Andrei Milekhin is a Managing Director and Global Head of Digital Infrastructure Investment Banking at Nomura Greentech based in London. Andrei focuses on a variety of digital infrastructure and telecommunications markets and businesses globally and in Europe, in particular.
Andrei joined Nomura in July 2016 following two years at VimpelCom (now Veon) in Amsterdam, where he was responsible for origination / execution of M&A transactions as well as spearheading the efforts with respect to defining portfolio strategy for the Group. Prior to joining VimpelCom, Andrei was a Director in the TMT Investment Banking team at UBS in London.
Notable recent transactions include advising PGGM and EDF Invest on acquisition of a minority stake in Norlys Tele in Denmark, GIC on acquisition of a minority stake in CETIN, Ardian on acquisition of Adamo in Spain, Allianz Capital Partners on acquisition of a minority stake in American Tower Europe (c.€1bn) and a 50/50 partnership with Telefonica to roll-out FTTH network in rural Germany (€5bn), as well as sale of Towertel to Phoenix Tower International and sale of Retelit to Asterion Industrial Partners (c.€700m).
Andrei holds a degree in Economics from Moscow State University for International Relations (MGIMO).