Ben Marks has joined pan-European transport infrastructure platform Lysara as chief financial officer from Ares.
At Ares, Marks served as finance director and then chief financial officer of the European business and helped take assets under management from around $3bn to more than $10bn.
He began his career at PwC before spending 15 years at Berkeley Group from 2004, rising to the role of finance director at St George.
Scott Parsons, chief executive of Lysara, said: “The scale of the opportunity we have before us demands a strong leadership team to cement our position as partner of choice for fleet owners across Europe transitioning to electrification. Through his time in the ‘big four’, housebuilding, logistics and fund management, Ben has a wonderful mix of experience that we are delighted to have on board. His appointment underscores our ability to continue scaling across Europe as we seek out new opportunities for well-connected developments and urban fleet charging partnerships.”
Marks added: “I have had the pleasure of working for a series of businesses across the real estate sector and beyond. Lysara, for me, combines the best of each of these. It is assembling the land, the power and the customer relationships that the electrification of Europe’s commercial fleets requires. And this will bring with it huge capital requirements and many broad challenges from scaling across the continent. I’m incredibly excited to be joining a top-tier team and about what lies ahead.”
