Mark Gilligan
Head of Infrastructure
BioHead of Infrastructure, BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts.
Member of Management Board of BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts.
He is responsible for the continued development of our infrastructure equity investment platform covering the digital, energy, social, transportation and utility sectors for our clients.His investment strategy is driven by the conviction that climate change is the great issue of this century and that prudent institutional owners should focus on developing, building and operating infrastructure fit or adaptable for a net-zero world aligned with the themes of decarbonisation, electrification, digitalisation and sovereignty.
Mark is a Member of the Management Board of BNPP AM Alts and is also a Member of the Board of European Locomotive Leasing.
Mark joined BNPP AM Alts (formerly “AXA IM Alts”, in 2016. Prior to this, he had been at UBS Asset Management since 2007. At UBS, he was Head of European Infrastructure responsible for undertaking and managing infrastructure investments across Europe.
Mark is not a typical investment manager. His career spans finance, law and science. Before joining UBS, Mark spent 10 years as a lawyer at Mallesons Stephen Jaques in Australia, where he advised government, natural resources and infrastructure clients on environment and planning law, corporate law and mergers and acquisitions. Before practising law, Mark was an engineering geologist for six years at environmental consultancies Groundwater Technology and ERM
Mark has over 30 years’ experience in the infrastructure and resources sectors.
Mark holds a Master of Laws majoring in corporate finance and securities law from University of Sydney, a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from University of Technology Sydney, and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from University of New South Wales.