BlackRock has appointed Will Thomson as managing director and a portfolio manager in the climate infrastructure team in New Zealand, effective July.
This follows BlackRock’s announcement to launch a New Zealand–focused strategy via its Climate Infrastructure franchise in 2023.
Based in Auckland, Thomson will be responsible for sourcing climate infrastructure investment opportunities and managing the diligence, structuring and closing of transactions in New Zealand.
With more than 15 years of experience in private capital investment, portfolio management and corporate finance, Thomson joins BlackRock from Jarden, where he was responsible for the origination, structuring, execution and management of direct private capital investments in New Zealand. He also served as a board director and Jarden’s representative for its investee companies. Prior to this, Thomson held roles at Global Infrastructure Partners in Sydney and London and worked in the investment ban
