John Whelan Email & Phone Number

North Kingstown, Ri, Us

The Hague, Nl

After relocation to the US, re-hired as external consultant to manage a portfolio of tail-end fund investments in a special operations context: focus on value recovery, GP relationship management, orderly liquidation of funds, redesigning investment management processes for late-/end-of-life fund investments. Simultaneously working with the Private Equity - Energy team on select transactions.

The Hague, Nl

Relocated from the Netherlands to the northeast US to be closer to family.

The Hague, Nl

Leading transaction origination, deal execution, and portfolio management efforts. Primary responsibility for managing a portfolio of direct equity, fund, and co-investments across Africa, southeast Asia, and Latin America representing $300MM of invested capital. Focus on utility-scale and distributed energy generation, energy transition technologies, sustainable infrastructure, and water. Experience with project finance, corporate/platform equity, growth capital, funds, rescue finance, and blended finance structures. Managing cross-functional dealteams in 6 transactions, of which 4 closed totaling $69MM of commitments across sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East/North Africa; originated 2 LatAm transactions totaling $40MM, closed Q3 2024 (co-investment and a fund investment); managed cross-functional dealteams covering 10 assets across portfolio. Relationship management and active engagement with investees and partners. Coaching junior Associates/Investment Analysts.

The Hague, Nl

With Investment Officers, closely managing a portfolio of 11 assets (direct equity and funds) representing approx. $285MM of invested capital. Leading relationships for 4 assets representing $108MM of invested capital. Portfolio focused on (sub-Saharan) Africa. Taking supporting and leading roles across the full spectrum of transaction execution. Supported or co-led on 3 completed transactions totaling approx. $43MM in committed capital; successfully managed and led a $11MM fund top-up investment. Independently representing FMO in complex external discussions at shareholder / LPAC level. Coordination with co-investment partners and peer DFIs.

The Hague, Nl

Project finance modeling and analysis as a consultant for GET.invest Finance Catalyst.I worked with Finance Catalyst's team of advisors to build bankable, investment-ready financial models for the renewable energy projects that we supported. I translated project development plans into numbers, and provided technical/modeling support to developers as they negotiated with finance parties. Finance Catalyst is an EU-funded program that provides project finance and operational advisory support to renewable energy entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa. FC connected entrepreneurs to capital, primarily from European DFIs. Typical project sizes ranged from 0.5-50 MW, EUR 1-70MM; typical projects were distributed generation solutions, from captive/C&I to minigrids, solar home systems, and more. https://www.get-invest.eu/finance-catalyst/

Relocated from Boston to the Netherlands for my now-wife's work.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Sustainable energy-focused private equity and asset management firm. Performed due diligence and valuation analysis on a multi-million-dollar pipeline of solar assets, reporting directly to Managing Director. Project-level financial modeling, deal screening, deal management/execution.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Seed-stage SaaS company developing enterprise software solutions to reduce food waste and optimize inventory for commercial food supply chains. Formalized and developed outside sales process and strategy. Managed business development team. Established KPIs to expand user base and sales outreach. Developed pricing and forecasting models for enterprise clients.

Boston, Ma, Us

SimpleTuition acquired Valore, 2013; SimpleTuition acquired by LendingTree (NASDAQ: TREE), 2015; Valore acquired by Follett ($3.4B annual revenue), 2016Joined SimpleTuition during freshman year of college as an early hire. Core contributions focused on operations, product, and project management. Grew from $10MM to $100MM revenue, 15 to 65 employees during tenure. Designed and implemented operational processes at third-party logistics partner (3PL), managed day-to-day relationship with 3PL. 2M units/$80M in inventory processed profitably in first 1.5 years of program activity.Data analysis on throughput, profitability, and issue resolution for SVP Ops, SVP Finance, CFO, and CEO.Created and tracked ongoing revenue and profitability forecasts for all channels. Created database reporting.Investigated, triaged, and repaired real-time technical issues with DevOps engineers to mitigate revenue loss.

Boston, Ma, Us

Managed internal stakeholders and engineering team resources to launch technical integration with 3PL; created and implemented reverse logistics solutions for consumer textbook buyback business. Partnership enabled revenue growth of ~150% YoY and new channels responsible for >$10M in revenue from Q2 ‘14-Q4 ‘15.Established performance indicators via SQL to monitor 3PL. Profitability analysis for bulk (+$1M) sales.Established and managed partnership with FedEx; negotiated competitive rates based on growth potential.

Boston, Ma, Us

Designed and shipped product initiatives for ValoreBooks and SimpleTuition. SEO; UI/UX.

Boston, Ma, Us

Coordinated acquisition and integration of Valore with GM Emerging Business and CEO.Led outreach to private equity firms and investment banks. Investigated acquisition opportunities.

Boston, Ma, Us

SEO writing; social media marketing strategies and campaigns; copywriting and editing content for website, corporate blog, and email newsletters; recording and editing video content. Some business development/sales work in emerging business channels as well.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Entrepreneurship, Finance

Ba, English; History; Minor In Entrepreneurial Leadership

Education record