Thierry Déau, CEO and founder of Meridiam, President of Finance for Tomorrow network, has stepped down from his position of Chair of the Long-Term Infrastructure Investors Association (LTIIA) – an industry association he originally created – after 2 successive mandates, and has been appointed Honorary Chairman. Founded in 2014, LTIIA brings together institutional investors that collectively manage close to US$350bn of assets in Infrastructure. Its members, spread across the main advanced economies, aim to facilitate and promote investment in infrastructure which enables long-term, sustainable development.

The Board of the Long-Term Infrastructure Investors Association has elected as its new Chair Vincent Levita, Founder and CEO of InfraVia capital partners, a leading independent European investment fund and asset-manager specialized in infrastructure and technology investments.

Mr. Levita has been a Board member of LTIIA for the last 2 years and has taken a strong interest in the Infrastructure Investors community issues.

Thierry Déau, outgoing LTIIA Chairman, said: “We wish Vincent every success in taking the Association through the next steps of its journey.  We are convinced that under his leadership the Association will be in good hands”.

Vincent Levita, the incoming LTIIA chair, said “We are grateful to Thierry for all the work achieved, the value delivered to the industry and the corresponding recognition gained by LTIIA. We also thank him for having accepted to stay as Honorary chairman of the Association, thus enabling it to continue benefitting from his expertise and commitment. We will do our utmost to uphold the principles and objectives of the Association.”