
Germany / Private Equity
Director
Germany / Private Equity
Industrial
Severin is a Director in the Frankfurt office. Since joining in 2014, he was a deal team member on 3i’s investments in ten23, xSuite, MAIT, Christ and Formel D. As a core member of the deal team, he led the successful sale of ATESTEO.
Before joining 3i, Severin worked at UBS Investment Bank and was Business Development Manager for Auxilium, a portfolio company of HAL Investments.
Severin graduated with a CEMS Master in International Management from the Rotterdam School of Management and HEC Paris.
Board of Directors
Non-Executive Director
Board of Directors
Non-executive Director since June 2021. Also Chair of Princess Private Equity Holdings Limited and a non-executive director of Investcorp Capital plc.
Formerly Deputy Chair of AssetCo plc, non-executive board member of Scottish Enterprise, Global Head of Private Markets at Standard Life Aberdeen plc and previously led Standard Life Investments’ private equity and infrastructure business and was their Chief Investment Officer. Prior to that, he held a variety of finance posts in industry and corporate finance positions.
Nominations - Member
Remuneration - Member
Valuations - Chair
Board of Directors
Non-Executive Director
Board of Directors
Non-Executive Director since 2018. Also a member of the Supervisory Board of Tui AG and a non-executive Director and Chair of the ESG Committee at King’s Cross Central General Partnership. Independent.
Formerly a non-executive director of Fevertree Drinks plc, Travis Perkins plc, Tui Travel plc, UTV Media plc, Wembley National Stadium Limited, Shed Media plc, HBOS plc and Inchcape plc. Prior to that Coline was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer Europe of Clear Channel International Limited and had previously worked for McKinsey and LEK.
Audit and Compliance - Member
Nominations - Member
Remuneration - Chair
UK / Private Equity
Director, Board Development
UK / Private Equity
Joy heads up 3i's Business Leaders Network. She works across sectors and geographies to build strategic relationships and enable international connectivity with Board level executives and non-executive directors for 3i's existing portfolio of assets and pipeline investment opportunities.
Prior to joining 3i, Joy worked as an Executive Search Consultant at private equity specialist search firm, Skillcapital, placing board level management for private equity portfolio companies and senior advisers pre-deal.
Previously, Joy spent five years working at Goldman Sachs in the Private Wealth Management division, with a focus on investment strategy. She holds a first class honours Masters degree in Quantitative Finance from University College Dublin.
UK / Infrastructure
Senior Legal Counsel
UK / Infrastructure
Hazel is a solicitor with over ten years’ experience in infrastructure.
She joined 3i’s Infrastructure Team as legal counsel in January 2015, with responsibility for legal risk management, legal and regulatory aspects of new investments, portfolio management and debt financing.
Prior to this, Hazel worked in the Projects, Energy and Infrastructure team at Allen & Overy LLP from 2006 – 2014, specialising in infrastructure financing and PPP projects.
Hazel has a MA in Modern History from the University of Oxford and is a qualified solicitor.
Germany / Private Equity
Associate
Germany / Private Equity
Tobias joined 3i in 2021 and is an Associate in the Private Equity team based in Frankfurt. He focuses on the origination and execution of investments in Germany as well as in the Software & Services sector. He was part of the deal teams on 3i's investments in MAIT and xSuite and is now a board observer for both investments.
Prior to joining 3i, Tobias worked in private equity at Cinven and in investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Tobias holds a Master’s degree in Advanced Finance & Investments from Rotterdam School of Management and a Bachelor’s degree in International Business from Maastricht University.
North America / Infrastructure
Senior Associate
North America / Infrastructure
Thomas joined 3i in 2021 and is a Senior Associate in the North American Infrastructure team.
Prior to joining 3i, Thomas was an Analyst at SMBC where he focused on project and structured finance across the North American energy and infrastructure sectors.
Thomas holds a B.A. in financial economics with a concentration in computer science from Columbia University.
Investments
UK / Infrastructure
Senior Associate
UK / Infrastructure
Ben joined 3i in February 2021 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, Ben worked at Macquarie Capital in London, with a focus on Renewable Energy transactions.
Ben holds a BA in Economics from the University of Cambridge.
