Governance

Alain Rauscher is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He founded Antin in 2007 and oversees its development and drives its strategy. Under his leadership, Antin has gradually increased its AUM, reaching a total of €30 billion as of 31 December 2022.
Together with the Vice-Chairman of the Board and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Mark Crosbie, Alain Rauscher laid the framework for growing Antin from one office and 10 professionals to a global operation with five offices (Paris, London, New York, Luxembourg and Singapore) and approximately 200 professionals.
In addition to overseeing Antin’s development and shaping its strategy together with Mark Crosbie, Alain Rauscher holds seats on the Boards of Directors of portfolio companies IDEX and Eurofiber.
Alain Rauscher is the Chairman of the Infrastructure Roundtable at Invest Europe (formerly EVCA).
Before founding Antin, Alain Rauscher was Head of Oil, Gas and Mining investment banking at BNP Paribas Corporate Finance. Prior to that role, he worked as an investment banker at Lazard Frères and Lehman Brothers. He began his career as a consultant at Bain & Company.
Alain Rauscher holds an MPhil in Philosophy from École Normale Supérieure, an MPhil in Philosophy from the Sorbonne University, a Master’s degree in Politics and Economics from Sciences Po and a Master’s degree in Management from HEC.

Mark Crosbie joined Antin at its outset to lead the Company as Vice-Chairman and Deputy Chief Executive Officer alongside Alain Rauscher. Together with Alain Rauscher, Mark Crosbie drives its strategy and oversees the development of the Company and its teams. Under his leadership, Antin has gradually increased its AUM, reaching a total of €30 billion as of 31 December 2022.
Together with Alain Rauscher, Mark Crosbie laid the framework for growing Antin from one office and 10 professionals to a global operation with five offices (Paris, London, New York, Luxembourg and Singapore) and approximately 200 professionals.
Mark Crosbie is currently a Director of Flagship Fund III’s portfolio company CityFibre.
Mark Crosbie has considerable experience in all key phases of the investment process. Mark Crosbie was formerly an Executive Committee member and the Director of Corporate Strategy, Development and Mergers & Acquisitions at Centrica  Plc. While there, he established a long track record of acquisitions and divestments across the United Kingdom, Europe and North America in the energy sector, as well as significant exposure to operational issues through participation in the firm’s Executive Committee, Risk Management Committee and Financial Risk Management Committee.
Before joining Centrica Plc., Mark Crosbie held senior positions with UBS in London and Peregrine Investment Holdings in Hong Kong, where he managed a team across eight different Asian countries. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Sutton Trust, a leading proponent of promoting social mobility through education. He is a member of the infrastructure Advisory Board for Cornell University’s infrastructure programme.
Mark Crosbie graduated from the University of Sheffield with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Accounting & Financial Management and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Mélanie Biessy has been with Antin since its inception. She oversees all matters related to legal, finance and tax, Antin Fund administration, compliance, technologies and human resources within Antin. She led the structuring and establishment of Antin and does the same for the Antin Funds.
Mélanie Biessy previously acted as General Counsel of the Galaxy Fund, a European infrastructure fund. In representing the fund in all negotiations with clients and counterparties, she gained comprehensive experience across a spectrum of legal issues related to investments in infrastructure assets.
Prior to the Galaxy Fund, Mélanie Biessy developed in-depth M&A expertise whilst working in the Tax Department of France Telecom. She joined France Telecom from Egis, a subsidiary of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations and a leading international engineering company, where she was legal and tax counsel.
Mélanie Biessy graduated from Strasbourg University with a Master’s degree in Business Law.

Alain Rauscher is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He founded Antin in 2007 and oversees its development and drives its strategy. Under his leadership, Antin has gradually increased its AUM, reaching a total of €30 billion as of 31 December 2022.
Together with the Vice-Chairman of the Board and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Mark Crosbie, Alain Rauscher laid the framework for growing Antin from one office and 10 professionals to a global operation with five offices (Paris, London, New York, Luxembourg and Singapore) and approximately 200 professionals.
In addition to overseeing Antin’s development and shaping its strategy together with Mark Crosbie, Alain Rauscher holds seats on the Boards of Directors of portfolio companies IDEX and Eurofiber.
Alain Rauscher is the Chairman of the Infrastructure Roundtable at Invest Europe (formerly EVCA).
Before founding Antin, Alain Rauscher was Head of Oil, Gas and Mining investment banking at BNP Paribas Corporate Finance. Prior to that role, he worked as an investment banker at Lazard Frères and Lehman Brothers. He began his career as a consultant at Bain & Company.
Alain Rauscher holds an MPhil in Philosophy from École Normale Supérieure, an MPhil in Philosophy from the Sorbonne University, a Master’s degree in Politics and Economics from Sciences Po and a Master’s degree in Management from HEC.

