Alex Williams joined First Reserve in 2008. His responsibilities include investment origination, structuring, execution, monitoring and exit strategy. He is involved in investment in all areas of the global natural resources industry, with particular expertise in mining and related sectors, having worked on First Reserve’s investments in Glencore and CRS. Previously, Mr Williams was a director at 3i plc, the international private equity firm, where he worked for nine years, and earlier he worked at JP Morgan in corporate finance and capital markets groups.