Company Overview
Ardian, founded in 1996 and led by Dominique Senequier, is an independent private equity company with assets of US$177bn managed or advised across Europe, the America, Asia and Middle East. The company, which is majority-owned by its employees, keeps entrepreneurship at its heart and delivers investment performance to its global investors while fueling growth in economies across the world. Ardian’s investment process embodies three values: excellence, loyalty and entrepreneurship.
Ardian maintains a truly global network, with more than 1,080 employees working through 19 offices in Paris, London, Frankfurt, Milan, Madrid, Zurich, Luxembourg, Jersey, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Abu Dhabi, New York, San Francisco, Montréal, Beijing, Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo and Santiago. The company offers its over 1,600 investors a diversified choice of funds covering the full range of asset classes through Ardian Funds of Funds (comprising primary and secondary activities), Ardian Private Debt, Ardian Direct Funds (comprising Ardian Mid Cap and Large Cap Buyout, Ardian Expansion, Ardian Growth and Ardian Co-Investment), Ardian Infrastructure, Ardian Real Estate and customized mandate solutions with Ardian Mandates.
Ardian Infrastructure funds invest in a comprehensive range of infrastructure assets, key to the populations, focusing in particular on energy and utilities (electricity, renewable energy and gas), transportation (rail, road and airports) and digital infrastructure (telecom). Ardian Infrastructure team works closely both with major international industrial, utility and construction companies, as well as infrastructure operators and with public authorities, as partners, clients or key stakeholders.
Job Description
The new Infrastructure Intern will be based in the Santiago office but will be part of a global Infrastructure team of over 60 professionals. Accordingly, he/she will have the opportunity to work closely with team members in the Santiago office and interact with professionals from different offices, gaining insights into the exciting world of the infrastructure private equity industry.
His/her tasks will be linked with the main activities of Ardian Infrastructure funds:
Support in building infrastructure valuation models and companies’/projects’ financial analyses
Support in updating portfolio companies’ financial performance and valuations
Collaborate in the production of various documents together with investment managers or analysts for:
Investment support memos (2-pagers, investment committees’ memorandums)
Internal reporting
Advisory Boards and Annual General Meetings
Client reporting & meetings
Fundraising
Competencies
Rigor
Motivation
Autonomy
Reactivity
Team spirit and great communication skills
Efficiency
Profile
Top-tier Business or Engineering School or University. Internship is also open for recently graduated professionals.
Fluent in English
Interest in M&A, Project Finance, Leveraged Finance, Investment Banking or Corporate Finance
Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
Eligibility to work in Santiago for at least 3 months is essential. Part-time option can be discussed