Heiko Schupp is Global Head of Infrastructure Investments at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. He is responsibile for establishing and managing their global unlisted infrastructure business including the European Sustainable Infrastructure Strategy. Schupp was previously Portfolio Manager of the Core Infrastructure Income Fund at Hastings Fund Management Ltd. He is a first-generation investment professional in the infrastructure asset class. He has extensive experience in originating and closing international infrastructure transactions, managing assets at board level as well as portfolio management. He has been part of the organisations’ investment committees for the last decade. He has previously held roles included Investment Director at the ABN AMRO Infrastructure Fund, Head of Infrastructure for Europe at HBOS and Head of Urban and Light Rail at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He graduated in 1996 with a master’s degree in economics from the FH Koblenz (University) in Germany as Diplom Betriebswirt FH.