Paul Barr joined Pantheon Group in London as a partner in the global private markets investment firm's infrastructure business, effective Jan. 4.
The position is new at the London-based manager of private equity, infrastructure, real assets and debt strategies.
A London-based spokeswoman for the firm said while Mr. Barr will initially work at Pantheon's London headquarters, he eventually will transfer to the firm's San Francisco office.
Pantheon made its first infrastructure and real assets investments in 1997 but set up its infrastructure platform "as a standalone practice" in 2009, the spokeswoman said. Over the past 10 years, the infrastructure business has grown to $14.8 billion from $400 million.
Of that $14.8 billion, $6.8 billion in invested in primary strategies, $4.3 billion is in secondary strategies and the remaining $3.7 billion is in co-investments.
Mr. Barr joined Pantheon Group from Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte., where he was a senior vice president for infrastructure, according to the Pantheon spokeswoman. A GIC spokeswoman could not immediately be reached for comment. GIC has an estimated $400 billion in assets.
Pantheon also announced that Richard Sem, a partner in the firm, has been named the infrastructure team's head of Europe. That position has been open since Andrea Echberg was named global head of the firm's infrastructure and real assets team in June 2020, the spokeswoman said.
As of Sept. 30, Pantheon had $58.4 billion in assets under management, according to a news release from the firm.
