First State Investments today announces Niall Mills’ appointment to Head of Global Infrastructure Investments of the Unlisted Infrastructure.
Media release
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
First State Investments (First State) today announces Niall Mills’ appointment to Head of Global Infrastructure Investments of the Unlisted Infrastructure business following Perry Clausen’s promotion to Global Chief Investment Officer.
First State is a leading manager of infrastructure investments with US$8.4 billion1 in unlisted infrastructure equity investments, and has been actively investing in long life infrastructure businesses since 1994.
London-based Mills joined the senior management team (SMT) as partner in the European infrastructure business in 2008, working alongside other SMT members Marcus Ayre, Danny Latham and Chris McArthur.
Mills welcomed the opportunity to lead the business, stating that the unlisted infrastructure business is in the best position it has ever been in.
“Our global infrastructure business has always been focused on delivering on our client promise of alignment, transparency and generating sustainable long-term value. Our hands-on proactive asset management coupled with our ESG philosophy and our commitment to making a real difference from the bottom-up is deeply embedded in our business,” he said.
The unlisted infrastructure business takes significant stakes in companies, often 100 percent ownership, ensuring effective engagement and partnership with the company’s management team.
In the past few months the Unlisted Infrastructure business has made a number of acquisition announcements, including agreeing to purchase 100% UFF Holdings Limited, the holding company for New Zealand-based fibre business Ultrafast Fibre Limited; acquiring a 49% stake in Anaergia's Rialto Bioenergy Facility in California; finalising its 100% acquisitions of the Vopak Terminal business in Algeciras (Spain) and Caldic Chemie terminal in Rotterdam (the Netherlands) and signing a contract to acquire a 45.1% stake in MVV Energie in Germany.
1 As at 31 March 2020
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