(Bloomberg) -- Carlyle Group Inc. hired Avik Dey to co-head its energy business as part of broader shifts in how the private equity firm invests in the industry.

The company also named managing director Bob Maguire to co-head the energy unit, and said Marcel van Poecke’s role heading the $8 billion energy business will shift to vice chairman, according to a statement Thursday.

Dey, who starts this summer, was previously chief financial officer at chemicals and plastic-resins maker Nova Chemicals Corp. and helped build Canadian pension investor CPP Investments’ strategy for renewables. 

Carlyle is connecting its energy business with its $5 billion infrastructure arm, part of the firm’s push to make dealmakers work more closely together rather than act in competition. It’s making a broader bet on helping businesses navigate changing climate regulations and the economy’s shifting reliance on oil and gas to alternative forms of energy. 

Macky Tall, who chairs infrastructure, will lead the combined group, according to the statement. Pooja Goyal, investment chief of the infrastructure group and head of renewable and sustainable energy, will also play a leadership role. 

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