Deepa joined IFM in 2017 and is responsible for the infrastructure business in Europe and for oversight of IFM Investors’ European infrastructure portfolio. She is a board member of Mersin International Port and has previously been a board member at Brisbane Airport and Veolia Energia Polska.

Deepa has extensive global expertise in the infrastructure and energy sectors, having worked in the US, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. Her 13 years at Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore included senior leadership roles, most recently as Global Head for Power, Transportation and Infrastructure. Over the course of her career, Deepa has successfully concluded several billion dollars in advisory and financing transactions, including marquee deals in power, utilities, renewable energy, infrastructure and transportation.

Deepa sits on the British Infrastructure Council (BIC), made up of leading infrastructure investors from the UK, US, Canada, and Australia. Created by Rachel Reeves in 2023, the BIC was built to provide expert advice to the Labour Party on developing financing models with ‘crowd-in’ pension capital, where private and public capital work together. Deepa and the Council now support the UK’s new Labour Government and the Chancellor as they focus on infrastructure investment in the UK.