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Senior director Ram Kumar’s mid-July departure follows the exits of director Guido Mitrani in March and global co-head Jesus Olmos in April.

The appointment is the firm’s 10th this year and comes as it seeks institutional capital for a 2GW battery programme.

DJ Gribbin’s appointment was announced days after the firm closed its third infrastructure fund on $7.2bn – its largest to date and the biggest raised in the sector this year.

The Australian fund manager has lured Malcolm Brown from the rolling stock company in which it holds a majority stake, as it expands its global asset management team in London.

Acting chief investment officer Cho In-sik has said he will quit the National Pension Service of Korea, amid a second round of recruitment for its CIO.

Krishnan Iyer joins the Canadian company, which received backing from InstarAGF Asset Management in February to expand its district energy system business across North America.

Julie Underwood spent eight years as CFO at San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association, which has $9.9bn in assets under management.

The Swiss firm continues to ramp up its infrastructure operations in the country, adding transportation and midstream expertise to its Denver office.

Ziad Hindo’s promotion and Jo Taylor assuming the new role of executive managing director for global development are the latest moves in a reshuffle at the Canadian pension this year.

Kit Hamilton and Tim Humphrey will serve as co-heads of the infrastructure debt platform as MIDIS’s co-founders James Wilson and Andrew Robertson step down but ‘remain closely involved’ in the business.