Meridiam

Founder and CEO Thierry Déau oversees strategy and investment decisions. The firm has a senior leadership team covering infrastructure verticals, but day-to-day investment authority is decentralized to sector heads and regional managing directors (per public record).

Meridiam sources deals primarily through direct relationships with governments and public-sector entities — many of its projects are procured via competitive tender for public-private partnerships. The firm also co-develops greenfield projects with early-stage developers and occasionally acquires existing concessions (per public record).

No. Meridiam is an independent infrastructure asset manager, not a family office. It manages capital on behalf of institutional investors — including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and insurance companies — through closed-end funds and separate accounts (per the firm's own communications).

Meridiam focuses on greenfield and brownfield infrastructure assets with long concession lives — typically 20 to 50 years. It does not actively engage in venture-stage or growth-equity investing; its mandate is core-plus and value-add infrastructure with predictable, long-term cash yields (per public record).

Meridiam does not invest in pure oil and gas extraction, mining, or gambling-related infrastructure. It has a stated focus on sustainable infrastructure aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (per the firm's public documentation).

Yes. The Meridiam Foundation supports climate education and social access programs, primarily in regions where the firm operates. The foundation is legally and financially separate from the investment funds (per public record).

Meridiam occasionally co-invests with other infrastructure managers or institutional partners on large projects — for example, it co-invested via the Africa50 fund. However, the firm generally prefers to lead or co-lead transactions where it can exercise control over asset management and concession terms (per public record).