We help countries in both developed and emerging markets across Europe, Africa and the Americas. By creating new and essential infrastructure and replacing ageing services, we hope to improve the quality of people’s lives. Founded in Paris in 2005, we now have ten offices and cc. 400 employees around the world, and our assets have created over 264,000 direct and indirect jobs (learn more).

We believe we can make a bigger impact if we share our knowledge and experience with academic institutions, non-profit groups, entrepreneurs and investors.

We are particularly keen to be involved in initiatives that support sustainable development goals at a grassroots level. In 2015 we established our corporate endowment fund that further strengthens our ability to support impactful assets on gender equality and biodiversity.

Initiatives chaired and hosted by Meridiam:

• Launched in 2022, Finance to Accelerate the Sustainable Transition-Infrastructure Group, The FAST-Infra Group (FIG), is a unique public-private initiative formed by Meridiam, who Chairs the organization and hosts the Secretariat, HSBC, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and the Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF).

FIG brings together a robust global coalition of over 80 members and partners to foster partnerships among stakeholders and develop practical solutions that provide market confidence and catalyze investments in sustainable infrastructure. Among its key achievements, FIG has developed the FAST-Infra Label, a standardized framework for assessing the sustainability and quality of infrastructure projects.

• The Africa Infrastructure Fellowship Program (AIFP), a public-private initiative developed by the Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub) and Meridiam with the support of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, the AIFP is a unique public-private initiative designed to upskill African government infrastructure specialists and enable them to facilitate increased investment in a pipeline of new sustainable infrastructure developments.

Our academic partnerships include:

• Collaborating with universities around the world, including École des Ponts ParisTech
• Chair with Les Ponts, sponsorship of graduating class and Mastérien prize
• Founded the Research Chair in Equity Investment in Infrastructure with the EDHEC-Risk Institute, supported the creation of a benchmark for infrastructure (EDHEC Infras & Private) and new prudential rules

Some of the think-tanks and research organizations we support:

• The CEPR (Center for Economic Policy Research), the influent association of European economists, which includes several Nobel Prize winners
• L’Institut Montaigne
• Carbone 4, via l’IF Initiative

Other initiatives include:

– Supporting various associations:

• The AfiDA (Africa Infrastructure Development Association)
• The Communauté des Entreprises à mission and the Entreprises pour l’environnement (EpE)
• France Invest and Invest Europe
• The Alima Foundation

– Supporting various initiatives:

2021: launched with the Académie de l’Opéra de Paris a three-year tailor-made programme to expand apprenticeships in ballet and opera in French Guyana. This initiative has been renewed in 2024– learn more

Meridiam is a partner of international forums such as:

– The World Economic Forum (WEF)  where we promote long term sustainable development of infrastructure
– Globsec, a key forum to help fill the investment gap in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)