- Searchlight Capital Partners announced it has named Andrew Claerhout as a partner at the firm
Searchlight Capital Partners, L.P. — a leading global private investment firm — announced it has appointed Andrew Claerhout as a Partner. With Searchlight Partner Darren Glatt, Claerhout will be leading the infrastructure investments for the firm.
Claerhout has over two decades of experience and joins the firm after spending nearly 13 years at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, most recently as Head of Infrastructure and Natural Resources.
In this role, Claerhout was responsible for acquisitions and managing over US$18 billion of investments around the world in the transport and logistics, energy and power, water and waste and social infrastructure sectors. Claerhout was also responsible for establishing and leading the London Office of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and developing Private Capital’s strategy in EMEA.
“I am excited to be joining the Searchlight team. I have long been impressed by both the investment philosophy and the culture of the Firm. I am looking forward to working with the Searchlight team to identify attractive investments in the infrastructure space across North America and Europe,” said Claerhout.
Glatt has been at Searchlight for seven years and has deep expertise in a variety of sectors, including communications and digital infrastructure. Going forward, Glatt will continue to be involved in the firm’s private equity investments in media and other sectors.
“Searchlight has deep expertise in communications and digital infrastructure and has been a prolific investor in those sectors. We will now have the mandate to increase the breadth of opportunity in those same sectors, and we look forward to extending our strong track record of investing with owners and management teams to enhance value,” added Glatt.
Searchlight Capital Partners has over $7 billion in assets under management. Plus the company has offices in NY, London, and Toronto.
“We are delighted to welcome Andrew to the firm and are confident that his skill set and expertise across a broad range of infrastructure sectors, combined with Darren’s deep knowledge of the communications and digital infrastructure space, will be an excellent complement to one another. Andrew’s considerable experience and successful track record investing in infrastructure across geographies make him a valuable addition to our team. We believe the increased infrastructure capabilities will further enhance our existing investment activities,” explained Searchlight founding partner Erol Uzumeri.
Featured photo credit: Andrew Claerhout
