OIC Announces Several Key Hires and Promotions
OIC, a leading North American infrastructure investment firm with offices in New York, Houston, and London, has announced six new team members and two internal promotions.
“As we look forward to an ambitious and successful year for OIC, I’m thrilled to announce new team members and year-end promotions,” said OIC CEO and Co-Managing Partner Nazar Massouh. “At OIC, we take pride in a culture that rewards excellence and initiative, and these talent moves reflect that commitment.”
New Hires:
Jay McKenna has joined OIC as Managing Director on the Infrastructure Credit team and is based in Houston. Jay is responsible for leading investments for the Infrastructure Credit platform. Jay has nearly two decades of experience in traditional and clean energy sectors and has held several executive roles including President & CEO of Occurrent Power and Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nacero Inc and CFO of K Road Power LLC.
Carl Geagea joined OIC as Senior Associate on the Infrastructure Credit team and is based in Houston. Most recently Carl served as Chief of Staff to the Executive Chairman at Tellurian, an LNG development company. Previously, he worked at Chevron in various roles including operations, engineering, and trading.
Felipe Oliveira joined OIC as Senior Associate on the Infrastructure Credit team and is based in Houston. Most recently Felipe served as an Investment Associate on Pennybacker’s Critical Infrastructure Team. He began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst at BNP Paribas and Atlantico Capital Partners.
Salome Saliashvili joined OIC as Senior Associate on the Infrastructure Equity team and is based in New York. Salome most recently served as Director of Corporate Development at Inspiration Mobility Group and has worked at Citi in the investment banking group.
Chris Wang joined OIC as Associate, Investment Strategist, and is based in New York. Prior to OIC, Chris was an analyst in Macquarie Capital’s Infrastructure & Energy M&A group.
Kelsey Haertling joined the OIC team as Senior Analyst on the Finance team and is based in Houston. Prior to OIC, Kelsey was an audit senior associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Promotions:
Matthew Levy, based in New York, was promoted to Senior Associate on the OIC Infrastructure Growth Team.
Grayson Walker, based in Houston,was promoted to Associate on the OIC Finance team.
“We are excited to announce the addition and promotion of a class of great performers at OIC. Each one of these folks has demonstrated an entrepreneurial eagerness that will propel them to achieve great things at OIC, and we all look forward to supporting their ambitious goals!” said Gerrit Nicholas, OIC CIO and Co-Managing Partner.
About OIC
With approximately $5 billion in assets under management, OIC invests in North America and select international markets. OIC’s distinctive approach to partnership—for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs—cultivates creative credit, equity, and growth capital solutions to help middle market businesses scale and deploy sustainable infrastructure. OIC’s target investment sectors include energy efficiency, sustainable power, waste and recycling, digital infrastructure, renewable fuels, transportation, storage and logistics and other infrastructure. OIC was founded in 2015 by a team of energy and sustainability veterans, successful infrastructure investors, and former asset owners and industry operators. We are now approximately 48 professionals based in New York, Houston, and London. To learn more, visit oic.com
Reyno Norval
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