Mark Crosbie joined Antin at its outset to lead the Company as Vice-Chairman and Deputy Chief Executive Officer alongside Alain Rauscher. Together with Alain Rauscher, Mark Crosbie drives its strategy and oversees the development of the Company and its teams. Under his leadership, Antin has gradually increased its AUM, reaching a total of €30 billion as of 31 December 2022.
Together with Alain Rauscher, Mark Crosbie laid the framework for growing Antin from one office and 10 professionals to a global operation with five offices (Paris, London, New York, Luxembourg and Singapore) and approximately 200 professionals.
Mark Crosbie is currently a Director of Flagship Fund III’s portfolio company CityFibre.
Mark Crosbie has considerable experience in all key phases of the investment process. Mark Crosbie was formerly an Executive Committee member and the Director of Corporate Strategy, Development and Mergers & Acquisitions at Centrica  Plc. While there, he established a long track record of acquisitions and divestments across the United Kingdom, Europe and North America in the energy sector, as well as significant exposure to operational issues through participation in the firm’s Executive Committee, Risk Management Committee and Financial Risk Management Committee.
Before joining Centrica Plc., Mark Crosbie held senior positions with UBS in London and Peregrine Investment Holdings in Hong Kong, where he managed a team across eight different Asian countries. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Sutton Trust, a leading proponent of promoting social mobility through education. He is a member of the infrastructure Advisory Board for Cornell University’s infrastructure programme.
Mark Crosbie graduated from the University of Sheffield with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Accounting & Financial Management and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Mélanie Biessy has been with the Antin Group since the inception of the Company. She oversees all matters related to the Antin Group’s legal, tax, finance, fund administration, compliance and human resources affairs. She guided the structuring and establishment of the Antin Group and oversees the same for the Antin Funds.

Mélanie previously acted as General Counsel of the Galaxy Fund, a European infrastructure fund. In representing the fund in all negotiations with clients and counterparties, she gained comprehensive experience across a spectrum of legal issues related to infrastructure investing.

Prior to the Galaxy Fund, Mélanie developed in-depth M&A expertise whilst working for the Tax Division of France Telecom. She joined France Telecom from Egis, a subsidiary of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations and a leading international engineering company, where she was legal and tax counsel.

Mélanie graduated from Strasbourg University with a Master’s degree in Business Law.

Dagmar Valcarcel is an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank  AG. She chairs the Regulatory Oversight Committee and is a member of the Audit and the Remuneration Committees. She is also an independent member of the Supervisory Board of Amedes Holding GmbH, a German medical diagnostics company.
She has been Non-Executive Chairwoman of the Management Board of Andbank Asset Management Luxembourg SA, a member of the General Council of the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (Special Purpose Vehicle owned by Greece to stabilise the Greek financial sector and to manage the Republic’s equity participations in Greece’s four systemic “too big to fail” banks) and Executive Chairwoman of the Management Board of Barclays Vida y Pensiones, Compañia de Seguros SAU, a Spanish life insurance company of the Barclays group.
From 2015 to 2017, Dagmar Valcarcel was Managing Director, Head of Strategic Resolution, Insurance Operations in the Chief Operating Office of Barclays Bank  Plc’s Non-Core division, leading the divestment of Barclays’ insurance operations across Western Europe. Previously, she was General Counsel Western Europe, responsible for risk management and legal support to the Retail and Business Banking, Wealth and Investment Management and Corporate and Investment Banking divisions of Barclays throughout Continental Europe.
She joined Barclays in January 2010 from Terra Firma Capital Partners, where she was a Director in the Legal, Tax and Structuring Team. Prior to that role, she worked at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Clyde & Co and General & Cologne Re.
Dagmar Valcarcel holds a PhD in Law from Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn (Germany) and is qualified in England, Wales, Germany and Spain. She is a Fellow of Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes foundation.

Lynne Shamwana is currently a Non-Executive Director and Chairwoman of the Audit Committee of the West Brom Building Society. She is a governor and Chairwoman of the Finance and Risk Committee of the Southbank Centre.
She was previously Chief Financial Officer of Virgin Care and has held a variety of senior finance and management roles at Christie’s, Centrica plc, British Gas, Goldfish Bank and Alliance & Leicester plc.
She was also an independent member of the Audit & Risk Committee of the UK Government’s Department for Work & Pensions and Chairwoman of the Women’s Development Board of the Microloan Foundation Charity.
Lynne Shamwana is a chartered accountant and fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Russell Chambers is a career investment banker, with over 35 years of experience advising boards and management teams on strategy and capital raising, as a Senior Managing Director with Merrill Lynch, Investec, UBS and Credit Suisse. He also acted as the CEO of Credit Suisse’s UK  business in the late 2000’s and then took a Senior Advisory role with Credit Suisse, until stepping down in 2020.
Russell Chambers has had broad exposure to a range of industrial sectors and a long track record of successfully taking a significant number of businesses public.
Russell Chambers is Vice-President Customer Strategic Advisory of the NYSE-listed software business ServiceNow and is also Chair of the EMEA Advisory Council. He is a Senior Advisor with the communications and advisory consultancy business Teneo and, until recently, he was a Senior Advisor at Bain Capital. He is also involved in some privately held businesses, as a founder shareholder, including the Five Guys European rollout.
Russell Chambers founded Mentore, a mentoring platform aimed at accelerating the career development of women from executive levels to full Board positions.
Russell Chambers began his career with Hogan Lovells, where he qualified as a solicitor after reading law at UCL. He lives in London and is married with three children.

Ramon de Oliveira is currently Managing Partner of RdeO Consulting LLC, a consulting firm based in New York.
Starting in 1977, he spent 24 years at JP Morgan & Co. Between 1996 and 2001, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of JP Morgan Investment Management. He was a member of JP Morgan’s Management Committee since its inception in 1995.
Upon the merger with Chase Manhattan Bank in 2001, he was the only JP Morgan & Co. executive invited to join the Executive Committee of the new entity and to exercise operational responsibilities. Between 2002 and 2006, Ramon de Oliveira was an Associate Professor of Finance at Columbia University and New York University.
Until 1 November 2021, he was the Chairman of the Board of Equitable Holdings (EQH) and Alliance Bernstein (AB), in New York.
He is a graduate of University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Sciences Po.