Allen Rickard

Principal

Allen Rickard joined Ara in 2025 as a Principal focused on the firm’s Infrastructure investment strategy. He brings over a decade of experience in infrastructure investing, project development, and capital markets across the power, utilities, renewables, midstream/energy, and waste sectors.

Prior to Ara, Allen served as Senior Vice President at Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investments Team (formerly the Green Investment Group), where he led the origination, execution, and asset management of energy transition investments. Before that, he was a Senior Vice President in Macquarie Capital’s Infrastructure & Energy Group, overseeing transaction execution for principal investments and debt advisory mandates. He began his career in the Project Finance & Infrastructure Group at Moody’s Investor Services.

Allen earned his B.S. in Finance, graduating cum laude from the University of Connecticut’s School of Business, where he also played on the men’s lacrosse team.