News & media Cordiant Group strengthens team with the appointment of Emmanuel Braoudakis
Cordiant Group, the investment manager focused on infrastructure investment in Digital, Renewable Energy and Agriculture announces the appointment of Emmanuel Braoudakis as a Managing Director within the investment team. Emmanuel will support the Company’s Renewable Energy Private Equity and Private Credit initiatives with responsibility for deal management and origination across Europe and North America.
Emmanuel brings over 14 years of investment banking and principal investing experience to Cordiant. He joins from GE Energy Financial Services, where he spent more than a decade working on equity investments and debt financings in the power sector across the globe. Prior to GE Emmanuel worked at Standard Chartered in the Project Finance team and he started his career at RBC Capital Markets in Debt Capital Markets. Emmanuel holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and is a CFA charterholder.
Peter Barrett-Lennard, Partner and Managing Director at Cordiant, said: “I am very pleased that we have been able to hire someone with the depth of renewables investment experience and markets knowledge that Emmanuel has. He is a great addition to the team, and we view this strategic appointment as a key component for the next stage of growth in our Global Renewable Energy Private Equity and Credit Investment platforms.”
Emmanuel Braoudakis added: “I’ve known the Cordiant team for several years and have been following the platform’s growth and success across its focus sectors within the mid-market infrastructure space. I am very excited to join the team as it looks to strengthen its focus on renewable energy and energy transition investments in Europe and globally.”
