Validus Risk Management, an independent financial risk advisory and technology firm, has appointed Ashley Blows as a senior adviser, with a focus on infrastructure funds.
Based in London, Blows will advise Validus on initiatives and opportunities in the infrastructure investment industry as the firm continues to expand its services to that sector, ranging from foreign exchange and interest rate hedging for funds or specific project finance deals, to fund finance solutions, such as advising on subscription lines, NAV facilities and bespoke financings.
Blows brings more than 30 years of experience working in the infrastructure space around the world from EMEA to the United States and Australasia, particularly with public-private partnerships (P3s) and those involved in energy transition, as well as the transport and utility sectors.
He previously spent more than a decade in senior positions in London at the French corporate and investment bank Natixis, including h