Lennart Blecher, Head of EQT Infrastructure, has been appointed Deputy Managing Partner of EQT Holdings AB. He will hold this position alongside Jan Ståhlberg (Deputy Managing Partner and Head of EQT Mid-Market) and in addition to his current role.

Lennart Blecher has been with EQT for six years as Partner and Head of EQT Infrastructure. He started up the Infrastructure investment advisory business in 2007 and has successfully built the team advising the two EQT Infrastructure funds. Lennart has genuine industrial experience from, among others, ABB and GE, possesses deep knowledge of the infrastructure industry and has a broad international network.

Under Blecher's management, EQT has become a major player in the infrastructure private equity scene. EQT Infrastructure Fund I was launched in July 2008 and raised €1.167 billion. The fund invested in around ten companies.

In January 2013, EQT announced that its second infrastructure fund had raised €1.925 billion. EQT Infrastructure II has acquired several infrastructure companies: the Norwegian offshore high capacity communication network owner and operator Tampnet, the Nasdaq-listed Westway Group, the joint ownership of E.ON Energy from Waste with E.ON in Germany and the bio-recylcing firm, Synagro Technologies, in the US.