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DJ Gribbin, a champion of P3s and a Bush administration veteran, will serve as a special assistant for infra policy.

Ding Xuedong, who set up the Chinese sovereign wealth fund’s direct investment unit in 2015, has left his post after close to four years with CIC.

Edward Beckley will work across the firm’s existing funds to source infrastructure investments globally.

The $40bn investment vehicle is looking to hire 20 people to look after investments, project management and risk mitigation.

Sang-Hyun Yoo's departure comes amid a wave of resignations at the pension fund and following investigations related to a corruption scandal.

Jim Leech has been appointed to help establish the Canada Infrastructure Bank, a C$35bn spending programme designed to develop major projects and boost the country’s economy.

Ben Loomes has left 3i after nearly five years at the London-listed firm, with Phil White now solely in charge of the infrastructure business.

The real assets consulting firm has added two shareholders, bringing its total to 28, two years after its founder reduced his position to a minority share.

Stephen Moore has been appointed by 32 Advisors as a strategic partner in the firm's economic advisory and infrastructure development services.

DBRS has brought on Charles Halam-Andres, who previously advised on infrastructure and debt capital markets at Scotia Capital.

Isabelle Scemama is succeeding Pierre Vaquier as chief executive, while two other executives have been elevated into more senior roles as part of the transition.

The manager has picked professionals that have also worked at Goldman Sachs and the EBRD as it eyes further deployments from its renewables and energy storage funds.

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox scored a historic presidential victory in 2000, bringing the National Action Party to power and ending 71 years of uninterrupted rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Ahead of his appearance at our Global Summit 2017, Fox explains how Mexico’s energy reform can end decades of low growth and what the country can do to protect itself from a trade war with the US.

The Swiss bank has laid out ambitious AUM targets for infrastructure and private equity after combining the asset classes with its bigger real estate business to form the Real Estate and Private Markets platform.

Nandita Parshad will be responsible for investing €2bn a year, about a quarter of the bank’s annual activity.