Andrew Sykes will join the board of 3i Infrastructure as an independent non-executive director and chair designate on July 23, 2026, when he will also join the management engagement committee and nomination and remuneration committees. He will take over as chair with effect from Jan. 1, 2027, following a handover period. At that point, Richard Laing will step down as chair and as a non-executive director of the company.
Sykes has a wealth of investment trust, infrastructure, financial services and non-executive experience and spent 26 years of his executive career at Schroders plc. He is currently senior independent director of Intermediate Capital Group (ICG), a global alternative asset manager, having joined the ICG board in March 2018, and served as interim chair between March 2022 and February 2023.
Sykes previously served as senior independent director at BBGI Global Infrastructure SA from 2022 until it de-listed in 2025 and as chairman of Smith & Williamson f
