Global investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has announced the appointment of Brian Restall, currently Quinbrook’s Australian regional leader, as its new global CEO.
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Restall will transition to the newly created role by the end of this year. He will assume overall leadership responsibility for the management of all Quinbrook regional teams based in North America, Europe and Australia.
Restall has worked for Quinbrook since its founding in 2015, and with the founders in their predecessor investment management roles since 2011. He has more than 28 years’ experience in energy-related infrastructure investments and operating businesses in Australia, the US, Europe and Africa.
Brian has led over US$20 billion of power project development, over US$4 billion in power asset construction and was the inaugural CEO of Cape Byron Power—Quinbrook’s first portfolio company.
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He was also instrumental in the development of Quinbrook’s award winning Gemini solar + storage project in the US and most recently led the development and execution of Quinbrook’s Supernode project in Australia, which has set new industry records for the long-term offtake contracting and financing of battery storage.
