Ian Brown, Head of Banking and Investments
Ian is Head of Banking and Investments, responsible for the origination and execution of our lending and investing activities.
Ian is an experienced banker and investor. Before joining us, he was Head of Private Markets at asset manager LGPS Central, establishing its infrastructure, private credit, private equity and real estate direct and fund of funds platform for its eight UK pension schemes.
Previously, he spent 14 years at Lloyds Banking Group, where latterly he was Head of Industrials & Infrastructure and Head of Large Corporates, Europe. He had joined Lloyds to lead leveraged finance in Europe, becoming Global Head of Leveraged Finance and then Global Head of Loan Financing before moving to head coverage. His career prior to Lloyds was at UBS where he was a Managing Director in the leveraged finance and advisory business.
Ian is a non-executive director and member of the investment committee of GCP Infrastructure Investments Limited, a FTSE-250 listed investment trust.
More from Ian
Our role in accelerating nascent markets
As the Bank’s number, scale and range of transactions grows, Ian Brown, Head of Banking and Investments, reflects on our role in accelerating nascent markets.
Climate Resilience in Focus: our first deal in the water sector aims to tackle the impacts of climate change and protect biodiversity
In 2022, data from the Met Office recorded the lowest rainfall between January and June across England and Wales since 1976 - the year the UK experienced what was then an unprecedented drought and heatwave.
EV Infra in focus: charging into the future
Growing EV infrastructure is key in the drive toward net zero. In his first blog, Ian Brown, Head of Banking at UK Infrastructure Bank, explains why we are ready, willing and perfectly placed to support public and private investors to help boost the EV charge into the future.
