Aspire Defence Limited is a joint venture between Carillion (17.5%), KBR (45%), Innisfree (32.5%) and HSBC Infrastructure (5%). Aspire Defence Capital Works (construction) and Aspire Defence Services (FM) are both 50:50 joint ventures between Carillion and KBR.

Carillion

Carillion is a leading support services company with a substantial portfolio of Public Private Partnership projects and extensive construction capabilities. The Group has annual revenue of over £5 billion, employs around 50,000 people and operates across the UK, in the Middle East, Canada and the Caribbean.

In the UK, Carillion’s principal market sectors are Defence, Education, Health, Facilities Management & Services, Rail, Roads, Building, Civil Engineering and Utilities Services.

In the Middle East, Carillion’s principal market sectors are Construction and Facilities Management. In Canada and the Caribbean, the Group’s main sectors are Health, Roads Maintenance and Construction.

Carillion’s portfolio of equity investments in Public Private Partnership projects includes projects in the UK and Canada, particularly in the Defence, Education, Health and Transport sectors.

KBR

KBR is a leading global engineering, construction and services company supporting the energy, petrochemicals, government services and civil infrastructure sectors.

KBR provides programme and project management, contingency logistics, operations and maintenance, construction management, engineering and other services to military and civilian branches of governments and private clients worldwide.

HSBC

HSBC Infrastructure Fund Management Limited ("HIFML") is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Specialist Investments Limited ("HSIL"), the dedicated infrastructure and real estate investment division of HSBC.  HIFML acts as fund manager to HSBC Infrastructure Fund II, the £300m infrastructure fund which has invested in the Aspire Defence project.  HIFML is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

One of the earliest UK players in the infrastructure investment market, the HSIL infrastructure business was established in 1997.  Since then, it has expanded from a pure focus on the UK PFI (Private Finance Initiative) market to a more global infrastructure business with offices in London, Paris, Hong Kong and New York.  During this period the HSIL infrastructure team, which collectively has over 200 years' experience in the infrastructure sector, has successfully closed over 50 infrastructure investments.

Innisfree

Innisfree is the leading infrastructure investment group in the UK sponsoring and making long term investments in PFI and PPP infrastructure projects. Innisfree has made investments in 53 projects with a capital value of £10.9 billion covering health, education, transport and defence accommodation.

Related links

• Carillion website
• KBR website
• Innisfree website