Ronnie Hawkins a partner at Global Infrastructure Partners, a part of BlackRock, having joined the firm in 2018. Mr. Hawkins focuses on investment activity in Latin America for GIP and GIP Emerging Markets. He is based in New York. 

Prior to joining GIP, Mr. Hawkins served as a Managing Director at EIG Global Energy Partners, as well as Harbour Energy. Prior to joining EIG in 2014, Mr. Hawkins was an Executive Vice President of GE, where he led GE Energy’s Global Business Development activities from 2009 through 2013. Previously, Mr. Hawkins spent 19 years as a senior member of the energy investment banking departments at Credit Suisse and Citigroup. 

Mr. Hawkins received a double B.A. in Economics and Latin American Studies from the Honors Collegium of the University of California at Los Angeles and studied at the Catholic University of Chile.