Information Memorandum - Foresight Group

Federico Giannandrea
Partner
Federico trained as a lawyer with
Allen & Overy in Rome before joining
Deutsche Bank, London in 2005. There
he was involved in the acquisition of solar
and other renewable energy assets in
Poland, Spain, Greece, Belgium and Italy,
structuring and negotiating key elements
of a portfolio with electricity generating
capacity of 2GW. As a vice-president within
the renewable energy team, Federico led
the project financing and installation
contracting for an 8MW Solar Power
Plant project in southern Italy and
was involved in several other solar
and wind power projects.
Diomidis Dorkofikis
Senior Investment Manager
Diomidis gained a degree in Industrial
Management & Technology and
a masters degree in corporate finance
before joining Millennium Bank, Athens as
a project finance analyst. At Millennium
Bank he specialised in renewable energy
and other infrastructure and property
investments and was involved in the sale
of two wind power projects with capacity
of 48MW and in the appraisal of a solar
power project. He joined Foresight’s Rome
office in September 2009.
Simona Befani
Portfolio Manager
Simona joined Foresight with five years’
experience in renewable energy gained
at international law firms where she worked
on infrastructure and renewable project
financing deals. Admitted to the Italian Bar
association in 2010, at Foresight Simona
takes responsibility for managing the Italian
solar portfolio and arranging and structuring
relevant financing. Fluent in English as well
as Italian, Simona is based in Foresight’s
Italian office.
Carlos Rey Micolau
Portfolio Manager & Technical Director
Carlos is a graduate in Industrial Engineering
from UPC Barcelona and has worked as
an energy and technical consultant in the
International Renewable Energy Market,
specialising in energy projects in Spanish
Portuguese and Italian markets. At Foresight
Carlos’s responsibility is to lead the technical
operations for all assets under management
whether new construction or fully
operational. Based in the UK, Carlos is fluent
in Spanish, Catalan, Italian and English.
Ivo O. Pitanguy
Inestment Analyst
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Ivo joined Foresight having graduated in
Economics from the University of California,
San Diego. Before joining Foresight, Ivo worked
in a finance rotation program at Banco Prosper
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he worked in
Research and Trading. Ivo is fluent in Portuguese,
English, and Italian.
Three further partners of Foresight will play important
roles in relation to the Fund. Bernard Fairman and David
Hughes are members of Foresight’s investment committee,
whilst Gary Fraser heads Foresight’s finance and
administration department.
Bernard Fairman
Chairman of Foresight Group
Bernard has over 25 years’ investment
experience. With a degree in economics from
Nottingham University, he joined Panmure
Gordon as an oil investment analyst, then moved
to Edward Bates, a specialist City investment
bank. He then worked with several small
electronics companies before joining the newly
formed 3i Ventures in 1981. He founded Foresight
Group, formerly VCF Partners, with Peter
English in 1984.
David Hughes
Chief Investment Officer
David is responsible for Foresight’s private
equity investment activities and portfolio
management. David has 38 years experience
of unquoted investment management,
initially with 3i and subsequently establishing
fund management operations for Framlington
Investment Management Ltd, Baltic plc and
Bank Austria AG, London. He has been involved
in VCT management since 2004.
Gary Fraser
Group Finance Director
Gary directs financial management and
compliance, a role he has fulfilled at Foresight
for eight years. He was previously company
secretary for Baronsmead VCTs and other
companies and funds within ISIS Asset
Management plc. He qualified as a Chartered
Accountant with Ernst & Young in 1996 and
has been involved in raising over £1 billion
for a range of companies.
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