Energy transition-focused investor Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners announced today tha appointment of Hilkka Komulainen as its new Global Head of Sustainability and Impact. Komulainen succeeds Anne Foster in the role, and will direct Quinbrook’s sustainability and impact initiatives across all the firm’s funds in all the regions where it operates.

Komulainen joins Quinbrook from Aegon UK, one of the UK’s largest DC pension providers, where she established and led the responsible investment team, overseeing climate and stewardship efforts, leading efforts to invest in the energy transition and serving on Aegon’s investment leadership team. Prior to Aegon, she led the responsible investment strategy at Inter Fund Management, part of the Interogo Foundation/IKEA, and also previously held roles at EY, the OECD, the United Nations, and the Principles for Responsible Investment, where she established a pioneering industry C-Suite advisory committee to guide ESG best practice in infrastructure investing.

David Scaysbrook, co-founder and Managing Partner at Quinbrook, said:

“Quinbrook’s long standing commitment to bringing the most innovative, authentic and impactful solutions to advance the energy transition is fundamental to everything we do. I have known Hilkka for over 10 years from her time at the UNPRI and her extensive experience in ESG, sustainability and impact investment make her an ideal and exciting addition to the Quinbrook team as we continue our efforts to deliver truly impactful investments that will drive large scale industrial decarbonization outcomes for North America, the UK and Australia.”