I Squared Capital, an independent global infrastructure investment firm, has made two senior appointments to its investment and asset-management teams in London.
Philippe Lenoble will join the investment team as a managing director reporting to senior partner Mohamed El Gazzar, and Bogdan Ciobotaru will join the asset management team as managing director reporting to managing director Maxime Jacqz, who leads asset management in Europe.
Lenoble brings nearly 30 years of investment industry experience from across the infrastructure sector to the role at I Squared. He has worked with the team in some capacity for the past 15 years, most recently as an operating adviser and member of the board of directors of Arriva.
Lenoble previously spent 16 years at Goldman Sachs, where he was a managing director of the GS Infrastructure Funds. He has also held leadership roles at the Canadian pension fund CDPQ and Australian pension fund AustralianSuper.
Ciobotaru brings