Andy Powell, left, and JC Champalaune

JLL has reinforced its Asia-Pacific energy and infrastructure platform with two strategic hires.

Andy Powell has been appointed as head of energy and infrastructure, Australia and New Zealand, while JC Champalaune joins the firm to lead the energy and infrastructure team’s efforts in Asia ex-India.

Set within its Asia-Pacific capital markets business, JLL’s expanding practice will continue to meet industry demand for dedicated energy and infrastructure advisory solutions, the firm says. 

Based in Sydney, Powell he will be responsible for advising on mergers and acquisitions ( M&A ), capital raising on both the buyside and sellside, project finance and land acquisitions in the energy transition and wider infrastructure space.

He joins JLL from Green Giraffe Advisory, an independent financial advisory firm, focused on energy transition. Powell also brings deep Australian market experience from Macquarie Group and KPMG.  

Champalaune will be based in Singapore. He will likewise be responsible for advising clients across their M&A, capital-raising and financing needs across both the established OECD renewables markets of Japan, Taiwan and Korea as well as active energy and infrastructure markets in Asean such as the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand.

He joins JLL from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation’s M&A team in Singapore. He previously held energy and infrastructure roles in Singapore and Thailand at BNP Paribas and Engie, respectively.