Allard Ruijs

Partner & Chief Investment Officer (cio) at DIF Capital Partners

Allard Ruijs is a seasoned investment professional with extensive experience in private equity and business development. Since November 2007, Allard has held various leadership roles at DIF Capital Partners, including Partner and Chief Investment Officer, as well as Partner and Head of Investor Relations & Business Development. Prior to this, Allard served as Head of Private Equity, Infrastructure, Commodities & Special Products at MN from February 2006 to November 2007. Additional experience includes a role as Senior Advisor for Mergers & Acquisitions at Essent N.V. from July 2003 to January 2006, and as Investment Manager for Private Equity at Residex Capital between February 2000 and June 2003. Early career experience includes serving as an Auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers from August 1995 to January 2000. Allard holds a degree from the University of Groningen.

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DIF Capital Partners

DIF Capital Partners is a leading global fund manager, with over €16 billion of assets under management across nine closed-end infrastructure funds and several co-investment vehicles. DIF Capital Partners invests in greenfield and operational infrastructure assets located primarily in Europe, the Americas and Australasia through two complementary strategies: - Traditional DIF funds, of which DIF Infrastructure VII is the latest vintage, target core infrastructure equity investments with long-term contracted or regulated income streams including public-private partnerships, concessions, utilities, and energy transition projects (incl. renewable energy). - DIF CIF funds, of which DIF CIF III is the latest vintage, target equity investments in small to mid-sized core-plus infrastructure companies in the telecom, energy transition, and transportation sectors. DIF has a team of over 225 professionals, based in eleven offices located in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Helsinki, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, New York, Paris, Santiago, Sydney and Toronto.