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Equis Development Pte. Ltd.

Equis is actively pursuing infrastructure development and investment across the Asia-Pacific region, with a primary focus on Australia, Japan, and South Korea. The Company was formed in 2019 through the restructure of the Equis business model from a funds management business to an infrastructure asset development company.

What: Equis is focused on the development, construction, ownership and operation of energy, including renewable and hybrid (gas and renewable) systems, bioenergy and waste processing, and waste recovery infrastructure assets.

Where: Developed markets across the Asia-Pacific region, with a primary focus on Australia, Japan, and South Korea.

How: Equis covers every stage of a project’s lifecycle including origination, development, design construction, and engineering, to operation and maintenance, asset management, and performance optimisation.

Target Countries

Australia

Japan

South Korea

Managing Directors

Adam Ballin

Investments, Korea
Equis since 2010

Over 24 years of Asia-Pacific private equity and infrastructure advisory and investment experience

Former Director & Board Member of Denham Capital Asia Pacific. Head of Acquisitions, Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund (KOSPI)

Bachelor of Commerce, LL.B, Canterbury University, NZ

Lance Comes

Investments, Japan Equis since 2010

Over 30 years of Asia-Pacific private equity and infrastructure advisory and investment experience

Former Macquarie Senior Managing Director & Head of Infrastructure Advisory for Korea and North Asia

Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Major in Business Economics, UC Santa Barbara, MBA, Sloan School of Business, MIT

David Russell

Investments, Australia
Equis since 2010

Over 30 years of Asia-Pacific infrastructure investment and advisory experience, having raised and invested over US$5bn of equity for Asian private equity

Former Macquarie Senior Managing Director & Head of Greater China & Asian Private Equity, Utilities lawyer, Skadden Arps (Washington DC) & Minter Ellison (Melbourne)

Bachelor of Economics (Hons), LL.B (Hons), Monash University

Sung Woo Yang

Investments, Korea Equis since 2011

Over 19 years of Asian private equity and infrastructure investment experience

Former Macquarie Vice President & Head of Acquisitions MENA (Abu Dhabi), MKIF investment team (Korea)

Bachelor of Economics, Seoul National University

Jake Cho

Investments, Korea
Equis since 2019

Over 18 years of experience in renewable infrastructure, currently focused on Equis’ Korean renewable assets.

Former Macquarie Associate Director (Seoul, New York), helped to establish IGIS Private Equity, a developer GP boutique investment firm.

Bachelor of Science, Finance and Marketing, New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, USA

Mahesh Reddy

Investments, Australia
Equis since 2012

Over 15 years of infrastructure investment experience across the Asia-Pacific region.

Held a key role in developing the Indian Wind and hydro portfolios before leading the M&A for the sale of Equis Energy and internal fundraising for EDPL.

Previously at Assetz Group.

Bachelor of Technology, Master of Technology Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India

Tomonori Hatori

Investments, Japan
Equis since 2014

Over 18 years of infrastructure investment and private equity experience in Japan, in solar, wind, biomass and waste with Equis.

Formerly at Mezzanine Corporation and Goldman Sachs.

Bachelor of Agriculture, Master of Medical Science, University of Tokyo

Richard Kramer

Legal & Compliance, Singapore
Equis since 2019

Over 23 years of experience representing project participants for energy and infrastructure transactions and funds for all aspects of development, financing, investment and tax and legal structuring.

Previously at Jones Day and Simmons & Simmons and Credit Suisse Securities.

Juris Doctor, Columbia Law School