Georgi Teofilov
Senior Vice-President
Georgi joined Sequoia in 2015. Prior to that he gathered investment experience at an AIM-listed private equity fund and developed his advisory skills at KPMG. At Sequoia he has analysed and executed investments in power, utilities, renewables, waste to energy, sub-sea communications and shipping. Georgi holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, a postgraduate diploma in Infrastructure Investment and Finance from University College London and passed all three levels of the CFA Program in 2005.
Lindsay Sugimoto
Vice-President
Lindsay joined Sequoia in April 2019. Previously, she worked in J.P. Morgan’s leveraged finance originations team, advising corporate clients on optimal capital structures and raising debt financing in the US capital markets for general corporate purposes, acquisitions and dividend recapitalizations. Lindsay graduated from the University of Southern California with a BS in Business Administration and a BS in Accounting, and completed her MBA at London Business School.
David Fussell
Vice-President
David joined Sequoia in 2017, and is responsible for originating, analysing, executing and supporting the ongoing management of Sequoia’s infrastructure investments. His sector experience includes renewable energy, telecommunications (specifically datacentres and towers), healthcare and specialist shipping. Prior to this, David gained exposure to a variety of alternative asset classes, raising capital for boutique investment managers from a global institutional investor base. David is a CFA charterholder, holds a BComm Honours specialising in Financial Management from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He passed all three levels of the CFA exam on the first attempt.
Christophe Michotte
Vice-President
Christophe joined Sequoia in 2017, following completion of his Masters in Finance at London Business School. He previously worked at Duke Street, a mid-market private equity fund in London. Prior to his Masters, he worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch in London. He has worked on several M&A transactions involving infrastructure funds, as well as various utility and chemical companies. His sector experience is very diverse with energy, utility and real estate assets being the principal industries of interest.
Rahul Narang
Senior Associate
Rahul joined Sequoia in October 2020. He has been advising on Infrastructure financings since 2012, following completion of his ACA qualification from ICAEW. He has diverse experience across Renewables, Transport and Core+ Infrastructure assets in UK and Europe. He has structured and executed debt transactions in project and corporate finance and supported clients in several buy-side transactions with value in excess of £1bn. Prior to Sequoia, Rahul worked in KPMG’s Infrastructure Advisory team and at debt capital markets specialists, Centrus Financial Advisors.
Charles-Olivier Douala
Senior Associate
Charles-Olivier joined Sequoia in January 2021. Prior to that, he gathered investment experience at the private equity fund DWS and developed his advisory and arranging skills at Credit Agricole CIB. His sector experience includes inter-alia transportation (specifically rail), energy-from waste and regulated utilities. Charles-Olivier graduated from EMLYON Business School.
Youn Ho Lee
Senior Analyst
Youn joined Sequoia in January 2021. Prior to this, he worked at Centrus, where he advised clients across multiple sectors, including energy, regulated utilities, transport and social infrastructure. He has extensive experience in capital raising, restructuring and risk management. Youn holds an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and a first class honours degree in Economics from Durham University.
Reem ElAshmawy
Associate - Portfolio Management
Reem is Assistant Portfolio Manager and joined Sequoia in January 2018 as an Intern Analyst before joining as a full-time employee in June 2018. Prior to her internship at Sequoia, Reem completed a Master of Science in Advanced Chemical Engineering with Distinction at Imperial College London. In June 2019, Reem passed all three levels of the CFA exam on the first attempt and will be eligible for chartership upon completion of the required work experience. Also, she holds a First-Class Honours bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University College London (UCL).
Adil Rangoonwala
Analyst – Portfolio Management
Adil joined Sequoia in 2020 after completing his Masters in Management degree from the London Business School. Prior to this, Adil completed internships at KPMG, EY and Deutsche Bank. He is also studying towards the CFA designation and has an undergraduate degree in Accounting & Finance from the Cass Business School in London.
Charles Fox
Analyst
Charles completed an internship at Sequoia in 2019 before joining full-time as an Analyst in 2020. Prior to taking his position as an analyst, Charles obtained a first class degree in Engineering Science from Brasenose College, Oxford. Mr Fox then worked as a machine learning researcher at the Oxford e-Research Centre, continuing work on his Masters thesis by applying machine learning techniques to radio pulsar detection, and subsequently joined Sequoia.
Keeler Mears
Analyst
Keeler joined Sequoia in July 2019 as an Intern Analyst before joining as a full-time Analyst in September 2019. Keeler is involved in the origination and execution of new investments, as well as the management of portfolio assets. Prior to joining the firm, Keeler was a Credit Analyst at Walker and Dunlop in Boston, Massachusetts, where he performed asset management duties for institutional portfolios of commercial real estate debt investments. Prior to Walker and Dunlop, Keeler was an Investment Banking Summer Analyst at RBC Capital Markets in London, where he worked on the real estate financing team.
Keeler holds a Bachelors of Arts (Honours) in Land Economy from the University of Cambridge and a Master of Science in Climate Change, Management and Finance from Imperial College London.
Adriano Sbroscia
Analyst
Adriano joined Sequoia in 2020 as an Analyst. Prior to Sequoia he worked at Moody’s Investors Service as an Associate Analyst within the Project Finance team working across a wide array of infrastructure and real assets across the EMEA region. He has also assisted in the credit analysis of Sub-Sovereign entities in Italy and Switzerland. Adriano holds an MSc in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics and specialized in International Finance.
Tim Bekenov
Analyst
Tim joined Sequoia in 2020. Prior to Sequoia, Tim worked at Bloomberg and IHS Markit in Fixed Income product management roles. Tim holds a Master’s in Finance degree from London Business School with concentration on Investment Management & Analysis. He also has an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of Gloucestershire and is a CFA Charterholder.
Sonia John-Lewis
Office Manager
Sonia joined Sequoia in September 2017. Ms John-Lewis previously worked at Praesta Partners (Executive Coaching Company) headed up by four partners. Her duties involved running a smooth office and shadowing the partners at client meetings. Ms John-Lewis has over 10 years in Office Management working for different organizations, including Rt. Hon. Diane Abbott, Member (MP).