Isobel Hughes

Commercially astute professional with excellent management skills of people, teams, change and project management. A broad generalist background in international HR with experience of working for operating platform companies and the shareholder (infrastructure funds). Specialist skills in HR integration (M&A), company exits and compensation and benefits including Long Term Incentive Planning, organizational design (OD) and transformation. At Actis, a key member of the energy infrastructure deal team, reporting into the Partner and Head of Energy Infrastructure Operations. Responsible for overseeing Human Capital across the global portfolio of investee companies in Energy. This included: • Providing HR counsel and expertise to guide and support portfolio management teams and Actis Partners and Directors, with best practice and strategy on the people function for the Actis portfolio companies to attract and retain the best talent. • Responsible for driving the talent agenda, beginning in the establishing of high performing management teams. This encompasses recruitment and selection, assessment, team integration & effectiveness, incentive structures, performance management structures, individual development plans, and assembling Boards. Communicating with Actis LPs on the talent agenda across the portfolio. • Providing counsel, management and best practice on Long Term incentive planning and implementation. • Leading best practice Human Capital sharing across Actis energy & Infra platforms including running an annual HR Director conference for all AE4 & AE5 platform companies. • Leading Human Capital due diligence on potential new deals, assembling and integrating new management teams on M&A transactions. This encompasses managing organisational design work and driving the change management agenda, managing commercial negotiations with founding partners regarding their equity structure and incentive plans. • Represented Energy Infrastructure on the Global Covid Committee. • Implementing and overseeing Diversity & Inclusion best practice across all portfolio investee companies. • Providing counsel on business set up for new green field platform company including best practice on governance structures, policy & procedures and the 100-day business plan.