UBS Asset Management’s (UBS-AM) Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM) business has appointed Perry Offutt as head of infrastructure Americas, effective in June.
Offutt will join REPM’s $4 billion Infrastructure platform to lead the U.S. team and further develop its growing presence in the region.
Offutt joins UBS-AM from Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets, where he was a managing director of the North American Investment team, responsible for originating and executing investment opportunities. Prior to this, he spent 15 years at Morgan Stanley, including as head of infrastructure banking for the Americas, originating and executing infrastructure transactions across various industries, including utilities and transportation.
In his new role, Offutt will leverage his expertise to drive the expansion of REPM’s infrastructure investment activity in the Americas, through its global platform of funds and mandates.
Floyd Gent, currently head of infrastructure equity Americas, will take on a new portfolio company-focused senior advisory role, supporting the expansion of its business in the region.
And Vanessa Lamort De Gail recently joined the team as a portfolio manager. Lamort De Gail previously worked for Deutsche Bank, where she helped develop the structured debt investment business in infrastructure and energy in the Americas. In her new role, Lamort De Gail is tasked with starting up an infrastructure debt fund capability in the United States.
In addition, Alex Leung will join the team as a research analyst. He previously spent seven years as an equity analyst specializing in the U.S. Energy and Industrials sector at Sanford C. Bernstein.
