Ardian
Ardian, founded in 1996 and led by Founder and CEO Dominique Senequier and Co-CEO Mark Benedetti, is an independent private markets investment firm with US$200bn in assets managed or advised across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East. The company, majority-owned by its employees (~60% are shareholders), 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 1,100 employees (~350 investment professionals) working through 22 offices in Paris, London, Frankfurt, Milan, Madrid, Zurich, Luxembourg, Jersey, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Abu Dhabi, New York, San Francisco, Montréal, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, Sydney and Santiago. The company offers more than 1,900 investors a diversified choice of funds covering the full range of asset classes, organized across three main pillars: Private Equity (Buyout, Expansion, Growth, Co-Investment, Secondaries & Primaries, North America Fund, Ardian Semiconductor), Real Assets (Infrastructure, Real Estate, Real Asset Debt, Nature-Based Solutions) and Credit (Private Credit, NAV Financing), alongside customized solutions through Ardian Customized Solutions and Private Wealth Solutions.
Ardian Infrastructure invests in a comprehensive range of infrastructure assets key to the population, focusing in particular on energy and utilities (electricity, renewable energy and gas), transportation (rail, road and airports) and digital infrastructure (telecom). The Ardian Infrastructure team manages/advises on ~US$45bn in AUM with c.80 investment professionals, and works closely both with major international industrial, utility and construction companies, as well as with infrastructure operators and public authorities, as partners, clients or key stakeholders.
Job Description - Infrastructure Investment Intern
The Infrastructure Intern will be based in the Santiago office but part of a global Infrastructure team of c.80 investment professionals, working closely with the local team and interacting with professionals from other offices worldwide.
Main activities in 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 documents together with investment managers or analysts for:
- Investment support memos (2-pagers, investment committee memorandums)
- Internal reporting
- Advisory Boards and Annual General Meetings
- Client reporting and meetings
- Fundraising
Competencies:
Rigor
Motivation
Autonomy
Reactivity
Team spirit and communication skills
Efficiency
Profile:
Top-tier Business or Engineering School/University; open to recent graduates
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 (part-time option can be discussed)