Serge Lauper

Serge Lauper, Managing Director, is the Global Head and Chief Investment Officer of Infrastructure Solutions, based in Zurich.

Infrastructure Solutions provides access to globally diversified infrastructure portfolios by investing into primary funds, secondary transactions, and direct co-investments.

Mr. Lauper leads all aspects of the Infrastructure Solutions business including business management, investment & portfolio management, business development, and investor relations & solutions. He is responsible for setting the strategic direction and operational framework of the team and steering its implementation.

Mr. Lauper is the chair of the Infrastructure Solutions Global Investment Committee and External Industrial Advisory Board. He is also a member of the BlackRock Infrastructure Executive Committee and the Executive Committee for BlackRock Switzerland. He serves as a board member and director for various portfolio companies and sits on several fund limited partner advisory boards. Mr. Lauper is also a member of the EDHEC Infrastructure Advisory Board.

Mr. Lauper has three decades of private markets investment experience. He joined the Infrastructure Solutions team in 2008 as a founding member and has since been instrumental in all aspects of the platform’s growth. He has successfully deployed capital across multiple economic cycles to drive long-term value creation and returns for investors. He has been instrumental in growing the platform’s capabilities and track record.

Prior to joining BlackRock in 2012, Mr. Lauper was an Investment Principal and a member of the Executive Management Team at Swiss Re Private Equity Partners, where he built and developed the infrastructure equity investment practice. In this role, he was responsible for developing and investing infrastructure investment mandates and funds on behalf of institutional investors. Previously, he was a Partner at SCM Strategic Capital Management in charge of indirect real estate and infrastructure investments and portfolios. Earlier, he served as a private equity Investment Professional in the corporate finance department of a Swiss banking group. He started his career as a Management Consultant, first with Bain & Company and then with The Boston Consulting Group, focusing on the power and telecommunications infrastructure sectors.

Mr. Lauper holds a Masters degree in Industrial Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) and a Masters degree in Finance from the London Business School (LBS). He is a CAIA Charterholder and completed the INSEAD International Directors Program (IDP52).