Jeffrey Altmann has over 20 years of infrastructure and financial service experience. He is a senior asset manager of infrastructure investments at First State Investments, a leading global infrastructure asset manager currently establishing a €1.5 billion open-ended European infrastructure fund, which he joined in January 2008. Prior to joining First State, Jeffrey worked with utilities involved with electricity, gas and telecoms as well as advising on several investment opportunities with regards to infrastructure-related assets in Europe. He spent ten years in the US and Europe with Southern Company/Mirant Corporation. During this time he spent five years successfully privatising and restructuring Bewag AG and GASAG AG, Berlin’s electric and gas utilities. While in the US, Jeffrey worked mostly on non-regulated assets for the Southern Company. Previously, Jeffrey also worked for Chase Manhattan Bank and Imperial Ventures, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Imperial Bank (California). Jeffrey has a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science in the School of Foreign Service from Georgetown University.

First State Investments

First State Investments is a specialist asset management business focused on developing and managing innovative investment products which seek to outperform clients’ objectives.  It offers a range of product structures across categories including Asia Pacific and global emerging markets, global resources and global equities, property securities and infrastructure. 

First State forms part of the consolidated asset management business of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, managing €93.4 billion* on behalf of investors worldwide. This association gives it the strength of capital required to bring innovative products to market.

Established in 1994, First State Infrastructure manages a number of infrastructure funds and institutional mandates and invests in a broad range of infrastructure assets including utilities, toll roads and airports. The portfolio of quality assets in Australia and Europe reflects an ability to identify, source and manage investment opportunities in the infrastructure space globally