Sven Kottwitz is a Senior Investment Director based in Meridiam’s New York Office. He focuses on North American PPP/P3 projects in all sectors of interest to Meridiam, currently leading on projects covering both toll roads and availability-based models. Sven originally joined Meridiam in the Paris office in 2010 from where he led successful projects in Finland and the UK, as well as developing US projects.

Prior to Meridiam, Sven worked for HSBC in the UK, Europe and Africa. He has advised both the private and public sectors in the energy, utilities and infrastructure sectors and has acted across the finance spectrum of senior and mezzanine lender and as equity principal. Sven most recently returned from South Africa where he was responsible for developing HSBC’s project finance activities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Before joining HSBC, Sven was a member of the CIT project finance team in London, having started his career in M&A at Andersen based in Frankfurt and London. Notable transactions include the M25 widening project (UK), Arsenal’s Emirates stadium (UK) and Eskom’s IPP programme (South Africa).

Sven holds a BA in Business Economics from Durham University, an MSc in Economics from Birkbeck College, London, and is a UK chartered accountant (ACA).