Our Team
Gershon Cohen
Senior Advisor
Investment Committee Member
Gershon serves as a Senior Advisor and Investment Committee member for ATI. In 1998, Gershon founded, established, and led the growth of a global infrastructure investment platform consisting of ten private funds totalling over $4bn of assets under management. The platform invested in over 100 infrastructure projects with total enterprise value exceeding $100 billion. He was formerly Global Head of Infrastructure Funds at Aberdeen plc, a position that he held for 10 years. The platform focused on the alternative investments space and embedded sustainability strategies with the goal of delivering positive environmental and social impact. Prior to Aberdeen, Gershon was Global Head of Project Finance at Lloyds Banking Group.
He holds roles with multiple UK infrastructure companies including as an advisory board member of Clean Growth Fund and the Chair of Investment Committee for ARIA African Sustainable Infrastructure Fund, and he was formerly a non-executive director for Semperian Holdings. Gershon served as a member of the United Kingdom’s National Infrastructure Plan Strategic Engagement Forum and represented business as part of B20/G20 task forces on “Trade and Investment and Financing Growth” promoting the use of public private partnerships for delivery of social and economic infrastructure globally. Gershon is a Freeman of the City of London and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (UK). He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics & Physics from London Metropolitan University and is the author of a recently published a book on business leadership titled, Looking Up.
Gershon serves as a Senior Advisor and Investment Committee member for ATI. In 1998, Gershon founded, established, and led the growth of a global infrastructure investment platform consisting of ten private funds totalling over $4bn of assets under management. The platform invested in over 100 infrastructure projects with total enterprise value exceeding $100 billion. He was formerly Global Head of Infrastructure Funds at Aberdeen plc, a position that he held for 10 years. The platform focused on the alternative investments space and embedded sustainability strategies with the goal of delivering positive environmental and social impact. Prior to Aberdeen, Gershon was Global Head of Project Finance at Lloyds Banking Group.
He holds roles with multiple UK infrastructure companies including as an advisory board member of Clean Growth Fund and the Chair of Investment Committee for ARIA African Sustainable Infrastructure Fund, and he was formerly a non-executive director for Semperian Holdings. Gershon served as a member of the United Kingdom’s National Infrastructure Plan Strategic Engagement Forum and represented business as part of B20/G20 task forces on “Trade and Investment and Financing Growth” promoting the use of public private partnerships for delivery of social and economic infrastructure globally. Gershon is a Freeman of the City of London and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (UK). He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics & Physics from London Metropolitan University and is the author of a recently published a book on business leadership titled, Looking Up.