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Arcus Team

The Arcus Team brings an unparalleled depth of experience

with senior members of the Arcus Team each having 20+
years of infrastructure investment and operating experience,
providing strong differentiated deal origination and asset
management skills. The Team, comprising 13 partners and a
total of 25 investment professionals, have transacted in
multiple European countries. Arcus offers pan-European
coverage with 4 offices and 8 languages spoken.
 
Arcus believes that strong in-house capabilities are central to
 
understanding the key risk factors and return drivers of
infrastructure investment. The Arcus Team has deep sector
knowledge in ports, rail, airports, roads, energy & power
(including renewables), water, utilities and
telecommunication sectors.  

The Arcus Team’s in-house expertise covers asset

management, law, utility regulation, accounting, financing,
compliance, investment structuring, tax, health & safety,
M&A and treasury which are utilised by working directly
with the management teams of each investment.

   Michael Allen Daniel Amaral  Jack

 Colbourne 
   Gianmarco Cremonesi  
Livio Fenati Simon Gray

   Stuart Gray Ian Harding Toto Lo Bianco

Francesco Nale    
Nicola Palmer
   Graham Marr

   Toby Smith

Michael Allen - Partner

Michael Allen has over 20 years experience of extensive

mergers and acquisitions in the infrastructure space. In
addition, he has significant capital markets experience (both
equity and debt) as well as structuring and financing
transactions. 
 
Michael’s experience covers many sectors and  geographies,
although the vast majority of his professional career has been
gained in Europe.  Previously, Michael was a member of the
European Infrastructure Team at Babcock & Brown. Michael
has also worked at Merrill Lynch International, Dresdner
Kleinwort Wasserstein, Goldman Sachs International and
Linklaters.
 
 

Daniel Amaral - Partner

 
Daniel Amaral has over 14 years experience in structuring
infrastructure project finance transactions, focusing on
transport and energy sectors.
 
Daniel was previously a member of the European
Infrastructure Team at Babcock & Brown.
 
Prior to that he led the project finance department at Caixa
Banco de Investimento (Investment Bank of Caixa Geral de
Depósitos, the largest bank in Portugal), in which he oversaw
debt and equity structuring for the largest Portuguese project
finance transactions.
 
 
Jack Colbourne - Partner

 
Jack Colbourne has over 17 years experience as a principal
investor in infrastructure projects, with expertise in asset
management, valuation, debt structuring and transaction
execution.
 
Jack has particular focus on infrastructure relating to
wireless communication networks, and the value
maximisation of real estate assets associated with
infrastructure and utility operations.
 
Jack was previously a member of the European
Infrastructure Team at Babcock & Brown. Jack has also
worked at Resolution Property plc, WorldTel Limited, the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and
Monitor Company.  Top 
 
 

Gianmarco Cremonesi - Partner

 
Gianmarco Cremonesi has over 16 years experience in
CFO/senior finance manager capacities across a wide range
of infrastructure sectors, including utilities and transport. His
experience has been gained at a variety of multi-nationals
located across Europe and has included board and senior
executive positions.
 
Gianmarco has held the role of CFO of Arcus European
Infrastructure Fund 1 since its inception in 2007.
 
Gianmarco was previously employed by Babcock & Brown
and has also worked at Iveco Capital Limited, Fiat Auto
SpA, Trenitalia, TAV and Edison.  Top 
 
 

Livio Fenati - Partner

 
Livio Fenati has over 17 years expertise in originating,
structuring and acquiring infrastructure assets in
transportation, telecommunications and utilities.
 
Livio also has deep understanding of corporate finance and
capital market transactions and strong managerial experience
in organisational design, business process re-engineering and
value based management.
 
Livio was previously a senior member of the European
Infrastructure Team at Babcock & Brown. Livio has also
worked at Societe Generale, Banca Intesa, San Paolo IMI
(Banca IMI) and Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). 
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Simon Gray - Senior Partner

 
Simon Gray has over 20 years of direct experience in the
origination, procurement, structuring, execution, financing
and management of infrastructure assets, throughout Western
Europe as well as Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.
He has led and completed a large number of transactions
across the ports, rail, road, energy, communications and
water spaces.
 
Simon was part of the team responsible for the creation of
Arcus European Infrastructure Fund 1.
 
Previously, Simon was head of Economic Infrastructure in
Babcock & Brown’s European Infrastructure Team where he
worked for 13 years. Prior to that, Simon worked at the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development where
he completed a number of investment and policy reform
projects in the infrastructure space throughout Eastern
Europe, Russia and Central Asia. Top

Stuart Gray - Partner

 
Stuart Gray has over 17 years tax advisory experience and is
a member of both the Institute of Chartered Tax Advisors
and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.
 
