Investment management team

Bernardo Sottomayor

Managing Partner, Head of European Infrastructure
UK

Bernardo is Managing Partner, Head of European Infrastructure and a member of 3i Group's Executive and Investment Committees. Bernardo joined 3i in 2015 as a Partner with responsibility for origination and execution of new investments across Europe, principally economic infrastructure businesses.

Bernardo has 18 years of infrastructure investment experience and was most recently a Partner at Antin Infrastructure which manages funds investing in infrastructure opportunities across Europe.

Prior to Antin, Bernardo was Managing Director, Head of Acquisitions for Deutsche Bank’s European infrastructure fund. His prior experience was in utilities, as Head of M&A at Energias de Portugal, and in infrastructure advisory with UBS and Citigroup.

Bernardo holds an economics degree from the Nova School of Business and Economics in Lisbon, Portugal.

James Dawes

CFO
UK

James is Chief Financial Officer for 3i Group's Infrastructure business and joined in January 2016. He manages all of the operational, financial and reporting requirements for the Infrastructure business line within 3i Group, as well as performing CFO duties for 3i Infrastructure plc.

Prior to joining 3i, James was with Legal & General Investment Management where he held a number of senior finance roles, including Finance Director of LGV Capital from 2007 to 2015.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

Aaron Church

Partner
UK

Aaron joined 3i in 2013 and is a Partner in 3i’s Infrastructure team in London, where his focus is on origination, execution and asset management of economic infrastructure investments.

He has extensive infrastructure investing experience across the transport, utilities, energy and waste sectors. He was a senior deal team member on the acquisitions of Joulz, Attero, Tampnet, Infinis, Oiltanking Ghent/Terneuzen and ESVAGT.

Aaron is currently a non-executive Director of Joulz and Oystercatcher.

Prior to joining 3i, he was an infrastructure investor at HRL Morrison & Co in Europe and Australasia, having started his career at the Boston Consulting Group.

Anna Dellis

Partner
UK

Anna is a Partner in 3i’s Infrastructure business. She joined 3i in 2006 at the business line's inception and prior to the listing of 3i Infrastructure plc. Since 2018, Anna leads asset management for 3i's European infrastructure portfolio; she is based in London. 

She is currently a non-executive director of several companies, including ESVAGT and Advario Singapore. 

Prior to joining 3i, Anna advised on infrastructure financing and privatisation at PwC. Anna holds a Chartered Accountancy qualification (ICAEW) and has a B.A. in French and German from the University of Nottingham. 

Thomas Fodor

Investor Relations Partner
UK

Thomas is Investor Relations Partner for 3i Group’s Infrastructure business and joined in February 2016. He leads investor relations and fundraising efforts across the 3i European Infrastructure business. Thomas is the first point of contact for 3i Infrastructure plc shareholders and he oversees co-investment activities in the 3i Infrastructure portfolio.

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.

Tim Short

Partner
UK

Tim joined 3i in 2007 and is a Partner in 3i’s Infrastructure team in London, where his focus is on the origination, execution and debt financing of infrastructure investments.

His transaction experience includes Attero, Elenia, ESVAGT, Infinis, Ionisos, Joulz, Oystercatcher, Tampnet, TCR and WIG.

Tim is currently a non-executive Director of Infinis.

Prior to joining 3i, he was at RBC Capital Markets, having started his career in the European financial restructuring group at Houlihan Lokey.

Oscar Tylegård

Partner
UK

Oscar joined 3i in 2013 and was appointed Partner in July 2023. He is responsible for the origination, execution and asset management of infrastructure investments. His transaction experience includes ESVAGT, East Surrey Pipelines, Infinis, Alkane Energy, Elenia and Tampnet. He is currently on the boards of Tampnet and ESVAGT. 

Prior to joining 3i, Oscar worked in the investment banking department of Macquarie, with a focus on power and utilities.

Oscar holds a MSc in Economics from Uppsala University.