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Zak Bentley

Zak Bentley is a senior reporter at Infrastructure Investor based in London. Zak joined Infrastructure Investor in 2016 from Centaur where he was a reporter at their Clean Energy Pipeline title. He has a detailed knowledge and experience of the financial and regulatory aspects of the global renewable energy market, as well as the wider infrastructure market. Zak has a degree in English and History from the University of Birmingham.
The firm has bought a UK school that teaches autistic children from a Rothschild-owned private equity firm.
The divestment to Cellnex comes six years after Infracapital paid €100m for the Dutch telecoms firm.
The vehicle is also closing in on the acquisition of six small-scale plants in Norway.
A separate $270m healthcare vehicle has also been set up, which is targeting infrastructure deals.
The firm promotes Ben Morris in London and Haydn Palliser in New York as it strengthens team.
The deal agreed by Greencoat Solar is the first acquisition since the initial 108MW bought upon launching late last year.
The firm continues to focus on renewables and communications infrastructure, but warns of worrying trend in core infra.
The fund has bought the 5MW Vulcan Renewables facility – the first commercial biogas project to be connected to the National Grid when it was launched in 2013.
The move comes days after proposals to allow the fund to invest up to 15% of its gross asset value in OECD countries outside the UK were approved at its AGM.
An initial 30 sites have been acquired by the new platform, with further deals slated for later in the year.
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