Erich Becker

Erich leads Zouk’s infrastructure team. Drawing on his 18 years of experience in energy infrastructure investment, Erich focuses on project origination, transaction execution and portfolio management. From a base in process engineering focusing on power plants and other energy infrastructure assets, Dr Becker has built an exceptional career in the energy industry, working in principal investment, corporate finance, commodity trading and fund management. Before joining zouk, Dr Becker was Senior Managing Director at Macquarie Bank; he created and managed a merchant banking approach to commodity markets at this financial institution renowned for its infrastructure investment credentials. Prior to Macquarie, he was an energy sector specialist at Och-Ziff Capital Management Group, an alternative asset manager with $35 billion in assets under management. Prior to Och-Ziff Capital Management Group Erich worked for Goldman Sachs, where he was an Executive Director across a number of energy groups. Dr Becker has a PhD in Process Engineering from the Technical University of Vienna, focused on financing, design and optimisation of power plants. He also holds an MBA from the Vienna School of Economics and Business Administration.