Best Language to Learn for Infrastructure PE
I realise this is very niche, but any insight as to which is the best language to learn for a London-based banker looking to break into infrastructure PE?
Have heard a case made for Chinese but will this be less relevant for western firms long term (i.e. 10-year timeframe) given the likely accelerated political decoupling with China?
Other top choices, I'm thinking, are French and Spanish. French due to the infra's prospects in Africa in particular, and Spanish due to PE funds' interest in Spain and LatAm for infra.
Would appreciate any input from current infra PE employees or anyone else; thank you.
short answer: german and spanish are the most useful in the near term
but in any case chinese will not be useful for another 7-10 years, i.e., one full economic, political and social cycle
nuanced answer: there are 3 sides to this: (i) execution, (ii) capital formation and (iii) a hybrid between the 2 which is basically strategic partnerships
if i get 5 silver bananas i will elaborate on the latter nuances
Thanks for your insight
This makes me happy to be in corp dev at a utility in America
learning languages expands your cultural and social horizons bruh
Could you comment more on Chinese part? interested to hear more. I’m ABC and leaning on improving mandarin but can’t envision myself getting fluent enough to get hired over in asia in near term
Spanish
A complete waste of time as unless you are a native speaker, nobody will care. You will be working on deals with a long list of counterparties (lenders, advisors, other sponsors, developers, EPC contractors, O&M providers etc.). They will all use English as their medium, no matter the geography. Especially if you are based in London.
Source: work in infrastructure PE in London
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