EQT names Francesco Starace as partner

• Starace will provide insight to support investment activity, portfolio companies and strategic initiatives
• EQT is a global investment firm with €119bn in assets under management
• The firm is based in Stockholm, Sweden

EQT has appointed Francesco Starace as partner within the EQT Infrastructure advisory team.

Starace in this new role, will provide insight to support investment activity, portfolio companies and strategic initiatives, according to a release.

Starace, prior to this, served as CEO and general manager of Enel, an energy utility company.

He is also chairman of the board of the United Nations’ Sustainable Energy for all, a member of the Rockefeller Commission to End Energy Poverty and, a member of the board of directors of the United Nations’ Global Compact.

“Having Francesco join us on this journey, with his decades-long experience within the energy sector, is invaluable to both EQT and our portfolio companies,” said Lennart Blecher, partner and head of real assets advisory team.

EQT is a global investment firm with €119 billion in assets under management. The firm is based in Stockholm, Sweden.