Infrastructure head for KKR

Buyout giant Kohleberg Kravis Roberts & Co has hired Jesús Olmos Clavijo as managing director and head of infrastructure in Europe.

Olmos will be based in London and joins KKR from Endesa where he held the position of managing director of corporate development. He was a member of the executive board reporting to the chairman and CEO responsible for corporate M&A and operations outside Spain and Latin America. From 2004 to 2008 Olmos was CEO of Endesa Europa.

Before joining Endesa in 1991, Olmos completed his MBA at Instituto De Empresa in Madrid, prior to which he worked in Iberdrola and the Nuclear Fusion Institute.