Stuart has extensive experience in tax structuring and
providing advice on European tax issues associated with
infrastructure investments, gained in both practice and in
industry.
 
Stuart was previously a member of the tax division of
Babcock & Brown and worked extensively on infrastructure
transactions during this time. Stuart has also previously
worked at Taylor Nelson Sofres, Sanmina-SCI and
Andersen.  Top
 
 

Ian Harding - Partner

 
Ian Harding has over 15 years of experience in advising,
acquiring, structuring, financing and disposing of
infrastructure projects and companies globally and has
structured and led the financing for a number of the
landmark renewable energy transactions across Europe. His
experience covers a broad range of infrastructure sectors
including power generation, renewables, roads, rail, light
rail, airports and PFI/PPP transactions. 
 
Ian was previously a senior member of the European
Infrastructure Team at Babcock & Brown and prior to that,
Ian worked at Citigroup and NM Rothschilds & Sons
Limited.  Top
 
 

Toto Lo Bianco - Managing Partner

 
Antonino (Toto) Lo Bianco has over 20 years of
infrastructure origination, development, structuring, funding,
investment and asset management experience. He has broad
experience across the infrastructure asset class having
completed a number of developments, acquisitions and
disposals (independently or in ventures) in almost every
European country. This experience has covered a broad
spectrum of infrastructure sectors, including toll roads,
energy (gas, power and renewables), ports, airports, PFI/PPP
and rail.
 
Toto led the team responsible for the creation of Arcus
European Infrastructure Fund 1.
 
Toto was previously the Head of European Infrastructure at
Babcock & Brown, building and managing a team that
reached over 120 professionals across 7 local offices
throughout mainland Europe. Under his leadership, the
European Infrastructure Team expanded its business
significantly and contributed strong revenue growth and
consistent profitability.  Top
 
 

Graham Marr - Partner

 
Graham Marr has over 22 years experience as a tax and asset
finance practitioner in the European infrastructure
industry. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of England and Wales.
 
Graham was previously a senior member of the European
Infrastructure Team at Babcock & Brown with responsibility
for structuring the investments made by Arcus European
Infrastructure Fund 1. Prior to that, Graham was head of
lease advisory for Babcock & Brown in London with
particular focus on infrastructure and shipping assets, where
he had developed a market-leading reputation for structuring
and arranging complex tax-based financings with a
consistent record of being retained by leading blue chip UK-
based multinational companies to act on their behalf.  Prior
to joining Babcock & Brown in 1996, Graham was a tax
partner at Price Waterhouse with whom he had worked since
graduating in 1980.  Top
 
 

Francesco Nale - Partner

 
Francesco Nale has over 10 years transaction expertise in
advising, acquiring, structuring and financing infrastructure
projects and companies in Europe.
 
Francesco has advised, and acted as principal, on the
acquisition and financing of some of the largest
infrastructure transactions in the European transportation and
utilities sectors.
 
Francesco was previously a member of the European
Infrastructure Team at Babcock & Brown and prior to that,
Francesco worked at Macquarie Bank Limited, ABN Amro
and Dexia Public Finance.  Top
 
 

Nicola Palmer - Partner

 
Nicola Palmer has over 18 years specialist experience in
 developing, financing and managing infrastructure assets.
Her experience covers a broad range of infrastructure sectors
including water, power generation, rail, light rail, gas
pipelines, electricity and gas distributions and ports. 
 
Nicola was part of the team responsible for the creation of
Arcus European Infrastructure Fund 1.
 
Nicola was previously a senior member of the European
Infrastructure Team at Babcock & Brown, and was a senior
member of their Australian Infrastructure Team prior to that.
Nicola also previously worked for the Australian Industry
Development Corporation.  Top
 

Toby Smith - Partner

 
Toby Smith has been a practising solicitor for over 12 years. 
Toby has extensive experience in advising on, and
implementation of, infrastructure projects and transactions,
gained both in leading law firms and in industry. Toby’s
experience covers a number of jurisdictions and sectors,
including transport, energy and PFI/PPP.
 
Toby was previously the senior legal counsel for the
European Infrastructure Team at Babcock & Brown. Prior to
that, Toby worked as senior legal counsel at Amey plc. He
has also worked in the Corporate Division (Projects) at
Herbert Smith and at Wragge & Co.  Top
 
 

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