InfraBridge – Global infrastructure investments

Damian Stanley

Managing Partner

Damian Stanley is the Managing Partner of InfraBridge and Chair of the InfraBridge Investment Committee. Mr. Stanley has led/sponsored many of the key investments within the InfraBridge investment portfolio including in ESVAGT, Port Hedland Airport, Leeds Bradford Airport, London Luton Airport, Sterlite Power, APAC as well as the divestment of CLH. Prior to the acquisition of AMP Capital’s GIF platform, Mr Stanley had various leadership roles with AMP Capital, including CEO of AMP Capital UK Investors, Global Co-Head of Value-Added Infrastructure Equity and CEO of AMP Capital’s office in Singapore. Mr Stanley currently serves as a board member on key investments including ITS Conglobal, Expedient and Everstream.

Mr Stanley has over 24 years of professional experience in equity investment, asset management and financial advisory across infrastructure & essential services, including transport & logistics, communications, energy and social sectors. Mr Stanley joined AMP Capital in 2015, and prior to this, Mr Stanley held senior executive roles at Morgan Stanley and Macquarie, as well as non-executive roles including at Whitehelm Capital and Copenhagen Airports. Mr Stanley holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom and is also a qualified Chartered Accountant.

James Burke

Managing Director

James Burke is a Managing Director at InfraBridge. Mr. Burke is based in London and focuses on European investments and opportunities. He is an accomplished infrastructure investor with over 12 years of sector experience.

James was previously a Principal at DigitalBridge, and prior to that a Director at Alinda Capital Partners, one of the largest infrastructure investment firms operating in North America and Europe with a focus on telecom, energy, transportation, and contracted infrastructure assets. Prior to Alinda, Mr. Burke began his career in London as an M&A Analyst in the Global Infrastructure Group at Citigroup.

Mr. Burke received a bachelor’s degree and a Master of Arts Degree in Chinese Studies from Cambridge University.

Nikki Smart

Managing Director

Nikki Smart is a Partner and part of the InfraBridge leadership team. Ms Smart joined AMP Capital in June 2018 in its Infrastructure Equity Asset Management team based in London. Ms Smart is responsible for leading the human capital agenda across the platform, which includes C-suite recruitment and leadership assessments, senior executive compensation, talent management, executive coaching and board development, organisational design and business transformation.

Before joining AMP Capital, Ms Smart was an independent HR Consultant providing strategic HR interventions for a variety of Private Equity backed companies. Nikki worked at National Grid for 14 years and was part of the Global HR Leadership team. Ms Smart held several senior leadership roles, including Head of HR for National Grid’s UK Business, covering an employee base of 10,000 managers and staff. Her most recent role within National Grid was Global Head of Talent, Leadership and Change, where she was responsible for Board, CEO and Executive Committee leadership and talent development.

Nikki started her career in the Oil and Gas industry as a Graduate Trainee at BG Group. Nikki holds a first-class honours Sports Science and Business Studies degree and a Counselling and Psychotherapy Diploma.

Christian Velasco

Principal

Christian Velasco is a Principal in the InfraBridge investment management team based in our New York office and focused on evaluating, executing, and managing new and existing investments across the mobility, energy transition and digital infrastructure sectors. 

Mr. Velasco was a member of the infrastructure equity value-add team of InfraBridge (formerly managed by AMP Capital) since early 2018, where he led the acquisition and financing of major transactions globally. 

Prior to joining InfraBridge, Mr. Velasco held several roles as a finance executive and advisor in Latin America where he had a pivotal role in acquiring, financing, and developing large scale infrastructure assets in the region.

Mr. Velasco started his career as a Central Banker at the Peruvian Central Bank and received his Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance from Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas and a Masters in Infrastructure Investment & Finance from University College London.