The alternative investor has announced two new hires on the back of rising strategic and institutional demand in Asia for European renewables and real estate.
Hamburg-based Aquila Capital is beefing up its Asian institutional client advisory capabilities on the back of strong demand, and has hired Yoon-Jian Chong as managing director and I-An Chen as director, the firm announced in a statement on Thursday.
The pair, based in London, will focus on coverage and relationship-building with pan-Asian strategic and institutional clients, given the «enormous interest in renewable energy investments from major strategic and institutional investors across Asia.»
Chong, who has worked extensively with Asian sovereign wealth funds, trading houses as well as utilities and power companies, brings over two decades of M&A investment banking experience from stints at Citi Bank, Morgan Stanley, ING Barings and KPMG. Chen joins from KPMG M&A, where she worked on energy transition, conventional power generation and regulated infrastructure assets.
Environmentally Sustainable Investments
Aquila specializes in investments in environmentally sustainable investments, in particular renewable energy, social housing, green logistics, infrastructure, timber and agriculture.
Founded in 2001 by Dieter Rentsch and Roman Rosslenbroich, the firm has a presence in 11 countries globally and manages EUR8.2 billion ($9.08 billion) on behalf of clients (as of end-March 2019).
