Co-Founder, Managing Partner and Member of the Investment Committee.

At Astarte, Teresa is responsible for investment and portfolio activities including evaluating, negotiating and structuring investments across sectors.

Before co-founding Astarte, she was Head of Private Equity for a multi-family office, where she oversaw the investment strategy and investment selection for fund investments and co-investments.

Prior to this, Teresa was CIO for Private Equity at Piraeus Group, where she co-led the establishment of the private equity group, launched three private equity and venture capital funds and developed the group’s strategy in the renewable energy space.

Teresa joined Piraeus from UBS Investment Bank in London and New York, where she advised on corporate transactions in the real assets space in the US and Europe and was part of the team that launched the renewable energy practice of UBS globally.

Holds a BSc. in Economics and Finance from the University of Athens, Greece and an MBA from Columbia University in New York.

Mark is responsible for the firm's Australasian operations.

Previously was the General Manager and founding Partner of MST Capital, a discretionary Global Macro Fund in Sydney Australia, overseeing the business of the fund and its governance as well as investor relations.

Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup in Sydney Australia, where he was in charge of Transition Management and Pension Services teams from 1999 to 2014, including Asian coverage.

Trustee of Goldman Sachs Superannuation Fund which enjoyed top fund ranking over 1, 3, and 5 years horizons over his tenure.

Earlier in his career, Mark experiences include Branch manager of Prudential Securities in Singapore, desk head of derivatives in London as well as a in derivative research analyst in Chicago. Prior to that he worked on the CBOE and CME floors after starting his career with Drexel Burnham Lambert.

Holds a MBA from Emory University in Atlanta Georgia and a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) as well as member of Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST).

Paul is responsible for the firm’s North American operations.

Previously Paul served as the Chief Investment Officer of Brookfield Annuity where he was a founding member of the management team and Chair of the Management Investment Committee.  In this capacity Paul led all investment activities including the monitoring, design and implementation of investment strategies with a focus on real assets.

Prior to joining Brookfield, Paul worked for ING Investment Management and ING Insurance, where he played a leading role building and managing the private equity, infrastructure and alternative investment strategies. Paul was also a senior executive with one of Canada’s leading alternative asset management companies.

Holds a MSc in International Finance from the University of Amsterdam and a Business Administration Degree from the Ivey School of Business at Western University. Paul is also a CFA Charterholder.

Virginia is a member of the investment team responsible for leading all workstreams of the investment process across a range of sectors as well as for supporting portfolio companies throughout the investment period.

Previously Virginia was a senior Vice President at Tufton Investment Management, focusing on Tufton's Private Equity activities, including deal origination and execution, portfolio management and fund-raising efforts.

Prior to joining Tufton, she was a member of the investment team at Aleph Capital Partners (a European sector agnostic Private Equity firm established by ex-Goldman Sachs partners), sourcing, analysing and evaluating investment opportunities in different sectors such as Industrials, Healthcare and Technology, Media & Telecommunications.

Before joining Aleph, Virginia was a member of the Citigroup Investment Banking - M&A team, advising on a wide range of high-profile M&A transactions within the Consumer, Retail & Luxury sectors.

Holds a BSc in Economics with major in Shipping from the University of Piraeus, an MSc in Shipping, Trade & Finance from Cass Business School, City, University of London and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

For the past two years, George worked as a Strategy and Growth advisor for technology start-ups in the space of advanced materials and energy storage, helping the companies fundraise and scale.

Prior to that, George was Vice President of Operational Excellence at GGH, a London based private equity firm. He was responsible for improving portfolio performance by creating and executing value-creation plans, focusing on business operations. He was also involved in activities across the investing and divesting cycles.

George has started various entrepreneurial ventures, including an online yacht charter business and a solar EPC company developing small/mid-scale solar power plants in Greece. He began his career in 2007 as a Product Planner at Toyota Motor Europe in Brussels, where he developed new vehicles for the European market.

George holds a MEng in Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics from the University of Patras and an MBA from London Business School.

Nicholas is a member of the investment team and works on the research, due diligence, underwriting and execution of investments across sectors.

Prior to joining Astarte, Nicholas worked at StepStone Group focussing on European real asset investments. Prior to that, he spent two years in the financial modelling team at a real estate specialist.

Nicholas holds an MChem in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Oxford and has passed the CFA Level 1 examination.

Vasudha is a member of the investment team with a focus on ESG.

Previously, she worked at Baringa Partners as a quantitative climate finance consultant where she built climate impact assessment models and worked on decarbonisation strategy projects across sectors such as transportation, Oil&Gas, Real Estate and Agriculture. 

During her time at Cambridge, Vasudha did several interesting projects that involved working on a capital markets project for London Stock Exchange Group and a mortgage credit risk project for AndBank. She worked for 4 years as a consultant at EXL, for one of the largest consumer banks of US, building and validating credit risk models and strategy. She also has experience in validating CCAR models as a part of BASEL framework. 

She holds a B.Tech. in Biotechnology from National Institute of Technology, Allahabad India, and an MBA in finance from Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. 

Previously he was a Director and Senior Strategy Advisor to Auriel Capital, an ESG-focused investment manager.

Giovanni was the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FGS Capital, a quantitative alternative asset management boutique managing systematic, non-directional long/short portfolios. Previously, he was an Associate Director of Hedge Funds at First Quadrant, where he was responsible for covering developed European equity markets and non-US multi asset portfolios.

He was an Associate Director of Real Options Group, Consultant at BARRA International and a research fellow at the University of Bologna in Italy. He is currently on the Board of IAQF, the international financial engineers association.

Giovanni is a CFA Charter Holder and was educated at Bologna University, University of Essex, and London Business School.