Isela Bahena

Isela Bahena leads infrastructure equity investment origination and structuring across digital, transportation, and energy transition assets for Nuveen Infrastructure. She joined the company in 2004 and has over 25 years of investment and portfolio management experience across a variety of sectors and asset classes. Today, Isela serves on multiple boards at portfolio companies in Europe and North America including transportation, energy transition and digital infrastructure. Isela has previously invested in structures such as private equity funds, co-investments, mezzanine and private placement debt, and currently holds multiple LP advisory board roles. Prior to joining the firm, Isela was responsible for public finance and general middle-market lending and underwriting at Bank of America. Isela graduated with a B.S. in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a M.B.A. from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.