Blackstone today announced its infrastructure strategy for Asia Pacific with the appointment of Ami Momaya as a managing director to head the sector in India.

Momaya started work today, a spokesperson told Infralogic.

Most recently, she served as a managing director at KKR India. Infralogic reported Momaya’s departure from KKR in August last year.

Prior to KKR, she held senior investment roles at the National Infrastructure Investment Fund and Morgan Stanley Investment Management, where she spent 17 years and played a key role in establishing Morgan Stanley’s Indian infrastructure business.

“Establishing our platform in the region strengthens our ability to bring Blackstone’s global scale, expertise, and long-term capital to invest in the critical infrastructure underpinning economic growth,” Sean Klimczak, global head of infrastructure at Blackstone, said in the statement today.

Blackstone’s infrastructure platform, with USD 84bn in assets under management, applies a long-term buy-and-hold strategy with a focus on stable, long-term capital appreciation together with predictable annual cash flows. It invests across energy, transportation, digital infrastructure, water and waste.

Blackstone’s consortium acquisition of Australian developer AirTrunk for more than AUD 24bn in 2024 remains Asia Pacific’s largest data centre deal by far.