Robert Hardy

The ING Infrastructure Fund was established as a global investment fund with a European focus. The Fund remit covered the whole risk / return spectrum with a broad definition of infrastructure asset classes including greenfied and brownfield projects, portfolios and businesses. Joining the Fund as an Investment Director I was responsible for sourcing, negotiating and executing acquisition opportunities for the Fund as well as remaining involved in the ongoing asset management. During early phases of t

Associate Director - Project Finance & Infrastructure Finance. Origination and execution of limited recourse / project finance funding as well as acquisition financing. Projects included hospitals, schools, waste, energy, transportation (rail, road and airports), motorway services and carparks. Direct equity investments in PPP/PFI projects in the UK including two grouped schools projects.

I commenced my career with Westpac Institutional Bank in Canberra in a Government Business unit responsible for delivering product solutions to Commonwealth Government agencies as well as the ACT Government. I moved to Sydney in the Capital Solutions Group to continue work on structured asset solutions including aircraft leasing and early stage PPP/PFI transactions. The team was restructured into a Principal Acquisitions & Investments team mandated with delivering capital solutions whilst at the same tim