Chief Financial Officer, Desri
New York, Ny, Us
CFO & COO for D. E. Shaw Renewables Investments (“DESRI”), a private equity team focused on acquiring, developing, constructing, owning, and managing long-term contracted renewable energy assets in North America. Post-early start-up (10 small-utility scale solar, 2 wind projects) established and managed the asset management, tax, investor relations, budgeting, accounting, reporting, compliance, valuation, treasury, regulatory, construction, and other capabilities of the rapidly growing DESRI business. Responsible for project post-acquisition activities of the DESRI business, including the asset management team overseeing daily operations and maintenance of DESRI’s operating solar and wind projects.From formation in 2011 through late 2018, DESRI successfully developed, constructed, and operated high-quality, utility-scale wind and solar power plants across the U.S. In Q3 2018 the portfolio comprised 35 projects with more than 1.5 GW of capacity, deploying more than $10 billion in project financing, tax equity, mezzanine debt, corporate debt, and equity capital for its projects.