Mumbai, Blackstone has appointed Ami Momaya as Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure for India as the global alternative asset manager establishes its infrastructure investment platform in the country and expands its capabilities across the Asia-Pacific region.
Momaya is Blackstone’s first dedicated infrastructure hire in Asia-Pacific. The appointment builds on the firm’s more than two decades of investment experience across Asia and brings its $84 billion global infrastructure platform to one of the region’s largest infrastructure markets.
In her new position, Momaya will lead Blackstone’s infrastructure investment strategy in India. Her mandate will include identifying investment opportunities and building the firm’s domestic infrastructure platform by working with its global and regional investment teams.
Momaya joins Blackstone from KKR India, where she most recently served as Managing Director and worked on infrastructure investments. Prior to KKR, she held senior investment positions at the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund and Morgan Stanley Investment Management.
She spent 17 years at Morgan Stanley across its India and New York offices and played an important role in establishing the company’s infrastructure investment business in India. Her experience includes transactions across transportation, logistics and renewable-energy infrastructure, along with earlier work covering mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and financing transactions.
“I am honored to join Blackstone, a leading investor in India with deep local expertise, a powerful global platform, and an exceptional culture of investing and partnership,” Momaya said.
“India is one of the most compelling infrastructure markets in the world, driven by strong economic growth, accelerating digitalization, and continued policy support. I look forward to partnering with Blackstone’s various teams to help build the firm’s Infrastructure platform in India,” she added.
Sean Klimczak, Global Head of Infrastructure at Blackstone, said the appointment comes at a pivotal stage for the firm’s global infrastructure business.
“Establishing our platform in the region strengthens our ability to bring Blackstone’s global scale, expertise, and long-term capital to invest in the critical infrastructure underpinning economic growth,” Klimczak said.
Blackstone’s infrastructure business invests across sectors including digital infrastructure, energy, transportation, and water and waste infrastructure. Its Asia-Pacific investments include AirTrunk, a data-centre platform operating across the region. The infrastructure platform manages approximately $84 billion in assets globally.
