Ross Warshauer

Senior Associate
North America / Private Equity
Healthcare

Ross joined 3i in 2021 as a member of its North American Private Equity team based in New York. Ross has since been involved in 3i’s investments in SaniSure and ten23 Health.

Prior to joining 3i, Ross was an Investment Banking Analyst with Perella Weinberg Partners in the Healthcare Group, where he focused on M&A advisory and capital raising transactions.

Ross graduated from Emory University with a B.B.A. in Finance and a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics.

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.

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.

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.

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.