SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Hong Kong-headquartered private equity firm Gaw Capital Partners said on Wednesday it has appointed Oliver Yates to head its climate tech strategy for Australia.
Yates, who was a veteran senior executive of Macquarie Group and chief executive of Clean Energy Finance Corp, will lead Gaw Capital’s expansion in Australia with a focus on climate tech and energy transition investments, the company said in a statement.
The appointment comes as Gaw Capital seeks to expand its investment activities in the climate tech, energy transition and sustainability sectors, it added.
Gaw Capital has raised $22.3 billion in equity since 2005 and managed assets of $33.7 billion as of the third quarter of this year, according to the statement.
(Reporting by Yantoultra Ngui; Editing by Janane Venkatraman)
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