Ridgewood Private Equity Partners, an investment firm focused on energy-centric real asset private equity strategies, has appointed Michael Albrecht as managing director from Allstate Investments.

Ridgewood Private Equity Partners, an investment firm focused on energy-centric real asset private equity strategies, has appointed Michael Albrecht as managing director from Allstate Investments.

Albrecht was latterly acting global head of infrastructure and real assets – a role he took over from Ross Posner, who left Allstate to lead RPEP.

Before joining Allstate, Albrecht served as senior acquisitions officer for JP Morgan Asset Management's Global Infrastructure Investments Private Equity Fund.

Albrecht also worked at Altrinsic Global Advisors, a $5+ billion family of equity funds, where he led global investment coverage of several energy and real asset areas. He began his career at RBC Dain Rauscher and Citigroup in the private wealth management and equity research divisions, respectively.

Ridgewood Private Equity Partners provides private equity investment opportunities to ultra high net worth and family office investors. The firm is based in Montvale, NJ, and New York City.