To support its investment in renewable energy, pan-European fund manager Downing has made five appointments to its energy and infrastructure investment team, which now totals 18 people. Ingrid Edmund has joined the firm as Senior Investment Director from Columbia Threadneedle Investments, where she was Head of Financing, Infrastructure Equity Investments. Edmund has more than two decades experience of acquiring, financing and managing infrastructure investments across EMEA in sectors including energy transition, digital, transport and social. She previously spent almost two years at HSBC Global Asset Management as Director of Infrastructure Debt. “Ingrid brings deep expertise and extensive relationships across all our key markets, and she will make a major contribution to the ongoing growth of our business,” said Tom Williams, Head of Energy and Infrastructure at Downing. Yusra Siddique has joined the team as an Associate Director from global offshore wind developer Corio Generation – a Macquarie Asset Management portfolio company established in 2022 – where she was Vice President in the Origination and Capital Finance team. Downing has selected Tomas Schwarzenberg as Investment Executive, who brings both renewables and energy transition-focused experience. The firm has also appointed Totti Saikkonen as Investment Executive and Mate Toth as Investment Analyst to enhance its Nordic region expertise. Since 2010, Downing’s energy and infrastructure team has made more than 200 investments and has £920 million (US$1.2 billion) of AUM in the solar, wind, hydro and battery storage sectors. “Each of the new appointments bring complementary skills to the energy and infrastructure team’s capabilities and demonstrate our commitment to continued expansion,” said Williams.
