Nuno Fernandes

Senior Associate
UK / Infrastructure

Nuno joined 3i in June 2022 and is a Senior Associate in the Infrastructure team based in London. He is primarily responsible for the origination and execution of deals and the management of assets across the economic infrastructure space.

Prior to joining 3i, Nuno was an Associate in the Infrastructure team at Gingko Tree Investment Ltd in London where he focused on deal origination and execution, and asset management.

Nuno holds a MSc in Banking and Finance from Queen Mary University of London and a BSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon.

Thomas Fodor

Investor Relations Partner
UK / Infrastructure

Thomas is Investor Relations Partner for 3i Group’s Infrastructure business and joined in February 2016. He is responsible for interacting with the limited partners and public shareholders across 3i Group’s infrastructure funds as well as managing any new fundraising and co-investment opportunities.

Prior to joining 3i, Thomas worked in the private placement team at HSBC, where he advised General Partners on fundraising in Europe and Asia. Thomas started his career at Lehman Brothers where he focused on private placements and fundraising for alternative investment funds.

Thomas holds a Master in Finance and Business Administration from HEC, Paris.

Jason Gao

Vice President
North America / Infrastructure

Jason joined 3i in 2017 and is a Vice President in the North American Infrastructure team. He is on the board of Regional Rail.

Prior to joining 3i, Jason was an Analyst at Macquarie Capital where he focused on M&A and financing advisory in the energy infrastructure space.

Jason holds a B.Sc. in business, magna cum laude, from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Antoine Giroux

Associate Director
France / Private Equity
Services & Software

Antoine Giroux joined 3i in 2022 as a member of its European Private Equity team based in Paris and specialises in Services and Software investments. He currently serves on the board of Constellation, an IT managed services provider specialised in hybrid cloud and cybersecurity. 

Before 3i, he spent three years at LFPI Gestion, supporting a number of investments and involved in managing several portfolio companies. He began his career in investment banking at J.P. Morgan in London and New York within the Industrial and Consumer & Retail coverage teams. He holds a Masters in Management from HEC Paris.

Anthony Greaves

Head of Internal Audit
UK

Anthony joined 3i in 2012 and heads up the Internal Audit function based in London. 

He is responsible for providing internal audit services as well as advice and support across a range of areas including corporate governance and risk management.

Prior to 3i, Anthony worked with KPMG in both the UK and in Southern Africa.  

He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors.

Louis Gréaume

Associate Director
France / Private Equity
Consumer & Private Label

Anjali Gupta

Partner and Managing Director India
India / Private Equity

Anjali joined 3i in 2007 from ICICI Bank where she was part of the project finance group, heading the Transportation sub-group. She brings 25 years of experience having worked in the areas of project financing, debt and equity syndication, restructuring and investment banking in her prior assignments at ICICI Bank, Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Ltd., KPMG and SBI Capital Markets.

She holds an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and a Bachelors Degree in Science from Gujarat University.

Ulf von Haacke

Partner
Germany / Private Equity

Ulf joined 3i Germany in 2001 and is a partner in the Frankfurt office. Ulf has worked on a number of Private Equity transactions at 3i. His most recent deals include xSuite, MAIT, Formel D and Weener Plastics, where he also sits on the board. He has also led the successful exits of ATESTEO, GEKA and HILITE International. 

Ulf studied Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Aachen (RWTH), where he also received a PhD. He holds a degree in Business Administration from the University Hagen.

Jasi Halai

Chief Operating Officer
Board of Directors

Jasi Halai is Chief Operating Officer. She was appointed to the Board in May 2022 and is a member of the Executive Committee, Investment Committee, Group Risk Committee and ESG Committee.

Jasi joined 3i in 2005 and has held a variety of posts in the business, most recently as Group Financial Controller and Operating Officer. Prior to joining 3i, she worked for CDC Group (now British International Investment) and at Actis. Formerly a non-executive director of Porvair PLC. 

Jasi is a non-executive director at Barratt Developments PLC. She is also a Chartered Management Accountant and holds an MSc in investment management from the CASS Business School.

