Richard is responsible for supporting the DWS infrastructure platform with thought leadership on the global infrastructure market and the trends that can be translated into actional investment strategies and approach to investment portfolio construction. His role is to work closely with DWS’s infrastructure private equity and debt teams, as well as the broader DWS Research Institute, to analyze current market conditions to support both transaction review and investment committee processes. With ten years’ experience in infrastructure research Richard joined DWS from Fitch Solutions where he was Head of Infrastructure & Power Research. Appointed in 2017, he was responsible for the strategic analysis across the transport and energy sectors, leading the global analytical team to identify opportunities and risks across infrastructure markets. Prior to this role, he was a Senior Infrastructure Analyst at BMI Research (a Fitch Group company) joining in 2013. He is based in London and reports to Hamish Mackenzie, Head of Infrastructure.