Peter Bachmann
Senior Associate at Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)
Peter Bachmann
Senior Associate at Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)
United Kingdom
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Director, Sustainable Infrastructure
2020 - Current
Managing Director of the Sustainable Infrastructure division and Co-Fund Manager for the British Sustainable Infrastructure Fund I & II (BSIF) and their regional co-invest funds with a focus on sustainable infrastructure - profitable real asset based solutions for the key environmental and societal challenges. BSIF is backed by a group of leading UK local authority pension funds with the twin goals of creating a positive social and environmental impact for the UK whilst generating robust infrastructure returns. Gresham House plc is a London Stock Exchange quoted asset manager with over £8bn in AUM providing funds, direct investments and tailored investment solutions including co-investment, responsibly and sustainably, across a range of differentiated alternative investment strategies. Gresham's expertise includes Europe's largest forestry portfolio, Europe's largest battery storage fund, social and affordable housing, sustainable infrastructure, strategic public and private equity. Gresham House is committed to being a leader in sustainable investment.
Senior Associate
2022
The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is a globally influential Institute developing leadership and solutions for a sustainable economy. In my honorary Senior Associate role, I contribute to the growth and development of the sustainability focussed start-ups within CISL's fantastic Accelerator and Canopy programs.
Angel Investor
2018
Early stage investments into companies that create sustainability outcomes. Current portfolio includes: AiDriver - automation of all port cranes and trucks with retrofit solution; MyWardrobe HQ - fashion rental marketplace that thrives on extending the useful life of fashion - mywardrobehq.com; The Ness Care Group- plugging the gap in early stage dementia care - nesscaregroup.co.uk; The First Bridge Centre - the UK's first specialist ABA nursery and school focussing on children with autism - firstbridgecentre.com; & Bower Collective - sustainable home products - bowercollective.com
First Investor
2019
Creating a borderless university to democratise education and utilise Woolf's unique learning platform to help analogue universities go digital - www.woolf.university
Advisory Board Member
2019
Battling Global Warming by reducing methane emissions generated by cows by up to 80%+ through the addition of Volta's 100% natural feed supplement - www.voltagreentech.com
Director at SEP & partner of ECF
2014 - 2019
The Environmental Capital Fund (ECF) was a £135 million infrastructure fund established by SEP in 2014 to invest in UK-based clean energy and sustainability assets. The fund was backed by SSE plc, the FTSE 100 energy company, as well as a syndicate of financial investors led by Lexington Partners, the world's largest independent manager of secondary private equity and co-investment funds. ECF fund was fully realised within the Fund's 5 year planned life and achieved upper top quartile returns for investors. The fund owned a gas (IGT) pipelines business named Indigo Pipelines, over 66 wind turbines, a DH network and targeted UK and Ireland based clean energy infrastructure projects and companies. My role was primarily the origination and execution of new investments along with fund management for ECF. I was a Key Man for the fund and a member of the ECF investment committee. SEP has been building businesses for over 20 years, enabling founder led teams to achieve their ambitions. SEP has been a supportive investor to more than 160 companies, including some of Europe’s most successful such as Skyscanner, MatchesFashion and Anesco.
Director / Founder
2011 - 2015
EIDC is a specialist investor and developer of renewable energy and waste-to-energy (“WtE”) assets. EIDC has created a platform to ‘incubate’ projects with the right raw ingredients and turn them into institutional grade investments.
Partner
2010 - 2011
Participated in all aspects of seeking to establish a new $500m fund targeting investments in greenfield and brownfield water and waste infrastructure in the UK, Europe and selected areas of MENA. Particular focus on origination and execution of waste projects as well as fundraising.
Director
2007 - 2010
Following sale of SMIF to Land Securities Trillium, became Director and team head responsible for secondary infrastructure investments and renewable energy project development in the UK and Europe.
Partner / Associate Director
2005 - 2007
Led SMIF's investment into 81 social infrastructure and PPP investments in the UK and Europe covering roads, hospitals, schools, airports, waste plants, water plants and loan books. Sat on the boards of most investee companies and assisted with delivering value enhancement plans. Participated in the sale process of SMIF to Land Securities for £927m. SMIF is now the largest owner of social infrastructure in the UK and is known as Semperian PPP Investment Partners with assets that have a capital value of over £5bn.
Education
Bachelor of Laws - LLB (Honours)
2001 - 2003
Bachelor of Commerce - BCom
1996 - 2000
Bachelor of Finance - BFin
1996 - 2000
International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma
1983 - 1995