Nathaniel Haloua

Associate
France / Private Equity

Nathaniel joined 3i in 2022 as a member of its European Private Equity team and is based in Paris. He focuses on the origination and execution of investments in the Services sector. He is a deal team member of Evernex and was also involved in the acquisition of Constellation. 

Before 3i, Nathaniel worked at L.E.K. Consulting, on engagements spanning commercial and vendor due diligence, growth strategy and operational projects. Before that, Nathaniel also worked in Private Equity at PSP investments and in M&A at Société Générale. 

Nathaniel holds a Master of Science in Management from HEC Paris.

Katerina Hanackova

Associate Director
UK / Infrastructure

Katerina joined 3i in November 2023 and is an Associate Director in the Infrastructure team based in London. She is responsible for the origination and execution of new investments in Europe, as well as supporting the activities of portfolio companies including Ionisos, Oystercatcher and Global Cloud Xchange.

Before joining 3i, Katerina worked at STAR Capital where she was involved in the execution and portfolio management of myflexbox, SkyFive, Synergy LMS and the Windlogix. Before STAR, she worked in advisory and principal investment teams at Macquarie Capital.

Katerina holds an MSc in Accountancy and Financial Management from the Stockholm School of Economics and a BSc in Accounting and Finance from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

James Hatchley

Group Finance Director
Board of Directors

James is Group Finance Director of 3i Group plc. He was appointed to the Board in May 2022 and is a member of the Executive Committee, Investment Committee, Group Risk Committee and ESG Committee. James joined 3i in 2017 and was Group Strategy Director until June 2022.

Prior to joining 3i, James was Chief Operating Officer of KKR in Europe and, before that, Co-CEO of Avoca Capital. Earlier in his career, James was a corporate finance professional for 20 years, principally with Greenhill & Co. and Schroders. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1992. Formerly a non-executive director of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust. 

He holds a First Class Joint Honours degree in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Surrey. 

Jacob Hedenquist

Associate
North America / Private Equity

Jacob joined 3i in 2023 as a member of its North America Private Equity team based in New York. He is involved in 3i's investments in arrivia and WilsonHCG. 

Prior to joining 3i, Jacob worked as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Global Industrials Group at Citigroup, where he focused on M&A advisory and capital raising transactions. 

Jacob graduated summa cum laude from the University of Georgia with a B.B.A. in Finance and a certificate in Entrepreneurship.

Nicolas Hinse

Associate Director
Benelux / Private Equity
Industrial

Nicolas is an Associate Director in the Benelux Private Equity team. He is a deal team member of European Bakery Group and Yanga.

Prior to joining 3i in 2022, Nicolas was an investor at TowerBrook Capital Partners, focused on the Benelux region as well as Consumer, Retail and Food across Europe. Prior to TowerBrook, he started his career in the Leveraged Finance and Benelux M&A teams of J.P. Morgan in London.

Nicolas holds a BSc in Economics and a BSc in Fiscal Economics from the University of Amsterdam, and an MSc in Finance from the Duisenberg School of Finance.

Joseph Hirshorn

Associate
North America / Private Equity

Joseph joined 3i in 2023 as a member of its North American Private Equity team based in New York.

Prior to joining 3i, Joseph was an Investment Banking Analyst with Solomon Partners in the Grocery, Pharmacy and Restaurants Group, where he focussed on M&A advisory and capital raising transactions.

Joseph graduated summa cum laude from Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame with a B.B.A. in Business Analytics. He was the recipient of the 2021 Hamilton Award for the highest cumulative grade point average in the department of IT, Analytics, and Operations.

Rupert Howard

Partner
UK / Private Equity
Consumer & Private Label

Rupert is a Partner based in London. He co-heads the UK PE team, leads the consumer team and sits on the board of MPM.

Rupert joined 3i in 2018 prior to which he was a Director in the Consumer, Retail and Leisure team at Rothschild in London. He brings 12 years’ experience advising both public and private companies on transactions across the UK and Europe.

Rupert graduated with a BA from Durham University.