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Centrus strengthens global infrastructure credentials with new Senior Advisor

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15/08/2024

Centrus today announces the hire of Christian Schmid as a Senior Advisor in its infrastructure team.

Christian brings over 20 years of advisory, financing and investing experience in infrastructure assets across Europe, North America and Australia.  Throughout his career, he has led the origination and execution of infrastructure transactions valued at approximately US$40 billion, demonstrating a proven track record of success. Notably, Christian possesses expertise in acting on both the
buy-side and sell-side of large transactions, with a particular focus on energy transition investments.

Christian was most recently Co-Head of Infrastructure at Slate Asset Management and previously held positions at QIC and RBC Capital Markets. He will strengthen Centrus’ global M&A offering to sponsors with his focus on the UK, US & German markets.

“We are thrilled to welcome Christian to the Centrus team. His extensive experience and deep understanding of the global infrastructure landscape will be invaluable as we continue to grow our global M&A practice alongside our strong offering in Debt Advisory and Risk Advisory.”

Geoff Knight, Managing Director – Centrus

“I am excited to join Centrus at a pivotal point for the company as we look to expand on our M&A offering to corporates, developers and financial sponsors across different jurisdictions. Centrus has a strong, agile team with impressive expertise across infrastructure services and I join the business at an interesting time for sustainable finance in the sector.”

Christian Schmid, Senior Advisor – Centrus